>> he's a monster. >> unbelievable. >> i'm just going to finish my email to rashida that four hours is not enough for joe and willie. >> we need another hour. >> i need another hour, willie. >> that does it for us this morning. that does it for us this morning. jose diaz-balart picks up msnbc's breaking news coverage right now. >> and good morning, 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. we begin this busy monday with what the ukrainian president calls new evidence of genocide in russia's invasion of ukraine. this morning, we're learning new details about the massacre reported in bucha, just outside of kyiv. images appear to show mass graves, bodies of civilians lined along the streets and other signs of torture, as russian forces withdraw from the region. and further east, the red cross says this morning that humanitarian aid workers were not able to reach the besieged

city of mariupol to reach trapped civilians. we'll get an update from the red cross later this hour. here in the u.s., any minute now, the senate judiciary committee is set to vote on the nomination of judge ketanji brown jackson for the supreme court. and more than likely, the vote is expected to end in a tie. we'll explain what happens if that occurs. and out west, the community is grieving on suspects still on the loose after at least two shooters opened fire in sacramento early sunday, leaving six people dead, 12 wounded. we'll bring you the very latest from the scene. this morning, new images appear to depict the aftermath of violent massacres that unfolded in the kyiv suburb of bucha, as russian forces withdrew from the region. i would like to warn you that some of the videos and the images you're about to see are violent and disturbing. ukrainian authorities describing it as a scene out of a horror movie. bodies of innocent civilians

laying on the streets, some with bound hands. many with close-range gunshot wounds. one official saying some women appear to have been raped before being killed. in a new video just this morning, ukrainian president zelenskyy is seen visiting the devastation in bucha. he vowed to bring the town, quote, back to life as soon as possible. and just this morning, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations said the u.s. will push to suspend russia from the u.n. human rights council, calling moscow's participation in the council a farce. meanwhile, moscow is callinging the attacks fake and staged by kyiv and western media, denying any civilians were hurt by russian forces. nbc news chief foreign correspondent, richard engel has the very latest from ukraine. >> on the edge of kharkiv, igor, a sergeant, is on the front lines defending the city. the troops here are preparing for a new russian assault out in the east, now that russian forces are pulling back from

around kyiv. and they say the growing evidence of russian abuses only makes them more determined to fight. >> we are ready. behind my back, my city. in the city, my family. my mother and father. my wife and daughter. i'll do everything, what i needed, to stop them here. richard engel reporting. joining us now from ukraine, nbc news national correspondent, gabe gutierrez. in washington, nbc news correspondent, carol lee. gabe, you've also been reporting about bucha. how are ukrainians reacting to what they're seeing from bucha? >> reporter: well, jose, just complete and total outrage. we've been speaking with people from that area, we spoke with an adviser to the city's mayor. and this morning, she is just completely outraged. there's no other way to describe it, jose. we also spoke with a member of ukraine's parliament, who is from the area in kyiv, and we spoke with her yesterday, and

this is just an atrocity on another level. and it's something, jose, that we had heard about happening, for example, in places like mariupol. but because of the limited ability to get pictures out of there now, we're seeing this devastation firsthand from the reporters on the ground, in and around the suburbs of kyiv. whereas in mariupol, that city is still besieged. now with the russian troops pulling out, we are seeing those awful images that are so difficult to watch of civilians seen on the streets, their bodies lying with their hands tied behind their backs. the witnesses on the ground saying that these men were shot by the russian troops. and you know, reports of rapes as well with bodies being dropped in mass graves, potentially hundreds of casualties at this point. there is mounting outrage really around the world, jose, with more and more leaders calling for an investigation into war crimes. the international criminal court

is already looking into this. and now, there's increased pressure from some european countries that are pushing for more sanctions against russia and a ban on countries, something that they have been reluctant to call for before, because they're economies are so dependent on it. but this really seems like a turning point in this war, jose, with these images coming from bucha, and local officials say to expect more images coming from the surrounding suburbs of kyiv, as we see the russian forces pull out of there. they're now out, and now they're refocusing on fighting in the east and the south, jose. >> you know, gabe, it just -- the questions come to mind, you know, not only did these soldiers, you know, rape women and kill the dogs and the cats and the pets, this is more than just, you know, putin desiring to destroy ukraine.

it's these individual soldiers that are causing such destruction on civilians. i'm wondering, gabe, we haven't been able to get into mariupol. russians are still there. could this be something that could be carrying out throughout the area, the regions controlled by the russians? >> and that is what human rights activists have been fearing now for quite some time and we've been speaking with refugees from mariupol, and they describe similar scenes of destruction. the ukrainian officials have said that more than 90%. think about that, jose, 90% of the buildings in mariupol had been damaged or destroyed according to ukrainian officials. we have spoken to folks who have been there for weeks now without power, electricity. some managed to get out on these humanitarian buses that we have been seeing over the last several days, evacuating several hundred people at a time, but that is the concern, jose. what haven't we seen?

if we're seeing these images now in northern ukraine, what is happening in some of the other areas that are either russian-controlled or near russian controlled in other parts of the country. and one more thing, jose, that is drawing a lot of outrage across this country is the response from russia, claiming that the images coming out of northern ukraine, out of bucha, are somehow staged and and that is just adding insult to injury for so many ukraine here is. >> carol, what are the conversations that officials are having at the white house about what happened in bucha and maybe other places. >> i can tell you, jose, there's definitely strange across the biden administration. you mentioned the u.s. ambassador to the united nations saying it's a farce that russia would be a participant in the human rights counsel. we heard secretary of state antony blinken say that these -- what the images that we're seeing out of ukraine are a punch in the gut. and i can tell you that the white house is very focused on

this pap senior administration official tells me that officials are currently discussing new sanctions against russia and also tightening some of those sanctions that the u.s. and allies have already slapped on russia. so what exactly they will look like, we don't know. but those are very active discussions that are taking place inside the administration right now. president biden is also expected to arrive back here in washington soon. and you can bet that this is something that president biden is likely to want to address publicly in some form. we don't know exactly what that might look like or when that might happen, but these are conversations that are happening within the administration. there's a lot of outrage about this. and a lot of momentum to try to do something to push back on russia to respond to these images and so, what that looks like, we don't know yet, but those are things that they are actively discussing right now, jose. >> carol lee and gabe gutierrez, thank you so much for being with us this morning. for more on this, i want to bring in veronica, the executive

editor for "the new voice of ukraine," who is in kyiv. veronica, it's always a pleasure to see you. such difficult times. and veronica, just, you know, when we're seeing these images out of bucha, that's close to where you are. how do we process that? >> i haven't slept this night, because i couldn't process that. i feel guilt because i am okay, and kyiv is okay, and it seems that bucha and others have paid the dear price for the safety of kyiv, because they took on themselves the huge variants from russia. i don't have any words of -- i

mean, you did not mention in your story before that there were even pictures of kids as young as 6 years old found with tied hands and they were naked. i don't know what happened to them, but there were such images, too. that's all i can say about it. >> and when you mentioned -- i mean, men, wenl and children. this was a complete attack on an entire people. and i'm just wondering, russia says that these are staged and this is kyiv and the western powers making this up. how do you fight against something like this? >> i think that people have to

have common sense, because just right after their claims that all was staged in bucha, this was a kremlin mosque, basically. a state-run media published an article, which is basically an theory that involves ukrainians. the article calls russians to not even denounce any ukrainians, but ukrainians. it calls that russia has the right to erase our nations, because ukrainians are not as equal as russians. and russians have to have the right to control our governments. russians have the right to eliminate the elite of ukraine, eliminate the government of ukraine, and even some ukrainians, ordinary ukrainians are called nazi collaborators, because they supposedly support their government right now and their armed forces. so it's a theory again about

ukrainians now. >> i just wonder, how you go forward. you know, what does zelenskyy, what do the ukrainian people go forward with the russians on? you know, talking about, you know, peace talks in turkey or anywhere else in the future. maybe zelenskyy meeting with putin. how do you go forward, face to face, with this? >> well, this is the same questions that zelenskyy was asked today when he visited bucha. and he said still that we still need to talk to russia, because ukraine needs peace. but i am not a politician. so i basically do not know how you talk to people who do not think that you are an equal human being to them. and they treat you as if they are your property. and this is how they treat people in mariupol, by taking them to russia, by forcibly

deporting people to russia and using them by russian propaganda. i think the only way to talk to russians is to cut all of their finances, because they use gazprom blanc, they use oil to finance war, basically. and if russia is completely cut out of civilized world, this is the only way, because otherwise, i only see that ukraine would be destroyed, because west has already made it clear, it's not going to join this war, it's not going to help us like other countries started helping poland in 1939. so i think the only ways to financially cut russia and then it will be eager to talk. >> veronica, thank you. thank you for being with us. thank you for your voice. still ahead, humanitarian

workers are desperately trying to reach hard-hit mariupol. we'll talk to an aid worker on the ground in ukraine about their efforts to help millions, coming up. plus, the senate judiciary committee is meeting right now to vote on judge ketanji brown jackson's supreme court nomination. what happens if there's a deadlock, next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." applebee's irrt-a-bowls are back. now starting at $8.99. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood.

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right now, the senate judiciary committee is voting on whether to advance judge ketanji brown jackson's vote to the whole senate. joining us now, maya wiley, an nbc news legal analyst. leigh ann, what's happening today, and when do we think the full senate will get the vote? >> so, jose, i'm outside the hearing room right now. so they are having a meeting about ketanji brown jackson. and what's happening is each senator is going to speak for about ten minutes, they probably won't hold that time limit, so they might speak for longer. and we just heard that the top republican on the committee, senator grassley is going to vote against judge ketanji brown jackson. now, it is becoming clear that all republicans are going to vote against her in this committee, so they will not refer her to the senate, in a favorable recommendation. so what that means in this evenly divided committee, in this evenly divided senate, her

nomination will be stuck, as all republicans will vote "no" and democrats will vote "yes." so what's going to happen is an extra step. her nomination will go to the senate floor later today, where the senate, the entire senate is going to have to discharge her from committee. this will only slow down the process just by a few hours. it won't prevent this process from moving forward, but it is an additional step where republicans and democrats are going to have to vote later today. and so, then, after this, the senate will take it up, and she should be confirmed by the full senate by the end of the week. the question is, how many republicans are going to support her. we know that one, senator susan collins will. we're waiting on a couple of others, like senator lisa murkowski, senator mitt romney, as well. but ultimately, at the end of this, she will be confirmed, but it could be a little bit of an interesting, chaotic process to get there, but it will happen, jose. >> and maya, the debates over supreme court justices have

become uber partisan. what do you make of the fact that we might not see any republican support for judge jackson from the committee? >> you know, i make of that, unfortunately, a very dangerous state for democracy, quite frankly. and the reason for that is that the judicial nomination's process was always supposed to be about qualification, and that a sitting president had the authority to make that nomination and have their candidate heard. and in the history of this country, fortunately, historic candidates who receive qualified and in this case, ketanji brown jackson got well qualified, the highest qualifications that you can get from the american bar association, usually get bipartisan support. so, to be at, on the day that's the anniversary of the assassination of martin luther

king jr., and to have republicans who have extolled his lessons, his life, and the world that we've been trying to create in this country as a plural democracy, it's very dangerous to politicize such an historic candidate. and frankly, to use fear too often as a wedge for a candidate that everyone understands as deserving of this seat, and as someone who has demonstrated that she has the temperament and the integrity to get that seat. and that's what makes it dangerous. >> i'm just wondering, it seems so obvious that these hearings and this process is to determine qualifications, right, of the judge. it seems as though, maya, that's almost become secondary. and it is a dangerous precedent. it is, because the very nature

of the central bench is that it is the third branch of government. and it's supposed to be the politically neutral branch. and that means that it's certainly true that both parties including democrats will raise questions about judicial philosophy, usually, usually because you want to make sure that you have a justice who given the lifetime appointment and the power of the position, is not so far out of the mainstream that it doesn't, because the private position, that it doesn't drag society in a direction that society doesn't want to go in. but it's not supposed to be partisan. and i think that's the problem here. is that you have folks like a senator ben sasse, who has said that he thinks that she's highly qualified. who has said that he thinks that she's a good person. you have the same thing in senator blunt. and yet, are not going to vote to confirm. that's bad. that's a bad signal to folks who want to rise to this level in

their career, of getting a supreme court nomination, because it also signals to them that they have to be careful about how they rule if they're on the district court, as she was for eight years, and the appellate court. we shouldn't politicize the process like that. >> maya wiley and leigh ann caldwell, thanks for being with us this morning. coming up, tragedy in california after a deadly mass shooting early yesterday morning. the lathe on the manhunt for the shooters. they're still at large. you're watching jose diaz-balart reports.

see? bio.true. 27 past the hour. we're following tragic news out of california, where six people were dead, 12 injured after at least two shooters opened fire on crowds in downtown sacramento early sunday. nbc's guad venegas is in sacramento. what do we know about what happened? >> good morning, jose. well, the shooting happened just behind me in this part of sacramento with a lot of restaurants and bars, right around the time when these bars were closing. and this is why there were crowds on the street. police have said that they now know that there were multiple shooters. they've also recovered items like a stolen handgun from the scene, and we know that of the

six that died, three were women and three were men. yesterday, friends and family members of the victims were here yesterday, trying to get some information, and we met pamela harris. she says her son, sergio, is one of those that were killed. >> i mean, that was a massacre. what do you know about what happened. >> all i know is my son is dead. >> he has two young daughters that love him dearly, and he loved them. and they're not going to see their father anymore. >> pamela calling it a massacre. when we arrived yesterday, jose, we could see bullet casings all across this street with markings. those have since been picked up and this area was reopened today with investigators not sharing any information on the possible motives for the shooting, and still, on the search for the suspects, jose. >> guad venegas in sacramento. thank you. time now for a check of our other top headlines this morning. today, jury selection begins in the trial of the gunman who shot

and killed 17 students and school staff members at the high school in parkland, florida, on valentine's day in 2018. the now 23-year-old, already pleaded guilty. now the jury's task is to decide whether he receives a death sentence or life without parole. >> and more than 90 migrants in an overcrowded boat drowned in the mediterranean sea according to doctors without borders. four survivors say 1 hurricane hurricane 100 people were onboard the boat bound for libya. in the sports world, the south carolina women's team won, who lost only twice in the season before entering the tournament. and did you catch it last night was the grammy award ceremony where a pre-recorded message from ukrainian president zelenskyy was played. he urged artists to tell the stories of ukraine. other highlights included silk sonic, winning best record for "leave the door open."

john batiste winning best album. olivia rodrigo winning best new artist, and the late legendary vicente fernandez winning best music album. but the presenter, let's go -- let me interrupt and let's go right to president biden. >> the war criminal. the truth of the matter, you saw what happened in bucha. this warrants -- he is a war criminal. but we have to gather the information. we have to continue to provide ukraine with the weapons they need to continue to fight, and we have to get all the detail, so this can be an actual, have a war crime trial. this guy is brutal. and what's happening in bucha is outrageous. and everyone has seen it. >> would you call it genocide? >> i think it is a war crime. >> sir, are you going to put more sanctions on russia? >> i'm seeking more sanctions, yes. i'll have time for that, too.

>> he should be held accountable. >> held accountable without sanctions? >> well, no -- no, no, no. the war crimes, yes, i'm going to continue to add sanctions. thank you. >> what kind of sanctions, mr. president. >> i'll let you know. >> and that was president biden on his return to washington, d.c., calling putin a war criminal, saying what was going on there in ukraine are war crimes. and that he says that he will be announcing new, an increased series of economic sanctions against russia in the near future. up next, new outrage against russia today after those atrocities committed by his forces in ukraine. just how far is the u.s. willing to go in its response. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports. we're hoping things will pick up by q3.

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35 past the hour. in hungary, victor orban won a fourth term as prime minister this weekend. the war in ukraine became a focus of the race, as orban's opponent accused him of serving putin. nbc's raf sanchez is life in budapest and joins us now. raf, what has been the reaction there. and how was this election. was it fair? >> well, jose, here in budapest, which is a pretty liberal city, there is a real sense of despair among many voters that hungary's authoritarian leader has not only won a fourth term, but he's won big. he has a two-thirds majority in the parliament, and that means that he can continue to change the constitution. on the international stage, one of the first people to congratulate victor orban, rather, was vladimir putin. putin historically has had a closer relationship with orban than when any other leader in

nato. someone who is not a fan of orban is volodymyr zelenskyy of ukraine. just a couple of hours before polls opened here in hungary, the ukrainian president criticized orban for not doing more to help ukraine. but when orban claimed victory last night, he gave a long list of opponents who he felt that he'd defeated, including the mainstream media, the international left, george soros, but he also mentioned president zelenskyy of ukraine, as one of those opponents. now, you asked whether this election was free and fair. we just came from a press conference of international election observers. they said this election was marred by the absence of a level playing field. they pointed out the opposition was barely able to get on state media. there is a real overlap between the hungarian state and victory orban's ruling party. and there was a real lack of transparency in terms of how the votes were counted. but jose, even the opposition

are conceding that victor orban clearly won the most votes here. jose? >> raf sanchez in budapest, thank you so much. moments ago, president biden spoke out about reports of war crimes by russian troops in the ukrainian town of bucha, calling president vladimir putin a war criminal, and promising additional sanctions against russia. you saw it right here on msnbc. the president's comments come shortly after ukraine's president said during a visit to bucha that what he saw is, quote, characteristic of the russian military and that it is a war crime. he also said that thousands of people were killed and tortured, but nbc news has not independently verified those claims. a warning that what you're about to see is graphic. it is extremely disturbing. bucha's mayor says russian forces targeted civilians in a deadly campaign that left more than 300 people dead, with bodies strewn on damaged city streets. despite video and photographic evidence, russia's defense

ministry has rejected claims that its forces killed civilians in bucha. in response to the images, the u.s. embassy in kyiv tweeted that we cannot stand quiet. the world needs to know what happened and we all must act. joining us now to talk about this, susan page, washington bureau chief for "usa today," and rick stengel, former undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs and an msnbc political analyst. susan, what does accountability look like from the u.s. perspective. >> well, first of all, we heard the president not use any hedge words when he talked about vladimir putin, as a war criminal. said that they would be gathering evidence for a war criminal trial. that is a significant statement. and it's significant, as well, in that germany is now opening the door to discussions on a ban on russian gas imports. that's something that berlin has been reluctant to do, given their dependence -- their country's dependence on russian imports of energy.

that would be a significant consequence for russia, of these atrocities that we're seeing on the screen right now. >> does, susan, do you think, the administration think that maybe these images coming out of bucha will help convince some, until now, wavering allies, that it's time for tougher actions against russia? >> well, the biggest target, i think that the administration has at the moment is india. you know, the world's largest democracy. the second most populous country. one that has tried to be kind of neutral when it comes to the actions that have been taken in response to the unprovoked russian invasion of ukraine. lots of lobbying going on there from both sides, for how. we'll see if these images have any effect on that. >> and rick, a poll released last week by russia's most respected independent pollster found that putin's approval rating is now at 83%. that 81% of russians support the war in ukraine. putin isn't going anywhere, at

least anytime soon, it seems. how does the world deal with him from here on out? >> well, that poll was disturbing, jose. i remember, when i was in the state department and we talked about messaging russians directly, as an old magazine editor, i thought to myself, i don't have any subscribers there. russians are very, very supportive of vladimir putin. they get most of their information from state-run media. even as recently as five years ago, there was plenty of independent media in russia. you can stand in red square and watch msnbc, if you want. was most russians are rallying around the flag. they get most of their information from state-run media. and it's a little -- we think we're winning the messaging war. well, putin cares most about his domestic audience, rather than the west. so he's winning that messaging war. >> rick, someone said once, public opinion is based on published opinion and in russia,

clearly, much of the published opinion is pro-putin and pro the war in ukraine. rick, i'm wondering, you have countries like india. mexico has been kind of wishy-washy on sanctions, right, towards russia. how does the world deal with putin in the future when we see bucha and other places? is there a change in how someone like that is treated by the world, post-ukraine? >> it's a good question. and as you mentioned, the rest of the world, and susan mentioned india, there was an economist, intelligence unit study or poll recently that showed that only about a third of the world supports sanctions on russia. there's about a third that object to it. india has been a longtime, a 40 to 50-year ally of russia.

they have supported russia in the u.n. over and over. so when we think that we're getting universal support, we're not. and to your question of how we really punish them, i think the west has to completely ostracize him and ostracize russia from the community of nations, from the kind of globalized world of international treaties. i mean, russia has to become and is becoming a pariah. but again, you know, putin is seclude about exploiting the neutrality of india, the neuralty of china to support his war effort. and again, to what we can do, the people who really have leverage are the europeans. the europeans are the ones that buy russian oil and russian natural gas. if they can wean themselves off of that like lithuania just announced and the other baltic countries just announced, that would be the hardest way of punishing him. >> and susan, president biden right here when we just heard him on nbc a couple of minutes

ago, he said he would announce a further set of different sanctions towards russia in the future. what could those look like? >> well, secretary of state yesterday speaking on one of the sunday shows talked about a general tightening of the sap sanctions that we've had so far. the sanctions are pretty tough. you could extend them to more russian oligarchs that could take more steps to try to cut russia off. but as rick was saying, when you have the two longest countries in the world providing a sort of exit ramp around sanctions, china and india, there are limits to just how far sanctions -- just how far sanctions can go and what they can achieve. >> susan page and rick stangl, thank you for being with us this morning. coming up, humanitarian officials are warning of dire consequences for millions of people inside ukraine. we're going to be talking to the head of emergency operations for the international federation of red cross in ukraine, next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." ing "jose

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city of mariupol because of security concerns. the red cross has been attempting to reach the city since friday, but did not receive necessary security guarantees over the weekend. joining us now, steve mcandrew. he is the head of emergency operations for international federation of red cross in ukraine. steve, thank you so much for being with us. what are the main challenges your sister organization, the international committee of the red cross, is facing in reaching mariupol? >> thanks for having me, jose. the challenges we're facing is mostly security and safety and access. the locations are still highly contested by the different parties to the conflict. and we need to make sure that our colleagues in the international committee of the red cross and those volunteers from the ukraine red cross are able to do their jobs, stay safe, not get caught in any cross fires, and help to evacuate the people that we're trying to get out of mariupol. we estimate, there are tens of thousands of people right now

that are trying to get out and we still are not able to help them. >> steve, talk to me about all of the different branchs of the red cross, et cetera, that are working in ukraine, throughout the entire country. >> yes, so we have the of the r which is working directly in a conflict zone, but we also have the ukraine red cross which has over 7,000 volunteers mobilized here within ukraine. and then we have multiple red cross societies in the surrounding countries and around the world including american red cross. so we have american red cross volunteers and staff right here in this operation, and in the surrounding countries. so we have our home network activated. we all are the same and use the same principles and we're all just trying to help people wherever we can wherever they are. >> so what kind of help are you able to give people? >> so far we believe we've

reached over 1 million people inside and outside ukraine. here in ukraine we're looking at the basics. food, water, blankets, bedding, hygiene items and just basic sanitation. we also believe that we've helped around 80,000 people reach safety from different areas of the conflict from the beginning when it started. and then in the surrounding countries, we're providing everything we can with people at the border getting a warm meal, a hot bowl of soup, helping them to integrate and get some support in the countries wherever they find themselves. and they are starting to spread out through many countries throughout the world. so we're just working with them wherever they are chasing them and we'll find them and get help to them. >> and you are in lviv, an area that has been so far such kind of a final point for ukrainians leaving their country. i'm just wondering, you know, you are in country. just how massive this

destruction is, just how massive the destruction of men, women and children is in this country. >> massive is the correct word. we estimate over 10 million people have been affected. there is over 6 million people that have been displaced inside ukraine and over 4 million people have left the country. they have walked across borders, they have ridden buses and they just carry what they can on their backs. so we're talking big numbers. over 10 million people. and it is still going on and still increasing. so it is a big one. we're up for the challenge. we think that we have a big organization with a long history and we'll just keep addressing this the best we can with our persistence and our volunteers wherever it leads us. >> steve, thank you so much for what you are doing and for being with us today. up next, why former president obama is heading back to the white house this week for

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jackson saying she deserves to be confirmed. if the committee is split eventually, chuck schumer will send the vote to the full senate. this afternoon, president biden will hold an event to outline his administration's plans to deal with challenges facing the trucking industry. and tomorrow former president obama will visit the white house for the first time since he left office for an event to promote the affordable care act. joining us now, senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnell. what is the president doing today and let's talk about that big return by president obama tomorrow. >> reporter: there are a lot of different plates spinning here at the white house. first on the trucking event, it wasn't that long ago that the supply chain and issues about getting goods to americans'

homes was really the red hot issue. remember, around christmastime when people were worried about would gifts be available. and over these months respect the administration has been working on issues to try to increase the number of truckers available to work by doing some things that would make it easier to reduce some of the red tape in the trucking industry, to increase apprenticeships, to try to turn some of the hours that truckers spend not being paid as they are waiting for loads, to use modern technology to try to facilitate ways that they can streamline some of that. because more than 70% of the goods in our country are shipped and carried by truckers. and it is an overwell well himmingly male dominated profession. and so there are big rigs set up on the south lawn and the president and the transportation secretary pete buttigieg will be talking about their plans for how they are trying to make the

supply chain work more smoothly and increase trucking jobs. so check that box as something that they have been working on. tomorrow there will be a lot of interest in the return of the 44th president who was of course a governing partner with the current president, barack obama, who has been seen with joe biden at things like the inauguration. but has not returned to the white house himself since he left office. and that of course is when he handed off to donald trump in 2017. so that will be a big event and they will be talking about what has been a signature achievement for both of them and that is the affordable care act. in some circles it is known as the aca and it became know as obamacare in the public sphere. and they will talk about how they believe law has continued to change and evolve and during the of course course of covid they have expanded enrollment

and will tout it as an ongoing achievement. but many will just look at the dynamic of seeing the two presidents back together again and so kind of a cultural moment here at the white house tomorrow. >> kelly o'donnell, thank you so much. and that wraps up the hour for me. you can always reach me on twitter and instagram. and follow the show online. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks it up with more news right now. good morning. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington. as the white house and world leaders are reacting to the horror s from bucha, president zelenskyy saying it is hard to negotiate with russians after seeing what happened in the community northwest of kyiv. a quick warning, many of the images you are about