♪♪ good to be with you, i'm katy tur, it's day 76 of russia's war in ukraine. here's what we know right now. russian air strikes targeted ukrainian cities in the east and south overnight including the port city of odesa. ukrainian officials say at least seven missiles were fired by russian aircrafts hitting a shopping center and a warehouse. president volodymyr zelenskyy is calling for international help in clearing a russian blockade of odesa on the black sea. zelenskyy says the blockade threatens the world's food supply, not just ukraine's. and directly to the east in mariupol, russia continues to

bombard the azovstal steel plant where ukrainian fighters are still holding out. in a telegram post they said they're being bombarded by air and sea as russian artillery fire on that steel plant. across the rest of the donbas, russia has released constant air assaults to try to take over one city and village at the time. and the death toll in the war continues to climb. in biz yum, one of the strategic cities under russian control, local officials say 44 bodies were discovered under the rubble of a residential building. at the same time, in lviv, funerals for ukrainian servicemembers. there are 37 new graves at the historic cemetery. and because there wasn't enough room, another 29 just outside of it. the man who shot this footage of these graves and these funerals will join me in just a moment.

meanwhile, more u.s. aid is on the way. president biden signed the defense lend lease act to speed up the process of getting more military support to that embattled country. facing partisan coalition biden asked members to separate ukraine aid to get relief to ukraine as fast as possible. joining me is nbc news kelly cobiella from ukraine. and michael borsico ebb global affas koun. kelly, what can you tell us is happening right now? >> well, we're reporting from dnipro is a place where wounded soldiers are brought and evacuated civilians as well. in the past few days we spoke to soldiers and people who left.

we spoke to an elderly couple who left the town of donetsk. this elderly couple said that their house had been under helping, really, for weeks for a long time. they told me they hid in the bathroom in the bathtub, covered up with blankets because it was so cold, waiting for their chance to escape. they were finally evacuated by city officials on a bus. but, you know, just terrifying stories of trying to shelter from shelling there. meantime, you know, there were seven missile strikes on odesa overnight. the mayor there saying that the shopping center and warehouse that were hit were not military targets. that there was no ammunitions depot. there was no military hardware being kept there. just a bunch of consumer goods and a shopping center.

and one person killed is believed to be a security guard at that shopping center. odesa coming under increasing fire, air fire, from the russians. they've been really targeting that crucial port city, over the past several days now. and one reason the ukrainians say, may be because they really struggled to make any advances west. from their strongholds there in kherson, and mykolaiv. the ukrainian offenses have been holding the line there in mykolaiv there now for weeks. and ukrainians suggesting maybe this is out of frustration that the russians are suddenly targeting odesa with so many missiles. one more thing i wanted to raise, katy, and that that steel plant in mariupol. there's been, as you highlighted, more bombing, more shelling, more russian attacks on that steel plant today. and just within the past few hours, the fighters have released some pretty disturbing

pictures of men who they say are wounded soldiers, some missing limbs, bandaged with old bandages. some with fresh wounds. and they're calling on the u.n. and the red cross again, to at the very least, evacuate those wounded soldiers saying they are no longer a threat and no longer able to fight and under international rules of law they should be evacuated, katy. >> michael, let's talk about that a few days ago there was evacuation of a steel plant. many of the civilians were able to get out. why were these wounded soldiers not included in that evacuation? >> yeah, good to be with you, katy. well, the u.n. and the icrc have tried very, very hard to negotiate these evacuations. some of them have worked. some of them haven't. but i think more have not. and it goes to show you that the russians don't respect the organization, nor do they

respect the agreements that have been made, the humanitarian corridors. i'm worried about these guys, obviously. but let there be no mistake, these are about the toughest service people you can find. don't forget when that donetsk airport in 2014 and 2015 was under assault, ukrainian soldiers holed out there for around 300 days under heavy daily pounding. a lot of ukrainians are talking about that now, because it seems like a similar situation, these servicemen are under really, really pounding attack at the moment. >> let's talk about odesa and the missile strikes there. >> yeah. >> president zelenskyy was saying this is a problem not just for ukraine -- excuse me, i still have this cough that i can't get rid of, he was saying it's not just a problem for ukraine. but it's a problem for the world, because of the grain supply, because of the world food supply? >> it's a terrible, terrible situation in odesa, as your

colleague pointed out. and what worries me, and we got some hints yesterday from putin's victory day speech that he plans to continue an assault on ukraine is that for i think only the second time in this war, they're used their advanced hypersonic missiles. these travel at five times the speed of sound. they're launched from the air and they're very, very difficult to shoot down. in terms of the targets, katy, they're hitting the civilian infrastructure, but also the heart of odesa's economy, the port, but also tourism infrastructure. odesa is like a gem in this region. a lot of people like to go there. also, it's a very multicultural city. strategically, from a military point of view, if the russians continue to pound odesa, that could indicate that they're planning to go all the way to the border with moldova. they've already damaged a bridge that links that part of ukraine

near the moldova border. so, a lot of worry, really, justified here. >> and what might happen in moldova. you posted a few videos to your twitter. one of them was of the funerals we showed a moment ago, the service members, it was just devastating to even think that the cemetery was overflowing, and they've got to bury these men and women outside of the cemetery. but there's also a video we have not shown yet, that's long lines of cargo trucks seen at the polish border that are, as you say, for days waiting to get to customs. what's going on there? >> yeah, you know, it's a real mystery. colleagues of mine went the other day, they counted a lineup, 24 kilometers long of trucks trying to lead ukraine into poland. i asked the ukrainian border service, the spokesperson about it today, and he said we really don't know. what seems to be happening,

katy, this is coming from workers and also correspondents, that the polish customs service have instituted very strange checks including x-rays of everything coming through. so that's created a huge, huge backlog. some truckers, i'm today, are waiting two or three days to cross. the world needs to pay attention to that because it adds to that supply chain difficulties and tying up aide workers as well. they need to do something about this and they need to do something about this immediately. >> we're all interconnected. michael, thank you for being with us. i'm sorry about the hard time speaking, this postnasal drip is getting the best of me. thank you. and russia ending all gas imports to poland after the country prepared to pay in rubles. but poland says they were prepared to move away from their gas away.

joining me is the deputy foreign minister of poland. thank you for being with us. so, the gas was shut off by russia. how is poland doing right now? >> yeah, the russia cut off the gas supplies to poland, but we've been prepared for such a situation. we knew that russia may try to blackmail us with gas supplies. that's why we've decided many years ago to build an energy terminal and to import the gas liquid gas from the u.s. we also decided to build a special pipeline connection with norway in order to secure other energy security. so, for now, our storages, 85%, are full. we're prepared for the next months to survive somehow without the russian gas. we would love to see other countries in the european union to follow that example. and to cut off the energy links with russia, in order to cut the

oxygen from mr. putin to stop this war. >> so, the other -- many other european nations have said they're going to start the phasing of the ban of russian oil. do you think they can do it faster, the more that you want to see? >> well, very very much advocating to stop the import of oil from russia, immediately, or at least in the next months. there is discussion going on at the level of european union, hopefully, within days, we will decide to jointly to sanction russian oil, as i said, i mean, to cut the oxygen from mr. putin. what we need to do, of course, is to find other suppliers including our transatlantic partners and the gulf partners. we need to secure the security of europe, but without such an unstable partner of russia, such an aggressive actor as russia. this is the only way to stop this war. to stop financing putin's

regime. >> well, he's making a ton of money, russia and vladimir putin are making a ton of money off their oil, their energy. and that is funding the war as you so rightly said. how quickly, though, is it actually reasonable, likely, realistic to get off that oil and cut that money, that financial aid to vladimir putin to really make it so he has say harder time waging the war that he's waging right now in ukraine? >> well, when it comes to oil, i think six, seven months for the entire eu is enough to find another partner. there are some eu member states that would need a bit more time. of course, we can do that. this is not a significant money which is being sent from those countries. but as i said, i mean, ukraine has no time, really, the way those guys are fighting on the front line every day. and putin's army is being financed also by -- because of the export of energy. and the sources we need to do it

as quick as possible. >> your prime minister has been very strong against vladimir putin. he's called him a war criminal. he said he's committing genocide in ukraine. you're on the door step to ukraine. you're very close to russia. what is the expectation of poland right now what might happen in your country? do you expect, do you anticipate the war spilling over your border? >> well, this is a scenario we would like to avoid. any kind of spillover effect, nevertheless, russia has a big army, aggressive policy toward eastern allies, partners on the eastern flank. so, we need to be prepared that's why we have increased our percentage of gdp and spending on military budget in poland. we are buying a lot of military equipment, but also expecting

our allies, including the u.s., to be more present on the front line, in order to -- i mean, on the eastern flank, in order to tell russia, send that political strategic message don't even try to think of invading a nato country. just as president biden said, nato is very much committed to defend every inch of the territory. >> if he crossed the border it would trigger article 5 and be a big problem for everybody. i want to ask you something that our last guest shot, video along the ukraine/polish border of all the trucks lined up. some shut off for days trying to get through customs. do you know what's going on here? >> well, the ukrainian-poland border is the only border with european and ukraine. of course, there's hun hungary.

so there arebstacles and challenges of course. we're working hard to open our border for our ukrainian friends. for the customs for the trade, in order to survive this difficult time. but you know, more than 3 million ukrainians have already crossed the polish border. many of them, the vast majority stayed in poland. mostly women with kids which we are trying to help first. and then, of course, trucks trains. just yesterday, our minister of infrastructure had a very good meeting at the border in order to find a way to solve this issue. >> millions of refugees have entered your country. deputy foreign minister of poland, thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much for having me. still ahead, republicans are blaming president biden for inflation. now president biden warns with them in power, the problem would only be worse. what he said and what he can do coming up. later, they're voting in

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plan to tackle inflation and lower prices for working families. he blamed the situation on the pandemic. and the war in ukraine. while touting his efforts to bolster economic recovery, biden did take aim at proposals what he is calling maga republicans. >> really, ask yourself, how well are we going to sleep at night knowing that every five years, maga republicans, if they're still republican, as i said, this is not your father's republican party, if we're going to have to vote on whether you'll have social security, medicare/medicaid, and what amounts you'll have in each of those programs. >> biden said he is focused on lowering energy costs. repairing supply chais is infrastructure and building affordable housing. he also claims to reduce the deficit by taxing the wealthiest american and large corporations.

joining me is shannon penneypiece, nbc news digital reporter and robert herzog. full disclosure. >> shannon, the president is laying out his plan, how is he going to do it without congress and how quickly can he help the problem about inflation? >> i would say, katy, there's nothing new that the president announced today. he was going over a lot of initiatives that the white house has been ruling out over the past several months. obviously, they have acknowledged that inflation has become an issue in recent months for voters, one of the top issues out there. so the president was seeking to highlight the things he's doing. he put a list up on the screen, to highlight the things he would like to be doing. but just as importantly, to try and contrast his plan with that of republicans. so, to get off the deep end and on the offense when it comes to inflation. because one of the key points

republicans are trying to make in this midterm election is blaming inflation on biden's policy. particularly, try to attribute it to the stimulus checks that people received from the covid relief package earlier in the administration. the president is saying inflation is not due to his policies it's due to supply chain changes as a result of the pandemic and the invasion of ukraine. as you noticed he's trying to shift the attention to a republican plan that's been proposed by rick scott. it's a plan that doesn't really have any possibility of becoming a law, even if republicans were to take the majority because it doesn't have enough republican support in congress. but trying to hold that up as an example of what republicans would do for example, increase taxes on people who aren't paying taxes currently by setting a minimum tax rate. and show that his plan would be a better alternative. so, it's a preview of what we're increasingly going to be seeing

from the white house as we head into midterms and inflation is a top issue. >> we can put up senator scott's plan. it's an 11-point plan and it did call for increasing tax on lower income americans and social security and medicare in five years. let's leave that aside because it doesn't have a chance to pass 'go to what is most urgent for most americans right now. that is gas prices. if you go to the gas pump you will see it. it's over $4 in most of the country. in some places it's over $6 for regular unleaded. that hurts. it really hurts. so what can this administration actually do to get these prices down? i mean, is there a way, even if you can't get them down to incentivize some other mode of transportation? >> yeah, i just don't think that he can do it unilaterally, there are so many levers you can pull by fiat or executive order.

he's out there with the pressers you see the things, we've talked about what we've done and aca and all of these other things it's almost obligatory. it's not like he's hugo chavez in venezuela. he actually had a call-in show and people would call in and say i can't afford a hog for my daughter's wedding. and he would turn to the producer and say send this man five hogs for his daughter's wedding. biden can't help that. and that's a constant time stamp, a constant reminder for every driver, every day you go out, $4.25 last week. you member it was $3.40 a year ago. and faintly $2.50 under trump even though it's not an apples to apples thing. this is what biden is up against constantly. >> part of the issue, what biden says is we had covid.

the supply chains got messed up because there was decrease in demand and then increase in demand very suddenly. it's hard to get those things running again. and then the war in ukraine. there are things he doesn't have control over, they're going to run their course but is that a problem for him? because it's a midterm year and you're looking at your wallet, or gas and i don't like what i'm seeing. and there's nothing he can do about it, it gets better then the cycle repeats itself. it gets good, it gets bad, it gets good, it gets bad. it's not in charge of what it has to do at the time. >> yeah, the federal reserve, hiking the point, three or four hikes ahead of it. people are worried about mortgage costs, credit card costs. you have the war. here in the united states, the stock market, that does affect

people with 40. 1 ks and sadly the best about inflation could be the economy kind of crashing and bringing down prices. we saw $1.50 that was during the pandemic, nobody was driving. who wants that. >> no one, shannon and michael, thank you as well. what is donald trump trying to take down next, not just the gop, but the midterms in general, the general elections for the midterms? and we're live in what i think is one of the most interesting midterm states. what union workers there are telling us about who they are looking for and what it predicts for november. . this is art inspired by real stories of bipolar depression. i just couldn't find my way out of it. the lows of bipolar depression can take you to a dark place. latuda could make a real difference in your symptoms. latuda was proven to significantly reduce

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in congress, and at the state level who trump is actively trying to remove from political office. one of these individuals, on the top left can fred upton has retired. one of the 12 already gone. you see david mckinley, the congressman from right here on wheeling, west virginia, he's on the ballot today. by night's end, he could be out of congress come november. not even appearing on the general election ballot. why are we paying attention to this. this is really a fun game of who has trump endorsed or not endorsed. this is about resistance within a political party. when you look at the list, there are few individuals within the trump party who have actively resisted trump. david mckinley voted to certify the 2020 election but he voted for a january 6th committee to investigate the insurrection. you look at his opponent, alex mooney, alex mooney objected to joe biden's 2020 win.

he voted against that january 6th commission. he voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill. it is very clear in this race, rye donald trump is supporting alex mooney over david mckinley. i want to let you hear from a few voters because we're expecting a close race, we're asking that question, alex mooney, david mckinley, take a listen. >> were you questioning it at all? >> a little bit, but more uncovered we decided to stick with mckinley. >> mckinley is the guy from this area, you guys are going with mooney? >> because we like trump and trump endorsed him. >> yeah. >> did the trump endorsement make you question it at all? >> no, no, i didn't listen to that either way. trump had no bearing on my decision. >> do you think it will for others? i don't really think so. >> reporter: and, katy, that is the question, not only today in west virginia, but in these

other races ahead from wyoming to georgia to alaska. are there going to be enough folks who do what donald trump says, and ultimately vote for donald trump's endorsed candidate and are able to effectively oust niece individuals who donald trump perceives are opposition figures within this republican party today. >> it's going to be an interesting test. a lot of open seats, a lot of endorsement and bound not to win all of them. vaughn hillyard, thank you very much. now to pa where to of the biggest names in that race in the gop primary for an open senate seat are finding themselves suddenly threatened by a political newcomer. trump backed dr. oz and david mccormick who is the husband of dina powell that had grabbed the headlines in the keystone state, but now kathy barnette, you see her on the rise.

spent penies compared to what trump had thrown on the race. lieutenant governor john fetterman has a leaning lead over congressman conor lamb. the question for voters in this purple state who's going to connect? and one of the most influential voting blocs is the union vote. last night, the united steelworkers came together at a town hall an hour north of pittsburgh, to hash out what matters to them and who they think is best positioned to help. joining me from aliquippa, pennsylvania, yamiche alcindor. what did they tell you? >> reporter: well, sitting in that town hall, just an hour north of pittsburgh, on the border of ohio, i heard union workers talking about workers' right, arguing about retirement and pension plans. but they also said they're trying to make sure the rank and file understand the pocketbook issues that cultural issues are

dividing a lot of the union workers. take a listen to what union leader told. >> the three gs are tough. >> the three gs? >> guns, god and gynecology. those are the things. that's what seems to get through the most to people. not the actual issues that affects their life, you know. i'm a democrat. been a democrat my whole life. i'm also a hunter. i own a dozen guns. and i'm not worried that anybody is going to come and take them from me. that's not the point, you know. don't get caught up on the hystericalness of it. >> reporter: and, katy, you heard it, guns, god and gynecology, of course, responding to the idea that access to abortion might be restricted around the country. that's something top of mind to union workers. i should also note there was a union leader talking about the fact if the 1970s roe v. wade decision can be overturned that might put a lot of other things

in play. including a 1935 labor act which was a labor act, wagner, that told companies they have to negotiate with them. there's a lot on people's minds as sort of their own issues to survive. but culture issues especially abortion, top of mind. >> it's really interesting when you have bob casey the senator in that state who is not for abortion come out and said he would vote for the health protection act. it makes you wonder where the political winds are blowing in the state of pennsylvania. and how many gynecology, as he said, or how many abortion is going to come into play in the midterms. we knows it animates the right, is it going to animate the left? yamiche alcindor, thank you very much. coming up, if you have gone to a store and have a baby and you're looking for formula, you know this is a problem. there's a nationwide shortage.

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♪ ringcentral ♪ so, if you are a parent and you have a baby at home and you're relying on baby formula. and you've gone to the store and you've notice the empty shelves, you know this is happening. 40% of popular baby formulas are out of stock according to product data tracking firm data assembly. just the thought of it will send shivers down any parents' spine. so what exactly is happening and when will it get better? we're going to dive into this first with nbc news business and tech correspondent jo ling kent. jo, you got a baby at home, she

just turned 1. >> yes. >> you're weaning her off formula. >> yes. >> this is a big deal. this is what your kid eats, its food. >> yes. and your child is relying on it. >> even if your kid gets you'd to it and you try to change it in mid, that's a risk. >> and the stomach, there are ricks you could take even if not high risk. the issue here is what's happening in nutrition. there was that recall we first reported on back in february. that plant, in sturgis, michigan, that plan is one of biggest in the country, abbott is cooperating with the fda for an investigation as to what happened to that formula that had to be recalled. so, we're waiting on that. meanwhile, you as have inflation going up. so, with people worried about prices and how much you're paying at the grocery store, more parents are buying more

formula earlier. anticipating that prices will increase because those budgets are already so tight. so there's a couple of, you know, factors happening here. putting more pressure on parents and they're worried. listen to what a few had to say. >> i've seen moms in the store crying. and the formula aisle. because they can't find their baby's formula. >> it's been rough. but, i mean, you just keep plugging along, going to the stores, hitting social media, hopefully, you can find something. >> now, a couple of things you don't want to do is buying second hand. you don't want to be buying price gouged options. and don't mix your own formula because that's bad for the baby. talk to your pediatrician or order the alternative. the pressure is rising on the families like you said, this is what baby eats. >> a lot of the stores are

limiting what you can buy. two or three cans at a time. because parents were going in, understandably, ten, because they wanted to make sure they had the supply. >> definitely. when you look at the manufacturing of formula, this begs get what ought to happen next to prevent this from happening again. >> jo ling kent, thank you for being here. i want to go to rudolph wolcher now who is an expert in the supply side management at rutgers business school. thanks for joining us. explain to me how this bottleneck gets relieved? >> well, thank you for having me on, katy. so, when we think about the supply chain, it's not just abbott. it's multiple companies. it's companies that supply raw materials to abbott. it's transportation companies. it is the retailers that are carrying abbott's product. and all of these have to work together to make sure that when a consumer goes to the store and

looks for baby formula, it is there. in the past, it was always there. but since the pandemic, we've seen ripples in the supply. disruption, transportation delays. and now a major plan shutting down. and it really causes big issues in terms of having the availability for these parents. >> so, how long should parents be prepared for this to last? >> well, there aren't necessarily any quick fixes until that plant comes back online. abbott has said they're trying to divert some of the product that they manufacture in ireland which is an fda-approved plan. however, how much that can cover and how quickly that can get online is unclear. so, in the short term, it's going to be difficult. and it might be difficult for a lot more parents, than what we've seen now. >> we're talking difficult.

but this is -- i mean, this is food for babies. so, it can be a real issue of malnutrition, if parents aren't able to get this and really dangerous for the health of the baby. and you're preparing for how long this is going to last. do we have enough supply out there, even if -- you know, if we limit the number of cans you can get at the store, bottles you can get in the store, to feed all of the babies in the country? >> so, right now, the disruptions for the stock out are in certain areas. it is conceivable that we have enough in other areas and we can move products around so that everybody gets just enough product to sustain them until production can get ramped up. and, of course, limiting sales in the areas where it is available, if necessary, even though i understand a lot of parents will be very upset about that. >> yeah. >> because they want to be sure that they have supplies.

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>> gas prices hit an all-time high today. if you're in california it can be well over $6. the president blamed the war in ukraine for the pain at the pump. joining me is u.s. secretary of energy jennifer granholm. thank you for being here. president biden laid out the ways to atry to address this and tapping into the strategic petroleum reserves. what else is being considered when you talk about trying to help folks at the pump? >> yeah. he is really obsessed with the fact that people pay so much by the price of energy. i really want to make it clear though, oil is traded on a global market so while we're paying this crazy amount at the pump they pay crazy amounts at the pump in south africa and france around the world because oil for the price per barrel is

the same around the world. this is a question about increasing the world's supply of oil and that's why the president is releasing a million barrels per day from the strategic reserve to try to stabilize this and called upon more production here at home to try to increase that supply and it's why he called for increased production around the world. that's one thing to try to stabilize the supply while the oil and gas companies increase the production over six months. the energy information agency said that the oil and gas companies themselves will get to another million barrels by the end of the year. the president saying that this is about putin and the war in ukraine, russia is a huge exporter of oil and when we and other countries say we won't take russian oil now with the

eu's action that means up to 3 million barrels a day are off the market so supply is contracting and that means we have to increase supply to make up for the lost russian barrels. so the president's focusing on increasing that supply. >> the president said he'll focus on oil companies taking advantage of the situation. the ceo of a major oil company said they saw record prices. do you see price gauging? >> there is no doubt. i was attorney general back in the day after 9/11. there were all these gas stations that took advantage of fear and gouged people. so i think that should definitely be looked at. it is a curiosity with the price per barrel down to $106 but yet we see record gasoline prices. you should see a parallel drop. maybe not that day taking time

for gasoline to be refined and get to a local gas station but the question about why there's a disparity between the price of oil per barrel and when it drops and gasoline doesn't drop even a few days later to the same amount that oil dropped so i think this is worth looking at. not saying that everybody is gouging but deserves looking under the hood and the president called for the ftc to do that. >> i have a limited amount of time. what about the standards for blends of gasoline? are you -- is the administration prepared to loosen them for the summer to make it cheaper? >> he called for them to do that last month and increase ethanol blend and to drop the price per gallon for everybody. >> is that problem with the food supply going up? if you take corn out of the food supply to the gasz supply will

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as we come on the air an all-out push by russian as the troops pound ukrainian held positions in the east of that country and launch a bunch of missiles at the key port city of odesa. we'll take you there live. we expect speaker pelosi to leave to update president biden on their recent trip to ukraine as also on the hill the top spy describing a do or die scenario. pentagon spokesperson john kirby joining us this how. also this hour, last little bit of voting. testing the power of donald trump and the big lie. the team's here with what you need to watch for when the results start coming. what elon musk said about