they continue their occupation. there are young men with shields, black helmets, beating those bond fires, all of them designed along the barricades to try and keep the security forces away. after a day of the deadliest violence, the people on this square believe the security forces are going to try and kick them out. tonight, though, opposition leaders have been negotiating with the government and the president a short time ago, those talks broke up without results. but a deadly toll, one that s claimed we now believe more than 20 lives. has not been able to hedge the two sides closer and enable them to find a solution. we re showing multiple images on our screen. the main picture, this long line of fires, those are fires set by whom? what exactly are we looking at? those fires have been set by opposition protesters themselves. today, the end of the running street battles have fallen back to independence square and they re trying to build up their defenses as best they c
safe this year, then who is? the water in west virginia is safe to drink after a nasty chemical spilled into the supply. but today, yet another alarming sign forced an elementary school there to shut down. is the water safe or not, people? and the sports lead, an interview that everyone is talking about. nbc asks and asks and asks, bode miller about his brother who just died a few months ago until finally the skier broke down in tears. did nbc go too far? good afternoon, everybody. control of the u.s. senate is up for grabs. republicans feel good in louisiana, arkansas, north carolina but before republicans can face off before vulnerable democrats, they are going to have to get through their own primaries and in these contests we do see a battle going on for the sole of the republican party. as establishment incumbents try to stave off tea party challengers. perhaps nowhere is that fight more vicious than in the bluegrass state of kentucky. the united kentucky tea party v
and we do begin with breaking news. a hijacking drama unfolding overnight. in geneva, a man is now in custody after apparently hijacking an ethiopian airlines jet. here s the twist that man, the suspect, was the plane s co-pilot. the 767 with 200 people on board was supposed to go to rome but was diverted in midair. police say while the pilot was in the bathroom. the plane circled the airport in geneva several times while authorities tried to figure out what was going on. once they landed, the co-pilot apparently climbed out of the cockpit, through a window and down a rope. the passengers were taken off the plane with their hands up. everyone on board is okay. that s the great news. police say they were never threatened. the co-pilot apparently wants asylum in switzerland. a lot going on here. this was huge, huge drama overnight. we ll be following this throughout the morning. all right, here at home, prosecutors in the so-called loud music murder trial say they plan to r
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