hello, everyone. very warm welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church in atlanta. we are following the breaking news coverage of the war in ukraine. just ahead -- >> i never seen my father cry. please, son, just leave.

>> the situation in mariupol is terrifying. >> what's happening in mariupol is a massive war crime. destroying everything. >> you can't be completely safe in ukraine anywhere. >> i don't need anything, i just want to be alive and safe. >> this is cnn breaking news. it is tuesday, march 22nd, and 10 a.m. in ukraine where the russian military advance is stalling on the ground as ukrainian troops fight to hang on to their territory and regain what they can. after days of fighting the ukrainian armed forces say they have taken back makariv. they had sustained major damage from russian airstrikes. we're told makariv is once again flying the ukrainian flag. farther south in mariupol there's no end to the misery. the russian rocket attacks are

unrelenting. this drone footage from a unit of ukraine's national guard captured explosions at an industrial compound. these satellite images show smoke hanging over blocks of the city and rising from burning apartment buildings. many residents are trapped as they suffer through severe shortages and struggle to stay alive. president volodymyr zelenskyy said the city is being reduced to ashes but will survive. before the war mariupol was home to nearly half a million people. the pentagon said the evidence points to war crimes as the russian military increases its missile strikes. >> they've been frustrated. they have failed to achieve a lot of their objectives on the ground. they're lobbing an awful lot of hardware into these cities to try to force their surrender and it's increased over the last few

days. we certainly see clear evidence that russian forces are committing war crimes. >> in kyiv authorities say a recent missile strike on a shopping center has killed at least eight people and they warn that number could rise. russia says it attacked the mall because ukrainian troops were using it to hide rocket launchers. russia's defense ministry released this drone video that appears to show those weapon systems and this is the aftermath of the strike on the mall. the capitol is under a curfew until wednesday morning local time. well, meanwhile it's believed russia opened fire on a daily protest in the southern city of kherson. there was an explosion and loud bursts of gunfire.

at least one person was seen bleeding profusely. kherson has been occupied by russian forces for about two weeks now. and phil black joins us now live from lviv. good to see you, phil. there is a sense of desperation on the part of russia's military right now bogged down in their faultering war on ukraine and that, of course, means more bombardments from afar targeting civilians. what is the latest on these attacks right across the country? >> reporter: rosemary, that's the announcement to ukrainian allies. they're firing from a distance, russian forces. more often indiscriminately. when they get close to ukrainian forces, it's a tough fight. you mentioned mf akariv, that's an example.

small town not far from kyiv at all where there has been intense fighting since the earliest days of this war. they're going to encircle and eventually retake the capitol, kyiv. this is another example of ukraine's spirited resistance. a lot of ukrainians. it's taking place there. >> between the shelling and

airstrikes at mariupol, people even the living. handoff and beneath them . over the weekend. an art school. this is a is sense of what these large shelters are like. days later it was blown apart.

the children. the sky and across from the theater. and if tina lived under russian attack in mariupol for 21 days. this is not just a city, she says. this is my whole life. she survived without power in freezing conditions with little food with eight other members of her family until the building was hit. they pulled dead neighbors from the rubble and decided to leave the city.

she says she can't imagine life without mariupol, she will return, but now in her burning city there are lots of people, lots of children under the rubble, others in shelters. the journey out of the besieged city is slow and dangerous but every day relatively small numbers are leaving whatever way they can along what are supposed to be agreed corridors. a local official says some people have been fired upon, others have had their vehicles seized at russian checkpoints. the people of mariupol have no good options. stay and endure the horror of russia's bombardment or face uncertainty and leave all behind. >> mariupol is a powerful symbol of their stalled offensive. russia wants to say it is achieving military goals. it is a key military goal. taking mariupol is important so russia can say it has achieved

that land bridge connecting the russian mainland and its border to the crimea peninsula which is annexed in 2014. until it takes mariupol, it's unable to do that. >> phil black joining us from lviv. many thanks. the united nations says russia's war on ukraine has gotten 3.5 million people out of the country. poland has registered the highest number of ukrainian refugees so far with more than 2 million people crossing into the country. the u.n. says more than 10 million people, nearly 1/4 of ukraine's population have been forced from their homes as the war rages on. many evacuees from the eastern part of the country have traveled to lviv in western ukraine hoping to find safety there. cnn's don lemon spoke with one

family that escaped assault. >> she was at her mother's house when russian bombardment came closer. >> everything was doing this. >> shaking? >> yeah. we were laying on the ground praying we would be safe and alive. >> reporter: after taking cover with her mother and neighbors, they emerged the destruction. >> everything is bombed. a lot of glasses were broken. garage was entirely blown off. >> reporter: this is your house? >> yes. >> reporter: oh, my goodness. her mother tatiana had lived there for 50 years. now an evacuee with her daughter. why did you come to lviv? >> translator: your home was destroyed. her dog martin, two cats and a backpack of documents and family photographs were all she and

arina were able to bring. >> i think i was shocked. i couldn't cry. i didn't feel anything. i am happy i am alive. i don't need the house. i don't need anything. i just want to be alive and safe and each day i was praying my mom, i, our dog are safe and that's actually all i need. >> reporter: are there lots of people like you? >> translator: many. many. >> reporter: the war weary now a common site in lviv as many ukrainians came here to avoid russian strikes. lviv is relatively safe. usually more than 700,000 people live here. now there are more than 200,000 new refugees. you don't have to go far to find a family or sbomeone who has ben displaced. even in lviv the fighting is never far away. >> here we feel much more safely

although here are some air signals and we need to go to shelters anyway and we cannot relax here fully. >> reporter: the war hasn't just changed their external circumstances, it's changed something deep inside. >> i didn't know i could hate people so much but i really hate people who came to our country and did all that with my beloved city, with my neighbors, with my friends. a lot of people lost their homes, their families, their pets. they had to flee somewhere not knowing if they could find shelter or not. that's so awful. i really hate all of that. >> reporter: without an end to the fighting in sight, darina, her mother, so many ukrainians have no idea what to expect next. what else could change? >> i am just here with one bed and my cats and with a bed and a dog. >> we cannot plan something.

we just plan our next step for the next day. >> reporter: day to day. >> yeah. day to day. yeah. >> cnn's don lemon reporting there from lviv. just in to cnn, russia's state own task agency says alexey navalny has been found guilty of fraud. navalny is in court where prosecutors are seeking a 13 year prison sentence for the charges of fraud and contempt of court. we will of course bring you more in a live report a little later this hour. also ahead, eu officials are meeting in brussels to discuss russia's invasion of ukraine but will they impose new sanctions on moscow? we're live in brussels next. grab mucinex all-in-one... and get back to your rhythm. ♪ don't plplay around with cold ad flu symptoms.

six years ago ukrainian singer jamalo won the euro vision song contest. her entry was the song 1944 about the deportation of cry

mean tartars. today she is one of more than 3 million people who have fled ukraine because of the russian invasion. she's currently in turkey with her children while her husband had to stay behind in ukraine. joining me now from instand buel is jamala. thank you so much for talking with us. so you are a talented singer. you yourself are a refugee because of putin's war on your country. how difficult has this been for you and just how tough was it to get out of ukraine to turkey? >> thank you for this

opportunity to speak with you and speak with the world because it's really important for us nowadays to spread this truth because every day i work hard for thoughts about ukraine, about this false, cruel war in ukraine. yes. i do my best for ukraine. my goal today is to reach as many people as i can to tell the story of this injustified putin war that russia started against ukraine and the whole world because, you know, it's not only ukrainian war, it's really the world should understand it. it's really hard for me to be like in a safe place but i'm not

feeling safe due to i hear information in mariupol now more than 300,000 people are occupied almost three weeks without no food, no water. russian army killed them in humanitarian corridors. then they want to buy some bread, they kill them. it's cruel. it's terror. >> your husband stayed behind in kyiv. >> yes. >> to fight against putin's invasion. what does he tell you is happening there? how difficult has it been for him, his friends and family left behind? >> he helped to -- he assembled volunteers and they help with

special equipment for army and so on. he says we are fighting the largest army in the world but it's really -- but we need help. we need help because we can't fight this evil alone because we need your support. we need -- >> what will happen to your country? do you think you will have an opportunity to return to ukraine? >> i am sure that we -- i am sure that we will win, i'm sure because it's fight for freedom, equality and democracy.

we fight to live in our homes and for our territory, for our culture. that's why i don't have any option not to back. >> what's your message to putin? >> actually, i have message to russian mothers. i'm wondering why the russian mother are not screaming and storming the russian military. i understand it's scary. no one but them can save their children, them. they cross the border with the aim of killing ukrainian people. i just want to say to all russians who can save this, save their children not to fight in

ukraine because it's -- it's -- it's nonsense. and i want to say to the world, please support us. stand with ukraine. give us the weapon and because without your help, we are lonely. >> i am so sorry you have had to deal with this and all your country men and women. jamala, singer, actress, songwriter, thank you so much for sharing your story with us. >> thank you so much. well, u.s. financial markets are looking to get back on track today after snapping a five-day winning streak. news of a possible half point interest rate hike in may sent the blue chips into the red on monday. the dow finished down more than half a percent. the nasdaq lost .4 of a percent

and the s&p 500 was essentially flat. well, the war in ukraine has already helped push gas prices here in the u.s. to new record highs. now fitch ratings is revising its prediction for consumer inflation for this year. the agency expects prices to soar by 7% this year compared with 4.9% last year. fitch says the increase carries the potential for a huge global supply shock and its chief economist says all the major components are rising including core goods, services, energy and food. meanwhile, gas prices here in the u.s. dropped to an average of $4.25 a gallon on monday. that's down 8 cents from the record high set on march 11th according to aaa, but it's unclear if that downward trend

will continue considering oil prices are again hovering in the triple digits. brent crude rose 7% on monday as the e.u. considers whether to match the united states ban on russian oil. e.u. ministers, i should say, are meeting in brussels this week to discuss this complex energy issue as they mull more sanctions on russia. meantime, the european union did agree to adopt its long awaited strategic document on monday. it's part of a plan to beef up the block's military defenses. the e.u. also reached an agreement to provide an additional $551 million in military and other aide to ukraine. for more on this we wanted to bring in natasha bertrand who joins us live from brussels. good to see you, natasha. are all eu countries willing to impose more sanctions on russia? where do they stand on the energy sector particularly?

will they work together on that? >> reporter: rosemary, it does seem that there is near unanimity to provide sanctions on russia. sanctions so far have not really deterred putin's aggression towards ukraine. now the energy question is a bit more complicated. there are steep divisions within the eu bloc about how to go about banning russian oil. the baltic states are all in. they want to ban russian oil. other countries in the e.u. including germany, italy, the netherlands say it is not feasible at this moment. they are too dependent on russian oil and gas so the idea of a full embargo on that russian energy is not on the table at this point they say. it remains to be seen what additional sanctions can be imposed that would actually deter putin from this operation in ukraine because as we've seen, the russian tactics in ukraine have become more and

more brutal even as the sanctions have been imposed against russian banks, oligarchs and businesses. it has not had any deterrent effect on the russian operation even as the united states have said it is willing to impose additional sanctions along with the partners and allies. the russian tactics, we're told, have gotten more and more indisc indiscriminate. their operation has largely stalled in ukraine we're told. that has led them to introduce more brutal tactics in order to try to essentially bombard these cities across ukraine into submission. so it remains to be seen what actual pressure the u.s. and the e.u. can apply here and whether there are any red lines to impose the traditional energy sanctions. the e.u. says it's not on the table but what about if a chemical weapons attacked on ukraine. what about if russia bombarded kyiv, the capitol city with missile attacks and with

airstrikes. would that then prompt the eu. western intel official did tell us that putin remains intent on trying to take the entire country as ukraine, rosemary. >> natasha bertrand bringing us the very latest. many thanks. still to come, russian opposition leader alexey navalny has been found guilty of fraud. we'll tell you what he faces next after a short break. you don't know how much pressure you put on your septic system. but rid-x does. in a 21 month study, scientists proved that rid- x reduces up to 20% of waste build up every month. take the pressure off with rid-x.

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the bombs are falling in the besieged city of mariupol. tens of thousands are trapped inside the city without water, heat or power. they have evacuated to russia in, quote, complete safety. ukrainian lawmakers says that's not true. sending them to what they call apparently the filtration camps and then after those filtration

camps they're being sent over to distant areas in russia where they're being forced to sign papers that they would work for free for two or three years there. that is like the nazi concentration camps and we are seeing it all there. something we should be reporting about, but that is what we hear. additionally after that news came through, we also learned from another administration that russians have taken 2,389 children from donetsk region and we don't know where they are. from orphanages or families that couldn't apparently help them and they have just taken the children and also we don't know where the ukrainian children are in russia right now. i think the solution in this war will be found militarily, not diplomatically. diplomatic solutions are now only working for establishing

humanitarian corridors, but even that has very limited success. just yesterday the russians have opened fire on 20 buses of immigrating children from mariupol. several children ended up in hospitals. these are the people we are dealing with. the people opening fire knowing specifically only children are traveling in those buses. can anyone believe that a diplomatic solution can be found with people like this? i don't think so. i appreciate the president doing everything in his power to do this, to find this solution, but frankly speaking, i am afraid we shall have to continue the fight in order to save our national interests and to save our country. >> in ukraine's capitol, a strict curfew is in effect until wednesday morning after a powerful explosion ripped through a kyiv shopping mall on monday. officials say at least eight people were killed but warned that number could rise.

in another grim reminder that the horrors of war are relentlessly repeated, a 96-year-old holocaust survivor was killed during a russian strike on kharkiv. boris romanchenko survived two concentration camps but it is this war started by mr. putin to, in his words, denuns si phi ukraine that ultimately claimed this man's ice. president zelenskyy's office said each pacing day makes it increasingly clear what russia's denazi if i case really is. donors have given more than $635,000 to help ukrainian zoos impacted by the war. the european association of zoos and aquaria is praising

institutions for a humbling gift. it comes as they posted online pleas for help. the zoo in mikolaiv was bombed. some joined the fight against russia's invasion while others stayed to help the stressed animals. the money will help zoos in ukraine resupply and take care of operations. russian opposition leader alexey navalny has been found guilty of fraud by a russian court. that is according to the russian state news agency. navalny is still in court where prosecutors are seeking to add more jail time to his current sentence. cnn's nada bashir joins me from london. nada, alexey navalny found guilty of fraud as a result of the new charges against him. what happens next? how does the timing play into this coming, as it does, during putin's war on ukraine? >> rosemary, this verdict

certainly not coming as a surprise to anybody. a disappointment. already serving a 2 1/2 year sentence outside of moscow. we know they had been seeking to expand that to 13 years. we heard from his team, his spokesperson who said this would make it practically impossible to maintain contact and access to navalny if he is moved to this maximum security penal institution. he was added to the extremist and terrorist federal register. his opposition movement has been deemed an extremist organization and shut down. his team has maintained this is all part of the kremlin's effort to really silence opposition against putin. of course, the timing of this is important because we have seen over the last few weeks a real crackdown on opposition

movements, real tightening of control over any voices of opposition against the war in ukraine. the kremlin, of course, sticking to its narrative describing this as a special military operation in ukraine. navalny himself with aides via instagram shared a message calling for them to support opposition against the war in ukraine. this is, of course, important timing. really all part of the kremlin's efforts to push the narrative, to maintain their grip on any voices of opposition in moscow. >> nada bashir joining us live from london. many thanks for that update. history in the making in the u.s. capitol as senate republicans have some tough questions for the first black woman nominated to the supreme court. that's next here on "cnn newsroom." >> i stand on the shoulders of so many who have come before me

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the u.s. senate is making history meeting with the first black woman ever nominated to the u.s. supreme court. judge ketanji brown jackson. with monday's introductions complete, it is time for questions. some republicans are already drawing their battle lines. cnn's jessica schneider has our report. >> please raise your right hand.

>> reporter: an historic first for america's high court as confirmation hearings begin for the first black woman ever nominated to the supreme court. >> i hope that you will see how much i love our country and the constitution and the rights that make us great. >> senators of both parties made note of how monumental this moment is. >> you're showing so many little girls, little boys across the country that anything and everything is possible. >> i have said in the past that i think it's good for the court to look like america so count me in on the idea of making the court more diverse. >> they've previewed lines of defense they'll roll out tomorrow. senator josh hawley leading the charge laying out several cases where judge jackson used her discretion to hand down lighter sentences for child pornography.

>> prosecutors recommended 24 months in prison. judge jackson gave the defendant three months in prison. >> judge jackson will likely explain her reasoning for the lower sentences when she answers questions today. >> i decide cases from a neutral posture. i evaluate the facts and i interpret and apply the law to the facts of the case before me without fear or favor consistent with my judicial oath. >> reporter: the white house has already said her sentences were aligned with what the u.s. probation office recommendation but senator hawley preemptively rebutted her response monday. >> some have said the federal sentencing guidelines are too ha harsh. >> they'll also target judge jackson for being, quote, soft on crime pointing in particular to her defense of detainees at

guantanamo bay. >> i understand the importance of zealous advocacy but it appears sometimes this zealous advocacy has gone beyond the pale. >> if jackson is confirmed, the balance will remain the same. >> i know that i could never fill his shoes but if confirmed, i would hope to carry on his spirit. >> republicans are promising no personal attacks, but things are likely to get a lot more heated tuesday and wednesday when the questioning against of ketanji brown jackson. she'll likely have to explain her record as a member of the u.s. sentencing commission and her near decade as a federal judge. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. and cnn spoke with congresswoman val demings, former chief of police in

orlando, florida. she said there's no truth judge jackson is soft on crime. here's more of what she has to say. >> she has earned her way. look, she's done what we say you should do in america, work hard and play by the rules. she has earned be this moment, this spot where she is in. and so, yes, the senate certainly has seen her before. they questioned her before and they've confirmed her, as you've indicated, three times, two times unanimously but i'm sure, look, this is for the supreme court in the land. i'm sure that she will -- she has gone there this week and will continue to answer the questions set before her what they are. look at her record. look at her credentials. look at her experience. judge her in a fair and impartial way. she will receive confirmation from the senate. >> no democratic senators have signaled they will oppose

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a system of severe storms was torn across central and southern u.s. more than eight people are under a tornado watch for several hours. this was some of the damage that swept through jaksboro, texas, monday. dozens of homes across the state were damaged in this system. no deaths have been reported so far and given the extent of the damage, the exit as governor says it's a miracle no one was killed. >> we know storms with multiple tornadoes are whipping through

the county and millions of peoples lives are disrupted. at the very same time what i'm about to say may be early and premature, but it may be a miracle also because even though there's been some devastating physical damage, to my knowledge as of right now, there is no report of loss of life, which is just stunning. >> at least 17 tornadoes were reported monday in texas and oklahoma. the storm system is now moving east bringing severe weather threats to the southeast. meteorologist pedram javaheri has a look at your forecast. pedram? >> good morning, rosemary. severe storms have been the case around texas. they've pushed up around 50, even 60 miles an hour. over 39 miles an hour considered tropical storm force. not just damaging winds. large hail has been reported

since 17 reports of tornadoes across the lone star state. 60,000 customers without power across the landscape as well. the system responsible, it is shifting off towards the east. portions of louisiana, mississippi, onto the state of alabama. highest severe weather threat on a scale of 1 to 5 as they go across jackson, hattiesburg and chance for large hail, damaging winds and even significant tornadoes possible. the areas in red ef-2, 15% chance within 25 miles of the point. that's a significant threat for large tornadoes in that landscape. rainfall, that's going to be plentiful. 2 to 4 inches. damaging winds. 50% chance in this area where you could see the wind gusts push up to 50, maybe 60 miles an hour as a system moves across

mississippi, alabama. as we get into wednesday and thursday impacting the eastern part of the u.s. it drops off rather sharply. big-time temperature variants here. temps cool off significantly over the next couple of days as the system migrates off to the east. 42, atlanta, rosemary, around 76 degrees. senior u.s. air safety investigator will help the chinese government try and determine why a china eastern airlines flight crashed on monday. the boeing jet carrying 132 people lost contact before falling thousands of meters over the city of wujo. so far no survivors have been found according to chinese state media. steven jiang joins me live from beijing. steven, the video is horrifying showing this plane falling from the sky. what is the latest on the investigation? when might we know more about the cause of this?

>> reporter: rosemary, dozens of investigators arriving at the scene facing this daunting task of trying to locate, identify and collect all of the pieces of debris from this fallen aircraft scattered across this mountain side. obviously their most important, urgent task remains to be trying to find the plane's two so-called black boxes, flight data recorder and cockpit recorder which could hold crucial information about how this plane behaved and what was said during the final moments before the deadly crash. now obviously as you mentioned before the plane is a boeing jet, there's already a u.s. team assembled led by the investigator from the national transportation safety board. the engine maker and the federal aviation administration, it's not clear right now if and when this u.s. team will be allowed to come here to china. that's why it's really critical to have smooth information sharing between the chinese and

u.s. teams. now obviously given how this plane supposedly crashed, that almost vertical nose dive and high speed impact on the ground you mentioned, it is hard to find survivors. rescuers have not found any bodies or remains so even though the government still calls this a search and rescue effort, it is really increasingly turning into a recovery mission. it is really important for the investigators right now to really piece everything together and trying to really talk to witnesses but also looking at other evidence. this kind of complex process could take months if not years to complete even though they're under a lot of pressure from grieving families and the general public. rosemary? >> just a nightmare for those families. steven jiang joining us from beijing. many thanks. >> thank you for your company. i'm rosemary church. "early start" is coming up next. you're watching cnn.

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this is cnn breaking news. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it's tuesday, march 22nd. 5 a.m. exactly here in new york. i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. john berman starts us off in lviv, ukraine. john, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. we do begin here with russia's ground forces stalled in the face of fierce ukrainian resistance. the russian fighter jets still unable to command the skies over ukraine. stalemate is what one senior nato official calls it