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joining us live. debate is growing over title 42, a covid policy enacted under president trump. we'll talk with congresswoman veronica escobar about that. we begin this very busy thursday morning with two major events we're watching for you as we speak. any moment, secretary of state antony blinken is meeting with ukraine's foreign minister who says he has three top requests for nato. weapons, weapons and weapons. just this morning ukrainian president zelenskyy echoing calls for help in an address to the greek parliament. >> russia is absolutely confident in its invincibility and they could do who ever they want without going unpunished. we have to stop it. >> happening any moment now, 193 nations will go on the record to either support or oppose

removing russia from the united nations human rights council in light of the atrocities in bucha, ukraine. meanwhile, in kyiv, after weeks of relentless violence, the pentagon says all russian troops have left the region leaving tanks scattered along roads and civilians in the east are being told to evacuate as officials brace for a brutal expanded russian offensive there. we or just getting new details about the scale of the devastation in mariupol where the mayor estimates 5,000 people have died as a result of this war and called it, quote, the new auschwitz. joining us now is nbc news correspondent molly hunter live from kyiv and richard haass, president of the council on foreign relations and the author of "the world a brief introduction." molly, you visited the hard-hit suburbs of kyiv. what are you seeing? >> reporter: jose, good morning to you. we have been to bucha.

but most of our reporting has been focussed in borodyanka. it's basically between kyiv and the belarus border. it was shelled very early on, very heavily because the russian troops wanted to take control of that northwest access, one of the routes to the capital. i want to share with you what some of the residents who hadn't seen anyone else pour the last five weeks shared with us. take a listen. >> so you came back expecting to see him. >> yes, yes. >> reporter: he's angry. >> it's bull [ bleep ]. >> reporter: heading east to fight for his father. [ sobbing ]. >> reporter: taking my hands, you need to have a happy life. she wants to show us pictures in her apartment. that's roman when he was little. >> what was he like? >> reporter: he was smart, she says, he spoke english. he brought me tulips on my

birthday. she says she doesn't have any recent photos, so this is how she'll remember her boy. jose, a little context, that's 80-year-old taisa, before the war, about 12,000 people, about an hour from here. we met her almost immediately upon driving in. xi said the russian troops shot her only son in the back. he called home. he said i'm sorry i let you down. she took us to see that grave. that's what she was talking about right there, jose. >> molly, it's so widespread and so difficult for us that aren't there to really be able to understand just how massive the destruction and the lives that have been lost, and they continue to be lost. >> reporter: it's overwhelming. the destruction is impactful, to see apartment buildings.

we understand that from a far distance, of course. it is about the people. it's about how that story is playing out all over the country. interestingly you heard her grandson in that. her grandson came back to borodyanka and found out his father had died. there was no way for her to communicate with anyone in her family, with her grandchildren to tell them they lost their father because there's no cell service in so much of the country. not only have people, especially in these suburbs that have been under russian occupation for the last five weeks, living without water, electricity, medicine. they've also been living without communication. they had no way of finding out about any news outside their very, very tiny radius, jose. >> molly, i want to ask you about the sanctions package that was announced yesterday including vladimir putin's family. tell us about those sanctions and who they're affecting? >> reporter: that's exactly right. i'll run you through the top lines. certainly it's getting personal for putin.

the u.s. barned all new investments in russia, jose, freezing assets for two of its largest banks and targeting some of the country's political elite including putin's two adult daughters. one of his daughters, maria, leads state-funded programs in genetic research. she's received billions of dollars from the kremlin. so while neither of these two women will feel the financial pinch immediately, certainly symbolic that they have hit this close to putin's family. >> richard, just this morning the kremlin warned that supplying weapons to ukraine which the united states and western europe have been doing now will have a negative effect on negotiations. how do officials deal with the fact that you have to help ukraine, but also with the russians reacting to the ever increased number of weapons that are being sent into ukraine? >> you ignore what the russians said. you can't base your policy on what negotiations might yield. you've got to base your policy

on giving ukraine the means to defend itself. indeed, i think no matter what we do, negotiations are unlikely to succeed. we've got to plan for a so-called protracted or open-ended war. so, again, i would just ignore those kinds of russian comments. >> when we're talking about a protracted or open-ended war, more weapons are on the way. can the u.s. continue to sustain this level of aid if this is indeed a protracted war with maybe no end in sight in the near future? >> well, we have to. it's important that russia not prevail. that would be a disaster, not just for ukraine, but for europe and for the world. and if we don't see that we have right now the pipeline of arms we're going to need if this goes on for months or even years, we ought to build that pipeline. right now we have to make sure we can sustain this conflict if that's what russia decides to do. again, jose, this is a war begun

by one man and can only end by him. we can't base our policy based on him. >> how do you see this ending, richard? >> we'd all like to see a negotiation in peace. i think that's less likely as this continues. it becomes an open-ended, so called frozen conflict. you have a long-term conflict in the eastern part of the country. occasionally russia may lob a shell against kyiv or another city, only to make it difficult for ukraine to come back and rebuild. i think for the foreseeable future we have to assume that the east has been an area of non-stop friction and conflict. i would assume we're revisiting that chapter and we can't assume it ends any time soon. >> richard haass and molly hunter, thank you for being with us. joining us know anastasya molina, the head of the

anti-corruption committee who was just in washington meeting with u.s. legislators. hugh forcing being with us. what's your reaction to this apparently evolving war where russian forces are leaving kyiv but focusing more now on the east and the south? >> basically i would absolutely disagree with the statement that providing more weapon can somehow harm negotiations with russia. first, these are not real negotiations yet. in order to have real meaningful negotiations with russia and russia's commitment to peace, we have to receive military superiority on the ground. for that we need serious weapons coming. i have seen a statement from secretary blinken where he said ukraine is getting anything and everything basically we need in order to be able to stop russian tanks and russian fighter jets. let me be very straightforward and clear on that. javelins are very, very helpful.

we are very thankful for this support and we do thank on this kind of support to continue coming. javelins are not enough. in order for ukraine to actually be able to keep russian troops out of mariupol and to alleviate suffering of people there, we need heavier weaponry. we need air defense systems. we need surface-to-air mid and long-range defense systems to be able to stop russian fighter jets from dropping bombs on heads of our women and kids. and this is the only way. there is no shortcut to delivering humanitarian assistance to besieged or occupied cities other than supplying ukrainian army with all that they need. >> have they not been getting any of that assistance? >> as of now, key demand and key weaponry ukrainian army needs

remains surface-to-air, air defense systems and fighter jets. on this discussion is on going. but again, let me be clear. discussions is not something that actually helps ukrainian military on the ground. they need things delivered. we are not in a position where we can afford ourselves to have another weeks in discussion. time is very, very precious. people are dying right now as we are talking. right now people in mariupol suffer basically the same as what we have seen on pictures from bucha. moreover, russian troops are actually reported to start using portable crematorium in mariupol to hide their crimes and hide the number of civilians they massacred in mariupol. we can't afford to wait until another round of democratic discussions finish. >> discussions are easy, cheap. as a matter of fact, zelenskyy just the other day when we he spoke to the united nations

general assembly said, if all you can do is talk, dissolve yourself. the question is what is it that right now ukraine needs today? >> right now today -- not just today, but yesterday, what ukraine needs is fighter jets and air defense systems. when i'm saying air defense system, i specifically mean surface-to-air air defense systems with medium and long-range altitude. these are critical to help people in mariupol and other besieged cities. >> anastasya radina, thank you for being with us. appreciate it. still ahead, senator bob menendez, chair of the foreign relations committee will be with us. talk about the latest round of sanctions against russia and whether they go far enough. we're just hours away from history as the senate prepares to vote on nominee ketanji brown jackson. we're live on the hill with what's expected to happen.

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lee ann. >> reporter: the senate will vote later today, after weeks of negotiations trying to remove preferred nation trade status from russia. this is something congress has to do. so many of these actions against russia, the president has unilateral authority including sanctions, but as far as this preferred trade status, he needs congress to do something. republicans and democrats have been negotiating over several issues including human rights issues as far as this legislation is concerned and narrowing down the details of an oil ban, all things that are tan jenl and included into this bill. ultimately they reached an agreement. the vote is expected to be today. they'll have to go back to the house of representatives to vote on it before it reaches the president's desk. this is the next step in the congress trying to act very tough against russia.

>> today an historic vote in the senate. >> reporter: ketanji brown jackson is going to be confirmed to the supreme court. it's historic not only because she is the first black woman to sit on the court, but also for the first time in the court's history there will be a majority women on the court. this is a big day for president biden u big day for democrats and three republicans are going to join all democrats in supporting her, jose. >> leigh ann caldwell on capitol hill, thank you very much. where the senate is voting on the bill to end normal trade relations with russia, and later today will take a historic vote on the magistrate. joining us now is senator bob menendez from new jersey. senator, it's always a pleasure to see you, sir. i want to get your thoughts on the latest on the russian sanctions and what is being done to help the people of ukraine. >> well, jose, i'm really happy

to see the administration levied full blocking sanctions against the bank in rush against more individuals including putin's family members and that the economic news continues to tighten around the butcher of moscow's neck, and the beginning of these economic consequences in russia are being felt by the average russian people, and that has consequences for putin as well. at the same time we have ramped up our lethal defesive assistance to ukraine through our diplomacy. we've gotten other countries nearby in ukraine to transfer, for example, soviet era tanks and air defense systems that the ukrainians know how to use, don't have to be trained on and can help them hopefully achieve

victory in this battle against russia. >> senator, joint chiefs of staff mark milly said the war in ukraine could last for years. the u.s. has given hundreds of millions, maybe billions of dollars in weapons and other aid. will weapons be able to keep that up if the conflict does indeed go on for a long time? >> it won't have to be just the united states. europe and the nato countries understand that this war in ukraine is about the european continent, is about their security. so i would believe that their assistance will be continuing and actually ramp up. i think it's very clear to the europeantion as well.

>> growing concern over the global food supply. what does the united states or other countries need to do to prevent this potential food crisis. >> that's why senator risch and myself sent a letter to the president saying we have to have a strategy for global food insecurity. 12 million ukrainians, about nearly i think a third of the entire ukrainian population are insecure in terms of as it relates to food and medical supplies. 4-million-plus have already left the country. when you add to the global challenge as well, we're facing the potential of a food insecurity crisis that we have not seen in some time and the greatest displacement of people since world war ii. so this is why it is my hope that the administration will

ramp up a master plan that includes the united nations and other countries to deal with the incredible food insecurity we're seeing across the globe. >> senator, as you know, the united nations is taking a vote on whether the united nations should be taken out of the human rights commission which includes china, russia, cuba, venezuela and others. do you think that putin should be held up as being a violater of human rights? >> if the atrocities we've seen throughout bucha and ukraine that russian soldiers have committed in pursuit of the orders given by vladimir putin, then i don't know what constitutes human rights violations. it is clear that russia is a human rights violater. it should not be on the council that ultimately judges others in terms of human rights

violations. at a minimum, you would think they would be taken out of the human rights council at the u.n. based upon the atrocities that have been committed in russia, and for that fact, in syria as well. the russians did the same exact thing. what we're seeing in ukraine is what we saw in syria. unfortunately, the world didn't act as it should have as relates to syria. we're seeing it in ukraine and it's a reduks of what he did in syria. >> nbc news has learned a bipartisan group of senators will introduce a bill today to block title 42 from being lifted because they say the administration doesn't have enough plans in place to deal with more migrants and asylum seekers coming to the border. what do you make of that? >> title 42 which was being used by the trump administration was abhorrent then and it's abhorrent being used by the

biden administration. title 42 is part of the problem, not the solution to the problem. when you use title 42, instead of using our immigration laws to create final judgments in which people who cannot enter the country have no right to enter the country or ordered, not only then but permanently, to be barred from the country, you create a revolving door. title 42 says to people in the hemisphere, keep coming and when you get lucky, you cross the border, but it doesn't stop the flows. it's using our laws as they exist on the books to adjudicate whether somebody has a right to enter the united states or not. when they don't and you adjudicate it that way, now you have a powerful tool to avoid those people from coming back. >> senator, i want to read something you tweeted yesterday. a reminder for anyone who needs to hear this, you wrote, responsible stewardship of or border and mon org moral and

legal obligations to treat immigrants and refugees with dignity are not mutually exclusive. senator, how do you have that? how can that be accomplished? >> by rigorous enforcement of the laws that exist under our immigration laws. somebody comes and is seeking asylum, there's a process to determine whether or not they qualify. when they qualify, they get asylum. when they don't, guess what? they get an order that says no, you cannot come into the country and you won't be allowed into the country in the future. that's not what title 42 does. title 42 expels them and they can come back again and again and again. so it is the rigorous use of our existing laws and the resources necessary to deem with the border challenges and in the longer term which we will perennially face this issue, as we have over various season, where we see a surge during this time of the year, is the root causes in central america and the hemisphere.

unless you deal with those root causes, i don't care who is president, it will continue to happen in the years ahead. that's the ultimate solution. but the enforcement of our laws as they exist is the real intermediate solution, not title 42. >> senator bob menendez, always a pleasure to see you. thank you for your time. >> thank you, jose. crews are rushing as we speak to restore power in puerto rico left the entire island of 3.2 million people in the dark. puerto rico electric power authority posted this video of the fire at the power plant last night. power has been restored for only about 5% of customers. it's the first total outage of power since hurricane maria devastated the island in 2017. up next, michigan's governor gretchen whitmer joins us with breaking news. why she's filing a lawsuit right now to protect abortion rights in her state. you're watching "jose

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30 past the hour. these are live images of secretary of state tony blinken speaking with the ukrainian foreign minister. we want to bring you these images as the two foreign

secretaries discuss the latest on ukraine. can we listen in real quick. >> -- independence is fully asserted and protected in advance. so there's a lot of work that goes into that. this was a very good opportunity to hear directly from you about your assessment of the situation on the ground and then the work that we're doing together between the united states and ukraine, but also amongst so many different countries that support ukraine in this difficult moment. good to see you, my friend. >> likewise. we speak regularly, we meet regularly -- >> so secretary blinken and the ukrainian foreign minister in brussels after a meeting they just held. i want to go on to breaking news from michigan. governor gretchen whitmer just filed a lawsuit asking the michigan supreme court to decide if abortion rights should be protected under the state constitution. she's the first governor to take

this step sings the u.s. supreme court signaled it could weaken or even overturn roe v. wade. if it's overturned, a 1931 law outlawing abortion in michigan would go back into effect. governor succeeds, they'd join other states in codifying abortion rights. with us now, michigan governor gretchen whitmer. governor, it's a pleasure to see you. what exactly are you hoping the michigan supreme court will do here? >> listen, the assault on women's privacy rights and bodily autonomy is a very clear and present danger. that's why i'm going to court, using unique tools that the governor of michigan has to protect women's rights. we're going straight to the michigan supreme court to ask that they acknowledge women have the right to privacy, the right to bodily autonomy under our due

process clause of the michigan constitution. no matter how mud elled roe gets at the national level, michigan women will have these rights going forward. >> what are these unique tools that you're using? >> the governor of michigan has a constitutional ability to take on a constitutional question on behalf of the citizens of michigan. i can file this lawsuit because i've got the constitutional authority to do that. i also have tools to bypass the local courts and the court of appeals to go straight to the michigan supreme court. they have never weighed in on this issue. it is absolutely imperative that they do because we know the u.s. supreme court is going to be rendering a decision soon, whether it's a complete overturning of roe or severely additionally undermining roe. we don't have time to waste or risk. there are a lot of women in michigan and families and providers counting on this right

we've had for 49 years. >> what happens if the state supreme court does not rule in your favor? >> listen, the fight would continue. the fact of the matter is, we believe we've got the compelling state argument on behalf of the people of this state that this is a right that is covered by the michigan state constitution. that's why we're pursuing this. we're being aggressive about it because there's no time to waste with this i'm pending decision from the u.s. supreme court. >> governor gretchen whitmer, thank you for being with us this morning. i very much appreciate your time. >> thank you. congresswoman veronica escobar will be with us on why democrats are opposed to lifting a tum -era covid-19 plan. as russia strikes ukrainian hospitals, we're live on the ground with ukrainians and how doctors are scrambling to treat the war's wounded. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports."

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38 past the hour. new details about a ruling with significant consequences for the thousands of migrant families separated at the border bun der the trump administration. a federal judge ruled yesterday that trump administration officials involved in the zero tolerance policy can now be sued for separating families. the american civil liberties union estimates more than 5,000 families were separated between 2017 and 2018. about 1,000 have not yet been reunited. joining us is nbc correspondent julia ainsley. what does this mean for the families that were separated? >> it means for those who were separated that they can no longer pursue lawsuits against trump officials, people like stephen miller, then-dhs secretary kerstin nielson, people we know were in the rooms making decisions that led to the

systematic separation of migrant parents from their children at the southwest border in 2017 and 2018. the judge, who is a trump appointee, says you can't show these people were deliberately conspiring, especially because he said they came from different government agencies. it's kind of a hard pill to swallow. he said they could not even amend the complaint. the lawyers do tell us they will appeal and they got some good news and that those families can continue with their lawsuit to seek some damages, meaning summon tear relief from the government as a result of the trauma that they went through. >> julie ainsley, thank you. joining us is democratic congresswoman veronica escobar whose district is along the border. we've learned this bipartisan group of senators would introduce a bill to block title 42 and the administration from lifting it. they said the administration doesn't have a detailed plan in place if more migrants and asylum seek rs come to the

border. >> good morning, jose. thug for having me on your program. first and foremost, seeking asylum is legal. for three years now it's not been a legal pathway to migrants arriving at our southern border. we should not be promoting a disrespect or a -- really a neglect of our laws. so a reminder to the american public, asylum is legal. secondly, i understand that there are many of us who want to make sure we have as good a management as possible at the southern border. i am absolutely right there with ef member of congress who wants to see that happen. however, what we have to recognize, jose, is rapid expulsion policies like title 42 or mpp, they have not worked in

either deterring mieg grags, curbing it or ending it, which is what some of my colleagues want to see happen. neither have walls. we have nearly 1,900 miles of walls or fences. that's not deterring, stopping or curbing migration. it's about time that congress takes a look in the mirror and says that we have a role to play, we have an obligation to address what we've been seeing over the last decade. what is that? we've been seeing more and more families and vulnerable populations arriving at our southern border seeking refuge, but we haven't done anything to modernize our laws or change or update our policies and practices. it's about time that we work together. this is a situation that offers challenges to communities like mine, but it also offers opportunities to our country. immigration has always been a positive for our gdp. we need to look for more solutions together that don't

involve simply hardening the border. >> congresswoman, this is such a key issue. there are two different distinct conversations. one is border policy, and the other one is immigration reform for the people who are here, who have been participating in the economy, many for over ten years. how is it that you and other legislators can take those steps task force dealing with those two very real issue? >> that's a great question. here is what legislators and the american public need to understand. over the last several years, the u.s. has actually limited leath pathways. that, in turn, increases irregular migration. so unless we in congress look to creating more legal pathways for cokes, i don't want to hear a single member of congress say people need to get in line or

people need to do it the right way. that just doesn't exist for many folks. the two are linked. they are also linked because for well over a decade, republicans told democrats if you, quote, unquote, secure the border, we'll work with you on comprehensive immigration reform. well, hundreds of million, if not billions of dollars later into securing the border, comprehensive immigration reform has never been more illusive. let's not lie to the american public and tell them there are quick and easy solutions like title 42 or walls that have proven they don't work. >> this is fantastic that there can actually be something done bipartisan in the halls of the capitol to deal with these very real issues. i want to turn to the war in yang. some ukrainian refugees have traveled to the border to get to the united states. i want to play part of what a refugee had to sachlt listen in.

>> this is very nice, really very nice. we have food, we have sleep. yes, it's difficult. for us it's difficult. little cold at night, it's cold, yes. but it is about our people who stay in kyiv, in bucha -- >> congresswoman, those words can be said by refugees leaving cuba, venezuela, nicaragua, haiti. what more needs to be done to help those fleeing violence in their homeland? >> jose, you point out something very important for americans to understand, we are seeing lots of different types of refugees arriving at the southern border. so it's no longer just families from central america. we're seeing all of those nationalities that you mentioned including ukrainians. that's why a more orderly process and better management at our southern border is important. i have proposed and have been

working with secretary mayorkas on reforming the way we process asylum seekers at the southern border. we should not be utilizing law enforcement to essentially manage or oversee or process vulnerable populations. we should civilianize that personnel and get law enforcement back to what they were trained to do. thankfully the secretary has been very open to my ideas. i think it will really be a watershed moment for us on the border if we're able to successfully make this work, so we restore dignity to the process, restore dignity to migrants and to federal personnel and maintain our security at the same time. >> congresswoman escobar, always a pleasure to listen to you. thank you for your voice. >> thank you so much. up next, we'll go live to ukraine and talk with an emergency coordinator for doctors without borders about what he's seeing on the ground.

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. 50 past the hour. on the hill, gillibrand asking what's winning look like in ukraine. he said it's going to be very difficult and it's going to be a long slog. despite the war raging in ukraine, thousands of refugees who fled to neighboring countries are starring to return. many of those returning say they're tired of being separated from their family and are unable to find opportunity where they fled. workers say the problems facing ukrainian refugees are particularly acute in hungary. what are you hearing from refugees there? >> reporter: jose, we're hearing very few of them are planning to

stay here in hungary. that's partly because the policies of hungary's fearly anti-immigrant prime minister, this isn't a particularly welcoming place because many friend and families have friend elsewhere in europe and if they're going to bill new lives, they're going to try to do it there. an ivf doctor said she looks at a web cam every day to see whether her building is still standing or not. take a listen. >> it's not so easy to make a decision inside of your mind that, okay, i need to accept that my home i will never, ever see again. >> so you have a web cam in your apartment? >> yes. >> and every day you check if your apartment is destroyed? >> yes. >> how is it feeling? >> terrible. because when it is downloading,

10%s are 20%, feelings like this and then i el see my apartment and, oh. >> right now inside ukraine, doctors are working tirelessly to help the injured amid ongoing russian attacks. one team from doctors without border visited a hospital for cancer patients and the wounded in the southern city of mykolaiv. here can you see the aftermath of the damage. three hospitals in the region have been hit by air strikes just in the last week. joining us now, christopher stokes, emergency coordinator in ukraine for doctors without borders. thank you for being with us. so three hospitals in that one reason hit by strikes. is it unusual to see hospitals specifically being targeted? >> unfortunately not. actually, a lot of medical

infrastructures have been hit. it's one of the reasons why we're being asked to evacuate patients from the east where the front line of the war is intensifying. across the country, 600, 700, 800 miles to safer areas because of the lack of protection for hospitals for the moment in this war zone. >> how do you work with people in those areas when they have to leave? >> so actually one of the things we've done for the first time in our history we've organized a medical evacuation train. it's a train where we put medical staff on and we've done this because the ukrainians said we can't evacuate patients quickly enough out of the war zone and a lot of ambulances have been shot at or destroyed. so we're able to put the first train we put nine patients, the second one 15 and the one that's arriving today in the west we've

put 40, 4-0, patients on. we're getting requests to evacuate stable patients but people who have often been hit in shelling. there was an old man we evacuated two days ago, he lost his right hand because he was too old to go down the stairs to the basement when the russian forces were shelling his town. so he's one of those we evacuated a couple of days ago. >> christopher, how do you keep your staff safe? do you have war-specific protocols in place? >> we -- yes, we do but, hmm, it's a difficult one because we're relying very much on our relationship with the ukrainian railway company and different contacts on the ground to see if it's safe enough for the medical train to arrive in these villages or towns in the east that are now under more regular shelling. so it is a big constraint.

we usually go 15, 20 kilometers from the front line, the ukrainian ambulances, the few that are functional, have to bring the patients to the train. the ambulances, the guys running the ambulances are the ones taking the most risk. >> and the front lines are very fluid. thank you very much. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. be sure to follow the show online. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks one more news after a quick break. news after a quick break

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good day, everyone. this is a special edition of "andrea mitchell reports" in brussels. right now in new york the united nations general assembly is debating whether to suspend -- at nato headquarters here in brussels, secretary of state tony blinken and the other nato allies have been meeting today with ukraine's foreign minister, who is making an urgent plea to the military alliance. >> my agenda is very simple. it has only three