about amnesty for separatists who didn t have blood on their hands. a decisive move against the airport, one that seems to have fallen slightly flat, given now as dark falls they claim to be fighting and both claim to be in control of it. for the city, quite terrifying to hear, around the city skies, explosions. brianna. nick, adding some intrigue to this, the winner that you referenced, the so-called chocolate king here, the billionaire candy tycoon who captured more than 50% of the vote, what s the reaction from russia on this? they ve said they re willing to talk to him. he has in the past had passable relations between moscow and mr. poroshenko. he too has said he wants to go to moscow in early june. that s what makes all this so surprising. washington and kiev have held out the idea that all the militants here fighting are
one day after the presidential election in ukraine, there s a major battle in the eastern region of the country. u krinian troops are fighting pro-russian separatists who stormed a donetsk airport. our nick patton walsh is in donetsk. what s happening there now? we re told the fighting is still going on for this key international airport. pretty substantial sized city, one of the largest population centers. being fought between these pro-russian separatists and ukrainian military. we understand this morning militants burst in, took the airport, told the ukrainian forces around it to leave. that didn t happen. flights were suspended. ten hours later, a deadline passed and ukrainian forces moved in. two strikes from a jet began this intense gunfire we saw. heavy weapons too.
well, brianna, i ve been speaking to a family friend of the rodger family. and of course the parents of elliott rodger are still very shaken. indescribable grief. coping with the fact they ve lost their son. trying to come to grips with what he did. we ve learned he has a history of mental health issues. in fact, he had been seeing a therapist on and off since he was 8 years old. in high school, he apparently saw a psychiatrist just about either day. at the time of the rampage, he was seeing two therapists. a deeply disturbed individual. from talking to his family friend, elliott didn t really show any outward signs of violence, aggression. the friend said he was reserved, to a daunting degree, but that he never seemed violent or didn t show any fascination with guns. that really wasn t part of the dialogue. but his parents were acutely aware to the fact that he did have some mental health issues and he was being treated for them. back in april, brianna, the