sparked protests across russia leading to more than 130 0 arrests. we ve seen the emotional farewells. look at this, russian men leaving behind families to board buses for military service. others trying to get out of the country altogether. in this video long lines of traffic are growing as men seemingly are trying to escape the war. the demand for flights out of moscow is spiking dramatically. tickets to countries where russians don t need a visa are sold out. and on google trends the term leaving russia saw a spike in searches over the past 24 hours. according to a ticket agri gaiter one way tickets out of moscow to istanbul start at $2,000 a ticket. before putin s announcement, the tickets cost about $350. let s bring in ben wedeman live for us in kharkiv, ukraine. you re in the region where the gains by the ukrainians seem to have prompted this new phase by vladimir putin, ben. reporter: ye and you know, as these referendums go ahead. yesterday we were in areas occup
Beyond the midterms this morning there s a politico report out about moves he is making and that will lock him in further but he has not seemed like the person who campaigned in 2016 and that could be for a lot of reasons. it s really interesting because these are things that have animated him, energized him and now maybe not so much. what all is behind that. thank you so much, maggie great to have you this morning. thank you. ahead we have new cnn reporting on how kevin mccarthy is plotting a path back to power. plus tempers and emotions flare at the alex jones hoax trial. an american airlines flight attendant attacked mid flight. the video ahead.
It gets totally lost. two things, maggie, curious how you feel about this, concerned about in the clinton camp. obama folks started taking shots for her in the washington post. when one was asked anonymously what should democrats reaction be to what hillary is saying. he said panic. that was not helpful. but the other thing. if you look at the totality of this. this book tour has become a lost opportunity for her in many ways. this was going to be a rollout really was going to bolster her. and now, you know, people are asking questions. got to leave it there. maggie great to have you on. david gergen. let s get the latest from susan hendricks. susan? egyptian court convicted three al-jazeera journalists. two of the journalists face seven years in prison. the third got ten years. the extra three years for apparently possessing a single bullet. this case sparked worldwide condemnation. three men denied the charges since they were arrested and held six months ago.
2012 wasn t just the character ca tour of a guy out of touch but democrats lampooned hip as somebody who had gotten there by a rigged system. this is what the private equity attacks were all about. she is trying to say we are not like that. we are paying full income tax. it gets totally lost. two things, maggie, curious how you feel about this, concerned about in the clinton camp. obama folks started taking shots at her in the washington post. that was uncalled for. when one of them was asked anonymously what should democrats reaction be 0 what she s saying, he said panic. that was not helpful. but the other thing. if you look at the totality of this. this book tour has become a lost opportunity for her in many ways. this was going to be a rollout really was going to bolster her. and now, you know, people are asking questions. got to leave it there. maggie great to have you on. david gergen. let s get the latest from susan hendricks. susan? egyptian court convicted three al-ja