hey everybody i'm yasmin bolivian if you're just joining us, welcome, it's good to see. if you're celeste thank you for sticking around. where on the ground in ukraine this hour. we're following reports.

nbc news have confirmed that 20 civilians were allowed to leave the besieged steel plant. we'll talk about that in a moment. also gonna talk to pennsylvania congresswoman chrissy houlahan about what's going on in ukraine, and whether congress will come through on president biden's a pass kids for the besieged country. i will talk about the wild political scene in her home state. also this hour, donald trump said to hold a rally tomorrow, in nebraska, supporting a candidate accused of multiple sexual assaults. he's not only standing by him, he's coaching him on how to turn the tables on his accusers. plus this. >> yes i'm a member of the press, i have radio affiliates, i'm on the fox news channel, which is a news channel.

but i don't claim to be a journalist. a claim to be a talk show host. >> there you have it, fox news host sean hannity as he deals with the hollowed from new tech showing he was ready to do just about anything it took to keep the president in office. can hannity himself be a witness. just announced public hearings from the january six committee. also this hour president biden, set to step out today a white house tradition -- the white house correspondents dinner. we're going have a preview of the event, later on this hour. we want to start the, in ukraine. nbc news has confirmed that some of the civilians trapped in the steel plant have now been evacuated. cal good to talk to once again. take us through this, cal, as we're learning more information about the evacuations that are happening at the steel plant that until now have been under

russian control. >> look, in the last two months, we've seen fierce fighting in and around this site, and across the city as a whole. it's really been the last month where there's been an attempt to evacuate civilians. this is the first successful one, that we've seen in three or four weeks. at least 20 civilians making their way out. russian tv said it was 25. they took credit for allowing that evacuation. ukrainian forces telling us that it's not true, this was coordinated with the international committee for the red cross, and it was harrowing just to get out these 20 folks. we have a situation, you're looking at the video from underneath the steel plant where this latest hardened bunker the continues to be shelled. 600 civilians in and around that side are wounded. there's another 600 ukraine ukrainian marines who are dumb bunker down there. this has become a symbol in ukraine, for not just resistance, but for defeating

the russians. ukrainian government to use this, even though these pictures are devastating to look at. they view this as a success of holding back the russians. the broader picture, ukrainian officials will tell you, the russians are unable to re-deploy forces to the east because they're bogged down and concentrating their attacks on mariupol. that's not to say there isn't violence elsewhere. we sign attacker four people died. there was a shelling at least 36 sites in and around that regions, including schools hospitals and an industrial complex. it gives you an idea of how wide the conflict is, and how the violence continues, yasmin. >> it certainly does, as usual cal perry for, us thank you kyle. >> the biden administration is seeking a massive new package for the ukraine military, as they enter that pivotal battle in the east. as well as allocating billions

and economic humanitarian aid as well. it's by far the single largest by far. joining me now is democratic congressman, chrissy houlihan. congressman thank you so much for joining us. i appreciate it. i want to get your reaction when we were hearing from our correspondent on the ground, cal perry, of course. with this news there's a possibility of some evacuations of the steel plant that's been under siege for quite some time now. 20 or so people that have been able to evacuate. these people have been without food or water for sometime now we know there's hundreds that are still there. >> it's obviously hopeful news, i'm very thankful that those 20 or so folks have made their way out of their situation, but there are as you know, still quite a few left, and remaining, not just there, but in other places. i think it's just another kind of indication that -- the kind of four that putin is fighting. a war of atrocities. the fact that we have to have

this conversation about how to evacuate citizens, of women and children, is an indication of what kind of human being putin 's. >> i want to talk about this aid package, as we're talking about ukraine. we've been talking about this throughout the last hour or so. 33 billion dollars in aid. will bring up the screen there. 20 billion dollars dedicated to military security aid. half billion dollars for -- humanitarian aid as well. and so on i was just speaking to a member of the ukrainian parliament who said that ukraine needs this aid. they're going to need continued aid. this is going to be an ongoing war. the hope is, that ukrainian aid will not be politicized in this country. so far there's been a bipartisan effort to get this aide to ukrainian people that desperately needed to fight the russian army and maintain control of their country. what is the likelihood that you see this massive, biggest aid package we've seen it yet, we'll get past? >> so i can't necessarily

comment on the exact dollar amount. necessaril or the exact timing of when this might be passed, because it does take a large effort on the part of the senate to accomplish. that would i can say as a member of the foreign affairs committee, and is a member of the armed services committee, i've been incredibly encouraged by the fact that this has not been a partisan conversation. we really have held together as a nation, because we understand that this crisis in ukraine isn't just about the country of ukraine, the nation of ukraine, or its sovereignty. it's about the future of democracies, and the world order. i think we see that in the congress, with a very unified group of folks. i'm not sure how will all turn out, but i am heartened to see that we're all still very much, seeing from the same angle. >> do you think republicans are gonna stand in the way in terms of getting this aid package passed, or not? >> i'm not sure yet, both republicans and democrats of

various persuasions would like to see other things included and tired. and i would like to see this independently passed. i'm one of a very large team. i don't necessarily get to make the final call and how it all goes down. it's clear that it's a pressing need by the ukrainian people, and we are unified and needing to make sure that we deliver. it >> pressing need, timing is of the essence as you just said. you're looking at the less military aid package that was received by the ukrainians. three and a half billion dollar aid package. only 250 -- remains of that timing really is of the essence, as they're trying to maintain control of parts of ukraine. i know that the house is out of washington next week. are you worried that this is going to be pushed down and not reach the ukrainians in time? >> i've been in congress for only about three years and i've been really amazed about, when we really wanting to get something done, we're able to get it done.

people get back into town when they need to -- right now we're serving our communities, as an example i just did an organized group of young girls who are pursuing stem educations, we're all here at home, but we can return at a moments notice if there's a deal that's eminent. >> breakdown what's happening in your home state, i want to talk about the midterm elections, you've got new maps, drawn up obviously. there's a lot at stake, when it comes to these midterm elections. a lot of people predicting that republicans are going to be able to take control of congress. what is at stake? >> to me pennsylvania is the keystone state, more than the fact that it's just its name. it's really the next state. it's a pivotal state as terms of our national politics i believe generally that our heart and soul of our nation is at stake. it goes right through pennsylvania.

i'm hopeful that the people of pennsylvania will recognize that the -- we are unifying our communities and helping the communities. some of the places like a high, and also in pennsylvania. the republicans on the other side are focused on dividing. us they're focused on destroying any sort of commonality that we have with one another. it's a shame especially at a time when we really need to be unified and coming what together, once issues are again. resonating mostly pennsylvania voters? and you think the democratic party is doing enough to demonstrate to communicate that message? especially when we're talking about the economy, inflation and a lot of stuff to be concerned about. >> so what i would say is that in our community, which is a very purple part of pennsylvania, it's roughly equal democrats, republicans and quite a large chunk of independence, we are all, to a person, tired. we are exhausted, we've gone on to quite a lot over the last

four or five years, and more recently over the last two or so years. we very much want to get our lives back to normal, so to speak, whatever that new normal is. you are absolutely hearing about making sure that our schools can remain open, that our businesses are well funded and well resourced and that were coming together for the right resources that we need to make sure there is no other wave of covid. also, there is a conversation of inflation and rising prices. this is, in my opinion, the consequence of all the help that has been delivered, that has allowed us to not to sink into a recession or depression, but to be where we are right now. in my community, we have a 3.2 unemployment rate right now -- we certainly have our challenges are ahead of us, but we certainly recognize where we could've possibly been had we not worked so hard as a government to bring us this far. >> let's bring up those polling numbers, so the comics woman can speak to that. when we look at the polling

numbers, when it comes to these midterm elections, you see a different polling numbers for some of the democrats, is that a concern for you congresswoman? >> i continue to remain focused on the job that i'm doing, in my community. last week, when i was home, i held a state of the six town hall, which had more than 200 people that attended. it i spoke to our community that we had all the things we have delivered over the last year. i feel as though my best way of continuing to serve our community, and continuing to represent the people of our community, is to do my job. of course, polling matters, but frankly, doing my job is much more important than that. >> congresswoman chrissy whole, hand as always, we thank you for joining us this hour. good to see you. still ahead, sean hannity and the new text messages that show the fox news host eager to please the white house and donald trump when it comes to the big election lie. well the january six committee call him to testify? that conversation is coming up. that conversation is coming up. that

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career that spanned over three decades. naomi jud was just 76 years old. >> okay, a trove of new text messages is giving the january six committee even more to investigate, with just weeks left before congressional hearings are expected to begin on june 9th. the messages, will your first reported by cnn, showed extensive coordination between the white house and one of fox news's most popular personalities, sean hannity, laura ingraham -- we're gonna talk all about this. msnbc legal analyst's onset with, me it's great to see you. joyce so good to see you. let's read some of these text messages, let's take a trip. >> towns like a good idea. >> on the text message exchange of mark meadows and sean hannity. meadows says stress every vote matters, get out and vote. >> anywhere we need a

particular? push meadows says, north carolina, pennsylvania, nevada. hannity says got it, everywhere. i've had my team digging into the numbers, there is no way biden got these numbers, just mathematically impossible it's so sad for this country they can pull this off in 2020. we need a major breakthrough, a video, something. michael says you are exactly, right working on a breakthrough. if you look at these text messages, these exchanges, for someone on the news, who considers himself a journalist, up until this point, says this is just the top so host. and the chief of staff, is it time to give to subpoena folks like sean hannity, and laura ingraham. >> these are communications that go on between the campaign manager and someone who is working on the campaign. this is campaign talk. it's absolutely stunning that this is someone who works for a news organization. that this isn't disclosed to

viewers and other folks that should be disclosed to. let me tell, you i think the responsibility here is less for a subpoena, because the january six committee mandate is to look into what happened and see if we need any new laws to see if we need or -- the responsibility for this is less with the news organization that these people work for -- >> and what should they do? >> that is an issue of print professional ethics and journalistic integrity -- these organizations have standards and people that work for them are required to live up to standards and they should be disciplined when they failed to do so. this seems to be a stunning laps. this is during the election, just after the election, it is a level of coordination that's then pretty presented to the public in informs of news broadcast, however they want to characterize it now. in a way that's really

confusing to the public and -- >> it's quite explosive, it's the former presidents own pr campaign on what seemed to, be or supposed to, be a news channel. to be broadcast of the world. let's talk about the impending public hearings, happening in june. representative jamie raskin teasing this, it's gonna blow the roof off the house. what do you expect? >> so, it's interesting that the committee staff is led by two former united states attorneys. one, a democrat, one republican. something prosecutors know is you never over promise your case. an opening statement to a jury, you never tell the jury that your case is gonna be better than it is. and i assume that because the members of the community are working with these former prosecutors, that's something that they're being extremely careful about. what we've seen so far is likely just the tip of the iceberg. there will be eight days of hearings, people can only

consume so much information, of course. and these hearings are largely for the public at this point in. time i would expect we'll see one discreet theme per day. eight hearings, maybe eight different importing important focal points, but again, i don't expect the congressman raskin is over promising whether he says it will bring the roof off. >> do you think there's some expectation that'll move public sentiment? public hearings like this. >> that's why you have to hope for, that's an important job for the committee. and maybe the hope is justice, that the truth will move public sentiment. that when they hear from republican staffers, when they re-text messages from republican officials like mark meadows, that the facts, that are undeniable and irrefutable, that that's what will help the public understand what happened, how close we came to losing some of the fundamentals of democracy, and what we need to do to get better. >> even this in this political atmosphere that we now? 11 >> take your pick, 20% of

the public hard-core trump's supporters, who've been fed information or dislike trump, those folks are likely on approachable. although you never know, i don't believe in in a negotiating with myself, when i have an argument to make i want to make an argument in a compelling fashion, present the, fakes facts and then let people make up their own minds. that's why we like to see the committee. do >> we've got this public -- mark meadows, peter navarro, dan scavino, why not? >> it seems to be taking a long time, bannon was quick, but bannon was the easy case. meadows is more complicated in his role as the chief of staff. there may be some arguments and issues that they wanted to weigh. perhaps they wanted to weigh on the civil suit where the parties have just asked the judge to issue a ruling. no vote navarro and scavino, they're an easier case than. meadows navarro, who's the trade advisor, comes in and gives this wildly inappropriate

advice, clearly not acting in his capacity as a white house executive branch member. that should be the easy case, i don't know why the doj is waiting. congress doesn't have any mechanism for enforcing its own oversight abilities, they have to rely on doj when they go this criminal routes, they can seek civil pursuit of the subpoenas and perhaps doj is sending a message that there they'd like to do. that >> this is my last, question and then i gotta go because i've been yelled at in my ear. is there any thing about mayor garland's past that would suggest why it is they're not acting on this? >> yeah, i'm not an apologize or for mayor garland is doing. if these decisions were up to me, this would be my they won paris as an attorney general. what doing is loved the legitimate -- my take away from everything that we hear from our garland speaks, is that he doesn't want

to destroy the integrity of the justice department. in the interest to seek justice for one individual. even if the former president. i think will only be able to judge his tenure at the end of, it when we see what he accomplishes. >> joyce, thank you so good to see you in person, absolute anytime, thank you for coming on. coming, up why former president trump, who isn't afraid to drop an endorsement, is shot standing by charles herbst, or the candidate for nebraska governor after several sexual assault allegations. that's coming up. assault allegations. that's coming up that's coming up

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2016 run. he's also been accused of sexually assaulting eight women since 2017. all of which he denies. what did donald trump do when he was made aware of these explosive claims? he didn't withdraw his support or cancel appearances. instead, according to this political report, he doubled down. insisting his friend, herbst or, was not fighting back hard enough. he and backing plans that he should hold press conference. herbster blasted the testimony as a smear campaign. -- so why has donald trump known to dump those he has endorsed him the moment there in political hot water, stood by herbster? what does that mean for --

buying for trump's approval? nbc analyst and strategist, also -- welcome to you both guys. great to see this afternoon. susan let me start with you on this one. i want to read a little bit from this new yorker piece. about this ally, this friendship that we see right now between herbster and trump. they say that herbster, his coach is none other than the president, former president of the united states. the primaries on may 10th. no one knows more about overcoming serious allegations of criminal picking us, quite like donald trump. that said, the former president is known for dropping folks. especially when they get into hot water. what is it about this union that is keeping trump with herbster? the current government of nebraska, he is someone who

trump used as an enemy. we know that donald trump rarely goes out to support a candidate. rather, he goes out to be against somebody. in this case it's the current governor. they're in a three way primary, this is close, we have to be honest when we look at donald trump and his influence on the republican party. it makes a difference in a primary. of course you get probably the worst possible candidate, because donald trump has no regard for picking out good people, but rather just people that he can relate to. it's not surprising that he hasn't dropped herbster yet. but, he still could. that's the way donald trump rules. >> basil, i want to talk about some of the candidates that the former president has just. we talked about this over the last few months. they are controversial, as susan just said. one of them being j.d. vance,

who used to be a never trumper. trump gave his endorsement to j.d. vance. the guy got a 12-point boost. you look at -- he got an endorsement as well. he got a boost as well, after that endorsement. you take a look at these controversial candidates that are getting endorsements from the former president. if they could pull out these races, what would that mean overall? >> just a handful makes him -- he's obviously a, an important player, it makes him more so like a king maker. there are a lot of people who self select out of the political process because of a lot of stuff in their past. the problem is now they're feeling more emboldened to run because trump has proceeded to normalize that kind of behavior. when you're trying to make, trying to counter that with

other candidates, it takes us deeper into this rabbit hole that most americans want to go down. the fact of the matter is the kinds of candidates that he's choosing, the way in which he's engaging, the fact that there's still so many that want to show fealty to him, is what is concerning. this panel final point on the, the other part that scary, is he in this for the long term? it's one thing for 2024, but is he in this for the long term? will he go after former coalition members of the democratic party, like organized labor? and start pulling them apart? that's where we, as democrats, must be far more vigilant and thinking down the road. >> susan it also seems like it's a two-way litmus test. explain it like this. in one respect you are watching to see how these endorsements are actually going to boost up

these candidates, does trump actually have the power to get these folks elected? especially these folks who are controversial? on the other hand it's a litmus test for the former president, himself. he's essentially saying, if you do not believe in the big lie, if you do not petal this big lie, then i will not continue to support you. if you do, i will be your warrior. >> that's true yasmin, but there is something also worth noting. some of these endorsements that trump has made, that we're seeing especially in the senate, are for open seats. so you basically have a brawl out there for primaries. but when it comes to who trump has endorsed, for sitting governors, running for reelection, he's zero for four right now, if you look at the polls. the big one's camp, governor kemp of georgia. he gave $5,000 of pack money to support purdue who's running

against him. camp is running away with it. alabama, same thing. dewine in ohio. so then you also have idaho. so, donald trump's influence goes up to a point, we are seeing. so we have to see how this plays out. the other thing i'm trying -- starting to see in polling, people do not want to hear about 2020 anymore. they really don't. they want to know about what the candidates are going to do for them, today, and tomorrow. >> right, republicans either, also don't want to hear about 2020, anymore. they want to look ahead. basil when you look at the primaries, we've only had texas, you can't really look at texas to predict as to what's going to go on. what specifically races to pick up where susan left off, are you watching, to see the power of the former president? to see if it sticks? >> well, georgia certainly, it looms so importantly in the

future of the democratic party politics. and then pennsylvania. doctor us thing is so amazing to me. here's a guy that was on oprah. i watched doctor us -- how did this guy that i watched, there's so many people that i know sort of, focused a lot of attention on, oh that guy, he's making sense -- of sudden he's this guy, now. he's expecting the trump endorsement. running even though folks are taking him as a republican in name only. just the swing of what appears to be, it's so troublesome. not only because of the race, but how easy it is for people to take off a costume, put another one on. decide that they want to run for office. i'm really curious about how that's going to play a. >> i don't think you're the only one that's thinking that, by the way, basil. basil, as always guys, it's

great to see you, thank you. up next, putin's nuclear threats. is it his endgame to occupy territories for the long haul, like he's doing for georgia? we're going to dive into his mindset with former georgian advisor. you don't want to miss this conversation, she's got great insight on this. got grea insight on this.

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forces are doing in ukraine, and think that any ethical, moral individual justify that. it's difficult to look at some of the images, an imagined that and you will thanking serious, mature leader would do that. >> that was a rare show of emotion from the pentagon, when press secretary john kirby was asked if vladimir putin is a rational actor. these are some of the latest, disturbing images that he was talking about. residents being pulled from what is left of their homes after russian attacks on civilians in the capital city. putin's plan takeover, it's running behind schedule, that's according to the pentagon. the saber-rattling has reached new heights. some would argue that the putin is being cornered. -- i'm so excited to have you here,

thank you so much for coming in. you just mentioned off line you're gonna be headed to ukraine, what are you gonna be looking for on the strip? >> i think like many people, i'm gonna try to get a sense of morale, but really trying to get a sense of the four momentum and where the gaps are in terms of both military, and other security needs. in the immediate term, offsetting economic impacts in the social needs of the country, and then looking at how that needs to inform the long term plan of a rebuilding ukraine. >> we're not there yet. but eventuality of all. that >> i find this comparison of the invasion of georgia into thousand eight. 20% of georgia is on the russian control, on the russian military control. you look at what's happening in ukraine right now, with russian military having parts of the eastern and southern parts of the ukraine. do you feel as though, when

you're looking at this, we're tied 2018 now, russians still have control that 20%, that putin is trying to do the exact same thing but in ukraine. where he will maintain control of this region, he's pushed the goalposts since the last invasion in thousand 14. now i'm gonna keep control of this area, as he's done in georgia. >> yes, absolutely, i think this was very russian invasion of kyiv and work out the way they hoped, but moving on forward in the eastern and southern invasion areas, they're still gonna be some push to take more of the black sea coast. right now, or this still kind of open and free. it's unclear if they'll be able to do more there or not. but i think the noise we've heard recently about maybe they'll be something in moldova, there are russian forces based in transnistria, in the occupied region in the western border of odessa there, between moldova and ukraine. there's this idea that maybe they'll expand the war, and open a new fronts to create

more possibilities of what might happen in the south. is this kind of piecemeal approach to moving things forward. as you mentioned, 20% of georgia is still occupied, but it's not a hard and fixed line, just like in ukraine, there's been the constant fighting to take territory in 2014. in georgia, since 2008, people wake up in the demarcation line has moved forward, so it's a gradual takeover. >> i can't help but wonder, let's just say that this war eventually and somehow in some way in ukraine. that this is not just gonna happen in two or three more years, and then vladimir putin pushes the goalposts once again. not only in ukraine, but also in georgia as well, as he tries to recreate the soviet-era occupation. >> absolutely, that is one of the things we've talked about before that it's so important we see the opportunity that ukraine is giving us. which is actually defeating putin. the west has moved forward a lot in what it used as possible

against russia, over the last 60 days. three days into the, war it was still that stop this as fast as possible, and then ukrainians really created the possibility of seeing more because they were not trapped by the same constraints in mind sets -- which is why they've outperformed expectations so well. we need to see that and really embrace, it and see the opportunities they're creating to defeat russia, and really create a different possibility of what's next. not in the next three years, there's another thing, when you hear the administration, secretary blinken and secretary austin where he this week, starting to use some of the language. we need to make sure russia can never do this anyone ever again. not quite yet towards victory and defeat, which are very uncomfortable. with we just need to let the ukrainians help us define what's defeating russia and ukraine looks like. understanding that is actually the -- only >> i wonder if ukrainians even know that answer yet. up until, now he says we will

not give one inch of ukraine, but then what is the plan? they have been incredible fighters as we have seen. but what is the plan to push the russians forces out of ukraine, that now have complete occupations of some of the parts of the country? that's a tough position there in. >> absolutely, but i think we've seen very innovative stuff from, them especially in an last month. as the early phase of the war was over, and it was shifting towards a different kind of fighting. ukraine has some a giant russian warship that no one thought they could do. there's been attacks in territories, in russian territory that the ukrainians are not taking credit for for obvious reasons, which are linked to limiting russia's retirement of its own forces, fuel depots and ammunition depots and things like that. ukraine is really thinking forward as to how you can change the possibilities of what comes next in the war. and the fighting, and i think we need to see that, not just continue to re-armed them as we are right now, ukraine will

basically tell you, we need to build the second army in the next 60 days. what do you need for that? that's weapons, armor, personal armor, armored vehicles, all the ammunition and supplies they go with it. do we actually have that pipeline in place? not just a, resupply but the expansion of what they need to sustain a war. right now that's where we're asking them to do. we're hoping for the long war that will slowly erode russia's ability to fight, but that's all paid for with ukrainian blood. >> mola, q thank you very good to see, you good luck, stay safe come back and we'll talk when after you come back. the white house correspondents dinner is tonight, here in washington d.c.. it is the first time since president obama was an office that a sitting president will be in attendance. we are live with a preview of it, coming up next. live with a preview o live with a preview o it, coming u

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a couple of hours, the president is said to revive the tradition of attending the white house correspondents dinner. this comes amid mounting concerns about covid. especially as the vice president, and -- director both test positive for the virus. covid is not the only thing, the war in ukraine raging on as well. nbc's julia -- is on the red carpet. it's great to see you, julia,

what can we expect? >> good evening, yasmin, tonight marks a return to normal in washington. not just after the pandemic cancel this event for the past two years, amid covid, but also a return to normalcy between relations between the presidency and the press. after years of the trump administration causing journalists the enemy of the people. the white house correspondents dinner will have 2000 guests. top officials, members of congress, top celebrities and the washington press corps. this year marks the first time since 2016 that it sitting president will be at the dinner, as president trump became the first president to skip the affair. president biden will be attending the dinner with some

precautions. here's what's -- said about the 79 president attending the event. >> he's made the decision he wants to attend in a safe way, the white house correspondents dinner, to showcase his support for the free press, for the work of all of you, for the work of your colleagues around the world. to not only share accurate information about covid, but also report about the war in ukraine. of the work that happens every single day. that the stand in stark contrast to his predecessor, who not only question the legitimacy of the press on a daily basis, but also never attended the dinner. >> psaki also added that president biden made his own personal risk assessment and consultation with his doctors. he's only attending the speech portion of the night. he won't be there during dinner when the guests are guaranteed to be mask-less. president biden has been working on his speech for weeks. as we mentioned, it's a tough moment to meet, we'll host and

comedian trevor noah will get to liven up the crowd with his comedy, the president has to draw a fine line between cracking jokes but also being sensitive to the backdrop of this event, as you mentioned. the pandemic is still ongoing, and there's a war overseas in ukraine. while the president plans to at some tasteful humor to add lead video to this moment, he also plans to use this occasion to talk about the free press and the importance of journalists who are risking their life and doing important work here at home. momentary will see guests and hollywood's stars arrive on the red corporate. for which hopefully will be fun and safe event. >> thank you julia, thank you and good to see you. before we go everybody, we want to bring you the story of one couple whose wedding was saved with a little help from lady luck. >> our plan was to land, head

to the courthouse, grab the marriage license, head to the chapel. better being better boom >> she was already readying the dress. their flight canceled. -- then as if by divine intervention, the sweetest guy walks up. i just want to know, ayman ordained minister. the three found another flight. they don't even switch airports. we get in the uber, we tell him to floor it. he did. finally on board the southwest plane. the pilot standing there, he's like, are you guys going to vegas to get married? if it doesn't happen, we're gonna do it on this plane. and he's like, okay, sounds good. >> by the way that is exactly what they did. there's an aisle, to boot. the flight crew strong toilet paper streamers, the photographer on the flight took photos. we wish the couple all the best

for their wedding in the air. they're wrapped up for me everybody, i'm yasmin this again, i'll be here tomorrow, 3 pm eastern. i want to tell you about a shift change. you're still going to be able to join me for two hours every saturday and sunday, but we're going to kick things off an hour earlier. it will be two to 4 pm eastern every saturday and sunday. that's because the amazing simone sanders is going to be joining our weekend lineup, bringing her washington insider perspective, to cover all the topics of the moment. she kicks off her new show next saturday, at 4 pm eastern. but for now i'm going to handed off to reverend al sharpton which begins after a very quick break. ic break. break. y for whatchya... line? need. action. cut. you can't say that. [phone rings]

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politicsnation, tonight's lead, spilling over. right now i'm worried that the experts are indeed right. russia's war in ukraine appears to have bogged down in the country's east, with ukrainian resistance slowing down russian aggression in the region. and there's warning of a protracted conflict with implications beyond the current battlefield. and ukrainian president sobieski saying he