hello and welcome. friday, september 23rd. 9 a.m. here in london. 11 a.m. in ukraine. voting begins today in the four occupied regions on whether to become a part of the russian federation. the areas make up about 50% of ukraine s territory. if they join russia many believe that will provide vladimir putin the pretexts to claim russian territory is under attack and escalate the war. it s prompting people to flee the country in all directions. a long line of cars backed up at russia s border with finland. the government in helsinki is thinking of new restrictions to keep russians from entering. they re crossing into armenia and turkey. according to one witness, traffic at one checkpoint stretched 5 to 6 kilometers. it was a similar scene along the border with kazakhstan. trucks lined up as far as the eye could see. ticket prices are soaring for flights out of moscow. most of which is sold out for the next few days. the kremlin calls reports exaggeration and fake news. the mobi
i m brianna keilar with john berman. the russian leader continues to face major turmoil at home. his order sparking angry protests across the country and leading to more than 1,300 arrests. the move is now causing some russians just to leave. there you see emotional f farewells as the mobilization gets under way. russian men leaving their families. in this video traffic is seen building up at border crossings as men try to escape the war. the demand for flights out of moscow is up dramatically. as of now tickets are said to be sold out, google trends leaving russia saw a sharp spike in searches in the last 24 hours. and one way tickets out of moscow to istanbul are started at $2,000. before the announcement from putin, the tickets were about $350. huge increase there. happening now. look at this map. these are the areas where at this point these regions are holding what the u.s. considers sham referendum, you can see the rough lines of them. parts of them voting to leave
Susan candiotti is working her sources. Were hearing from the governor of connecticut, dan malloy. Update our viewers on what youre learning. Wolf, today we are learning more from authorities about they are picking up more evidence, both at the scene, crime scene, as well as at the home that the shooter shared with his mother. And they are trying to saying it is beginning to explain why this happened. Now, theyre not revealing exactly what that information is. However, an official with the atf is telling us that, in fact, more weapons were found at the mothers home. Now, they are doing complete traces on those weapons. They are not saying they are directly related to the shooting. But it is providing more of a picture about how everything happened. We have, however, learned from our sources about the three additional weapons that were found at the home. Appear to be found there. And they are all rifles. All rifles. These are in addition to the three weapons that weve already told you a
Should be there at least until about 5 30 this morning. Altamont pass good westbound 58014 minutes to 680. The dumbarton bridge, caltrans working hard this morning through there, lanes closed at least until 5 30. One lane is open in each direction. Most of those closures are on the westbound side as you work your way towards 101. And 880 windy but so far no delays. Back to you. Thank you. We have the rain but oh, my they have the snow in the midwest. Whiteout conditions stranding christmas travelers there. The first major snowstorm of the season is crawling across several states. Several highways have been closed, hundreds of flights out of chicagos airports have been canceled. Airlines are waiving fees for customers who change flights because of the storm. Ripple effects of the storm extend to southern california. Multiple flights between los angeles and midwestern cities have been cancelled. Officials at l. A. X. Expect more cancellations later today. Passengers who made it home from
While thats a relatively low number compared to other storms, this one is hitting at the peak of the Holiday Travel season. I already tried calling this morning, and they said the earliest i could get out is this monday, so im just scared with all the delays, everybody is going to get bumped back. Most of the cancellations affect chicagos airport, including more than 350 there. Theyre prepared for an influx of stranded passengers. Well be setting up cots and providing amenity kits for passengers. It looks like christmas will be white in wisconsins capital. The blizzard dropped 19 inches of snow on madison. Officials there urged drivers to stay off the roads, and at least 25,000 people in the area lost power. As the night progresses, as the wind starts roaring and that heavy snow is kind of laying on the lines and then the wind comes along and its icy, that we are going to have some power outages. Across the south, the storm didnt drop snow but delivered powerful winds. It knocked out p