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>> once again through the west of ukraine of the city limits of lviv and a little more than 200 miles from poland. the first airstrike hit the fuel storage facility resulting in a tremendous ball of flames in the plume of smokethat could be seen for miles . thesecond round of airstrikes hitting an industrial section of town . the lviv mayor saying 25 people were injured and the aggressor wanted to say hello to president biden. while the president had talked about corrupting
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nato's border he said ukrainians neederror defenses and the no-fly zone . >> we are dying every single day here. people are dying in mariupol of different air force attacks in various cities of ukraine so every minute there is a delay. every minute somebody pays forthese delays with their own life . >> russian troops continued to get the message that capturing a ukrainian village is one thing . getting the citizens to comply is another. demonstrators greeted russian tanks with ukrainian flags and chance of go home. the mayor was released, russians used tear gas and gunfire to disperse the crowds . ukrainians continue to lunch counter offenses northeast of the city of kyiv, northwest of kharkiv.
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ukrainian forces youreclaimed that town holding up a major supply current are . >> lviv so close to the border, are youseeing those shipments coming in regularly ? >> we know they are coming in but obviously those are going to be kept under wraps. it's a very secretive operation because the russians have made it clear those are fair game in their opinion so they're going to try to strike those targets when they can so all that will happen fromthe town in poland and once it gets here to the ukrainian border and starts moving east that's going to be very secret .>> as for those missile strikes on lviv, as he reported if this is to send a message to president biden because it was so close to the city of lviv in poland are are the peoplein lviv expecting more chilling now that president
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biden is back in the states ? >> i think the people in lviv are now fearful of more showing. the mayor thinks this was a message to president biden, intimidation on the part of the russians and it's interesting because russia said a couple of days ago it will start focusing more of their attention tothe east of the airstrikes came west . >> mike live for us in lviv, thank you very much . we will bring inmililani, media center spokesperson and ukrainian resident . how are you feeling this morning after that missile strikeand do you also agree that you think russia did that to send a message to president biden ? >> yes, i'm relatively okay . it's been a sleepless night for us here but yes, i do believe it has been in message forpresident biden and the united states to intimidate them . to show them they're not safe
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ineurope . i have to kind of agree with that regard. russia is unhinged. houston is unhinged and i know for a fact if ukraine is not supplied withwhat ukraine needs , the protection we need, they might keep intimidating europe and they will keep doing this. >> let's talk about your effort, living with this constant threat hanging over your head. you are coordinating help to your people, describe what you've been doing. >> i have thisbig warehouse where i've been receiving humanitarian aid from poland, from france . we've been sorting through busloads of trucks of a two kharkiv, two kyiv. so where we can we are sending help to reach those cities . it has been a lot of work. it's been a lot of sorting
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through supplies of all kinds we need to do that because not only do we have military aid crisis so to speak, not only do we need weapons but also people in kharkiv and mariupol, they need food. they need medical a. they need clothing so we've been dealing with that as well. >> .also in communication ukrainian soldiers after a month ofthem trying so hard . what are theytelling you and how is their morale ? >> yesterday one of the people i knew well was killed in action on the lines, a great guy. he was a journalist and he went for his third day of war. other than that, morale is still okay. at this point is like a job to most of them so there's there aren't any expectations
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. there isn't you know, bravado or any sort of that. it's just a job they have to do and they are very committed to it and they are doing everything they can. >> i apologize for the loss ofyour friend . you still confident ukraine will win this war? >> yes, i am confident but we doneed help . we either make it quick with the help of our partners and we do appreciate especially everything that american taxpayers have done, american government . we need more support to make it go away faster. people in kharkiv don't have time to wait. they are being shell and bombarded and killed every day so the longer we wait for that military aid, for those antiaircraft technologies, for those weapons, the more ukrainians will die and the more ukrainian style the weaker we, obviously so we
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need that support but i think nevertheless however long it takes we willprevail . >> russia's defense ministry recently said something notable, that their main goal is to take the en masse region of your country and some people are reading that as russia's recognition that they are losing and that they can't take kyiv but there's concern that if that is their main goal the fightingwill become evenmore intense on the eastern side of your country . how you read that statement from the russian defense ministry ? >> i don't trust a word the russian defense ministry says but i do have to acknowledge the fact that they havemet resistance they didn't expect . and i'm just having these thoughts and it pains me to think about this. by telling us they're going to concentrate on theeastern ukraine more , it kind of makes this conflict, this war. they're going to make it this
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frozen state. they're not going to bomb kyiv, lviv and the western parts and because these are big cities and kyiv is the capital. i think they're hoping the interest might have gone down alittle bit . i don't know really. only putin knows and russian governments know. i don't trust anything they say they say they're going to concentrate in the east . any solution to this, any end to this war, they lose anyway so they'regetting unhinged , they are getting more dangerous. >> we thank you once again forjoining us . >> thank you so much. >> presidentbiden returning home to a white house and cleaning mode . >> the administration tries to walk backone of my biggest statement calling for a russian regime change .
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the white house has been in operation cleanup mode indeed ever since president biden got to pull in latethis week clarifying three different comments . the latest one suggesting a regime change in russia . >> we will have a different future, a russian future rooted in hope and light, decency and dignity of freedom and possibility and forgot to say this man cannot remain in power. >> so quickly, white house clarifying the president's point was that putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. he was not discussing putin's power in russia or regime change but that's not all. on thursday the president made this comment. >> with the us or nato responded with militaryaction if they did use chemical weapons ? >> we would respond if he uses it. the nature of the response would depend on the nature of the news.
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>> finance security advisor was quick to mention the us had no interest in using chemicalweapons and then there was president biden's insinuation that the military would be going to ukraine . >> yousee young people standing in the middle from attack. just saying on not leaving. i'm holding my ground . their incredible .you they take a lot of inspirationfrom us, it's not hyperbole . their finest fighting force in the history of the world. >> while a lot of people were left scratching their head, tom cotton says this is a serious concern . >> this is fairly common with joe buying that he makes these statements, then the staff immediately walks them back that has been affecting theworld as well . it's not reassuring for our safety or our allies. >> a lot of clarification fromthe white house and president biden did return to poland early this morning .
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>> thank you so much. president biden making an interesting decision in poland taking refugees from ukraine and the crisis andour own southern border in america .>> we do acknowledge thatpoland is taking on a significant responsibility . we understand that because we had our southern border thousands of people a day literally, not figuratively trying to get into the united states. >> last month the us reports 164,000 encounters with migrants atthe southern border . this is 63 percent increase from last february . where talking to peter meyer about president biden's bizarre comparison later in the show. republicans are demanding information on clients on call with china's president last week. >> president biden speaks out of line with his own white house. ashley's report moments ago. the gop wants to know what
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closely tied to the west than it is to russia. >> there you have it, president biden says he warned china against helping putin in russia'sinvasion of ukraine during a video call last week . >> but without transcripts, mike turner says the intel committee is still in the dark .joins us brooke joins us with an exclusive interview. >> ohio congressman wolf mike turner wantsto know what consequences pride president biden put forward for china during his video call with president xi jinping last week . as the top republican on the house committee he says the future of us china relations are at stake . he's calling for a briefing on the call telling me our committee has not been refunded and this is relevant for us to understand what the president laid out to china
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and what president xi's responses were. former president trump warning ofchina's response at a rally last week >> joe biden failed to deter russia's increased invasion of ukraine . remember they said china will take taiwan? they said president xi, you're not going to do that will be next because he sees what happens and he sees the weak leadership that we have. >> president biden says he's hopeful china will not get engaged but either way the deepening divide between the two leaders is clear as china has refused to join the us andeurope and they also refused to call the war in ukraine and envision . >> a recent florida college graduateisn't taking your typical) trip to europe . libby moves is that the polish border helping ukrainians escape the war working with an organization called the copernicus group responsiblefor evacuating 1500 people.
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lindsay joins us with the border of the , the founder of the copernicus group, peter will. thanks all for you for being here. describe theamazing work you're doing . >> the morning everyone. we are out here trying to do our best. we are moving over 1500 is acting we and refugees like you said and may hear a lot of the members, the people that live, a lot of the things we've been doing here. it's just incredible. you have women, children, grandmothers, disabled . we had children from hospitals that are all coming out and we're trying to get them medical supplies, housing, transportation documentation, everything like that . it's just an incredible movement that the polish people and the copernicus group have done >> how did the copernicus group yet started ? >> we started evacuating the
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first day of the war and they informed us we should have an evacuation. we're almost 70 hours from the border while at the same time to through the graduates of the copernicus institute we organize all the equipment in poland. and now after one month of our activity, we have more than 900 people on our group. they are people from different parts of the world. not only are graduates but also people here who are open to support the refugees.
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>> it's so amazing what you're doing but even more amazing, though copernicus group started out of your high school . todd, you and your friends they said couldn't organize a flat tire. you guys are organizing an amazing refugeeeffort helping people save their lives . peter, youare focusing on the work in the united states . what does that entail? >> we have received a lot of support from my business friends, from colleagues as wellas strangers . we provide financial support to the group even though the majority of expenses have been covered fromprivate funds and the group itself . each bus runs evacuation from lviv to ukraine cost about $750. we have a lot ofdonors large and small here.
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we have a lot of support from our neighbors as well . people can donate our go funds me page and we encourage you to visit and donate as well. >> right now is spring break in the united states. look at pictures all over florida, you see people hanging out and drinking and doing all that and you have people who have already graduated or headed to europe trying tofind themselves you're helping save lives in poland, why did you make that decision ? >> along time friend and business contact arrived here right at the beginning of the conflict. he was sharing with me all the stories of the families he was bringing across the border and the desperate need or additional support. i happen to have education and experience and background in working with conflict as well as displaced populations and i really felt extremely compelled to come and assist
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them in any way that i could. these are families, children, grandmothers, regular people fleeing their homes in a dire situation needing everything that they knowbehind . it is just devastating. what would you do if you had momentsto flee ? would you take your child's photo of their first day of school or an important document packed in a bag as quickly as youcould . it's an unimaginable situation for these people and peter mentioned the it's copernicus for ukraine. if we could get these people food,clothing, housing, transportation everything these people deserve . they deserve what any human being deserves. >> at the time when we're questioning our ownhumanity , dominique and peter are restoring it .
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>> russian missile strikes bombarded the city of lviv, the chaos happening 40 miles from the polish border as president biden was visiting thecountry . >> mike is live on the ground in lviv with more. >> once again the airstrikes came to the western part of the country and once again they had in the city limits of lviv 40 miles from nato's eastern flank and 20 miles from where president biden was in poland. the first of the strikes a
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fuel depot and a plume of smoke that could be seen for miles. the second round of airstrikes hitting an industrial sectionof town. the mayor says 25 people were injured and says the aggressor wanted to say hello to president biden . the president had talk about crossing the border but says ukraine needs care defenses and the no-fly zone . >> we are dying every day here. people are dying here in mariupol. people are dying of different air force attacks in various cities of ukraine so every single minute there is a delay, every minutesomebody pays for this delay with their own lives . >> russian troops continue to get a message that capturing the ukrainian village is one thing, andthe citizens to comply is another .a town north of kyiv, administrators
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greeted russian tanks with ukrainian flacks. troops used tear gas and gunfire to disperse the crowds. ukrainians launched counteroffensive's in the northeast of the country . ukrainians took that back and thatopens up important supply routes to them . >> is there any sense the ukrainianpeople think of that comment by joe biden cleaned up by the white housethat putin cannot remain in power ? >> you don't have a lot of reaction from that . the reaction you get from the ukrainian people is that want more supplies and the no-fly zone and if they don't getthe no-fly zone that want those air defenses like the f3 hundreds . >> i was reading h week from anthony blinken that said the us will provide $100 million in the billion security assistance including armored vehicles to the state border
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guard and national police so you have to wonder what this means for people in mariupol because when you thinkarmored vehicles , could they be used to get people out ?>> they certainly could be used but you got to get them all the way there .mariupol is in the southeast and that equipment have to come in from the western portion so short answer, but people in ukraine want everything they can get but it's got to get here. the people in mariupol are in quite a crisis. starvation is a real problem as they been without food and water for three weeks now. >> still so many moving parts, you're right aboutthat . we're going to check back in with you very soon . let's now bring in a coordinator of ukraine volunteer journalist initiative who has been gathering equipment for the ukrainian military. he joinsme now . tell us what is it like in kyiv right now? >> kyiv is actually
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transitioning into normal life to be honest because the fighting in east of kyiv has been pushed back a little and fighting in the northwest of kyiv, we have gained a little momentum and we tried to encircle the group of forces. we're the imminent threats to the city have now been eliminated so the city now opened up little by little . we see less locals in the city and more people coming into the city and more shops are opening every day. >> you're describing a return to normal life which i'm sure is a welcome feeling among the people of kyiv. can you tell us what you're doing on a day-to-day basis to help out in this war ? >> as i told your colleagues, we're basically working
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around three things. first thing is to raise as much money as possible. we've already raised a couple hundred thousand dollars in this month so the second thing is to source the equipment that were looking for. etc., we need to find them and supply them and third is the logistics. we need to getthis stuff in here.finally, we've got some reports on the border . finally important bulletproof that's and stuff like that is now considered humanitarian aid so it's much simplified for us which we hope will eventually lead to more and more equipment being brought to ukraine which is once what this is all about. we try to source our army because it's swelling right now.it's increasing in number so we need to help our
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government and the guys on the frontline get the best equipment possible so they don't suffer the casualty rates. >> speaking of the best equipmentthere's been talk in our country about getting ukraine the f 300 missile systems . have you , to your knowledge are those highly advanced weapons in yourcountry right now and if not how much of a game changer with a b ? >> i think the talks between ukraine andwestern allies are okay . we don't have everything we like to have a moment, that's for sure because there's simply so much stuff that needs to be transported here but maybe a little later than we would have liked obviously is currently the help that us was to provide is exactly what we need. so we've been talking, i think president zelensky said
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if you can't close the sky give us the weapons to close them effectively. the weapons system the us wantsto provide are exactly what we're looking for . we need that 300missiles and and other anti-air missiles as well . so in this sense of what kind of weapons that are going into ukraine, i would say there is definitely a constructivedialogue between ukraine and the west and the western allies definitely hear us . the problem is that because this is a mongolian conflict and because we're mobilizing more andmore troops, it's like thousands ofpeople . now we're faced with a different problem . basically we have mobilized so many people that we need another kind of equipment like for exampleartillery pieces, armored vehicles . mortars, conventional firearms etc. because we think we have mobilized so many people thatwe need extra help here .
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what it will give us though is that already you see russian forces have completely stopped and there are numerous places where we have already successfully counterattacked . so basically whati'm saying is that if the west will agree to that additional militaryhelp , you will see more victory. already see them , they said they will capture kyiv in three days.not only have they not done so, we are pushing them back. >> you hear from the russian defense minister saying their goal isn't to take kyiv anymore, focusing on the donbas region. thank you for joining me. fox corporation and our viewers have now raised more than 12 and a half million dollars to support the red cross relief mission in ukraine. the nonprofit working around
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standing as a united front but to that unity be reaching its limits as countries like the us are ending sanctions while others have noclaims to do so . >> joining us now local economist meredith. just diving into what it's like in russia now after sanctions were imposed, the ruble lost half its value but it has rebounded about pretty significantly, 30 percent beforeprewar levels how bad are things in russia really ? >> they are not bad enough yet inrussia . mojo was united in result but not in response. nato is resolved in principle but not yet in practice but
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what we're seeing, every tool that we keep from nato's arsenal of democracy is one tool less in who tends armory of dictatorship. many sanctions which have yet to be implemented. allies seem to be bracing ourselves for great inflation once sanctions are imposed but this is a misguided attempt to delay the inevitable. and has been likened to a great chess player and i fear he is going to move to regular chest while we think wecan forget what is going to happen and we will wish we could have done more . >> let's get down to the ones because this week when the russian stock market opened people bought the deck, i was shocked to see that people giving to russia and buying depreciated assets.what
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more can you ask and the european community do now ? >> what we need to do now is realize that we really are in world war iii. we are right on the break. we do have a chance to step back and and thingsearlier rather than later but that will take every single economic tool intersection available . primarily let's discuss energy sanctions where germany is not really planning to stop oil imports from russia not just because they wouldn't happen until early june. that's three more months and what conclusion do in that amount of time with more money coming into our coffers but we need to take a look at sanctioning oil and gas companies but not yet in russia. we are still importing uranium from russia. senator tom barasso has
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introduced legislation to put a stop to that. >> china is still buying weeds from russia and oil from russia so should secondary sanctions be put on countries that areprofiting off russia economically ? >> absolutely. russia and china have made it clear they are working together . you can go back several years to world war ii, the united states did not take part in that commemoration in beijing but putin was there. their alliance has been solid for years now and we would do well to be paying attention to that more carefully putin made his own intentions clear going back to 2007 as we've heard his remarks from the munich security conference butlater that year december 1, 2007was in fact
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the legislative creation of the russian nuclear agency . >> back to the european , we will see. meredith walker, we appreciate it . the beau biden foundation is reportedly only spending a fraction of its fundraising money on the charities for which its intended purpose. the group brought in $3.9 million in 2020 544,000 and towardsprotecting children from abuse . 932,000 spent on other items including biden allies and the nonprofit purported mission to help kids. >> the new york city fire department unionsare calling for eric adams to lift vaccine mandates for every city worker . and it's lifted the mandate for broadway performance last week. the union says they support that move but they want to see an extended period that are demanding a meeting with eric adams to discuss up to 500 fdny workers remain unvaccinated. >> now to march madness. nova winning the regional
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finals against houston despite getting the 50 to 44 win. wildcats with an injury with seconds left. some critics say he will be ready to play in the final four. duke also has the final four with a win over arkansas. coach mike recording a 13th trip to the final four and that's off nukes win . duke's main rival unc or the darlingof the day , the peacocks next saturday. i'd be happy with either although i've gotto pull for the peacocks . >> everybody's rootingfor the peacocks . their mascot is a peacock, their unique. >> what a way togo out for coach k.>> we will see . >> cleanup on aisle five after president biden made this comment about vladimir putin . >> for god's sake, this man
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jellybeans, hershey bars up 20percent . industry insiders say staff shortages and the cost of raw materials are causing the search . >> can't we just reuse the peeps from last year. >> that'sdisgusting . elon musk tweeting given that twitter serves as the de facto public town square failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentallyundermines democracy . what should be done in the new platformneeded ? a lot ofpeople asking that musk should buy twitter . his earlier twitter call asking if twitter adheres to the principles of free speech came back 70 percentsaying no, 30percent say yes . and former president donald trump rallying in georgia, watch this . >> look at the havoc and
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destructionthey've done to our country in such a short time . it's just over a year he has managed to kill literally kill the american dream. but the right leadership, america will be back greater, strongerand more powerful than ever . we're going to rescue your state from the radical left and then we're going to make america great again. >> recently president biden said he be fortunate if trump runs against him in 2024. >> hope and light, for god's sake this man cannotremain . >> the white house walking back that comment from the president targeting vladimir putin, insisting he was not discussing engines power in
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russia or a regime change. peter meyer, member of the house foreign affairs and homeland security joins us now. what went through your mind when you heardthe president say that ? >> that the president is undisciplined in his speech . we may say we don't want vladimir putin to be in power but when you say that out loud as the president that is official us policy. the lack of clarity, the lack of discipline in that speech is deeply troubling especially given how high tensions are and franklyjust the chaos we are seeing in ukraine but also the risk of escalation in europe . this is atime of measured words, not off-the-cuff remarks . >> you heard other conservatives say the president doesneed to ramp up his rhetoric and catch putin off guard. do you agree with that or do you think this wasn't the right way to go about that ?
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>> i would rather ramp up the antitank and antimissile deliveries to the ukrainians they've been asking for. facilitate the transfer of mig 29th from poland. that's what will have material impact on the ukrainiansability to defend themselves and to deter russia. rhetoric is ultimately that . it can be dangerous, it can be conciliatory but like what matters on the battlefield is a and armor, not words at the end of the day >> every nestle delivery system, every weaponry system we're trying to get them those will have different logistical capacity. the drones are limited, limited capacity. other platforms we have allies would be happy to give them, we need to backfill the supplies with a equivalent system.
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to do that manuever to provide pieces around on the global board is a challenging endeavor. there is timeline production we need to be ramping up domestically to transfer to allies with equivalent systems at the same time not leaving themselves in the lurch. >> president was in poland and compared taking ukrainian refugees to what is going on our southern border. listen what that was like. president biden: we understand poland is taking on significant responsibility. we understand that that we have our border thousand those of people a day figuratively not literally, into the united states. >> what do you think the comments about the comparison? is that act being accurate
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comparison. >> only way they get access to the temporary protective status he promised. good on poland helping out our neighbors. these are apples and oranges. >> congressman peter meijer, thanks for joining us on a sunday. we appreciate you and your perspective. >> appreciate it. >> good to be with you. todd, everybody have a great day. "fox & friends" starts right now. president biden: for god's sake this man cannot remain in power. will: fox news alert, the white house again on cleanup duty following those remarks from president biden in poland yesterday. the president now back home after a three-day trip to europe. rachel: in ukraine fighting insense nice as russian missiles hit the western city of lviv overnight. pete: civilians flee the city as chaos erupts 40 miles from the polish border.
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