have a checkpoint at the beginning, a checkpoint at the end of it, and that's making it just incredibly difficult. you know, those checkpoints are there for a reason. this is part of the country's sort of wholesale defense across it from border to border. but they are making things incredibly difficult and incredibly inconvenient for many people who are trying to flee the country. and it's, yeah, it's surreal to see, to walk through a small town, farming village, and have at every intersection in town guys with guns and roads blocked off and, you know, the evidence of war is everywhere. >> jac, you have done some tremendous reporting. we appreciate you making time for us. jack crosby, thank you. >> at the top of the hour, we're back live on the ground in lviv, ukraine, where russian air strikes killed dozens of people at a nearby military base. now residents brace for potentially more attacks. the city's deputy mayor also talking with me about conditions