independence from the soviet union. ♪♪♪ eric: belarus won its freedom from the soviet union in 1991, but when lukashenko came to power three years later, he snuffed out its new. the former collective farm boss pushed for reunification with russia, hoping to one day rule both countries. he cracked down on the belarusian language and even banned the national red-and-white flag in favor of the red-and-green soviet banner. eric: decades on she continues to fight. in her apartment she sews the banned red-and-white flags she takes to each protest. eric: after months of being arrested on a regular basis, she's now become the only protester police dare not detain, lukashenko himself giving a mocking order to leave her be. eric: not so long ago, maria pugachjova never protested. now it's all she can think about, even when she goes to work or meets friends. maria: people just still live in this reality, and they have no chance not to talk about it because every day something happens. this is my life, then. eric: whenever she can she joins women's marches, lukashenko labeling them prostitutes and alcoholics. maria: it's already week number 13, if i'm not mistaken, so i

the authorities have taken over most of egypt, print and broadcast media. independent news outlets like mother must remain blogs, which explains why outside of the conference, knew that the defend, it's hard to find. thanks topic to moscow now. and you have guinea pro goshen the oligarch. they called putin's chef. he got that title after wining and dining, the russian president, later winning big government, catering contracts for goshen is best known as the man behind wagner. a private military company, notorious for doing the crumbling bidding overseas. he's also the creator of a media network which has produced propaganda and misinformation in russia and abroad for years for goes and hid his links to wagner. he remained in the shadows of russian politics that changed with the invasion of ukraine for goes and come out of the closet. he now boast about the role that his mercenaries are playing there. much of what we know about him is down to the work of investigative journalists who promotion has pursued repeatedly in the course for exposing his activities. we spoke with one of those j

adrian laclare as a technology editor at the irish independent news, he's described the surgeon fake accounts and the departure of twitter instead of trust and safety as a disaster. he's not the only senior executive who has left in the last 48 hours and twitter has lost it had a safety. it's had of security, it's had of privacy, it had of sales, they've all left. there is nobody effectively running the company at the top, except for a long bus. and that raises problems with the u. s. federal trade commission. it also raises problem here. problems here in europe with the irish data protection commissioner who represents privacy on behalf of all of europe and who is now writing to twitter to ask, what are you doing to protect user safety and user privacy. the la mock himself has raised the possibility of bankruptcy. he said in a call to staff call to employees that twitter is entering a very, very difficult period because advertisers are abandoning the platform. and it's no surprise to why they're doing that. advertisers typically are interested in brand safety. there's no way you're

k . london court ruling has re ignited debate on the controversial issue with independence, new phil high among many communities in scotland. we do have deeper into the debate with journalists shade bows, who said that london isn't actually prepared to accept an equal partnership with edinburgh. it illustrates in great detail and that you know, the u. k. are the english lead u. k. is it really interested in a partnership of equals, it will decide whether the scottish people themselves were a very distinct or you know, nation every ancient culture in themselves, their own language, you know, et cetera. they will decide in london whether the people of scotland can even decide to leave the united kingdom breaks. it has been a huge issue in scotland, where a majority of the scottish population voted against practice. they wanted to remain in it, so they see themselves been denied dash and right to determined their own direction economically, culturally as well. i mean, there are some deval virus in the hollywood and, and parliament which was, which evolved from london in 1999. yes. what

but i think that independent news outlets do a wonderful job and i like propublica. does incredible journalism, and the more the merrier in that respect. and anybody who can interest the public in current events, i think, is doing god's work. so whether you're coming from the left or the right, if that's an entry point in for any member of the public to become interested in who's being elected and what they're trying to do, more power to them. and one thing i would say about all media is it's good and independent, corporate, whatever. make sure that you understand how they do their journalism, how they how they source, what are their rules for, sourcing information, what is their rules for fact checking, how they how they're accountable? the other thing that's important about about smaller, more opinion driven news outlets on the left and the right is they are only able to exist because of larger sometimes denigrated as corporate media outlets are funding actual reporting in actual difficult places on campaigns, war zones, in disaster zones, finding things out that t

agricultural products in the ussr and subsequently create modern agricultural production already independently. on news eve 1951 at the radio house was preparing for the release, a daily broadcast for workers in agriculture and industry, she summed up the results of the stalinist five-year plan of the first post-war decade for the agriculture of the food industry, these years became a test of the republic insha l friday evening broadcast, stretched out and brought you to the region with you vital import substitution at the practice took the keys to modernizing the hiring line with a whistle at the plant of medical preparations, the italian packaging was replaced by ours with pavaja to the heroic, history and sculptural composition of dalvio in the framework of patriotism.

opposition protests, opposition political parties, independent news media have largely been crushed in this city in the last several years. so a gathering like this is very, very rare, and it gives you a sense of how potent the demonstrations are right now in mainland china, and how they seem to be inspiring reactions in other territories. >> ivan watson in hong kong. thank you for that. >>> excitement is now mixed with controversy ahead of one of the most anticipated matches of the world cup. the u.s. versus iran. now iran is calling for the u.s. to be banned from the tournament after the u.s. soccer fed occasion altered the iranian flag in a social media post. >> in a now deleted graphic, u.s. soccer temporarily displayed iran's flag without the emblem of the islamic republic. it was meant as a sign of solidarity with iranian women who have been protesting for months for basic human rights. with us now, we have cnn host of "world sport" live in doha, and kylie atwood at the state department. don, iran says the u.s. violated the fifa charter rules with that flag. what are the chances

opposition protests, opposition political parties, independent news media, have largely been crushed in this city in the last several years. so a gathering like this is very, very rare. and it gives you a sense of how potent the demonstrations are right now in mainland china and how they seem to be inspiring reactions in other territories. >> absolutely. and ivan joining us now for more on this. and it is a big unknown. but what do you think is going to happen next? >> reporter: it is a big unknown. china has an enormous system of state security, surveillance and repression. so, we haven't really seen all of that put to use yet. our colleague salina wang in beijing has been driving around the capitol tonight and has seen no signs of the protests that she personally reported on the previous night. but we also see no end to the zero covid policy in sight either. which means chinese citizens will continue to be under immense pressure and social and economic and social pressure because this is hurting businesses and peoples and hurting people's pocketbooks. and the trigger for these thin

i speak to adrian winkler, who is a technology editor, the irish independent news. he's joining us from dublin. so just 1st on the, on the fake twitter accounts, i mean, what do you make of those? and what's your reaction to this? it's a complete disaster as a twitter at the moment is like a plane whose pilots have decided to leave. you mentioned your ra through lap, he's not the only senior executive who has left in the last 48 hours and twitter has lost it's had of safety. it's head of security. it's had of privacy, it's had of sales, they've all left. there is nobody effectively running the company at the top except for a long busk, and that raises problems as you say, with the u. s. federal trade commission. it also raises problem here. problems here in europe with the irish data protection commissioner, who represents a privacy on behalf of all of europe and who is now writing to twitter to ask, what are you doing to protect user as safety user privacy, right? so on the f to see the federal trade commission, their statement said this that it was tracking recent

this was director of the independent platform new george network, mykhailo, thank you personally and i would like to remind you that on our website bbc.ua there is always up-to-date information about the development of events. yes, you help more people to see this video, social network algorithms work so that the more you like and the more comments you write , the more users on the internet see it video yes you are helping to get access to objective news and ukraine, as we have already said many times, is still skeptical of the statements of the russian ministry of defense because it does not yet see signs of the withdrawal of troops, analysts say that control over the city will expand ukraine's opportunities retired australian army major general mikroen shared my vision from bbcday. i think the skepticism of ukrainians is fully justified, because we saw how the russians lied during the war. but in this particular case, the position of the russians is on the right on the banks of the dnieper was very vulnerable, in fact their forces there were weak and that is why they are retreating

two states for example they were just crushed by independent voters. arizona and new hampshire. so we learn some lessons about this. and the lessons are pretty clear senate races are pretty different. candidate quality is a set in august were important. and most of our states we met that test in a few of them we did not. >> the senate is set to take a procedure vote tomorrow on the respect for marriage act. some again worked on amendments with liberty protection. how do you plan to vote in that bill? >> i have not announced it. [inaudible] sixty-five take any action on ukraine? >> i don't debt limit issue until sometime next here on ukraine robust supporter of ukraine we need to give them what they need. they need to fight this war. particularly if we give them what they need. [inaudible] e

in the next decade, djibouti the commerce and the new hebrides all gained independence. but despite the crises, attacks and referenda, france managed to hang on to the islands of my yacht, new caledonia, polynesia, and all its overseas did back to mall and regions. de gold successes never fundamentally questioned the general's colonial legacy. jose won't be due valley. these is galveston and full swan media. all all failed to revisit this inglorious period in the republics history. however, after decades of silence, the most violent and proven crimes were gradually denounced that the highest levels the bloody repression in madagascar and the choy massacre in synagogue, as well as the violent colonial conflict in algeria were old, after much debate, ultimately condemned. but all the official ceremonies, tribute sent speeches could not overcome the nostalgia on one side and the frustration and resentment on the other. d colonization remains a contentious legacy that deeply divides french society to this day. the wars of independence, the hidden crimes and massacres have all

in two states, for example, we were crushed by independent voters, arizona and new hampshire. we learned. i think the lesson is pretty clear, senate races are different. the quality of the caucus is important. and in most of our states we have met that test, in a few of them we did not. >> the senate is set to take a procedural vote tomorrow on the -- respect for marriage at. >> i haven't announced it. >> do you intend to take any movement as a lame-duck on term limits? >> i am a robust supporter of ukraine, we need to get them what they need, and i think they have the capacity to win particularly if we give them what they need. [indistinct] >> congress gets back to work in wake of the midterm election, watch next week as the incoming 118 selected leaders, sets an agenda for january 2023. in while, the out going 117 members tackle unfinished business such as defense spending, which is set to expire. follow along live on the c-span networks, on c-span now, or any time c-span.org. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal, every day we take your calls live on the air on news of the day a

new milford, new jersey, independent line, good morning. caller: i just want to say i found the speech so hypocritical . this is the president who has abused his use of executive orders and with a stroke of his pen has obliterated the responsibility of students who have taken out loans to pay those loans. with the stroke of his pen he disrupted our energy availability. the democratic congress has just allowed him to continue with these abuses. there was a survey not long ago about our faith in our government ranches, our institutions. they are so low. i don't understand why we have to he trapped with a democrat and republican party that has failed in their policies since nixon possible watergate. we were lied to about vietnam. we were lied to about iraqi. we were lied to about afghanistan. we see these policies just devastating our country. host: christine, burton, west virginia, line for democrats. did you watch the speech last night? caller: yes, i did. host: what did you think? caller: i agree with president biden 100%. what i see, what

products in the ussr and subsequently create modern agricultural production already in an independent belarus on new year's eve 1951 in the house of radio was preparing for release, a daily broadcast for workers in agriculture and industry , she summed up the results of the stalinist five-year plan of the first post-war decade for the agriculture of the food industry. humor, 1 gorodetsky little. kozavod near molodechno built everything from scratch hard training and exciting competition. that is, it will be an uncompromising struggle, an interesting game and my career for my story. it will be a great event if we can achieve this result. on such moral-volitional qualities of victory and defeat , strength appeared within oneself to start all over again to try. they allow us to look forward to sports projects on channel belarus 24. for some, their passion may seem strange to build a house of this brick, but supposedly they do not see it as building materials. i see how. the artifact is kaluga is coming. this is st. petersburg, this is german, this is belgian, here i have a brick with prints of dogs and

two states for example they were just crushed by independent voters. arizona and new hampshire. so we learn some lessons about this. and the lessons are pretty clear senate races are pretty different. candidate quality is a set in august were important. and most of our states we met that test in a few of them we did not. >> the senate is set to take a procedure vote tomorrow on the respect for marriage act. some again worked on amendments with liberty protection. how do you plan to vote in that bill? >> i have not announced it. [inaudible] sixty-five take any action on ukraine? >> i don't debt limit issue until sometime next here on ukraine robust supporter of ukraine we need to give them what they need. they need to fight this war. particularly if we give them what they need. [inaudible] [background noises] congress gets back to work in the wake of the midterm election what's in the next weeks as incoming 118 congress elects its leaders, make key committee assignments, create new members and sets an agenda for jan new 2023. meanwhile the outgoing 1117th congress uses his final

independence day. kyiv region will be without new year's illuminations. light decorations have been banned throughout the region. there should be no garlands on trolley christmas trees or on commercial ones. leave the new year's decoration of parks and streets for later after the victory. the operative headquarters of the kyiv region defense council decided the head of the regional military administration noted that the maximum saving of electricity - this is another front of ours today, wintering in the warm russians destroys it from the ground and the power substations want so that we live in the cold. the darkness will not work. ukrainians do not surrender to the enemy. they insulate themselves as much as they can and as they know how. what else do they use besides heaters to keep warm at home? our iryna kondrachuk collected life hacks . we will see from the outside or from the inside. three radically different stories about how to keep the heat in the house for any wallet, a sweater, warm pants, two pairs of socks, and a terry dressing gown on top, be

a whole era national liberation movements collapse of the colonial system and the creation of new independentndependent states. in latin america and africa, the founder of the modern cuban state was a legendary person who dedicated his life to the struggle for the freedom of the oppressed peoples. emphasized the president. fidel and his companions have always selflessly defended the sovereignty of their native country, they did not allow it to be broken mercenary intervention sanctions financial and economic imba attempts at external isolation. defended the right of lips to their own the model of development in accordance with national, and not imposed from the outside, values ​​​​have ensured that the world takes into account the opinion of cuba and respects its interest in the individual, fidelya is most closely connected with the friendship that has been tempered between our peoples and governments for more than 60 years. he understood very well the essence of the brotherhood relations that unite our countries. he always had warm relations with the soviet world and russian leaders. he was

we will go to arlene in new smyrna beach, florida on the independent line. caller: good morning.ully, things will come back together like the united states of america was several years ago. due to the lack of moral values we are having a problem with, a lot of this -- if anyone listening would look up huhac, harry truman started this. it is the house of something of human activities. just look up huac. it was a court. they would put people in court when they found out people were with the communist party. if you open your eyes to communism and marxism, you will see this. my grandparents, got bless their souls, they would roll -- god bless their souls, they would roll over in their grave if they saw a man and a man or a woman and a woman in a marriage today. host: which do you think will come out first? guest: probably the hunter biden investigation because that goes directly to president biden and his ethics. a lot of people say there is not anything to see their, but it has not been investigated. president biden -- hunter biden is under investigation for tax issues, but hunter b

they need to target, what are the they have a vast massive machine as and when you are a new person independent new start—up , whether you are a new start—up, it is a david and goliath battle and it is incredibly hard. i come back as i would challenge you a lot, not because you have independents who have overturned the party machinery. by independents who have overturned the party machinery . by the way, the party machinery. by the way, i think the northern breakaway of tory mvp's is totally dead in the water because extra parties like the sdlp or change take uk tend to die death for the people of the indies that managed to succeed often not always they do so on a very hyperlocal issue . so on a very hyperlocal issue. so it'll be something to do with i don't know like a local hospital. yeah, that's wyre forest. wyre forest save the local hospital. it wasn't , it local hospital. it wasn't, it was save i think the and a unit at the local hospital about ten years ago in the blair era there was of course martin bell who won in titanic since neil hamilton but corrupt and in bretton woods in essex bu

the british supreme court effectively banned scotland from holding a new independence referendum everish judges unanimously ruled that edinburgh has no right to pass a plebiscite law without the consent of official london, which had not previously agreed that the scottish authorities held a consultative referendum it was planned for october 19 next year. actually, in response to this decision, the scottish authorities turned to the supreme court. at the same time, the head of the scottish government. nikola sturgeon. immediately warned in case of a negative verdict. the topic of the referendum will be the main one in the general elections for 24 years, but we also recall the first plebiscite. depending on the region, they took place in the fourteenth year, then 55% of the scots voted against secession from the uk the german authorities, before the start of the russian special operation in ukraine, counted on the rapid defeat of the kiev regime, boris johnson said on cnn and added berlin considered such an outcome is the most profitable option for the german economy there, france also

republicans say crime is peeling off suburban voters and independents. but in new an unlikely situation -- a republican candidate for governor is competitive against the incumbent of. no republican has won a statewide race in the empire race since 2002. but after a random shooting outside his home, republican candidatlee zeldin sees opportunity. these are national issues which defy local races, but they are no means determined. we will know which strategy works best wednesday morning. katty: let's hope we do know wednesday morning, this could drag on. let's pull all the election news together with bbc's anthony zurcher. i have covered more midterm election races than i would like to admit to. this feels it ought to be a blow up for the republicans, the economy doing badly, the president not popular and people think crime is going up. democrats don't have a chance, do they? anthony: it doesn't look like it should be a good night for democrats if you look at those fundamentals and polling has been all over the place in senate races, pointing toward a good night repub

. >> independents of new moderates? that we are saying? >> they may be moderate, yeah. this time, they were. but i think that, look, independent voters took a look at the people that they were presented with. they thought, you know what. i can't do that. what we saw this time, which was different, was to get something. people were differentiating and saying, you know what? i may like josh shapiro, for example. but i didn't like oz or, but the new hampshire. new hampshire was a big one. i think that voters are saying to themselves, look. which is about for these candidates. which is but my target. i need to do that. we don't see that a lot in this country. because some of these candidates didn't have the qualities -- didn't have the qualities that they -- >> unite of talked about this in the past about georgia, for example. what happens in the new election coming up in the somber. because, look at the stretch, the idea, the numbers, the people turned out bad for kemp. compared to walker. clearly, there is not a pure alignment of interest there. now, with him not being on

the era of national liberation movements, the collapse, the colonial system and the creation of new independentndependent states of latin america and africa, fidel and his companions always selflessly defended the sovereignty of their native country did not allow it to be broken by the intervention of mercenaries sanctions financially economic imbarbarga, attempts at external isolation defended the lips’ right to their own model of development in accordance with national, and not values ​​imposed from outside, they fought to ensure that the world takes into account the opinion of cuba and respects its interests for many generations of our fellow citizens, the image of the team has always been romantic slava courage. the victories of feeling not only the island of freedom and the entire cuban people, but also directly. i was lucky, dear friends, to meet fedel kasta on several occasions, and many hours of conversations with him remained in my memory, especially ours. last conversation in july 2014. he spoke about things surprisingly consonant with the formation of a multipolar world order, that i

andrew out of new jersey, independent, good morning. you are next.hat was the message voters sent tuesday? caller: we hope that the message we vote that we will have an open government, more transparent because our founding fathers created checks and balances so that nobody could be above the law and that includes the president of the united states. they work for us. we do not work for them. somehow they forgot that message a long time ago. there is too much money in politics. there is dark money in politics, and where we the people are represented, that is what i would love to know. host: andrew out of new jersey, this is veronica out of pennsylvania, democrat, good morning. caller: good morning. i can't agree

payments is controlled by a narrow group of countries, and this cause of many problems needs new independent for example, based on digital currencies and blockchain , vladimir putin said about the conference journey into the world of artificial intelligence, from the development of which, according to the president, also the sovereignty and security of russia depends on what has already been done and what remains to be learned maria slobodyanskaya road safety innovative methods for diagnosing and treating diseases and processing large volumes of data in industries where artificial intelligence would not be used today, there is practically no introduction of new technologies, a multiple of increases productivity and makes our lives more comfortable. this decade is about innovation. it is necessary to massively introduce such a task in all sectors of the economy at the international conference on artificial intelligence put vladimir putin the importance of breakthroughs in the field of artificial intelligence is colossal the rivalry between the state is simple, fierce on what results we achiev

this is about all of us together, republicans, democrats, independents as new yorkers to make sure our streets are safe again, to make sure our subways are safe again. this is our opportunity. >> all right. talk to me about the reaction there. the grades that they gave it. >> you can see democrat line, blue line, that you wouldn't expect to be favorable was a c. the great lined, independents, a b. what people want to be hearing is a candidate that is going to address and not dismiss crime. >> you know, i'm going to call an audible and go over to kamani from new jersey. i think you're at rutgers, right? what have democrats really missed the ball on here? this issue is huge and you still see many of them whistling past the roses on this. >> yeah, i definitely think again that this is a messaging issue that is just been missed. crime is such a bipartisan issue. it affects everyone in their >> well, this is your party. these are democrats. >> if we can get bipartisan support to change the rhetoric, many things will change. the men and women in the fbi and other police agencies are working

scenarios for after the war, that is, russia must be deconstructed, there must be a space of new independentat before such the opinion belonged to a small part of the city , such an extreme right-wing conservative, anti-former anti-communist, and now, in a good sense, a russophobe, at the moment this trend has gone beyond the scope of such ghetto russophobia and has become very, very widespread, and it has taken over the liberal and even the left and an intellectual party. that is, it has already become widespread, and there are many who consider themselves real politicians. those who think of the categories of real politics are already saying that without a final military-political defeat we are a threat from russia. it will only increase. regardless of what territory it will control in ukraine or somewhere else, this is the understanding and awareness. in my opinion, it has now gone beyond some narrow group and has become. well, not dominant yet. but it is quite widespread and it understanding, it pushes the leadership of many countries, including the countries of the g7 and possibly partl

it's also the name of his new book, big test to see if it can succeed, the party in the upcoming midterm election. >> everyone is welcome democrats, independentspublicans requested your "new york times" best-selling author of the book is forward, notes on the future of democracy i encourage everyone to read it, and to follow and are on twitter and asking the tough questions as well and have that open dialogue, thank you so much and progress thank you my friend eric swalwell. >> thank you so much andrew. >> thanks great seeing you. >> if you are enjoying book tv center for our newsletter using the qr code on the screen to receive a schedule of upcoming programs, author discussions book festivals and more. book tv every sunday on cspan2 or any time handbook to be.org. television for serious readers. ♪ weekends on cspan2 are an intellectual feast. every saturday in american history tv documents america's story and on sunday book tv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. funding for cspan2 comes in these television companies and more including comcast. >> are you thinking this is just a community center? no it's way more than that

this is about all of us together, republicans, democrats, independents as new yorkers to make sure ouragain, to make sure our subways are safe again. this is our opportunity. harris: talk to me about the reaction there, the grades they gave it? >> democrat blue line was c on this message, republican that is red line gave an a and independents a b. what people want to be hearing is a candidate who is going to address and not dismiss crime. harris: i'm going call inaudible and go over to kamani what have democrats really missed the ball on because this issue is huge and you still see many of them just whistling past the roses on this? >> yeah, so i definitely think it's a messaging issue that's been missed. crime is such a bipartisan issue. it affects everyone in their everyday lives and i think that we need leaders to change the rhetoric in politics because -- >> harris: well, this is your party. >> it is. if we can get bipartisan support in changing the rhetoric, so many things will change. our men and women in the fbi and other police agencies are working overtime because they have to

invest or tell and will bear the priceless survey that we will take in this war for our independence, what about newes, new real heroes and these real heroes are ukrainian people ukrainian soldiers thank you very much mr. roman roman kostenko people's deputy of ukraine and the verkhovna rada committee on national security, defense and development and a colonel of the security service of ukraine was with us listen here are some such fakes in kherson there is a new one in addition to the fact that civilians approached the military they asked them to sign their flags, which they hid somewhere under the pavement tiles or somewhere so that the occupiers wouldn't suddenly see them. it's not yet in novy that the new fashion has started and people come up and ask them to just leave they have their autographs on their jackets. i saw girls like these teenagers come there with a nice orange jacket, but it is already described literally, and the military guys say, god, we are already tired of writing so much. i think that now these nato instructors will come and when you listen , we are here jacket write me som

was not ukrainian, this is not proof, even more harshly, zelensky's calls are criticized independent experts, fox newssonvance named the ukrainian leader in her on twitter, as a dirty actor, according to her, zelensky is trying to unleash the third world war, while the western media continue to expose his colleague as heroes. tucker carlson, in turn, compared the president of ukraine with the eastern european king in a tracksuit. this is a horse that could kill millions of americans. and you have to ask yourself. is it time to stop supporting him, perhaps the risk is too great, he is lying on purpose to drag us into the war. maybe he's just another east european king in a tracksuit cashing in on the americans commented on the polish incident and military commentator ritter who clearly pointed to the real culprit of the incident. this is buya in a glass. i think any examination will clearly show that it was a ukrainian weapon. in addition, nato has exhaustive evidence that russia is not involved in this, and financial times journalists also point out that false statements from kiev undermine western co

lindsay of independent television news has that report.ational anthem echoes across the streets of kherson. russian posters are being torn down. this is a culture war. a brutal battle for the soul and identity of a people. ♪ >> no one knows that better than the director of the kherson art museum famed for having one of ukraine's best collections of european paintings which she had put in storage. >> here, britain, france, poland and lobby a were all represented. it was a huge collection.s frome 17th century to the 20th century. reporter: over five days before they withdrew russian soldiers turned up in trucks and stole the most valuable paintings, icons and sculptures. >> there was not even room for apple to fall. there were 14,000 items in toto. how many are left now i just don't know. reporter: they did everything they could to protect the collection. they put it in storage. and they locked the doors. but look -- everything is gone. it is not the monetary value, it is the cultural value. that is incalculable for the people of kherson and

from brooklyn, new york, on the independent line. who did you vote for and what are some of the issues you care about? caller: good evening, america. i did not vote today, but i am american and i have been in american for several generations. the reason why i did not vote is because none of the issues that affect me are on the ballot. one of the representatives were speaking about the issues. abortion is important, the economy is important, but what affects me personally is the fact there are no jobs in new york. they have all of these jobs they are talking about across the country, but when i try for thousands of jobs, i am on my third interview for the city of new york, but at the same time i am struggling. it is hard to survive out here, and i listen to the people who call on the line. rather than speak about these issues, all they speak about is the economy, the debt is going up, and the debt went up during trump when he was in office. trillion dollars worth of debt. i do not understand why people can say that the democrats are j