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People from europe. and the refugee resettlement process can take years, although its possible to speed things up. that said, there is a growing push from advocates and lawmakers to do more, especially for ukrainians with family members already here in u.s. a coalition of more than two dozen jewish american organizations put pressure on the biden administration noting, quote, our community knows painfully too well what happens when america shuts its doors to refugees. and in fact, some states ar...

You need a bar. and so there was infrastructure. >> reporter: in these stacks, a feeling for the history of this place. and these days, something else, too. deja vu. >> they were in the field from 1942 to about 1950. >> this is the history of the last insurgency? >> yeah. >> then maybe another one soon? >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: with each conflict, another wave of ukrainian families came to ohio. the mayor of parma is already working with state and city officials to make his city a home for th...

Came here during the industrial revolution. so a lot of people came here figuring, well save some money, go back and buy land, but inevitably, you know, youre here. what do you need? you need a church. you need a bakery. you need a butcher shop. you need a bar. and so -- there was infrastructure. >> collection down here. >> reporter: a feeling for the history of this place, and these days something else, too. deja vu. >> in the field from 1942 to about 1950. >> the last of the insurgency and the...

Are you a christian author with a book that youre ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! the war in ukraine is of course thousands of miles away from any americans, but those in parma, ohio, with a ukrainian community of nearly 43,000, towns like kyiv are much more than just those names that we are pointing to on a map right now, theyre home to childhood memories. cnns evan mac morin santoro has more. >> my husbands entire family is there. >> ...

We will play catch. weave will play catch, brian you toss it to me and i will toss it to you and wait for the vice president of the united states. the reason joes wife is not here told me celebrating international womens day for the entire week. show the shirt. he is afraid of nothing his wife is ukrainian. tell you more about parma if i can. let me get up and introduce you kevin and kammi both council members here in parma. kevin, what is it about this community? what is the ukrainian populatio...

A winter weather advisory issued for all state highways earlier in the day. everyone injured was taken to hospitals. officials say none of the injuries were fatal. a suspect is in custody after five west point cadets overdosed and fentanyl while on spring break. that incident happening late last week at a vacation rental house in fort lauderdale, florida. according to cnn affiliate wpl good, a 21-year-old man arrested of a powdered substance laced with fentanyl if triggers those overdoses, all...

Revolution. so a lot of people came here to save some money, go back and buy land, but inevitably, youre here. you need a church. you need a bakery. you need a butcher shop. you need a bar. and so there was infrastructure collection down here. >> a feeling for the history of this place. and these days, something else, too. deja vu. >> so they were in the field from 1942 to about 1950. >> the history of the last inl surgeonsy. >> with each conflict, another wave of ukrainian families came to ohio...

The midterms? >> will: you would have to think so, todd. this is a real-life issue impacting everyday americans, on their way to and from work and to and from their kids soccer games. this is stunning when you think about the report you had from ashley strohmier, up 7 cents. everyday it is up another dime roughly, making run on gas something you will see, that is spiralling inflation before your eyes and fascinating into that report, people will now start stealing gas from one another. that will...

>> reporter: in the sanctuary of this church, people gather each night to pray for a quick end to this war. but in the same building, theyre planning for a long fight, packing thousands of pounds of supplies to send to the motherland. why do you come here every night? >> so i dont cry. im not watching the news when im here, im packaging. im running. im doing something. >> reporter: for these americans, daily life has been changed by an ongoing war half a world away. >> so we dont go to sleep unt...

War-torn nation, the u.n. also saying that 45% of ukrainians are now worried about finding enough to eat. finding enough food. my next guest is the first u.s. bishop to travel to the polish/ukrainian border to distribute critical resources, like food and medicine, to ukrainian families that fled the violence. joining us now is a bishop from the ukrainian catholic diocese in parma, ohio. bishop, thank you so much for joining us on this. we appreciate it. you may be in ohio right now, but you actu...