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andrea mitchell picks up our coverage right now. right now "andrea mitchell reports," nikki haley is trailing donald trump in the polls in south carolina and about to give a speech on her rationale for staying in the race. the united states again standing with israel vetoing a resolution at the u.n. calling for an immediate cease-fire in gaza. >> demanding an immediate, unconditional cease-fire without a requirement for hamas to release the hostages will not bring peace. as the white house teases new sanctions against russia, ukraine's forces are rationing ammunition after a stinging loss

to the russians in the front lines. will congress come to the rescue and pass military aid? i will be joined by ukraine's ambassador to the u.s. good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. just four days to go before the south carolina republican primary where donald trump is nearly 30 points ahead of ikki haley in her home state. the former two-term south carolina governor is about to give a speech explaining why she's staying in the race through super tuesday, two weeks from today. she's banking on support from independents and democrats to show at open primaries like south carolina. even if she narrows the gap, it

won't help. the former u.n. ambassador is drawing stark contrast between herself and what she calls the chaos of her former boss, hammering donald trump's widely criticized failure to condemn vladimir putin for the death of alexei navalny. we start with ali vitali who is on the campaign with nikki haley. >> reporter: the fact she has to make this speech speaks to the landscape. you have key gatekeepers in the rnc pressuring her to get out of the race. polls out of south carolina, like the one you mentioned, show trump with such a decisive lead in haley's home state. nevertheless, she's making clear

that what she said over the course of the last few weeks is what she means, which is that she's not dropping out before south carolina and she's staying in not just through south carolina but through super tuesday where she has leadership slates across the map in michigan, virginia and other states. you can hear that her event is kicking off behind me. you have to imagine that in this speech, she's going to say that the reason she's staying in is because a lot of the voters that are going to vote in this republican primary have yet to actually cast their ballot. i'm going to modulate my voice a little bit. she said instead of asking why she's in the race, they should ask donald trump how he plans to win in a general election. electability has been one of the things haley has continuously cited throughout her candidacy. it's something she's going to continue to cite, as she's not dropping out and underscoring her willingness to stay in and

fight. >> she's been toughening up her criticism of him. stay with us. we will be monitoring. we will get back to you in a bit. we will bring in the panel. former republican national chairman, michael steele, "new york times" chief white house correspondent peter baker, and "wall street journal" white house reporter sabrina siddiqui. what metric is she measuring herself to to stay in the race? what margin of donors -- what do they need to see to stick with her? this pressure from the rnc as donald trump is trying to take over the rnc with all of its fund-raising ability. >> donald trump has taken over the rnc. that's a given. he had it under the current chairman, made sure the dollars flowed to trump and his legal efforts. that will not change going forward. for haley on saturday, the

lead-up with the speech now is to try to tell us something that we -- all of us believe is not going to happen, and that is that there's no path forward beyond south carolina. when you cannot win your home state and you lose it, if the numbers hold up the way they are showing, some 28 to 30 points down, what is the justification for any donor to write a check going into super tuesday? the reality of super tuesday is, there are not a lot of democrats and independents voting in republican primaries going forward. a lot of the states on super tuesday are winner take all. the 15th of march is when the winner take all locks in completely for all the remaining primaries. the reality is, this is the moment. i think that what she's trying to do is stretch the moment to avoid -- that leads to her getting out of the race. here is why it's so important.

i think the fact that no one has come to her aid in the time that tim scott and ron desantis have dropped out, meaning national republicans forming a line behind her to reinforce her bid against donald trump tells you everything you need to know. this is not just about voters and primary voters on primary election day. it's about where the party leadership is. they are not with nikki haley unfortunately. >> peter baker, as nikki haley is speaking, she's saying she's not going anywhere. she's staying in the race. it's as ali was reporting, this speech is basically to reset the table and hope the money keeps flowing in. meanwhile, what she's doing is the other day she said that donald trump goes weak in the knees when it comes to russia. she accused him of siding with a dictator who kills his political opponents.

that's her quote. trump did not condemn navalny's death. he compared navalny, who went back into the fight against vladimir putin, comparing him with himself, as donald trump portraying himself the victim of persecution. you wrote the book on trump. how does he justify his position on nato, on putin and comparing himself to someone as courageous and a fighter for democracy as alexei navalny? >> we have seen that former president trump gets away with saying things that would have sunk any other candidate, particularly in a republican primary. the idea you would go soft on vladimir putin, you would say the nato allies should be attacked by russia, the idea that you could compare yourself to a martyr dissident who died in an arctic prison, none of that would have sold in the

past. he manages as he always has to somehow make the outrageous sound exciting to his base. they seem to love every provocative, wild thing that he says and lap it up for more. he says it because it gets him attention. the attention works for him. soon, we will get outside of the republican primary bubble and see whether it works in a general election contest. that we don't know. there are polls showing he is doing just as well, if not better, than joe biden in a general election matchup. we haven't engaged in the real way on that choice. the things that work in republican primaries may be a hindrance in a general election. it's hard to say. we shouldn't make predictions. he likes the attention no matter how unorthodox his comments may be. >> what nikki haley has just said is that she sees no need to

kiss the ring. i have no fear of trump's retribution. not kissing the ring like so many have gone down to mar-a-lago, most recently the speaker of the house. sabrina, she's staking out a position against donald trump which you could argue if it goes his way, he is not only the nominee, but if he ends up winning -- rather, if he ends up losing again, as she's predicting, she could be the i told you so person in the republican party, saying, i warned you of that and hoping to preserve her position and her moral authority. >> that's one of the biggest challenges for nikki haley. this election, this campaign does not seem to be the moment where that message is resonating. a lot of her strategy does depend on pulling support from the more moderate republicans or independents who are not ultimately those that decide a primary contest. those are the die-hard

republicans showing up to the polls. new hampshire was the test of those voters. there weren't enough to get her victory there. she still lost by double digits. now they are saying they stay in through super tuesday. there are some states she could perform better. they can't point to a state they think they can win. at this rate, former president trump looks to be the presumptive nominee in march. >> peter baker, both of us were in munich at the security conference, the rest of the world is looking at us with dismay, with fear and with concern about the future of nato, about the future of ukraine. they just do not understand what has happened to the republican party. a lot of the people that we were talking to, the republican and house members there as well, the trump supporters, except with two exceptions, the maga

people -- you had a couple of people on the senate side and on the house side, i guess, who were more trump maga people, but most of the people in munich were people who were internationalists and are mortified by what's going on. >> yeah. we talked to a top german official while we were there. he used the word panic to describe the feeling in the room about what's happening in the united states. every american official i talked to said every person they ran into was asking them, what on earth is happening? what's going on with you guys? what's going to happen in the foul? they are nervous about the course of events, the house republicans blocking the aid to ukraine, which would give vladimir putin a win and the potential of donald trump coming back and the minute he is elected, that's the end of article 5 mutual defense assurance of the nato treaty. nobody would trust that donald trump would abide by the article

5th commitment to come to anybody's aid. trump can't come back. this is everybody getting worked up. now in this last weekend, the tone had changed dramatically. they are very, very deeply concerned about what's happening in the united states and whether america will continue to lead on the world stage. >> j.d. vance was the biggest outlier. we are now hearing from the white house. a new package of sanctions or tightening sanctions to punish vladimir putin and europe is talking about taking -- seizing frozen russian assets. that's a conversation within the administration. ali, michael, peter, sabrina, thank you all so much. the battle lines, critical aid stalled in the house. i will talk to ukraine's

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saturday marks two years since russia's invasion of ukraine. in contrast to the allied optimism as they rally behind ukraine's resilience a year ago, when many of us were in munich, the country's forces this past weekend were forced to pull back from a front line city, just days ago, in the face of a better-armed russian advance. ukraine's president zelenskyy said they are running short of ammo. the troops in the trenches, they need air defenses, long-range missiles. they have not received the promised f-16s. all this as the senate passed $60 billion in aid and it's being blocked by the house, by opposition from donald trump, who is pressuring the new speaker who went down to mar-a-lago this weekend.

trump persuaded the speaker not to bring it to the floor before the house recessed for two weeks. that prompted a sharp retort in munich from president zelenskyy. >> we all must -- do not something but everything possible to defeat the aggressor. everyone remember that dictators do not go on vacation. hatred knows no pause. enemy artillery does not fall silent due to procedural issues. >> joining me now is the ukraine and ambassador to the united states. thank you for being with us. the president was eloquent. i saw him later with the vice president of the united states. of course, alexei navalny murder -- let's call it what it is -- had just been announced that day as well. he said, dictators do not take

vacations. the house is on a two-week recess. there are soldiers running out of ammo, rationing the ammo in trenches. tell us, what is the strategy? is there a strategy to get that bill passed? >> nice to be here. thank you for following this story, which is so important for all of us. i can only respond with president zelenskyy's words. let's all ask ourselves why putin can continue the war, why all of us united together democracies cannot double down now and provide ukraine with everything we need and toughen sanctions and isolation on russia so we can stop this dictator who is, according to the recent polls, an unfriendly

state for 70% of americans. american people understand the threat. we have to go ahead and win this one for all of us so that at the next security conference in munich, people are not asking each other, my god, what are we going to do? we all know that we together have a plan on how to win this war, but also prevent any other dictators, because they will see how strong democracies are. >> nbc news is reporting the biden administration is leaning toward supplying ukraine with long-range missiles, atacms which they wanted, which would allow ukraine to strike into crimea. is this on track? what are you hearing? what does it mean to the war effort? >> andrea, i don't have the latest information today. but we have always been clear that we need all the

capabilities to reach everywhere on our territory. not only crimea but everywhere where russia still occupies. you have seen this during today's destroying some other plays, continuing brutal war crimes and crimes against humanity that russia keeps doing during the past literally ten years, not only two. today, actually is a day when russia attacked us the first time ten years ago. all capabilities, we need them desperately now. of course, to be able to have a longer range missile will allow to reach the storage of drones and everything russia uses against peaceful civilians and children. that could be a very important step forward. >> turning to the death of navalny. as i mentioned, the white house is saying it's going to announce a major sanctions package against rusia to hold them

accountable. do you think this will have some real teeth in it? >> i can only say that, we have to toughen and deepen the sanctions that already are introduced. frankly, we have to be bold. we have to sanction all russian banks and we have do something more not only to deny them the right to make money to continue this, but to show that actually the isolation of russia is going to be a real thing if they do not stop all the war crimes. they have been killing people in russia and outside of russia for all the time since the breakup of the soviet union. it's time we tell them stop. >> what else do you think should be done? there's talk today from the estonian prime minister who got an arrest warrant against her from putin that she wants the

russian assets to be seized and used to help rebuild -- arm and rebuild ukraine. she's calling on the eu. there's talk about that in congress as well. is that a step? is that practical? >> remarkable estonian leader who is not only fight her own country but fight for ukraine. putin should worry about list arrest warrant for condemning russian children and everything else. of course, we have to do everything. we count on the house support with continuation of the support. we should also work actively on confiscation of russian assets. it's a just thing to do and it's the right thing to do. we have to toughen the sanctions. we have to do double down on isolating russia in all international. we have to do everything possible to send a very clear message that we all democratic

countries are united and we also are ready to take decisions. this decisions are going to be painful for russia. there has been a lot done. i just want to thank american people and president biden and congress on a strong bipartisan basis on all the support we have received during the two years. that worked. let's continue doing what worked. let's do a little bit more. let's stop it before he attacks another country, before he does more destruction in ukraine, before he tortures more innocent people in ukraine and before he kills more people in russia. >> my colleague richard engel was with -- was in the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant area. he talked to the head of the international atomic energy agency saying that is the most dangerous facility on the planet right now. it's very poorly staffed because they reduced the staff. it's been occupied by russia for almost two years. what are your concerns about

zaporizhzhia becoming a disaster -- a global disaster? >> we are continuously concerned. that was one of the safest and largest nuclear stations in europe when it was in the hands of peaceful and capable ukrainians. since march '22, russians occupied a nuclear station of another country. this is a source of nuclear threat not only to ukraine but literally to all our part of the world. regardless of all the great efforts, we are yet to return it under ukrainian control. that's, again, another way where we have to toughen sanctions against and kick them out from all the international organizations, and we have to think of creative and maybe unprecedented solutions in order to be able tocatastrophe. we know russians are capable of

doing that. they are reckless. they don't have any red lines. unfortunately, they have shown a number of times that they are ready to violate all possible international and dmestic rules. >> a very frightening prospect, ambassador. thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you very much. the communication breakdown. the u.s. defends israel at the u.n., prime minister netanyahu and president biden at odds over a potential israeli assault into crowded rafah. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports." this is msnbc. "andrea mitchell reports." this is msnbc.

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the u.n. security council is divided over the gaza war. the u.s. vetoed a widely supported resolution pressuring israel by calling for an immediate cease-fire. the vote was 13 in favor, one exemption from the british and the u.s. vetoes. the u.s. is calling for a six-week pause to allow humanitarian assistance and hostages released. the u.s. military launched another round of strikes against houthi targets in yemen after the rebels carried out their most damaging attack yet. yesterday, they targeted two american-owned ships. joining me now, molly hunter

from. >> jim: -- jerusalem. tell me about the resolutions, the one from algeria, i believe, calling for an immediate cease-fire. it had a lot of support. the u.s. is offering its alternative. israel is against an immediate cease-fire. >> reporter: the u.s. put forward a rival resolution. the key different -- we looked at both and heard the u.n. ambassador speak earlier today. the key difference is around how long, the term of the cease-fire. the u.s. language is temporary cease-fire. that gives an end date. the algerian-backed -- has wide support in the general assembly, among the arab countries, talks about an immediate cease-fire, no defined period. this is part of hostage negotiations, this would

pressure hamas to take the deal currently on the table. take a listen to how she described the differences. >> the united states has offered an alternative resolution. pressure hamas to take the hostage deal on the table and help secure a pause that allows humanitarian assistance to reach palestinian civilians in desperate need. >> it calls for a stepped up access for humanitarian aid. >> this all happens while the tension between the white house and netanyahu, who is increasingly isolated with the protests taking place there, is getting really quite noticeable.

it's personal between netanyahu and joe biden now over netanyahu repeatedly saying we're going into rafah. those who are telling us not go in want us to lose the war. those include the president of the united states. >> yeah. there's a growing fissure that's more apparent each day. the hardest part for the biden administration is the administration is attempting to send signals that it is hoping to curtail israeli operations yet domestically the administration is also being criticized, particularly among democrats, for writing netanyahu a blank check. it's the worst of both worlds. it shows an incoherent u.s. approach to the region. it doesn't prevent the israelis from moving forward with rafah, which could be fairly disastrous and almost certainly is likely to lead to vast civilian casualty. >> the situation on the ground

is so fraught in rafah that u.s. officials and some military from israel are telling them, sharing with them when they come on these visits with the secretary of state and others that you just can't eliminate hamas by going in on the ground the way netanyahu says you have to proceed. >> exactly right. i penned an essay last week warning against israeli mission creep in gaza, warning against a counter-insurgency strategy that's divorced from political objective. a lot of people in the administration are rightly concerned about what could come next, particularly as the u.s. is sitting on the sideline watching this happen and is likely to be blamed in part for the result. >> while still trying to really lead the hostage negotiations. as you say, the worst of all worlds. thank you both. the alabama supreme court's

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recognized. but war we are feeling that we need to keep talking about what's happening in ukraine. >> joining me now is the man who filmed, wrote and directed the documentary. he is with the associated press. congratulations. we met last may and we did a story on "nightly news." i'm thrilled with your success. it's an incredible achievement. everyone else left, everyone left and you stayed. you did it so beautifully and courageously. we know it's nominated for an oscar. tell us about that decision, that critical decision to stay behind and document what the russians were doing during the siege. are we frozen?

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with a qualifying internet package. don't wait, call and switch today! and back with us now, the director of the documentary "20 days in mariupol," good to see you. tell us why did you decide to -- >> good to see you. >> why did you stay when -- >> it is a journalistic -- it is a civil duty. i think any american journalist would stay if american city was under attack. it was quite natural for us to stay and to work for as long as we could. and there was so much tragedy around and no one, no one was showing it to the world, so, yeah, it is just quite human wish to keep doing what we did. and then in the modern world when there is so much misinformation, misinterpretation, when so much tragedies are happening, it is

not enough just to film. it is not enough just to risk and get it out. it is also important to make sure the story stays and reaches the audience and that's why this film exists. to find bigger audience, to keep this issue on the surface of our minds. >> and you've done that remarkably well. i want to watch another part of the documentary. this is when your team realizes the russian soldiers have surrounded the hospital. >> this is the first time i saw the russian sign of war. the hospital is surrounded. dozens of doctors, hundreds of patients, and us. i have no illusions about what will happen to us if we are caught. >> you see the tank with the z, the russian z on it and, of course, you shot the video of

the pregnant woman being carried out on the stretcher, which galvanized the world. >> these are -- yeah. >> were you concerned about your own safety? >> at this point, i was concerned about filming everything and making sure it reaches the world. and since then, these images became a symbol of mariupol and mariupol itself became the symbol of all other ukrainian cities that got destroyed by russian bombs. and just recently another city got occupied and destroyed and that makes me so incredibly sad. and it tells me that now it is more important than ever to make sure that people think about ukraine, and ukraine unfortunately has become a

political matter, a bargaining chip for some people. but it is actually a humanitarian catastrophe, civilians are suffering and i really want to attract attention to this fact. it is a humanitarian urgency. >> you have exceeded beyond, you know, beyond any imagination in terms of the international focus that you have brought to it through your compelling reporting. i want to congratulate you again and wish you luck with the oscars. you've already achieved so much. and it is important. >> thank you. i owe this to people -- i owe this to people of mariupol and to all ukrainians. thank you. >> thank you to you. slava ukraine. >> as we celebrate black history month, nbc's al roker and metropolitan museum of art curator taking us on a tour, a historic visit and a rich cultural history that produced it. >> new york city's first showcase in 40 years of the

black artistic expression that flourished between the 1920s and 1940s. >> it was written out of history. i think our goal is to write it back into history. >> denise muriel is the curator of the metropolitan museum of art's newest exhibition, the harlem renaissance and transatlantic modernism, portraying scenes of activism and everyday life. wow. all that history in one -- >> astounding. and really moving. >> reporter: an exploration of how the great migration and exodus of african americans from the segregated south to cities in the north like new york and chicago led to an explosion of creativity in art, literature, and music. >> you had a fully developed black community involved in all aspects of social life in a way that just would not have been possible in a situation where due to legal segregation there couldn't even be public

gatherings beyond a certain point. >> her multiyear treasure hunt often outside traditional art museums brought some of the 160 artworks here. many culled from the collections of historically black colleges and universities, like archibald motley's "lady in blue." >> just a sense of economic, cultural and social, self-determination, self-expression. that is part of what it was about. >> reporter: one highlight, aaron douglas' mural. >> we see workers in the field, some are jubilant, we have musicians, dancers, celebrating. but the future is foretold as well. we see the union troops retreating. >> reporter: this is one of almost a dozen pieces on loan from harlem's shamberg center. >> these artworks at the nexus of black people re-creating themselves. >> reporter: art that tells a story, a statement of new found freedom. >> this is a legacy that i hope

generations of today will be inspired by. >> reporter: a restoration of history, bringing it back to the center of american art. al roker, nbc news, new york. >> our thanks to al for that. "nightly news" and the "today" program for sharing, thank you. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." follow the show on social media at mitchell reports and rewatch the best parts of our show on youtube. go to msnbc.com/andrea. "chris jansing reports" starts right now. good day. i'm chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. today could mark the end of julian assange's years long fight to stay out of u.s. custody. the high stakes hearing in london, where the doj is trying to bring assange to justice for