in the capitol city kyiv, russian forces are retreating from this quote, unquote, annexed region of kherson. that s the indication that the civilian leaders there are giving the russian installed leaders. that s the indication that russia s generals are giving as well. putin seems to be trying to take a stronger grip on power there. remember in kherson seven months ago when the rush 1457b troops rolled in, there were street protests. the pernicious rule has led to the arrests, detentions, disappearances of many, many young people who dissented against the russian occupation. now the russian leaders forcing them to leave. russian imposed owe fil offics have told them it s not safe to stay. up to 60,000 forced out. boats used to ferry them away and their homes to an uncertain two days ago. reporter: they re concerned russia is whipping up hysteria compelling people to leave . translator: i ask you to make take my words seriously and to understand them meaning as prompt a
new day starts right now. four ukrainian regions illegally annexed by russia under martial law this morning. the russian military does not even have complete control of the areas, in kherson, the russians are trying to accelerate the relocation or evacuation of some 60,000 residents in the face of ukrainian advances. vladimir putin perhaps struggling to maintain his grip even inside russia. introducing several levels of increased security measures. overnight a russian rocket struck a children s school in a village in zaporizhzhia. and destruction towards the south after another night of strikes targeted the energy infrastructure. here in the u.s. president biden weighing in on the declaration of martial law saying it reveals putin s dwindling options in the war. i think that vladimir putin finds himself in an incredibly difficult position. and what it reflects to me is, it seems his only tool available to him is to brutalize individual citizens in ukraine. the state
draw. colorado is a beautiful perfect rectangle. wyoming also rectangle. very easy states to draw, right? utah also easy, it s a rectangle with a notch. new mexico is easy. it s a rectangle with a notch in its notch. some states are very easy to draw even if like me you cannot draw at all, but when your state s borders are formed by mountain ranges or by rivers in particular, your state by definition is hard to draw well because its borders are all wiggly. perhaps none more so than the wigglest, kentucky, bordereded by the great mississippi river and over the whole wiggly top of the state it s the ohio river. and on the northern part of that wiggly arc where the wibble-wobble border sticks out the most there at that spot this week you will find an american political miracle because there at the northern pokey bit of kentucky that sticks out like it s trying to start a fight, there at covington, kentucky, there is the southern end of a huge double layer cantilevered truss brid
name. i was about to call him up but, you know, this could happen at almost any minute and this is just awful. i mean it s awful. i can t imagine that they re going to resume this game. no. no, i can t seeing the players on the field weeping as mr. hamlin is taken off the field, you can t imagine they ll start this game. i think the players will probably riot if they tried to. you mentioned the quarterback from the dolphins there and the concussion scares, the second concussion scare that he s had including questions about the potential mismanagement of the first one, i mean i think part of what s going on tonight with this, you know, the nfl is a multibillion dollar business and as much as america s pastime is the question whether or not all the safety protocols and assurances and supposed regulations in place to try to address these concerns are moot in the face of a game that is inherently just inherently
last season with a broken foot. looked stronger than ever. huge post move to get the lay-up and the foul. in the fourth quarter he would get a feet and throw down the jam 29 points and 9 rebounds as the pelicans go into brooklyn. they route the nets 130-108. a rough debut. cannot get it together. we have a big doubleheader tonight on our sister network tnt. the bucs and sixers at 7:30 eastern. the lakers and the clippers and one other item for you this morning. dolphins quarterback tua tagovailoa preparing to return to the field after a frightening concussion scare parts of which he says he does not even remember. i m going to have more on that coming up on new day, christine. that was really troubling to watch and causing a lot of consternation in the nfl. thanks so much. thanks for joining us. i m christine romans.