Relaxed. people were starting to breathe i think a little better. but this is a sign that la leave practically on nato s doorstep, 43 miles from the poland border, not safe. there were strikes in luhansk. the governor urging people to evacuate, saying there are no safe places left in the region. and kreminna has fallen into russian hands. they entered the town with a huge amount of equipment. some tried to escape in their vehicles and russians opened fire on their car, killing at least four. ukraine s president zelenskyy telling cnn they are not willing to give up territory in the eastern part of the country to end the war. he says the coming battle in the donbas region could influence the war. russia telling ukrainian fighters, lay down your weapons
How much news moves around. if jeff hadn t said, hey, i need you guys to read richard roth s email, i probably would have missed it in the big scheme of things. i m just really glad i didn t. richard doesn t need to do anything else. he s shown nothing but gratitude and courage through this whole process. i just really, really want people to understand that this would not be possible without our surgeons. we have amazing surgeons. we were in amazing hands. every time i think of them, i want to name them, dr. hawkinson and dr. kilcarney. their team was incredible. i knew this was completely doable, not just for me, but a lot of people. they really should be commended in this process. richard? can i briefly thank all the cnn people who tried to help me along the way and former cnn people. i m inundated with emails and
So perhaps coming up with the right idea is even a little tougher, but i ll come up with something. you know, i m very fortunate. there are 117,000 people looking for kidneys and livers, and many people die each day. i guess i could only ask people who are like samira or tend to lean that way to think about donating to a friend or a relative. samira was out of the hospital the next day. if it wasn t for our former leader, jeff zucker, reiterating my plea on the morning cnn conference call maybe samira the join in on how close it was to her hearing about me. please. i wouldn t have read the email. we get hundreds of emails. i wouldn t have read it. it s nothing about richard. you know how many emails we get a day and how much movement there is around this company,
Weekend, leaving several people injured. cnn s shimon prokupecz is joining us now. it is an epidemic. and i think just looking at that we see the proportions of it. yet again, as you said, monday morning, here we are reporting on several incidents of shootings across this country. this morning we re reporting on three separate incidents nearly 40 people injured as a result of gunfire. one of those involved dozens of minors at a house party who some of them jumping out of windows to flee the gunfire. i have multiple shootings. reporter: in pittsburgh, a mass shooting at a short-term rental property. two 17-year-olds were killed. police say eight others wounded by the gunfire early sunday morning. . it s heartbreaking. here we are easter and we have multiple families. two that won t see a loved one. reporter: police say as many as 200 people were at the party.
Last september, cnn s last remaining original employee, senior u.n. correspondent, richard roth, sent a letter to his co workers. he was in desperate need on of a new kidney. he said even though he received one 25 years ago, it was now dieing inside of him. that s when his colleague samira gentleman farry answered the call. they started intense testing around thanksgiving to see if she was a match. richard successfully received a kidney from the woman who he now calls his heroine. i want to ask you both the same question. richard, starting with you.