a closer look at the changing battlefield. russia s military advance not as quick as moscow anticipated, but there are signs things could escalate soon. a senior u.s. defense official telling cnn it s possible russians could take a more aggressive approach in their attempts to take kyiv. let s look at the map. you are looking at the entire country. 44 million people. the size of texas from a land mass. let s look at here. you see the red shaded areas where the russians have made advances over the past five days. troops from belarus, troops from russia. taking some land moving toward kyiv. russians s are now about 15 mil from kyiv. take something land in northern ukraine including in belgorod in approaching kharkiv, battles here as well. and from crimea, annexed by russia, some forces coming in, some from the sea as well to take areas in southern ukraine and slight expansion of already held areas by pro-russian separatists in the donbas. let s get insights from retired
officials showing how they tracked applicants and spreadsheets sent by an athletics department official, some applicants were labelled vip with comments like donor, potential donor, 1 mil pledge, given 2 mil already, 15 mil and dad well-known ortho surgeon. zangrillo s attorneys were trying to get more documents from usc, say university officials were keenly aware that vip applicants did not have to be admitted based on merit in short, usc is far from the crime victim it claims to be. responding in a statement, usc calls the filing a legal and public relations strategy t rom the criminal fraud for which he has been indicted, adding no athletic department official has the authority to compel admissions decisions steven mercer is a college application consultant who used to work in usc s admissions office. there are people who see the words vip and think the system
but i think as a sitting senator, it is important to look into whether or not this is something that he does regularly. are there other women he s worked with in the senate where this has been a problem. the only reason i think an investigation is important is because he is a sitting senator, he represents the people from the state of minnesota and it ought to be made clear whether or not this is a problem ongoing with him. you know what ought to be made clear, the sa milli$15 mil harassment claims from this slush fund that the u.s. government paid out. not only do i not want to be r harassed, i don t want tax dollars going to men and women who have settlements that have harassment that amazingly get covered up and we don t hear about. i d like to hear more about them. we re going to take a break. the president s panama problem. an nbc news investigation of this skyscraper that bears the trump name and has ties to organized crime. hello. stay tuned for that.