most of the vessel involved in the search and rescue operation have returned to their home bases. there are still a few vessels out there. there s at least one or perhaps two remote operated vehicles on the ocean floor trying to map the area where the debris fell, perhaps to try to do some imaging. it s unclear whether there will be attempts to remove the debris and bring it up to the surface, it sounds like a complicated and difficult operation. the coast guard emphasizing that this is a very very unforgiving part of the ocean where it s very difficult to do anything. it s still very unclear how the investigation will proceed from here, we have a number of nations involved, united states, canada, france, the uk and as we know, the victims are also from several different countries. we also heard earlier that the coast guard has asked the u.s. national transportation safety agency to get involved in this to help with the investigation. they of course look at all the crashes in the u.s.
he could very well be the tie-breaking vote as i said. reporter: inflation, and crime and abortion rights, threats to democracy, these are some of the issues driving this race. it will be the decision of pennsylvania voters whether it will be for oz. i feel like he cares about people. i felt that watching the show, i feel it now. reporter: or fetterman. wow. i decided a long time ago that i was voting for john fetterman. but this election is so much bigger than just fetterman. reporter: both of the candidates will continue to caming today and in this final sprint, kate. and then relocate to where their home bases will be for election day for ferterman there is here in the pittsburgh area and for oz it is just outside of philadelphia in the suburbs there. and for all of us to be aware of it, it takes time to count votes in pennsylvania because of how they process the votes and with a really tight race it could be we may not know for a while.
if he does another invasion inside of ukraine that is exactly what they will get. reporter: critics think russia should be hammered with sanctions now and only removed when troops move back to their home bases. white house announced crippling sanctions on russia s economy if russia invades. wall street journal reports off the table sanctions on russia natural gas exports which account for 40% of europe s gas and coal. biden s u.n. ambassador says the u.s. must remain united against russia and warned of an impending invasion. we ve seen the russia playbook before. they re using disinformation. they re encouraging ukrainians not to worry about an attack but we know that the attack is possible. you don t amass 100,000 troops if you don t have intentions to use them. reporter: the u.n. security council meets tomorrow in new york. russia calls it quote, a clear pr stunt. as one of five permanent
we ll believe it when we see it. that is this claimed partial russian withdrawal from down south. and i heard the same from the nato secretary-general today and i spoke to the estonian prime minister who all said they have not seen any evidence yet of a russian de-escalation. and meanwhile, even if, yes, you did pull a few thousand troops from one point of the border around ukraine, there is still more than 130,000 of them. and it s not just the forces. it s the armor, the tanks. it s the jets, the helicopters. and that s what u.s. intelligence assessments have been seeing. so cnn took a look at satellite photos and other videos today to see what the evidence actually shows on the ground. new video from the russian ministry of defense as it claims that some units have completed their exercises and are now returning to their home bases. the russian military did not identify the locations in the videos. cnn, however, geolocated one rail yard where these tanks were