>> it doesn't come to the united states but ista congressman you had on made the point the world has become more interconnected. there is no place that is more ftrue than with food. these are globally traded commodities. and so a shock in one part of the world, in this case ukraine, has reverberations across the food supply can affect increase of the price of these grains and vegetable oils and so forth. you ask about ukraine. ukraine is a major supplier of wheat in north africa and into the middle east where that is a staple. many of us are never the arab spring was actually sparked in part byrt food riots. and so the fact that you've got a cut off in supplies, yes you can ask replace that for some extent somewhere else. but you have the impact of driving up the price. for people who pay a large, much larger proportion than we do for food, that could have a really detrimental impact. >> what are the reverberations how is this playing out? >> it is still early. it's important to remember that food prices are already at very vehigh levels. tthe united states the price of food supermar

. >> kyiv braces for a bloody day, we have a tragic update about journal ista renaud, irpin has beenus of many evacuations for civilians, russian forces advance on kyiv, his colleague described what happened. >> we crossed checkpoint, they started shooting at us, the driver turned around, they kept shooting, two of us, my friend brett renaud was shot, he has been left behind. reporter: we were speaking with soldiers today. >> there might be an offensive dead, they have strengthened their forces. to east of kyiv, ukrainian soldiers wait for enemy troops arrive, a sign above them reads, russia, welcome to hell. a new days ago russian forces attempted to bring a tank convoy down this road, they were hit hard by ukrainian forces, there was a big column of enemy tanks, approximately 100 military vehicles, they were shooting at residential buildings. i asked the soldiers if they were afraid, they said they were not, they have very few words for us, one said glory to ukraine. fox news in kyiv. >> thank you very much and rich, losing a journalist of the caliber of brent renaud is a tragedy.

the first panel ista now excused and we will pause for a moment while we get the next panel ready. thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

the first panel ista now excused and we will pause for a moment while we get the next panel ready. thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> now would like to introduce our second panel of witnesses. the first witness will be holly knight who is an ecological knowledge practitioner and a tribal member. her second witness will be dominique baylis salah. our third witness willsl be michael gomer associate professoroc of mechanical engineering university of california burt lee. their fourthke witness is herrel herrell -- carole king singer songwriter and land conservation advocate. finally we have a former undersecretary for natural resources and environment of the ddepartment of agriculture. witnesses will be unmute so we can swear the men. please raise your right hand. you swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give this the truthth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so helpin you? >> what they are records show the witnesses answered in the affirmative. thank you. without objection a written statement will be made part of the record and with th

>> congresswoman putin's actions ista best when the last few wees have been premeditated and they haveeen just as you describe. there's no doubt of the depth of his determination with regard to ukraine and how he exercises russian power and what he has been met with by ukrainians themselves and the courage and the wisdom and strength of their leadership has surprised and unsettled him. i think he's been unsettled by the western reaction and allied resolve particularly some of the positions the german government has taken. i think it's unsettled by the performance of his own military. >> excuse me for w dropping. knowing as much as you know about him he'sma not going to sp it ukraine, correct? >> i think that's what makes it more important than ever to demonstrate that he's not going to succeedwi in ukraine and i think that's what the challenge is for all of us. because what is at stakemo is fr and what is at stake is more than that. it's about an incredibly important rule in international order that countries don't get to swallow up all countries just because they can and i think this

♪ >>> starbucks barrise istas at a seattle location have voted to unionize yesterday the seattle storeer company-owned starbucks cafes in buffalo, new york, and mesa, california more than 100 have filed for union elections all within the last six months. they run nearly 9,000 locations in the united states howard schultz will be taking over from ceo kevin johnson on april 4th. andrew, while you were out, we spoke with mellody hobson, the chair at starbucks it's the reason schultz is going to come back in and work with the workers who are suddenly unhappy. >> i saw the interview i know how personally howard takes the whole situation. i think it's fast naying to see him step back into that role in part because of this, seeing if he can take this head on because he's somebody who's thought of himself as a progressive, thought of himself who's helped labor for so long. but it's fascinatifascinating. >> if you talk to any ceo right now they'll talk about how employees are more fed up than they've been in a very long time i think that's trying to get through covid and the issues and changes