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.

>> you represent 1% of the american people. none of you have to be here. you all decided to be here for your country. the woman who just died, the secretary of state, she used to say we are the essential nation. it sounds like hyperbole, but you -- >> this hour, usaid director, samantha power, leading up to what the white house is calling a major speech tomorrow on the humanitarian crisis. ukrainian forces continue to show resolve on this 30th day of russian attacks, keeping the russians out of kyiv, battling forces north of the capitol. joining us now, nbc chief foreign correspondent in kyiv. and kelly o'donnell also in warsaw today. first to you. some of the major ukrainian

cities to the east, they just look like rubble. but president zelenskyy's forces are not backing down. it's just extraordinary what they're doing. >> reporter: so, we're seeing that russia's military offensive is increasingly focussed on the east and that's been confirmed by russia's defense ministry. in a statement saying that its focus now is to consolidate its mission in the east; that the first phase of the operation is nearly complete and it will, quote, completely liberate the donbas region. and that is by attacking them and the hardest hit area continues to be the city of mariupol. in the south. and we just got some very difficult news from mariupol this morning. the local city counsel there claims that 300 people were killed in a theater in that city

nine days ago. that attack captured the world's attention because hundreds of people were sheltering in the theater. they had signs out -- you're showing the video right now. taken from inside the theater. in which some people inside are being evacuated. they're covered in dust, moving very slowly. a lot of them seem to be quite visibly shaken. we look at it many times. there are a lot of women, children and elderly in that theater. and those are the survivors. according to local officials, 300 people who were in the theater at that time did not survive and died because of a russian bombing. nbc news has not been able to confirm that figure. it's very difficult to get information out of mariupol. one of the reasons why it's taken nine days to even see this video is because the entire city is closed off. it is surrounded by russian troops.

and independent journalists are no longer operating in the city. but we've been able to verify the video, just not claims that 300 people were killed. this is the same theater that had large billboards in front on the ground so they can be seen from the sky in russian saying children inside. so, terrible news and developments from mariupol. the single biggest atrocity since the war began as russia says its objective have to consolidate forces in the east, not far from mariupol, and that is first phase of the operation is, quote, nearly complete. >> richard, the whole issue of war crimes is so far. the president is of course here in poland today. kelly o'donnell, our senior white house correspondent covering him. and kelly, just want to play

what the president just said. he's with the president of poland and samantha power about war crimes. >> 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, think is a war criminal. and i think will meet the legal definition of that as well. >> for -- as you know, kelly, for a while the u.s. was reluctant to talk about it because it isn't legally proved yet. they have to go through, potentially years of evidence gathering. but the president has now, in the last week and secretary of state, and they came out with a formal statement a few days ago that these indeed are war crimes

and they are reporting the evidence to the international tribunals gathering evidence. there's three at least. >> reporter: a ratcheting up of the rhetoric, going from a personal assessment, the kind of visceral reaction anyone could have to the events happening in ukraine and saying that, through the apparatus of the u.s. government, with intelligence and with a legal analysis, that it officially should rise to the level of war crimes. and as you point out, that's a long process. but it's more than semantics. it's a tool that can be used in the diplomatic realm, as the president has been meeting with other leaders like the president of poland he's with today to try keep the solidarity among allies, who, at times, view the issues differently. and i mean the broad issues of the economic fallout from this war, the response in terms of how the nato community, the g

seven community should respond in terms of giving military assets to ukraine. they have different views on some of the matters, even though they are united. every way they can find that unity when the president is trying to emphasis that. he did so again today. that was part of his briefing that, as i came to the camera, was still ongoing about aid going to ukrainian refugees. he'll be meeting with those providing food, shelter, help with medical care, getting fresh documents for people who had to looev everything behind. in numbers hard to comprehend and the needs will be so great. the u.s. is committing enormous resources in terms of dollars and knowledge and expertise and that's part of what the president wants to see himself today. andrea. >> thank you so much. you'll be with us partnering on this entire trip and of course,

richard engel in the field. please be safe, richard. we're hear aing more from ukrainians who are desperate to survive russia's onslaught, including one young mother who fled from mariupol, which has been all but demolished. >> i don't know really how to describe it because you don't know will you be alive or your son will be alive. one night he said to me, my son, he's 10 years old. sorry. he asked me mom, will i see my dog? will he be alive? and i didn't know what to say to him. >> david, the president and ceo of the international rescue committee, which is doing such extraordinary work. he's a former british foreign

secretary and joins us now. another heartbreaking story and there are millions of those stories because there are now 3.7 million people, at last count, and so many of them, the majority are in poland. this country is really facing a huge crisis here coping with all of these millions of refugees. >> thank you [ inaudible ] crossed the borders to europe [ inaudible ]. >> david, we're having difficulty with your audio and we're going to fix that audio

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back with me is president and ceo of the international rescue committee and we fixed that audio. thanks for being with us again. let's talk about what the needs are because this is now going to be a long suffering war for the ukrainian people. >> yes, the needs are enormous. you're seeing the stories in warsaw, where there are teams in crack ow and these are people who lost everything but they are safe when they make it into europe. and 6.5 million ukrainians on the run in their own country and that means the two-prong strategy the president has announced, first of all, supporting the refugees in poland and eastern europe,

including by welcoming 100,000 ukrainians to america and helping ngos and united nations deliver aid to ukraine is important. we have teams across ukraine, as well as poland and it's vital we reach people in the midst of the fighting, as well as those who made it to safety. >> now, i know, david, the president is talking about a billion dollars. this is money, as senator chris coons explained to me yesterday, money that was approved in the $13.8 billion package last week that passed the senate and house, signed by the president. this is appropriated money. it can be spent. it's got to get to all of you on the ground. but it should be flowing. >> well, you're absolutely right to highlight writing the check is one thing. getting the money spent in an effective way is another. in the midst of fighting and moving conflict lines, that's always difficult. and in places like mariupol, it's been impossible for

everyone, except one united nations convoy, to get in. what i know is we're able to distribute cash across ukraine, which as the president said, is important. and we've seen lines outside pharmacies in kyiv are reducing inside. and that's something we're working with local ngos. it's vital to engage the ukrainian community inside as well as supporting those who fled outside. >> you mention mariupol, the u.n. human rights team said there's new information on mask raids outside mariupol and deportations but we've not been able to independently confirm but that's what local officials are telling us. >> i think it's very important that you raise all those aspects because we've heard reports of humanitarian corridors,

so-called, people being taken effectively into detention, targeted and then you've been reporting on the new news or allegations that 300 died in the well-marked civilian theater where people were hiding. accountability for these acts of impunity is a fundamental principal of humanitarian law and of the u.n. charter that civilians caught up in fighting are able to receive aid. we can't do it if our people are being targeted. and that's why calls for accountability are so important, along side the determination to make sure aid dollars reach those in need. >> the other part of this also is making sure that this new u.s. commitment to welcome up to 100,000 refugees, ukrainian refugees is actually lived up to because they -- significantly did not put any time frame or whether it was this year or next

year and we know there's a huge back log already and they've only done several thousand out of the 25,000 president biden committed to for global refugees. is there a way you and the other ngos can keep on them and make sure the red tape that blocked so many from getting out of afghanistan still is does not happen to ukrainian people as well? >> you're absolutely right to raise this because the biden administration has lived up to being the leader. remember, it was president biden who admitted more than any other american president. the red tape has been getting in the way. some is a result of covid. there's simple things they need to do. they need to start vetting people by zoom, not just insisting on in-person meetings. it needs to speed up the process where documentation is checked. and you've made the point that they have not come with documents. that's why the registration

process we've been working on is so important. the determination is good. we're determined to work with the u.s. administration to put it into practice. >> again, thank you and all of your teams working in conflict zones here and around the world, actually. thank you for all you do. >> thanks very much, andrea. and as we've been reporting, as you heard from richard engel at the beginning of the program. officials in mariupol say at least 300 were killed in a bombing that destroyed a theater. largely women and children, despite the words "children" visible to the sky on both sides of the building. and these are the first pictures from inside the theater as a people were struggling to escape from the bombing nine days ago. joining me is retired admiral, former nato supreme allied commander and former pentagon official as well, jay johnson,

who is federal counsel at the defense department. first, nato has agreed to send more troops to eastern europe but how many missiles does he need? because he's going through a thousand a day and why is the supply chain of armaments not moving more quickly? >> i'd say it's because president zelenskyy 's forces are in a target-rich environment, as we would say in the military and he is burning through missiles, not because he's shooting in the sky or making mistakes. he's taking out russian armor. that's why there are credible reports of over 10,000 killed in action. russians, that's extraordinary. during 20 years of war in afghanistan and iraq, the united states had 7,000 killed in action. so, for putin to lose 10,000 in four weeks tells you ukrainians are doing a dam good job with

the weapons we're giving them. i would say we got to put more in his hands, not just javelin antitank but the british in laws, as well as stingers and antiair missiles. i'll quote with a churchill quote, the most quotable man in history. he told fdr, give us the tools. we will finish the job. and u.s. ultimately ended up in combat but i think the british knew what they needed and ukrainians know what they need as well. >> in fact, when i was in munich at the security conference last month, the -- president zelenskyy was calling for exactly what churchill ways a talking about when he said that to fdr and we didn't deliver until after the invasion and that's part of the problem. they've out performed our

expectations and from their complaint, nato and the u.s. did not come forward, hoping they could deter vladimir putin from this invasion. admiral, forbes is reporting the ukrainian army has more tanks than when the war started, partly because they've captured so many russian tanks. is that credible? >> it is entirely credible. and don't forget ukrainians know how to operate russian tanks, just like they know how to operate russian mig 29s, which in my opinion, we ought to figure out a way to put in their hands. just like they're using very capably the other weapons systems we're giving them, they can capture from the russians and use it because they were part of the ussr for several decades and they understand precisely what russian tactics are, where russian generals are. again, credible reports. seven general officers killed. that's unbelievable in war, in

the 20 years of 9/11, we lost one general and it was an insider attack. not in classic combat conditions. so, absolutely we ought to continued to provide the ukrainians what they're asking for. they're the best way through this and it's not too late to continue adding to the weapons going to them. >> secretary johnson, at a press conference in brussels yesterday, president biden was asked about chemical weapons and listen to his response. i want to ask you about it. >> if chemical weapons were used in ukraine, would that trigger a military response from nato? >> it would trigger a response in kind, whether or not -- you're asking whether nato -- we'd make that decision at the time. >> the president is being very careful to warn of dire circumstances for russia if they

do use chemicals or other weapons of mass destruction but not being specific, for obvious reasons. can you give us, as the former counsel to the pentagon, talk to me about the legal definitions of the chemical attack. could there be an attack that's not clear? do they have to -- is the scale? the location? the type of chemical used? how complicated could this be? >> first, andrea, it's good to join my good friend, admiral on your program. hello, jim. i do want to go back to something you discussed with david. 100,000 ukrainian refugees, resettling them in this country is very doable. but we have to appreciate the surge in personnel it will require within dhs. the very same skillset needed to evaluate claims for asylum on our southern border. so, it's going to take a lot of work.

you're kroekt. correct. president biden gave a very careful answer to that question. chemical weapons are barred by treaties. if there is a chemical weapons attack, there is an issue of what type of weapon it was. there's an issue of at rubugz, and so forth but it does cross the line. let's not lose sight of the fact that vladimir putin has already a crossed numerous red lines through the targeting of innocent civilians, as you pointed out in this program. targeting a theater clearly marked as housing children. targeting maternity hospitals. he'sall ready a crossed numerous red lines. targeting of civilians in conduct of war, it violates the laws of conflict and is considered a war crime.

>> and when we're talking about phosphorus bombs, by definition, they're not chemicals, they're not under the chemical -- the ban on chemical weapons, that treaty. but they are a restricted weapon. they are illegal. and the claim has been made that a they're used. it doesn't rise to the level -- they're awful, as is chlorine and other substances but they're not part of the chemical weapons ban. right? >> not explicitly. let's not lose sight of the fact that the entire manner in which the russian military, vladimir putin is conducting this illegal invasion violates basic principals of laws of armed conflict on numerous levels. starting with the targeting of innocent men, women and children. children specifically. places markeds a housing

children. similar to, as jim knows, targeting a building, a structure marked with a red cross on it's roof, considered privlaged territory. ando, he's crossed numerous lines here. and there's nothing to indicate he won't continue to do so. >> i just want to point out that earlier this week i interviewed gordon brown, the former british prime minister, who has been calling for it to be -- for vladimir putin to be prosecuted just for the invasion because the invasion, he says, violates law as, just that aggression against a sovereign state. >> correct. >> thank you very much, jay johnson and admiral. great to see both offia. and what the u.s. and world powers are prepared to do to keep squeezing putin. you're watching a special

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$140 billion. joining me is treasury secretary, who will be criss crossing europe to coordinate the imposition of these sanctions. thank you very much, mr. secretary, for being with us today. how concerned are you about russia's ability to use gold and get around the sanctions and what can the u.s. treasury do about it? >> thanks for having me. it's -- our goal is to make sure we shut down every avenue of evasion and my job is to be concerned about anything they can do to get around the devastating sanctions we and our allies have put in place. that's why taking the action with the g 7, what the president did is critical to making sure they can't use gold or other means to get around the sanctions we've put in place. >> the treasury is sanctioning nearly 30 russian defense companies that finance aed the war. you've sanctioned oligarchs. how effective are the sanctions?

do many of these company as and oligarchs clearly have money stashed all over the world. >> the sanctions are clearlyfective. you look at what's happened to the russian economy. russia is preventing russians from being able to take money out of the country. because anyone who has money ein russia is trying to get it out. they had to shut down the stock market for a month. and these elites, you can see they're attempting to move their boats, assets out of our country but the key has been that we've taken this action with our allies and partners, which means may have nowhere to hide and part of my trip will be working with them to make sure we're able to freeze and seize assets going forward. yesterday we took action against a number of defense companies helping to advance president putin's illegitimate war in ukraine. i'm going to talk to our european allies about how we go after defense company as and other key sectors of the russian economy allowing president putin

to project power going forward. and make sure we go after the companies and key suppliers to make sure they don't have the ability to continue going forward. >> how -- i guess i really want to know what china is doing. how are you going to determine china? >> we're paying close attention to make sure they're not evading our sanctions. when it comes to kline in particular, china can't give russia what china doesn't have. and as you know, china doesn't make the cutting edge semiconductors, for example, that are key to advancing russia's military build up and their military industrialized complex. those are only made by the united states, taiwan, south korea and japan, who have all

taken actions. in addition, we're going to make sure going forward, we make clear to china and other countries, they can make the choice of supporting russia or headache the choice of continuing to participate in the global economy that they have -- has allowed them to grow their iconomy going forward. they continuously choose to live within the rules of our sanctions and by others. our goal is to make sure that we're in a position to make sure evasion doesn't occur. to make sure president putin doesn't have additional resources to support his war in ukraine. >> the president said very clearly that he made those points to president xi in their conversation. and also he said china needs european markets and the american markets. they're far bigger than the russian market to china. are there any signs that china

is violating this and providing material support so far to russia? >> i have not seen any signs at the moment that russia has found a we to get around our sanctions. i think the statement the g 7 put out was a critical one, not only to china but other countries. and the companies around the world that the world stands as united and making sure we're able to enforce sanctions going forward and will hold companies accountable that choose to violate their sanctions going forward. what we have done over the last few weeks in terms of taking stems to prevent crypto and gold evasion speak to our uniyty of focus to insure russia is cut off and the resources it needs to continue the illegitimate war in ukraine >> thank you very much and safe travels on a very important mission all across europe. coming up. >> thank you. rrs and the war on two fronts. as their families battle the

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she was dehydrated when she came but basically her main problem was she had to travel for three days around the car and they had no place to stop and the poor girl, she was very stressed and they were totally deprievled when they arrived. we treated them well and we are organizing a transfer abroad. >> just can't imagine the emotional pain, to say nothing of the physical stress, for these sick children. what are your expectations in terms of treating trauma cases there? what have you seen so far? >> look, it's -- our goal is to help the population when the refugee population, the local population to take stress off the local hospital. we didn't come on purpose. we didn't come to the frontline because that's not our duty right now. as general surgeon, a trauma surgeon, i'm prepared to do

anything even if it's helping relieve suffering from an abses i can drain bed stied helping a local surgeon with a major operations. it's an unpredictable environment. obviously we hope for peace in the region and on earth soon. our goal is to do everything we can from a hub to a major operation. >> can you show us some of the aspects of the field hospital? can you use your zoom camera and try to show us a little bit of what's going on there today? >> yes. so, the ministry felt -- we're standing in a simulation center and today myself and dr. seagull, we gave a trauma

course to a bunch of surgeons and anesthesiologists. we step outside and we're housing in a beautiful school. which they're remarkable. this is the whole set up of the hospital. we have emergency room, a woman center for gynecologist, two gynecologists are there. a pediatric center and pediatric emergency room and as i mentioned before, a radiology tent, simulation center. it's really a remarkable set up. we have a very strong mental health set up that we're really trying to give them whatever support they need and just talking and showing we care. and that's really what we have going for us. we're about 20/30 yards from the

local hospital. where we have three operating rooms we can operate in. we've been performing elective surgery. today we did elective hernia surgery for someone who had been suffering and they can't work and it's bothering them. he diagnosed append sites on a six-year-old boy and operated on him the next day. anything in terms of surgical but truly a small percentage of what's going on. in the first two or three days we've seen 2 or 300 patients come through and whatever is needed, we're doing. >> you're just amazing. i mean, this is incredible. what you have set up and the range of services you're providing. dr. seagull, this is emotional component for you because you grew up in kyiv. this is your homeland,

originally, before you immigrated to israel. what is it like to see your country, your birth country being attacked this way? >> well, of course, it's very hard. as you said i grew up here. a lot of friends, people i started with. and i have family. and cousin had to evacuate the bombing and her husband couldn't go out and now he's traveling to kyiv. and when i heard about this humanitarian mission, i said i want to go in and volunteer because of how much it means to me because i want to come and help in the country i grew up in and got the education with. >> and i have say besides -- he's been remarkable and a key part of this because he's the whole connection between us and the locales. >> well, having him as a

resource is extraordinary and there's such a long connection between ukraine and israel, of course. goes back to the holocaust. thank you both so much. thanks for what you're doing and thanks for sharing with us. best of luck. and the war in ukraine has cut off life-saving treatment for children fighting cancer. but four ukrainian children with cancer are now safe and being treated at st. jude's children's hospital getting the care they so desperately need at st. jude's, thanks to fast tracked u.s. visas. >> reporter: one mother clings to her 18-month old daughter, another exhausted from war shields her 8-year-old son. both children are refugees from the war in ukraine. but long before the first shots were fired these kids were already a in a battle for their lives, fighting advanced cancers.

>> natalia tears up as she says. >> decision was truly heartbreaking because it split my family. i had to leave my two daughters at home but my main goal was my son. >> they were strangers. now the two moms bonded together by their ukrainian heritage and their children's extreme health struggles. your daughter is too young to understand what's going on but did you sense that she was scared? >> yes, you're right. she is really little indeed. however, it does effect her greatly because she feels our worries and our emotions as parents. >> reporter: that anxiety created by constant bombs and bullets takes a toll on children weakened by cancer, say doctors, who are treating the children at st. jude hospital in memphis. >> we have seen the horrors of war and at the same time we have

seen what we're capable of doing and that's what i take with me. >> hallelujah to you and everybody. >> thank you. >> took a lot of courage, beginning with the parents saying we have to get out of here. >> reporter: they say they're numb but also amazed and so thankful to learn st. jude is free. this hospital, started by marlau thomas's father, danny, operates on the generosity of donations. >> it's so gratifying. and it's so emotional. to meet those mothers and know we have a place for them to come to, which is what this has always been. st. jude has always been a beacon of hope to parents. >> hope that's been in short supply until now. >> and while they worry about their families back home in ukraine, the children's moms are comforted by the fact that saunt jude's says more than 80% of all the children they treat survive their cancers. remarkable record.

and the orphans of war. children caught in the middle of conflict and dreaming of a home of their own. that's next. you're watching a special edition of "andrea mitchell reports" from warsaw only on msnbc. y on msnbc. oh man. ♪♪ come on. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪

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one out of every two ukrainian children have been displaced since the start of the russian invasion. many of them now becoming orphans because of the war. >> reporter: song time is a highlight of the day for these kids. they're orphans to fled to poland with their caretakers. among them, 15-year-old leah. we're withholding her last night. in 2014 she escaped violence in the east. now eight years later retreating west again. many ukrainian orphans like leah are deemed social orphans. they have parents unable to care for them. >> my mom in mariupol and my dad in kyiv with my brother. and it's hard. i don't know what happened with

my mom, if she died or -- >> march was the last time you talked to your mom? >> yes. >> do you know where she is now? >> i don't know. >> reporter: ukraine has one of the largest orphanage systems in europe, caring for almost 100,000 children, according to unicef. children fleeing war at at heightened risk for traffic. it's a concern for the director of leah's orphanage. it's a big danger, he says. that's why they've registered all the children with the embassy here in poland. ukraine is where wendy farell found her daughter. what's it like to watch all these kids go through this?

>> our kids are very resilient but it is traumatic. >> reporter: she's working to bring them to the u.s. but the u.s. consulate is back logged and ukraine has expressed concern about moving children out of europe. for leah, america would be a dream come true but her heart is with ukraine. leah says she feels pain whenever she plays her favorite song. it's called "pray for ukraine." she hopes the world will. >> joining us is nbc's dasha burn. more than 2 million ukrainians have fled here since the start of this war. what are you hearing from them? how are they adjusting? >> as the president spends time in poland today, he is going to see a country that has gone above and beyond to help their neighbors. right here where i'm standing, this was a shopping mall until

very recently. now there are children, there are adults, food, supplies, childrens' shoes here for the folks who are coming and moving on to other parts of the country. it's also, andrea, filled with heartbreaking stories. i want to introduce you to a mother we met. unicef says that 7,500 children have actually been born into this war and leira is about to add another child to that number. she is six months pregnant. she also has a 10-month-old with her. we talked to her today. i just want to play a moment, just to show you what it feels like to be a mother in this situation. watch.

>> reporter: it's okay. it's okay. what do you want for her future? "i just want her to not see all of this so in her future, she never has to run." >> dasha, it's just extraordinary. a 10-month-old. thank you so much for bringing that to us, the mothers and their children. and the human toll in ukraine, it's mounting. the u.n. now says that more than a thousand civilians have been killed and 1,700 have been injured as of yesterday. that's it for today. that does it for this special edition of "andrea mitchell reports." we're live in warsaw.

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