restrictions outlawing homosexuality. and deciphering dogs. the unique canine qualities that are helping the nation's veterans. ♪ >> and we begin tonight with an international mystery, the unknown whereabouts ukraine's president, viktor yanukovych. police issued an order for his arrest. russia says the new government is not legal, and recalled its ambassador to ukraine. tonight there are lots of questions about ukraine's future. and jennifer glasse joins us now with more from kiev. jennifer. >> john, you join me on a very quiet independence square. earlier today, thousands of people came to pay their respects to those who fell here. but mainly on this monday, ukrainians tried to get back to normal. kiev got back to work today, its streets again filled with people. not long ago, the capitol was like a ghost town. >> last week i was afraid to go out of my house. but now things are better. >> reporter: in the place where it all started three months ago, the biggest working day crowd so far this year. they came on their lunch hours, after work, or took the day off. ukrainians have come here in the thousands to pay their respects. what they are hoping for now is a government worthy of those who died to help put it in power, and the people say they will stay here until they have the government they want. >> we have a kind of temporary, you know, government, but just as we see now, they are not quite satisfaction for us, because these are the guys that came from, you know, 2004. >> reporter: people here are also concerned about their neighborhood, russia, and how it might try to influence the current situation. >> i think many people in ukraine feel extremely offended by the russian propaganda. i think it's extremely offensive. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: parliament made those 82 protesters who dieded, official heros of the country. ukrainians know there is a long road ahead. many things need to be changed here john. change is afoot. there is a new government in place, but a knew day for ukraine today, john. >> jennifer thank you so much. steven is in washington, d.c. tonight. welcome, it's good to have you on the program. >> thank you. glad to be here. >> let's just start with the implications for russia, and how can russia affect this new government? >> it can affect it positively and negatively. the first statements by president putin are not terribly encouraging in that sense. he is call the government and the protesters actually, rather, nazi terrorists, and fascists, and looters and so forth much as yanukovych did. so there's not very much positive to be scene in this -- in that. there are other ways that russia could influence the situation, particularly in the primia, which has a population which is overwhelmingly russian, and not just russian-speaking, but ethnic russian, and there are even reports that yanukovych is in the port on the black sea in crimia and has been given kind of protection by putin, so we have to -- it remains to be seen what he will do, but i would expect him to pursue a much more active and assertive policy now that the olympics are over. >> and on the eu and united states side how does the west influence the ukraine, and should they? >> i think they very much should. it is very much in our interest an independent sovereign democratic ukraine transforms the map and the landscape of central -- central europe without ukraine, russia cannot be your asian empire, also independent ukraine alleviates certain pressures on poland and makes it easier for georgia and maldova to pursue a more western course, so we have a strategic influence in help them. what is needed is a major influx of invest -- private investment and capital, and therefore, what would be hoped would be that the u.s. and the eu coordinate their policy, and offer a stability package, which would prevent ukraine from defaulting on its debts and offer it some assistance, conditioned on the willingness of the transition government and the government that's elected after the may 25th elections to pursue a program of economic and political reform. >> and one other question, is the u.s. really concerned that russia might put troops in ukraine to help in some way? >> i don't think that they are really concerned -- that they expect that to happen, and i think it's unlikely. it can't be excluded, but it would be a real admission of failure on the part of putin, and highly dangerous, and even recently susan rice, the american -- obama's national security advisor warned that this would be a dangerous escalation of the crisis, which would have far-reaching implications. >> distinguished chair in european security at the rand corporation. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. nick shift rin is in an eastern city. >> reporter: these protesters serve up their revolution with a plate of cookies. thousands of activists have taken over the regional headquarters. a small army prepare sandwiches. every few minutes a volunteer brings supplies. and an aid station distributed water by the gallons. this is the unofficial paragrapher for history that is still unfolding. like everyone here, the 27-year-old identifies more with europe than russia. for him this is a generational power. >> our people are waking up. a long time ago they said we are nobody, we can't do something, and said you can see a lot of young people, and they do it, and they win. >> reporter: the local media embraced the occupation, jostles to get into the abandoned governor's office. this is where we found a 38-year-old who grew up here and went to school in new york. he is fighting a governor he considers corrupt. >> they want us to take it all, all of the money, all of the luxury things, not thinking about his people, about his country. >> reporter: this city has always been a fault line for ukraine, and this street right now is a fault line inside. we can just come from the administration building, and on this side of the street the police are protecting people who still support the government. this woman was born here. she was proud this city was ukraine's first soviet capitol. >> they are all brainwashed. they claim to stand for freedom, but we don't want their freedom. >> reporter: here hundreds defend their connection to a russia that is only 20 miles away. this is a former city official. his entire life he looked east with pride. now he can't bare to look across the street at people who have taken over a building where he once worked. >> translator: [ inaudible ] fascist party and fascist persons. >> reporter: ukraine must overcome the visions between those two look east, and those who look west. that bridge will clearly need to be built here. about 11 million ukrainians live in poverty, and the ousted president has been living in an opulent $75 million private compound, complete with hell pad, a zoo, and much more. one journalist tells us about it. >> it's a huge property, and it has several buildings. one construction was open for immediate peoples. all of the bathrooms in the mansion as well as on the shift have gold details. it looks like some sort of museum or palace, and it's like the ukrainian vary sigh. i think he had some bad memories from his childhood and he wanted to compensate for it as much as possible, so that's why he has struggled for luxury. he wanted -- he wanted it badly, and he got it. the property was heavily guarded, so it was like he didn't feel secure at all. it was like a different planet, one glass cost like two months minimum salary. there is a huge distance between this guy and the people. and i think the people who voted for him should be brought to his property. they should see what is going on. he was living on -- basically on the taxpayer's money, the ukrainian taxpayer's money. so that's why all of this money went instead of funding education and health care, and social projects. he was just enjoying himself on the nation's behalf. when you see these obscene -- obscene misuse of the state budget, of the money that belonged to him, it belonged to the state. really hard to keep your rage down. you can only imagine how many good things can be done with this money, and here is a guy who could do pretty much anything. but he didn't want to do good for his people. he was just taking care of himself and his family. now to egypt where the entire interim government resigned. the surprise move clears the way for the defense minister to run for president. the military leader had to step down in order to be eligible to run in april's elections. he was part of the opposition group to remove mohammed morsi from office last summer. some big changes could be store for the u.s. military. chuck hagel unveiled a budget providal that would lead to the smallest army since world war ii. all branches would be effected. lisa has the story. >> reporter: with the war in iraq and afghanistan winding down, the pentagon says it is time to propose its first non-wartime budget in 13 years. >> the reality of reduced resources and a challenging and changing strategic requirement requires us to prioritize and make difficult choices. some of those choices we must make now. >> reporter: among the proposals, a much smaller army. at its height it grew to 570,000 troops. it was already scheduled to drop to 480,000, this makes cuts down to 440 to 450,000 troops. the pentagon top brass also wants to eliminate the air force a-10 attack air force, and retire the spy plane. reflecting the world's new threat, special operations forces would increase, and cyber war fair would continue as a key priority. >> this country should be assured that we will retain the capability to defend our country and our interests around the world. i believe that our allies as well as our adversaries will understand that. there is no military in the world that is anywhere near as capable as the american military. >> reporter: at the white house jay carney called the pentagon's approach a realistic and responsible move away from war footing. >> that obviously doesn't lessen the fact that we have to maintain extreme vigilance, and we do. >> reporter: secretary hagel is also proposing limiting military pay increases, and increasing health care costs for some retirees. a defense expert speaking on al jazeera says veteran not need to worry. >> they are not doing anything that would hurt those who have served in wars, who now need those benefits. >> reporter: these proposals are just that proposals. it's not good politics especially during election years, when asked about that the military said all it can do is ask but expect it to get what it wants. coming up, international outrage, the u.s. and united nations condemn tough new anti-gay restrictions signed in to law in uganda. and in arizona a measure that some call keep the gays away. we'll take a look at other bills in this states around the world. and el chopo, the mexican drug kingpin still wanted in chicago. more turmoil in venezuela today and violence. at least 13 people have now died. and the crisis is taking a toll on neighboring columbia. here is our report. >> reporter: heavy traffic into venezuela, a typical morning in the border region. here thousands of columbians cross the border and pursue work in a bargain. but the ongoing problems over the border are take their toll. >> translator: we work in venezuela, because we only find jobs there. but the currency keeps losing value. and now with this crisis i'm worry every time i cross. i don't know if the bridge will be open when i come back. >> reporter: however, not all of the work done by columbians in venezuela is legal. they smuggle gas back into columbia, selling it at a profit. business has suffered since the crisis began. authorities in both countries have cracked down on can -- contraband trade. the smugglers have fought back. >> translator: they are trying to stop this, but they will not be able to. contraband is what we do, and this activity is as old as our country. >> reporter: and gasoline isn't the only product available. stores all over town are stocked with smuggled basic goods such as rice, flour, and milk. i just bought this bag of flour which says it was made in venezuela, and while these products are in short supply on the other side of the border, they can still be easily found in stores in the town. the crisis in venezuela underlies how difficult life is for those two live in this part of columbia. >> translator: 72% of the border is informal. which means 72 out of 100 people have various jobs where crime thrives. the crisis in venezuela is starting to show fragile economy we have. >> reporter: it's clear the impact of this crisis is being felt not just inside the country, but by its neighbors as well. and now tough new restrictions on homosexuals are in the law in you kruganda. the president said anyone who is convicted of homosexual acts can be sentenced to life in prison. international gays rights groups say the law will lead to anti-gay violence the situation reflects the growing anti-gay trend across africa. it is illegal to be gay in 38 african countries. in some countries gays can face the death penalty. in this country there is legislation dealing with homosexuality now being debated. richelle carey is here with more. >> john, as you said this really is life and death. back here at home, gay rights have progressed on a number of fronts, but they are also being challenged. in some states they are colliding with the recent push for more religious liberty. a battle between articles of faith, religious freedom and freedom from discrimination. a number of states are pushing back against gay rights through religious freedom laws. they have been proposed in nine states, idaho oregon, south carolina, tennessee, oregon, hawaii, and mississippi. >> you should not have to forfeit your religious freedoms and rights merely because you want to work or start a business in the state of arizona. >> reporter: to critics it's not only anti-gay, but the law could be used to discriminate against anybody. >> it feels like it opens the door for discrimination in a huge brood spectrum. i mean, i feel like we could be kicked out of a restaurant. >> reporter: the bill is on governor jan brewer's desk, and she hasn't said if she will sign it into law. for more than 30 years anti-gay rights people have tried to pass a law at the federal level. john? >> joining us now is the assistant house minority leader in arizona. welcome. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: i just want to ask you about this bill. can you explain why you are against the bill. >> in general i'm against all types of discrimination, whether it's to people of color, your different religions, and especially against the gay community, and this bill allows discrimination against our gay community here in arizona. >> how have you been talking to your colleagues about this bill? >> well, one we have been basically explaining that this bill is specifically targeting the gay community. because arizona is a state that has no protection for the gay community, the way this word is worded is to help the cities that have passed anti-gay ordinances to -- this will effect our economy -- >> how? >> it gives arizona a very negative perspective. we have a strong high-tech industry here, and if we're the state that tries to attract these companies, but we're not willing to give them full civil rights, it is going to be very difficult -- >> i have read online some very prominent people who have said they won't come to arizona. are you concerned about that? >> i am if our tourism drops it will really effect our bottom line here. apple, something that we're very proud of, they have just also come out against this. all things are pointing we should veto this bill. >> what do your constituents say? >> they are shocked we are having this argument again. our economy is recovering, and they are saying we just don't need this right now. we should just let it go. >> i talked to a republican representative in kansas about their bill, and she told me she believed their bill was simply discriminatory; that it was as discriminatory to the gays as the jim crow laws in the south were to african-americans. do you agree? >> i do agree. this law would basically allow discrimination against gay people, and because of that all of the democrats in the house and senate fought strongly against this. i don't believe you can discriminate against anybody based on their race or religion or because of their sexuality. >> thanks again for joining us. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. thank you. just ahead, drug kingpin captured. how the arrest went down, and who might take 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[ female announcer ] watch live tv anywhere. the x1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. ♪ welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. we have a lot to cover this half hour. accused drug kingpin behind bars in mexico, but still wanted here in the united states. plus giving it all away, the personal data local governments are sharing to help others make a profit. and frac-ing creating new wealth for some, but also creating problems. john, ukraine's former president viktor yanukovych is on the run, and a warrant has been issued for his arrest. an interim government is now in place, but russia says the government is not legal. at least 13 people have now died in venezuela. traffic came to a halt as protesters put up barricades. demonstrators blame the government for the high crime rate and slow economy. and hundreds of supporters road motorbikes caracas. and the entire egyptian government stepped down today. and that clears the way forr forral -- al-sisi to run for president. all right. richelle thiank you. tonight the truthful drug kingpin sits behind bars in a mexico prison. and he will have to stand trial there before he is extradited to the united states. >> more details are emerging about how he was caught by dozens of mexican marines who surrounded the building he was saying in here in mexico. he was arrested before 7:00 am on saturday. he tried to reach for some of the arms he had amassed in that come doe minimum -- condominium, but was unable to do so. there is a lot of speculation about whether he will be extradited to the us. there are several indictments in cities there. the department of justice is very keen on trying him on charges of smuggling, killing, and trafficking of drugs. but there is no word yet from the attorney general here in mexico what the next step will be. you have investigators in both countries very eager and hungry to make him pay for the crimes he has been committing for decades as he has run one of the world's most powerful international criminal organizations. >> so what happens to the cartel now it is without a leader? this >> well, until his arrest his namel chapo, means because he is short in stature. this is the first picture we have seen of him in 13 years. since he escaped prison via the back of a laundry truck. his drug dealing business has been active on four continents, here, europe, african, and australia as well. he is believed to have made an estimated $3 billion profit a year. nobody really knows, but that is a pretty good estimate. and that's way more than fortune 500 companies. his trafficking network is set to extent deep into the united states. and the department of justice says that guzman's criminal activities contributed to the death and destruction of millions of lives. this professor said that guzman turned to violence in order to protect his turf. >> there were competitors for these trafficking roots. and sometimes he would have to eliminate those competitors. he didn't thrive on sadistic violence, but if he had to kill, he would. >> professor grayson said he would bribe absolutely everyone in site just to keep his businesses going. >> police, the military, the prosecutors, the judges. he was always beloved in in his home territory, and there was a -- a story that the peasants who worked for him wore no clothes, but they only wore hats so they could doff their hats when el chopo came by. >> and he said his success shun is likely to be quite smooth. authorities are seeking to have guzman extradited to the united states, and while init l initially mexico may seem reluctant to do this, guzman is likely to become a headache for the mexican authorities, so he will end up here. >> the president wants to down play the drug war, the violence, the torturing, the kidnappings, the castrations, and as long as he is around, he is going to be a focus of the media, so i think it will take months of negotiations but i would suspect in the final analysis he will be extradited to the united states. >> guzman has another sentence to serve in mexico first before he can come here. so there you go, john, think of him as a business first as a ceo of a giant american corporation, except that he was dealing in drugs around the world. >> john terrett thank you very much. he is expected of moving massive amounts of cocaine into chicago. >> reporter: last year the chicago crime commission named guzman public enemy number one. it's a dubious moniker afforded last to gangster al capone. >> his involvement with the day-to-day drug trade in chicago is of a major significance, and he controls the street gangs by supplying them with the drugs. >> reporter: in chicago the u.s. drug enforcement agency estimates he provides 80% of the city's heron, cocaine, and meth. in 2001 he escapes using money, bribes, and a laundry truck. in 2009 he was indicted in illinois in what was called the most significant drug importation conspiracies ever charged in chicago. two of guzman's lieutenants have previously been extradited from meks andco -- mexico and are being held in u.s. custody. the dea head said quote . . . ultimately it will be eric holder who will determine where guzman will face trial. the other big question is whether or not guzman's arrest will have any effect of flow of drugs into the united states? >> structures war fair is taking place. >> reporter: criminal justice professor is doubtful. >> it's not going to have any impact on the street price. it's not going to have any impact on violence. it's a nice headline for the mexican police, and the dea, it doesn't mean anything for dead bodies in chicago or how much drugs are here. >> reporter: the multi-billion dollars business of drug trafficking will undoubtedly continue. still his arrest is certainly considered a law enforcement victory. now to business news. in in business information is crucial. even homeowner's applications can help boost a retailer's bottom line. allan schauffler has the story from seattle. >> it feels like home. >> reporter: porch.com is a company built on public data. information available to anybody if you want to go to the courthouse or city clerk's office and look it all up off. city, county agency collect and store hundreds of pieces of data. >> public data was actually one of the things that really helped jump start the process. >> reporter: gathering and organizing the information makes it easy for people looking to hire a plummer or painter, letting them see what similar people have done in area. professional contractors can pay porch a monthly fee to connect with potential clients. information from private sources has been mixed in too. and the concept was good enough for him to raise more than $6 million. >> it drives so much information. we're living in a earlied woe of increasing transparency. >> reporter: another example is this mobile app. it uses gps and bus transponder data to telluriders when the next bus isme coming. now the buses put information out on their website. >> once we started understanding that the data we have has a great deal of value to these outside developers, it wasn't a very hard transition to say, yeah, let's figure out ways to get it out. >> rate payers have already paid for this data, they should have access to it. >> reporter: with access to the data getting easier, more entrepreneurs are tapping into that information. >> i think there are a lot more businesses out there yet to be build. >> reporter: great news as places like this. >> by the end of this year yes expect to be about 180 people. >> reporter: where business is good and growing. you growing and evolving. he says that his people are constantly looking for new private and public data sets that they can find, organize, and use. john? >> alan thank you. jason collins now the first openly gay basketball player to play the nba. he signed a 10-day contract with the nets and played last night. this came two weeks after michel sam announced he is gay. sam sent collins a tweet, saying to my friend jason collins, exciting to see you do work out there. meanwhile sam got a lot of attention today from several nfl teams. he could become the country's first gay professional football player. >> reporter: when it came to media availability on saturday he was definitely the most popular. he tried to use that time to take the focus off of him being a gay football player, and simply a football player quite frankly if you look at the numbers, heing didn't perform the way maybe he needed to improve his draft status. he performed the 100 yard draft at one of the slowest in his position. middle of the road at best. so how did he think he performed in the wake of all of the pressure here? shortly after his workouts concluded he spoke to nfl network. >> i thought i did pretty good, matt. it was a good experience to be able to show any talents to the scouts and coaches. >> anything you were disappointed with? everybody has numbers they want to run with. >> i was kind of disappointed on my vertical jump. i think it was over thinking. but that was the most disappointing. >> there were some questions on whether his homosexuality would affect his draft status, but talking to executives here, the common sentiment what is going to effect his draft status is his chance to move to outside linebacker. >> position change is difficult. the first thing you want to do is probably get a private workout, because you won't see enough at thement combine to be able to answer all of the questions. position changes in football are really difficult, just as trades are really difficult. it isn't one size fits all. when a guy has played a position all the way through high school and college, and now you are going to ask him to go to a new position at this level, it's hard to do. >> we'll have another opportunity to impress coaches and scout on pro day coming up on march 20th when he will go through some of the same drills, and maybe those numbers will be a greater determinant of where he will be drafted come may. he will be a middle round draft pick coming in, and thus maybe he won't cost himself that much money. third fourth and fifth draft pick was about 2.8 to $2.5 million on average. so the difference isn't that much, but every dollar counts when you are coming into the league, and michel sam still has a lot to prove. michael gill, al jazeera, indianapolis. texas oil companies might be striking it rich, but that's not true for everybody. plus a dog's nose knows, what their keen sense of smell tells them. the temp cheertu-- temperate cold. arctic outbreak has begun. i want to focus in on what is happening with the wind chills. let's put this into motion and watch what happens here in fargo. minus 34 is the wind chill by tomorrow morning. chicago tomorrow afternoon and evening is going to feel more like minus ten. so if you are traveling here, you definitely want to bundle up because it is going to be extremely cold. by friday, air temperature minus 20. here across the northeast we have cooled down quite a bit. temperatures right now about 30 degrees in new york. philadelphia seeing about 31 degrees. that's a change of about 18 degrees lower than what we saw 24 hours ago. well, as we go towards tomorrow, the temperatures only go to about 32, and boston at 31. oil is booming in a small town in southern texas thanks to hydraulic drilling. how some are getting rich, while others in the town are suffering. heidi zhou castro has the story. >> reporter: [ technical difficulties ] >> reporter: rent here has tripled. >> people have gotten thrown out of their house, just because they want more money. >> reporter: a job on the oil field earns six figures, but the day and night hours exclude florez. most workers are men from out of town. >> reporter: is this a blessing or curse? >> blessing. 100% blessing. >> reporter: and despite some flickers, most here hope it continues to burn brightly for as long as it can. they fetch medicine, turn on lights, and can literally smell fear in combat veterans. science and technology correspondent jake ward visits the facility that trains these very special psychiatric dogs. >> reporter: dogs have two great evolutionary gifts, an incredible sense of smell, anden unmatched ability to befriend and follow the instructions of human beings. in some cases humans train dogs to be unfriendly or worse. but psychiatric service dogs help veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress, brain trauma and physical injuries. mary runs depreciation freedom paws, one of the few organizations in the united states that provides these dogs to veterans >> we train them to train their own service dog. >> reporter: she once trained dogs to detect bombs and drugs for the military, and now trains them to help anxiety in human beings. >> you can train them to do anything are you want. >> reporter: they can detect cancer and diabetes, and detect anxiety. >> they know what your normal scent is, so when you get anxious, they know it. >> if i start dreaming, she's grumble and nudge me, and kind me up. >> this organization receives no government funding, but to spend evening a few hours with these veterans, are to meet people that have been utterly transformed. >> fire crackers started going off, and i just focused on here and was able to get through it myself. >> reporter: the human dog team receives more than 300 hours of training. at a cost of roughly $10,000 per dog. >> at the very end, they go through six and a half hours of a public access test where they must demonstrate everything that they have learned and that they are effectively using the dog. >> the results people to bring together the best qualities of dogs in the interests of restoring the best parts of being human. >> she is telling me that we're okay. we're okay? yeah. yeah. yeah. yeah. >> reporter: jacob ward, al jazeera, gilroy, california. coming up all new tonight. a mysterious illness with symptoms that are a lot like polio. dozens of children have been effected but doctors are not sure what to do about it. and if you see ghost busters, groundhog day, or caddy shack or animal house, remembering director hair raymous. and tonight's freeze frame is from the capitol of ukraine, kiev. this wouldn'ted poster showing the picture of ousted president viktor yanukovych. posters have been plastered all over the capitol. the interim government is launching a probe into the deaths in last week's clashes. the headlines with richelle are next. the sacrifice growing children endure, to care for their parents >> i left my job as a lawyer... >> best ways to cope... my husband was like a single father... >> my mother said: "take care of dad" on al jazeera america al jazeera america. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here are tonight's top stories. the white house supports the new government forming in ukraine. russia says the new go is not legitimate. viktor yanukovych is on the run. at least 13 people have died in venezuela, and demonstrations against the president. traffic came to a hult monday as protesters put up barricades. the president blames the international media which he says is distorting the situation. a new anti-gay law has been passed in uganda. the pept -- pentagon is looking to shrink the army to preworld war ii levels. the reign of mexican drug cartel kingpin comes to an end. he will stand trial in mexico before facing charges in the u.s. those are the headlines, i'm richelle carey. "america tonight" with joie chen is up next. you can always get the latest news online on our website, aljazeera.com. chapo. >> on maint. "america tonight." breaking the pipeline of el chapo's empire. to the streets of chicago, inside the capture of public enemy number 1. >> amway army that chapo uses. >> well dressed shrubbery. ukrainians charge him with mass murder.