i m brianna keilar with john berman. the russian leader continues to face major turmoil at home. his order sparking angry protests across the country and leading to more than 1,300 arrests. the move is now causing some russians just to leave. there you see emotional f farewells as the mobilization gets under way. russian men leaving their families. in this video traffic is seen building up at border crossings as men try to escape the war. the demand for flights out of moscow is up dramatically. as of now tickets are said to be sold out, google trends leaving russia saw a sharp spike in searches in the last 24 hours. and one way tickets out of moscow to istanbul are started at $2,000. before the announcement from putin, the tickets were about $350. huge increase there. happening now. look at this map. these are the areas where at this point these regions are holding what the u.s. considers sham referendum, you can see the rough lines of them. parts of them voting to leave
Contained and were moving in the right direction there. That we have jump started a process to solve the civil war in syria which is like an open sore in the region. And is giving refuge to terrorist organizations who are taking advantage of that chaos. To make sure that in iraq not only have we pushed back isil but weve also created an environment in which sunni, shia and kurd are starting to function more effectively together. And to be in conversation with all of those in the region so they feel they can address any potential threats that may come including threats from iran. And that includes assurances and cooperation to israel building on the unprecedented cooperation that is put in place. It includes the work weve done with the gcc up at camp david making sure we execute that. If wed done those things then the problems in the middle east will not be solved. And ultimately its not the job of the president of the United States to solve every problem in the middle east. The people
Less than the man that held the job before her. Theyre fighting back coming out with a big statement this weekend. Originally we heard when she was dismissed this was a management issue. Thats how they characterized it and now a more recent statement and the publisher of the paper trying to make clear that she was not dismissed for any reason having to do with gender or pay. Part of his statement, he says, quote, perhaps the saddest outcome of my decision to replace Jill Abramson as executive editor of the New York Times is that its kaz an example of unequal treatment of women in the workplace rather than accepting its a specific individual who as we all do have strengths and weaknesses. A shallow and factually incorrect story line has emerged and trying to make the points why he says she was dismissed and personal here and cites a couple of reasons including inadequate miscommunication and mistreatment of colleagues. Days after it seemed like we wouldnt hear anything at all, why are w
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