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including the u.s. fed takes historic action to quash inflation, and so far the markets like what they're hearing. how the interest rate hike would impact you. welcome to the show, everyone. it's 9:00 a.m. here in ukraine, and we are awaiting word on whether russia has made good on its latest pledge to allow civilians to evacuate from the besieged azovstal steel plant in mariupol. humanitarian corridors announced by moscow are supposed to be open right now. but that promise d comes as russian forces have been doing the opposite. intensifying fighting on the complex, including 30 children according to mariupol's mayor are holed up along with the city's last remaining ukrainian fighters. here is how a ukrainian commander inside the plant describes the situation. have a listen.

>> reporter: . >> translator: for two days now, the enemy has broken into the territory of the plant. these are heavy, bloody battles. i'm proud of my soldiers who are making superhuman efforts to contain the enemy's onslaught. >> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says 344 people were evacuated from mariupol and other nearby areas on wednesday. we don't know if any of them were rescued, though, from the steel plant. to the north in the kharkiv region, ukraine says a counter-offensive is pushing forward and reclaiming more territory. ukrainian forces have now taken back the village of moldova, which is just 21 kilometers, or about 30 miles from the russian border and should not be confused with moldova the country. it is the latest village to come back under ukrainian control in the last two weeks. meantime, ukraine says russian forces have made few advances in luhansk and donetsk regions

despite heavy bombardments on a number of fronts. russian forces have been trying to move south from the kharkiv region in an attempt to surround the ukrainian forces defending donetsk. and in luhansk region, new drone footage shows really stunning devastation in the town of popasna. they tracked ukrainian troops amid intense street fighting. and we are now learning that belarusian military has begun an inspection of its reaction force, which will involve testing the readiness of its forces to respond to, quote, a possible crisis situation. the uk defense ministry said in its latest update in the last 20 minutes that russia may look to inflate the threat belarusian exercises could pose to ukraine to keep ukrainian forces in the north and further from the battle for the donbas. let's get more on this all. joining me now from key is the u.n. ambassador to ukraine.

a very good morning to you, ambassador. i know you are in kyiv, and from what i've understand, you've met with ukraine's prosecutor general who is leading investigation into war crimes committed by russian forces. we understand and correct me if i'm wrong that the first stage of this investigation is completed. but what more can you tell us? >> reporter: t >> at this stage, gathering the evidence and preparing for pressing charges is what -- is what the teams are doing. mainly the prosecutor general office of ukraine, but with international help. and the first charges have been pressed. but of course unfortunately, with each and every liberated town and village, new evidence is coming up. so this work is very, very big.

>> give us a sense of what you've been hearing. ukraine is saying 9,000 cases of war crimes being investigated. what have you been hearing on the ground? >> i think -- i think the number is correct for the time being, but terrible crimes are being committed as we speak. so each and every day brings more evidence, brings more on this area. >> and how exactly, ambassador, is the eu and the u.s. helping with this probe into war crimes? >> there are experts on the ground, even helping -- helping

the ukrainian experts. there is -- there is massive operation coordinated by eu institutions in brussels, countries like the u.s., the united kingdom, and others are providing experts. it's not only about gathering evidence. it's also -- also about the legal proceedings, legal assistance to get this cases to court. and it's a very, very big chunk of work which will -- which will last for quite a long time. >> right. there is a challenge in itself just verifying so many of these cases. but what you're seeing then,

this is the next step of getting them, making sure these crimes go to court. which is -- >> exactly. >> and does not happen. >> exactly. and here of course identification is crucial as well. >> yeah. >> ukrainians have been quite successful. especially on the perpetrators of the crimes in bucha. but this is -- it's a very big one. >> on that, on taking it to court, talk us through, ambassador, the challenges of taking, for example, the crimes that we've seen being committed in court, in bucha there. we've heard from, you know, from ukrainian sides, the naming of the soldiers involved. they're saying they know who was involved. how do you then take that information once you verified it? what do you have to do in terms of the challenge to get this to court?

>> one needs, of course, to bring complete persons and complete crimes together and then these legal proceedings internationally are always -- they entail an awful lot of work and also time. >> yeah. let me ask you very quickly before we let you go, ambassador, about the eu's proposal to ban oil imports from russia. how difficult do you think it will be to get all members on board? we know hungary, slovakia and others have already said they won't agree to the ban in its current form. and i suppose the other question if you can answer this, does this go far enough? >> everything that we do, the

eu, the u.s., uk, other partners who are imposing sanctions has been done with one bill, to make it harder and in the end impossible for putin's regime to finance this warckage of the eu it is logical to say that obviously, obviously, we have with each and every time, we have realized that more needs to be done. the discussions among the member states are ongoing as we speak. and you rightly refer to member states being in different positions again. land locked countries depending on one particular pipeline in different situation. but i'm confident that the

consensus, the solution will be found and it will be found in the coming days. >> matti maasikas, i appreciate you taking time to speak to us. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> we'll have much more from lviv in the coming hour, but first back to rosie in atlanta. >> thank you so much. we'll get back to you very soon. well, the u.s. federal reserve is fighting back full force against inflation, raising interest rates by half a percentage point on wednesday. the last time the fed increased rates this sharply was in 2000 when u.s. inflation was over half of today's rate. the fed warned the war in ukraine and covid lockdowns in china are weighing down economic activity, and it could take a while for prices to come down. >> i'd like to take this opportunity to speak directly to the american people. inflation the much too high, and

we understand the hardship it is causing, and we're moving expeditiously to bring it back down. we have both the tools we need and the resolve that it will take to restore price stability on behalf of american families and businesses. [ closing bell ] >> the fed's decision sent u.s. financial markets soaring. wall street had its best day in two years. blue chip stocks gained more than 900 points. the s&p 500 is up 3%, and the nasdaq rose 3.2%. and we are seeing positive results in the asia-pacific markets so you can see there, all moving in the right direction. ryan patel is a senior fellow at the school of management at claremont university. he joins us from los angeles. great to have you with us. >> thanks, rosemary. >> so the dow soared more than 900 points on news the fed was raising interest rates by half a percentage point.

the goal of course to reduce inflation without pushing the country into recession. but can that be done? >> well, it needs to be done, rosemary. but i think it's a really fine balance. i think why the market reacted the way it did is because the fed stated last meeting that they were going to do this, and that they were going to -- you know, this increase in interest rate really, let's be honest, really after the inflation. so the market reacted accordingly thinking that the fed will have this in control. and to your point, this is a step for investors to pay attention to say that this will happen and could cause a curb for inflation that causes some price certainty, unlike what we've seen over the last few months. >> and ryan, inflation is currently at a whopping 8.5%. so how long will it likely take to bring that down with this new interest rate hike? and what is an acceptable inflation level?

>> that's a great question. i think the feds stated it. we're going to see 50 basis more points over the next couple of months. jerome powell had said that 75 basis points is not something they want to talk about right now, but it's on the table. i mean, we may be seeing even another 3% increase by the end of next year. and so what that means is that many analysts are looking at hoping that the inflation is at its peak. and again, when we think about what is at its peak, of all the other uncertainties from the russia ukraine war and shanghai, the port being shut down, that's where if we got any more crises, don't blink an eye that the fed won't step in and be even more aggressive than before. >> yeah, it does seem that we get one crises after the next, doesn't it? and of course this is the biggest interest hike in 22 years.

and the markets rallied on news of the fed's aggressive approach to inflation, even though there will be more, of course, more to come. but perhaps not as aggressive going forward. explain that to us. >> well, compared i think you and i had a conversation last year if we recall that we were talking about that this was not transitory. and the fed was saying that the inflation was transitory. well, it's the opposite. the fed is making a hard assistance in addressing that there is an issue and there needs to be a stronger monetary policy, one again, as i mention the market reacted to it. but with that aggressive rate over the last two decades, it's really to combat the price uncertainty for those families that can't afford things. that's why i think we're seeing the aggressiveness, rosemary, because things are starting to get out of control when it comes to pricing things. >> and let's look at that. interest rate hikes will of course mean that buying houses and cars will be harder, and if

anyone has credit card debt, they will be hit extra hard, of course. what's your advice to those who had planned perhaps to buy a house or car and those carrying over any credit card debt or any other debt? what should they do? >> one, personally avoid the credit card debt. please do whatever you can to knock that down. as for the home loans, i think we're going to see home prices kind of peak out, kind of flat line and because we're not going to see more aggressive homeowner buying, is it going to really lone origination, that it's coming down? there is not enough supply in the housing markets. so we don't see that recession bubblish like what we're talking would be the real estate unless more supply comes on the market. i think you're going to see a little less demand, which is not an issue. and obviously for the loan aspect for the cars, it's interesting what you can afford

today that you can't afford tomorrow. and i think people are going to feel -- many people in the middle who could afford a loan today is not going to be able to afford in a couple of months. that means you're going to have to go back into the savings and not be able to take some of these loan amounts that you can't afford to pay. being fiscally responsible is going to be more important than ever for consumers in the next 12 months. >> great advice there. ryan patel, always good to talk with you. many thanks. well, u.s. president joe biden is sharpening his rhetoric against the republicans ahead of the high-stakes midterm elections when control of congress will be at stake. on wednesday, he went after what he called the ultra maga agenda of those who still support donald trump's make america great again movement. he said maga republicans are protecting billionaires at the expense of working class americans, and took aim at republican senator rick scott's economic plan. take a listen.

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supreme court to keep protesters at bay. cnn polling shows the majority of americans support legalized abortion. meanwhile, the director of the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention is warning more people may die if roe is overturned because not all american will have access to safe and legal abortions. >> those with resources will easily cross state lines and those who don't will take matters into their own hands and may not get exactly the care that they need in order to do so. and i do think that lives could be at stake in that situation. >> our gary tuchman visited a nonprofit women's clinic in the state of tennessee to see what might happen if roe v. wade is indeed overturned. >> reporter: these two men are anti-abortion protesters, trying to convince the frightened woman behind the wheel not to drive into this women's medical clinic

parking lot where she has an appointment for an abortion. the woman who walked up to the car is the co-director of the clinic, assuring the patient who speaks little english she is safe with her and they will protect her while she is here. this type of confrontation at the knoxville center for reproductive health in tennessee is very common, but it's happening at a very unusual moment in time, with the knowledge that legal abortion may be ending very soon in this state. >> i can't even find words how disturbing it is. >> reporter: koryn riveti is a nurse practitioner and one of the other directors of this clinic which provides all types of gynecological health care. >> what kind of society is it when we force people to motherhood when they're not ready or prepared to do that, or know that they're already stretched to their limits and cannot support another child? >> reporter: under a tennessee law passed in 2019, if the u.s. supreme court overturns roe v. wade, this state will then ban abortion 30 days after the ruling is issued.

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emotions what the supreme court seems poised to do. >> it makes me angry. >> reporter: for now the anti-abortion protesters say they will continue to be here. >> we're not here to intimidate people. >> reporter: but you do, and you know that. >> well, if the child is outside the womb, we wouldn't be acting like this. >> reporter: and the clinic employees say they will continue to do their jobs. but they know the writing is on the wall and that perhaps there is now not much they can do about it. what are you going to start telling your patients? >> i don't know. i don't know that any of us know. >> reporter: i just talked to one of the other co-directors of this clinic. she says she was born in 1969 which is six years after roe became the law of the land. she says she finds it incomprehensible that roe will no longer exist, and that's one of the reasons she believes she

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i'm isa soares coming to you from lviv, ukraine. we are awaiting word on whether russia has made good on its latest pledge to allow civilians to evacuate from the siege at the azovstal steel plant in mariupol. humanitarian corridors announced by moscow are supposed to be open right now. we have yet to hear anything on this from ukrainian officials. those that have made it out, leaving their homes as well as families behind, are calling themselves lucky. that is the case with hundreds of ukrainians who were allowed to leave the city of kherson after weeks of living under russian occupation. nick paton walsh talked with some of them as they finally tasted freedom again. >> reporter: their road to salvation here is a dusty track. where few know the route and just follow the car in front. above the trees, the dust likely

from fires caused by distant shelling. these are over 100 cars that have run the gauntlet out of kherson, the first city russia occupied. >> no school, no almost hospital. >> at the moment it is terrible. there are so many russian military there. it's terrible. >> reporter: what did they do? >> they -- at the moment they do nothing. >> reporter: eyes here tell of exhaustion, hours held at russian checkpoints. the only emotion left after two months under the russian gun, a slight smile of freedom. the idea dawning that life under occupation is behind them even if a life displaced by war is ahead. you can see just in the length of this queue here, the scale of the desperation that we're talking about here. people fleeing russian occupation, leaving this morning

at first light from the city of kherson, the first to be occupied by russian at the start of the war. some of them on their fifth attempt to get out. something this time was different. it was easy. >> translator: we left early, and they were all asleep, she says. goods have dried up. everything is from crimea, she adds. squeeze ten in here. saying here is good. they're always shooting. >> we tried for a week to get out. >> we were just on the way to get out and they let us pass as human shields when things were flying over us, she says. it was terrifying. five attempt. they didn't let us through, just turned us around.

they fled a city where things were not going according to the kremlin's plan. the sham referendum russia planned to consolidate control never happened. and this weekend, almost at the moment when they introduced the russian currency, the ruble, the internet and sale service suddenly went off. for even the youngest, the hope ahead is palpable. "it was sad to leave," he says. "but where we'll going will be better." this is happening as villages and roads change hands daily here. these ukrainian soldiers in the next village anxious to not have their location or faces shown. "we evacuated 1500 people over the last week," one said. "kids, elderly." russians let them through if they say they're going to kherson. later on they drop off their

cars and bikes and go on foot to our side. across the fields, the agony of russia's blundering and senseless invasion pours out. nick paton walsh, ukraine. >> and still to come right here on the show, the kremlin response for proposed ban on russian oil imports by the european union. that next. do stay right here with cnn. discover is accepted at 99% of places in thehe u.s. ["only wanna be with youou" by hootie & the blowfish]

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of people across oklahoma and texas. parts of the u.s. have been pummelled by severe storms and tornadoes for several straight days, but forecasters say the spring storm system still has a long way to go. the kremlin is calling sanctions a double-edged weapon after the european union proposed a sixth sanctions package on russia for its war on ukraine. kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov says, quote, the west will pay a heavy price in trying to harm moscow. meantime, the european union may find it tricky to implement its proposal to ban russian oil imports. the czech republic and bulgaria are seeking exemptions from the ban. while slovakia and hungary say they need at least a three-year transition period. and thank you so much for your company. i'm rosemary church. for our international viewers,

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welcome back. the united states navy has moved more than 200 sailors off the aircraft carrier uss george washington following multiple deaths among the crew. according to the navy, seven people have died in just the last year, four by suicide, three of those in a single week. now an investigation has been opened into the command climate and culture on that ship. in a statement to cnn, the navy says, quote, our current focus is on ensuring that we are providing a safe and healthy

environment for our sailors aboard gw and ensuring that we are supporting the gw by providing them the resources to do so. we have full faith and confidence in the leaders in place on that ship to make the best decisions to care for their crew. one of those sailors who died by suicide was master at arms seaman recruit xavier sandor. he was just 19 years old. cnn spoke to xavier's parents about the way their son described the living conditions on the ship. >> he said it was awful, dad. people shouldn't have to live like this. you know, he loved his job. he did his 12-hour shifts, and how do you sleep on an aircraft carrier where jackhammering and smoke and smells during the day. so he would sleep in his car.

it's just awful. no sailor should have even been living on that ship in those conditions. >> it's just heartbreaking. we want to bring in jeffrey smith now. he is an associate professor and history department chair at the university of hawaii at hilo. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you for having me on your show. >> it is of course a tragic story, but one we need to shine a light on. multiple suicides on the uss george washington, a nuclear-powered ship that's been docked in virginia for a year undergoing a major overhaul. now you have studied military suicides extensively. why do you think we're seeing this happen during a noncombat situation? and why what could make sailors feel so desperate that they would take their own lives? >> well, as you mentioned, there is currently an investigation into the conditions aboard the ship. so it's probably a touch

premature to speculate as to the exact causal factors at play there. however, as you also mentioned, history i think can play a role here in helping us understand some of the larger context of what we see. and so that what's what my colleague and i did when we published a study that examined active u.s. army suicide from the 19th and 21st century. and what we found was that active duty and active duty during wartime with an increase in suicide rates is really more of a modern phenomenon. historically speaking, combat is a time you would usually see a decrease in suicide rates. >> it's so strange. it seems counterintuitive, doesn't it? but the navy has moved more than 200 sailors off the uss george washington. and as you mentioned, has opened an investigation into the command climate and culture on the ship. the results are expected later

this week. how extensive would you expect that investigation to be gwynn the navy has already said in that statement that it has full faith and confidence in the leaders on that ship? >> yeah, i can't really speak to what the navy will or won't say in those reports, but from what my research and my colleagues' research seem to indicate is hopefully they're looking to factors away from the battlefield. so we're thinking of things such as sociological factor, economic factors, psychological factors, because as we know, suicide is a multifactoral problem. so we probably need to approach it from a multidisciplinary perspective. >> yeah, of course. this is particularly high level of suicide on this ship, in that noncombat situation, though. the navy also says that it's focusing on providing a safe, healthy and supportive environment for sailors on board this aircraft carrier, but

clearly, that was not the case for those who took their own lives. so what changes need to be made to ensure that this doesn't happen again and that life on these navy ships is made more tolerable for all sailers on board? >> yeah, that's a great and difficult question. unfortunately, telling the navy what to do is a bit above my pay grade. however, i would say hopefully they're taking into account some of the historic trends that we've seen over time and that as i previously mentioned, they're looking at some of the broader aspects and broader issues at play here as they intersect with economics, sociology, intersect with people's psychological well-being, and that's all incorporated into their actions. >> we heard from the family of the young 19-year-old who took his life, and they talked about the living conditions.

they talked about the constant smells, the constant noise, that factor that would make it very difficult if you were doing night shift to sleep during the day. and certainly if that noise is continuing into the night. do situations like that drive people to the point of feeling that they have no way out, they can't walk away, and that suicide is the only option? is that we could be talking about here? >> potentially, but again, i really can't speak to that. the historic patterns that i've seen seem to indicate that what we're noticing here from a larger perspective is a change in u.s. from my research army suicide that happened during the vietnam era. during the vietnam era moving forward into the wars in iraq and afghanistan, we saw a decided change in the nature and the style of suicide that was manifesting in the u.s. army.

>> all right. jeffrey smith, thank you so much for talking with us on this very sensitive topic. we do appreciate you joining us. thank you. >> thank you. and a note. for those in the united states, if you are thinking about suicide or worried about a friend or loved one, the national suicide prevention lifeline is available around the clock. the hotline's number is there on your screen. u.s. president joe biden is asking congress to open a path to legal residency for thousands of afghan refugees who arrived in the u.s. last summer as the taliban retook control. in march, about 60,000 afghanistan refugees in the u.s. were given temporary protected status, meaning they can legally stay for at least 18 months. but the president wants congress to go beyond that and allow those refugees and their families to eventually apply for

greencards and become permanent residents. it's been nearly a week into the search for an alabama correctional officer and the inmate she is accused of helping escape from jail. officer vicky white and inmate casey white were last seen leaving a detention facility last friday. the two are not related. well, now the lauderdale county sheriff is urging the correctional officer to turn herself in. >> vicky, you've been in this business for 17 years. you've seen this scenario play out more than once, and you know how it always ends. go ahead and end it now. >> a warrant was issued for vicky white's arrest on charges of permitting or facilitating escape in the first degree. actress amber heard has testified for the first time in the tumultuous defamation case filed by her ex-husband johnny depp. heard took the stand on

wednesday and described the early days of the celebrity couple's romance. she told the court she endured both physical and sexual abuse during the marriage. depp is suing heard for $50 million over a 2018 op-ed where she described herself as a victim of domestic abuse. in earlier testimony, depp said he has never struck a woman and that heard was abusive towards him. . brazil's president is lashing out at american actor leonardo dicaprio for his recent comments about the importance of the amazon rain forest in the climate crisis. with deforestation of the amazon advancing at a record pace, dicaprio is actively urging brazilians to vote in that country's election in october. but president jair bolsonaro is pushing back. he denounced the actor's remarks about the amazon as nonsense and

cedi caprio should, quote, keep his mouth shut. three astronauts and a european astronaut have begun their day-long return to earth after having spent half a year aboard the international space station. >> from the international space station. >> the returning crew will spend the day making the long journey back home, splashdown off the florida coast is expected early friday. before exiting, nasa astronaut tom mashburn formally handed the command of the space station to oleg artimeiv. the spirit of cooperation was especially mooefl given the war in ukraine raging below. >> and i relinquish command of the space station to you. >> i accept command. i accept command. thank you. thank you for friendship.

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this is cnn breaking news. >> hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church in atlanta. ahead this hour, the federal reserve gave interest rates their biggest hike in more than two decades. but will the move help tamp down soaring inflation? >> and i'm isa soares live in ukraine. with more than 5 million ukrainians fleeing, the torn country, need for aid and assistance is becoming more and more dire. the