cleveland. water spewed over the highway. lanes had to shut down for several hours. >>> national security adviser susan rice speaking about the engulfing the ukraine and questions surrounding the whereabouts of the ukrainian president. >> the ukrainian people expressed themselves peacefully. they were met with violence. that did not end well for viktor yanukovych. >> does he have to go in the president's mind? >> he has gone. >> but does he have to relinquish power? >> he has gone, david. this is an interesting and complicated situation. he's lost, viktor yanukovych has lost enormous legitimacy despite having been democratically elected by turning on his people, by using violence in the streets. >> we go live to the white house. we heard susan rice say he's gone. where did he go? >> reporter: good afternoon, t.j. senior administration officials don't know where viktor yanukovych is at this hour but a ukrainian tv station published what it says is security camera video showing a helicopter carrying viktor yanukovych from his home to some other location. getting back to "meet the press," david gregory asked ambassador rice if t