[ speaking foreign language ] [ cheers and applause ] >> well done, amelia. thank you, again. stay with cnn for the latest on ukraine. the news continues. let's hand it over to laura coates and cnn tonight. >> i have a 7-year-old daughter, anderson. that just made my heart sing just now. she's so cute. and her composure to bow at the end. it's unimaginable what these kids have gone through. thank you for your coverage. unbelievable. thank you, everyone. i am laura coates, and welcome to "cnn tonight."

much more to come on this first historic day, the historic confirmation hearing for the first black woman nominated to the united states supreme court. judge ketanji brown jackson is awaiting a hearing tomorrow. we got a couple of clues today on what's to come, in fact maybe how the republicans on the panel will test the judge on her record, and perhaps more importantly, how will she respond? but first to the breaking news. the non-stop bombardment of major ukrainian cities on day 26 of the russian invasion. new large explosions in kyiv today, as russian forces attempt to encircle the capital. at least eight more people murdered. this time in a strike on a shopping center earlier today. a kindergarten and nearby apartment building also destroyed. the pentagon says the russians are quote, unquote frustrated that their advances have been

stalled. that's why the russian military is now stepping up its missile attacks on civilian areas, like this, the kyiv port city of mariupol, where bombs are now falling, quote, every ten minutes, unquote. according to one officer. and this is what president zelenskyy said about the onslaught. >> translator: hardworking on a city of mariupol which has been destroyed and reduced to ashes, but it will survive. >> reduced to ashes, but it will survive. now, meanwhile, president biden spoke about russia's escalating brutality with key european leaders today, all of this ahead of a nato summit this week. we've got a key correspondent standing by in the region and also at the white house. we begin in lviv with ben wedeman. ben, i'm glad that you're here. we're seeing satellite images of russian tanks and artillery

positions around mariupol. at the same time we're looking at this map and satellite imagery. the devastation there is visible from those same satellites. as you see, apartment buildings are on fire. so, what is the latest right now, ben, on the bombardment there? >> well, basically what's going on in mariupol, laura, is a medieval siege fought with modern weapons. we are hearing, for instance, that people are running out of food. there is no electricity. there is no gas. people are basically melting water because there's no running water available. so, the situation is dire. and this really underscores how far the russians will go to try to gain control of this city. but it's coppming at a very hig cost it would seem. there was an interesting incident today where a

pro-kremlin tabloid quoting the russian ministry of defense said that the death toll so far from this war among russian forces is 9,861. most recently, the u.s. government was saying, estimating the casualty -- the fatalities among russian forces were around 7,000. this is a stunning number. but strangely enough, this article that appeared online disappeared very quickly afterwards when these numbers came out. but this certainly indicates that the russian military is paying a very high price for this bloody assault. >> and of course as you're talking about it, ben, i would imagine to have those numbers public would really undermine a propaganda campaign being run by the russians right now to suggest that they are having the advantage and that they are justified in what they're calling a security operation. and we see those numbers, not to

mention the casualties of civilians in ukraine as well. ben wedeman, thank you so much for your coverage. there are two points, as you know, out of the pentagon today. one, that the russians have so far failed to achieve much of what they wanted to do on the ground. you just heard about that. and then there's this. >> we certainly see clear evidence that russian forces are committing war crimes. and we are helping with the collecting of evidence of that. but there's investigative processes that are going to go on and we're going to let that happen. we're going to contribute to that investigative process. as for what would come out of that, that's not a decision the pentagon leadership would make. >> you know, when you see buildings in neighborhoods in mariupol, they're bearing the scars -- look at that imagery right there. keep in mind when you're looking at this, this was a thriving community a month ago. and when you see attacks like the strikes on the mall in kyiv me and ben were just speaking about, you begin to understand how the idea of holding russians

to this so-called stalemate only increases the humanitarian pain. my next guest, he knows that link very well. the former top general for european command, lieutenant general mark hertling. general, i'm very glad you're hear to help break this all down. i want to begin with that word "stalemate" because i think a lot of people hear that and they don't necessarily truly know what it means. we know the colloquial term, but what does that mean to have a stalemate. you see the destruction continues to go on. it does not mean they're going to retreat in my way, is that right? >> not necessarily, laura, but it could. here's what we're talking about. the russians were conducting offensive operations. they attempted to do things very quickly along five avenues of approach. they were stalled in each one of them. that means their offensive operations came to a halt. and it was for a variety of reasons. they ran into some very stiff resistance on the part of the ukrainian army and the territorial force, but they also were not able to keep up with

their logistics trail. any professional soldier will tell you that at this level of warfare, if you forget logistics, you will lose. and the logistics plan have the very beginning -- many people have said, me included -- is it will not be able to keep up with those various avenues of approaches. russia's operation was being conducted along -- if you go around the curve of ukraine, that's probably about a 1,400-mile front. that requires unbelievable amounts of resupply of food, fuel, ammunition, and medical supplies. and all indicators are that russia has not kept up with their operation. if they don't keep up logistically, the operation stalls. that's where we've come to. it's called, in the military terms, a culminating point of the offense. that means they have to rapidly go on the defense, where they're not moving, they're not maneuvering, and they're being subjected to continued attacks by the ukrainian forces, which

are in something called an active defense, which means they're defending but they're also going out and attacking in small units. and they have taken the brunt of this attack. >> which in a way, as you're describing, first of all my immediate impression as you describe logistics and the absence of the preparatory planning on this, says to me this was a knee-jerk reaction, as opposed to a planned invasion. but the idea also occurs to me that we've heard for many years about the might of the russian military. has the world really overestimated the ability of the russian army and logistical strategizing as well? have they overestimated that as well? doing so, has this been one of the reasons that the ukrainians have been so effective? >> in a word, yes. you know, as i guy who was in europe for a very long time for a big part of my career, 12 years out of 38 years in the military, we continue to get

information about russia's services, their command and control, their leadership style. i visited russia at least four or five times. and in each one of those visits i would write reports afterward saying these are the things i saw. and they are not ten feet tall. there are some problems with not only their equipment, massive problems with their equipment. bad news in terms of their doctrine, the way they conducted war, how their equipment and force didn't meet their doctrine approach, how their leadership at both the senior and junior levels were terrible, and how the training overall of the force was poor. all of those things added up, to me as a commander of europe, that these russians are not all that good. but having said all that, they do have 6,000 nuclear weapons, more than half of the nuclear weapons in the world. about 2,000 of them are considered tactical nuclear weapons or small yield nuclear weapons. so, that kind of size of a force with a backing of nuclear weapons, you know, that kind of

quantity has a quality all of its own when you're talking about a player on the world stage. >> you know, i'm wondering in particular for many people who are watching, we're of course focusing on the destruction in different areas. obviously mariupol is one. why mariupol? why is is strategy to continue to bombard and destroy mariupol? mariupol, excuse me. why is everyone focused on that in particular? help explain the context of why this is a strategic location for the russians? >> well, operations or tactics, the things that soldiers and commanders do in the field, are linked to the strategy of the politicians. in this case, the strategy of mr. putin was, first of all, to subj subjugate ukraine. he knew he could do that -- and i'm glad you've got the map up now because mariupol connects -- it's halfway between crimea, which the russians have naval forces in, and the donbas region of luhansk and due hance k.

if you go to the west, you see odesa. it's always been putin's desire to have the black sea and the sea of azov a port. mariupol is important for two reasons, laura. first of all, going to the east and connecting with the donbas. but if you go north of mariupol, there's another russian city called ca called dnipro. you can encircle the donbas region where the russians believe most of the ukrainian army was because they've been fighting there for the last six years. that's called a battle of annihilation when you have two sides coming from different directions and encircling the enemy force. you've basically caused them to surrender. that didn't happen because the russians did not apply as much

force. the ukrainians were fighting for their lives and their country. and they just can't connect those two wings coming from the south and the north. so, mariupol then becomes, let's destroy it. let's terrorize the citizens. let's cause chaos. let's cause the ukrainian army to look in two places, fighting us and defending their citizenry. it's a very complex plan, and they certainly didn't have the ability to execute it. >> general hertling, i appreciate your time and for the explanation. thank you. >> thanks, laura. i remind everyone, mariupol is a city of about 450,000 people. look at the destruction we've been focusing on as well. now all options for families in ukraine, they're all heartbreaking. on the one hand, you can stay, like this man in kyiv. the side of an apartment building completely sheered off. he's left to search for anything that could be salvaged in what

used to be a home. or you do what millions now have done. you flee taking just what you can carry. our miguel marquez is in bucharest with families facing a very uncertain future. >> reporter: this woman, her two teen daughters, and her father arrived last night. our beautiful parks, our beautiful square, she says, everything is ruined. kharkiv, a city punished by russian artillery and rockets, a schoolteacher, she has some savings but not much. their three-day journey brought them to this shelter, run by the city of bucharest. i'm shocked war is possible in 2022, she says. everything was good. i could walk with my friends. i love my home city. it was very difficult to leave.

sofia's sister says it's hard to believe their lives have been thrown into such enormous uncertainty. >> i really miss my house, my country, my city. and i hope that this war is going to finish. >> reporter: this furniture maker had his own business. he's here with his wife, kids, in all a family of eight, and their chihuahua, bruno. >> do you know when you will go home? >> big question. >> big question. >> reporter: a friend sent video of what their home now looks like. >> this is your home? >> that is my home. this is my room, bedroom. that is my bedroom. >> reporter: unlivable. the entire neighborhood destroyed by possibly a rocket or artillery fire. nothing to go back to. >> at 60 years old, are you

starting over again? i don't want to, he says, but i have to. his son is in florida. the family has inquired about visas to travel to the u.s., but so far -- we haven't tried to apply for visas, he says. his wife adds, my son sent several messages to embassies and people in washington, d.c. the message they got back, america does not accept refugees for now. the biden administration looking for ways to speed up applications. for now, world vision is helping these refugee and tens of thousands more in romania alone, their needs deepening. >> the people that are coming now, these people really, really need help. there were a lot of people and i was at the border. i talked to a lot of people that didn't have any money, any plan.

>> reporter: this woman and her 8-year-old son, david, named for david beckham, from kyiv, arrived two weeks ago. >> when you decided to leave, how long did you have packed? >> well, i had around three hours. >> three hours? >> yes, yes, yes. >> reporter: a few bags, documents, and family photos. >> who is this? >> it's me and my husband ten years ago. >> reporter: she calls her mother in kyiv every morning. >> the story is like, hello, mom, are you okay? and we talk. she says it's been a quiet night. and speaking to my husband and my friends. >> it's like a full-time job. >> not full-time job, but you have to be sure that everyone is okay because it's nothing for sure now, nothing. >> reporter: she wants to go

home. but when? >> when do you think you can go home? >> only god knows when. >> now, miguel, listening to those people talk about what's going on with families, and as a parent trying to hold your face and your spine straight so your children don't fear and don't worry must have just been unbelievable to experience. for weeks you've been covering the expanding humanitarian crisis there. how is the population changing? it went from obviously a few hundred to now 3 million. when you're talking about the people who are traveling, are you seeing a trend in terms of those who have chosen to leave now as opposed to before? >> the ones that are leaving now are leaving under fire. they're leaving because they have to. they're leaving because they have nowhere else to go. so, they're showing up at the border at places like romania and poland and hungary and

everywhere else with very little money, little clothes, sometimes not even documents. and it may get worse. there are many more millions inside ukraine that are internally displaced. and if the russians continue to push into civilian areas using indiscriminate force, there is expected to be another tidal wave of refugees in the weeks ahead. it could get -- as bad as it is, it could get much worse. >> miguel marquez, thank you so much. one of the big questions is what exactly should president biden and what does nato need to do? of course nato member allies as well. how do they adapt to the changing dynamic of this war? a former nato ambassador thinks it's very clear how far they should go and also where they shouldn't. and he joins me next. nice suits, you guys blend right in. the world needs you u back. i'm retired greg, you know this.

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president biden has been working the phones today before his extremely important trip to the nato summit and then of course on to poland. our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly joins me tonight. phil, i'm glad you're here. we've got the president speaking with the leaders of france and germany and italy and the uk today. what happened during that call? >> laura, it was an hour-long call and you can frame it as an opening act of the consequential

diplomatic weeks a u.s. president has as it pertains to decades in decades. this would be meetings of the four western european powers with the chance to coordinate, share perspectives on what's going on, the siege issues the ukrainians have been dealing with, you were talking about earlier in the show, specific discussions about mariupol and what's been going on there. but also a chance to talk about what lies ahead in the meetings later this week and also the expansive response when you look at what the western alliance has put together. it is on a scale particularly on the sanctions side but i don't think many white house officials thought possible a couple months ago. now they're here. putin is continuing to ramp up and escalate. what can be done to change this dynamic? >> i assume those discussions about the deliverables, one of the things our last block was talking about is obviously it is weighing humanitarian crisis.

you know millions going into countries that include nato member countries. it's created a massive crisis. the question will be, does the u.s. plan to admit ukrainian refugees as well? >> they told me it's under discussion now. white house officials are working through the process with the acknowledgment that not all of those refugees are necessarily going to want or need to stay in eastern europe or other parts of europe. there's a possibility some will want to come to the united states. there's a process that would have to be in place for that to occur. officials are talking about streamlining that process to minimize the red tape. that's a key point of discussion when president biden areceives in poland. the first trip will be in brussels. then to meet with the european commission. then a g7 meeting as well. then off to poland. he'll talk to officials who have been in conversations with their polish counterparts and they recognize there have been millions of refugees that have crossed the border.

the polish people have been extraordinarily welcoming, but they are over capacity at this point. there's no question about it. the u.s. will have to step in not just with dollars. >> a critical question all around. to better understand the stakes of this nato meeting that we're talking about, let me bring in the former u.s. ambassador to nato, kurt volker. i'm glad you're here. it's nice to speak with you again. right now a lot is at stake. and of course a lot of people are wondering about the escalating invasion, about the destruction that's happening. at this very important meeting, what are you thinking might come of this discussion? what are the actual deliverables that could be achieves in this discussion? >> thank you so much for having me. and this is a critically important meeting, as you say. and the issue here is not just what nato does. it's what putin listens to, what putin hears out of this meeting. obviously the first step of all these nato allies will be to

reaffirm the commitment to collective self-defense. article v of the nato treaty, any attack on one is an attack on all. that will be very clear. but what putin will be listening for, what does this mean about ukraine? what is nato prepared to do? what are they not prepared to do? and here i think nato needs to send some very serious messages to putin, particularly about civilian casualties and about reframing from the use of any nuclear or chemical or biological weapons. >> obviously it's so important not only because of the tragedy that could occur, but i also wonder about the desperation we're seeing. as many on the ground have described, they're not fighting troop. they are attacking civilians. it says if he doesn't have the russian military preparedness, obviously should have been there had he wanted to engage in this horrible unjustified engagement, it suggests that he was unprepared and therefore desperate going forward. if he is desperate, does that

pose extraordinary security and risk to civilians and other nato countries as well? >> it does. but i think there's one way to deal with that, which is to warn putin that any use of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons is unacceptable, that nato stands for the sovereignty and independence of ukraine, that we will not allow ukraine to fail, and then also to provide as much support for the civilians as possible. as you indicated in your question, russia's military invasion of ukraine is failing. the ground forces are not moving. they've had massive defection, massive equipment destruction, massive casualties. so, that's why they're resorting to these long-range, indiscriminate attacks on civilian populations. so, we need to recognize that they're in a desperate situation. we can push back and help the

civilians and then allow time for the sanctions to take effect, which ultimately should bring puette ton the table. >> ambassador, what you describe though falls under the umbrella of diplomacy, which requires rational parties on both sides who have a mutual decision or mutual desire to have a shared result. when you're thinking about this notion, if he is acting in desperation, if he's attacking civilians, our own president has spoken about him being a war criminal, what good would it do to warn him against the use of these chemical weapons or nuclear weapon. obviously there seems to be discussion about the red line. have we past the point of no return when it comes vladimir putin, given that he has really -- diplomatic effort? >> this is a question we can't ever know the answer to. is putin will do and do any crazy thing? or is he rational and acting aggressively? we just don't know.

but russia's a country, not just one person. there are military leaders, intelligence leaders, business leaders. and if we make clear the stakes for russia, that putin is driving his country into the ground, then either they will force him to confront, or they may perhaps remove him. but we need to make those tax clear so russia sees the cost of its own actions and ukraine ultimately will survive and prevail. so, our course direction is clear even if we don't know exactly the state of putin's mind. >> ambassador volker, it will be very interesting to see how to penetrate that propaganda and misinformation campaign in russia to do exactly what you're talking about. a pleasure speaking to you. thank you for your expertise on this very important issue. >> thank you so much. now domestically to our huge story here at home. historic confirmation hearings are now underway for the first

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ketanji brown jackson sworn in for her supreme court nomination hearings, the first black woman ever nominated. here she is explaining her judicial philosophy. >> i have dedicated my career to ensuring the words engraved on the front of the supreme court building, equal justice under law, are a reality and not just an ideal. >> let's bring in cnn supreme court reporter aryan devogue for more on what happened today. arian, first of all we know we got a bit of a preview through opening statements of her own and through members of the judicial committee who previewed where they intend to go with their questioning. there are about three main areas they're trying to perhaps attack her. tell us a little bit about what those areas might be. >> absolutely, we did get a little bit of a roadmap here. and of course it started with the republicans talking about her time serving as a public

federal defender. remember, that's one of the reasons president biden chose her. he really appreciated that background. but you heard a couple of the republicans ask her about some of her clients. for instance, they asked her about the fact that at one point she respected a terrorism detainee at guantanamo bay. but she actually has responded to this in the past and she basically said that at the time she became a public defender because she wanted to know more about the criminal justice system. last time she was on the hill, less than a year ago, she said that the experience made her a better judge. and she said when she was asked about her representation that she did what every lawyer does, and that is to try to vigorously defend her client to the best of her ability. we didn't get too much -- too many questions so far, too many statements so far about trump policies or some of his moves. that's going to come tomorrow. but we also got a lot more from republican josh hawley because

remember last week he caused sort of a fire storm. he sent out these tweets and he basically believes that in a handful of cases as a judge she was too lenient in her sentences for child porn offenders. he basically looked at that. he said that there was a problem and there was a pattern there. but cnn did review on our own a few of those cases, and it looked much more like she was in the main stream as far as what other judges did. and that's because for those particular types of offenses, the guidelines were considered outdated. so, a lot of other judges followed suit and did basically what she did. and tonight cnn has obtained a letter that some retired federal judges have just sent to the hill. it will be discussed tomorrow. and they basically bring up that same point. they say, at the time of those guidelines, these particular offenses were outdated. a lot of judges looked at that

and they said the way she handled those cases was a lot like many other federal judges r with. and importantly this letter was also signed by two republican appoint tees. they're retired federal judges. but that would give a lot of weight, and that's sure to be a big top ec of conversation tomorrow. >> it ought to be. the idea she's being questioned on guidelines, average people may think, oh, these are set in stone. one can never depart. but the letter you speak about is how judges have looked at this and said over time there has been some variation. it's not necessarily what josh hawley has been speak about. and it comes to the defense of the judicial bench in many respects, right, about the decision to sometimes depart. what's the high decision though because it didn't say blanketly you can always depart either upwardly or downwardly. it's more nuanced. why was it out of date? >> so, it was particularly to

these offenses. it's for offenders who didn't produce the materials or send the materials. so, it's just people who were reading them and that's where the dichotomy was. even though we have this letter, you saw hawley say and a couple conservatives on that panel, they are not going to let this go. they are going to press her about it tomorrow. but the danger there is here is a candidate who really has a firm grasp of the criminal justice system all around. she was on the seine tessing commission. she served as this federal public defender. she's a judge. and that will really showcase the depth of her knowledge and also the fact that nobody who's sitting on the supreme court right now has such a deep understanding of the intricacies of the federal system. so, that will likely come up too. >> the only person with the same sentencing experience is her prior judge she clerked for,

justice breyer, who of course is going to be retiring, opening that seat. thank you for your time and great reporting. i mentioned one of the reasons she's so well versed in this process, this is her fourth time hearing in front of a judiciary committee. we mentioned josh hawley. he says he's not interested in playing gotcha tomorrow with judge jackson. but we're going to dig into what day two will bring next. when heartburn hits, fight back fast with tums s chey bites. fast heartburn relief in every bite. crunchy outside, chewy i insid . ♪ tums, tums,s, tums, tums ♪ tums chewy bites

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so, today the opening statements and the defenders of the committee start questioning judge ketanji brown jackson begin tomorrow. republicans begin previewing their attacks on her record. here's marsha blackburn's opening statement. >> i can only wonder what's your hidden agenda? is it to let violent criminals, cop killers, and child predators back on the streets?

is it to restrict parental rights in our schools and family decisions? is it to support the radical left's attempt to pack the supreme court? you have praised the 1619 project, which argues the u.s. is a fundamentally racist country. >> it must have been difficult for her to sit there for so many hours and hear what was being said and the accusations. this is a preview, by the way. daniel holly walker's name was floated at the top of the supreme court candidates. she used to be at the howard university school of law. dean, i'm glad you're hear. i have to ask you your initial reactions to what you're seeing. there's an overall theme, and marsha blackburn tends to have a kitchen sink argument to suggest that everything is falling on the shoulders of a hidden agenda

of the judge. what was your impression of the line of opening statements that came today? >> laura, thank you so much for having me this evening on this first day of this historic confirmation hearing. i think we heard a little bit of everything. and from the democrats, of course, we heard about the historic nature of the nomination, the breadth of judge jackson's experience. and from the republicans, i think what we're seeing is that this is really an toopportunityo get across national talking points, right? this is one of the few times that people are really tuning in to the judiciary committee. as you've just heard with senator blackburn, you're going to hear a little bit of everything, from critical race theory to even senator cotton talking about a wave of violent crime to all kinds of things that really don't have to do with judge jackson's qualifications but are opportunities for senators to show what's on their agenda. >> this talking point about being soft on crime, there's a

political ajnalogy about blue cities and blue states and who should be the cause of it. i'm a former federal prosecutor, and i can tell you the federal public defenders, they were not soft on hard. they were very hard on injustice, which of course you want a judge to be. and both prosecutors and defense counsel are aware that the people of the united states have to include the defendant and their rights as well. we couldn't have a situation where it's the only criteria for being soft on crime was to be invested in the rights of a particular person with the weight of the law against them, then everyone would actually be soft on crime, including prosecutors, right? >> that's absolutely correct. i think it is a terrible line of attack to talk about her record as a public defender because we know that to be a public defender, you have to be deeply committed to the rule of law. there are so many constitutional rights that we all have to the

fourth, fifth, and sixth amendment that could not be taken seriously without and could not be vindicated at all without public defenders. and i think judge jackson's deep commitment to the rule of law is exactly what we'll see on display when she has the opportunity to talk about her record and especially her record in the sentencing commission and her incredible amount of years as a judge, almost nine years of experience as both a trial judge and also an appellate judge. >> and that breadth of experience is very important, the policy front and of course the childhood experience, but also the idea of her on the sentencing commission. and as i note, these sentences that she has handed out involving cases involving child predators has been a huge topic of discussion. and i wonder what you make of this notion of different retired judges now coming out to suggest that, well, the idea of departing from a sentencing guideline, which thought was

outdated, is not an indication the person is a viable judicial candidate. it's quite the contrary. what did you make of that. >> yeah, and we see this nominee, judge jackson, has been endorsed by the fraternal order of police. she is an expert on sentencing. when she has a chance to answer some of these talking points that we heard today. in the last segment when you were talking about downward departures and upward departures, i think the notion she has a very firm handle on fairness and justice in sentencing and that there are wide spans of these questions, including questions that are very difficult, like possession of child pornography versus producing and distribution of child pornography. and those kinds of nuances are what we want our supreme court judges to have. i think judge jackson will show that all of what she's done extremely fair. and also what's important from what these former judges said is

right in the median of what federal judges do. there's nothing unusual about her record. she has outstanding experience and has done an excellent job from having that well qualified rating. >> well, i look forward to hearing her. and hopefully she will have the meaningful opportunity to be heard, the kind of due process she attempted to guarantee for her clients, which as you know, is so fundamental to our constitution. dean daniel walker, thank you so much. nice speaking with you. >> thanks, laura. great to be on. we'll turn back to ukraine and hope amid the humanitarian crisis. one family taking in, get this, 46 refugees. why they didn't wait a moment to become a lifeline to so many innocent people next. and a high risk for fracture, it's time to make youour move toto help reduce your risk of fracture with prolia®. only prolia® is proven to help strengthen and protect bonones

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don lemon tonight live in from ukraine starts a right now. hi, laura. how are you? >> i am good! the question is how are you over there. what we are seeing is unbelievable. what is it like in person?