they may be saying, we're really not kidding here, and we don't know if it's in the timing of that. but the russians maybe getting an inkling of that ayn maybe not like what they're hearing. continuing coverage of the ongoing war with ukraine next. >> oh! >> ukrainians cheering and clapping with joy as what seems to be a russian plane shot out of the sky, another small victory as they battle to keep their homeland out of russian hands. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy asking more lethal aid and embargo on russian oil in a meeting with u.s. senators.

nights report more than a million have left ukraine. i'm griff jenkins. jacqui: i'm jacqui heinrich. scenes of devastation as they're increasing attacks on the areas. we have mark meredith live from the pentagon, we'll start with trey yingst live from kyiv, ukraine with more. >> jacqui, good afternoon, as a heavy and bloody air campaign through this country continues. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is doubling down asking for a no-fly zone over his country. so far that's met with deaf ears. overnight he spoke with n.a.t.o. and country officials saying this. >> is this the n.a.t.o. we wanted? is this alliance we're building? told the alliance leadership to give the green light of further

bombing to ukrainian cities, refusing to make a no-fly zone. you could close our sky, i don't know who you can protect and whether you can protect n.a.t.o. countries. >> n.a.t.o. countries are concerned about a no-fly zone because it risks pulling in other super powers to this conflict. vladimir putin, the president of russia, discussed this possibility earlier today, saying this. >> now we are hearing that a no-fly zone must be established over the territory of ukraine. but any move in this direction would be viewed by us as a participation in the armed conflict over territory would pose a threat to our service members. >> that's exactly what n.a.t.o. countries are trying to avoid. they want to keep this conflict contained to ukraine, while they're calling for human rights to be respected, russia continues to bomb civilian areas. jacqui: i want to ask you one follow-up question. there's been obviously some

pushback against a no-fly zone. what about a thought of a more limited no-fly zone, protecting humanitarian corridors so people trying to flee this can get out safely? we've been hearing that civilians just trying to get out of the area are being killed. >> absolutely, and these corridors aren't being respected so far. there are reports of russia violating agreements 30 minutes into them going into effect. today we were on the front lines northwest of the stay in a small town. take a look at what the devastating scenes were like as thousands attempted to flee. black smoke billows up across the sky line, many of the city's 60,000 residents are evacuating as russia attacks from the air and ground. >> if you tell the world about what's happening. >> the world, it's a war, it's a real war, this is a real war. we smell it, you can feel it, and of course, see it. >> olena says she plans to go to kyiv's central train station

before heading west to lviv. they need to get out of the line of fire. >> they're leaving their entire lives behind. whatever they can pick up. see the bags and pets and belongings, they understand this war is getting closer and closer to their hometown, and they have to get out of the way. as civilians are rushed to safety, ukrainian soldiers reload and head back to battle, with rpg's, anti-aircraft missiles in place and defending their home and people. if you can hear behind me, shots going off as people are flying to flee and as russian forces advance on the ukrainian capital. >> as you can see these are not military people they're normal people want to go live peacefully. and you can hear explosions everywhere, over there, tanks, all other military vehicles, a burning, fighting.

>> the united nations says more than 1.4 million ukrainians have fled the country since the russian invasion began, that number is expected to rise. griff. jacqui. jacqui: trey, that's harrowing to watch. thank you for your reporting there. stay safe. griff: let's go now to poland where ukrainian refugees are pouring in by the hundreds of thousands, fleeing the escalating russian assault. that's where we find alex hogan near the border. what are you seeing there? >> hi griff and jacqui, this is the train session in poland. look behind me, it's lined with people who fled. 1.4 million people have made the journey to safety and 700,000 of them arrived in poland. all of them sharing stories of what they've gone through, the harrowing sights they've seen and the dangerous journey that brought them here, they're now safe reaching out to loved ones, friends in other

our next step? where do we go from here? one woman that i met, a 28-year-old, kate from ukraine, she said once she heard the bombing, she went into a bomb shelter, and days later, she realized this was not going to stop so she packed a backpack full of food for herself and her dog and that's all she grabbed, not even clothing. >> i left my family there. my family stayed in the village. they don't want to get out from there, they are afraid and i decided i need to go because i want to live a normal life. and i want to go to work and i want 0 normal life. it's hard for me that i'm here and i'm alone. >> again, it's been a dangerous journey for many people who finally arrived here to find safety and realizing there are so many people who are still left behind, loved ones and

family members, they don't know when they'll see again. griff, jacqui. griff: alex, it's heartbreaking to see next to you, a mother and a child, where are these people ultimately going to go after poland? >> well, all of these people have their own story where they can go. some of them know in other countries and they'll reach out to them and stay with them until they figure things out. other people don't have anyone that they know, there are cots and welcome centers where they can sleep for now until they find someone else, ukraine is not part of the eu, na being said the eu did announce that anyone that flees from ukraine will be able to live and work in the block for the next three years given the people here at least an idea and a possibility of somewhere that they could be. griff and jacqui. griff: alex hogan live for us in poland. thank you. jacqui. jacqui: let's turn now to the

white house, reaction from president biden discussing further actions with leaders in europe. alexandria hoff is following the president from wilmington. >> i should say that president biden is in wilmington meeting with national union leaders from around the country. this was happening at the same time there was that call with president zelenskyy and senators where they said the united states imposed sanctions earlier, this war could have been avoided. it's been the biden administration's stance that sanctions were going to work as a deterrent to war that's not been the case. yesterday, president biden sat down with the president of finland and shares 830 miles of border with russia, they're now considering n.a.t.o. membership. >> this is something we are now open to discussing with our parliament. we try to define all the

circumstances or the risks and all the benefits. and to doing that quite efficiently, as soon as possible. >> now, they have to deal with their own use of russian oil and gas and the biden administration says that russian energy makes 10% what the u.s. import. and there's a push to end that buying and increase domestic production. >> we're going through the discussion of banning oil imports and volatility in the global markets is a reminder of that, but there's no shortage of drilling leases that can be used domestically to enhance production in this moment. the oil and gas industry are literally sitting on stock piles of leases. >> and they are looking at $10 billion for ukraine for refer

refugees and seek out and target russian oligarchs with additional sanctions and this morning we heard from lindsey graham part that have call today with zelenskyy and he-- zen zelenskyy did say that he's calling for the u.s. to end purchase of russian oil. lindsey graham stayed that america is part of the problem not the solution in getting those delivered to ukraine forces at this point, jacqui. jacqui: thank you so much, alex for that report. appreciate it. griff: the pentagon opened aup direct line of communication to the russian defense ministry to avoid dangerous misunderstanding between the two countries. let's go to mark meredith live pat the pentagon. mark, what are they saying on the communication lines? >> that phone line may be pivotal to preventing world piechlt -- world war iii.

we know that the russians did pick up the phone. we don't know how it's going to be used going forward. but good that the u.s. and the russians have a direct line to communicate. and russian president putin is warning not to set up a no-fly zone, and there were no plans to set up that no-fly zone over fears it would be a direct conflict with russia. and they're still doing a lot to help the ukraine people and as well as humanitarian assistance. something in the works now for several years and more money on the way. this week, the administration asking congress for additional $10 billion funding to be sent out to help ukraine. we're watching that's going on when it comes to the nuclear facilities under attack ukraine late thursday night.

around the country's largest nuclear power plant. the russians say they control the facility. and while there are no signs of leaks of radioactive material, they call that reckless. >> attacking a nuclear power plant is exceedingly dangerous and could have visited a lot more damage and destruction to the people of ukraine and to the-- and perhaps even to neighboring countries. >> that's what the head of the international atomic agency says as well. the hope that the iaea hope to go to ukraine to inspect the power plants and go to chernobyl. he says the travel is going to be given, but not impossible. given the hostilities trying to get into that country at this point could be very dangerous. griff: sure is, a quick follow-up. we've seen the last 24 hours there was going to be

cease-fire to help the humanitarian corridor opening up. and that didn't last long. >> they did have an on camera briefing yesterday were the situation to be more dire than it already is, that's a possibility. it's different than what we get at the white house, calling nothing going to happen here, we're basically on stand by at all times in et event that something were to ham. asking specifically about the cease-fire, i believe we've seen the international red cross saying that they want to make sure that this is able to be implemented, because of course, griff, thousands of lines are on the line here. >> mark meredith live for us. thank you. >> you bet. >> jacqui. >> griff, russia's invasion is entering the 10th day and officials there accuse russian forces of violating a temporary cease-fire agreement to evacuate civilians and ukrainian president zelenskyy is continuing to call for a

no-fly zone over the ukraine. joining us from ukraine is the department official, thank you for being with us, i appreciate everything you're going through and making time to speak to the american people right now. can you describe for me, without endangering yourself or your family, where you are, what you've been doing and sort of what you're dealing with over the last 24 hours or so? >> well, after staying a few days in kyiv, i understood that i just cannot leave peacefully, and i need, you know, not only to set in the shelter here and waiting for any explosions to happen around me. i need to help my country. so that's why i moved outside of kyiv in different places, but-- right now that's each family, they're leaving their homes,

they don't know when they're going to be back there. many apartments are ruined. many people don't have access to food. they don't have access to medicine. it's very fight for our freedoms with very high price. jacqui: is there concern that without some sort of action from the u.s. and its partners to establish a no-fly zone, even a limited no-fly zone for aid to get in there and people to get out as you described, is there a concern how much time you can last with what you have right now? i mean, is there a worry you won't be able to get food and basic necessities? >> well, of course, we have problems with it and we need support, we need assistance. humanitarian assistance, but we also need to stop killing of children, of people every day,

and you know, that's no-fly zone really can provide us guarantees that less people will be killed, and please, let's do something about it altogether. because we're fighting for the security, for the peace for ourselves. we're going to fight until victory, but the price we are paying is huge with loss of life. and you can help us to prevent more deaths to happen and we're asking for that and of course, we're asking also for different cooperation right now. this will put putin on the edge and probably listen and think, maybe he could change his mind, but-- he wants to get rid of ukraine, but it's not going to happen because we know what really freedom is and we're not going to give it away to anyone. jacqui: do you think any amount of sanctions can stop vladimir

putin? >> of course it's very useful, but it's not very divisive at this moment. we shouldn't have illusions about putin. he's right now, who wants to destroy my country, who wants to destroy my liberty and others, and so many people. >> what is your message to other non-nato countries what's happening and what is next? does vladimir putin stop at ukraine? >> they all need to step in to protect freedom and security europe in the world. we are paying the very high price of losing many people's lives every day. we don't stop it together right now, then it will be in that country. not n.a.t.o. or n.a.t.o. members, because putin is

capable of different things at this moment. so if we don't stop in ukraine. it will come to your country. >> do you think in a way, putin is testing n.a.t.o. right now even? >> i'm sure he's testing all that wants to show he is the king of-- and what we care about humanity, we care about peace and we're not going to have double standards. this is a new page for history where we pay lots of price to protect freedom in the world and it's an opportunity for all of us to change the world right now. jacqui: what mistakes has the u.s. government made in responding to this? >> i'm sure that the sanctions and other things would come a little bit earlier and that could prevent aggression, but now we need to act altogether,

very united and it's better late than never and i'm sure that we will win altogether. jacqui: thank you so much, appreciate you coming on and wish you the best, we're praying for you, thank you griff. griff: great interview, jacqui. when we come back, a closer look at the u.s. response to russia's war on ukraine with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. that's next. i brought in ensure max protein, with thirty grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks! (sighs wearily) here i'll take that! (excited yell) woo-hoo! ensure max protein. with thirty grams of protein, one gram of sugar, and nutrients to support immune health. your kindness outshines your highs and lows. your strength can outlast any bad day. because you are greater than your bipolar i, and you can help take control of your symptoms - and ask about vraylar. some medicines only treat the lows or highs, once-daily vraylar is proven to treat depressive,

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>> russian officials saying they're detained an american basketball player for having vape cartridges with hashish oil in her luggage. >> hey, jacqui, this is the first high profile arrest of an american amid the escalating conflict in ukraine and tension between russia and other countries, leading to questions over russia's true intent of a detainment of an american right now. greiner is one of the wnba players who participates in russia in the off season. she was detained at an airport near moscow or allegedly having

a vape. and customs officials show a video appearing to show greiner through security and a person removing a package out of her bag. in a statement, russian custom officials said that an american basketball player was detained after vape car fridges with hashish oil was found in her luggage. if the russian authorities determine that greiner, this 31-year-old u.s. olympic gold medalist is guilty of transporting drugs, she could face up to 10 years in prison in russia. the phoenix mercury released a statement saying we are aware of and closely monitoring the situation with brittany greiner in russia, we remain in constant contact with her family, her representation, the wnba and nba, we love and support brittany and at this time our main concern is her safety, physical and mental health and they are safe return home. also the u.s. state department just updated its travel advisory saying u.s. nationals should leave russia

immediately. jacqui. jacq christina coleman, thank you. griff: for more on that and the u.s. response to the war in ukraine, we're joined now by senator from north dakota and national resources and appropriations committee. john hoeven. i want to get to that phone call, the zoom you had with president zelenskyy and you may have heard the report from our colleague, christina coleman, and an american basketball player detained in russia, your reaction. >> it's a concern and as you know right now, there he's a plane flying from russia to the united states they want to pick up their diplomates and take them home. they better be careful how they treat our citizens over there because we have their citizens here, it's a concern and we are going to watch closely and hold them accountable. griff: senator, tell me about the zoom call you were on with president zelenskyy. >> yeah, we were on the call with him for about an hour. again, a strong leader, the

right person at the right time. he talked about, you know, what's going on there and it's not just the war that the russians are inflicting on the ukrainian military. he's talking about the civilian casualties, that's horrific. of course he talked about how the ukrainians are fighting back valiantly. he talked about their need for military assistance, for more military lethal weapons, which we're providing and of course, the same time talked about sanctions how we need to cut off completely russia's ability to sell off energy, their only source of income. it was about an hour long and went through a lot of things, but again, he is showing strong leadership and the ukrainian people are fighting back, and showing, you know-- they're amazing, just showing incredible strength and resolve in very, very difficult, terrible, circumstances.

griff: senator, you say he mentioned the sanctions, we just in the previous segment had a member of parliament perhaps better late than never, but she was critical that the biden administration didn't enforce the sanctions earlier. did you get a sense from president zelenskyy that it was a mistake, perhaps, even to have not taken this harsh line sooner? >> you know, he's careful to be thankful for the assistance he's getting and of course he wants more. i can tell you, clearly the administration has been behind all along in the sanctions and they still are. they need to fully implement these sanctions. for example, on buying russian oil. i mean, you can still buy russian oil, this country and other places. we have to fully sanction that and stop that. not just in the united states, but globally, that's putin's only source of income at the same time put full-blown sanctions in place and should have been in place already. we need to take the handcuffs

off our ability to produce more energy at home not only for our own people for the inflation problem to supply that oil and gas to europe and our allies and again, isolate russia globally, with all of our allies. griff: senator, why won't president biden cut off russian oil when you have even speaker pelosi and other democrats that are supporting the cutting off of the russian oil? >> it doesn't-- griff, it doesn't make any sense and that's why we continue to push, we have legislation to do it. we are continuing to speak out about it. i think the push from the american people and what you're seeing prices at the pump, almost $4 across the country here, $4 a gallon and need to help our allies and i hope and believe we are going to get it done. you didn't hear anything about it at the state of the union. the biden administration needs to change direction on this we need to get going on producing

as much oil and gas as we can for our folks at home and allies. >> in terms of u.s. independence from russian oil, are we, is the clock ticking, are we losing valuable time right now? >> of course we are. i sponsored legislation to pass the keystone xl pipeline years ago and that would provide 807,000 barrels a day. again, they've been behind all along. now let's get going, we can do a lot with lng export, with infrastructure in this country and taking the moratorium off producing oil and gas on federal lands on and off shore and all of these things send a signal to get us going right away on producing more energy. you know america, and our ingenuity and entrepreneurship, we can do it. griff: in the last 10 seconds, i'm out of time. the aid package,ed 10 billion or so, is that on track in the senate? >> yeah, we definitely need to provide the aid and need that lethal aid, whether it's the javelin anti-tank, the stinger,

anti-aircraft missile, and other aid, so absolutely, we need to work to provide them the assistance. ukrainians are fighting valiantly so we need to help them. griff: senator, thank you for your time and insight, sir. >> thanks, griff. griff: jacqui. jacqui: we have reaction from the other side of the aisle when we come back. liberty biberty- cut. we'll dub it. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. when you sponsor a job, you immediately get your shortlist of quality candidates, whose resumes on indeed match your job criteria. the international fellowship of christians and jews visit indeed.com/hire and get started today.

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>> there were so many cars that we stayed almost 20 hours in the queue and the police checked every car and every corner for men, aged between 18 and 60 years old, who tried to cross the border because they cannot across the border, they need to go to war to fight. griff: a ukrainian refugee laying out the dire realities of those trying to flee. there were thousands to stream

on the way and mike tobin is live in lviv, ukraine. mike, we're learning that there may be some talks between the ukrainian delegation and the russian delegation, what can you tell us on that and what's the latest on lviv? >> this will be the third round of talks with cease-fire delegation and met twice now in belarus, what they established last time was cease-fire of the humanitarian corridors, but those that went into effect today fell apart as quickly as they went into affect. and the last time was in belarus and the only agreement to come out of it as the cease-fire for the humanitarian corridor and this time it was for so that people from the mariupol were to leave when it was effect. there was shelling so instead

of he-- escaping, they were advise today take shelter. >> we're addressing the russian side, stop shelling, realize the humanitarian corridor so that the women, children and elderly population can leave the area. >> and we have video of a russian fighter jet taken out of the sky. this as u.s. defense officials told jennifer griffin that 240 million of the 350 million dollar aid package has already made it to the fighters and the rest is yet to come. it includes anti-armor weaponry and stinger missiles. if you look, there was a helicopter flying northwest of kyiv and appears to have been taken out from a stinger missile. one of the things is the speed with which the military aid is coming in and making it to the front lines is unprecedented. and u.s. defense officials are

very impressed with the effectiveness, with which the ukrainians are using the weapons that are making it out to them. >> speaking of being impressed. we talked to senator hoeven a moment ago, so impressed by president zelenskyy on a zoom call. what is the reaction from the locals there in lviv to president zelenskyy? >> well, president zelenskyy, prior to this war was not terribly popular, particularly out here in the west of the country, and it has really changed. you see a lot of people rallying behind president zelenskyy, he really appears to be someone who has risen to the occasion, not just popular in ukraine, but all over europe by evidenced by the address he made and people packed the squares to listen to him, griff. griff: mike tobin in lviv. great reporting, stay safe. jacqui: we're joined by democratic congresswoman from

michigan, debbie dingell and in congress the natural resources committees. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for being here today on subject that matters to all americans. jacqui: congresswoman, you were on the zoom with president zelenskyy, and he asked for planes and poland's desire to send planes and migs specifically that ukrainians can fly. what has this not happened. are you going to press the administration to ensure that it happens. >> it's important that confidential conversations stay confidential, i'm a very strong supporter, agree with everything that senator hoeven said, and a policy or two difference. but and that we need to be sending all of the support that we cannot only to ukraine, but to our n.a.t.o. allies to give them the strength they need. we're asking questions, and we know that much of the military, we're told it's on the ground

and we'll continue to ask those questions. but the very-- the president is a very inspiring man who is really cou that from him this morning. jacqui: congresswoman, is there sentiment growing among your colleagues that a no-fly zone or a limited no-fly zone might be necessary to protect the humanitarian corridors russia claiming there's a cease-fire and then shooting people down as they try to get out there have? >> i think these are very sensitive conversations that have many consequences to them. yes, i mean, you know, all of us watched that convoy, and we're having-- why aren't just bombing them, bombing can be an act much war and all of us are trying to an i void a war between united states and russia and work with our allies around the world to

give ukraine the strength, the wednesday, they need. and to work with n.a.t.o. to give them the support they need. we in the congress are asking the administration to really ensure that what we're being told is getting delivered, it's getting to where it needs to go. so i want to do everything i can to help these people without putting american soldiers on the ground in ukraine, right now. if we do end up there, that they'll come back to the congress for an actual vote before something like that hams. but we all need to be worried about what we are pea-- we're witnessing right now and the threat to world peace and the world order that's occurring. jacqui: there's discussion about a difference between an n.a.t.o. imposed no-fly zone, or the u.n., the red cross protected by the geneva

convention might be different stakes there. but doesn't watching the russians attack a nuclear power plant really change the stakes on what needs to be done? i mean, we've talked ad nauseam about the potential cost of engaging in a confrontation with a nuclear power, doesn't what we're seeing make you wonder what the cost of inaction is? >> look, that was terrifying and what the consequences couldble of such action, again, is terrifying. but what we need right now is strong and steady leadership. the ability for this to spiral out of control quickly should terrify all of us. and what we want to see, from what i saw of president zelenskyy this morning, and what we want to see and the other world leaders that we're working with, is that strong, and steady leadership. jacqui: yeah. >> and i quite frankly think we need to be very careful about things that are being said

publicly. and publicly, giving military tactics, as much as i love everybody and we need to talk about what's happening, this does not belong on cable, any cable network and some-- >> i understand what you're saying. quickly, you're on the energy submarine committee, it seems like the biden administration is closer to banning russian oil imports and the other path to the equation is keeping the semi stable. even elon musk of tesla advocated to increase oil and gas, and the sustainable solutions we talk about all the time can't instantly react. would you want to see the u.s. ramp up production. >> i want to be clear, first of all, i'm probably one of the people who think we should ban the import of russian oil. and i know what the impact is going to be and thinking every through. oil companies 75 billion in profits last year and not taking the money and putting it back into production, do i

think we need short-term, mid term and long-term discussion? yes. right now we're at maximum production of lng and natural gas and 9,000 leases that are not being used by the companies for production of different forms of energy, oil, gas, and i think the companies should be looking at using those leases that have been approved right now rather than trying to get permits for things that aren't going to-- they're going to take several years to get up. and that's part of the discussion we need to be having. jacqui: congresswoman debbie dingell. thank you so much for coming on and appreciate speaking with you and hope to talk to you again soon. griff. griff: jacqui, you have coming on sunday. shanann breen will be anchoring. you don't want to miss that, check your local listings for time and channel. we'll take you to the maps for insight on the latest battle

including the nuclear plant. lt. colonel danny davis joins us next. just an investor, you're an owner with access to financial advice, tools and a personalized plan that helps you build a future for those you love. vanguard. become an owner.

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>> no doubt russian troops closing in on major ukrainian cities. let's take a look where the key battles are continuing to rage. here to break it down with us is lt. colonel danny davis. colonel davis, thank you for being here. this first map shows the nuclear power plants, the chernobyl plant, and then this one zaporizhzhia. and this is the largest one in europe and then one, russians are closing in. what's the significance? >> because of 25% of all electricity for the entire country is out of this plant, russia now has the ability to

cut that off at anytime and will have implications for the continued defense of the country if they lose the power. it will add to another layer so they could cut off more percentage of power. and the danger in this one, thankfully nothing happened in this one. when you get in a fire fight, i can tell you you don't know where the rounds are going and back and forth and things are going in funny and different directions and it could actually hit one of the nuclear power plants. putin took a huge risk with that, so far looks likes we dodged a bullet. >> is this out of putin's play book. we've seen similar things in syria, in chechnya where he really staffers and strainingles the civilian population, makes it very difficult. it's the dead of winter there. >>. griff: it's freezing and now they won't have power, heat, electricity. >> yeah, you can see that really throughout the entire, the way that the military forces have gone in and what

they're doing now, they're not focused on seizing population centers in cities because they don't have enough troops stalin-style. and they seize it once they get the troops out now they don't have anybody, especially in areas around here, mariupol. they have that mainly surrounded. they're not going into the city, they're shelling it to try to get them to capitulate and once they close that gap they could turn up to kyiv or possibly in kharkiv. griff: do you worry there's a land bridge that makes it a shut off to the black sea? >> it's almost closed off.

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>> we're back now with lt.

colonel danny davis for a little bit more insight on the war in ukraine. colonel, now, here in mariupol, this is that southern city you were talking about under so much attack right now. there was a humanitarian corridor set up going through zaporizhzhia, where the nuclear plant is. and they were to get people out as they shell and hammer that city, lasted all of five minutes. what do you make of that? >> well, it's in russia's interest to get the people out of there. so what i suspect was that they had an operational community to get the nuclear power plant there and then they took that. i would expect to see in the coming hours or days that russia will want to keep that open because it's in their interest to get the people out of the way because it makes them easy to attack forces in

melitopol. >> as we've seen here, where trey yingst was, and there are convoys, what do you make of the situation? >> it's clear to me from the way the whole picture is coming, that russia is setting the stage and the conditions to invade the capital city. the holding actions and these forces are standing by and waiting for the southern and eastern portions to come and join, once that comes, there's almost nothing that can stop them. griff: colonel davis, we've got to leave it there. very insightful. jacqui: we're back on the ground in ukraine with the latest on the fighting that's coming up next. r strength and. woo hoo! ensure, complete balanced nutrition with 27 vitamins and minerals.

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trey yingst live from kyiv ukraine. trey: russia continues bloody campaign against the country and they are trying to move ground forces closer to kyiv. this has president calling once again to have no-fly zone implemented over the country. he had this to say about the countries' refusal to do so. >> is this nato we wanted? is this the alliance wanted? i don't know who you can protect and whether you can protect nato countries. >> russian president vladimir putin spoke about the possibility today basically saying any country involved in a no-fly zone would be held responsible for any action that is they take amid this conflict. the goal right now for the united states and other nato

countries is avoid dragging in other superpowers in already battle taking place on the ground in ukraine. griff, jacqui. jacqui: can you tell us what you've been watching. do you have a sense that the time is running out and there needs sob some significant change in the course of this? >> look, right now the russians are using a page out of their play book in war, bombing civilian areas to push out civilians so their forces can move in. we were on the front lines today in a town outside of the capital called irpin, this is what we saw. >> black smoke billows up the sky, many cities, 60,000 residents are evacuating as russia attacks from the air and ground. >> what can you tell the world about what is happening? >> it's a war, it's a real war.

it's a real war, we smell it, you can feel it and, of course, you can see. >> alina plans to to kyiv. they need to get out of the line of fire. >> you see the bags and the pets and the belongs, they understand this war is getting closer and closer to their hometown and they have to get out of the way. as civilians rushed to safety, ukrainian reload and head lack k to battle with trenches in place. if you can hear behind me shots going off as people try to flee. the frontline each hour is moving as russian forces advance on the ukrainian capital. >> as you can see these are not military people. they are normal people who wanted to live leave peacefully

their house but they can't, explosions over there, all other military vehicles are burning, are fighting. trey: the united nations says more than 1.4 million people have fled ukraine since the invasion started last week. that number is expected to rise. griff. jacqui. jacqui: trey, you are a seasoned war reporter from everything that you've been watching. is there any questions in your mind that we are watching the russians commit war crimes? trey: there are certainly growing evidence of war crimes taking place on the ground in ukraine. we have seen with our own cameras and eyes missiles slamming into apartment buildings and residential areas for if the capital of kyiv and other population centers do also indicate russians are using things like vacuum bombs and cluster bombs both violation of international law. jacqui: now we go to alex hogan

in border between poland and ukraine, 700,000 refugees have fled to poland according to the un and alex massive influx of ukrainians at the border but not everybody is entering the country, is that right? alex: while people are entering the country in trains, a lot of people are leaving the country to go back to ukraine as well. that's what we see on the other side. group of people crossed through here and they going back, they are going back to fight, they are going back to defend their country that they love and they know regardless if they live there or abroad because it means that much to them. meanwhile over here it's a very different reality for the people who fled the country for their safety, many of them women and children carrying only what they had, tearful crying about how drastically different this week was from what their life was just a week ago and completely

peaceful for them. but still in the tragedy, it allowed the beauty and best of humanity to shine. people are showing up from all over the continent. they drove here knowing that people were in need offering to give them whatever they could and many of them were holding up signs today, card boards signs writing where they drove from offering to drive people anywhere they could. one man from germany said he would drive people wherever they needed to go, he would take them there. >> we are all humans and we should stay together. alex: that's the sentiment that we heard from people here who are offering hours-long drive, people that don't speak the same language but just showing them any kind of love, any kind of support, these people telling them that you are not alone, jacqui. jacqui: people cross the border, what kind of help are they getting there? alex: so there's a few different

steps, first they arrive. they are greeted by volunteers who are wearing the yellow vests, some of those behind me and often they write the languages that they speak on their backs and from there they are taken to different centers here at the train station where they can receive food, warm drinks, clothing if they need. many people left out anything more than the clothing they were wearing on their backs and they were given sim cards because they are in a new country to reach out to see if there's anyone that they know here in poland or in another country and, again, the eu has announced that all of the refugees will be allowed to work in the eu for at least the next 3 years because there's really no way to know at this point how long this will last and when and if these people who have fled will be able to go home. jacqui. jacqui: alex hogan live for us in poland. thank you so much. griff. griff: turning now to u.s. reaction, president biden is, quote, looking at block import of russian natural

gas and oil as ukrainian president zelensky pushes for embargo this morning. alex hoffman. what's the latest there? alex: president biden is here in wilmington this afternoon and met with national labor union leaders, at the same time he was doing that, the call between president zelensky and u.s. senators was just wrapping up and lawmakers described it as emotional. take a listen. >> i've been in a lot of zoom calls. this is one i will never forget. zelensky spoke from the heart. you have seen images military green t-shirt on, ukraine flag, there was no script. he spoke from the heart. he referred to the united states as the most powerful and the biggest hope. >> senator spoke about russian

soldiers who have been shocked and afraid being in ukraine. president zelensky said this after the call. >> there are planes available by nato that the ukrainians can fly. they are waiting to be delivered and apparently the united states is part of the problem, not the solution with planes and drones. president zelensky indicated that ukraine would be a more effective fighting force so let's get them the planes and drones that they need. alex: added zelensky cut russian oil and bipartisan legislation being pushed to sanction russian oil into the united states. it's led by democratic senator joe manchin who feels that now might be the time to bolster energy production and senator told neil cavuto that he does

agrees with that and the white house is requesting $10 billion from congress to assist ukraine and european allies that are now fostering refugees as we have seen and 53 million of that will go toward a new task force that will target russian oligarchs. and today senator mitt romney said that lawmakers should expedite the push for bill waiting on congressional calendar would be unacceptable when people are dying, griff. griff: alex hoff live for us in wilmington, alex, thank you. in the pentagon has set direct communication channel to the russian defense ministry to prevent miscommunications as the war in ukraine rages on. mark meredith with the latest. mark: the pentagon says the phone line is up and running and basically connects the u.s. military with russian forces at european headquarters in germany. the phone line was tested earlier during the week and all to avoid tensions escalating further than they already have.

>> we think it's valuable to have a direct communication vehicle at that level, at an operational level to reduce the risks of miscalculation and to be able to communicate in realtime if need be particularly because now the air space over ukraine is contested by -- by both russian and ukrainian aircraft. >> and while the u.s. is ruling out participating in the no-fly zone over ukraine the pentagon insists it is doing a lot and will continue to help ukraine's military. officials say since 2014 the u.s. providing $3 billion to aid in ukraine, a billion within the last year allen and as alex was talking 10 billion likely on the way if congress with agree. one republican senator said that sending ukraine fighter jets from other countries already in europe should be on the table. nebraska senator ben sass writes americans should absolutely send ukraines planes, helicopters and

uav's and keep the ghost of kyiv in the skies. yesterday afternoon they say as of friday 92% of russia's invading forces have now entered ukraine, the forces that have been staging all across the areas outside of ukraine in the country and in terms of the convoy that's been talked about so much, the last update we had that it remains stalled outside of kyiv, about 15 miles or so and not any major movement in the last week. there's been a lot of focus on the convoy and what will happen going forward. we will let you know what happens what officials say on where things stand. griff: mark meredith live for us at the pentagon. thank you. met 3 hours with vladimir putin in moscow. she's currently on his way to berlin to meet chancellor schultz we are joined by institute vice president and former ambassador to ukraine

william taylor. ambassador taylor, thank you for taking time. you are hearing bennett meeting putin, is any hope for diplomatic path still? >> griff, it's hard to say, it's hard to say. so far there has not been. there's been a couple of the negotiations between russians and ukrainians on the belarusian border that haven't gotten very far. the ukraines are serious and sent defense minister and senior president in president zelensky's political and the russians sent a deputy, they sent a -- former minister of culture. it's not obvious that that was serious. if the israeli prime minister can have a conversation with president putin, president putin is probably not hearing from his own people what the situation is. you just heard what the situation is on the ground. they're not making great progress certainly from the north -- they are making some progress in the south. so president putin may have a distorted view of how well he's

doing and the prime minister of israel may be able to get through to him. griff: what is putin's end game, ambassador, how does this ends? >> he wants control over ukraine. ukrainians have had 30 years of independence, 30 years out from under russia and soviet control. they don't want to give that up so they will not end, they will not allow putin to dominate them and they will continue to resist. they will resist now and as the russians try to invade and even go into kyiv, they will resist over the weeks and months, even years that it may take to push the russians back out, back out of ukraine. griff: you may have seen president zelensky on the zoom call with senators today leaving them very impressed. one of the things he wants is that nato no-fly zone.

what is your take on that and what happens if we were to allow nato to declare that? >> this is a serious discussion. this is a serious decision that nato has thought about and had a debate about yesterday and decided in tend not to implement a no-fly zones and what they be able to do jam what the ukrainians are using to coordinate efforts. that's something that nato could do. there's talk about no fly zone over humanitarian corridors if the negotiations with the russians and ukrainians on the border agree on humanitarian corridors presumably the russians would not be attacking and that could be the place where no-fly zone might be implemented. >> the concern with any no-fly zone is that it could quickly escalate things. from putin's perspective, is he looking for an escalation? >> probably not, griff.

probably not. he does not -- i'm sure he does not want to fight nato. that is not what he's after. what he wants is domination of ukraine. he wants nato the stay out and wants the americans to stay out and he wants to be able to dominate ukraine. now your reporter had a good point about communication's link between the pentagon and moscow. that could be a mechanism that they would say, listen, that humanitarian corridor is off limits to you guys. we are not going to do anything outside of that. that's the way that that could proceed. by the way on president zelensky, he has unified his country as well as the world behind him. he has stepped up to be a major leader in this fight. griff: he sure has. how important is that he stay alive, that he stay communicating on a near hourly, daily basis with ukrainian people? >> very important, griff, very important. he is charismatic and he's got the army behind it and he has opposition leaders behind him.

this has unified the country like nothing else. that said, the ukrainian constitution has a way to -- they have a succession plan. and if as i say there is a need to reestablish the government somewhere else in ukraine, that can be done. griff: ambassador, we heard from zelensky saying that perhaps maldovia, you are next. how serious and concerned are you that putin will go beyond ukraine? >> this is why it's so important that ukraine resist and it's important for us to support ukraine as it's resisting over the next weeks but if it's necessary months and years. ukraine is on the front line. if putin takes ukraine, then president zelensky is right. nad be vulnerable. griff: ambassador bill taylor,

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>> i did not really want to leave home but any children do not sleep at all and i decided to take them away, so maybe they will be able to sleep at last. griff: another heartbreaking message from one of the refugees fleeing ukraine. more than a million ukrainians have escaped to various countries in europe. let's take a closer look at the exodus. you can see nearly 1.4 million. obviously poland getting the most, more than 750,000. the next largest going to hungary, 157,000 but you can see eslovaquia, romania and maldova, 103,000. checking the un, 53,000 have gone into russia, not sure that is going to be a good decision. in this area here where that nuclear power plant was seized, the heavy fighting down along the black sea area, that's making it very difficult for the refugees trying to get out and

then this is the corridor here around the city of mariupol, heavy, heavy fighting there. they obviously want to go west to get towards poland and maldova and the other countries but that has made been more difficult because of the heavy fighting, the humanitarian corridor, the seize fire lasting only perhaps minutes. obviously that complicates the problems for the refugees trying to get out of there. but as you can see one more time from the large map, there are a large number of refugees trying to get out for a country of 41 million, 1.4 is barely a small amount of those that may continue to try and flee as the war wages on, jacqui. jacqui: all right, griff, thank you so much. our next guest went head to head with the british prime minister boris johnson earlier this week. >> it's impossible not to cross the border. imagine growth in the border with a baby, with two children.

jacqui: urging him and the international community to take a tougher stance on russia in a powerful confrontation that went viral. joining us anticorruption center executive director and ukrainian civil society activist darius, thank you so much for joining us. appreciate your time here. i know that you've been feeling so much with the humanitarian side of things and have witnessed atrocities and have heard heroine stories. can you relay some of what you have been watching to our audience? >> you know, i'm now in war zone but most of my team is still in ukraine. part of the team is in kyiv in bomb shelters. 11,000 kilometers from the border with poland. the situation there is devastating. you can go to the border and see how hard it is for refugees who

cross the borderer, for them it's kind of end of the hell. but literally hell is happening where children are staying in basements with no heat, no electricity, no food, no water and there is no way how to supply these to them because russians keep shelling with missiles. we have the rain of missiles. they are bombing everything, they are bombing schools, they are bombing universities, they are bombing hospitals. they have tried to bomb two days ago the central railway station in kyiv and thank god ukraine air defense system hit the missile but it was thousands of women and women with children trying to escape from this horror and, you know, we are begging americans and nato, please, help ukraine to defend our sky and we are so disappointed of the decision

made yesterday. we are begging, asking for no fly-zone for air defense systems. nato is saying we are not ready to confront russia directly but, listen, russians don't care, they can shot direct missile in nuclear power plant and could be millions and millions refugees. the worst story there will be million, and millions literally dead people. it's a genocide. it's lake world war ii. jacqui: i was talking to a ukrainian member of parliament about this, you know, stall on deciding on a no-fly zone or opposition of no-fly zone for some in the u.s. and the fear that it would spark a direct confrontation with russia but the point you made to me is that if russia wants to -- putin wants to do something he's going to do it. ukraine did not provoke this

war. ukraine didn't ask putin -- didn't provoke putin to start shelling kindergartens and pediatric hospital, what do you say to that? >> i'm saying that, you know, i'm sick of fear of nonconfrontation of russia. because it's weakness and led to devastation war in the country and we have the same argument that america fears of sanctioning north stream 2 and lifting of sanctions and there was continuation of building this pipeline of gas coming from russia through germany. we begged, i personally met senators in congress just a couple of weeks ago in munich, impose sanctions to russia now. i got the response, we don't want to provoke them because we are afraid they will start war.

the war is now and still america is being afraid to provoke russia? i -- i think that this provoked russia to do a genocide in ukraine and we are now actually been executed for our decision to become a democracy for our decision to build rule of law in ukraine and this is what scares putin. he doesn't want the same to happen in russia and, therefore, he is executing ukrainians now. but, listen, ukrainians, i heard what the previous commentators told, ukrainians will not give up. we are winning, we shot over 10,000 troops, hundreds of planes, tanks, ukrainians, we have disabled people preparing molotov cocktails. today the ukrainian woman throw

drone from her balcony. imagine if this nation had enough weapon which we are demanding, requesting nato allies, russians could be already out of ukraine. we will win this -- this war. it's the matter of the cost and that could be the cost of millions of people. jacqui: do you think that the sanctions are going to actually do anything? i mean, you have experience in the anticorruption field and we have a number of oligarchs who have been able to evade these sanctions already. we have a list here. alleged financial ties to putin, owns 49% of the russian investment group that controls largest largest iron producer. nikoli, served with putin in kgb, president of the russian company. demitri, putin's press

spokesperson, these are people who have not yet been sanctioned. what does that say and is there anything that the sanctions are even going to accomplish? >> the sanctions are important. they are coming late but still important and not all people which we are asking are being targeted. we are asking to target ibramovic, the close person to vladimir putin and he has 3 steel factories in the united states. so probably that's the reason he's not under the sanctions. he las luxurious mansions in london, in france and his kids are sitting in safe places. these sanctions, americans impose sanctions on alex but -- jacqui: we have run out of time. powerful message. hope to speak to you again son. all the best to you and stay

safe. >> thank you. bye. griff: jacqui, coming up we will talk about the local fallout about the war in ukraine. that's next. ♪ ♪ ♪

griff: bipartisan congressional delegation is in ukraine this weekend to witness the growing humanitarian crisis firsthand including shocking new video of a destroyed bridge in earipn ukraine. you are seeing there, hundreds of refugees fleeing ukraine to find home elsewhere after shelling from forces. first ukrainian board member of congress, jacqui heinrich of the bridge from a friend just moments ago as the war rages on. jacqui: ukrainian delegation announcing the next round of talks with russia is set for monday and ukrainian people are

fighting back with officials there claiming they shot down a russian plane. mike tobin tracking the latest from lviv, hey, mike. mike: and the delegation you're talking about, the same delegation that has met twice with the russians already and what they produced was a seize fire to allow for humanitarian corridors particularly to allow people in the towns of mariupol to start heading west but today the seize fires were the humanitarian corridors fell apart as they went into effect. we have video of the northwest of kyiv of russian helicopter being shout-out of the sky by the stinger missile. this is the weapon that's coming in with the aid packages. we know through the reporting, 340 to 350 million-dollar aid package has already made it out to the front lines and u.s. defense officials saying they are impressed and, in fact, unprecedented the speed with

which this weaponry is making out to the front lines where it can be used and very impressed at the effectiveness with which the ukrainian are putting the weaponry to use. that's high-tech weaponry, low-tech weaponry is being made by all of the people pitching into the war effort. we found that at a welding shop in the outskirts of lviv people are making hedge-hog antibarriers. it's not sophisticated. beams, all of the scrap metal is donated as everyone is in on this war effort. also in the streets of lviv, this is a place where volodymyr zelenksyy was not terribly popular before the war, now he's got the patriotism and the rest of the country behind him. >> i wasn't voting for him. i changed my mind and i completely support him. i know he's the best option for

our nation and he's the one who united our nation. mike: now here on the west of the country it's night fall. it's been a quiet night thus far. back to you guys in dc. jacqui: mike, you talked about the resilience that the ukrainian people and previous guest talking a woman making molotov out of jar. >> it's remarkable and someone said that the woman who made -- threw the cucumber at the drone was able to take the drone out of the sky and these are inspiring stories that we keep hearing out of the people here but they are extremely resilient. we found people making molotov cocktails. they were taking all of the bottles out of the trash and then a beer company out here started donating the bottles. so it's all in, all hands on deck. people make camouflage netting, the road block barrier, whatever they can do to contribute, they

are doing it. they are making sure the aid packages, when the aid arrives in the country i'm talking by humanitarian aid, food, warm clothing, medicine, that it's making it out to these conflicted areas where the people need it most and keep in mind someone has to drive that out there. so the people who are taking it out, the people are at great personal risk. jacqui: i'm noticing different from your live shot there and other parts of the country. there's traffic on the roads. describe the state of things in lviv and how it's different from what we are seeing elsewhere. make mike well, it's different because there hasn't been much military activity. in the early stages of this we saw strikes and it looked like the russians were trying to take out any air bases out here to prevent any air defenses. aside from that, you hear the air raid sirens go off once in a while and there's curfew and the street wills empty at that point. i was out in the streets today, it's not layoff as normal. you do see a lot of military on

the street, you see a lot of road blocks, you see different kind of presence like that that indicates that it's not life as normal but people are going about their tasks and they are doing with such an air of seriousness but a great deal of patriotism as well. jacqui: griff, did you want to ask a question? griff: mike, as we are now in the tenth day of this war in ukraine, do you get this sense that forces, that the danger is getting closer to you? obviously you are the main corridor for the refugees fleeing but there's certainly a sense that the forces are coming both from the north and the south headed your way. >> well, there's growing speculation that the russian forces won't necessarily come this far. if you look at the dnieper river, if the russians want today take the country and take

control they would still need to take kyiv because that's the capital city. that would put them on the west side to the dnieper river. if you follow the river down, you take it as kherson and you look left to odesa, they could take the population centers by the water and lever the river as natural barrier leave the west alone. the problem with the plan would be, the resistance could refly with free flow over the polish border. griff: all right, mike tobin live, great reporting, stay safe. breaking down war raging in ukraine we have conservative union foundation mercedes schlapp and kevin walling: mercedes, let me start with you, there's some news that we just learned in the last few hours and that is the american female

basketball player, wnba star britney greiner apparently in custody in moscow accused of having a vape pen with something in there, that, if, indeed, is going to be a growing issue, we now have a russian plane coming here to pick up their un mission folks. what do you make of that situation and what do you think the president and the administration should do about this situation with this basketball player? >> right. well, i have to tell you, this is going to be the political games you're going to see happening during this war and there's one thing that putin understands and it's trying to create these moments and stressful moments and hurtful moments towards the united states. so britney is obviously a pond and being used as a pond where then that would basically allow for this conversation to occur

between the united states and russia. remember, biden moved to expel the russian officials from the embassies here and that's, you know, obviously the steps that you are going to start seeing where you're going to have to see some diplomatic efforts really come into play in order for britney to be able to be able to get out of russia safely. i mean, we are seeing also the dynamics happen of media outlets including american and media outlets being kicked out of russia as more and more pressure is being placed and the media outlets being considered that they are providing false reports in that country. so this is only escalating and they are going to use figures like the woman basketball player britney to -- to create these sorts of problems and conflicts between the two nations. griff: kevin, we've got to take a break, so if you will, just hang there, guys, because i want to get your reaction on whether the administration is strong

enough or too weak.

griff: we are back with our panel mercedes schlap and kevin. kevin, i cut you off there. i wanted you to have a fresh opportunity to response to the news now that wnba player britney greiner has been detended in moscow. do you think the administration needs to take a hard line here. what do you advise the president do in responding to the new and developing situation? >> well, griff, i completely agree with mercy that britney is upon vladimir putin that we are seeing this detention go forward and i suspect we will so many more of detentions of american citizens in russia. that's why you see the state department issue that order for all american nationals to leave the country of russia. obviously there's not many flights now leaving because of those no flying zones and because of those cut ties to

commercial and recreational aircraft in russia. so certainly i think we are going to see more of this kind of situation as we go forward because to mercy's point, putin will use all available resources to try and change the optics of what's going, shift the conversation and find more people like britney to be upon in this -- in this war that he's levied on to the people of ukraine. >> kevin, you mentioned no fly zones, mercy, let me ask you, we heard from president zelenksyy talking to senators on a zoom call earlier today. he wants the nato no-fly zone over ukraine. the president saying not going to happen. mercedes: actually, griff, i think it's an interesting debate that's happening right now in all of the political parties. you see the neo cons in the republican party put in place a no-fly zone. i got to speak with a former ambassador to nato kirk walker

who basically said rather than doing a whole no-fly zone over ukraine, select a part of ukraine so that civilians are able to evacuate safely into other countries but obviously you're seeing the secretary of state blinken come out and say if you establish a no-fly zone this will mean a full-pledge war with russia. so this is a very delicate situation. this can't be done just abruptly but at the same time we got to ensure that ukraine gets the lethal aid it needs in order to survive -- survive this incredible assault that you're seeing russia display and -- and so in essence we have to make sure that they have the combat capability and the communications and the logistic supplies in order to survive these attacks. griff: kevin, i have about 20 seconds left but i want to give you the last word. kevin: it's important to see a panel like this united. i could not agree more with what

mercy is saying. they need all the lethal aid that we can provide them. it's a very good thing and americans are united on this front. griff: unfortunately we have to leave it there, kevin walling and mercedes schlapp thank you very much. vladimir putin's crack-down on social media. stick with us. ♪ ♪ ♪

griff: we are learning that there's a near blackout in russia as vladimir putin cracks down not just on traditional media but also on social media suggesting that really the russian population may know very little about the last 24-hour developments. jacqui, of course, to seeture of the largest nuclear plant in europe there and, of course, the forces cracking down on mariupol, the city there earlier in the week on kherson and the news that there was a humanitarian corridor trying to move ukrainians fleeing west toward poland and that, of course, the keys fire that was not honored because the route shot down, being bombed and shelled as we continue to follow this, jacqui, unbelievable that the no-fly zone perhaps one established over corridors like

the one we saw shut down. jacqui: limit nod fly-zone to allow people to pass through as they are trying to flee, of course, you know, that would have to be enforced if you would have an organization or an entity like the un put that in place, maybe it would be a different, you know, discussion than what we have heard the fears around, you know, engaging in direct confrontation with russia as nato. it might be different if the un were leading the effort. russia is on the un security town and human rights council and that's an obstacle to getting that done. griff: putting no-flay zonefly n the black sea and that's a tall order. jacqui, it was great being with you. we have eric and arthel continuing coverage. stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪

[background noises] [background noises] [background noises] eric: russia container has devastating assault on ukraine. the country's president speaks today virtually with u.s. lawmakers.