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How its going to go. no sign of russia letting up. you can expect more ukrainians to flee as russia advances. im seeing them here in lviv. for a group like yours and others, how many years or months or years are you planning for for this and how many people do you expect to come? >> well, the latest estimates are about 5 million people to come across the border, and personally, i think its conservative. as of right now, theres 2.5 million refugees in total. and by the end of the weekend, its pro...

>> well, tom, thank you so much to you. were going to go right to the white house now. president biden. lets listen in. >> just spoken some time with president zelenskyy of ukraine. i told as you have each and every time that the united states stands with the people of ukraine and as they bravely fight to defend their country, and they are doing that. as putin continues his merciless assault, the united states and allies and partners continue to work in lockstep to ramp up economic pressures on ...

Emotional, mental health needs. the trauma that people are already experiencing, that will stay with them. how much is that a focus for you and for your teams, taking care of those mental health needs, the psychological support? >> its a great focus of ours. not only are we worried about treating the longer term counselling and therapy needs of people coming across who experienced trauma but were also working with partners to make sure the volunteers who are working at the border and receiving r...

I dont know if you can still hear me because i think i lost the connection with you guys but look, the other thing happening here in romania, they are very concerned about that shelling and the rocketing that you guys are experiencing in western ukraine right now and romanians especially in the north, very aware and even in this area, very aware. great concern that the war may come here. back to you. >> understandably, jim, you were saying you were woken up by the cy sirens overnight. thank you....

What are the most immediate needs this morning? >> thanks for having me. the needs list is long. this is both a sprint and a marathon at the same time. people come here across the border have exhaustion, anxiety. theyre coming across with mothers who have health needs and sick children and on top of that, its a compounding issue because as the person before just said, people have the normal health issues, cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes and depression. these require health care services. o...

Coming up tomorrow on the next "red eye" gavin mcguinness and tom coder. >> one of my first jobs was delivering singing telegrams with a bouquet of balloons. after having the screen door slammed in your face after swinging you are my sunshine to a certain tattooless gentleman which is to say i handled a lot of helium in my day i never attempted anything like this. last weekend a canadian businessman was arrested after parachuting from a lawn chair outfitted with a hundred helium filled balloons....

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