national pro-trump folks suddenly make him a target in the next couple of months and does this get interesting in a runoff, chris? >> oh, boy, steve kornacki, never boring. thank you so much. and before we go, a really important note, because as the situation remains dire for so many ukraiukrainians, you might heard earlier two doctors mentioning a specific organization that you can donate to to help. razom is providing critical medical supplies to doctors in ukraine. you can go to razomforukraine.org. that's it for this hour. i'm chris jansing. jose diaz-balart picks up breaking news coverage right now. and good morning, 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific, 5:00 p.m. in kyiv. i'm jose diaz-balart. right now in ukraine, russian forces are ramping up their assault on major cities and landmarks with intense shelling, including near a holocaust memorial site, as a russian convoy tries to enter the capital. the outbreak in violence in kyiv has forced children with cancer

to receive treatment in the payment of a hospital. we'll talk to a doctor at ukraine's largest children's hospital about the challenges that she is facing. meanwhile, here in d.c., president biden lashed out at putin and pledged to hunt down and seize the assets of russian oligarchs in the united states. we'll break down what the president said and did not say in his state of the union address. and in the lone star state, former congressman beto o'rourke is set to face off against governor greg abbott in november's gubernatorial race, after the two won their respective primaries. nbc's steve kornacki will join us with the latest on this key race. we begin this morning with the intensifying fighting in ukraine on day seven of the russian invasion. at this hour, the united nations' general assembly will resume a rare emergency session to discuss the situation in ukraine. u.s. ambassador linda thomas greenfield is expected to speak in the next hour, just before a

vote on a resolution to condemn the invasion. the debate comes as ukraine's state emergency service says more than 2,000 civilians have died since the invasion began. russian forces are also stepping up their attacks on ukraine's second largest city, kharkiv. battles broke out after russian paratroopers landed in the city overnight. and the russian defense committee says it now controls the southern city of carazon, which nbc news has been unable to verify. a memorial to 33,000 ukrainian jews killed by the nazi in 1941 was damaged. right now, russia appears to be focusing on four key cities. kyiv, kharkiv, carazon and mariupol, and a defense official saying a 40-mile-long convoy heading towards kyiv appears to be stalled by food and fuel

shortages. there was also this amazing scene from the southern city where residents are blockading a road leading to europe's largest nuclear power plant. take a look at that. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy told cnn and reuters in a joint interview that russia must stop bombing ukrainian cities before meaningful cease-fire talks could begin. he also urged nato to impose a no-fly zone, a plea echoed by ukrainian lawmaker on the "today" show today. >> we are grateful for help, but we need protection in the sky. we have been protecting ourselves on the ground, but if we do not protect our sky. if there is a no-fly zone or no dome to protect us with the air defense, we will all go down. people will literally die. >> as a source familiar with the matter tells nbc news, the biden administration is set to expand

sanctions against more russian oligarchs. with me now is erin mclaughlin in lviv, western ukraine. keir simmons in moscow. erin, good morning. tell us more about what you are seeing in lviv today? >> hoy, jose. the western city of lviv is a way point for thousands of people fleeing the violence all over ukraine. earlier this morning, we were at the central train station and it was staggering to see the number of people pouring out of the station, many with destination unknown, many of them were from the city of kharkiv. kharkiv is the second largest city in ukraine. it is located in the northeastern portion of the country and has been the subject of intense bombardment with dozens of missiles raining down on residential areas, striking government buildings. the reports that russian paratroopers landed there this

morning with street battles between ukrainian and russian troops, terrifying the local population, population over a million people. many of them, russian speaking. and that's significant, because part of the pretext in the buildup of this war from russian president vladimir putin was this idea that somehow russian speakers here in ukraine were being unfairly targeted, unfairly discriminated against, unfairly persecuted. and now to see them being assaulted by russian forces. the irony of that is not lost on tatiana. tatiana is a russian speaker. she's a language speaker there in kharkiv and she told me that she is absolutely outraged to see her language be weaponized in this way. take a listen. >> russia doesn't own the body, minds, and souls of someone who speaks russian and which is -- was just pretext to attack. putin could say i do not like you and it would be more honest.

i teach in russian. there are hundreds of russian speaking among my friends and among my pupils. there is no discrimination in the rights of russian speaking people in ukraine. >> reporter: >> now, a missile landed just across the street from where tatiana is living. she says that she has moved to a shelter, but she says she has no plans to leave kharkiv. she says, someone has to stay, jose. request >> and the ukrainian government says nearly 6,000 russian troops have been killed. what are the russian people being told about what's happening in ukraine? >> they're definitely not being told that. the russian government did finally admit a few days ago that russian soldiers had been killed and had even been taken by ukrainian forces, but we haven't been given any kinds of

numbers. today the kremlin spokesman, dmitry peskov, talking about a siege mentality, saying that although the sanctions are a blow, that we will stand. so i think it depends on where you are in russia. there are the older generation folks that don't live in big cities in moscow or st. petersburg, who watch state tv who have one perspective, and you have others who are able to contact people in ukraine, and there are many of them, who are able to access western media and they have a different. we know there is deep concern in the kremlin. we know that the kremlin has moved to close an independent radio station, an independent tv station, even threatened the russian wikipedia page, that it might be closed down. >> and the u.s. is now joining the uk, canada, and europe in closing off air space for russian planes.

how much of an impact is this having on russia's ability and russians' ability to travel? >> i think it is having an impact, plainly. i also think it has an impact that perhaps we didn't talk about so much over these months when we've talked about sanctions, because there is the economic impact. but then there's the cultural side. you know, jose, decades ago, in this city, people wouldn't have known that much about the west and vice versa. now, of course, it's integrated. this is the 11th biggest economy in the world by gdp. and i think there is a real sense of a cultural tearing. a new iron curtain. and that's having an impact. and people that we are able to communicate with privately expressing greater and greater concerns, middle class russians. if they can, many of them are talking about leaving russia and that would be worrying the russian government. >> keir skmons erin mclaughlin, some of for being with us.

president biden used his state of the union address to praise efforts by ukrainian soldiers to fight back against the russians. >> every ukrainian, their fearlessness, their courage, their determination, literally inspires the world. groups of citizens blocking tanks with their bodies. everyone from students to retirees to teachers turned soldiers defending their homeland. ukrainians are fighting back with pure courage. the next few days, weeks, and months will be hard on them. >> with me now is virginia senator tim kaine, who sits on the armed services and foreign relations committees. a great pleasure to see you. >> good to be back. >> thank you so much for being with us. the president spent about a third of his speech talking about ukraine and the invasion of russia to that country. how did you see it? >> i thought that was very powerful, and i didn't think he was going to start with that,

but he did and it produced a lot of unity in that chamber. you saw everybody on their feet, praising ukrainians' courage, but also celebrating the fact that in this very tough time, alliances like nato have really proven their worth. remember, president trump would kind of cozy up to putin and trash nato. well, now we see putin for who he really is. and putin has rejuvenated nato in a way that hasn't been the case in 30 years. there was a real, i think, understanding, recently, that america still has an important role to play in forging global coalitions against tyrants. this is a very, very difficult situation, but the world is stand together, and it was good to see my colleagues on both sides of the aisle stand together. >> and last night, president biden joined much of the rest of the western world when he said there would be no more flights from russia. is there more the united states should be doing, you think? >> i think there's always more. we need to do more humanitarian and military aid. we're working on our appropriations bill, as you know, likely to be faced late next week.

and you'll see a multi-million dollar aid package split between humanitarian and military aid. i've been pressing for a war crimes investigation against vladimir putin. the icc announced that they are starting that investigation yesterday. that's very positive. we need to put more u.s. assets and troops into our nato countries, on the russian border, so that they can feel assured. that's happening, including troops deployed from virginia. so there is much more to be done. but the good news is in the early phases of this, the combination of the sanctions in combination with the nord stream pipeline and actions by nations like switzerland, finland, sweden, germany, who has had this history of not sending weapons into conflict zones, they are now unified. and you see scenes in russia, people making runs on banks and atms, that tells you that there's more than a tone political opposition in russia. russians were already feeling the brunt of this. >> russia plays such a significant part in the economies of western europe. let's think of schroeder, the

former leader of germany and gazprom. there's a lot of financial ties between russia and certainly europe and here in the united states. is there something that can be done to try and cut those ties, which have been very beneficial to a lot of people in western europe. >> they have been. and when you see bp and shell and others announcing that they are extracting themselves from joint ventures with russian firms, that's hard to do. they are very entangled, but they are extracting themselves and that can set a model for others. we are experiencing other sanctions. there could be secondary sanctions, maybe not on the direct financial institutions, but those who are doing business with others who are doing business with russia. the important thing on any of these sanctions, they really work when we do them in tandem with our partners. that is what the biden administration has done well for months. they have patiently gone to our partners in europe. germany didn't want to cancel the pipeline. they didn't want to. but he got them to agree that if

there was an invasion, they would have to. and they stuck with that. so we need to take these sanction steps in tandem with our allies. >> we're getting a lot of talk, and you hear, the ukrainian legislature was on the "today" show today, talking about the need for a no fly zone or a dome over ukraine to protect civilian lives that are being taken and blood is being shed by the russians in ukraine as we speak. what are the difficulties of that? >> well, it's -- your heart goes out. to see these scenes of the bloodshed in kyiv and kharkiv and other cities, your heart goes out to folks, trying to do that in a contested air space would put u.s. troops at risk. but that doesn't mean that this isn't a concept we should be considering. perhaps what we do, we deliver humanitarian aid into the western part of ukraine, so people fleeing violence in some parts of the country could find safe haven elsewhere. so these are items that are being kicked around by the administration, by our military

leaders. i know they're presenting president biden with options, things like that. again, we need to be done in tandem with allies for them to really work. >> meanwhile, how do you see ketanji brown jackson's nomination coming out? >> i am very excited. i have voted for her in the past for her district court position and circuit court position. i always on the supreme court wait until i meet with the candidate and see the judicial committee hearing to make a final determination. but i'll tell you something i really feel good about. i went to law school and when i started, there were no women on the supreme court. and it seemed natural. there wasn't a sense of angst in my first year in law school. we're going to have four women on the supreme court. as much as there's other areas that we're not making the progress i wish we were, we need to step back and say, what a powerful thing that in just the course of my legal career, we went from zero out of nine, to we'll have four out of women as members of the court. >> man, it took -- the wheels of

justice. senator, i want to talk you about immigration, something that is close to your heart. we have talked about this for years now. the president talked immigration. he blended in the border, which is two different things. do you think there's anything possible on immigration reform that could be legislatively speaking, not just a build back better act, all or nothing? >> i do, jose, and here's why. look at the labor market right now. 3.9% unemployment, and it's getting tighter and we're about to do the biggest infrastructure investment we've ever -- who's going to build it? so when we start to get in tight labor market conditions, to do infrastructure, to do this manufacturing expansion, like, where's it going to come from? so what we're doing in the senate right now is we're having conversations that are not the comprehensive bill that we tried in 2013, but a little bit -- could we do tps reform, because these half million plus, currently tps members are really

important part of the economy. could we go an agriculture bill. so you have pairs of senators working on pieces of these, and most of them connect with labor market issues. and the tightness in the labor market actually gives us some opportunity to find some bipartisan accord. >> this is important. i've got to tell you, i don't hear, and i'm so glad that you're here with us today, because it's been so easy to say, oh, it's all in the parliamentarian's hands. and that's it. but, you know, you all have a responsibility. and you have the opportunity. >> and we need to -- a lot of people think about immigration as a security issue. it's fundamentally a workforce issue. it's an american issue. >> absolutely. and that -- thinking of it as a workforce issue in a tight labor market may be the thing that breaks the law, jim. >> i can't thank you enough for being with us. >> thanks so much. up next, a harrowing story from ukraine. we'll go live to kyiv and talk with a doctor who's treating children with cancer that have to go to the basement of the children's hospital.

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kids to the basement to protect them. a doctor working there told "the washington post," quote, if we stop treatment, they will die. we cannot stop their treatment. they are at war with cancer every day. the doctor joins us this morning. doctor, thank you for being with us. how are the children doing? how are you doing? >> we're doing well, if it's possible in our situation. but we try to stay positive and for sure we are very brave being in this hard situation. children, they are good. they received treatment and we try to create patients who be transported to another country >> how is that done? how are you able to do that by the situation in your country, that is being invaded by russia?

>> it was invaded and unexpected to everybody, but on the second day of this invasion, it's last for a long time. so we have connect with our doctors in poland, in czech republic. we have a strong communication before it was a part of medical community. so we explain our situation and a lot of the charity foundation help us to remove patients. we have a corridor for them. we go to poland and other hospitals. >> doctor, on a regular day, there is such difficulties and it's so, so intense to treat children with cancer.

how is treatment for them now under these conditions? it must be almost impossible. >> when you don't have any chance to do it in another way, you don't have any chance. you just do it in the conditions that you have. and that's all. we perform blood marrow transportation, because we don't have time to remove and to stop it. we continue our surgery -- we just due it in neuralty. also, yes, we change the plan of this. we don't all what we came to do. it's not so intensive, but we continue to do it. we have some supply of meds and, so -- >> doctor, what do you want all of us to know. what do you want us to know about what you are going through?

>> what we are going, we are going through hell. and we don't know if it stops somewhere ornd. i strongly believe that it's stopped. i know for sure that all of my patients and patients of my colleagues receive all treatments they need. it's treatment still the same as it was previously in the invasion. but it's not only ours, it's that of the whole world. >> doctor, thank you. thank you for everything you do for how you are serving so many. thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you very much. up next, president biden heads to wisconsin today after trying to jump start his domestic agenda in his state of the union's address. we have the white house's plans to shore up the u.s. economy. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." s. economy you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports.

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and urban development, 2020 democratic presidential candidate, also an nbc political analyst. it's great to see you all, dear friends. thank you for being with us. julian, i want to get your reaction to the president. he was very forceful, very directly speaking to putin about a third of his speech on ukraine. >> best part of his speech, i think. it rallied the folks in that room. oftentimes you see from the very beginning, republicans and democrats, you know, democrats will stand up and cheer, republicans will stay seated. but on this one, i thought people were pretty united. and he cast an us versus them, america standing up for freedom and democracy and opportunity and putin is the bad guy. i thought that was easily the best part of his speech. and it laid down a marker for direction that our country is going to go. >> christina, what did you think of the president spending up to a third of the speech specifically dealing with ukraine. >> and it was a speech he didn't want to give. that was the one that was not planned. he was going to reshuffle his

national agenda. and then he spent most of the time in ukraine. and that was good, because as julian was saying, it united the country. we saw a lot of yellow and blue in the room, and people were rallying behind the president and he did show a united america to the rest of the world. >> yayamiche, one of the president's objectives was to speak to america's concerns about the effects on this crisis, on our economy, on our pocketbooks, gas prices, things like that. he said, quote, i want you to know that we're going to be okay. what is his plan to, in a way, insulate us in the united states from what is happening in ukraine? >> it's a great question, and when i've been talking to white house officials, they say, they're going to do everything they can. trying to deal with the energy reserves and that make gas prices stay low. the complication is that history

is not on their side. presidents have tried to deal with inflation for years, for decades, really. they are limited in what they can do in terms of impacting the economy. in terms of really making people save money at the grocery store, at the gas stations. that being said, this is a white house that feels good this morning about the president's speech. they feel confident. he was trying to talk to heads and hearts, but i have to also tell you, there is some criticism, of course. there's criticism about the fact that he talked about funding the police without talking about black lives matter and the disproportionate rate that black people continue to be killed at. there was also some frustration when he was talking about funding our borders. so it was a speech that got mixed reviews, but overall, the white house is feeling good. >> zpst interesting about the immigration issue. the president blended, immigration reform with the border, something that's not the same thing. and you've been so clear on this. on immigration, do you think he

got a point across, maybe something that could forward produce thing? >> well, i hope so. what he did, though, it's really the calculus that has been in place for at least the last 30 years, which is to say, we've got to be tough on the border. but, hey, let's get this done over here. i thought there was a little bit of a sleight of hand on immigration reform. he did mention dreamers, essential workers, farm workers, but we used to talk about a pathway to citizenship for 10 to 11 million undocumented immigrants, as long as they didn't commit a felony and took other steps. here, he really set out specific groups and left it at that. in that sense, he didn't go as far as he and others have in the past on the immigration reform part, as yamiche said. that was a disappointment in terms of taking up a little bit of the right-wing talking points on securing the border after trump and so many more people on the ground there, so many more resources. to me, it seems like the border

is about as secure as it's ever been. >> and again, you know, there is a difference between border policy, border protection, and immigration reform. >> here were for decades. who are participating and are part and parcel of our economy. i want to get you something that the president said specifically on immigration. take a listen to this. >> folks, if we're ever to advance liberty and justice, we need to secure our border and fix the immigration system. we're putting in place immigration judges so families fleeing persecution and violence can have their cases heard faster and those who are not legitimately here can be sent back. >> his comments about the deportations were ad libbed. they were not part of the prepared remarks, right? he didn't have to -- it wasn't

in the prepared remarks, that he said, so they can be sent back. how are people in immigrant communities reacting to this? >> not very happy. i've been covering immigration protests ones in front of the white house. they're telling president biden that he's not going to vote for hem. he promised something, he promised immigration reform. and they're just saying that if they don't see results from here to november, he's going to stay home. if he's pushing this deportation line on one side, all the immigrants, including congressman, alexandria ocasio-cortez yesterday was saying, we want to see some kind of executive action. we want to see some relief for the immigrant community. and we want to see how he's going to get to this immigration reform that he's talking about. so they're not giving him a free pass. >> yamiche, another topic that the president addressed was the way inflation and supply chain issues are hitting american families. the president says he's reinvesting in american manufacturing. not the first president to have said this.

how does the white house plan to achieve this? >> they're going to continue to tout this idea of making sure more things are made in america, and there needs to be lower costs when it comes to consumers, but not taking away wages from workers. they're really trying to juggle this idea that they want to in some way support unions, support working class people, but while also saying that part of inflation needs to be that companies need to be okay with making a little bit less money. they've been pointing sometimes to the bonuses that we've seen ceos get and the companies making a number of profits while inflation is going on. but again, history is not on their side. you look at other presidents, lyndon b. johnson, others have really tried to deal with inflation, and it's really hard from the white house's point of view, historically, to impact inflation. but it's the thing that's on people's minds. we're talking about ukraine and europe. when i talk to my family in miami, my mom is like, why am i paying more for bread. how am i going to fill up my car tank. that's the thing on top of people's minds.

and the white house understands that. they think that's that's something that will impact them. >> the folks in texas are asking the same question about what they're asking in miami and throughout this country. did the president, do you think, need to say something more on this issue? >> i think he said a lot in terms of his plan to try to both, on the russia/ukraine, shield americans from some of the economic pain. and on inflation, what they'll do to try to control it. i think yamiche is right, it's tough to do. presidents always try to fight this battle. and oftentimes don't come out on top. most people don't follow politics that closely. what they know is what they have to spend every single day. in that sense, this is a very difficult thing for joe biden to manage. >> julian, yamiche, i can't tell you what a treat it is to be able to speak with you right here on the set. >> we should do it in miami. >> let's do it! thank you very much for being with us this morning.

this morning, voters in battleground states are reacting to president biden's first state of the union address. nbc news correspondent blayne alexander is with us from atlanta, georgia. blayne, good morning. you spoke to a group of black voters. what did they have to say? >> reporter: jose, good morning to you. i actually spoke to three voters, all of whom cast their ballots enthusiastically for president biden, helping him win the white house. but they said that while they were overall pleased with the tone of the speech, they said that they were glad that they heard a unifying speech, as they put it, they said that there were specific things that they wanted to hear more of it. here's a little look. just out of a bat, all of you watched the state of the union last night. show of hands, who was satisfied with what you heard? okay. james is the only one who was satisfied. the rest of you, dissatisfied? somewhat satisfied? >> somewhat satisfied. >> somewhat satisfied. >> somewhat. >> okay. >> voting rights. i cannot emphasize enough that we did not hear that. that was one minute, i remember

timing it, and just hearing, oh, you've checked that box and now you moved on. >> he touched on -- i mean, i have two sons, so i mean, police reform is very important to me. for me, having two young black sons, it's important. i'm hearing about teenagers that literally don't want to get their driver's license or drive out of fear. >> as far as like the job, i'm a little disappointed, because i felt like people have increased their prices on child care, making it inaccessible, to those who have multiple kids. >> reporter: jose, you heard them outline their priorities right there, voting rights, child care, student loan forgiveness. and of course, policing. all of those things that they say that they were listening for. i did ask them, even though they were disappointed that they didn't hear more substance around those topics, is that going to impact them when they head to the polls this november,

when they continue to, for some of them, at least, go out and knock on doors, try to get voters to come out and vote. they said, no, they're going to still be enthusiastic, but they say that they had those specific items in mind when they went to vote for him in 2020. and those are the things that they say that it's important come to fruition, that they see some return on investment. and also, they say, that it could make a difference when it comes to other people and how enthusiastically they will come out and vote. jose? >> blayne alexander, thank you so very much. the refugee crisis in ukraine showing no signs of slowing down. we'll go live to poland and hear from a russian volunteer, next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." ose diaz-balart reports. inner voice (kombucha brewer): as a new small business owner, i find it useful to dramatically stare out of the window... ...so that no one knows i'm secretly terrified inside. inner voice (sneaker shop owner): i'm using hand gestures and pointing... ...so no one can tell i'm unsure about my business finances. inner voice (furniture maker): i'm constantly nodding... ...because i know everything about furniture... ...but with the business side... ...i'm feeling a little lost. quickbooks can help. an easy way to get paid,

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millions. joining me now from poland is nbc news foreign correspondent, kelly cobiella. what's the latest on the ground where you are? is. >> reporter: well, jose, the operation has become much smoother, at least at this border point. we're at the very small train station in poland and when we first came here a couple of days ago, they could handle maybe two, three trains a day. now we're seeing eight trains a day come in from ukraine. one just pulled in within the past probably 20 to 30 minutes or so. and you can see people getting -- families getting off, refugees getting off. they're helped by soldiers and there are paramedics here in case anyone is injured or not well. and they're also being greeted by this huge staff of volunteers. you can see those green coats. those are volunteers. part of this massive volunteer army throughout poland, especially along the border, who are trying to help people sort of find their way, as they come out of ukraine. and we met one of these

volunteers whose name is sasha. he's 22, i believe. he's a russian citizen. and he talked about why he felt compelled to help. take a listen. >> because i don't like putin and this is a great sadness for our nation, for russians. and i'm need help for the ukraines for the all refugees, because i'm feeling shame. >> reporter: and you know, tens of thousands of people still coming across here as well as other border points in poland. at this rate, jose, it looks like we'll be at the 1 million mark certainly by the end of the week when you count all of the neighboring countries and here in poland, half a million by tomorrow, it looks like. >> kelly cobiella, thank you for that. appreciate it.

up next, we'll go to kyiv and talk to a photographer who has been taking pictures of what he is witnessing in ukraine. it's a reality that is very, very real, very raw. but this morning, the white house covid response team is announcing their new plan for the next phase of the pandemic response. this strategy, as we talk about the issue of covid -- let's remove those images from our show. these are images of ukraine. but i want to talk about how the white house is expecting to lay out how to ease public health expectations safely and restore some sense of normalcy. last night, president biden laid out the test to treat approach, another part of the white house's plan, strengthening the cdc's data collection surveillance system. an individual who was briefed tells nbc news that the white house is going to make a significant investment to deal

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central ukraine yesterday. pharmacy, schools were among the buildings hit and these are from the capitol city of kyiv. those are ukrainians making molotov cocktails to use against invaders. you're seeing the work of a photojournalist sharing these photos with the rest of these world. alex joins us from kyiv this morning. thank you for being with us. what are you seeing where you are, alex? >> well, you just ran through some photos. that's one example of what i'm seeing. today we've spent most of our time at the train station where thousands of desperately trying to escape the advance of the russian invasion. >> alex, how do you process the tragedy that you're capturing with your cameras. >> well, the quick answer to

that is i will begin to process it once i'm not on the job, so to speak. you see a lot of stuff that doesn't make you feel good inside. i think there's going to be some serious decompression once i'm back stateside. >> when you went to ukraine, the war was a possibility. now it's a reality. what was that like, the changes between the possibility and the reality? >> that's probably most unique aspect of this conflict so far to me. i've been in iraq and syria and, you know, not that conflict belongs in one part of the world anymore, it was just more of a fact of life by the time i got there. here it wasn't. here a week ago i think it was a week ago, maybe eight or nine days, time has sort of blurred together but around that time everything was pretty much normal. there was a bit more tension than there had been the previous

week but, you know, restaurants were operating, supermarkets were operating, ride share apps were operating. and it just snapped, turned on a dime. i've never seen anything like that. >> alex, thank you so much. the unfortunate reality is that wherever there is war, the unfortunate victims are the civilians, the innocent people. thank you, alex, for being with me. >> u.s. ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas greenfield is speaking at the u.n. let's listen in. >> to address the horrific human rights and humanitarian crisis unfolding before our eyes. this is an extraordinary moment. for the first time in 40 years the security council has convened an emergency special session of the general assembly. 40 years. most of the men and women fighting in ukraine were not even born the last time the united nations came together in

this way to unite for peace. and i would venture that many of the people in this room were not born when that happened. but a few of the eldest ukrainians and russians might recall a moment like this, a moment when one aggressive european nation invaded another without provocation to claim the territory of its neighbor. a moment when a european dictator declared he would return his empire to its former glory, an invasion that caused a war so horrific that it spurred this organization into existence. now at more than any other point in recent history the united nations is being challenged. if the united nations has any purpose, it is to prevent war, it is to condemn war, to stop

war. that is our job here today. it is the job you were sent here to do, not just by your capitols but by all of humanity. a lot has happened very quickly to bring us to this unique moment. it was barely a week able when in the dead of night president putin launched a full-scale invasion of our fellow u.n. member state. at the very moment, at the very moment the security council was holding an urgent meeting attempting to foster diplomacy and de-escalation. as the security council discussed peace, putin declared war. ukraine has defended itself with great courage and vigor. as president biden said in his state of the union address last night, president putin, and i quote, met a wall of strength he

never imagined. he met the ukrainian people. but the brazen and indiscriminate nature of russia's attack has had devastating, horrific consequences for the entire country. russia has bombed residential apartment buildings. it has bombed sacred burial grounds. it has shelled kindergartens and orphanages and hospitals. russia has spurred mass hunger and caused so many to flee their homes. the latest u.n. estimate are marching toward a million people. we thank the countries who have opened their borders, who have opened their hearts, opened their homes to those fleeing ukraine. and i want to echo the u.n. refugee agency's call to help and welcome all those fleeing conflict, without regard to race or nationality.

refugees are refugees. for those who remain, russia is destroying critical infrastructure, vital services which provide millions of people across ukraine with drinking water to stay alive, gas to keep people from freezing to death. and now it appears russia is preparing to increase the brutality of its campaign against ukraine. we have seen videos of russian forces moving exceptionally lethal weaponry into ukraine, which has no place on the battlefield. that includes cluster munitions and vacuum bombs, which are banned under the geneva convention. we all have seen the 40-mile-long lethal convoy charging toward kyiv. president putin continues to escalate putting russia's

nuclear forces on high alert, threatening to invade finland and sweden. at every step of the war, russia has betrayed the united nations. russia's actions go against everything this body stands for. people across the world have already united together in exactly the way this general assembly must do today. protests and vigils against russia's war an insolidarity with ukraine marked with blue and yellow have sprung up across the globe. these are protests for peace, from bangkok to budapest, from berlin to buenos aires, people

are standing up to call to stop this attack. the russian people are themselves asking how many lives putin will sacrifice for his senecal ambitions. they are appalled with the answers. to the russian protesters, i say thank you for your bravery. to the russian soldiers sent to the front lines of an unjust and unnecessary war, i say your leaders are lying to you. do not commit war crimes. do everything you can to put down your weapons and leave ukraine. the truth is that this war was one man's choice and one man alone, president putin. it was his choice to force hundreds of thousands of people to stuff their lives into back packs and flee the country. to send newborn babies into

makeshift bomb shelters, to make children with cancer huddle in hospital basements, interrupting their treatment, essentially sentencing them to death. those were president putin's choices. now it's time for us to make ours. the united states is choosing to stand with the ukrainian people. we are choosing in coordination with our allies and partners to impose severe consequences on russia. we are choosing to hold russia accountable for its actions and we will soon turn to vote on a resolution that does just that. we believe this is a simple vote. vote yes if you believe you and member states, including your own, have a right to sovereignty and territorial integrity. vote yes if you believe russia

should be held to account for its