WORK TO DO THAN TO TALK TO ME
ANY LONGER, SO, THANK YOU.
WE MARVEL AT THE WORK YOU DO.
OUR THANKS TO ROB, GINGER, GIO
AND VICTOR, AS WELL.
WE'LL GO BACK TO THE LATEST
TRACK ON THIS HURRICANE A LITTLE
LATER.
>>> IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE GOING
TO TURN TO THE OTHER NEWS THIS
TUESDAY NIGHT, THE FIRST RESULTS
COMING IN FROM VLADIMIR PUTIN'S
REFERENDUMS IN EASTERN UKRAINE.
RUSSIA TONIGHT SAYING 96% ARE IN
FAVOR OF BECOMING PART OF
RUSSIA.
BUT OF COURSE, YOU SAW RIGHT
HERE, THOSE IMAGES, PRO-RUSSIAN
SOLDIERS ARMED WITH ASSAULT
RIFLES GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR TO
PICK UP THOSE BALLOTS.
WELL, TONIGHT, THE U.S.
CONTINUES TO CALL OF THIS A
SHAM.
AND RIGHT HERE TONIGHT, YOU'LL
SEE THE IMAGES OF THE MASS
EXODUS FROM RUSSIA.
RUSSIAN MEN LOOKING TO AVOID THE
DRAFT.
THE LINE OF TRAFFIC, TEN MILES
LONG.
OUR CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
IAN PANNELL INSIDE UKRAINE AGAIN
TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, RUSSIA
MOVING CLOSER AN ILLEGAL LAND
GRAB IN UKRAINE IN A VOTE WIDELY
CONDEMNED BY THE U.S. AND OTHERS
AS A SHAM.
STAGED REFERENDUMS WERE HELD IN
FOUR REGIONS OF EASTERN UKRAINE,
ALL OCCUPIED BY RUSSIAN TROOPS.
THE FIRST PARTIAL RESULTS
ALLEGEDLY SHOWING MAJORITIES OF
MORE THAN 96% IN FAVOR OF
BECOMING PART OF RUSSIA.
BUT THIS IS HOW MANY VOTED --
UNDER THE THREATENING EYE OF
ARMED RUSSIAN SECURITY.
UKRAINIANS OFFICIALS SAYING SOME
WERE FORCED TO VOTE AT GUNPOINT.
BUT PUTIN IS EXPECTED TO USE THE
RESULTS TO DECLARE THESE AREAS
NOW OFFICIALLY PART OF RUSSIA,
AS HE DID IN CRIMEA.
THE PROSPECT OF ANNEXATION COMES
AS RUSSIA RAMPS UP WARNINGS IT
COULD USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO
DEFEND ITS TERRITORY, INCLUDING
NEWLY ACQUIRED LANDS.
IN THE FACE OF SEVERE
BATTLEFIELD LOSSES, PUTIN
HURRIEDLY ANNOUNCED THIS VOTE
AND ALSO MOBILIZED
300,000 RESERVISTS.
AND THIS IS THE RESPONSE OF MANY
OF HIS COUNTRYMEN.
TENS OF THOUSANDS FLEEING RUSSIA
IN THE LAST WEEK.
AN EXODUS SO LARGE THAT PARTS
CAN BE SEEN FROM SPACE.
OVER 100,000 PEOPLE CROSSING
INTO GEORGIA.
ALMOST 100,000 INTO KAZAKHSTAN.
AND 66,000 ENTERING EUROPE, ALSO
IN THE PAST WEEK.
PAVEL LEFT MOSCOW WITH HIS
FAMILY.
BUT HE SAYS AFTER 40 HOURS
WAITING, HE AND HIS WIFE HAD TO
SEPARATE SO AT LEAST ONE GOT
ACROSS WITH THEIR CHILD.
ALSO TONIGHT, UKRAINE AND RUSSIA
ACCUSING EACH OTHER OF
SABOTAGING THE NORD STREAM GAS
PIPELINE.
THE SWEDISH COAST GUARD
RELEASING THIS VIDEO OF BUBBLES
CHURNING UP THE BALTIC SEA ABOVE
THE LEAKING NORD STREAM 1 AND
2 PIPELINES.
SWEDISH SEISMOLOGISTS REPORTING
THEY DETECTED TWO EXPLOSIONS
NEAR THE LEAKS.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYING
IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL IF IT WAS
SABOTAGE OR WHAT THE GOAL MIGHT
BE, BUT IT WON'T WEAKEN EUROPE'S
ENERGY RESILIENCE.
DAVID, VLADIMIR PUTIN'S DUE TO
SPEAK FRIDAY AND HE COULD
ANNOUNCE THE FORMAL ANNEXATION
OF THESE FOUR PARTS OF UKRAINE
THEN.
RUSSIA'S THEN GOING TO SEE ANY
ATTACKS ON THESE AREAS AS AN
ATTACK ON RUSSIA.
BUT UKRAINE'S ADAMANT IT ISN'T
GOING TO STOP ITS FIGHT TO THEN
RECLAIM ALL OF ITS LAND.
DAVID?
>> ALL RIGHT, I