protesters yanked down statues of lenin who, of course, led the russian revolution. and they accused president yanukovych of wanting too close of ties with russia. we like in alise labbot. alise, the ukrainian president, we know, has left kiev. he's reportedly saying he will not resign. he's digging in. what does all of this mean at this point? >> reporter: well, he may be digging in, christi, but it's really unclear whether he can maintain his grip on power, because you see in the last couple of days about a third of his party in the you're cranian parliament has resigned. there are a lot of votes in the parliament that are looking to show they have support for the protesters. president yanukovych is traveling through the eastern part of the country. that's really where his political base is and part of what he's saying is to speak