robert, what have you seen? >> well, it's kind of not like anything i've ever seen before. travel around to 25 different countries and i've never really seen anything like what's going on here. it's kind of like if you took times square in new york city and built a small village made out of tents inside of it and barricaded off all the streets to the square. and it's been like that apparently for two months. but i've never seen anything like it. there's people walking around in makeshift military uniforms, everyone's carrying a club. it's a pretty bizarre environment. >> did you get very close to the violence? i mean these pictures look like you're right in the middle of it. >> well, i got-i got to kiev on the 22nd which is the day that two of the protestors were shot by the police. and that day i didn't go up to the front lines. i was only in the square and the

the front lines. i was only in the square and the square was packed. and it was pretty crazy environment. since then, i've been up to where there's still like basically an encampment on both sides. by the parliament building there's protestors and police constantly camped out. each side has about a dozen metal trash can fires going on constantly. the night i was there, there was a massive tire fire in between the two encampments where just black smoke was going and you could actually see the smoke billowing over the midon area which is independence square. because the clark is pretty much around the corner from the -- the clashing is pretty much around the square, the front line of all the fighting was. >> what does it smell like with the tires burning and the folks camped out there for the past

fort lee, new jersey. john. >>> good evening john as you can see the george washington bridge is the busiest bridge in the world. i'll step aside, you can have a look at it. it's a really pretty bridge as well, chris christie appears to be in a pretty tight spot. the man who ordered the lane closures, is saying by letter that evidence exists that governor christie knew about those lane closures at the time they are taking place and that is something that governor christie has vehemently denied. the lane closings at the george washington bridge creating a commuter nightmare for days, caused not by a traffic study, but as the alleged political pay back against a democratic mayor who refused to back christie for