world, many countries, slam the move as sham elections. this comes as vladimir putin faces an uprising from his own people over his planned mobilization. and the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, is saying that he wants russians to revolt against their government. that s right. putin s draft order sparking huge angry protests across the country, leading to more than 1,300 arrests. and now some russians are leaving the country entirely, one way or another. as men try to escape this war. we are seeing long lines of traffic buildup at border crossings and several neighboring countries. as for those who are deciding to try to fight, they are saying good-bye to loved ones, as they leave behind their families to board buses for military service. so let s begin in ukraine. our international security editor, nick paton walsh joins us from kramatorsk. nick, what can you tell us from the ground? reporter: yeah, certainly, these i can t even call them votes, to be honest
the incidents occurred and how to get an idea of the physical locations of that. as you mentioned, i talked to the scientists there. they were the ones on the ground. one thing we learned is that while they were in those locations, they never really got a chance to talk to these patients because u.s. diplomats were brought back to the united states and examine in places like miami. we want an impact on the cuban people, as well. the embassy was supposed to open, doesn t open. incredible. sanjay, that was a moment of hope, right? that was relations between the countries, donald trump turned that around. i wonder what is the reaction from people who say and believe they suffered these symptoms? you know, i m glad you asked that, jim. that s one part of the story that hasn t been told enough. that is 2016, there were these grand dreams of what was going to happen in cuba. they would be open to the world,
i was talking about it turning left into the united states and it s not going to do that. but it s going to turn left into atlantic canada, nova scotia, newfoundland, you are in the way of this. prince edward island, too. the storm is not going to lose a lot of strength. it s getting into cooler water, losing a little bit of organization, but we just had 144 knots level winds. and up here towards halifax is where most of that impact will be. 40-foot waves. 40-foot waves with this storm, as it makes impact late tonight and into tomorrow morning, on top of the areas that has the, by far, the greatest tide, from low to high, in the world. a lot of this does have very, very high and low tides. hurricane warnings are in effect. obviously, we ll have winds over 120 miles per hour at times. the trees are in the ground. they still have leaves and many of them will be falling. the power outages across parts of atlanta, canada, may truly be
bused to ukraine. and the other reaction though, besides the protest, is, of course, this rush to the borders, finland, kazakhstan reporting a 20% increase. a sense of panic, really, on the ground there. fewer eyes, also the ability to cross land crossings for some. salma abdelaziz, thanks so much. joining us now to discuss, ambassador richard haas, the counsel of foreign relations, former official in the state department. ambassador, good to have you on again. good morning. first, if we could talk about your reaction to these expected sham referendums in russian-occupied territory, which frankly territories of ukraine that are only partially occupied by russian forces, contested to a large part. the concern is russia will now claim these territories as russiantory. is it your concern that russia will then use that as justification for escalation? in other words, treat ukrainian attacks on that territory as an attack on russia itself? well, again, it s not as though the russian
world, many countries, slam the move as sham elections. this comes as vladimir putin faces an uprising from his own people over his planned mobilization. and the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, is saying that he wants russians to revolt against their government. that s right. putin s draft order sparking huge angry protests across the country, leading to more than 1,300 arrests. and now some russians are leaving the country entirely, one way or another. as men try to escape this war. we are seeing long lines of traffic buildup at border crossings and several neighboring countries. as for those who are deciding to try to fight, they are saying good-bye to loved ones, as they leave behind their families to board buses for military service. so let s begin in ukraine. our international security editor, nick paton walsh joins us from kramatorsk. nick, what can you tell us from the ground? reporter: yeah, certainly,