30,000 people and estonia is all of a sudden an attractive place for ukrainians to come, especially those fleeing violence in the eastern part of the country, many of whom speak russian. estonia has its own very large russian-speaking population. for them it quite easy to get around and function inside of this country. but as you mentioned, it is a heck of a lot of people. at first when the war started, they were coming by bus to estonia, mostly picked up from poland, hungary, romania, places along the western border of ukraine. more recently, though, those bus trips have largely stopped and so people instead are coming via russia. in many cases it is because that is the only option that people had, you mentioned some 1400 people managed to escape areas with heavy fighting in ukraine, only about 170 according to ukraine s deputy prime minister yesterday managed to get out of mariupol. it is likely more than that who managed to escape the city, but to russia. in some cases people say th
second mexican governor, in fact, has entered now a similar agreement with texas chihuahua, mexico. so now commercial traffic out of there will resume to normal. also the cbp commissioner chris magness released a statement late this afternoon reading in part, and i m quoting here. governor abbott is taking actions to move migrants without adequately coordinating with the federal government and local border communities. of course is in reference to those bus trips to d.c., something governor abbott says he will continue to do. bret? bret: casey stegall along the border in eagle pass. casey, thanks. up next, black lives matter co-founder calls charity transparency laws triggers over failure to disclose financial records. beyond our borders tonight, several u.s. lawmakers in taiwan tonight as part of a two-day visit to show support for the self-ruled island. china is criticizing the visit
detail. the committee is essentially broken up their investigative teams into different groups with specific areas of focus. one of those groups which they ve labelled the green team, is specifically looking into the money trail. they want to know who funded some of these rallies that took place on january 6th and in the days leading up to january 6th to see if there s any coordination between the former president, the trump campaign and others to see if that played some role in contributing to the violence and chaos here on capitol hill on january 6th. the committee members telling us specifically that they want to know who paid to bring the travel for people to get here to washington for hotel rooms, bus trips, et cetera. they believe that there is something that they can learn about this money trail and how it contributed to what happened here on january 6th. also yesterday we saw a conspiracy theorist and republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, republican of georgia, app
that. this is a big thing. martha: he said it gives him hope for the future to see the kids here today. he s 99 years old, as i said. he likes to plan bus trips for his friends. they re going to a dinner theater in the upcoming weeks and working on a trip to atlantic city. he s doing well at 99. an honor to meet richard. we re here to pay tribute to all that sacrificed so much for our nation and the world in world war ii. i was humbled to receive an honor from my book, unknown valor. it s a great book and a good way to get people motivated to learn about their family. in writing it, you put a lot of marine corps lore and history in there to give context which makes my heart swell.
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File photo May 21, 2021 AN OFFICIAL from the Davao City Overland Transport Terminal (DCOTT) revealed that bus trips coming in and out of the city decreased since the tightening of border controls. Because of the implementation sa atoang (of our mandatory) swab test RT-PCR [reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction], ni-decrease gyud ang atoang biyahe ingon usab ang mga pasahero nga musakay or magbyahe karong panahuna tungod mahadlok sila pangitaan sila g mga dokumento nga (there has been a decrease of bus trips and passengers since they of the need to secure the necessary documents including) RT-PCR, DCOTT head Aisa Usop said in an interview with 87.5 FM Davao City Disaster Radio on Thursday, May 20.