putin. well, if that would be the case that we join, what my response would be is that you caused this. look at the mirror. back in the u.s., a milestone almost unthinkable just a few years ago. 1 million americans have died of covid. the president ordering flags lowered to half staff in a country changed forever. we are also learning more today about this amazing story involving nerves of steel and an emergency landing soft as a willow. what happened minutes before a passenger had no choice but to take controls. let s begin with finland s decision to pursue nato membership. nic, is there any doubt that nato would rush to approve finland s application? they ve already given them a green light, if you will. nato secretary general today said that they will be warmly welcomed. there s been a lot going on behind the scenes in brussels at nato head quarters. a lot of conversations between different nations. and all of it coming to the same point. if finland joins nato whic
his new reporting. so, ryan, this is significant. obviously. why these five lawmakers specifically? why are they being subpoenaed? reporter: well, first of all, victor and alisyn, before we get to that, i do want to tell you that the house minority leader, kevin mccarthy, just walked by us here on his way into the house chamber and was asked about this new subpoena for the first time and told reporters that he simply hadn t seen it yet so he didn t have anything to respond to. that s the first response that we have had from any of these republican lawmakers that have been subpoenaed by the committee. but to answer your question, alisyn, about why these particular lawmakers, well, the chairman of the committee, benny o bennie thompson has talk about this for several weeks. what it comes down is they believe they have information that is relevant to these members about their conduct leading up to january 6th and on the day itself and they want to give these members an opportu
today. finland asking to join nato, foregone conclusion, just a matter of days now. all right, nic robertson, thank you. and alisyn and victor, as i send it back to you and you were talking about the stunning number of a thousand civilians that they re saying are dead in the kyiv region, you know, even in this region, and we ve been to a couple of regions in this area, but when you drive through and you just see the devastation, you talk to villagers and they ll talk about in a village, well, they know this many people were dead but this many are still missing. there is so much we still don t know, and just amidst this devastation, you know, it isn t just easy to get a count. and i think the horror is we need to be prepared for all these numbers to just still go higher and higher. yeah. it s such a great point. and we may never know the exact numbers because of how this has been executed. erin, thank you very much. we will check back with you. so, back here, gas prices hitting an
every night and they re saying that russian forces have crossed a crucial river. this is the donetsk river and they are heading towards sloviansk. is that is in donbas, a crucially important strategic city as the russians try to consolidate control of the donbas and set up a consistent front line. if they are successful, if this is true, and crossing in river, what it means, victor and alice alisyn is that they could encircle and trap ukrainian forces. this is a moving, back and forth line, artillery, shelling, very chaotic, and that s what you re seeing. but the ukrainian forces are acknowledging some advances by russian forces there. so, this is obviously very important to watch, given the strategic importance, and as alisyn and victor, you mentioned finland. this is a really important part of the story when you take the broader nato context. finland moving much closer towards nato membership and sort of joining that bloc.
nick, any word on containment? well, victor, they have set up a perimeter around this fire. that s a hose line and also they re going to fire break that they have dug both with their hands and with bulldozers. but the issue is the winds that whipped this fire up yesterday that brought it from nothing to basicry 200 football fields in just a few terrifying hours, that wind is going to be back during the day today, so that is the fear. so right now, what they re doing is trying to damp down and douse everything in this neighborhood that was hit pretty badly. if you come down here and try not to fall over this hose, this is one of the most affluent neighborhoods in california. multimillion dollar manchins. you ll see down here, this was a mercedes, and the only way you can tell is from the hub cap.