and james markowski is joining me now. great to have you. >> thank you, yasmin, for having me. >> absolutely. those pictures are stunning of your family. it only tells a small part of the story that you and your family experienced. what are you feeling watching these refugees flee ukraine today? >> oh, yasmin, it is just heartbreaking to see the number of people and damage to residential areas, to see the husbands saying good-bye to their wives and children, and the children crying. just thank god there's countries bordering western ukraine like poland that are accepting and welcoming these people. it's the kind of deja vu to what my parents, john and mary markowski, as you said, they left in '44, with my sister ann, and that was because there was a fierce partisan fight against the nazis and the russian occupiers at that time. and we were fortunate to live on a farm where we had access to a wagon and a horse and dad left with mom and my sister ann in the middle of the night and basically they thought maybe they would come