question. reporter: and again, peculiar the way the statement was put out and certainly times of timing. sergey lavrov and antony blinken had just met. they believe that a compromise in some way, shape, or form might be possible. i m wondering from you, having covered so much in the region and now on the ground in ukrainian, are ukrainians hopeful that there might be some kind of compromise here? reporter: i don t think there s a huge amount of optimism on the ground that a compromise will be found. at the same time, the foreign ministry did say that they were pleased that diplomacy has not reached a dead end yet, that the talks do continue. as long as the talks continue, there is at least the hope that the threat of military aggression is swomewhat abated r somewhat mitigated. then again, another ukrainian official, paula, did say to cnn that this could well be a stalling tactic or a delay tactic. and that president vladimir putin is using this time as the diplomatic process grind
of course, that would change the balance of power, swomewhat, an make things more favorable for the president in congress. even after the hurricanes or during the hurricanes, when the president visited, he said that he hopes that governor scott runs for senate. this was during the hurricane damage just last year. now, even if you look at ryan zinke s statement, it dif gives of the credit for his decision to rick scott. we have part of that statement where he says, i support the governor s position that florida is unique and its coasts are heavily reliant on tourism as an economic driver. you know, that already hands rick scott a win, if he does, indeed, to run for the senate. but, brianna, this has really triggered quite a reaction from lawmakers across the country. other republican governors now say they want the same treatment. they, too, want to be exempt. take a look at this map here. all governors from