asks for anything special. i was calling to find out, hey, when are you going to reopen interstate 95, so i spoke to the secretary of transportation in virginia, who s a long time friend about when different sections will reopen. i also, first thing i asked is what s the emergency number that people should call to get help because, again, i had gas in my car. i was able to make one stop on the way in fredericksburg, there was a period of about 5 or 10 miles where the traffic opened up and it was moving, i could get off at an exit, get gas and get back on, but a lot of people were really in trouble, and needed help. and so i wanted to get the information about the best number to call out to as many people as i can, so that was the first conversation i had with them this morning. we put it up on social media so people who need help could get it. understood and that s really wonderful but when you talked to the secretary of transportation, did you say, how did this happen? i mean, how c
reporter: they re not entirely convinced it is going to happen. i think the ukrainians are having a renewed sense of confidence. that convoy is stalled, it has been stalled for days now because of logistical problems, because of lack of fuel. so it is now apparently according to u.s. military officials a traffic snarl of military vehicles still about 15 miles from kyiv. so the people in the city are not disspirited. they re not disheartened. they re watching the russian s faltering and watching what are on-and-off peace talks. the ukrainians are not convinced the peace talks will achieve much, but they seem to have achieved something already in that the russians are lowering their demand. if you listen to what vladimir putin has been saying since this conflict began and even before, he talked about total