so the whole family turned around and she was just weeping. and these are the emotional scenes. i don t think there s a person here covering this story who hasn t felt very emotional seeing these people fleeing their homes and going to maybe in some cases family, but in others they don t know where they re going, and they re trying to get out and they re sitting in their cars if they re lucky and they re walking and spending days. and they re out sleeping right now in this extremely cold weather. i mean, it s just hard to even comprehend, erin, and you did a beautiful job describing what you have witnessed. i m thinking of that image as you said of mothers holding their babies and walking 30 miles of road through uncertainty not knowing what lies ahead, perhaps leaving behind a husband, a father to fight in ukraine. it is just unbelievable what is taking place right now, the humanitarian crisis. you are close to the hungary border. tell us more about what it is
cross. he was denied. so the whole family turned around. and she just started weeping, speaking to me. i have to say, these are the emotional scenes. i think that there isn t a person here covering the story who hasn t felt very emotional, seeing these people fleeing their homes and going to maybe in some cases family in others, they don t know where they re going. they re just trying to get out. they re sitting in cars if they re lucky and walking and spending days and they re out sleeping right now in this extremely cold weather. cnn be s arwa damon following the refugee situation. she joins me now from idika, a polish town near the border with ukraine. arwa, you ve been meeting and talking to the people. just give us a sense of what s happening there, what they re going through. reporter: perhaps the best way is show you, let the people
don, let s start with you. there is there are advocacy groups that are keeping the pressure on through the so-called summer of action. we continue to see arrests being made, demonstrations, members of congress facing arrests, arrests on capitol hill. there is something out there that feels like it hasn t felt since the late 1960s in terms of pressure as it relates to voting rights. there was even an ad using the words of martin luther king to put pressure on joe biden to do something about this. let s play this ad and get your take on it, on the other side. senators who will use the filibuster to keep the majority of people from even voting and certainly they wouldn t want the majority of people to vote because they know they do not represent the majority of the american people. president biden, please tell the senate to reform the filibuster. everything is at stake. don, your thoughts on the movement right now and the effect it s having?
tucker: as her producers said, the creepy lawyer can even hold on. most large a hague letter. the final question, this one is multiple-choice. the first lady melania trump hasn t felt the christmas decorations of the white house. they feature tens of thousands of red ornaments. what is this year s theme? is it a common winter wonderland. b, blessings from the heartland. see, american treasures. american treasures. spew and let me just say, you are a savage animal. is it c come american treasures? american trousers. each room inside the white house highlights different american cities. tucker: it is unbelievable. i never get tired of winning.
aligned against him. many countries have expelled diplomats. he s starting to feel that pressure and that isolation in ways that he hasn t felt in many recent years. and i think it is important for him to continue to feel that. he s turning russia into a pariah state. against the will of many russians i would add. and now is not the right time for the president of the united states to reward him for this incredible criminal egregious behavior by sitting down and talking to him one on one. at some point, in the future, yes, but now is not the right time. rear admiral john kirby, appreciate your insight, thank you. thank you. oklahoma teachers ditching their classrooms to help their students. they are rallying at the state capitol again today. what they want next.