russia confirms that pergozian is dead. what is next for the war in ukraine. i will speak to a retired general just ahead. then three marines dead, many others injured in australia and so far the u.s. military is staying silent about what may have caused the air craft to crash. we ll go to sidney for a live update. wherever you go. wherever you stay. all you need is one key. earn and use rewards across expedia, hotels.com, and vrbo.
well, we re seeing marissa parra there who is also reporter: the message from the governor is that now is the time to act. he s urging people who may be in areas where they re being asked to evacuate to do that, and really emphasizing that evacuation doesn t necessarily mean traveling hundreds of miles. it could mean traveling 10 to 20 miles to get to higher ground, to an area that s not going to be hit quite as hard. already the governor has ordered a state of emergency for some 33 counties here, mobilizing more than 5,000 national guardsmen, equipped with 2,400 high water rescue vehicles, and also 12 air craft to assist with any search and rescue that may need to be done. and across the western part of the state. we are seeing folks taking this seriously. boarding up homes and businesses, filling those sandbags in order to protect property. we re also seeing shelters that are beginning to open, beginning tomorrow, in order to support
to learn that lesson. all right. well, what about ukrainian air power? because we are hearing from the ukrainian air force commander that ukrainian pilots, they have already begun training on f-16 fighter jets. the training, obviously, as you know, is intensive. we are hearing it will take about six months. it s not clear how long the training has been going on. how long will it take to get some f-16s in the air and could this help in terms of changing the game? you bet. the challenge is, you don t just fly an f-16. you have to fight an f-16. you have to have time in the cockpit. any aircraft that you are using must be in support of what your operational objectives are. again, you fight in concert with all of those osh elements of power that you have. you have to synchronize all that. so air craft by themselves will