Welcome, you are watching the pulse. I am guy johnson. Francine is off today. She will be back next week. Inditexp this hour, fashions a tax loophole. We begin with our main subject of the morning. The situation in the ukraine is developing quickly. Isted president yanukovych holding a press Conference Today from russia. The u. S. Government tries to pull together International Funding to avoid a default. Lets go to kiev and our reporter there, ryan chilcote. Walk us through what has been happening in the south of the country in the crimea this morning. It is certainly seizing headlines. I am at the Ukrainian Central Bank with the Prime Minister and the head of central bank are giving a joint briefing about the state of the countrys finances. The Prime Minister left early. I did have a quick conversation with him, one on one, and they are studying the situation in the crimea. Theyre trying to figure out who these people are. What were talking about is that at five 00 this morning, anot