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>> it is a massacre of historic proportions, witnesses say. the bloody siege on mariupol, putting russia's brutal tactics on full display. choking off supplies to civilians. leaving obama, who asked us not to use her last name, choking back tears. she barely escaped mariupol, dodging shelling, and land mines. >> we were like blind cats, she says. we took a gamble, and left. >> we know about the atrocities have been happening inside mariupol, because of two journals from the associated press. a video journalist, and a photographer. they, both, where the eyes, and years, of the entire world, in ...

"we have to stop vladimir putin," olga tells me, "or else he'll just keep going invading countries like moldova and poland." as she speaks, olga's 14-year-old daughter fights to hold back tears. the moldovan government says tens of thousands of refugees are living in the homes of ordinary moldovans, an extraordinary act of collective kindness from one of the poorest countries in europe. asked how long he could afford to continue hosting this ukrainian family, boris told me they can stay as long as they need. ivan watson, cnn, moldova. i'm michael holmes in lviv, ukraine. i will be back in a ...

>> we finally get outside and the wind was moving so fast. >> i felt the wind hitting. that's when the danger really set in, like fire and wind of that magnitude is very dangerous. >> go, go, go, go. run. >> reporter: after a rush through the parking lot, gridlock as hundreds tried to flee the crowded shopping center. >> i looked back at my son, and he was trying to hold back tears, and i just told him, we're going to be okay. we're going to be okay. we said a little prayer. >> reporter: though shaken by the experience. >> that was the scarest part for me because i said those words that we wer...

Who that is. >> reporter: seth's parents tried to fight back tears. >> it was heartbreaking. >> reporter: on the caldwell side, tears of joy and displays of overwhelming relief. there were hugs and more hugs. more than two years of pent-up emotions finally coming out. the caldwells then walked across the aisle, the two moms embraced united in tragedy. >> we know this family. i know it's not doug and lorraine's fault. it's not their family's fault that any of this happened. >> reporter: todd searched out doug. only three years before they were all celebrating their kids' wedding together. doug ...

Those hairs come back with dna results, if there's an explanation for that, our case is no longer viable. >> it took the jury just 3 1/2 hours to reach a verdict. >> we the jury find the defendant guilty. >> guilty of the murder of 30-year-old carmen smith. >> all these years you go thinking that he got away with it and he didn't. >> at daker's sentencing the state called just one witness, nick smith, who was determined to face his attacker one last time. >> i kind of had to not let him defeat me. no way. >> when waseem daker took my mother's life and stabbed me my life was put on hold -- >> n...