>> that is all the time i have for today. i'm alicia menendez, i will see you back here tomorrow, 6 pm eastern for more american voices. but for, now i headed over to my colleague, ayman. . >> hey alicia, great show, it's always good to see you my friend, enjoy the rest of your evening. good evening to you at home as well. welcome to ayman. coming up this hour, brother-in-law who escaped the atrocities in bucha share the hiring stories. plus, the text messages that could put one of trump's adult children at the center of the january six investigation. and then the disgraceful acts from senator republicans just moments before ketanji brown jackson was confirmed to the supreme court. i'm ayman. let's get started. today, new pledges of help from the international community, and new accusations of war

crimes. as the russian invasion of ukraine enters its seventh week, believe it or not. the european commission is now pledging one billion euros to support ukraine, and the country is receiving its refugees. the united nations says that more than 4 million people have left ukraine, many more are using trains to escape, like ones from this station in kramatorsk. this actually served as a major route for thousands, mostly women, children, and the elderly, who were attempting to flee eastern ukraine, trying to get to safety. that is of course until yesterday. when a russian rocket strike left more than 50 people, including children, dead. a senior defense officials tells nbc news that the strike was carried out by russian short range ballistic missiles. and just as we saw attacks in mariupol, bucha, russia, once again, denied responsibility for the strike on that train station. witnesses described a large

explosion by cluster bombs tearing into a crowd, waiting to catch an arriving train. i have to warn you, the images that you are about to see, they are graphic, they are troubling. here, you can see the train station still on fire with bloodied bodies and abandoned luggage strewn about. officials say 4000 people were packed inside that train station, when the rocket hit, sky news was on the scene just moments after that attack, and filed this report. >> there's a lot of luggage here. it's been left. we've been here for about five or ten minutes. we heard peoples phones ringing in the bags, obviously, relatives very worried about their loved ones. they don't know where they are. some of the bags are damaged. we've seen people come. in this one gentleman here, he can see his mother's back but he can't get a hold of his mother.

>> so presidents zelenskyy described that strike as, quote, another war crime of russia. and on the ground, the case against moscow is mounting. right, now 50,000 investigators are traveling town to town speaking with eyewitnesses, collecting evidence, trying to put together this case of alleged war crime violations, according to the ukrainian prosecutor generals office. they are meticulously documenting the evidence to use, in possible war crimes prosecutions, against vladimir putin and his forces. so far, the office says it has actually registered more than 4000 individual war crimes, including, unfortunately, the tragic deaths of 161 children. what occurred yesterday in kramatorsk will no doubt be added to that total. joining me now live from kyiv is simon shuster, he's a reporter for time magazine. simon, it's good to have. you tell us a little bit more about the area where the strike took place.

it's in the donbas region where that has been the site of heavy conflict, a lot of, fighting not just in the last seven weeks but in the last eight years. is this an escalation of sorts? definitely from a human rights perspective, and from a war crimes perspective. i spent quite a bit of time in kramatorsk, in 2014, the beginning of this conflict that, as you said, has been going on for eight years. kramatorsk, at the time, changed hands a few times between the ukrainian forces who were defending their territory and the pro russian separatists forces that were moving in and trying to take over on moscow's behalf. it was a small town. it still is. it became, after that, after the ukrainians took it over, quite decisively in 2014, a hub for the ukrainian military. one of the main bases for ukraine's armed forces in defending against russian

separatists and russian forces coming across the border. so it is an important strategic town for both sides. i think that's maybe one of the reasons why it was hit, among the russians, it is associated with ukraine's ability to take a whole territory that russia wants. >> simon, i know that you spent the last few days actually, for lack of a better word, embedded in the presidential compound in kyiv. how has the ukrainian government reacted to these latest attacks? i'm fascinated by a what observations you've made as they get these initial reports of yet another war crime, of the atrocities, and more importantly, just of the overall battlefield assessment that's happening in realtime. >> yes, i mean. i've been with the presidents team for the last couple of days.

i think the worst i've ever seen him was a few hours after the kramatorsk attack, that you've been showing. wheat was during his meeting with ursula von der leyen, the president of the european commission, they were talking about european membership, which is for ukraine in many ways the light of the tunnel at the end of this war. they're hoping that if they can make it through this war, european union membership will be much more realistic prospect. indeed, ursula von der leyen's made clear that she wanted an accelerated track for ukraine's european union membership. but in the midst of these discussions, the world learned, zelenskyy learned, of this rocket attack that killed scores of civilians. i saw a few have hours after that and he looked really bad.

devastated. lotto i think you had a hard time holding it together. but he did. and just yesterday, the following day, i had a sense that he managed to pull it together, get some rest, and he looked much more like his usual self. upbeat and optimistic. when he met with force johnson of the uk, the prime minister. >> yes, he was also meeting with some european leaders today as well. let me ask, you just very quickly, about this particular strike. the u.s. announced that it was going to a deploy a patriot miss all systems to slovakia. following that country's move to provide it with -- provide ukraine with those russian s-300 air defense systems. the irony is that missile defense system would've actually protected that train station, or at least protected or prevented attacks like the one that we saw. you wrote about the mission to provide aid and arms to ukraine. is there any frustration from

the ukrainian government, from what you've observed over the last couple of days that strikes like this one could've been prevented, had the west either moved faster or moved with more supplies early on in this conflict? >> i think there is frustration, yeah. i think presidents lewinsky has made it clear in the meetings just these last couple of days. and consistently throughout the quarter that it is, in the west's power, in the power of the united states, the europeans, to prevent the loss of life by providing the kinds of weapons systems that ukraine needs to defend itself. it's impossible to say if there is a -- if it weapon system provided to

ukraine could've prevented the attack on civilians in kramatorsk. we don't know. but certainly weapons systems exist that could knock that kind of missile out of the sky. keith a missile that was used there with, it's -- it's possible. it depends on where ukraine would place, at how many of them it has, i think there are many locations around the country where the systems are needed, quite frankly, they're needed all over the country. to prevent missile attacks that could even hit in the far west where there hasn't been a lot of russian troop movements or anything like that. but missile attacks are a threat everywhere, including keefe. so those weapons systems that ukraine is asking for, they are needed everywhere. >> that's precisely why the ukrainian foreign minister when asked what the country needs most, what he said weapons, weapons, weapons. simon shuster for time again, thank you, keep up the excellent reporting. we will be in touch with youth in the days and weeks ahead. those images out of bucha shock the world, no doubt about, it igniting allegations of russian war crimes. earlier, i actually spoke with andrei and nikolai cultural, two brothers in law who witnessed these atrocities firsthand. watch. >> andrei and nikolai, thank you so much for joining us this evening. i want to start with you, when did the situation begin to

change, when you felt like it was no longer safe to stay there? >> we can actually divide it by two parts. the first one was when we lost the water, then the electricity, and then the gas. and the situation becomes much more worse and worse day by day. and after all, when the russians start to approach into the city, it was a lot of military forces and we realized absolutely that it wouldn't be safer there. the situation would be much worse day by day. >> nikolai, how did you come to the decision to finally leave bucha? how -- tell me about your journey out of that area. >> we decided to leave bucha with every morning because we understand that this place is

dangerous for our family and we -- every morning, we discussed about how it can be. but, it was not possible because we don't understand we, did not understand, when and where our troops stand and our enemies located. >> andre, i want to ask you something that the russian government has been say which is the russian government has denied targeting civilians. it has said that those disturbing images out of bucha that the world has seen, or fake, and faked by ukrainian forces. as a provocation. i want to give you a chance to respond to the russian government. but you have to say about those

got comments by the russian government? >> we this is not true. absolutely. because we saw with our own eyes a lot of the murders. a lot of killed civilians were on the streets. why on the streets were -- they were shot at. brutally shot at. there was no ukrainian forces by that time. there was 100% all those -- all those murders were performed by the russians. >> nikolai, moscow has -- the moscow-backed forces that have been accused of war crimes across ukraine including this attack on a train station, having witnessed some of these atrocities firsthand, i want to know what's accountability looks like to you. where do you want to see happen for justice to prevail for the victims in the crimes that you

have witnessed? >> what i think this is not just war crimes, i think this is more like genocide of the ukrainian nation because actually the war crimes is, it's used in the special type of weapon or in certain muscles that prohibited by, i don't, know [inaudible] genocide is about killing innocent people and all of those murders that affect civilians, this is a genocide. the justices involved in anyone who committed this crime should be held accountable. i believe that it will be some day because, i'm almost speechless just to describe what was there. actually. >> yes --

i think it's genocide too. >> it's a terrifying reality. almost speechless. >> do you feel safe right now? do you feel safe right now, nikolai, where you are? >> yes. i am totally safe. i feel totally safe. my family still yet is here with me. and we decided to stand here how we need to be here. >> all right, thank you so much to the both of you for joining us. please stay safe. >> thank you so much. >> thank you for your support. >> and coming up, my conversation with one of president zelenskyy's economic advisers. and next, the january six committee is considering

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capitol riot is inching closer to donald trump, even if it is not moving as fast as some of us would like it to. nbc news is reporting that the january six committee is considering an interview with trump. that news comes after ivanka trump testify this week for nearly eight hours before the committee. of course, his son-in-law kushner testify last week for six hours. now we are learning that the january six committee has obtained text messages from don junior that were sent two days after the 2020 election to former white house chief of staff, mark meadows. the new york times reports that one of those texts says, quote, we have multiple paths. we control them all. end quote. now, to ensure his father would get a second term, citing

republican majorities in the senate and swing state legislators. for more on this, let's bring in barbara mcquade, former u. s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst, one of the brilliant legal minds we rely on for this program. barbara, it's good to see you again. we check in with you periodically when we hit these inflection points, if you, well with the committee. how significant is it that both ivanka trump, jared kushner has testified before them, and given this new reporting of don jr.'s text messages to mark meadows, do you disk expect the presidents eldest son to become the focus of the investigation? >> i don't see how they would do anything but ask him questions, ayman. we don't know exactly what ivanka trump had to say, or what jared kushner had to say, but we do know that from members of the committee they were helpful, and seem to be very forthcoming about what they had to say. but i don't know if they were as involved in the planning as what we see in these text messages were donald trump junior. it appears that it comes from the partial cooperation that

occurred with mark meadows. he provided some cooperation, turned over some text messages, and then he stopped. so there clearly is more that has not been shared with the committee. so i think any responsible investigation has to pursue what donald trump jr. was saying with mark meadows because it seems that everything he described in those text messages is what we saw in the past before january 6th. >> there's a flipside to this, barbara, correct me if i'm wrong, you had this interview with the washington post where donald trump says that he regretted not marching to the u.s. capitol on january the 6th. does that make it easier for the committee to get an interview with him now that he has opened up about his thoughts on that day, that if he refuses, could the committee compel his testimony saying, look, you are talking about

this in public, you are giving interviews, you are telling us specifically how you felt that they, and we want to talk to you exactly about that? >> yes, possibly. if he were to try to revoke some sort of privilege, executive privilege, that i can't be asked to talk about these kinds of things because he's protected by executive privilege, i think there's an argument that he's waved it by sharing with the washington post many of the events that happened that day and even his own thinking about what was happening that day. i think there's a good reason lawyers tell their clients not to talk because it may be that they say something that they later regret because it locks them into a particular story. so i think it's ill-advised for donald trump to do that. i think you are very right on when you think about this idea of waiving some sort of privilege. >> i want to talk to you about merrick garland, for second. you and i have spoken about him at length on various times over the last couple of months. the full house voted on wednesday to recommend criminal contempt of congress charges

against two close trump allies, peter novillo and dan scavino for denying their subpoenas. we saw a little bit of frustration. their congressional frustration with attorney general merrick garland slow pace of prosecution. it's beginning to bubble over with some members. i want to play to you but democratic congresswoman elaine lauren had to say to the attorney general, watch. >> i will echo but my colleagues have already said, but more bluntly, attorney general garland, do your job so that we can do hours. >> is criticism with the attorney general fair at this point? what's more could and should he be doing? >> i certainly understand her frustration to see our institutions attacked like this without some urgent response does seem like a crisis. but i think i am not assuming that merrick garland is doing nothing or that he's not doing his job. i think that he is building cases just as he said from the

ground up. and looking at anybody who may have been involved. one thing to keep in mind is that doj investigates crimes, and not people. so if they find that individuals are is responsible for crime, they will be charged. when he says they are investigating everything related to january six, this includes potentially donald trump and its inner circle. another part of the frustration is the delay in -- mark meadows for criminal contempt for refusing to comply with the subpoena now we have these two others, peter navarro, dense convene, oh and they're inviting -- congressional subpoena, then there is some risk that the institution loses its power of subpoena and investigative enforcement mechanism. but i don't think the justice department is ignoring this referral and doing nothing. i think it's possible that at least from the case of mark

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check out this map. that's the path taken last month by the beijing spirit. it is a tanker that is carrying about 1 million barrels of russian oil. it set sail from russia on march 6th, and it was actually heading to the port here in philadelphia. then on march 22nd, the tanker completely reversed course. and i think it begs the question, why would a 200,000 ton ship suddenly make a major shift like that? and the short answer is, new

u.s. sanctions on russian oil. on march 22nd, the tanker sailors discovered that the estimated $100 million worth of oil that was on board couldn't actually be sold here in the u. s. anymore. and since then, russia has been hit with hundreds of newer and tougher sanctions. on friday, president biden suspended normal trade relations with russia. he also did the same for belarus. he suspended imports of russian energy products into this country. and that same day, the european union slashed at least 10% of their total imports from moscow, banning russian coal, wood and chemicals. but it raises the question as to whether it is enough. this week, russia's prime minister declared that his country has so far withstood the sanction storm. now, that could just simply be provided, but is the west actually doing enough, especially when other countries are still supporting the kremlin? >> joining me now is an economic adviser to president

zelenskyy. it's great to have you with us. thank you so much for joining us. i want to start with the news this week. you had the u.s. spend normal trade relations with russia. they banned russian oil imports. the u.s. and the uk both have now imposed sanctions on putin 's family members, including his daughter. the eu has just banned russian coal imports. i want to get your assessment of the sanctions. do these sanctions go far enough? will they actually make an impact? because it seems nothing has deterred russia so far. >> absolutely. this is a feeling which we also have anti. the sanctions which were taken and also frozen -- it was a right decision. to cut them from the international financial market, also a good decision. overall, i would say that it might be even much weaker than before.

and now in kyiv [inaudible] and now we view what's really important is to cut off putin's regime and his military machine from having the bloody war. they have now a plan to actually cast from their energy sector. and in fact, it was already done by the united states was very much welcomed here in kyiv. however, you have to realize that russians are still having a huge amount of money, around one billion u.s. dollars. and also, around 400 million daily, out of their gas. so basically, all together, we are talking about almost 1. 5 billion u.s. dollars. that is only the energy sector. and you can imagine how many missiles they can buy, in order to kill our people, in order to bomb our cities, you know, in

order to rape our cities. and so, all these horrible scenes they're doing are now on land. >> let me pick up on a point that you just talked about, which is that russia can still sell its oil, and natural gas, because it raises the question just about the unity international community. the new york times is reporting that some countries like india, singapore, even turkey, they're sharply increasing their receipts of russian oil in the weeks since the war on ukraine began. does this effectively render the sanctions by the west, europe, the united states, does it render those sanctions meaningless, if you have other countries that are still buying large quantities of russian oil? >> look, this is a very good point. in our view in kyiv, yes it's right. let's not forget that europe's still buying russian energy. and if you can look at europe,

you can easily find that they don't have even consensus in terms of putin embargo and russian oil. this is actually what we are requesting from kyiv, to hold europe. and president zelenskyy was very clear that he was already delivering to the eu parliaments. but on the one side, yes. what we would like to see, we would like to see a full embargo, at least from the side of europe for now from russian oil. but you're right. it might be the case that india and china will continue to buy russian oil. however, it is the same market terms. look, whoever is buying russian oil, he has to think in terms of delivery of this oil. and if you see the introduction of the full embargo on russian oil, which will still also include lethal russian oil --

then there is no enough tankers in russia in order to sell the same amount of oil wherever, to india or to china. plus, on the top of that, if they continue even assuming that they will be able to continue to sell their oil to india and china, it's going to be much smaller amount. and those supplies and what they're willing to charge for oil in their countries, it's gonna be significant. i cannot even imagine that somebody in china or in india who are business oriented will be able to pay the same amount, which is paid currently. and our assumption is that it's going to be a huge discount meaning in any case that russians are going to receive, you, know times less than they are receiving now. >> let me ask you just about the relationship and the advice that you're giving to the president of ukraine. as i mentioned, you are an

economic adviser to the president. when you read the economic situation in your country, the devastation that it has gone through, not just in human toll, but the economic toll, what advice are you giving the president about this war? >> basically, in this war, we are working on two fronts, in my view. on one front, it is our brave militants who are working on the ground, fighting the russian aggression. on the other side, we have a united front, which is on the economic side. and for sure, our american allies are leading this front. so basically, all those sanctions which were introduced by the united states, they're very welcomed in the country. however, we still think that it's definitely not enough. the sanctions should go further. even if you go to all those latest cases, in terms of its masculine and i would say,

genocide, in bucha, what has happened yesterday in kramatorsk, our people who were trying to leave the region, which was under constant attacks. russians were bombed when they were on the train station. so we do believe that, you know, these economic fronts should work, i would say, even harder. but at the same time, we have to think of the future as well. in terms of the future, it means that we have to have already in our hands that plan, in terms of rebuilding the country. and having these plans in the hands mean that we have to think also in terms of the money. what are the sources of the financing of rebuilding the country? and if you go to the late latest estimates we have in kyiv, according to our prime minister, we are losing exponentially. after the first week of the war, we lost around 100 billion

dollars in our assets. now, the prime minister estimated that, his office estimated that we lost almost one trillion u.s. dollars. so the price toll is extremely huge, and we need to think from where this money is going to, to respond to the rebuilding of the country. and thirdly, and not lastly, not least important issue, the issue of financing the country right now. because half of our economy does not work now. some of the businesses are already destroyed. some are already not in operation. our border is almost closed, and keep in mind that we are -- 50% of our gdp comes from exports. and if russians are controlling the sea, the black sea, our ports are closed. so basically, we are controlling our ports, but we are not able to move our goods

through those ports. so this is also a huge issue, and we need financial support from our allies. >> it is going to be a long road to ukraine's full recovery, but we certainly hope that it does get. they're all the good tesco, thank you very much for joining us. i appreciate our airtime this evening. still ahead, my saturday night panel is here to discuss what the republicans are freaking out about this week. plus, the ambassador friends to the u.s., joins me live, next. next. faces get all the love what about the body? new dove shower collection is infused with hyaluronic and peptide serums to make your skin feel smoother and more radiant. new dove body love. face care ingredients now in the shower.

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>> they were not victims of russian military personnel. >> putin spokesman's denial of killing civilians isn't convincing to many. >> he was not really sure what he's -- he said deny, deny. we don't have facts, this is fake. but he, as a spokesman, didn't have enough investigations or research in his hands. i feel like he was a little bit weak. >> ukrainians here in the south have not just seen the horrors left behind when the russian tide retreated in the north, those trying to push back here said they are witnessing the same thing. daniel salam has just returned from fighting and russian held her soul. >> people are lying dead on the streets. that's it. civilians. women, children. grown-up people. it's the same thing as bucha. all of ukraine is like that right now.

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