>>> CIVILIANS AND A POINT
OUTSIDE OF THE CAPITAL OF KYIV
AND A HUMAN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
IS DESPERATE.
THERE ARE DEVELOPMENTS
DEVELOPMENT UKRAINE AS THE
SIEGE HITS THE 12th DAY.
>> SOME OF THE BIGGER HEADLINES
A THIRD ROUND OF TALKS BETWEEN
RUSSIA AND UKRAINE YIELDED NO
BREAKTHROUGHS BUT THERE WAS
SOME SMALL PROGRESS AROUND THE
PROTECTION FOR THOSE TRYING TO
FLEE.
THAT IS A MASSIVE PROBLEM AND
CATASTROPHE.
THE U.N. NOW SAYS THAT
1.7 MILLION UKRAINIAN HAVE
POURED POURED INTO CENTRAL
EUROPE.
ALICE BARR HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: OFFICIALS BELIEVE
THAT ALL THE FORCES THAT
GATHERED ALONG THE BORDER HAVE
ENTERED THE COUNTRY AS 1.7
UKRAINIANS HAVE UKRAINIANS HAVE
FLED IN THE FASTEST GROWING
REFUGEE CRISIS SINCE WORLD WAR
II.
>>> DESPERATION IN UKRAINE AS
PEOPLE TRY TO ESCAPE THE CITIES
SURROUNDED BY RUSSIAN TROOPS.
>> I LEFT MY HOME TO NOWHERE,
I HAVE NO PLAN, I JUST WANTED
TO SAVE MY CHILD.
>> Reporter: ATTEMPTS AT SAFE
PASSAGE ROUTES HAVE FAILED AMID
THE ATTACKS.
UKRAINE REJECTING TO LING THEM
INTO RUSSIA OR BELARUS.
THE PRESIDENT WORKING WITH
EUROPEAN ALLIES AS THE
SECRETARY OF STATE VISITS NATO
NATIONS CLOSEST TO RUSSIA.
>> THEY ARE SAYING STOP THE
ATTACKS IMMEDIATELY.
LET THE FOOD AND MEDICINE IN
AND THE PEOPLE OUT.
>> THE U.S. TROOPS JOINING IN
THE EXERCISES WITH NATO FORCES
NEAR THE LATVIA-RUSSIA BORDER
THE WHITE HOUSE SAID TROOPS
WILL NOT FIGHT IN UKRAINE OR
GRANT PRESIDENT ZELENSKY’S
PLEAS FOR A NO-FLY ZONE WHICH
COULD LEAD TO CONFLICT WITH
RUSSIA.
THE U.S. AND EUROPE ARE CLOSER
TO BANNING OIL IMPORT AS MOVE
GAINING STRENGTH WITH
BIPARTISAN LAWMAKERS BRIEFED
TODAY ON THE DEVELOPING
CRISIS.
>> THAT’S FOOLISH FOR TO US BUY
PRODUCTS AND GIVING PROFIT AND
MONEY TO PUTIN.
>> Reporter: AND DEALING A BLOW
TO THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY CUTTING
OFF OIL RISKS MORE PAIN AT THE
PUMP HERE WITH THE GAS PRICES
AVERAGING ABOVE 4-DOLLAR AS
GALLON NATIONWIDE, UP 46-CENTS
IN JUST THE PAST WEEK.
LAWMAKERSSPOKE TO THE PRESIDENT
ZELENSKY OVER THE WEEKEND AS
THEY DEBATE A 10 BILLION-DOLLAR
PACKAGE IN HUMANITARIAN AND
SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR THE
BESIEGED COUNTRY.
IN WASHINGTON.
ALICE BARR, LOCAL 4 NEWS.
>>> A MAN FROM ST. CLAIR SHORES
IS IN THE MIDST OF A 4900-MILE
JOURNEY TO GET EQUIPMENT LIKE
SUPPLIES AND BODY ARMOR INTO
UKRAINE.
>> HE IS IN POLAND MAKING HIS
WAY TO THE BORDER WHERE HE
HOPES TO LINK UP WITH FAMILY
AND GET IN THE COUNTRY.
AND SHAWN LEY SPOKE WITH HIM
THERE ARE NO DIRECT FLIGHTS
INTO THE WAR ZONE.
>> NO FLIGHTS.
YOU’RE CORRECT.
WHAT A JOURNEY HE IS ON.
WE CAUGHT UP WITH TONY AND
MAKING HIS WAY TO THE BORDER OF
UKRAINE AND THEN THE MAN FROM
ST. CLAIR SHORES HE GETS
THERE.
HE IS GOING IN.
>> MY BAGS ARE A MOUND AND
THREE CARTS CARTS FULL OF
SUPPLIES.
>> SPEAKING FROM POLAND AND
TONY PAINT IS SHARING HIS
JOURNEY FROM ST. CLAIR SHORES
TO UKRAINE AND 11 SUITCASES
WITH SUPPLIES TO A MEDICAL
CENTER IN UKRAINE.
>> EVERY BAG THAT CAME OUT WAS
A CELEBRATION.
BUT, FIRST, HE HAD TO GET THEM
ON A DELTA FLIGHT ON SUNDAY IN
DETROIT.
ONCE THE AIRLINE SAW WHAT HE
WAS DOING, THEY WANTED TO HELP
HIM BY REDUCING HIS FAIR AND
PUT HIM IN FIRST CLASS.
>> WHAT DID THEY CHARGE YOU FOR
THE BAGS?
>> ACROSS THE BOARD, $300.
>> INCLUDING THE TICKET?
>> YES.
>> HIS WIFE IS FROM UKRAINE,
HER FAMILY IS THERE TAKING
COVER WITH THE THREAT OF
RUSSIAN BOMBS FALLING AT THEIR
ST. CLAIR SHORES HOME.
PEOPLE CAME BY NONE STOP DONATING MEDICINE.
DONATING MEDICINE.
BABY FOOD AND BODY ARMOR.
I HAVE THE TIME.
THE HAVE KNOWLEDGE AND
EXPERIENCE.
I’M DOING WHAT I CAN.
>> Reporter: BACK HERE LIVE
TONY SAID HE IS CHECKING WITH
HIS WIFE’S FAMILY IN UKRAINE.
THEY ARE UPDATING HIM WHERE
THEY ARE GOING THERE ARE NO
RUSSIAN TROOP MOVEMENTS NEAR
THE MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE IS
BRINGING THE SUPPLIES.
HE IS CONFIDENT NOW THAT HIS
MISSION WILL GO SMOOTHLY ONCE
HE GETS INTO UKRAINE EARLY
TOMORROW MORNING.
WE EXPECT PHOTOS AND VIDEOS IF
HE CAN SENT OUR WAY TOMORROW SO
WE CAN TRACK THE PROGRESS.
BACK TO YOU.
>> WE WISH HIM THE BEST.
>>> ON "NIGHTLY NEWS" LESTER
HOLT REPORTS FROM UKRAINE.
AND FAMILIES WHO ESCAPED CITIES
UNDER SIEGE AND GET OUT OF
UKRAINE.
THAT’S AHEAD AT 6:30 HERE AFTER
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 6:00.
>>> WE STARTED THE DAY OFF WITH
RAIN AND SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW
IN SOME SPOTS.
>> LET’S GET TO ANDREW FOR A
UPDATE, FORTUNATELY THE RAIN OR
SNOW IS LESS WIDESPREAD AND
SCATTERED ACROSS THE AREA.
THAT’S GOOD NEWS FOR THE
EVENING COMMUTE AND PEOPLE
GOING TO AND FROM ACTIVITIES BUT WE HAVE SOME FLAKES.
BUT WE HAVE SOME FLAKES.
YOU CAN SEE THAT AS WE LOOK AT
DETROIT TO WARREN AND AROUND THE DETROIT RIVER ITSELF AND
THE DETROIT RIVER ITSELF AND
THE HAM HAM TRAM TING
HAMTRAMACK AREA. IT IS CHILLY
OUT THERE.
35, ABOVE FREEZING.
GETTING GUSTY AT 28 MILES PER
HOUR.
NOS LIKE THE PAST WEEKEND.
WE’RE SEEING SUNSHINE HERE IN
DETROIT AS YOU SAW WITH THE
LIVE SHOT.
CANNOT RULE OUT FLAKES THAT
LINGER AS WE GO THROUGH THE
EVENING.
WHEN YOU JOIN US AT 11.
THE TEMPERATURES DIP BUT THEY
MEAN A LOT.
LOOK OUT FOR AREAS THAT ARE
WET.
WE’LL TALK ABOUT HIGHER
TEMPERATURES IN MINUTES.
>> THOSE ON I-275, YOU SPLAY
GROAN USED TO THE CONSTRUCTION
BUT THERE ARE NEW LANE CLOSURES
THAT WILL SLOW THEM DOWN A BIT
ON SOUTHBOUND 275 AND NEAR
I-96.
>>> IF YOU WANT TO GO WEST ON
M-14 YOU WILL HAVE TO STAY TO
THE RIGHT.
THE LEFT WILL TAKE YOU WHERE
THE CENTER LANE GETTING YOU TO
96 EAST.
IT TAKE AS WEEK TO TEN DAYS FOR
DRIVERS TO GET USED TO A
TRAFFIC CHANGE.
>> FOR THOSE STUCK IN TRAFFIC.
THE PAIN AT THE PUMP IS GETTING
WORSE.
>>> GAS PRICES HITTING RECORD
LEVELS.
PRICES HAVE JUMPED 60 CORRECTS
IN THE PAST MONTH AND 3.97 IS
1.25 MORE THAN WE WERE PAYING
PAYING LAST YEAR.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THE LEAST
DEFENSIVE GAS PRICES.
HANK WINCHESTER SHOWS US HOW.
>> Reporter: IT IS FRUSTRATING,
YOU FEEL LIKE THERE IS NOTHING
THAT YOU CAN DO BUT THERE ARE
THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO
SAVE.
CHANGE THE WAY YOU DRIVE AND
SEARCH FOR THE DEAL.
>> GAS PRICES RISING WE’RE
PAYING MORE AT THE PUMP.
TODAY WE’RE SEE 3.35 AT THIS MY
ENGINEER GAS FACE AND 439 IN
PLEASANT RIDGE.
YOU HAVE SEEN THEM HIGHER.
>> I HAVE A COMMUTE DOWN RIVER
I’M SHOPPING FOR THE PRICES.
>> THEY ARE HIGH.
THAT’S CRAZY.
YOU CAPITAL EAT BUYING GAS, YOU
HAVE TO PICK.
>> HE FINDS THE BEST DEALS AT
MY ENGINEER OR COSTCO.
>> THIS IS THE LEAST AMOUNT
HERE.
>> WE WANT TO HELP YOU FIND THE
MOST AFFORDABLE GAS IN
DETROIT.
THAT’S WHY OUR WEB TEAM IS
TRACKING PRICES ALL OVER THE
D.
GO TO CLICKONDETROIT.COM THE
MENU, ON HELP ME HANK AND FIND
THE RESOURCE HERE.
CAN YOU FIND THE CHEAPEST
PRICES.
>> HERE CAN YOU SHARE WITH US
THE DEALS THAT YOU SPOTTED.
THERE ARE APPS AND HELPING YOU
PRACTICE PRICES.
DON’T ACCELERATE TOO FAST.
AND ENROLLING AT MEYER AND
GROWINGER AND SPEEDWAY AND
SPEND TO SAVE A MEMBERSHIP IS
60-DOLLAR AS YEAR BUT THE GAS
DISCOUNT MAY BE WORTH IT.
>> WE PUT THE RESOURCES FOR YOU
IN ONE SPOT, THE HELP ME HANK
PAGE AT CLICKONDETROIT.COM. IF YOU SPOT A A GREAT DEAL I
IF YOU SPOT A A GREAT DEAL I
WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU HERE IN
DETROIT, HANK WINCHESTER.
>>> THE AVERAGE HIT A RECORD AT
4.10 A GALLON.
>>> LET’S LOOK AT THE
CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS FROM OVER
THE WEEKEND.
THEY ARE TRENDING DOWN.
1656 NEW CASES OVER THE PAST
THREE DAYS SO THAT AVERAGES OUT
TO 552 CASES A DAY.
16 MORE DEATHS REPORTED IN THE
THREE DAYS.
>>> THE NUMBER OF COVID-RELATED
DEATHS.
>>> THE U.S. HAS THE BIGGEST
OFFICIAL DEATH TOLL IN THE
WORLD NEARLY 1 1 MILLION ON ITS
OWN.
ONE IN 1300 PEOPLE GLOBALLY HAS
DIED OF COVID-19.