should yield your positions of authority and influence to others that are willing to lead on this issue. the urgency of the moment demands no less. my eartmother s life mattered. negotiations at a critical stage, one lawmaker telling cnn they hope to reach agreement by the end of the week, joined by maizie, and a live report from the white house, first, though, some of what matthew mcconaughey said from the briefing room, talked about meeting overworked funeral directors trying to make badly torn bodies look like children again from memorial services, he spoke with parents like ryan and jessica ramirez who told about their daughter alethia. now alethia, her deream was o go to art school in paris and share her art with the world. ryan and jessica were eager to share her art with us and if we could share it, somehow, maybe that would make alethia smile in heaven. they worry green high-top converse with a heart she had handdrawn on the right toe because they represented her
california s second largest city, san francisco, where theft and violent crime, homelessness and open drug use in parts of the city has put the political bullseye on the city s district attorney, hudeen. he s on the ballot in a potential recall that, if successful, would show one of the country s most liberal cities revolting against progressive prosecutors. anger in california s two largest cities is the political opening for carusso who is better known for being the builder of sanitized outdoor malls in l.a., now appears poised to advance in california s open primary system. top two go getters go to the general regardless of party but one could win in the prime marry if either grabs more in an 50% of the vote. reporter: why is a mall guy even a factor here. he does have a message tapping into the anxiety and frustrations voters are feeling, a slice of the electorate wants
his mother shows where they live, neighbors who left the city let them move into their ground floor apartment. because it s safer. the hall ways full of bottled water. the bathtub is full. there s been no running water here for weeks. as the air raid siren blares, those who remain behind wait for food supplies at a distribution center. we re staying, she says. my neighbor has a well. i have dogs and two cats. my husband has diabetes. 64-year-old nick shrugs off the danger of staying put. where can i go if they bomb everywhere? you can t escape your fate. she fled her village nearby on the front lines. it was very hard there, she says. there was a lot of shelling, half the village disappeared.
her son-in-law and her daughter are taking her away. every day people gather for buses out of the city. the war now into its fourth month has seen millions flee their homes. with no end in sight, a sense of resignation and exhaustion has set in. some who leave may never return. her mother and father come to say good-bye. i didn t plan to leave. but i decided to leave because the situation is getting more and more dangerous. her parents will stay behind. even as a part of them leaves. and he joins me now.
we mentioned this land corridor to crimea which has been a long term goal of the russians. what are the russians saying about it now? well, we heard john from the defense minister of russia who says the necessary conditions for full rail connections between russia and crimea are now in place. and that s really been made possible by the fall of the sea port city of mariupol. which sort of stood in the way of that. and now this is one of this was one of russia s main war goals when this war began on the 24th of february. so it is a major development and given that their hold on the south eastern part of the country at this point looks fairly firm, it looks like that goal may have been achieved. thank you as always for your reporting. we ll be right back.