george lopez. there would - just to now bearable. george lopez.see the hang seng in hong kong is down 4% and the nick kay down 3.5, very possibly accounting for the concerns that there would be more sanctions to come —— nikkei. perhaps on russian oil. the russian invasion of ukraine began 11 days ago and some initial expectations that the russians would quickly overwhelm the ukrainian forces have been repeatedly confounded. britain's chief of defence staff admiral sir tony radakin has said there is growing evidence that the russian armed forces are struggling. our defence correspondent jonathan beale explains why. russia claims its invasion of ukraine is going to plan. but the destroyed columns of its ahmaud tell a different story. senior western military officers say it's clear russia did not expect this level of resistance. but worn it could still unleash more violence. russia is struggling with its objectives on the ground in ukraine. and we've seen from russia's previous actions in syria and chechnya where it will turn up the violence, it will

let's cross live now to indiana, in the united states and speak to professor george lopez from the universitywe hear these huge names whether it's netflix or tick—tock, the list is getting longer. how much impact are they likely to be having particularly in the short term? in be having particularly in the short term?— be having particularly in the short term? in the short term is more dynamic _ short term? in the short term is more dynamic than - short term? in the short term is more dynamic than i - short term? in the short term is more dynamic than i think i is more dynamic than i think the national leaders who join together multilaterally to put on the big sanctions on the banks and to control the system more tightly on russia more than we expected. in the long history of sanctioning it really takes time for major corporations to come along. especially in the interdependent mix that russia has had in international economic systems. the fact that you can no longer go to your local retailer and put something on visa or mastercard or you could go to the atm machine and maybe play with your ca

[inaudible] 10000 -- [inaudible] george lopez will be in december. brand-new florida home. sounds like the florida housing market is even more swamped than i thought. the alligator was discovered by putting the finishing touches on the house. [laughter] i love it so much. that means florida is installing glass plastic flamingos in the front yard and that will be called animal trappers for gatorade. [laughter] toughest call to make since the don't say gator bill. the copy alligator with the rope and drag it out and it looks timely a real pain in the neck. the gator was loaded onto a truck and brought to a space where he can be with other captured reptiles. the refrigerator dog has the meat. topic number three. texas fans are pretty upset that eric church after he canceled the saturday night concert in san antonio to watch the stupid dumb idiot play in the final four. i can't blame him, if i have a chance, i would skip eric church concert, too. eric said he has lifelong north carolina basketball fandom and couldn't stand them to play duke. in the final