rick reichmuth on if the weather will be holding up. americans get to take to the road and the skies, but not without some trouble along the way. to los angeles, we ll find christina coleman at l.a.x. christina? hi, neil. fortunately there s been no reports of any massive flight cancellations on delays today. good news, because it was a much different story during the winter break. air travel days ahead leading in to easter weekend matched prepandemic levels with many people taking to the skies or hitting the roads during spring break. the f.a.a. forecast more than 51,000 flights for today. those numbers are expected to drop slightly tomorrow. then increase by a little more than 6,000 between saturday and tuesday. many passengers told me that they felt confident that they would get to their destinations on time. were you worried about delays? no. i had no problems whatsoever. i was worried about it but didn t happen. we had built in time to prepare for that. just ca
previously. robert english, is director of central european studies at the university of southern california, who specialises in the politics of russia. russia s investigative committee has reportedly said it had launched an investigation over acts of terror . he outlined what that tells us. it tells us they haven t cut the suspects yet. they were local militants. this was a knot and organise attack carried out by the islamic state like in moscow, but something more local and so my sponsors. they were heavily armed with automatic wagons but struck at a church come a synagogue and a police checkpoint any kind of hit and run fashion. again, locally organised militants. what do you make of the fact those were the targets, churches come a synagogue, playstation? playstation? that is the key question- playstation? that is the key question. what playstation? that is the key question. what people - playstation? that is the keyi question. what people need playstation? that is t
ukraine and the us haven t commented on that, but moscow s claim is that five ataka missiles were fired towards crimea. four of them were shot down by air defences, by russian air defences, but one, they say, detonated mid air, raining shrapnel down on a local beach, and tv footage does show people running away, it appears, in panic from that beach. not likely to have been the target, probably a military target nearby was the intended place where those missiles were heading for. the russian authorities, saying a number of children were among those killed and a large number wounded. significant, i think, that russia is trying to hold the us accountable for this and saying that it was us specialists, as they put it, who programme the co ordinates for these missile strikes based on us satellite data. so suggesting that these are us supplied weapons and the details of how they re used are also coming from washington and the us. even though it s a ukrainian attack, the russian aut
officers were wounded. state media is also reporting that a russian orthodox priest was killed in the attacks. the assailants have not been identified, but dagestan has in the past been the scene of islamist attacks. i m joined now by robert english, director of central european studies at the university of southern california, who specialises in the politics of russia. i want to get your thoughts in the fact that the russian investigative committee said it launched an investigation into acts of terror. what does that tell us? mat investigation into acts of terror. what does that tell us?- investigation into acts of terror. what does that tell us? not a great deal what does that tell us? not a great deal. it what does that tell us? not a great deal- it tells what does that tell us? not a great deal. it tells us what does that tell us? not a great deal. it tells us we what does that tell us? not a great deal. it tells us we have what does that tell us? not a great deal
as a police vehicle in the village of sergokal. local officials say at least ten people have been killed. most of the victims were police but also included a priest. religious buildings were set ablaze. six of the attackers are reported to have been killed and russia s counter terrorism agency said the active phase of its operation had ended. robert english is director of central european studies at the university of southern california, who specialises in the politics of russia. afp news agency reported that russia s investigative committee said it had launched an investigation over acts of terror . he outlined what that tells us. it tells us we have not caught the suspects yet. they have an idea that they are local militants, this was not a highly organised, co ordinated attack such as in moscow back in march carried out by the islamic state. but something of a more local and so my spontaneous nature. and semi spontaneous nature. heavily armed with automatic weapons but th