this is cnn breaking news. hello, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i'm john vause reporting live from live, in ukraine. there's an even tougher fight on the horizon for ukrainians here, as russian troops regroup and prepare to launch an renewed assault on the eastern ukraine donbas region. cnn has learned that russian president, vladimir putin, has chosen a general to direct this war. until now, it's believed that russia did not have a theater wide commander in ukraine.

we could see more coordinated russian offensive as compared to what we've seen so far, there he is. this, as western nations move to ramp up military support for ukraine. on saturday, the british prime minister made an unannounced visit to ukraine, meeting with zelenskyy. along with increased financial assistance, tougher sanctions on russia. boris johnson promised to send dozens of armored vehicles, and armored ship vehicles. so lewinsky, urging more countries to follow the example of the uk and step up their support. >> [interpreter] the task of our anti-war coalition is quite clear, to end this war started by russia as soon as possible. to liberate our land from invaders, and to guarantee the security of ukraine, and consequently, the security of democracy and freedom of the nations of eastern europe. that is why it is not just a moral duty of all democracies,

all of the forces of europe to support ukraine's desire for peace. >> at least 20 people remain in serious condition in hospital, fighting for their lives, after a russian missile attack on a railway station in kramatorsk, they're among almost 100 people -- trying to evacuate. cnn's ben wedeman has the latest. all the injured from friday's missile strike on the rail station inflammatory, eastern ukraine have been evacuated to the city of dnipro, and the capital, kyiv. according to a local hospital official, at least 52 people were killed in the strike, which took place at a time when there were around 4000 people waiting outside to be evacuated. local officials in eastern ukraine have urged all civilians, particularly women, children, and the elderly, to leave the area as quickly as possible, in anticipation of a

major russian offensive. the kramatorsk railway station was an important hub in that evacuation effort, handling about 8000 people a day. russian artillery has been relentlessly pounding ukrainian positions to the east of the city. now, most residents of kramatorsk and surrounding towns and villages, have already left the region, fleeing to safer ground further west. i'm ben wedeman, cnn, reporting from the donetsk region, eastern ukraine. in the wake of that deadly a task on kramatorsk, other ukrainian cities are taking extra precautions. right now, odessa is under a strict court review into al monday morning. no one is allowed on the street or public places without special permission. this comes among rising concerns that russians will target odessa soon, as they look to take more real estate

along the black sea. on saturday, authorities reported an explosion south of odessa. -- of a possible sabotage. lawrence sheets is a former moscow bureau chief, he is with us now from the odessa region. lawrence, it's good to speak with you again. tell us, you've been around the region in southern odessa, you've seen what's happening there. this is now a region that seems to be so surrounded on three of the major sides, what's the latest of what you've seen? >> that's correct. what exactly happened is night, friday, the local governance council in odessa announced martial law, lasting until monday, but potentially longer. but they're really worried about, and what they stated, is that there will be some sort of provocation, they say, or attack. today is the commemoration of the liberation of the city of odessa, the odessa region from

pro nazi groups in world war ii. so, a lot of people got the message that bombing of the city was imminent. things like this. i can't call it a panic, but there is a mass exodus of people from the city. roads were absolutely jam-packed, as you know, odessa is barred from two or three sides. many came last night, there was a barge in the -- unexpectedly high numbers, and i like the others around here, you can see the background, spent the night in a one room church on bug beds, and so on, because they naturally are on edge, and they took this martial law warning to mean that the city was in danger. >> what are your plans now? where are you heading, what are you planning on doing? >> i'll be around here for a bit, we decided to go with the flow, and see what was going on outside of the city.

the port here, for the most part, where a lot of refugees have crossed through in the past weeks, the last month or so. they've let been relatively quiet the past few days, there is a three or five kilometer line of trucks that are picking up in delivering goods for exporting, because they are disappointed blockaded by the russians. so, we basically follow them out. it took two hours to reach destination that would take two. there was such a backlog of traffic along the way, from irregular motors, refugees, to trucks and so forth. through about 18 checkpoints. so, the story is basically that there was a panic, and people were fleeing. >> so, what do you know about the situation in odessa itself, right now. this curfew remains in place for another almost 24 hours.

has it been that increased activity of missile strikes that was feared. do you know anything about that? >> no, there has been none of that. i spoke with my interlocutors, and make people on the ground in odessa. there is literally nothing overnight. that was really not necessarily expected. what was the issue, was that the city authorities were concerned, that if people go out in the streets and observe the commemoration of liberation of the city during world war ii, that somebody could stage a provocation, in their words. and then it will be blamed on ukraine, and you get chaos and people running around, and destabilization, in what has been a relatively calm city, despite daily missile strikes, for instance, on the port area, and oil facilities around the port area. they have not targeted the city -- this particular city, from

various positions. but the fact is, that it's a very strict martial law, you cannot go into the streets. we >> when you talk about someone station a provocation, does not go back to these fears that there could be some kind of russian sympathizers without in odessa, and the theory that maybe sabotage has been behind some of these explosions? >> odessa is 90% to 80% speaking russian city. there been numerous individuals who have been rounded up, not because they speak russian, because everyone speaks russian and odessa, but because they were walking around after cookie, or around curfew, which is a daily thing at 7 pm. the documents didn't check, out they ran them through commuter bases, there are fake documents. this happens all the time. so, the feel of saboteurs israel. so -- hard to tell who's who.

so, it's based on those fears, and if you get groups of pew poll commemorating an event, especially elderly people, a bomb is placed, in their words. it will be blamed on the ukrainians, that they have carried this out, in the same vein that we're getting russian claims, nonstop, that was actually the ukrainians that bombed kramatorsk and ukrainian train station. because ukrainians who stage the mask or, for the western media, in their words. north of kyiv. most notably, russian television is taking personally identified western correspondents. especially americans, putting a price on their head, basically. this is a foreign ministry spokes woman saying they are directly responsible, complicit, in these massacres. to please their ukrainian massacres, this is their word. >> that's incredible, so stay safe, i guess. lawrence, thank you so much for telling us what's been

happening there. obviously, this is a complicated situation, but we appreciate your time, as well as your insight, thank you so much. >> thank you, john. >> take care. we we'll, trips by the british prime minister, and others to give, is being praised by the ukrainian government. but boris johnson said it's also an important symbol for everyday ukrainians. matt this evening in kyiv, the city 's somber, and almost summer as a dims its lights for curfew. during the, day it is very different scenes, as british prime minister boris johnson became just the latest world leader to make a pilgrimage, the ukrainian capital. he brought with him much of what was expected, a raising of britain's guarantee of ukraine's debt ceiling at the imf, to almost 1.5 billion dollars in total. more, much of the same defensive military aid.

probably not exactly what the ukrainians were hoping for, and that they needed. but he brought, when other world leaders had also done, is something that ukrainian leaders said was also important, he brought a sense of despite. they know that when prime minister boris johnson, or others like him come here, then for that short space of time, they are safe. so that short space of time, they feel a little less isolated by this conflict, from the rest of the world. prime minister johnson has gone, and with it has gone the safety that he brought. but, for many ukrainians, they hope that the visits will continue, as well as the defensive aid, as the russian offensive in the east of the country continues to build up steam. eventually, they're hoping more than just visits and despite will come with these global leaders. cnn, kyiv, ukraine. >> we will take a short break here on cnn newsroom, when we

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targeting russian energy exports as well as russia's -- trade status. but as -- reports the russian president isn't the only putin who's being targeted by u.s. sanctions. >> the white house is looking for more ways to ramp up the economic pressure on russian president vladimir putin as he continues to wage war against ukraine. president biden signed two pieces of legislation that impose new sanctions on russia, marking the first time congress passed measures that would enact success anxious against russia, one of those measures suspended normal trade relations status with russia and belarus, essentially allowing the u.s. to impose tariffs on goods from the two countries. additionally, another piece of legislation the president signed bans the import of energy products from russia. this includes oil, coal, and natural gas. now these pieces of legislation follow additional sanctions that the u.s. imposed on russia earlier in the week, directly

in response to those atrocities seen on the ground in bucha that were committed by russia. those things include full blocking sanctions on one of russia's largest financial institutions and one of russia's largest banks. additionally, u.s. imposed sanctions on russian president vladimir putin's adult daughters with you thinking being, from u.s. officials, that putin may be hiding from of his wealth and assets with his daughters. this all comes as the u.s. and its allies look at a coordinated response to further hold russia accountable fourth actions. white house press secretary jen psaki said those will be part of the discussions as the u.s. -- atrocities that are being carried out on ukraine. >> what we have done today and will continue to do will be looking unfortunately at the continued atrocities that we are seeing in the country and assess how that is going to impact sanctions, consequences, and obviously, additional

security assistance. that is how we have been evaluating and working with our allies to date, and i'm certain, giving the video footage we have seen on airwaves across the world, and photos that this will be a part of the discussion that our national -- counterparts moving forward. >> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy called for stronger economic pressure to be placed on russia, on saturday, calling for a full out ban on russian energy. now while the u.s. has banned russian energy imports, european leaders have taken a much more cautious approach. european leaders this week did say they would ban the import of coal, but the question now is whether it will go as far as banning russian oil since many european countries are heavily reliant on russian energy. but all of this comes as the white house is facing questions about the effectiveness of their sanctions, while the think shunt have had an impact on the russian economy, so far they have not seen to change the calculus of russian

president vladimir putin who continues to carry out this war as well as atrocities against civilians in ukraine. cnn, the white house. >> those sanctions -- to the atrocities committed in -- this week killing dozens of civilians. ukrainian officials say they are now readjusting their evacuation routes, but urging people in the east to leave before the russian offensive begins. on saturday, more than 4500 people escaped with humanitarian corridors, that is far fewer than the 6600 who managed to get out on friday. global -- canada and eu have promised ten billion dollars to help ukraine. this fund-raiser in warsaw raised money especially for the internally displaced numbering 7 million, those who actually fled ukraine for other countries. >> i can only announce today for the european commission that we want to pledge one

billion euros, 600 million of those will go to ukraine to the ukrainian authorities and partially to the united nations so -- who know exactly who is in need can distribute it and 400 million euros will go to the front line states that are doing such an outstanding job and helping the refugees that are coming. >> the official numbers from the united nations, 4.4 million people have left this country since the fighting began. more than 7 million have left their homes and are internally displaced. more than half of those refugees have actually ended up in poland. cnn -- shows us how many there are doing all they can to make a temporary home mostly for women and children on the run from war. >> what does it take to care for just a few dozen refugee families?

food, hot meals, bunk beds, and lots and lots of love says volunteer -- -- >> and they have nowhere to go. >> this abandoned school dormitory wasn't disrepair, unused for over a decade. but in just three days, his best friends turned it into a shelter for women and children fleeing ukraine. >> i need to use my skills, everything i have, to help these people. >> now the challenge is to keep this post up and running the organizers say. >> up until now we received a usd, pound, or whatever from any ngo or government. there are huge bills which we need to pay. >> behind each of these doors, is the story of trauma. victoria and her grandkids arrived here only yesterday, they still feel so raw.

>> it was so scary, but we have to go for the children, she says. >> i am very very sorry, do you finally feel safe? >> it will come, she says. every time we hear a loud sound, we flinch and look up at the sky. we still feel fear. her and her son fled from -- after spending days hiding in a stellar. it is getting easier, she says, but he flinches in his sleep. mom, i have nightmares, she tells her. does he still feel scared? yes, sometimes, but i try to calm him. we go outside and breathe fresh air, she says. and that is what is most needed here, a sense of security, instability, but he doesn't know how long he can provide it.

>> you have zero money, how does this work? >> we have friends who are helping, volunteers who are helping, but, there is no sustainable support for us. >> these helpers need help to keep the doors open for the many forced out of their homes. cnn, poland. >> well, pulls open in less than an hour france's presidential election. president emmanuel macron is looking for a second term in office, but he is facing a challenges. the top two candidates will move on to a sticking round in two weeks. the centrist president is facing his toughest challenge in the far right candidate marine le pen. there is a high number of -- the selection remains wide open. pakistan's prime minister imran khan can escape the fate of all his predecessors, he is not finishing a small term.

that amounts the latest chapter in a crisis which is playing out in pakistan for weeks. details now from sofia sofie in islamabad. >> pakistan's prime minister imran khan has been ousted in a vote of no confidence in the early hours of sunday after a session that started at 10:30 am on saturday, and went on to past midnight on sunday morning. the vote had been -- this last week on sunday however the deputy speaker of the assembly had blocked the vote on the grounds of it being a foreign conspiracy link to the united states. we then saw a long week of deliberations that by the supreme court pakistan which had been ruled that this attempt to block the vote of no confidence was actually unconstitutional. imran khan as a large following here in pakistan, and he has called for protesters to come out in large numbers and protest what is happened. he said the --

sovereignty of pakistan has been threatened, is now -- remains to be seen what happens next in the weeks and days to come here in pakistan. one thing is for sure, that pakistan has never had a prime minister who has completed a term in office. imran khan it is now just another name to be added to that list. cnn, islamabad. >> thousands gathered in -- vegas protest to date over the country's worsening economic crisis. many protesters -- pressuring him to stand down -- -- -- >> by choice, or by far, we decide to stay in sri lanka. i have never stepped out on the streets, but today i needed to

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-- maybe deeper than moscow has admitted. a european official says a quarter of putin's army, may no longer be operable. meantime, british prime minister boris johnson, the latest european leader to make the trip to kyiv, he promised financial support to ukraine. the former soviet republic of georgia, has its history of brutal conflict with -- pro ukrainian sentiment is very strong among georgians. matt rivers has a report from the capital, tbilisi. >> here in tbilisi, georgia, a twofold event, people coming out to remember the events that happened here in 1989, outside of the parliament building here. that's when soviet troops opened fire on protesters that were here, trying to advocate for georgian independence from the then soviet union. but this day obviously taking on added importance this year because of what we're seen now russian forces doing in ukraine.

this is something that people in georgia are paying very close attention to. a lot of the people here, when i say twofold event, because this is a protest, in part, against the current national government. critics are saying that the national government are taking a strong enough stance, choosing to be on the side of ukraine. accusing the national government here of kind of plane both sides of the fence. on the one hand, not criticizing putin, russian openly enough for what they're doing in ukraine. on the other hand, not advocating for ukraine and for its government, forcefully enough. but some georgians have taken the ultimate step when it comes to advocating for ukraine. i want to show you a memorial that was set up here outside the parliament building. there's actually georgian volunteers that have actually gone to ukraine to fight. so you can pan off me and show that these are some of the photographs of a few of the georgian volunteers, that have actually died in the fighting in ukraine. they chose to volunteer to go

to ukraine, and lay down their own lives in order to fight for ukraine. but people here will tell you, is that there's a lot of sympathy in georgia, given georgia's own history fighting with russia. there's a lot of sympathy here for what's going on in ukraine. many georgians like these soldiers here, who want to do whatever they can to help ukraine fight for its own existence. matt rivers, cnn, to believe, siege origin. but >> let's go back to -- world headquarters in atlanta. just think back to 2008, and the russian invasion of georgia. i wonder how things would be right now. >> so many analysts have said, look, whether was 2008, or crimea in 2014. there were warnings to be heated here about russia, and specifically vladimir putin's motives. john we'll continue our coverage at the top of the hour

with you in ukraine, in the meantime we continue here in atlanta. with the cyber threat, now, both the u.s. government and private corporations have begun stepping up efforts to blunt moscow cyberattacks on ukraine. this week, microsoft said it disabled at least seven internet domains linked to russia's military intelligence. the company said russian hackers were trying to in filtrate ukrainian military organizations, in a probable bid to try to influence the war after. in addition, microsoft said the hackers were also targeting government institutions, think tanks, in the united states and the eu involved in foreign policy. now, earlier this week, meantime, the u.s. justice department announced it had to five to a large network of hacked computers, that were also linked to russian military intelligence. now, both the justice department and microsoft, had obtained court orders in order to carry out those actions. earlier, i spoke about this with golden louis, the head of looking glass cyber in boston.

listen. >> i think this is a different phase that were in. my attitude will in our cybersecurity companies is we can't wait passively until an attack comes. we have to hunt for it. and so general nakasone at cyber come together with many other factors within the u.s. government. the dhs, as well as commercial companies are doing everything we can to not only worn companies, worn not-for-profits like think tanks, bring shields up as they would say, to really begin to posture, to reduce the effect of an all out attack by the russians on u.s. infrastructure and also with our allies and partners. the biden administration, as i said earlier, have been warning for weeks about the stats from russia. it hasn't really happened we know of, at least we haven't been affected that much so far.

do you think this is more about playing defense on the part of the u.s. and its allies. or, are the hackers not on offense yet? what i mean is, they have not decided yet to try to strike critical infrastructure and i include banks in that category. >> well, we can see at looking glass wet is generally happening around the world in terms of cyber postures. we are seeing a very active fight in the ukraine, where cyberattackers and cyber defenders are going back and forth. the thing that we have to remember is the way you should think about the cyber campaigns, it's like a long game of chess, you really have to think many moves ahead. so, in order to set up an attack, the russians or any attack or are going to have to prepositioned our assets, pulled out the critical

infrastructure, then you collect information and they infect your networks. they don't want to disclose themselves until they're ready to attack, and when they attack, the most likely to be a multi pronged attack. we saw that happening in ukraine, we see that happening in georgia we, the critical infrastructure, financial, media, government, all simultaneously we. and to coordinate with other operations, including disinformation and military operations. so, just because we can't see anything visibly happening here, aggressively in the u.s. at this moment. it doesn't mean the campaign has not begun with. >> sobering insights there from gilding louis, now we go to covid and shanghai, where people are as frustrated as ever. not only is the entire city under lockdown, now there are shortages of food, and no wind to deliver groceries. we've got an update, after the

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the covid outbreak in washington has won more cabinet member on its list. secretary of agriculture tom illicit announced that he's actually tested positive for covid. middlesex says he's vaccinated, and boosted, and thankfully symptoms are mild.

he recently traveled to mexico, but he did also attend the gridiron club dinner last saturday, that's a high-profile event where now 67 people have tested positive for covid. in addition to vilsack, other cabinet members now have covid, that's attorney general merrick garland, and commerce secretary -- the concern is, who of the 67 we're in close proximity to president joe biden, and if it'll eventually test positive as well. his top covid advisor, doctor anthony fauci, says it's possible the precautions are in place. >> it is conceivable that the president will get infected, given the fact that the people who are on 1 to 1 close contact with him are all tested before they are with the president. number two, that about 99% of the white house complex staff who are vaccinated. and, the president himself is

vaccinated in double boosted. >> meantime, in china, for the third consecutive day, shanghai has hit a daily high in covid cases. on saturday, the city reported more than 24,000 new cases, and that's not good for a city where frustrations are already running high, under the lockdown and crucial food shortages. shanghai's vice mayor announced that there would be some type of easing of the restrictions in low transmission areas, but that would also depend on the results from citywide testing. anna coren is in hong kong for us, and she's following all these details. and, i given what's residents and they're going through in shanghai, it is a little bit of relief that perhaps some of those restrictions will be lifted? >> i have no doubt there are people who are just ecstatic at the thought that restrictions may be eased, and that certainly what officials have indicated. we should mention there are no

details, no timeframe, other than it will be considered after the next round of mass testing. we have to remember that this is the worst outbreak in china since the pandemic began two years ago, so they've taken these very strict and draconian measures. good news for the 25 million residents of shanghai have been locked up in their home since the end of march, who have been experiencing severe shortages of food and medicine. take a look. >> workers stuck intricate bags of food and supplies, to deliver to people lockdown in the city of shanghai. but this shipment was made more than a week ago, and residents say re-supplying china's most populous city of 25 million people is a logistical nightmare so much of shanghai has been consigned to their homes, because of a severe covid-19 outbreak in the city. people are complaining that stories have run out of food, and it's nearly impossible to

schedule deliveries, because couriers can't keep up with the demand. one managing high, documenting the shortages on twitter says, we had three deliveries that were booked to delivery today, all three were canceled. >> public anger over the restrictions is that a boiling point, on top of the difficulty in getting food, people have been outraged by a policy separating covid positive children from their parents. which was modified last week to allow infected parents to join them at isolated centers. and effective parents of children with special needs can also join their children, if they sign an agreement saying they understand the health risk. though the term of special needs was not to find. on saturday, the city's vice mayor acknowledged that the authorities had not met the public's -- they may soon begin to ease

restrictions in some areas when transmission rates are low enough. that came without a timeline, and coincide with yet in other round of mass testing. city residents were asked to self administer at home covid-19 tests and lineup in their compounds the pcr tests despite the -- on friday praised the country's dynamic zero covid strategy calling it a great success. now paula as we reported yesterday the u.s. state department told its staff, and non emergency staff that they should leave shanghai do the surge in cases, and also due to the restrictions that are in place. china's ministry of foreign affairs has responded this morning and they're taking great offense. let me read to you but they said. china's anti epidemic policies, our science based and effective, we are strongly dissatisfied,

and up -- accusations against china's epidemic response policies, and have launched solemn representations with the u.s. side. so, china's government, paula, not taking kindly to the united states government telling its staff to leave. >> clearly touched a nerve there, it was an important statement they put out there, and an insight into how sensitive there. anna coren for us in hong kong. coming up for us on cnn newsroom. tiger something is never done before the masters, is not necessarily what you're thinking, though, we'll have the details when we come back.

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walk in, or call 1-800-aspendental. some tragic news from the national football league. police say dwayne haskins, the 24-year-old quarterback for the pittsburgh steelers, was killed early saturday after being hit by a dump truck while trying to cross an interstate in south florida. haskins was in florida for a steelers training camp. the steelers tweeted a statement from head coach mike tomlin, who was clearly in shock, saying in part "dwayne was a great teammate but even more so a

tremendous friend to so many. i am truly heartbroken." haskins played for washington before joining the steelers last year. the former ohio state star was a finalist for the heisman trophy in 2018. we of course send our sympathies to his friends and family. such tragic news there. okay. to the sporting event just up the road from here in atlanta, it was moving day at the masters tournament on saturday when the world's top golfers try to climb the leaderboard to get their best shot to win sunday's final round. and tiger woods, yeah, he likely won't be getting another green jacket after carding one of his worst rounds ever. the leaders, though, the world's number one ranked golfer scottie scheffler, struggled through some pretty windy and cold conditions but he did end up at the top of the leaderboard, at least after day 3. cnn world sport anchor patrick snell has our details.

>> reporter: moving saturday at the masters didn't quite work out that way for tiger woods, at least not in the direction he would have been hoping for on his emotional return to the sport following last year's horrific car crash in southern california. in cold blustery conditions woods far from the only one to suffer out there at the iconic augusta national during round 3. his round started with a bogey and it would end with four dropped shots in the last three holes as the 15-time major winner recorded a disappointing 6 over par round of 78. that's his worst score in 93 rounds at the masters, woods ending round 3 at 7 over par for the tournament. in many ways, though, as woods had already said, he's already won this week just by being here and competing. the 46-year-old american speaking after saturday's round 3. >> never give up. always chase after your dreams. i fight each and every day. each and every day's a

challenge. each and every day presents its own different challenges. for all of us. and i wake up and start the fight all over again. >> leading the way, though, going into sunday's final round is men's world number 1 scottie scheffler. the 25-year-old american had a five-shot lead going into round 3, but that advantage has now been reduced to three shots after his third-round 71. scheffler's enjoyed a standout year in 2022 with three wins in his last five events, a magnificent last few weeks for him starting in february. prior to that he had not one us pga tour victory to his name. high drama on the last hole saturday evening, seeing scheffler put his drive into the woods. and he would end up finishing with a bogey. scheffler reflecting after round 3 on saturday. >> being in this position it's nice to be in control of a golf tournament and all i'm doing out there is be committed to my shots and execute. and after that it's not really up to me. i'm looking forward to the challenge of tomorrow and, you

know, just keep doing my thing. >> scheffler's finish will give at least some hope to those closest to him on the leaderboard, especially the young australian player cam smith, who won the players championship in florida recently. he's at 6 under par right now and just three shots back. patrick snell, cnn, augusta, georgia. >> exciting day of golf to come there in just a few hours. now the first fully private mission to the international space station arrived at its destination saturday. it's the inaugural mission of a startup called axiom space. the company launched its crew on friday on a spacex rocket. a former nasa astronaut leads the axiom mission, joined by three private citizens who paid, wait for it, $55 million each for this ride. better be a good one. nasa's head of human space flight program sees the collaboration as a key step in commercializing space travel. >> this is our first step. we're working with a commercial

company to have them come to our international space station, and we're learning to work together and figure out how to work together. and this is going to be an important step for us because moving forward we would actually like to now be able to buy a ride and time on orbit with a commercial company to be able to have them do that. >> okay. the crew will now spend eight days at the space station not just as tourists. they will in fact carry out several research projects before returning home. and that does it for me. i'm paula newton. thanks for joining us. we'll be right back after a quick break. we will be live in ukraine with john vause. stay with us. until, e energizer ultimate lithium. who wants a cupcake? the number one longest-lasting aa battery. yay! case closed. thanks for coming. now when it comemes to a financial plan this broker is your man.

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