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shelling on critical infrastructure. we'll bring you the very latest from kyiv. and ahead of a major hearing on title 42, we'll bring you a live report from the u.s. southern border in texas. right now, out west, over 20 homes are feared to be destroyed. evacuation orders are now in effect as a wind-driven wildfire rages in southern california. we begin with breaking news from the white house moments ago. president biden addressed the global summit on covid where he marked the 1 million lives lost here in the u.s. due to the pandemic. the president signed a proclamation order flags to be flown at half-staff to honor all the lives lost. biden called on congress to pass emergency funding to help protect more americans. >> that's why i continue to call on congress here at home to take the urgent action to provide emergency covid-19 funding that is vital to protect americans,

to make sure that we maintain our supplies of covid-19 tests, treatments. >> right now, 45 states are reporting some increase in new cases over the past two weeks. on wednesday, the u.s. added more than 139,000 new cases. that's the third day in a row cases have exceeded 100,000. joining me, mike memoli, and co-founder of marked by covid. mike, what do we know about what led the white house to hold this event? >> the white house wanted to gather the global community for a second time to discuss further actions needed, upping the ante to make this a global effort to continue to stamp out covid and prepare, as the white house is

stressing for potential future pandemics as well. the timing coinciding with the 1 million america death due to covid. the president calling that a tragic milestone, talking about the pain so many americans are feeling with, as he often puts it, an empty seat around the tail. once again, coinciding with an increase in cases across the country. we certainly see that here in washington and a number of northeastern cities at this point. it's really striking to me, jose, to see the way the white house is acknowledging the 1 millionth death compared to the early days of this administration. on the eve of the president's inauguration, we saw those pictures, candlelight vigil, the national mall, the reflecting pool. a month later the president marking 500,000 deaths with live remarks to the american people followed by a moment of silence outside the white house. it feels like a more subdued marking of that milestone. the president trying to use this as a call to action as the president is struggling to get

that $22 billion in additional covid relief funding he's been asking congress for, $5 billion would include a global vaccination effort he says is critical to stamping this out, jose. >> andy, give us a big stand, where do things stand here in the u.s.? >> well, it is, indeed, a sad day 1e for many, many americans. for what we have lost, and i think we owe it to all that we have lost to make sure that we do everything we can so that these coming waves, which are still here, we're prepared for and we lose as few lives as possible. i think we have a pretty song wave in the northeast and temperatures have waves across the summer. we have the ability with, if everybody gets boosted, we have

ability with access to the therapies we have to hopefully get through that with minimal impact but we can't forget there are lots of people immunocompromised or elderly and the virus is still dangerous for them. >> no doubt. doctor, the number of people actually getting tested continues to fall. a modeling group from the university of washington estimated only 13% of cases are being reported to health authorities in the u.s. how is that having an impact on how we're able to find new variants, contain outbreaks? >> obviously, it's pretty important, jose, as you may or may not know, when one does a rapid test at home, number one, you'd have to figure out a way to report that to your local health authority. it's a little easier said than done. secondly, those rapid tests are not part of the genomic sequencing done to find new

variants. i would say the only silver lining is if the true number of cases, indeed, is much higher than what we're seeing or what is being reported, then actually the severity of the virus might be inferred to be even less, you know, virulent, let's say, than with current estimates. what i mean by that, if you think of something the case fatality rate, the number of deaths over the number of cases, if your denominator is much, much bigger that certainly makes us feel a little more secure than the new variants while exceedingly more contagious than their predecessors may not be causing more severe disease. in terms of surveillance, this is an epidemiologic challenge, to say the least. that's where wastewater data becomes important. that's a patchwork across the country. it's no easy task and i don't have a simple solution for you. >> doctor, what you're saying, if it were easier to go online and register that you've done the fast test and that you're either positive or negative, i

guess it would maybe make things easier for everybody. kristen, we just put up that graphic just a second ago about the number of people that have been -- that have gotten covid and the number people in the united states, 1,003,316. that's 1,003,316 extraordinary people who have a story of personal legacy, of service, people who have had dreams and aspirations, had so much to give and yet -- and i'm thinking about your dad. i'm just wondering, how do you ought any number like that into any kind of words?

>> it's a loss individually and to our communities, but it's also an epic loss to our country. and we haven't even begun to reckon with what we need to do to properly acknowledge those deaths, to provide spaces for mourning, reflection and healing, let alone thinking through what went wrong. families in mourning need those spaces and they need those answers. who has put into terms the gravity and monumentality, including my dad. >> we have to look back and see what went wrong. what are things that we, andy, did wrong or should be learning from those mistakes?

>> it is incredibly appropriate to hold ourselves to account on a number of levels. one, we know that our political response could have been better, could have been quicker at the beginning, could have listened to scientists more, could have acknowledged the seriousness of things sooner. we lost a number of lives we didn't need to there. we also know that since the vaccine has been out, something like 300,000 people have died who did not choose to get vaccinated. now, i'm not suggesting we blame those who chose not to get vaccinated but something is wrong when we have a simple shot, a simple thing available, that close to 300,000 people chose not to get and estimates all suggest they would all be alive today if they had gotten those shots. we need to look at that. we need to look at how we treat each other and understand each other when we have a tragedy of

this depth. are we helping each other, are we doing the things we can to protect one another? whether the loss says you have to wear a mask or not when you're around other people, and there are a lot of cases and you're worried about giving them covid, are we helping our neighbor and our community as much as we should? the science will only get you so far and the government response will only get you so far and it becomes on us as a country. i think we should look at how we can do this better and value the lives of others as we hope they would value the lives of our family members. >> a lot of people in our communities don't have access to the latest information, even sometimes information that's not available in spanish, for example. there are therapeutics and all kinds of medicinings and these revolutionary drugs that can help, and it seems as though

it's not easy for a lot of people to know these exist and then even more difficult to know where we can get them and how we can get them. there's a lot of things, doctor, that are out there. >> there are. i know the administration wanted and is trying to have everything centralized on a website. i applaud those efforts, certainly. i can only speak for myself as a health care provider and medical journalist, i've had quite a platform to be able to communicate all of these things to the public, but i will tell you that even as a doctor in my practice, making recommendations on a case by case basis, there is not a one size fits all. as much as it would be nice to say, everyone over 50 gets a booster. it's actually not that simple. and i think i probably speak for many health care providers across the country that we're kind of in the trenches having these conversations with our patients on a daily basis.

of course, this also leads into a conversation about equity and access to health care and underserved populations. again, an incredibly challenging thing. what we're seeing, at least what i think we'll see in the next six months is we're going to find out just how coronavirus is going to fit into the fabric of this country in terms of what kind of cycle we're going to see. when and if we get to a point where we're treating it more like influenza, which we shouldn't necessarily be complacent with, tens of thousands of death from flu every year, we'll get to a steady state but we're not quite there yet. covid-19 still presents a significant challenge to many, many people. even who are not necessarily immunocompromised by a classic definition. we have a lot of work to do on many fronts.

>> oouven often talked about the disparity and lack of information for black and brown communities. again, that number is -- it weighs so much on all of us. what do you think, when you see that number? what are you thinking? >> i'm thinking about what comes next. we want to do everything in our power to protect vulnerable populations, vulnerable people. in particular, black and brown communities. we know that our systems are not up to date. we know that we don't have access to the health infrastructure that we deserve. we also need to be thinking about how do we mark this in a way that resounds with our society for generations to come. we need things like memorials, we need a covid memorial day, we need a commission to really investigate what happened. in the meantime, we need to be

doing everything in on you pourer to help people understand that when you're indoors with strangers, you need to be wearing a high-quality mask and know your status. and that's on all of us, but in particular, the folks who are running this country. while folks may think that this is outside and not going to impact you, we saw in the latest surge that over 40% of people who passed were vaccinated. we are in another surge right now. people are getting sick and people are dying because we're not doing the simple things that we know we can do to protect each other. >> thank you for being with uses this morning. i appreciate it. coming up, finland's leaders say they want to join nato. we'll tell you what the kremlin is saying about that this morning. you can be certain they're not really celebrating that news. plus, devastating pictures

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in the wake of rrussia's invasin of ukraine, finland is pushing for nato membership. finland shares an 800-mile with russia and expected to have rapid access to the alliance. russia continues to suffer set backs and military losses on the ground in ukraine. allowing some civilians to return to areas. take a look at that picture. if you're just listening to us at home, it's a lady returning back and kissing the ground and crying and seeing the devastation that was left behind in her town. this is a village near kharkiv. a video shows those in the

donetsk river. >> it's not clear. it's not really clear that he can. i mean, he didn't succeed down in the south, and even now that he's concentrated almost 100 battalion tactical groups into the donbas region alone, he's still not making a lot of strategic objectives. >> also in ukraine, the country says it is launching its first war crimes trial in this con fligt. a 21-year-old russian soldier is accused of fatally shooting an unarmed civilian riding a bicycle. unclear if he has entered a plea. happening right now at the united nations, a critical security meeting on the deteriorating humanitarian situation unfolding in ukraine. joining us now with more, nbc news correspondent erin mclaughlin live in kyiv, jagger served as security council

during the syria conflict, and -- book of "kremlin rising." erin, what are we learning about russia's efforts to claim key cities like kharkiv? >> reporter: according to the british defense ministry, they're not having much luck, jose. they're being repelled from villages and towns outside of kharkiv further and further back towards the russian border. they're not having any success in key cities where there's fierce resistance, such as kyiv, where i am now, the capital. they were repelled from this area weeks ago and only now are they just realizing how much damage was done. we heard just a short while ago from the u.n. human rights chief, they say in this area, the area of the capital alone over the last few weeks, they've recovered 1,000 bodies. those are people who died for a

variety of reasons, from the violence of war, some, including people we've interviewed, died from the stress and starvation of having to shelter in a basement due to intense russian bombardment. some of them, according to the union human rights chief were the product of unlawful killing. she put a number to it, 300 of them. civilians who died at the hands of russian soldiers and snipers. you mentioned the first war crimes trial that has been announced here in ukraine. the prosecutor general add nounsing the prosecution of a 21-year-old russian sergeant who allegedly gunned down a 62-year-old civilian. i was speaking to prosecutors in bucha and they said they expect many more trials to come. he outlined to me just how they're going after these soldiers for alleged war crimes. take a listen. >> translator: the main clue is to match a database of the image

and profiles of russian soldiers, he says, gathered by special services to the testimonies of witnesses and victims who survived. another important source of information is video from security cameras. >> reporter: is it possible to prosecute all of the crimes, all of the atrocities that happened here in bucha? >> translator: it is possible because many officials and investigators are working on it. step by step. >> reporter: step by step. now, he acknowledged that many of the soldiers, the russian soldiers who allegedly committed these crimes are no longer here, that they're either elsewhere in the conflict or were killed in kyiv. he says they plan to try each and every one of them in absentia. >> thank you very much. finland's decision to join nato would not make the continent more secure if, indeed, finland

and possibly sweden join nato. how could that affect the war? >> well, it's looking very likely finland and sweden will join and rapidly. we've already seen that putin's miscalculation has only driven the west and nato and its alliances to be even stronger, to strengthen, to be even larger on top of it, which is really pretty much the opposite of what putin was attempting to do with starting this war in ukraine. in terms of his threats, the thing s the fact of the matter is, as admiral kirby mention the earlier today, the russian military is spread very thin. they haven't made many gains in the last few days. i don't want to be overly optimistic because that doesn't mean much. they are already heavily shelling odesa and they have shelled a school earlier this week. they are still fiercely fighting at the steel plant in mariupol. there's a lot they could do especially when they consolidate land and, perhaps, regroup their

troops in the southeast of ukraine. president putin is aware he was unable to control all of ukraine, and they recalibrated their strategy. he may say threats. i don't want to say he's bluffing. we need to be on alert but he's also aware of his limitations. and i would not expect some kind of offensive against -- along the border with finland, for example. >> peter, i'm just thinking about what your thoughts are. i mean, the administration, no doubt, has to take into consideration how russia could or could not react to something like finland and maybe even sweden being part of nato. it's difficult to think what putin could or could not do because he's been acting on his own for so long now. >> this does demonstrate the epic miscalculation putin has made.

not only has it made nato more united. think about this, finland and sweden went through the entire cold war without wanting to join nato. stalin didn't want to make them want to join nato, but putin has. putin has accomplished what none of those russian leaders did. he said he could do something hostile toward finland, of course he could, obviously. you never know. he's become volatile, unpredictable character, but there's a rationality there. i think he does understand that to do something certainly kinetic, that would be military against finland, would be asking for trouble beyond that which he can currently handle. there's a certain rationality there. he has not attacked nato soil, understanding that's a step too far. basically nato is saying to finland, we will extend the security guarantees to you

during the session period, the transition period between the time that we agreed to take you and the time you actually formally join, which would therefore basically make them equivalent to finland under article 5 of the atlantic alliance. that means attack on finland would be equivalent of a attack on the united states. putin understands that's a big, big escalation and a risk for him. >> peter, i'm just wondering, finland, it was interesting to remember that macron at the beginning of the conflict was saying that maybe ukraine should consider a finland-ization, thinking how finland had to deal with the soviet union after being involved in a hot war with them, which they won. but there are different -- we're in a totally uncharted territory now. is there anything that putin could find unacceptable when he's really losing this war by

all metrics? >> well, he is. and i think to your point, jose correctly, finlandization of ukraine might refer to 1940, other than what happened afterwards. a small country basically fending off an overwhelming aggression of a neighbor and inspiring the world, right, with this courage. i think right now, i mean, admiral kirby made this point, his military has not shown itself to be the giant he advertised. he has not only helped unify and solidify and even expand nato, he has demonstrated to the world that his was always a bluff. the russian military right now is a paper tiger. not to say they can't do great harm. look what they did to ukraine, even if ukraine wins, they will have been devastated and many people have suffered as a result. russia is not the all-powerful ten foot man putin would like to pretend it is. for him to extend his military

reach would be counterproductive and the thing you would think his own military advisers would warn against. >> the finland of 1940, that's a great way to think about it. thank you very much for being with us this morning. up next, a critical hearing tomorrow over whether a controversial border policy can be lifted in a matter of days. we're live on the ground at the border next. you're watching naim name. groun border next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports."naim. "jose diaz-balart reports. and in it. mostly. here to meet those high standards is the walgreens health and wellness brand. over 2000 high quality ts. rigorously tested by us. real world tested by you. and delivered to your door in as little as one hour. my sister's managing a lot, including her type 2 diabetes. and delivered to your door but she's found new ways to stay on top of it all.

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seen in a 360-degree direction and a smoldering husk. the thing that's so bizarre about this fire and how quickly and ven nously it moved through this neighborhood. last night at 5:00 it was three acres. then firefighters watched it, it jumped to five acres, then 40 acres and then exploded to hundreds of acres, racing up the side of the canyon next to us, cresting over the canyon, leaping onto homes, the roofs of homes, raining down embers and hopping home to home to home until more than 20 homes have been completely destroyed here. it's bizarre to think this is happening in may. i'm wearing a jacket. it very early in the season. climate change has exacerbated a lot of what's happening here in california, including this mega drought we've been in for years, making conditions extremely dry, including here in orange county, allowing almost a runway for those flames to shoot through. if this is what is happening in may, california needs to brace

for what is happening in june and july and on into the fall as this is not stopping any time soon. >> neither, steve, is the drought, which is only going to get worse. steve patterson, thank you so much. tomorrow a louisiana district judge could decide whether the covid era title 42 border expulsion policy will end on may 23 as planned. yesterday the judge said, no part of the policy can be lifted until he makes a decision or until the 23rd. but officials estimate tens of thousands of people are already coming to the border, waiting for the policy to be lifted so they can seek asylum. look at this. brand-new video captured by an nbc team yesterday the moment cuban migrants celebrated making it across the rio grande and getting to the united states. gabe gutierrez is live from the eagle pass southern border crossing in texas.

gabe, what are you seeing, what are you hearing this morning? are rt good morning. you just saw that video of the cubans. that's something we're seeing more and more of. some 80,000 or so so far this fiscal year. texas department of public safety officials tell us they're seeing an increasing number of migrants. you can see their clothes thrown about here near the rio grande, this razor wire. they're seeing groups of 100, 150 migrants at a time. those are state officials who are part of this multibillion dollar effort that they say is cracking down on illegal immigration. the biden administration is facing a critical test of its immigration policy coming up tomorrow. as you mentioned, this hearing where a federal judge will hear arguments on whether to lift title 42, that's the trump era policy to expel migrants,

supposedly because of covid concerns. as you know, those say it is inhumane, does not allow asylum seekers to apply for asylum, as is their right. opponents of lifting title 42, including 21 state attorney generals republican say lifting it would trigger a surge at the southern border and the local officials we have spoken with said that is already starting to happen. they argue they are seeing record number, highest number of border crossings in 20 years and they fear lifting title 42 could make that worse. the rio grande is right there. the question will be, what happens tomorrow. this judge in louisiana was appointed by president trump. it's possible he could prevent title 42 from being lifted. the question will be, what does that do to the rise in border crossings here at the southern

border going forward, jose. >> thank you. it's interesting that immigration policy would be based on a title 42, which is a health policy supposedly. it's that odd dichotomy and contradiction, which really is what is part of immigration policy in our country today. gabe, thank you for being with us this morning from eagle pass. i'll be with you tomorrow, gabe. make sure to join us tomorrow, this hour. we'll take our show right to where gabe is, eagle pass, texas, as we await this major court hearing on title 42. i'll be joined by several guests, including those helping people coming across the border with the intention of requesting asylum. gabe, thank you. still ahead, we're live in georgia with how gas prices could affect the midterm elections. we're also keeping our eyes on capitol hill right now where house speaker nancy pelosi is due to give her weekly briefing in a couple of minutes.

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senate republicans override women's voices. they may have spoken out today, they may feel they've won today, but women of america, it's time for us to stand up and fight and that is exactly what we're going to do. use your voice. we will use our voices. we will fight back and this goes to the november election. >> reporter: jose, we're seeing a lot of democrats both here in congress but also at the white house making that hard pivot to november, telling voters that this has to be an energizing issue to them in the november midterms. at the same time, though, here in congress, the options are, frankly, very limited with where this goes next. the same is also true for the white house because as most people have said, this is now something that's going to be litigated in the states, especially by governors and state attorneys general. that's where this fight will go legislatively. on the one hand, there are some in congress who want to see a separate push on abortion bill protections. this one helmed by two

pro-choice republicans, susan collins and lisa murkowski but women's protection act had most democrats supporting it, except for joe manchin. there's no reason to believe even if this murkowski/collins proposal were something that would be voted on, there's no guarantee all democrats get on board. in fact, some think it's too watered down. so there's really few, if any, legislative paths forward here. >> thank you very much. gas prices continue to hit americans' wallets very hard. national average reached another record high, $4.41. in battleground states like georgia, gas prices are becoming a major issue for voters and candidates. joins us from gainesville, allison barber. what you hearing this morning? >> reporter: jose, we are hearing from people that are very frustrated. they do not like the prices they are seeing at the pump.

you mentioned the national average. come with me and we'll check out the prices in gainesville. unlead, $3.89 a gallon. diesel, $4.99 a gallon. in atlanta it's even higher. we have spoken to people at gas stations in three different counties. all of them politically significant and politically different. one of of them a big swing county, another a deeply blue county and another a deeply red county. every time we talked to people, they said they do not like what they're seeing at the pump. for some of them it's up-ending their budgets. when we ask them who or what is to blame, their answers vary. do you have an option other than driving? >> i do not. it's my only transportation. and i got a little one so i feel like all my gas -- or all my money is going towards gas at this point. >> we never had this with trump. i know he ran his mouth a lot

but we never had these issues. >> i don't think putin is going to let up, is he? he hasn't stopped. maybe when he decides to stop, maybe we all can recover. we're already coming out of a pandemic and trying to survive that. now you've got this here. >> reporter: you know, i grew up here in georgia in atlanta, there is public transportation. but it's not really accessible to everyone in suburban and rural areas, it's almost nonexistent. we asked everyone if they would consider an electric vehicle. some people said they are thinking about it now but most said they don't feel it's as reliable as a traditional gas car and they felt the cost was too high. you mentioned the campaign issue, this will be a big issue. herschel walker, a source with his campaign told me theyle think this is the issue come november. jose? >> ellison barber in gainesville, georgia, thank you. astronomers say they have made a groundbreaking discovery

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an amazing new look at the center of our galaxy. this fuzzy image of a black hole in the center of the milky way galaxy was behind a telescope. exactly what is this? >> i just brushed up on my phd in astrophysics here, and what they are saying is we are looking at a violent gravitational event of super heated gas and dust and pieces of dead stars circling the black hole. that glow around it, that is the gas that is traveling very quickly, and the equivalent of 4 million stars have been sucked into the black hole.

this is a massive black hole in the heart of our own galaxy, of the milky way, and it's what scientists thought for years and is really an extension of sign stein's own theory of relatively -- pardon me, relativity. pardon me. as you heard, they are describing this as a trap door of space time, and it's bending and ripping with gravity so strong even light cannot escape. the thinking is the universe may have many block holes and many are old dead stars, and this is the work of 300 scientists around the world and using massive telescopes altogether and working to paint this picture, and it's confirming what they thought probably was there and now they know for sure that deep black hole in the heart or deep in our own galaxy,

and the question is can you go to the other side and end up in the year 1400? who knows? i will leave that up to you to try some day. >> it will take me a while to digest everything you told me, tom. but thank you for letting us know. >> yeah. construction is under way on the maya train. it claims to boost tourism, but archaeologists and indigenous groups are concerned about impact on the region. >> this is a trail of devastation left behind following the government's construction of the train line in the yucatan jungle. under the heaps of vegetation lies one of the world's most unique and delicate ecosystems.

she said since they started the exploration of the area, they discovered many caves. they found this cave and named it white lady because of the species endemic to its waters. she warns tourists won't be able to access these places anymore since the trains create dangerous and unstable conditions. 20 feet below the ground where the tree roots are the only supporta food pantry used by the mayans was found, and local leaders have condemned what they see as the sacking of their cultural heritage. he says this mayan settlement is where their ancestor's remains were buried. now there are only open pits

behind and the economic resources lie unaccessible. both, the habited and the local commerce have left split. while community leaders have so far been unsuccessful in their legal efforts to bring the government's project to a halt, and the century, the traditional music plays on. nbc news, yucatan, mexico. >> i will be back after a quick break with more news. stay with us. i'll see you soon. i'll see you soon. and in it. mostly.

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