sweden also expected to announce its intention to join the alliance. the kremlin reacting this morning, by calling finland s joining nato a threat to russia. on the battlefield in ukraine, ukrainian armed forces have acknowledged russian advances in some areas of the east. their scale, however, difficult to measure. plus, ukraine is now offering exchange of russian prisoners of war for the safe evacuation of injured ukrainian soldiers from the surrounded azovstal steel plant in mariupol that has become their last holdout. for the first time, russian civilian has reportedly been killed on russian soil by cross border shelling from ukraine. of course, many ukrainian civilians, many thousands killed by russian shelling so far in this war. nic robertson is in helsinki, finland, and sara sidner in kyiv. nic, let s begin with the impending expansion of nato, particularly finland s joining and expected that sweden will follow. finland, a neighbor of russia, resisted this step for
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comedian james mcnair. roper s employer, walmart, has said he did not break any regulations. morgan remains in critical condition but stable condition this morning. a california judge will allow doctors to stop food, water and medicine for legendary deejay casey kasem. this is the latest chapter in the bitter court battle between kas kasem s wife and three children from an earlier marriage. kasem is in a washington state hospital suffering from an infecti infection, also dementia. his daughter says the ruling upholds her daughter s wishes not to be kept alive in his current condition. all right, we have some remarkable video to show you and an amazing rescue. this happened in a gas station in white plains. i know that gas station! a car slams into a pump after the driver blacks out. it just so happens the guy filling his tank was an off-duty police officer. john vescio managed to pull the driver from his car amid the flames. oh, my goodness! vescio says he s not a hero. i don t thi