tracking sanctions and asset freeze on the ukrainian government are about to cross the president s desk. to new jersey, chris christie answered 13 questions at a town hall meeting and he was not asked once, not once about the traffic jam scandal. this was his first such event since being arrested back in the fall. i can tell you that a voter did bring a sign calling for resignation, but the bridge scandal got buried amid questions with hurricane sandy like this one. do you have a question for me? when are you going to fix my house. it s still broken. come here, nicole. who town do you live in? new jersey. so questions from folks big and small. they did not touch the cannscan.
bloodiest day yet in weeks of protest. antigovernment demonstrators say 100 have been killed in clashes with government forces. police also say they ve suffered dozens of injuries and several deaths. today s bloody struggle came after an hour s long truce crumbled overnight. now take a look at this video. those are snipers taking aim directly at protestors, firing into groups who gathered in the capital s independent square. a situation ukraine had been bubbling months. the bloody explosion has governments scrambling to respond. joining me is bill richardson, former u.s. ambassador to united nations. bill richardson, president barack obama condemned violence in the ukraine using words like outrage. he s now fast tracking sanctions against ukrainian leaders. i want to ask you in your
sources telling cnn that u.s. officials are fast tracking sanctions and this would be an asset freeze on parts of the government. the goal is this. to get the police to get the security forces to end scenes like this. and like this. and the need to deescalate the violence. look at these pictures. just being dragged. scattered through a once peaceful city. at least 100 people are reported dead. the fiery collapse of a truce in kiev s independence square. just for perspective s sake, take a look at this. this is the picture. photo shopped tolg before as you can see and the after on the right. that is circulating websites right now. all this because the president backed out of this deal with the ue and instead choosing closer ties to russia. now russia while telling the west to butt out is sending