russian troops are dancing on multiple fronts in ukraine as the fighting and is his tenth day. launching about 500 missiles an the war began, russian official say putin underestimate of the willingness and the fight of th ukrainian citizens. but the casualties of war are mounting. us estimates more than 1,000 civilians have died so far and they expect that number to clim as russian forces bear down inching closer to the capital city of kyiv. hello, everyone.

i'm trace gallagher in los angeles. it's 11:00 p.m. on the west course. and intelligence officials say that russia could from bar cities into submission. that was a quote. the reprints -- volodymyr zelenskyy in a messag broadcast to thousands on friday . >> i'm sure we will win. this will be the victory. this will be the victory of our freedom. this will be the victory over darkness of freedom over slaver and we will become as blossomin azira. >> the us and allies are facing tremendous pressure from zielinski and others to impose no-fly zone over with ukraine, officials say that is a nonstarter because it could lea to a war with russia. >> the president has been very

clear that he is not intended t send us troops to fight a war with russia and i think what is important to note is that essentially what this would be step toward because a no-fly zone would require implementation, deploying us military to enforce, which woul be in direct conflict, potentially direct conflict and war with russia, which is something that we are not planning to be a part of. >> there is a way to implement no-fly zone without risking all-out war. we will talk about that coming out. in the meantime, let's get back to jonathan hunt. he's live on the ground in lviv. >> good morning, again, trace, from a snow-covered lviv in western ukraine. but to the east and north, loud noises of war are operating sounds of battle and of being heard, in particular around kyiv

, the russians seem to be prepared in any way they can fo an onslaught of the capital city . there is an intense and widespread disruption in severa towns north and west of kyiv. the convoy that we have seen miles long still sit outside kyiv, something of a mystery to us intelligence officials and ukrainians as to why it has not yet moved and that may be moral issues and intelligence at that may be supply issues but the russians may be simply biding their time. at some .1 imagines the convoy will begin moving in the real onslaught on the ground, we've seen it in the air and it will begin down in the south. mariupol is surrounded now. that's the city in the southern edge of ukraine and over toward the east toward the with russia. that is surrounded by russian troops and it is being pounded.

the russians hope into submission and that as you move west along that southern area, they hold the russians and they continue to fight for -- that lies in the direction of odessa, the jewel of the black sea. it is a critically important black sea port and russian warships are waiting to launch an and bb's landing and link up with those troops who may be approaching from the east and t take odessa. we are seeing the people of odessa doing what they can, ordinary people across ukraine are doing anything they can to help the war effort and clearly ukrainians, the troops and ordinary people are going to fight for every inch of this territory, but they face a huge army. this appears to be going to go on for a very long time. >> the loss of odessa would be

massive for ukraine. the years of strategic counting ukraine is now more than 1.2 million people. a follows an attack by russian forces that at one of ukraine's power plant that is now under russian control. trey yinsk is in kyiv. >> no radiation was released from this successful assault on the nuclear plant in the southeastern city. according to international monitors. this video shows how things cam close to disaster and how fire spread overnight before extinguish. workers remained on site at gunpoint occupying russian troops. the country's president blaming moscow for quite he called terror. and mad -- later rallying others to fight. >> this attack part of a larger campaign by russia to consolidate its gains across

southern ukraine. the southern cities of mariupol -- and expressing concern that cutting off access to the black sea could further crippled the country's economy. in mariupol fighting continues on the out towards -- outskirts of the city. medics rushed from house to house were artillery fire is unknown civilians at risk, operating on a 16-year-old boy, caught in heavy shelling while playing soccer near his school but his injuries are too severe. his father convulses increase. russian and ukrainian delegates have agreed on -- allowing civilians to flee. the russian artillery convoy remains stalled. but nearby communities are unde constant bombardment. in tax indiscriminate. army says a school was the

capital was hit by a russian rocket. local residents aren't waiting in silent. the continue making weapons to defend their country and learning urban warfare skills. >> i learned this for myself. is important to teach everyone met -- as many as possible to not survive. >> president zelenskyy slamming nato again for that's pretty ou of no-fly zone his country. trey yinsk, fox news. anthony blinken has rejected calls for a no-fly zone over ukraine. >> the only way to implement something like a no-fly zone is to send planes into the air airspace and shutdown russian planes. president biden has been clear that we are not going to get into a war with russia but we

are going to tremendous lengths with allies and partners to provide ukrainians with the means to effectively defend themselves. >> ukrainian president slamming them for the decision said ther giving the green light for more bombing against innocent civilians. it is always great to have you wanted you heard the secretary of state opinion, the former nato commander quoting here at the airspace belongs to ukraine and if they ask for help, why can't we like fly airplanes and there. we say it's because of the russians limit contest that. that's the russians problem. the going to get shot down. putin said he's going to use ou nuclear weapon if the back way from that challenge and if we don't confront that this is lik a two pair poker club with incredibly high-stakes so it's

doable. your thoughts. >> that is where we see that biden administration saying it could be the. >> club -- the escalation point. if you look at this, it also focuses around nato. when people ask why did russia act now complete simple. it is because ukraine is that a member of nato. they did not report any article five obligations from the unite states and nato allies that would require them to join this conflict directly. and that is exactly what the united states is saying here. this is what we've seen is the nato allies of the united state have been playing this delicate balance prior to this conflict, making sure that they are staying away, helping and givin ammunition and weapons but not going over the limit of what might be considered as too much assistance to be direct --

directly involved by russia. so to enforce the no-fly zone i think would take get over that line and definitely set up the possibility for direct conflict with russia. >> and my next question would b is there an alternative? is their way to to do a semi- no-fly zone by using not just the stinger missiles but legitimate aircraft weapons and really getting more planes and fighter just to the ukrainians. is that something that is doabl in the meantime? >> well, it is. this is one of the things that the biden administration was critique done early and that's getting anti- aircraft weaponry prior. so now what you have is you hav united states and nato having t step up that support while the conflict is well underway and

kyiv is close to being encircle and close to falling here, so the other option that i've hear is that this could all be done under the construct of the united nations and that the united nations could get involved but let's remember russia currently chairs the united nations security council which is quite interesting. so any chance for fat the ball under the un construct we are still looking at the same challenges of pulling the us an nato further into the conflict. >> russia would just be toe it. you look at the whole scheme of things that i want to play the sound bite from president zelenskyy because he has done this repeatedly. these are his please about the no-fly zone. >> today the given the green light to -- you could have close the airspace. i don't know who you're able to protect them the mother you are actually capable of protecting nato members.

>> what time does the pressure gets so fast on nato and united states and the eu that they squeeze some kind of a temporar makeshift no-fly zone. early on you could almost see that there was this purposeful act to avoid critical infrastructure but now that is kind of off the table. now they are balmy everything that they can and they are killing allies williams so it would seem that we are on our way to and act like occurring where it did nato and allies sa enough is enough. it seems like they are very focused on the potential escalation here. >> and i wonder if that's one o

the reasons that the biden administration is so hesitant t flat-out call vladimir putin a war criminal. the cluster bombs and the vacuu bombs, it goes on and on. so far they're not saying he's war criminal and part of it is to get into this whole thing. maybe we need to break the rule a little bit. is definitely 20 ask her crushable for sure. they would definitely fall unde being a war criminal. united states does not engage i a de facto state of war with russia it still russia and ukraine and nato is on the periphery of that. so we can say he's a war criminal all day long and we ca go to the un but until we find ourselves in direct conflict with russia, most of that does not mean much in terms of actio

that we can take. >> and a war with russia nobody wants. you make a very compelling argument. it's great to see you. thanks for coming on. >> in the meantime senator lindsey graham making some controversial comments about vladimir putin. what he said is next.

the senate will have a virtual midi just hours from now. the meeting follows a request b the white house for billions of dollars, maybe tens of billions of dollars in aid for ukraine. let's get to kevin corke with live now in dc. >> good morning, trace.

just a few hours from now, 9:30 eastern time all 100 senators and all 50 states are invited t take part in a virtual meeting with ukraine's president. that meeting actually comes as the russian invasion enters a second week and vladimir putin calls his special military operation. this a few questions to keep an eye on. we want to know what the senate pressure of the president to sanction russian energy. we've spoken at length over the last several days about the fac that there are sanctions on russia, their sanctions on some of their oligarchs and there's some restrictions on the financial systems around the globe, the fact is that russian energy has thus far escaped. if you take a look at this number, you see a two ukraine has been asked them. 16 million dollars in november of 2021.

200 billion in january this yea and 350 million since 2014. $3 billion in us security a two ukraine. so now we want to know it's going to happen on that call. in addition to the idea of whether or not he will pressure the president to respond by sanctioning energy, we will wonder if president zelinsky will once again urge the us to partner with nato to graded no-fly zone. i think it goes without saying that is their desire but i thin it's also likely, given what yo and i have discussed and what those interviewed on the show not just tonight but several days, that's unlikely to happen. you heard secretary blinken saves much today. we will see whether not the senate the. >> got multi-milk -- multibillion-dollar aid package for this a lot of money when yo consider there are so many need here at home.

>> it is true, kevin. the truth of that is you are exactly right. that no-fly zone is a long shot but the pressure is mounting da by day and more people are getting into zelenskyy's camp o that. let's get back to our chief correspondent jonathan hunt. we have some breaking news coming in. this is from the associated press. we have not independently verified this. says the russians news agencies report the russian military wil observe a cease-fire in two areas of ukraine beginning saturday to allow civilians to evacuate the russian defense ministry says in a statement carried by the riaa, the news agencies, they have agreed on a evacuation routes to allow civilians to leave the strategi port of mariupol in the eastern town of -- and borodyanka. it's not a mainly clear how lon the evacuation route would

remain open and that is a big point. how long to the have to evacuate ? >> yes, this was agreed in principle in the talks up near the border poland and belarus just a couple days ago between the russian and ukrainian delegation and now it seems if that report is correct, they ar going to be implemented for som time. but you are absolutely right, the point is how long are they in place for and how safe are those quarter horse in reality. the reality is on the ground that those that you been talkin about have been absent boot the pounded by, so there are a lot of people who really do need to get out of there. senator lindsey graham is takin president should be assassinate

for his attack on ukraine. this in here. >> how does this and quick somebody in russia has to step up to the play. is there a brutus in russia? is there a more successful kernel in the russian military? the only way this and, my friend , is for somebody in russian -- simeon russia to take this guy out. you would be doing your country a great service in the world great service. >> white house right secretary shut that down right away. >> know we are not advocating for killing the leader of a foreign country or regime change . that is is not the policy of th united states. >> joining us now national security contributor at the hoover institution and a visiting fellow at the heritage foundation. professor thank you for being with us. first the ball in your thoughts

on lindsey graham's, than the obvious push back on the white house to that is illegal to assassinate a foreign leader. >> i have enormous respect for senator graham. i've met him and work with him what i was at the state department and the trumpet ministration and he put the craig counsell to me last year when i was considering running for the open u.s. senate race i pennsylvania. that thinks that i think that h is bigger and better than that statement. we are witnessing a major war that is leading to all kinds of unanticipated crazy that levels that are hard to imagine the humanitarian crisis for the refugee crisis, the displaced people, the killing. i think he has to be a lot more careful. heat is in the club of the u.s. senate. is a very small club of 100 men

and women of people were incredibly influential. he has a huge platform. this is not the time to talk about violating american rules or regulations and laws up whic political assassination is one. so i think -- let me jump in there. >> he's got other ideas that ar critical in war. >> professor, i know you wanted to talk a little bow out the bigger picture here beyond ukraine which is obviously a massive challenge for the entir world, but the implications of what this might mean for the russia and china relationship and how that might affect the us . explain what you are thinking. >> we are so focused right now on every detail of this war in every detail of a new heartbrea and is a lot of bipartisan

discussion going on around sanctions against oil and gas and across the board in terms o what the united states should do . that is refreshing because just a few weeks ago we didn't even think that was possible, but we are not spending as much time because we have limited time on other parts of the world and th implications of what is going o in eastern and central europe o the us interest in asia and other parts of europe, in fact. and that is of concern to me because russia and china are no in that deep alliance. this is not nato, but there's something beyond and was at thi point. they have common interests and that the unique opportunity and they believe the west is we can then they believe the united states is in decline. i think we have to work a lot more in our public discourse in

and our strategic thinking abou a multi-front conflict and a multi-front war of opposition. so we can't forget what china does, we can't forget that rush is connected to china, that the shared leadership in the shanghai organization and that some enduring differences in central asia and russia's burie but right now is a moment where they are more powerful together than apart. >> thank you, professor. fascinating to talk to you. there is no doubt that this really is changing the face of the world, this war. implications of what it does beyond here are really difficul to comprehend and the professor make some very good points. is that the liquid china is doing and look at the relationship with russia and what this means for the whole o

western europe and for the united states. >> i think that she is right when she said there is somethin beyond for enemies. the fact thate still got to figure that out. more than a million people have fled ukraine in the past week but some are staying behind to help defend their country next. alright, so...cordless headphones, you can watch movies through your phone? and y'all got electric cars? yeah. the future is crunk! (laughs) anything else you wanna know? is the hype too much? am i ready? i can't tell you everything. but if you want to make history, you gotta call your own shots. we going to the league!

it is now day ten of russia's invasion of ukraine. they're in control of one ukrainian seaport and trying to take over yet another. this also continued bombing up the nations two largest cities, were talking about kharkiv and kyiv. we will go to jonathan hunt hun

for an update. >> the breaking news from ukraine this morning, and russian media is establishing what they call a regime of silence. a sickly allowing two to medicare and -- -- cnet appearing quarters to be set up around the city of -- tina just north of that. how long the going to be in place, we don't know. they said they would begin at 10:00 a.m. moscow time. that was about 30 minutes ago s we are working to get confirmation on whether this regime of silence has been implemented and whether the gun of artillery that up and fiery incessantly around those two cities have fallen silent. now you have to think that you minute. or doors are from a ukrainian point of view a double edge

sword. yes, they would allow women and children and others who need to get out, one hopes. but on the other hand but they do is if you get out all of the civilians from those town, then when those quarters close and that will be up to russia effectively when they decide to close them, it means those civilians, they do not consider military targets left in those downs. so if they choose to, they lay waste of those towns with artillery and send them the troops and they could essentially declare everything military targets so the good news is indeed these humanitarian corridors are replaced in terms of getting people out that what it will portend for the war in the longer run, not necessarily suc good news for ukrainian forces. >> back to you.

many have chosen to stay and defend it. i know you were a former tv journalists. you are now i want to coach. for argue exactly right now and why did you stay and what are you seeing around here? >> right now the two 140 kilometers from kyiv. every day some missiles or bomb from russian jets are falling o this city as all these targets are civilian and right now i'm standing in the commerce district in just two days ago three russian missiles hit this private sector.

this was hit by this explosion, not a direct hit. but they took all this explosio by missile and there is for people dead there. there's still some work trying to restore broken -- and read behind be, right there is the hospital and this missil hit right here. everything is done with so this was very dangerous, this attack that hit the hospital.

and just yesterday and another part of the city another russia missile hit a school. i don't know which exactly target they choose but here the somehow hit exactly civilian areas. >> so it looks like it really does look like a tornado came through here and just laid wast everything. you as a former journalist, the images you are showing us are absolutely astounding. what information do we need along with these pictures, what information what message do you want americans to understand about what is happening in this town another towns. >> i feel there are two main messages. i know how russian propaganda works and everything that russian media says is 99% not

true. it is lies and this lie -- and out of the mac ukraine is that the final target the period . if we can't stop him here, he will go forward and he will terrorize all the world for freedom of the whole world. for piece of the whole world. >> what happened to the people that lived in the house directl behind you and why have you decided to stay in this area? >> well, actually i live in kyi but just the day here, russian bombs are starting to fall now.

we are preparing to go to the airport and we had to -- in order to meet our parents that are here. so now we decided to stay here and help is much as possible. another soldier but i can be mobilized in at the moment ever civilian is the ukrainian army. it's very good from the point o view of the soldiers because a lot of people experience is protect her home. so i will be mobilized and read to protect this land.

it is quite dangerous here but believe that this is an important message to all ukrainians that we must stand for our land. and what do you need from the west texas is something that would change that dynamic for you when your people on the ground? >> well, i know that the west i already given a lot of help to ukraine, but for now i think that all this demand to close the ukrainian sky is very important. because on the land a battlefield, our forces are ver strong and that is five russian use their strong artillery is, their missiles to hit all the territory of ukraine.

i'm not sure that we have enoug facilities to protect people from missiles. that is very important. to make as much is possible to help protect from the air. >> i think you should also know your journalist, a world-class athlete, a world-class runner. you are shining a very bright light on this horrifying pictures and sounds of war. thank you for coming on. best of luck to you when your people, sir. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> cluster bombs, vacuum bombs are being used in presidential areas in ukraine. you saw the pictures that sergi was just showing you. we will tell you about those next.

news coverage on the boring ukraine. we just have that journalist on. let's get back to our chief correspondent jonathan hunt. sergiy which is giving us a sho and tell in an area about 40 miles outside of kyiv. it gives you this past example of how much damage there is in all parts of the country. it is just astounding. >> absolutely. that was in extraordinary picture that they were sending to us during that. we are getting reports now coming in by russian officials reporting on state media saying there is setting up these humanitarian corridors. they were due to go in to place about 45 minutes ago to go in the areas of mariupol and

another city just north of mariupol. those up but particularly hard hit over the last couple of days . for waiting to get confirmation as to whether those core doors have indeed been set up. in the meantime the brutality o war trades. were getting reports that vacuu and cluster bombs have been use by the russians on the ukrainia citizens. the use of those kind of bombs on civilians could be considere a war crime. let's go to former commanding officer of the 12th combat aviation brigade. very happy to have you here. thank you for your service. when you make of these reports by nato it yesterday that cluster bombs are being used in the video that we've seen that might imply that these so-calle vacuum bombs are also being used . >> good morning. but i would start off with is it's amazing that we have a

major power in the world using these types of weapons. it is really, really shameful, in my opinion, what's going on. you look at the cluster bombs and you have a bigger bomb come if you killed -- if you will if you have -- dabo bombs that come out of the and that huge devastation. they become hazards to people that might walk up on them and then they explode. they are barbaric. is just a devastating type of weapon where it is the high fue type of weapon it affects all the oxygen out of anything around it and basically vaporizes people. this reports that rush is actually using these on civilia targets or civilian areas or ou of civilian areas is deeply concerning and certainly needs to be investigated to the full extent. i don't know if that is going t deter what is going on right now . it is an extremely concerning situation with these types of

weapons in these areas. >> kernel, i want to get your views on this breaking news coming from russian officials simply don't know whether these humanitarian corridors that bee set up but their due to go and place about 45 minutes now. it strikes me as good and bad news in the sense that you can' get something to help with it does get the russians the ability to say they will all be considered military targets and will blink at those areas with artillery and sending troops. is that fair? >> that's a great point. big-time kudos and respect to your last guess that explain what was going on on the ground. the fact that it is announced a a positive thing from a humanitarian standpoint right now we just don't know what we could trust with the russians. they seem really to be targetin

civilian areas and they have a part -- they have a history of doing that. this seems to be their modus operandi and i think it is a thing we have to proceed with caution with everything that is going on right now and of the spin which you guys mentioned how we are determining protecting these things and wha rush my due to try to attack them to end this situation as well. so we just have to wait and see on what happens. hopefully it is a good situatio from a humanitarian perspective. >> colonel voorhees, great to talk to as always. something that were going to watch closely over the next couple of hours how these humanitarian corridors operate nap indeed they are in place. >> i wonder how the ukrainian people are trusting the russian to live up to their obligations and commitments. back to you soon. more than 1 million ukrainians leading back country since the

war began. refugees are flowing over the borders at an alarming rate. the united nations that it coul become the biggest refugee crisis in this century. they help provide for refugees coming into poland and now it's 700,000 and counting. great to have you on. are you getting supplies to the refugees that are flooding in? are they getting what they need as they come across the border? >> first the ball thank you for having me. the need is so gigantic that th european supplies to help this many people come if get second ever seen. yesterday i was at one of the camps and i think of it at the giant united states mall. the mall is closed in every single store is closed and all the walkways of the mall are just caught with people sleepin

on the floor. you can have 30,000 people of one of these camps right now. so it's a complete overload. be put together many different programs with our partner from the be struck initiative. they're amassing large amounts of aids from -- they all give us large amounts of aid, probably receiving 18 will bring -- 18 miller trucks that are comin in and were loading two containers that are going out and we also have a pyramid team here on the ground right now at the hotel and we are sourcing and purchasing medical supplies from european countries like belgium and germany, for example , in order to get it here that quick. so we have a whole logistical stream set up.

that is going in and going to the border and there's differen types of teams that are going in . >> the floodgates look like the are open and we did talk about 1.2 million ripped jeans. that could be 3-4000000 more coming in the days and weeks ahead. russia is not opening these humanitarian corridors. you have what it takes to be up to take care of those people ar are we looking at a humanitaria crisis. >> we are looking at the bigges military crisis since world war ii. for sure there's going to be over 10 million people and everybody is going to do their part as best they can but this is going to completely flat all of europe and potentially the whole world. we basically made a partnership with the travel agency and we gave them an initial retainer o

$2 million that will probably become 5-$10 million in the nex few days. we have caseworkers other parts of various churches, for example , polish churches, ukrainian organizations, even i hungary now. and these workers just go and basically process people. we just need somebody to get their passport. 41 ago. you go back to spain, we know -- we need to go -- and with our big strong funds, we are funding all of that. so were trying to reduce the impacts at the inflow is so gigantic. you're talking yesterday, i'm not exaggerating, i was on the bridge on the venezuelan border when the crisis happened that i was blown away to see 100,000 people crossing a day.

it looks three times that today yesterday. it looked to me like there was maybe 40 people per second basically on the ukraine side. it is monumental the undertakin so we are doing our best to scale, scale, scale. you don't need to manually do this. it's like uber, they immediatel text and have a place. >> you guys are doing excellent work. best of luck to you and thanks for coming on. >> thank you. >> the war in ukraine is hittin very close to home for my colleague greg gutfeld. his mother-in-law was able to escape from ukraine and arrive in poland on thursday. that is where she was finally free and i did with grade's white, alain not.

thank you so much. thank you, so much. what was it like waiting? >> what was it like waiting? >> it was awful. it was absolutely awful. the european union now saying that the ukraine

welcome back. russian troops are bearing down on southern ukraine and stalled russian convoys will be offense toward the capital city of kyiv. intelligence officials are warning of a massive loss of human life. ukraine president zelenskyy is denouncing nato's refusal to impose a no-fly zone over the country. >> all the people who die from today for work but also died because of you, because if your weakness, because of your disunity