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What's happening inside the walls of the kremlin, i think there's a siege mentality. we heard from the spokesperson for the kremlin, dmitry pes cove -- he said this hysteria will pass. that gives insight to what the leaders of the russian government are thinking. you know, we have been through tough times before. he described the economic position as a blow, but he said we'll stand on our feet, and i think that siege mentality, they're hoping, will tap into a cultural feeling here in russia. just remember that the famous siege of leningrad, now st. petersburg in the second world war is seared ...

Can't even count, six or eight, pretty tough right now. >> what do you say to folks who are watching this tonight. were you born in this country, were you born in former soviet union? >> right. so -- no, no, i'm first generation american. my father is ukrainian from odessa. my mother is from lennen grad, now st. petersburg, russia. i grew up in a safe haven for everyone who defected from the soviet union. this is a place for everybody to meet. the founders were my grandfather, mikhail baryshnikov. so my message is do not identify anything or anybody that is russian. this is putin's war. just b...

>> i know there's a lot of excitement around this. there's also been a right lot of controversy overflights funded by private billionaires. a lot of people have been too thrilled with the billionaire space race. this one is raising money for sea jude's children research center. as you mention, one of the people is a cancer survivor and i do know st. jude's will have a lot of people watching. the timing of all this is a little tricky. i believe today we find out the exact window and. then they'll be up there for three days. this is it going to be a branson ten minute trip. talk to us about? tha...

Was 1917 when poppe pope john paul ii, now st. paul ii visited here. you talk to anyone in ireland, they will tell you that i are a vastly different country than 40 years ago when john paul came here. in 1979, virtually everyone in ireland went to sunday mass. you know, divorce was illegal. abortion was illegal. you had to get a doctor's note to get contraception. the whole lbgt issue wasn't on the radar skroovenl today, ireland has legalized gay marriage, contraception is legal. mass attendance rates are down. it is in many ways a secular nation now analogous to other western european nations...

Months before they get back regular electricity there. if the storm i category 2, continues to make its way to the atlantic and that raises concerns over where it may her head next as it goes north, but would hit the east coast of the continental u.s.? chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is an the weather center tracking maria spat. a good evening. >> hit the east coast, unlikely. impact the east coast very likely. i will show you that in a second. keep in mind these northern virgin islands right here, the direct impact from hurricane, just a couple weeks ago. now st. croix, the southern island...