would lose 13,000 votes and the democrat would win. it s hard to fathom that actually actual outcome taking place. you saw the secretary of state file a lawsuit compelling them to certify the results. all of this will play out over the course of the next week in arizona. he s a star recruit. they are going to be watching that one closely. thank you. and andrea, back to you in romania. thanks so much, we ll be seeing you here tomorrow. as russia s war drags on, ten ambulances are destroyed every week. on this giving tuesday, former astronaut scott kelly is raising funds to replace these life-saving assets. kelly, a twin to hez former astronaut just reelected mark kelly, scott kelly spent 520 days in space, 340 on the international space station. why that s so interesting, it was alongside russian astronaut.
day, putin signed decrees with the self-proclaimed leaders of the ukrainian territory. he also used the event to blame the west for the leaks in the nord stream 2 pipeline. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy quickly responded to the ceremony saying his country is applying for fast-track nato membership. president biden also weighed in calling putin s announcement a sham. america and its allies are not going let me emphasize are not going to be swim dated, are not going to be intimidated by putin and his reckless words and threats. reporter: there are real concerns in the west right now that vladimir putin is increasingly painting himself into a corner. he is facing both internal and external pressure, and as this pressure if rises, these threats of nuclear war are a major concern for nato and allies around the world. but remember, this war drags on,
the embassy of russia in the u.s. is hitting back saying that it is unfair criticism by the u.s. and they want to prosecute these pows. that seems straight out of the russian playbook. president biden and president zelenskyy will speak today. i know the white house has been warning about russia conducting sham referendums. what are you expecting them to discuss today? what have you heard? reporter: i think this is an important phone call at an important time because president zelenskyy has warned in the recent days that he worries that the commitment of the international community including the u.s. could wane as this war drags on. that certainly isn t the case in recent days as the white house announced up to $3 billion in military assistance to ukraine for military hardware and training, but there is also this issue that he will discuss, i m sure, with the president which is that russia is trying to put some kind of legal veneer on its occupied territory in these referendum you
essential point that whilst the potential for catastrophe exists it s not in either side s military interest for something like that to happen, but there are also very severe technical problems as this war drags on. it s harder and harder to get and keep the people working in a nuclear power station on the front line and there is a deep concern that a power cut to that location could end up with the cooling system breaking down and a meltdown and that is ultimately the greatest fear, boris. and as we saw at chernobyl it appears that the threat of some kind of nuclear disaster is now just part of russia s playbook here. sam kiley live for us in ukraine. thank you so much. joining us now is the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, onhearst, he s now a senior director at the atlantic council s eurasia center. ambassador, we are grateful to have you. we heard from sam kiley about the alarming circumstances at the power plant. what do you make of it? well, the russians believe
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