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>> sandra: the battle for the donbas region in eastern ukraine is now underway marking a major change and new phase to vladimir putin's war on ukraine. president volodymyr zelenskyy insisting he and his people will still fight to defend their nation but putin has not forgotten the rest of ukraine completely, as russian forces renew their air assaults around kyiv. we go to trey yingst live in kyiv from the latest. hi, trey. >> good afternoon. they have acknowledged a new phase of fighting in the eastern part of the country, as communities outside the capital of kyiv survey the damage left in th...

this "american morning." good morning. >> zogood morning alina. >> it's early. >> it is early. >> not so early for you. >> always great to have you here. >> carol is off, christine is off. >> that's right. >> we've got you back, which is fantastic. >> we've got a really serious situation going on in texas. >> it's -- it seems to be getting worse although in some parts getting a little more control over it. these raging wildfires we're telling you about sweeping across the country right now. the governor rick perry is describing the disaster as, quote, a monstrous storm of smoke and...

>> that's some interesting information, the fact it affects nav gable rivers, could affect things you buy or get shipped to you, and the farm belt, some of the farmers won't be able to grow things. we've seen food prices pushing up. we'll keep an eye on that as well as the flooding. want to show you a closer look at this compound we've been talking about where the most wanted man was hiding for the past few years. pakistan, afghanistan. this is the area in the middle the sort of govern -- ungoverned area. islamabad is the capital of pakistan. let me just go in and give you a 3d view of the com...

To stress at this point they are gathered outside several hundred i think actually well over 1,000 demonstrators are gathered at a roundabout on the road leading to the american embassy. the american embassy, that's several hundred meters up the hill. not even visible so they did at some point manage to tear down a gate leading to the road that goes to the american embassy but at this point i said there's a lot of people waving flags. they're chanting, they're clapping but it's peaceful at the moment and the violence seems to be the exception rather than rule today and earlier there was [ inau...