lesser extent in the south down here. they ve gained even more ground in offensives. president zelenskyy claims they have recaptured some 6,000 square kilometers of territory. it s about 2,300 square miles since the beginning of the month. this is impossible to verify, but it is even more ground than the russians actually gained in the last several months and it happened fast. i want to show you this animation here, if we can zoom in. you can see the yellow there, how quickly ukrainian troops have recaptured territory that had been occupied by the russians. now russia is responding. ukrainian officials say russian strikes knocked out power in the region. in donetsk ukrainian forces also recaptured a town there after forces crossed the donetsk river. this here is the aftermath. the capture will further complicate any attempt by the remaining russian-backed forces to withdraw, and last night secretary of state tony blinken called the recent gains by ukrainians encouraging.
in the beginning, howard, at the beginning, until the costs are paid for that war. howard: right. in lives and in treasure. but the speech went on from there, and the speech went on from will and painted an alternative reality. i think dana perino was right, boringly, uninspiringly painteded an alternative reality that americans are not experiencing. a i did a diner for fox & friends the next morning, and it s an odd picture that joe biden chose to paint where inflation is still transitory and something we re going to get over, but he acknowledged it existed. the economy was set to get better as soon as build back better was once passed. this was not what they were discussing at the diner table that morning. howard: i want to get gillian in, the stage craft such as having the ukrainian ambassador sitting in the first lady s box. and yeah, and to the president s credit, that was very effective. the strongest part of the speech
also breaking in texas two planes collide on the ground and ending up one on top of the other. nbc s tom costello is joining us. tom, what can you tell us about this reporter: this involved two private planes at the san antonio airport. the faa tells us one plane was taxiing when it clipped the wing of the second plane that was parked as you can see, one plane ran right up on top of the other one. both planes are cessna citations. the fire department says nobody was injured and the faa has for years worked to reduce the danger from so-called runway incursions and taxi way accidents when one plane runs into the other one on the ground we don t know the speed at which the taxiing plane was moving but the damage does appear to be rather significant. it makes for an odd picture. all right, tom, thank you. there are new questions
month. it was the lieutenant governor race that night in georgia last november. in the race last election night, the republican candidate won that race, too. when people started sifting through the results from the race, the numbers did paint an odd picture. this is a sample ballot. typically, there s a dropoff in the number of votes cast as people make their way down the ticket. if you use this as a guide, in state wide races, what i mean is the most people tend to vote in the governor race. more people vote in the governor than lieutenant governor. more people vote for lieutenant governor than the secretary of state race. more people vote for the secretary of state than the state attorney general. this trend usually happens all the way down the ballot in state wide elections. it s the opposite of a trickle down affect. kind of decay in turnout as you make your way down the ticket. more people vote for top of the
odd picture. this is a sample ballot. typically, there s a dropoff in the number of votes cast as people make their way down the ticket. if you use this as a guide, in state wide races, what i mean is the most people tend to vote in the governor race. more people vote in the governor than lieutenant governor. more people vote for lieutenant governor than the secretary of state race. more people vote for the secretary of state than the state attorney general. this trend usually happens all the way down the ballot in state wide elections. it s the opposite of a trickle down affect. kind of decay in turnout as you make your way down the ticket. more people vote for top of the ticket stuff than vote down the bottom. people run out of steam and stop filling out the bubbles as they go down their ballot. that s almost always how it goes. that s not what happened in georgia last year. of all the races on the ticket, fewer people voted for lieutenant governor, secretary