don't care about california. but we do. stand with us. and a good friday morning to you. craig melvin here live from msnbc headquarters in new york city. at this hour, all eyes are on poland and president biden's europe trip, which just got even busier. we learned just this morning that the president is set to meet tomorrow with ukrainian refugees and deliver a, quote, major address. right now president biden is roughly 50 miles from the ukraine border in the southeastern city of rzeszow, poland. the president sat down in the last 20 minutes, ate some pizza with those service members, took a few selfies as well, and soon the president is going to be

getting a briefing on the humanitarian crisis there. we are following all of that for you this hour. meanwhile, just across the border, a new intelligence update out just out says ukrainian forces have reoccupied towns and defensive positions more than 20 miles east of kyiv. but that glimmer of hope is tempered by the tragic reality of war. the mariupol city council says eyewitness reports suggest about 300 people were killed when the russians bombed that theater in the hard-hit city on the southern coast. we should note at this point nbc is not able to independently verify that claim, but in just a few minutes i'll talk to igor, who will talk about what it's like to be living in ukraine right now. we start with our team covering the latest developments on the ground. kelly o'donnell in warsaw, poland, following president

biden's european trip and jacob soboroff is with us once again. jacob is in lviv in western ukraine. kelly o., we'll start with you. any moment now president biden expected to meet with members of the famed 82nd airborne. what do we expect from that meeting? what do we expect from that visit? >> reporter: well, this is one of the chances for a commander in chief moment, craig. the president has popped in to see these service members, soldiers at first who were getting their hair cut and then he's working through a chow hall going table by table, sitting down, having a bite to eat with soldiers, asking them how long they've been in, asking them about this mission, sent to be a part of the fortification of the nato allies on the eastern flank, not that far from the ukraine border. u.s. service members are trying to send a message with this added presence that nato is standing strong against any russian aggression that could spill over from the conflict,

the unprovoked war in ukraine. and so the president is having some time to have kind of a relaxed conversation with these soldiers. this is a chance to have that personal interaction, taking pictures with him and so forth. the president will also have a chance to have personal interaction with ukrainian refugees today. that will be a big part of really the heart of this trip where he will get to see people whose lives have been upended, disrupted and devastated by the war, their homes bombed and lives displaced by this war, coming through poland, which is one of the point where we have seen millions displaced, looking for a temporary shelter, a way to survive with the hope of a new life in another country or the chance to maybe someday go back home. the president will be meeting with refugees. he'll also getting briefing on

the refugee efforts here that are a range of services, medical care, food, clothing, new documents for those that don't have the proper paperwork, help to get them through the systems of government that now take hold. so that's part of what the president will see here. earlier today there was an unexpected moment where the president of poland from here in warsaw was going to meet the president. as you outlined, he was closer to the ukrainian border. there was a plane issue with the president of poland. that was resolved and president duda was able to land closer to where president biden is. they're rescheduling their personal time together. that unexpected emergency was resolved and the schedule was changed to accommodate that. so back on track. it's the nature of being in a place where things have been in an emergency mode now for the month of this conflict. poland being one of the countries that has absorbed so many ukrainians and is in itself

feeling vulnerable to russia. so there are political, diplomatic and humanitarian actions going on here and for the president a chance to connect with americans who he asked to step up and do this extra duty as well. craig? >> kelly o'donnell there in warsaw. dasha also in poland again, you're in a city very close to the border with ukraine, a few dozen miles, exactly where president biden is visiting, where he's about to get that briefing what's that situation like where you are, dasha? >> reporter: craig, as the president prepares to meet in refugees here in rzeszow, we are in a refugee reception area, an area where folks coming across the border can get respite from anywhere from a few hours to a few days. you've got lots of volunteers here getting people get travel arrangements, helping fund those

travels. this is a nonprofit here. the mayor was here earlier today and i was asking him what do cities like this, what do they need right now? and he says the biggest factor is being able to sustain this effort. because he said as much as he wants to see this war end tomorrow, he's realistic and he knows they will likely need to support these folks coming to seek refuge here for months and months to come. so in the center they have food, they have a doctor's office, they have laundry rooms, kitchen, a kindergarten area, where volunteers play with the children, to continue to laugh, through all of the traumas that they've been through. some of the stories will be

heartbreaking. a woman came here from donetsk. she has a 10-month-old baby. she is also six months pregnant. she had a harrowing journey here, heard russian artillery throughout the journey. take a listen to what she told us. >> translator: i just want to go home. >> reporter: what do you want for her future? >> translator: i just want her to not see all of this. >> reporter: it's just heart breaking to have these conversations.

>> on so many levels. stand by for just a moment. president biden with the 82nd airborne, let's listen. >> the foreign relations committee traveling around the world. eight years as vice president and now president. a couple things. first of all, thank you. you represent 1% of the american people. none of you have to be here. you all decided to be here for your country, every one of you volunteered. every single one of you stepped up and the rest of the 99% of the rest of the country owes you and owes you big, number one. number two, you know, we're a unique country in many ways and we're the only country, the only country in the world not based -- organized based on geography or ethnicity or religion or race or anything else.

we're the only country that is based on our creed. the rest of the world looks at you and sees who you are. they see you are a multi-ethnic group of americans that are resolved to help those who need help. that's why you're here. i spent a lot of time in ukraine when i was a senator and vice president. i was there when the former leader had to take off and head into russia. so, you know, the ukrainian people have a lot of back bone.

they have a lot of guts. and i'm sure you're observing it. and i don't mean just the military, which we've been training since back when russia moved in and in southeast ukraine. but also the average citizen. look at how they're stepping up. look at how they're stepping up. you're going to see when you're there, you're going to see women, young people standing in the middle, in the front of a damn tank saying i'm not leaving, you'll holding my ground. they're incredible. but they take a lot of inspiration from us. and, you know, women who just died, the secretary of state used to have an expression, saying we're an essential nation. you are the organizing principle around the rest of the free world is moving.

i don't want to sound to philosophic here, we're in the midst of a fight between democracies and oligarchs. xi jinping points out to me he believes in china that democracies can't succeed in the 21st century, that we can't put together consensus as quickly as autocrats can. beyond that what's at stake is what are your kids and grandkids going to look like in terms of their freedom? what's happening? the last ten years there have been fewer democracies that have been formed than we've lost in the world. so this is -- what you're engaged in is just more than whether or not you can alleviate the pain and suffering of the

people of ukraine. we're in a new phase, we're at an affliction point. about every four, five generations it comes along and changes. fundamental change takes place. the world ain't going to be the same, not because of ukraine, but not going to be the same ten to 15 years from now in terms of our organizational structures. the question is who is going to prevail? are democracies going to prevail and the values we share or autocracies going to prevail? what you're doing is really consequential. what i said to those in the chow room -- this is not hyperbole, you are the finest fighting force in the history of the world. let me say it again, the finest fighting force in the history of the world. part of the reason is you've had to fight so much for the last 20

years. it's for real. there are not many generations, the greatest generation was my father's generation, your grandparents' generation, world war ii generation. but nobody, no other generations has had to be in a battle, everybody blown up, wipe the blood off the humvee and get back in and go another six months. i've flown into and out of afghan some some 40 times, 38 times. every time i go, in i see like the last time i flew in, i was in a cockpit and i was landing in bagram and said how many is this your first tour of duty? not one person raised their

hand. second? not one. third? two. fifth one and sixth one. that's never happened before. one thing to go in and be in the middle of a battle, go home and get sent back again. and so one of the things i've said and i've got in trouble for saying it but not anymore, i've been saying it since i got elected. we have a sacred obligation. only one obligation is the government. we have a lot of obligations to the elderly, the poor, children, et cetera. only one sacred obligation, to take care of those we send to war, to care for them and their families when they come home. so you all are an amazing group of women and men. i want to thank you for your service. as your commander in chief, i mean it from the bottom of my heart. as i said, it's not new to me. my son spent a year in iraq, he spent six months in kosovo, won

the bronze star, the conspicuous service medal and other awards. proudest thing he had to do was put that uniform on. he didn't have to go either. when his unit was going to be sent, he had to go to watch to get an equivalent of a dispensation. you either had to be federal property or state property. he was the attorney general of the state. had to give up the office in order to be able to go with his troops. the point is that there were hundreds of thousands of people like my son, like all of you. so thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. and it's not only what you're doing to help the ukrainian people, it's not only what you're doing to help europe begin to gain and regain its confidence. the reason why when the general -- when the secretary of state asked me if i'd send another 12,000 troops along from the united states, i said, yeah.

we have 100,000 american forces here in europe. we haven't had that in a long, long time because we are the organizing principle for the rest of the world. and i said we sent the best, the best available in america and that's all of you, women and men. so i'm here, came for one simple, basic reason, not a joke. to say thank you. thank you, thank you. thank you for your service. thank you for who you for what you've doing. as my grandfather would say every time i left his house, he would say "keep the faith." and my grandmother would yell, all kidding aside, this is serious, she'd say, "no, spread it, spread the faith." thank you all. may god protect you all and our troops. thank you, thank you.

[ applause ] >> and there you have it, the commander in chief, the president of these united states. president biden there thanking members of the 82rd airborne there in poland flanked by his defense secretary lloyd as you austin, also talking about his late son, beau biden, who spent time in iraq. kelly o'donnell is traveling with the president. i know you were also listening to president biden there as well. it was very interesting in addition to the president thanking the troops for their service, president biden talking about what he deems as an existential threat to democracy itself. and the soldiers in poland thanking them for their efforts in this fight for democracy itself. >> reporter: craig, this is an

interesting moment in this trip. this was not on the schedule. we had not been told by white house officials the president was going to do this, and it really encapsulates what's on the president's mind right now. we have seen many times, especially when he is in the company of soldiers, he's reminded of his son beau, he is comfortable with them, he can relate to them. so talking about his late son, who served in iraq, is not unexpected. and understanding the risks and the sacrifices of military families is comfortable ground. but for the president to speak in much more broad terms to these soldiers who have -- who are in harm's way potentially, they are here as part of a plus-up force to protect and to add greater deterrence in the nato countries, so we don't expect they are going to see combat at this point, but we know the realities of the world, they are here to kind of be kind of the tip of the spear for nato and to hear the president talk about what is at stake in

ukraine, what is at stake diplomatically and to have him do that off the cuff is really a notable moment here. and i'm going to dig in when i see the full remarks printed back and really look for some insights about what the president is thinking here. because he talked about the bravery of ukrainians, he talked about what's at stake and it really gives you a sense of how the president has been living with these issues. he wanted to connect with these service members, he wanted to deliver a message more broadly, and on this trip we've been with the president abroad for a few days and he's been spending a lot of that time in meetings doing the business of negotiating with other world leaders and we have not heard a great deal with him. he did do a press conference that ran maybe about 30 minutes or so, but these are the most fulsome remarks we've heard from the president since he left the united states. and it was done in a more relaxed setting where he certainly appeared to feel comfortable and a the a time when this day is intended to

allow him to be kind of having that human connection to u.s. service members, to refugees, to aid workers. so it's a really notable thing that was not a part of the plan, not a part of what we had been given guidance, even private guidance that sometimes we get that is not a part of the public schedule. for the president to certainly address the troops, we expected the hellos and how are yous, for him to speak at that length is a real stand-out moment. >> kelly o'donnell, traveling with the president in warsaw. you are in, jacob, in western ukraine. we learned that mariupol officials say roughly 300 people died in that attack nine days ago in that theater that was being used as a shelter. what more do we know this morning? what's happening on the ground there in ukraine? >> reporter: craig, mariupol of

course was the site of one of the most brutal attacks by the russians on the ukrainian people. that attack on that drama theater that we now know according to local officials has killed at least 300 people. that moment and the fact that ukrainians are still out on the streets speaks to what president biden just said about the bravery of the ukrainian people. right now here in lviv, we're under the first air raid siren alert in the last two days. we got an air raid siren about an hour ago. we have not yet gotten the all clear. just as the president said, these ukrainians are standing up in the face of this russian aggression. i don't know if you can see behind me at the moment but there are people still out on the streets. they're walking around, they're not intimidated, they're not afraid. it looks like a normal spring day in lviv.

people are steadfast and are exactly what the president said. they are standing up to the russians and that is in the face of the brutality of the attacks we've seen in mariupol. we saw additional attacks in kyiv, and overnight as well, that's where a 96-year-old man who was a survivor of the holocaust was laid to rest in a funeral. it is an extraordinary, terrifying time for so many people inside this country, but as the president of the united states just said, the people of ukraine, the ukrainian people, they are operating in the face of all of this aggression. >> it really is -- it's just wild to imagine air raid sirens going off and people still, to your point, behind you still carrying on. thank you, kelly o'donnell and jacob soboroff in western ukraine. a big thanks to both of you.

>> the urgent need to help ukrainians only amplified when you see pictures like this, a boy holding a loaf of bread as he's wheeled out of the beef sieged city of mariupol through a humanitarian corridor. the united states says it's now ready to welcome 100,000 ukrainian refugees. we'll talk about what else he thinks could be critical to the u.s. response. to the u.s. response. [copy machine printing] ♪ ♪ who would've thought printing... could lead to growing trees. ♪ sales are down from last quarter, but we're hoping things will pick up by q3. yeah...uhhh...

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right now ukrainian hackers are waging a massive cyber campaign against russia. cyber security experts say it amounts to a shadow war with ukraine's government hacking into russian networks to prevent attacks. joining me now, ken dilanian. ken, let's start here. experts calling this, quote, a shadow war away from the battlefield. how are ukrainians putting pressure on russia online? >> yeah, craig. there's a lot happening in this war that we are not seeing on our tv screens. cyber is one part of that. ukrainian cyber warriors have been breaking into networks in russia, stealing sensitive data and posting it on the internet. i spoke to a cyber security expert who has been in close touch with ukrainian government hackers and he says they've hacked a slew of sensitive targets, including the moscow subway, a nuclear power plant and even the cell phone of the

head of russia's missile force. they're not breaking things but they are stealing and posting secrets, including emails, blueprints and internal documents. they're trying to send a message to russia that none of its networks are safe. nbc news can't independently verify the documents are russia's but they have been confirmed as being hacked by group such as hacktivist. >> they want russia to know that they're not safe. they're not safe from cyber security attacks against systems, against intellectual property, against high-value targets, against their most proud achievements. they're all open to attack by ukrainian hackers. so stop fighting us.

>> reporter: and carr actually believes this operation may have had a role in deterring russia from mounting destructive cyber attacks against ukraine. experts thought they would shut down the power grid, turn down the cell phone networks. that hasn't happened and this expert believes ukrainian hackers are playing a role in preventing that. >> the ukrainian people continue to amaze and surprise and impress. thank you. any minute president biden is set to get a briefing in poland on the humanitarian response to the crisis in ukraine. tomorrow the president is expected to meet with some of the refugees himself, all after plans to welcome 100,000 ukrainians to the united states. with me congressman allred, a member of the house.

president biden, you know, set to get a firsthand look at the humanitarian crisis, meeting with the refugees tomorrow. do you expect that to have an impact on our response at all? >> well, i think he'll see the incredible welcoming from the polish people and from the folks who have taken so many ukraine refugees into their homes in poland and also see the overwhelming need for the aid that we did pass in the congress and that the white house is employing through u.s.aid and others. and the people are incredibly resilient and tough. they're also looking forward to going home soon. they think they're going to win and go home. in the meantime we have to provide the humanitarian aid they need during this period. >> do you think they'll win? do you think they'll get home? >> i think their overall win is

guaranteed. i don't know what the time frame is, craig. but i don't think there's any scenario where vladimir putin will be successful in taking over large parts of ukraine and controlling it. we've seen that from their resistance and their spirit. that's the thing he always misunderstood, the ukrainian national identity, how strongly they felt about their own sense of country, how strongly they would fight for that country and we're all seeing that now. >> the united states, as you know, planning to welcome up to 100,000 ukrainian refugees. what do you make of that plan? >> i think it's a great first step and i think it's fair to say that we should also do this for other folks fleeing war zones around the world. but it is an important first step for ukrainians. a lot of ukrainians will want to stay in europe because they'll want to return home. they want to be a part of the fight in some way.

it's part of their patriotism. i applaud the biden administration. i know they're looking at other ways to be helpful as well. >> president biden is overseas in an attempt to strengthen our tie with allies and so far to your point, it certainly seems as if we have presented a united front. we've also said consistently that we're not going to impose a no-fly zone. so what's next? >> yeah. well, we also have to let these sanctions work. i know that's in some ways a frustrating answer but we have put in place a system of sanctions and import controls that let putin have two choices, to continue his war or pursue his long-term strategics goals for his country. he can't do both. russia has been isolated from the world economy, we've undone 30 years of russian efforts to integrate with the global

marketplace. we're seeing new sanctions rolled out every day on individuals. but i want to stress what you said there, which is the unity that president biden and this administration has led. it's recognized the united states doesn't do a lot of trade with russia. we needed the europeans, who are much more co-dependent and co-related with them and our allies and they have joined us in that. >> the russian attack on civilian targets, we were just talking about the attack on theater in mariupol. officials say 300 people died as a result of that. as we continue to see these kind of despicable attacks on civilian targets, if that continues week after week, does that change our calculus from a military standpoint at all? should it change our calculus at all? >> first of all, i think the state department and president biden was right to say that these are war crimes.

purposely targeting civilians is a war crime. that picture you showed right before i came on of a young boy carrying a loaf of bread leaving mariupol, he's the same age as my son. and i just can't imagine for the hundreds of thousands of ukrainians who are stuck in these cities being bombed what they're going through. and it's heart breaking. that's also why we have to remain resolved in providing the ukrainians with the tools they need to continue to win this war, and i do think they are winning it, to continue to be able protect themselves and exact an extremely heavy cost on russia for their war of choice. that's what they're doing. it's inspiring for the world. it's not accidental. it's also because we provided them with those tools. we're already doing so much. we're going to keep trying to find ways to do more. and once this is over, there has to be accountability for the war crimes that were committed and i think that's going to be part of an international effort the united states is going to have to lead. >> texas congressman colin

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for more i want to bring in the former adviser to ukraine's president zelenskyy, is in ukraine right now, has become a valuable voice there on the ground for us, a reporter of sorts to an extent. so thank you, igor, for your time again. the picture that veronica paints with her words, is that your experience on the ground of ukraine as well? >> it is. what you have to go through is amazing. on the one hand your life is pretty much normal. you go by your daily life and buy grocery and take care of your kids. at the same time it's world war iii around you, rockets, bombs, sirens. you get used to it. that's the scary part. i agree, staying in a place that you love is incredible

important. my wife and i have two reasons to stay. one, we don't want to give in to what putin wants. the least we can do for our country is stay. and, secondly, what's that special place for you in the world? >> south carolina. columbia, south carolina. >> would you leave that place even if putin was bombing it or would you stay and defend it? >> you're probably right. at least i'd like to think that i would. a lot of folks, igor, they're watching from afar with such admiration. i think what you just hit on is someone of the reasons that the world has been so impressed with the ukrainian people because so many have decided to stay and fight. and in the david and goliath tale, you guys are clearly the david. and the davids continue to surprise and overperform. ukrainian forces retaking towns,

defensive positions now more than 20 miles east of where you are. to what do you attribute this? >> well, first and foremost we're home. your home is your fortress. we're motivated to find for our land. most of the russian soldiers are here either because they didn't know what happened or they came here to pillage and rape. the motivation factor is on our side. secondly, more importantly, ukraine is probably the most adaptable country i know in the world. we've adapted quickly to the fact that it's a hybrid war and we're fighting it on all front. i heard you mention hackers. i coordinate a group of hackers myself. we do information attacks and congratulate me about my first death threat a couple of days ago. everyone's a soldier. even my kids are soldiers. they get in touch with everyone they know, with the kids their age, can you go on tiktok and explain that ukraine needs all

the help we can go and so on and so forth. you can't beat a country like that. we're net positive on tanks. we lost some tanks but we stole more tanks from russians than we lost to them. i think we're up 43 tanks in total. >> really to your point with tanks and the cyber warfare, yeah, i think vladimir putin and a lot of other folks grossly underestimated the ukrainian people. as you know, ukraines now accusing moscow of forcibly deporting more than 400,000 refugees from ukraine into russia, including 84,000 children reportedly. does that massive figure change the calculus or should it change the calculus of the ukrainian forces on the ground at all? >> no, i think it shouldn't change anything. look, we know that russia's just pure evil. and by the way, i can verify the

fact of those deportations actually taking place. one of my friend works with a organization helping folks in mariupol and they've been approached by a number of people who have been detained and forced to be deported to russia. i didn't expect anything less from russia. they have no ideaology behind them. think about it, what's the ideology behind russia's expansion? russia's great, let's loot, pill and and rape. is there anything more to it? no. they're not giving anything to the world, not contributing anything to the future of humankind. i see that land, i want to take that land. that's it. >> you've become one of my favorite guests over the past few weeks and we love the t-shirt. the t-shirt is absolutely fantastic for folks on siriusxm

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we are following breaking news on this friday morning. the supreme court says that justice clarence thomas has been discharged from the hospital. he was discharged earlier today. clarence thomas had been hospitalized for seven days. he was being treated for an infection reportedly and flu-like symptoms. the court said thomas has been vaccinated and boosted. he did not have covid-19 according to the court, but of course justice clarence thomas is the longest serving justice on the high court. right now i'm being told that president biden is speaking once again in poland. he's at the airport. let's listen in. >> the single most important thing that we can do from the outset is keep the democracies united in our opposition and our effort to curtail the

devastation that is occurring at the hands of a man who quite frankly i think is a war criminal and i think will meet the legal definition of that as well. but i want across? board. most severe economic sanctions imposed and there is more that will come. but you know, there's still an awful lot of stuff. i, like many of you in the past, have been through refugee camps all around the world, literally. and seen the devastation as a consequence of people abandoned and war ravaged regionser of the world, whether it's the middle east or africa or whenever. it's devastating to see.

those little babies, children looking at mothers who, you don't have to understand the language they speak. you see in their eyes, pain. and i mean literally pain watching their children. i don't think there's anything worse for a parent than to see a child suffering, their child suffering. i mean that insincerely. i mean that from the bottom of my heart. and so, what you, the hume an aitarian community are doing, is of such enormous consequence. brother, this is what we say we're about. this is what we say that our obligations are. well, you're living up to it. we're doing it every day, all of you sitting at this table. and so, i'm here in poland to see first hand the humanitarian crisis and quite frankly, part of my disappointment is that i can't see it first-hand like i

have in other places. they will not let me. i guess it crossed the border and take a look at what's going on in ukraine. but i'm eager to hear from you and the humanitarian community about what you see, do and where you think we go from here. because you're doing it every day 3.8 million people to other countries, including more than a million children. and according to the u.n., there are thousands of civilian casualties. 12 million in need of assistance . hundreds of thousands of people were being cut off from help by russian forces and are besieged in places like mariupol. i mean, it's not stopping.

it's like something out of a science fiction movie a. you turn on the television and see what these towns look like and cities. i want to thank each wub one of you in your organizations -- excuse me. visiting troops and had pizza pie with hot peppers on it. but you're helping millions of people. and we must have to continue to scale up that assistance recording it closely with the good. of ukraine, which is -- i think poles who know ukraine so well have to be a little bit surprised at how much courage and capacity, resilience the ukrainian people. when you see a 30-year-old woman

standing there in front of a tank with a rifle, i mean talk about what happyened in tiananmen square. that's tiananmen square squared. that's -- whether it's food or blanket or cash or care for medical teams or child welfare specialists, they need it now. they need it as a rapidly as we can get it there. yesterday i announced, on behalf of the american people, we're prepared to provide another $1 billion for those who fled and those who are effected around the world as a consequence of the negative impact of this war on food security. bad news is they're the bread basket of the world, ukraine and russia. but we, the united states, are going to do our part because

we're the third largest producer of wheat in the world and our canadian friends are going to do the same thing. we're going to try very hard. but in the meantime, the suffering taking place now is at your doorstep. you're the ones risking, in some cases, your lives and all you know to try to help. and the american people are proud to support your efforts. and today i want to hear from all of you. the problem is i know they're going to tell me i have to get in a plane. i really mean it i learn a great deal from you and your counterparts as i travel the world in the last 30 years. so, i'm honored that president is here today, joined by secretary blinken and our usaid administrator, samantha powers, who, like my sister, whatever she says, she says it's not enough. it's not enough. i don't get to do more.

and this is a work horse. so, i'm going to turn it back to her. >> thank you so much. thank you, mr. president. if you'd like to say a few words. >> all right. you have president biden and his polish counterpart, the president of poland. the president receiving a briefing on the humanitarian response according to the white house, to ease the suffering of civilians inside ukraine. of course, as we've been reporting president biden set to meet tomorrow with refugees there as well in poland. more than 2 million of them. we should point out at the beginning of the president's remarks, he doubled down on vladimir putin. vladimir putin as a war criminal. that is at least the second, if not third time we've heard

president biden call vladimir putin a war criminal. the family of a ukrainian american missionary says they have not heard from him since saturday. when russian forces kidnapped him from their home in southern ukraine. nbc's gabe gutierrez is following this part of the story for us. so, gabe, what are we hear frumg his family so far? >> reporter: well, craig, still no word from demetri's family. as you said they claim they have not heard from him since saturday and that he was abducted from the southern city by russian forces, they say. his wife, who was in the home at the time, said about eight to ten armed russian troops came in. that according to the wife, who also told her daughter, she says those russian troops acchal

asked if he was american. he was born in ukraine but immigrated to the united states, moved back to ukraine and lived there for several decades. but visited his family several times a year in the united states. his father lives in texas. he has a daughter in hawaii. i spoke to someof his family yesterday. take a listen.

american missionary that was well known. he ran a church just after the invasion. the day after he had gone on social media and urged people to come into his church and seek shelter there. his family says they don't know whether he was targeted because he was a u.s. citizen. however, they think it may be because he was well known in the area and perhaps the russians wanted to make sure that in his social media, he was not talking negatively about russia. but right now he hasn't been heard from for several days and this is the same town where several weeks ago the mayor was abducted and later released as part of a prisoner swap. >> gabe gutierrez, keep us posted on this. continue to stay safe there in lviv, you and your crew. and thank you as well for

joining me this hour. that's going to do it for me. i'll see you back here next week. andrea mitchell is going to pick up our coverage next from poland where we just saw and heard from president biden looking to reinforce our partnership with that critical nato ally. andrea mitchell on location overseas right after this. mitc overseas right after this. good day. this is "andrea mitchell reports" a special edition today from warsaw, poland. president biden after visiting troops from the 82nd airborne were hoping bolster the defense on the eastern flank and praising their service.