out endemic corruption, present both in the political as well as in the economic process, and then, of course, as you just said, you have that situation in the east, where pro-russian separatists were supposed to vacate buildings that they've been holding for a while as part of that agreement that was reached between the u.s., the russia, the eu and the ukraine last week, and so far, that hasn't happened. there was an incident over the weekend where there was a shoot-out that went on. several people were killed in that. the u.s., of course, also has put forward photos that cnn has obtained that seem to show russian military members on the ground as part of those separatists. so, the situation, if anything, in the east seems to be heating up in this environment that the vice president has landed into to try and find some sort of solution to de-escalate the situation, john. >> potentially embarrassing for the vice president if it deteriorates during his visit there. our fred pleitgen in kiev. thanks so much. an update now on what doctors are calling a medical miracle. this morning, the 16-year-old runaway turned stowaway who hid in the landing gear of a jet and