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 to see may

be very difficult to watch. they should be difficult to watch. zelenskyy is accusing russian troops of genocide before retrieving from bucha. local officials and witnesses say civilians were murdered in execution style i will cannings, some with their hands tied behind their backs left in the street. and than that an additional 270 civilians were found buried in mass graves. russia is denying any responsibility for the atrocities they left behind in bucha with sergey lavrov calling the incident, quote, staged and the kremlin spokesman asking the international community not to rush to judgment. moments ago here in washington, president biden with his first public reaction to bucha arrives at ft. mcnair. >> i got criticized for calling putin a war criminal. the truth of the matter is what happened in would you that. cha [ bucha. he is a war criminal and what is

happening is civilian casualti discovered as the russian troops pushed out of kyiv. and military and intelligence experts believe the kremlin me be shifting focus from the losing effort to take kyiv to a more robust assault against eastern ukrainian cities where they have much support from separatist groups. there continue to be limited stripes on the criminal port city of odesa as russia hopes of taking control of the major economic hubs are hampered by their inability to defeat resilient ukrainian forces to the east in mariupol. and we're keeping an eye on capitol hill where the senate judiciary committee is meeting to society on the confirmation of the nomination of ketanji brown jackson. but we start with bucha and russia's latest moves. joining me now, cara lee, former

u.s. army infantry officer clint watts, and lieutenant general ben hodges who served 2014 to 2017. first i want to turn to richard engel with more with what he is seeing on the ground this eastern ukraine. >> reporter: the war here in ukraine is seeing horrendous civilian casualties. just in this residential compound, at least seven civilians were killed by incoming russian fire and now there is growing evidence that russian troops carried out massacres as they were retreating from a suburb outside of kyiv. ukraine's president zelenskyy compared russian troops to looters, rapists and murderers. and a warning, some of the images in this report may be disturbing. when russian troops pulled out of the kyiv suburb of bucha, they peeled back the curtain of the horrors they allegedly inflicted on ukrainians under russian occupation. bodies of civilians lining the

streets, some with their hands tied behind their basks, shot at close range execution-style. the mayor of bucha says 270 civilians were buried in two mass graves. ukraine presidential office says women showed signs of rape. ukraine accused russia of war crimes in bucha and called for an international investigation. russia denied it all saying ukraine staged the scene in bucha. but it is not only here. in other towns we visited occupied by russian soldiers, the accounts are consistent. suggesting russian kidnappings, torture and rape are more widespread. outside kharkiv, this 49-year-old salesman said that he was held by troops for four days and beaten until he captured. when you were being held, how were treating you, what were they saying? they said that i was a ukrainian nationalist he says, they promised to shoot my legs, a few

times they lined me up and said they would kill me, but shot over my head. if the near bye village, residents told us that russian troops raped a girl and slashed her face. the account confirmed by a human rights group. in a hospital a few miles away, alena said that russian soldiers shot her on a bus full of civilians, killed eight passengers and then stole their money. on the edge of kharkiv, this 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 this city my family, my mother, father, my wife and daughter. i'll do everything whatever

needed to stop them here. >> reporter: in light of the mounting signs of russian atrocities here in ukraine, the united states is considering imposing even more sanctions against russia. >> our thanks to richard engel. and cara lee, the president is looking at more sanctions against response to bucha. what are you learning? >> reporter: we heard some really sharp words from the president and he made a point to address this publicly in the first opportunity that he got really underscoring just the outrage that is within this administration and that the president feels, he was asked specifically if he agreed that this was genocide and he said no, but this is a war crime and said that russian president vladimir putin is a war criminal. he also said that this is a time when the u.s. and allies really need to double up and to continue to supply support to ukraine. take a listen. >> 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 details so that this can be an actual have a war crime trial. i'll continue to add sanctions. >> reporter: the president said that russian president putin needs to be held accountable and in terms of the sanctions, he didn't say exactly what the u.s. is considering along with his allies, but there are a number of steps that the u.s. can take, they can tighten some of the sanctions they have already done. there is more to be done in terms of the energy sector and then there are the secondary sanction which is they have not done so far which would impose penalties on those who trade with russia. so i'm told by a senior official that these discussions are very active within the administration, how to respond. and we expect to hear more on that front very soon. ? . >> and gaping holes in these sanctions with persian golf

countries cooperating not only joining in the oil market and buying russian oil in vast amounts. general hodges, i want to play a reaction that molly hunter got from a man in lviv who had managed to flee from bucha. watch this. >> there was a lot of things inside really. it is like, first one, the anger. definitely we will not shake the russian hand. >> i think the horror of all of this, your initial reaction to that account, to the white house sanction strategy. and tapping into your experience as a commanding general in europe, how can what you are learning now spark conversations in nato this week about a strategy shift for our military and our allies? >> andrea, we need to put a face

on this. not just vladimir putin. i break with the president's characterization of him, but the man responsible for russian forces is replacing those who saw the murder of 8,000 boys back in 1995. and we need to call it what it is. i have to say, i'm hugely disappointed that all we're hearing about is sanctions. of course people are outraged, but sanctions are not going to stop what has happened. and of course i can only imagine how bad it will be as ukrainian forces continue to move forward and we find more and more places where ukrainians have been murdered like this. who knows what kind of hell is going on in and around mariupol. but look, to think strategically, we are in the decisive phase of this campaign. ukraine can win.

and i'm disappointed i'm not hearing anybody from our administration talking about winning. of course we're providing stuff, but takes different mindset if we talk about winning to give the ukrainians the ability to push russia back to february 24th line. that needs to be a higher approach. we need a berlin airlift type intensity, it is not there. i still don't see the sense of urgency. 9 may is victory day in russia. every year they have a huge parade at red square. and you can be sure that the kremlin is looking for something to celebrate. and so that they will pour everything that they have into mariupol and the donbas region. we have to help ukraine stop that. >> do you think, general, that getting those tanks in more quickly would be the key or is it getting, you know, getting those -- the air support, getting in jets? i know they want jets. but getting in any kind of

drones especially those super drones that can really be aggressive? >> so, first, the president needs to say that we're going to win. that would count for so much when the president of the united states says that we're going to win and help ukraine. so the ukrainians have specifically asked for the ability to destroy what is causing so much damage inside ukraine. we're talking about long range rockets and artillery and cruise missiles launched from ships. so giving them the ability to do that has got to be the priority. that is what i hear from ukrainian senior officials. >> clint, let's talk about british ministry saying that this is not a withdrawal, but they will just reposition, go back to the north and then come around and try to hit eastern ukraine where they have a lot of support on the ground.

>> that's right. and i think what is key in all of this, if we rewound two weeks ago, this was all red, showing russian advances. tonight you are seeing the lighter blue, the counterattacks of the ukrainian military. what we asked last week, the russians were talking about moving out of kyiv and now they are actually doing it. here are the key places. bucha in and around here along with irpin, you've seen ukrainians resecure some of these areas. and the russian withdrawal doing a retrograde operation, you essentially leave some russian forces to defend and protect those that are leaving. you have others that are moving back to the north here to the belarusian border. but even more shocking, you see russian troops and dead russians left behind. and in the east the ukrainian military is cutting off 24

corridor here. and i think that goes to the bigger picture which is ultimately this fight in the east. all of this manpower, the assumption is that they will try to move it into belarus back into russia and place it here in this critical corridor between kharkiv. the question, these troops that are coming out of kyiv, even in the south around mariupol, they have been in the fight for six weeks. you've seen commanders killed. you've seen commanders essentially be overtaken by their own soldiers, and now mercenaies coming in to places like donetsk and mariupol. and so what is a unit that has been beaten for six weeks in kyiv, what will it do out here in the east. so you will see the fight shift to the east in the coming weeks and that is that question about

we've seen the horrors of bucha, what will we learn when the ukrainian military possibly takes out more of these regions that they have lost in the past few weeks. >> and if we supply the kooukian ukrainians now, they could arguably hit the arriving columns of russians as they arrive to hit eastern ukraine. maybe take them out. >> they have done an amazing job in the defense and using stingers and anti-tanks, but to go around these armored formations, this crazy strategy of the russians will be consolidated. they were in a place where they would lose everywhere and now they are trying to win somewhere. and that is here in the east. remember vladimir putin said that he came into essentially secure donetsk.

so i think if he were to settle, if vladimir putin were to settle, he has to have something that he can take away as a victory and right now he has nothing. so for the ukrainian military to strike back, they will need more weaponry and a lot more manpower and more offensive style weapons if they are really going to make a dent in this large surplus and buildup of russian combat power over the next few weeks. >> clint watts, thanks to you and of course car are a lee and general hodges as well. and we've seen growing calls for russia to face new punishments after the horrors that were revealed at bucha. and president zelenskyy says sanctions are not enough. what would be? i'll talk to ambassador mike mcfall next. ambassador mike mcfall next. exploring the heart of historic europe with viking, you'll get closer to iconic landmarks, to local life and legendary treasures as you sail onboard our patented, award-winning viking longships. you'll enjoy many extras, including wi-fi,

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horrifying new evidence of war crimes in ukraine as the russian troop withdrawal reveal dead civilians in the streets. and incredibly russia's defense ministry denies the accusations calling them a provocation. and gabe guttierez spoke to a member of ukraine's parliament who says that the accusations of atrociies make any peace deal seem a long way off. >> frankly speaking we just betray the memory of the victims. we need victory and we need justice. >> and gabe is joining me now from lviv. and also joining me is michael

mcfall who served as u.s. ambassador to russia who is now an msnbc international affairs analyst. gabe, what we're seeing is horrifying. you report that ukrainian authorities are checking bodies for land mines. think about that and why they would mine a dead body. we've also seen mass graves. and i'm hearing the alarms going off behind you. do you need to take cover? >> yeah, andrea, yes, i couldn't hear part of your question because of the air raid sirens going off. this has become fairly common in lviv. we hear them several times a day. and also this our hotel there is an announcement as well. we often get an all-clear just a few minutes later, this is just a precaution. but going back to the atrociies

we're seeing in bucha, the more images that we see coming out of that region, it is so disturbing. i spoke with an adviser to bucha's mayor this morning who was telling me that this is just unlike anything she's ever seen. we spoke with a member of the parliament talking about how can they possibly get the peace talks when we're seeing these types of atrocities. and as she said, it is a betrayal of the victims who can come to any sort of peace agreement at this point. that is what some ukrainians are feeling right now. and a significant point that i think that we should make is that there are human rights activists saying that this is just the beginning potentially because we've been hearing for weeks about the besieged city of mariupol for example and how ukrainian officials are saying that more than 90% of the buildings there are damaged or destroyed. and we've spoken with refugees coming out of that city and they

describe similar things to what we're seeing this bucha. but the difference is that russian forces have pulled back and are refocusing on the east and south. so now that they have pulled back from the areas in and around kyiv, we're now getting firsthand accounts from reporters there and this morning president zelenskyy even visiting that city and able to call attention to it. so as calls mount from around the world calling for a more aggressive investigation of these alleged war crimes, another thing that is upsetting so many ukrainians now which you alluded to this, that russia is somehow claiming that these images were staged. and when we look at the pictures that are coming out of there, the bodies in the streets, the mass graves and civilians lying on the streets, some with their hands tied behind their backs shot execution-style, one wonders how can anyone say that was staged. >> gabe, i want to let you go as

those sire rens continue. you don't have the all-clear yet. thank you so much for your reporting. ambassador mcfall, it is horrifying. we went through this with milosevic convicted possibly thanks to madeleine albright of war crimes. but that is a long way off. and you've got peskov and lavrov denying it. and asking for a u.n. meeting against ukraine staging this when these people had their hands tied behind their backs, they are in the streets and ukrainian forces are just arriving. we're hearing from the pentagon officials that they are probably repositioning, two-thirds have withdrawn, they have gone north, to belarus, they will be retrofitted, lost at least nine generals that we know of which i remarkable.

and so it is not over and they could hit kyiv from the air. >> that is true. and it is horrifying. and i agree with what gabe said about mariupol. it is tragic and i can't think of more adjectives to describe what happened in bucha. and i think when we finally get to see what happened in mariupol, it will be just like that. as one of zelenskyy's aies told me, he called it our stallen graduate. but we don't see it because we're not there. so i think that that is important for everyone to remember. second it is important to remember that kyiv was a fantastic victory for the ukrainian armed forces. let's not call it putin is this mastermind strategic an rest repositioning. no, they lost in kyiv.rest repositioning. no, they lost in kyiv. they are still losing in kharkiv too. and that is a tremendous

achievement for the ukrainian armed forces. and that does not mean that the war is over. they are repositioning, not retreating. they may show up down around mariupol to connect crimea to the donbas, that most certainly seems very clear to me that that is putin's next military objective and that he will not negotiate until that land is taken. but he may not be done with that being the last thing that he wants to do. there is lots of reporting that suggests that he still wants to continue the war including in places like kyiv just when they are better prepared to do so. >> you said yesterday that new sanctions are needed immediately. oil and gas sanctions. all russian backs out of s.w.i.f.t. and all u.s. companies out of russia. that is aspirational, but there are such huge gaps not even just talking about india and china,

but europe oil and gas. they have done a lot, germany has changed policy, but they are still dealing. and the loopholes even for u.s. companies are huge. >> correct, they are. and here i just want to echo what general hodges said. the biden administration is doing the right thing on weapons and pressure in my mind. but every week there has to be something new. and it has to be fast. i just think that the pace of what we're doing is too slow and every week we have to escalate sanctions in particular. you just can't have a steady state. and so this week oil and gas should be the focus. you are absolutely right about the middle east, india, china. i'm particularly disappointed in democratic india the way that they have wavered and stood on the sidelines. about but on oil and gas that s

where we could be in charge especially for gas for europe. and by the end of the week, there should be something new on those kind of sanctions because after all, that is the direct line into the russian economy that supports this war. other things too, secondary sanctions that make it harder for people to trade, close the s.w.i.f.t. the s.w.i.f.t. is only partial. we haven't kicked all the banks out. and there are 6,000 more russian oligarchs could be on the sanctions list. so i applaud what has been done and there needs to be more done this week. >> and get those weapons in now. thank you very much, mike. >> thanks for having me. and senate showdown, final steps ahead of the full senate vote on judge ketanji brown jackson's nomination. where the fight goes next. where the fight goes next. hey lily, i need a new wireless plan for my business, but all my employees need something different. oh, we can help with that. okay, imagine this.

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you're looking at live pictures right now, that is ted cruz of the judiciary committee speaking. the senate judiciary committee set to hold it vote on whether to advance judge ketanji brown

jackson's supreme court nomination to the full senate. with the committee evenly split, the vote is likely to end in a tie. no republicans on the committee have said that they would support that nomination. and joining me now is leigh ann caldwell on capitol hill and barbara mclay a law professor and legal analyst, and ck hoffler, a veteran trial lawyer. welcome all. senator schumer likely if it is a tie vote will have to move to get it to the floor by a discharge petition cha has never happened in my memory. i guess not since clarence thomas.has never happened in my memory. i guess not since clarence thomas. so what is happening right now? we saw also while senator schumer is on the floor, that senator cruz who is one of the shall we say most difficult

examiners during the confirmation hearings two weeks ago is speaking and he has been one of those leading the charge against her. >> that was a very polite way to put that, andrea. but, yes, senator cruz is once again saying why he cannot vote for ketanji brown jackson. and as you mentioned, all the republicans on this committee will vote against her and referring her nomination to the full senate and also as you mentioned, so the senate will have to take an additional step in this process and that will happen later today where they will have to discharge her nomination from the committee so it can come up before the full senate for an actual vote. now, this puts ketanji brown jackson in the same company as clarence thomas who was the last person not to be able to move out of the committee in a favorable way. another person was robert bourque. of course he was voted down in committee. but now she is in the same

company as those two people despite what most republicans say are her excellent qualifications. now, listening to not only today but also the confirmation hearings a couple weeks ago as well, this is just grudge after grudge, payback after payback between republicans and democrats on the committee. we've heard clarence thomas' name, robert bourque's name, amy coney barrett's name who republicans say that the democrats mistreated those nominees. and so senator lindsey graham threatened to -- when republicans are in control, not to bring a democratic supreme court nominee before the senate, not even to hold a hearing. and so these 20 years of really bitter, bitter, 25, 30 years of really bitter confirmation processes are really weighing on the senate. >> and when you think about it, there is also 2024 politics at

play because you have people like ted cruz and hawley, a couple others, people who have an interest in proving that they can outtrump trump in 2024. and barbara, we're talking about anniversary of a horrible day in history in 1968 when martin luther king jr. was assassinated and the progress, you know, quote/unquote progress made up until now where you have for the first time finally a woman, a black woman, being nominated to the court. and look at what she's being put through. >> yeah, this is an historic day. she will move on, they will get through this committee and she will become the first african-american woman on the supreme court. and instead of celebrating that, what we're seeing from gop senators is an effort to use her as a pinata for their own

political purposes. i think that there are many people who say that they voted for donald trump because they care about the court. and i think about to january 5th of 2021, you may remember that is when senator warno and ossoff were elected out of georgia. imagine if that election had gone differently, we would see a defeat of ketanji brown jackson i'm sure because the court has become so important. but i think to lobby against a candidate like this, who has such impeccable qualifications and stands to be such an historic figure merely to score political points is harmful to our country and to the legitimacy of the court. >> and right now only one republican senator susan coal written collins of maine who said that she would support her. but roy blunt said he will not. >> i don't think that she will do the kind of work that i think

needs to be done by the court. and i won't be supporting her, but i'll be joining others in understanding the importance of this moment. >> so what is your take on the overrecall approach of the republicans, some of whom voted while senator graham voted for her in the last go railroad -round in june when he was being confirmed with three republican votes for the u.s. court of appealsrailroad -round in june when he was being confirmed with three republican votes for the u.s. court of appealsilroad -round in june when he was being confirmed with three republican votes for the u.s. court of appealsad -round in june when he was being confirmed with three republican votes for the u.s. court of appeals-rounde when he was being confirmed with three republican votes for the u.s. court of appeals round in e when he was being confirmed with three republican votes for the u.s. court of appeals that is the court just below the supreme court and a testing ground for many including ginsburg and kavanaugh. >> the republican approach is completely disingenuous. she's actually appeared before this committee two other times where they painstakingly went through her credentials, her opinion, all of the information for the most part that they have attacked her on in these senate

confirmation hearings. they had access it them and yet a number of republicans confirmed -- voted to confirm her on the court of appeals. and so this attack that we are seeing is disingenuous, it is designed to put people in a position for the 2022 or 2024 elections, but most importantly and most distressingly, this is an attempt to annihilate and erase a magnificently qualified jurist who runs circles by the way around some of the sitting u.s. supreme court justices in terms of the bradth of her experience and what she brings to the table. and so for a senator to articulate that he does not believe that she brings to the table what a justice should bring to the table is almost ludicrous. i would virtually say that it is on the basis of insanity, not that he is insane, but the

comments are so distressing because they don't match up with her judicial temperament, her record, her experience, her approach track record. so unfortunate that she is being caught in the middle of these political quad mires, but i believe that she will be confirmed. i'm claiming her victory.mires, believe that she will be confirmed. i'm claiming her victory. she will have to go through the obstructionist behavior in order to get there. >> and what does it mean to black women to see her being confirmed we assume? >> well, i can just tell you for me and for the thousands, millions of black women in this country, the organizations that have stood in solidarity of this magnificent candidate, this is historic on so many levels. it is important to see yourself on some level in the heist court in the land. this is the first time that we'll have that opportunity.

she is a black woman attorney much like i am, much like legions of black women attorney, young women of color, minorities. and by the way, many nonafrican-american women look up to her, aspire to be like her. many men look up to her and aspire to be like her because she's such an outstanding jurist. and we have not seen what she has to offer on this day for the u.s. supreme court and it hasn't been really since the late great justice thurgood marshall that we had a nominee that represented people in the way that judge ketanji brown jackson has represented people. her entire background what she stands for, her judicial temperament, her qualifications are so important. and for black women today, it is a sad day to see what she is going through, but a great day because we'll stand together and see her confirmed for the u.s.

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tomorrow president biden and his former boss will be reunited at the white house to celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the affordable care act. obamacare. 12 years ago. it is the first time former president obama will be back at

the white house since leaving office and comes as the biden team is trying to ramp up its midterm focus on democratic domestic success stories. this afternoon president biden is scheduled to speak at an event with truckers about progress being made on strengthening the u.s. supply chain. joining me now kelly o'donnell. talk about the steps that the president is expected to highlight today about the supply chain. >> reporter: this really is about trying to link months of activity in the administration. if you remember back last fall when there were the first real concerns about supply chain including goods getting to people's homes on time for the holidays and so forth and prices increasing in the inflation we've seen. and so the administration will talk about ways that they have tried to put more truckers on the road and in good jobs by reducing some of the red tape across the country to increase the supply of truckers and to make more apprenticeships available and to try to do some of the things that would make

that i don't think more appealing. more than 70% of the goods that we all order and that get to and from stores and warehouses across the country are carried by trucks. so they are a big part of the supply chain in this country. so we'll see president biden and secretary of transportation pete buttigieg on the south lawn with some big trucks. and they will talk about the steps that they have taken and they have seen a big reduction in the number of truckers in part because some of the wage issues in times that they would not be paid as they are waiting for the next supply that they could haul. and trying to have some simplification of the process using technology and reducing red tape to make the system work with more fluidity. so that the trucking profession would be more appealing to more people and to try to get the system to work more smoothly. so that is what they will try to highlight today and tout oig

that is this a problem that they recognize and trying to address it. obviously inflation is still a concern and one that dogs the president and the democrats for the midterms. so this is one of those points that they can combine both policy and a sub text of poll sicks in a way that they are trying to shine a local on some of the achievements kind of like what you were talking about frse trying to shine a local on some of the achievements kind of like what you were talking about tomorrow's reunion with the two presidents back together at the white house. >> and this is the first time since the truckers just left over the weekend after the weeks of protests around the city. the other truckers. >> reporter: yes. not the same truckers more than likely. politically certainly. but there will be the big rigs will be represented on the south lawn. >> great going. thank you so much, kelly o'donnell. and new pushback from governor den a tis in florida after disney came out against the new measure known as the

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there's growing fallout over florida's controversial new law that critics call the don't say gay law. the state's governor ron desantis is lashing out at his state's largest employer, disney, after disney came out in opposition to the law. it prohibits classroom discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity. nbc's kerry sanders has more from orlando, florida. >> reporter: this morning, the so-called happiest place on earth plunging into the middle of a culture war. ron desantis targeting disney, the state's largest single site employer. >> the mayor treated on a pedestal this one corporation, this one corporation is treated differently than everybody else. now, in the legislature, you see a movement to reevaluate those special privileges. >> reporter: the governor, angry at disney's opposition to the parental rights in education law. also don't say gay law. it bans classroom discussion on sexual orientation and gender

identity from kindergarten through third grade. in a statement disney says our goal as a company is for this law to be repealed in the legislature or struck down in the courts. it's all amid the backdrop of cultural political battles over the law and issues of representation, which conservatives hope to make a central issue of the coming midterm election. desantis fundraising off the bite. florida congressman matt gaetz tweeting i'll tell you how to tropical this rodent. >> why not rename the roller coaster sex mountain. >> desantis suggesting a repeal of disney's status. it created a unique sel self gofferening district. it has its own security force, building, zoning and fire departments. this dispute comes after

protests and a walk out by some disney cast members when the company did little to oppose a bill before it was signed. disney's ceo apologizing to employees last month in a letter writing, you needed me to be a stronger ally in the fight for equal rights and i let you down. as for the escalating feud, maryland's republican governor criticizing desantis, calling it a crazy fight. >> we have a thing called freedom of speech. >> reporter: this is really unprecedented. florida governor or any politician taking on the unparalleled power of disney, the power of the mouse as they often say here, but florida governor says he is not backing down, but you need to remember, you have to have the legislative body in session. the florida legislature is not in session, so it would require calling a special session, which many in the state capital, tallahassee, right now say is

unlikely. andrea. >> thanks, kerry. of course disney was late to come to the condemnation of it, and had protests from their own employees. that's not going away. and we'll have a lot more on the war in ukraine in our next hour, including a conversation with president zelenskyy's former press secretary when andrea mitchell reports for another hour, the noon hour, after this break. s for another hour, the noon hour, after this break ...so he scheduled with safelite in just a few clicks. we came to his house... ...then we got to work. we replaced his windshield and installed new wipers to protect his new glass, while he finished his meeting. let safelite come to you. >> man: looks great. thank you. >> tech: my pleasure. that's service on your time. schedule now. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪

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welcome back. i'm andrea mitchell in washington as the civilized world is reacting with horror to graphic evidence of massacres in bucha a suburb of kyiv. dead civilians in the streets, leading to new cries of sanctions from the u.s. and the european union. president zelenskyy in bucha saying he will not rest until the people who are responsible for these killings are identified. this clearly changes any momentum that might have existed over the weekend toward negotiating a cease fire. a warning, the pictures that we're showing you are disturbing. hundreds of civilian casualty, the majority of people buried in mass graves. others left lying in the street. some with their hands tied behind their backs in what president zelenskyy is calling an act of genocide by russian troops. the chair of the united nations security council refusing russia's request to hold an emergency meeting on kremlin claims that the massacre was