promised to do that to serve on the nation's highest court per drum announce any mccarthy former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york and he could have you with us today. i just am to start by playing a little bit of people misted of the moment that she was presented as the nominee by president biden, let's watch. >> i am truly humbled by the extraordinary honor of this nomination. and i am especially grateful for the care that you have taken and discharging your constitutional duty in service of our democracy with all that is going on in the world today. martha: so andy, tells about judge jackson. what we should know about her history in terms of the way she approaches the law and the constitution. >> she is a progressive, martha by think as you saw in her remarks yesterday she has got a very winning personality pride

that shall make a very favorable impression on the senate. she's got a little bit of a spotty record as a judge. she is a high number of reversals. mainly in her work as a district judge does not publish many opinions on the court of appeals in the d.c. circuit because she has not been on it that long. i didn't put her on it last year. she has been reversed a number of time in a district court opinions. and that is interesting because the d.c. circuit is kind of bait left -- a center court. she has been reversed by liberal judges, conservative judges and the like. but she is a progressive thinker about the law. and she will vote pretty much the same way that justice breyer voted. it really won't change the trajectory of the court as we now know it. martha: she talked about clerking for justice breyer.

she talked about her own family history, she comes from a family of educators, a principal, teacher, talked about law enforcement her family's background as well which i thought was very interesting that she made a point to talk about that. in terms of how successful she will be at passing muster with the senators when she goes in for confirmation, it is already indicated there been republican senators who voted for her in this prior nomination to the d.c. court. do you expect any hurdles here, andy? what's there's always a possibility of surprises. i think with this nominee, martha, a lower possibility than usual. she has been confirmed twice in the last eight years including one time very recently at last on the d.c. circuit for the d.c. circuit is a very important court. it's not like they don't get highly scrutinized. so i think the presumption going in as she will get confirmed.

martha: andy thank you, any mccarthy boy following that story closely obviously as we go through judge jackson's process in the senate nomination and confirmation process. so breaking right now in a brand-new hour of the story special russia's war in ukraine at this hour russian forces continued their assault on the capitol city of kyiv through the d defiance and will to fight that we have seen ordinary ukraine citizens have slowed the process of the russian military. which in and of itself is a striking reality that we are seeing so far as we entered a three here. we have heard moments ago new air raid sirens. once again the capitol city of kyiv. devastating show charred cars on the roadways high-rise buildings hit leaving a gaping hole in the side of the building that ripped apart several of the residences in that building. the unrelenting russian attacks

take a human toll as well on the latest numbers are nearly 200 ukrainians who have been killed in these attacks. hundreds more who have been injured. nonetheless ukraine's president vladimir zelensky has wrapped up a phone call with the british prime minister last hour. he has been dogged in soured in the defense of his country and his determination to stay, and stand, and fights for it according to a readout of the discussion between these two leaders, they spoke about the need for the international community to isolate russia diplomatically and financially to the greatest extent of their capability. that includes a booting pressure from the swift financial system you've heard so much about in recent days and weeks. meanwhile you've got thousands of civilians who are on the move trying to escape putin's war by leaving the country part our own benjamin hall just made it to ukraine a short time ago but he joins us alive from lviv this

evening. first of all tell us what it is like to get to where you are. how difficult was it? what were the roads like trying to get out? >> yes, martha, like you said we drove today we through from the polish border. was not too hard is a difficulty people are facing getting out. we hear about the human toll we hear about the exodus we saw firsthand. the truly damn sick 120,000 have already fled the country. for mile after mile the 2030 miles these cars were logjams. no movement as all his people desperately fled to get to the border. now women and children almost exclusively in the cars they need to stay and defend the country includes the ones we've spoken to the given everything

up that livelihood their jobs we spoke to a few of them here are some of their stories. kindergarten a school for the baby and not like everything is gone. >> it's your mom, your dad, your grandma their relatives. just maybe you lost 13. >> many of them do not know where they're going yet, martha per the name joe they reach the safety of the bordering countries the bordering countries are helping out. some have nowhere to sleep some are running out of food and some of these cars are running out of gasoline through saw person after person walk in the rest of the way with 20 -- 30 miles to go. it is a devastating sort of the human toll we are seeing right now and it is getting worse the

fear here is putin's weapon icing this migration. this can destabilize the countries around it. as this wart moves ever further to the west where we are in lviv the fears these numbers will continue to grow prayer is one of the things people are so afraid of it. and it seems that is also coming true. it's been only a few days since the war really broke out since the invasion started. the main people didn't see it coming did not really believe it. so the move they are making now this mass migration happened almost suddenly for the five people have no plans and other governments around your scrambled to try to keep up it is devastating bird look into the eyes of these children who have given everything and it is heartbreaking, martha. that one soundbite saying goodbye to relatives saying goodbye to her entire life that could buy the last time she'll ever see them and just seeing this women and children traveling on their own now because as you say the 18 -- 60

are not allowed to leave for their encouraged to stay and fight what you say they are doing. i'm wondering is there an effort? are we going to be able to get in assistance to these travelers? get them gasoline? are the things we can do or are underway from other countries to aid them in their exodus? >> there are certain the ngos that are trying to help out for no countries around the world they are raising money, raising goods try to get here but it's also very difficult to get eight into countries like this predicate happened so suddenly most make the or during the drive and neighbors are opening up their homes giving them food , coming up for this country was really pulled together. it is remarkable to see the same story scene or zones and i've covered quite a few for the way people come together. that is the one real optimistic

then you'll see here is how they are pushing back for this country will not be brought down so easily. think putin what we are seeing is also found that to be quite a surprise. it is remarkable to see it's also heartbreaking to see. no one knows how the election days will play out. they do suspect they might come to these western cities now. in fact lviv is being soundbite sandbags, bite tank concrete barriers. passes every ten minutes being set up on the way here. there is concern putin might come here next to where they've been saying all along nobody knows where he's going to go next. that fear, the unknown is driving the migration of people through desperation to leave. will be following up you over here but for now is just something eally shakes her to the court. but i'm benjamin thank you it's great to have in place there but be following the reporting closely. we have watched you and all the zones over the years. we have an amazing team on the ground in ukraine to bring the story to everyone at home. benjamin thank you very much we will speak with you soon for. >> thank you.

martha: as i mentioned their air raid sirens once again sounding in kyiv as the brave ukrainians were really the central story we are covering here today, continue to be so courageous in their defense of their country, and of their freedom and other independent state meanwhile they've got russian forces that are closing in, trying to put the noose around the city of kyiv the capitol city to stay underground they take every measure they possibly can to fight back. trey yingst reporting live this evening. what details we are hearing now and how close are the russian forces? are they coming by air or do you see are they getting closer to the center of the city? once again and that capitol of kyiv a familiar sound for many of whom are underground right

now. concerned about another air campaign by russian forces. from around the city. it's important to note the forces we understand actually in the capitol tonight according to western intelligence officials at u.s. defense officials are actually reconnaissance forces of the russian military who have gone ahead their head toward the ukrainian capitol no one was killed you see in the tv footage giving you a sense what they are afraid of her they do with their families as a benjamin my colleague talked about people are terrified. you can hear in the distance there some gunfire for this is very active conflicts really

want you to share with the city look like today looking at the devastation from the street battles in the missile that hit the side of the building. >> overnight fierce fighting erupted between the ukrainian army and russian forces in the streets of kyiv. this truck is riddled with bullet holes. and there is blood on the sidewalk. this morning a russian missile slam into this building in the ukrainian capitol of kyiv. this gives you a sense of the destruction that these weapons can cause a bird right now ukraine is appealing to the international community to send air defense systems as the country is under attack. >> ukrainian president zelensky is still in the capitol of kyiv love the mayor of the city. and other top officials that say they will stay and they will fight to producing number of members of parliament in ukraine carry guns and weapons around the city preparing to fight alongside of the army. it just gives you a sense of how brave these people really are.

those who have the resources and the money to get out of the city and even get out of the country are deciding to stay in fights. martha. >> a très, quick question for you. it is dark as we can see in kyiv right now and at times we have seen the lights on in the city behind you. what are you learning over the past few nights about the capability of the russian military at night? are you seeing a lot of night attacks? >> early on there a lot of conversations about how the russians would not fight as well at night. but they have been targeting the city at night. we were live with you yesterday while they were hitting this capitol city of kyiv. and you did note something behind us the church normally hasn't lights on for you cannot see it very well right now because a lot of the buildings in the city have turned their lights off reportedly according to local media that is because they do not want to make it easier for those russian airplanes as they target the

city where they also concerned about the ground forces for the net mayor announced tonight a curfew for everyone that will extend not just overnight but into monday morning. they want people to stay-at-home. those civilians underground and those who can fight in the streets pushing back this russian offensive. martha: very reminiscent of world war ii and the blackouts in the cities of europe's is what we are seeing or not seeing behind trey yingst. thank you so much for your coverage will be back a bit later. so let's bring a former u.s. ambassador to nato and the former u.s. special representative for ukraine negotiations kurt volker joins me now thank you so much is good to have you here sir. tell me what your take is on what you see in your reaction to the fact ukrainians are doing a pretty good job of making this a lot more difficult for russian forces than perhaps anyone thought. >> what martha, first of all it is devastating and heartbreaking to see the impact russia's

attacks are having on the civilians there. and you're absolutely right the ukrainians have tremendous will, tremendous determination to protect their country and they are fighting very, very fiercely the russians have found this to be far harder than they expected. they have taken far more casualties than they expected they've lost more equipment, tanks, helicopters, fighter aircraft more than expected. they have had to fall back and regroup and try again some of your early reports showed it. ukrainians are ready to fight and that is why it is incumbent on the united states and our nato allies to keep up the supply of arms to the ukrainians. help them resupply, get them more air defense systems if the more anti- tank get them more anti- more ammunition to help them. there's a lot of talk right now about possibility of a no-fly zone over part of ukraine or perhaps all of it. i think that something we need to look at very, very seriously and move on as quickly as

possible. and one final piece of news today that is not come up in the reporting of scene just now, belarus is reportedly joining the russian forces. that will be another front ukrainians will have to defend against. another supply of military forces coming into the country it's really a game changer into a more international aggressive move. martha: what more can you tell us about that? there's been cooperation from belarus and rossa there is troops amassed in belarus that could move down into kyiv. but what can you tell us about how significant their capabilities are? and how much they will add to this 190,000 or whatever the number really turned out to be the russian forces brought to the table. >> it adds tens of thousands more troops. and even if they hold the rear in belarus and areas of the russian forces have already taken, it frees up tens of

thousands of russian forces to advance further pressure map is shown right now the belarus border is the closest one approaching kyiv and i think the russians are now deeply concerned they have not been able to making headway in taking kyiv think they'll be trying to do so. >> has captured the imagination for his bravery. the young comedian asked her rose to power and won the election. i think nobody knew how strong he would be able to be in this environment. and try to keep -- hold it together to reenter it pretty said no i'm going to stay here in fights. this is where the fight is. here he is talking about how much you want to to be part of

nato. >> i have asked a 27 european leaders whether ukraine will be in nato. i have asked directly. everyone is afraid. no one answers. >> guess what you say to that server? [laughter] >> i understand his frustration. because look at what we are seeing for this is russia launching an unprovoked attack to get the neighboring country and it would not be happening if ukraine was a member of nato. as quickly as possible. will he do if this is going to see attacks on civilians including possibility of dirty bombs or chemical weapons or

other things that would be devastating that he will blame on the ukrainians. it is a justification for further action by russia. i hope he is deterred from using a nuclear weapons that we need to be communicating that any move toward any nuclear use would be met forcefully by all countries against russia. martha: he has changed his more aggressive than people of scene in the past. >> he has a change is more erratic and aggressive impossibly ill and for ill informed as well too i do think he expected this to be very easy military operation. i think the images we are seeing shows it is anything but that. nuclear use however i do have to believe he would understand that is still an irrational act i would not accomplish anything will in fact and his regime in russia. martha: was seen the protests on

the streets of moscow thousands of people been arrested the reports of the russian soldiers are not quite sure why they are fighting. by their fighting in ukraine at this point. it is an escalating situation of tension at upper vladimir putin. we'll see where it goes. thank you, thank you very much good have you with us today, sir. >> thank you. spin at the united states hesitating to hit russia's energy sector was sanctions over fears that could cause serious damage to our own economy as the united states remains reliance on foreign oil. with got about 500,000 barrels of russian oil a day for the third largest provider tour energy here at home. that was not always the case. that is the russian invasion of ukraine is already threating to sensors and gas prices in the nine states even higher than they are today meaning americans could soon be feeling even more pain at the pump. christina, with that part of the store for us live in los angeles today. that afternoon christina. >> good afternoon martha. yes, russia's attack on ukraine could drive gas prices even

higher industry and mostly they can end up climbing to $4 a gallon nationally, here in california it gas has already hit that mark. i interviewed drivers in los angeles today and they tell me they are very stressed out over the soaring gas prices. >> it maybe want to stop and slap somebody. because this is ridiculous you know, i'm out here trying to doordash and i can't make no money. it is all going in my tank. >> what are you doing to deal with the spike in gas prices? questions working extra hours. i am working this saturday pickwick stephanie budgeting when i drive now. and so not driving as much. >> according to aaa this morning nash on the average price of gas was $3.59 a gallon up from $2.69 a year ago there's no sign of that slowing down. russia is a major oil producer. and now that they have invaded

ukraine, there is fear of supply disruptions. in an effort to offer some relief to drivers and others feeling the impact of higher oil prices, president biden says his administration is coordinating with a number of countries to elevate the release of petroleum reserves. >> the united states will release additional barrels of oil's as conditions warrant. i know this is hard and americans are already hurting. i will do everything in my power to limit the pain the american people are feeling at the gas pump. >> as u.s. consumers deal with soaring gas prices amid inflation, republicans are calling on the biden administration to stop restricting u.s. oil production. >> shutting down the keystone pipeline, shutting down oil and gas leases in this country while they were incomprehensibly greenlight in the nord stream2 deal for the russians. we need to sanction the oil exports for the russians and end the exact same moment president biden should authorize the

keystone pipeline. an authorized oil and glass and drink gas leases and exploration in the united states of america. >> and again, no sign of the rising gas prices slowing down oil prices hit an eight year high this week, briefly topping $105 a barrel. martha. martha: christina thank you very much. so join me too oakland to senator james lankford serves on the senate homeland security committee. senator, good to have you with this thank you for being here. >> thanks good to see you. >> when you hear president biden say he is considering releasing more oil from the strategic petroleum reserve, and will do that sort of as necessary. what goes through your mind? is that an effective strategy here? >> and no. no it is literally a drop in the barrel at that point but really needs to be done is dramatically increase production not just for the united states for our consumers but worldwide. we have to have a replacement of what is happening worldwide

russian oil and gas. russia is a big gas station is all they are there economy is completely dependent on gas sales. and on oil sales. so we have got to find a new places for europe, for multiple other places to be able to get oil paired with having right now is the biden administration cut off the keystone pipeline that was the canadians have the ability to sell oil there were not selling wellesley 96 at pipe going through the united states, went to houston their putting that oil on the world market they cut off that source the cut of all leasing for all federal leasing to reduce appeared biden right now has a candidates put upfront for the federal reserve that is very outspoken to say they want to use the federal reserve power to cut off capitol for all kinds of projects, anything related to oil and gas. and just last week will russia is invading ukraine, just last week the biden administration announcer going to cut off the cut off natural gas exports and natural gas pipeline expansion been a one in biden's thing i'm going to do everything i can to

relieve this, with his other hand is literally limiting access to oil and gas to the world and to the united states ratings have one clear message and right now is trying to get by with both. x is there any sense that anyone who has influence in this conversation with the white house is getting anywhere in arguing that reversing some of these policies and sort of an emergency measure because nobody really expected this is where we would be right now with brush invading ukraine, that it is time to reverse some of the policies and keystone or at leases on federal lands. that in and of itself would have almost an immediate impact on world oil prices. >> it would have an immediate impact with the problem is right now and this they are completely beholden to the far left green lobby. all the far left green folks are all trying to say we do not have any more oil and gas when they're just not dealing with

realism. we do have oil and gas right now. the power pollutant has to be able to go next door and a murder his neighbors is because he is supplying oil and gas to the world of the united states is not. we are not going to go next door and murderer our neighbors reducing the my from oil and gas to bill to attack his neighbors but we need to double to meet that supply. europe needs this, we need all over the world need it. and so at this point they are just not connected to realism. we're trying to bill to bring practical solutions to what's happening right now on the grout not what they wish it would be and we've got statements from john kerry just this week saying he hopes russia will abide by its agreement on climate change. that statement for the white house last week saying we will replace oil and gas in europe with new sources of energies in the future. it's just not going with realism what is on the ground right now. people are being murdered they need an american response of this to do with the issue. >> it is hard to imagine how anyone who cares about the environment is okay with the offset being people being killed

and slaughtered in their home country in ukraine. and that elevating our own ability to have energy sources that would undercut russia's strength, that trade-off is humane is a pretty interesting argument for anyone to be making at this point. senator, thank you very much good have you with us today sir. >> good to see you again. martha: you too. so an outpouring of support really around the world for the people of ukraine as antiwar demonstrations take place here. that is washington d.c. this afternoon just a sea of ukrainian flags in support. what ukrainians in america are saying about what they are seeing in their home country as our special coverage continues.

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you can see behind me ukrainian restaurant that line continues to grow i talked to the owner who tells me is ukrainian american says it's not just about this attack on ukraine but in the attack on all of yermak democracy per take a look on your screen you can take a seat what's happening inside the restaurant right now. this is inside in the east village. you can see there's still a feeling of hope is women you seat making 3000 every single day here by hand. some have family members they say that are on the front lines with this battle with russia right now. worried sick for their homeland and the people who are fighting for their freedom. ukrainian restaurant which is better since 1954 is a landmark in the east village. they sell lots of recruiting delicacies and business has been booming to say the least per take a look these are the cookies that usually black-and-white the restaurant now the colors of ukraine the baker's can barely keep up they say as the cookies fly off of the shelves. jason who is the owner is the ukrainian american's grandpa fled russia for ukraine in the 40s he tells me pollutant is trying to take everything

ukrainians fought so hard for, listen. >> but i am hearing and seeing and then messaging i am getting from the text, they are saying we are fighting hard were not giving up rachel people realized get the word out it's not just a war on ukraine we have to think about it's a war on the free world a war against democracy. if the call this tyrant out for who he is. >> is not just here in new york but the outpouring is significant here in new york city is home to more than 150,000 ukrainians. that is the largest ukrainian community and the country be back at your life in the east village you can see it still growing behind me that line and more people trying to come into show their support for the mayor of new york also tweeting earlier he is standing with ukraine we expect more protest across the city, martha to show support for ukrainians back to you. >> we see the signs of say i am russian and i support ukraine as well. vladimir putin invasion

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martha: fresno for the first time history of history the nato response forces being activated as a defensive measure in response to russia's ongoing invasion of ukraine. the force involves roughly 40000 troops but is still unclear how many will be deployed in the wake of putin's full-scale war on ukraine. lucas tomlinson is live in lviv, ukraine with more on this for talk to us about the significance activated this nato response force assessment and alliance it's been in existence since the second world war. it has never activated before at a military way, correct? >> is right martha.

nato it's been expanded to 30 different nations are to get all 30 nations to agree on that which is what needed to happen need to have full consensus of the nato response caught up. some 40000 troops one thing is clear though, martha, none of this 40000 troops are coming here to ukraine. certainly none of them will be here to protect ukraine president vladimir and zelensky who clearly russian president vladimir putin is determined to kill is become international rock scar, zelensky has putin calls zelensky part of the efforts which is what putin once here in ukraine. apparently nobody is told putin zelensky is jewish. how we spoke to a ukrainian journalist a short time ago, she parted pretty well about putin who says he knows ukraine he things ukraine and russia are one people. of course it putin wrote this 5000 word essay talking about that according to independent journals we spoke to craig putin does not know the people of ukraine, take a listen.

>> i think pollutant really does not understand ukraine. he has his idea of ukraine which is a flawed from historical point of view. but he also does not understand the contemporary ukraine. especially the extent to which ukraine has changed since 2014 when russian aggression began. >> part of these efforts by the u.s. military and nato include deploying 32 apache gunships to poland and the baltics clearly the baltic states and very some of them bordering russia. the nato response force, 40000 troops it does send a message of unity, martha but it should be noted none of those troops are coming to great britain many people made the case ukraine is not in nato. however, nato has taken part in offense of military action serbia, kosovo, obviously afghanistan is not what they do not ever deployed to non- nato

countries for an out no nation will be coming in. missing an outpouring of support in terms of weaponry per defect today the germans announcing they are going to send a 1000 javelin antitank missiles 500 portable stinger antiaircraft missiles which could have devastating effect on those russian helicopter gunships but so far, martha rush is not demonstrated air superiority in this country but one of the reasons many people think the russian ground assault has been slow they do not in this guide the ukrainian militaries put up a fierce fight clearly rush is not as far. back to the u.s. military response. since this crisis began u.s. military has deployed some 14000 troops to europe. they were already about 80000 troops here. we are starting to get up in the ballpark of what her to thousand u.s. troops vladimir putin's goal was to split nato, to divide nato mention 30 different nations have 30 leaders been on the same page is very difficult. to try to buy nato speech is

trying to unify nato, unifying the west no better example today the german who said they're going to deploy these lethal weapons to ukraine the keep calm defensive weapons but clearly any kind of missiles going to destroy soviet tanks and kill russian soldiers can be very offensive. >> thank you very much. lucas tomlinson reporting from lviv in the western part of ukraine padrone now jonathan hoffman former chief a pentagon spokesperson former assistant to the secretary of defense. welcome back good to have you with us today. there's been a lot of discussion about russia's capabilities and whether or not putin is off his game. the cyber attacks have not been as comprehensive as people might've expected in in ukraine there still able to communicate the leadership with each other they have not cheered air superiority as lucas just reported they've not really taken any population center at this point. is this the calm before the

storm or are we seeing a less effective russian forces we expected? >> it's clear it is less effective than expected. whether that expectation and the belief the russian military was 10 feet tall that some people had was misplaced. i cannot answer that. i think it's clear the ukrainians have definitely put up a fight. that is helping marshall support around the world as ukrainians fight longer and harder and dig and it's definitely giving time for the world to come to their aid. i think one of the biggest issues that happened with this as people underestimated the impact of this invasion. i think we had a lot of public officials is treating this as a russian/ukraine issue now it's taken putin has gone further they've seen this is actually a post-world war ii global order ending type effort. and people are starting to get

off the bench and realize the need to be helping more in the longer ukraine is able to hold out the more the world will rally to their side. whether that will reach a point they will send forces and troops i don't know it does not appear likely right now. it is by supporting russians going down giving more people to their side. >> that becomes a question just heard luca talking about other efforts. the net it response in a conference of ways never been deployed before. his snout being mobilized to be deployed in nato country. he was also talking about some of the other areas where nato has sent troops in the past for different reasons. if it becomes a threat to democracy, to the post-world war ii and post-cold war architecture that putin has been quite clear he wants to dismantle and restore to his own liking, would there be an environment where nato would say we must go help solve the

situation in ukraine where it's going to be all over the rest of our countries. >> that has got to be conversations happening everyday at nato right now where they are having meetings. i know the head of nato is having conversations to see when people are going to step up. i think what you see there's a number of nato countries feel increasingly threatened by this action. if i was on the baltic nations right now, i would be very concerned that putin could quickly and easily decide to move that direction. and to be frank it be far more difficult nato to defend the baltic then for them to defend ukraine right now. ukraine has a large capable military and is closer to lines of communication to poland and other nato countries where they could achieve air superiority very quickly. if putin was a changes direction to the baltics to become a much more difficult time. to your question, martha, this could be a better chance at a

better opportunity to draw a line in the sand. we are not seeing that. part of the reeds were not seeing that is because a lot of leadership has not started to make the case to the public. to the u.s. into europe as to why this is where the line the sand is not just when it crosses into nato. martha: we heard the words of a mom who has been in a bomb shelter for probably 72 hours now with her children. and her neighbors looking straight into the camera and saying if you do not help us now to end this evil threat from vladimir putin it will come to you down the road. we need your help now. we will see if nato sees it that way is this m thank you so much jonathan rath hoffman. >> to lucas and you and the rest the team i know you have a lot of people who are deployed over there and covering this, it is been a great opportunity deceit u.s. news media step up and

cover this in a wonderful way and share what's happening with the american public it's really important work you guys are doing. well thank you very much jonathan it is easy for me too sit here in a chair it's tougher for those guys to be on the ground where there are bombs flying over their heads. and shot to fired it's really all about them we know they're doing an incredible job telling the story. we are grateful to all of them for being there. thank you very much jonathan good to see you today. >> the veteran run nonprofit that is helping americans escape ukraine. because here we are again in a situation were trying to get americans out of a country at war. we could see 4 million ukraine refugees pouring into neighboring countries. they are tells how they are handling it next.

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spit out okay but to live back to trey yingst were hearing a new set of alarms going off the center of the capitol. trey, what can you tells what is going on? >> marth of the in her right now is actually our hotel warning everyone of a fire emergency per they've been using this alarm to let people know when there is an expected environment campaign about to take place by the russians. it is one of many signs in the city that have been used to warn people about a russian aerial campaign pretty for the other errata sirens throughout the city. they've been using church bells and obviously fire alarms. anything to alert people things get out of harms way for it right now ukrainian officials have some sort of intelligence are members of parliament and other government officials are in the capitol of kyiv awarding people to get into bomb shelters immediately.

we do not hear or see any changes outside. but they appear to believe there will be in the next few minutes a bombardment campaign against this capitol in ukraine, martha. martha: how are people holding up there, trey? obviously we have seen some of them speaking out from the bomb shelters. it is difficult to spend any amount of time in a bomb shelter let alone several days in a row. how are they holding up? >> people are holding up okay. they have quite a resilient population here and a lot of strength. but people are afraid. he spoke to many people who are staying in the metro under kyiv. they are terrified. they are literally living underground because of these russian bombardments targeting the city. it is really repetitive. it's not just coming from one direction. it's not just targeting one neighborhood it is extensive it's often an indiscriminate.

as we showed you earlier it often hits civilian areas like the missile that slammed into the side of an apartment building today and drink multiple people. this is what ukrainian people are dealing with but across the country for the russians are targeting cities like the second largest city. in many locations in the east. it is a significant escalation each day. while there are reports the russians are slowed down and that they have a really stopped or at least averted for now their efforts to take the accreting capitol we are not seeing evidence on the ground to match those reports. the reality is the russians continue their invasion into ukraine. and at this hour residents of that city of kyiv are headed underground to be borne by officials or will be a bombardment campaign. the last time a warning like this took place in a siren inside of a hotel like this went off, there were indeed russian strikes against the city.

spit out alright, rent keep a close eye on it, trey with her help with thank you very much for your reporting there from the rooftop in kyiv is there is anticipation and alerts and alarms going off around the city letting people know there could be a new russian bombardment and invasion coming in. we will get back to trey and a short time will take a quick break and be right back with you in a moment

martha: as war rages in ukraine, we do expect to hear from former president trump tonight at cpac. let's go mark meredith who is standing by live in orlando with what we can expect. hi, mark. >> reporter: martha, good afternoon. later tonight we do expect to hear former president trump weigh in about what's been going on on the ground in ukraine. cpac is not traditionally a place we hear a a lot about different foreign policy matters, but given the seriousness, so many of these high profile republicans have gone on the record saying they want to support ukrainians but

also want to make sure america punishes further russian aggression. martha: mark, thank you. that is the story of this saturday, february the 26th, 2022, as war rages in ukraine. we will see you back here on monday at 3:00, "the big saturday show" starts right now. have a good afternoon, everybody. ♪ ♪ [background sounds] >> [inaudible] [gunfire] [sirens] >> the battle for kyiv, russia invades ukraine's