this means national red cross, united nations, unhcr, all those who have to be present on the ground. that's why they're paying them salaries across the globe. they have to be here in mariupol, next to kharkiv, towns of kyiv, to deliberately secure humanitarian corridors and of course international presence. different parliaments from europe are traveling on daily basis to western ukraine and their presence plays a crucial role in this. would that mean that russians wouldn't be able to shot the k -- people, live in their devastating cities? the peaceful talks were never a place of dialogue. as president zelenskyy said, he was always open for fair peace, but as russia provided, tes definitely not. >> that has been a criticism globally of putin, that he was never genuinely intentional about promoting peace in any kind of negotiations with his counterparts and meeting with zelenskyy's counterparts, but now you've got president zelenskyy who is saying it is time for immediate negotiations between he and putin directly. and clearly, this hopefulness, this bravery, this determination has be

you see a lot of the, all of the national scientists, red cross national scientists in the neighboring countries mounting massive operations due to support. ok. so at the moment it's, it's being dealt with a locally where we haven't seen appeals from the, the i c, r. i c r c a globally or indeed the un h c r. so it just seem at this the can, can we take it from that at the moment? this is under control. no, absolutely not. i mean, so, so you can ask your 1st question. i mean, the national scientists are responding and we're, we're doing a lot inside and outside ukraine. the international retros movement launched an appeal yesterday for 250000000, and that's preliminary. so, so now we're looking at how this will, how to go further to scale as the situation developed. and that 250000000 is to get started in supporting the membership and ukraine, red cross in mounting and scaling up in operation. so absolutely not, i mean, under control in the sense of responding to immediate needs as much as we can and scaling up. but the scenarios are not looking good. right? so, local societies are dea

so the one thing i can see about the united states is that is the top funder of the internal national red crossmount of support for this humanitarian work from the american people. anything that any world power can do, with any influence on either side, to increase the amount of space that humanitarians have to work, to remind all the parties to this conflict that they signed on to the geneva conventions, which protect civilians in conflict. that's -- we need to see more adherence to these rules. we all see these images. we know that civilians are suffering greatly. if the powers in this situation adhered more to the laws they have signed on to, we could reduce the civilian suffering even amidst the conflict. >> jason, thank you so very much. >>> that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." follow us online, and please tune in for more of lester holt's interview with ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy, tonight on "nightly news" on your nbc station. >>> more of this, as we will be carrying the president's somewhat delayed speech right here on msnbc. president's somewhat delay

the united nations, red cross, doctors without borders begging to get to the center of the cities. it is a tightening as the russian army moves on urban areas. we see strangulation, including in the capital of kyiv. and indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas, specifically in the capital. apartment buildings are coming under increased tank fire and shelling, again as a weapon of war we see vladimir putin now widening, ari. >> cal perry reporting on escalating attacks. thank you for the reporting. stay safe. the other story is a doozy. a leaked clem lynn memo touts tucker carlson as someone russia, putin want to push propaganda with. the ambassador will join us on that. and my special report on president zelenskyy's rise to wartime leader. we have footage rarely seen in america, some of it at times light hearted, fun, humanity of this individual who is fighting for his country and his life. and the zelenskyy filmmaker that worked with him later tonight. stay with us. worked with him later tonight. stay with us as a main street bank, pnc has helped over 7 million kids develop their

. >> reporter: i mean, when you listen to what the united nations, red cross, and others are saying,more fighting closing in on bigger cities like kyiv, and some of the cities in the south, and the humanitarian corridors and we have an even larger influgs, and having said, that we've already seen a massiven flux of people into these border countries, the fact that those numbers or the possibility those numbers will only grow, means there has to be a plan, have to be planes moving these people more systemic flow of refugees to different countries because put quite simply, poland cannot take this number of people on its own. the numbers are too big. the amount of financing needed is too big. right now they're only moving by train and only trickling out of this country. it's too big of a burden. and the people in poland know that. >> we're just talking about poland. we haven't talked about moldova, much less wealthier, not with nato ties. they're dealing with that. a lot of border nations are overwhelmed and they don't have the support services to do it. kelly cobiella, really appreciat

and we're trying to get to talk to you and many thanks for coming on, you and watson from the national red cross. and on the us as agreed to move forward on a deal to limit the use of plastics. worldwide, the environment assembly has been beating in the ruby and as pasta resolution. to begin negotiations on the global preaching correspond now come web reports. the resolution commit the dignitaries and there were no objects and all of the governments represented there agreed to this resolution. and they committed to within the next 2 years. negotiated implement a legally binding treaty on plastics, which is expected to restrict plastic production. and to also address this issue of plastic waste is well known globally that plastic pollution levels, a soaring neck, increasing exponentially projected to in the coming decades, plastics, contaminated the food chain, is destroying the read environment. and campaign is very excited. they say this resolution is a major step forward and empowering governments to tackle the companies that have profiting from the status quo a legislative way that will actua

you have some money on campus housing, damage and destroy well the national committee, the red cross says the urgent need for humanitarian aid in ukraine. as a matter of life and death. this situation is really apocalyptic. for people it is getting worse. they are running out of essential supplies and am. so our call today is really for life saving aide to reach these people. we've depleted our stocks, as i said, it stands to reason that people are coming to the end of whatever supplies they had . so when you ask if this is a, if this is a matter of life or death, or if it's, if it's, is it life saving? yes for us. it is essential that her humanitarian aid gets into a city like marry a poll, and i am to other cities that are in the midst of conflict in ukraine today. but while many people are trying to leave ukraine, some foreign fighters at the polish border, heading back into the country, that's after the government and keep established an international legion for those coming from abroad. same bus robbie has spoken to some of them as people continue to flee the war in ukraine. som

thompson: i rise today to recognize march as national red cross month. since 1943, march has been recognized as red cross month and founded by clara barton with easing human suffering. the red cross has grown to one of the largest organizes in the country. their efforts expand to lifesaving blood collections and international assistance about military families and veterans. the red cross is assisting with humanitarian efforts in ukraine and able to carry out their mission because of their network of volunteers, donors and partners. where people is needed, the red cross is always ready to provide assistance. during the red cross month, let's renew our commitment to the timeless ideals eels of caring for one another. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: in the debate removing the normal trade relations, s

the head advanced, national committee of the red cross says that it's difficult to get supplies to. people caught up in the fighting in ukraine, be tomorrow. net rushes, foreign minister, so gay, love ross in moscow. mario paul is an it is a city which has high visibility and attention from the international community. but i also want to highlight that it is not the only place of concern. and i see or see is trying to make efforts to see the whole frontline and challenges and to have access and the evacuation modalities agreed upon by the parties. we have always highlighted, it's not possible to think about access or a vacuum ation, either in mario paul or another place. if we don't have solid agreement and detailed agreement between the militaries on the ground. we previous the legal bonus because we welcome the willingness of the red cross to use available resources to help people in need in ukraine, the genetic in the hands, peoples republics. and we also know that the red cross traditionally strive to serve as an impartial and independent intermediary within its mandate. unfortu

the ukrainian side in advance, as well as dedicated entities of the united nations and international committees of the red crossas been a continuation of russia claiming _ cross. today has been a continuation of russia claiming to _ cross. today has been a continuation of russia claiming to be _ cross. today has been a continuation of russia claiming to be the - of russia claiming to be the liberator in the school, a conflict which is pushing people either underground or out of the country they call home. —— in this war. we can talk to james now. such a fearful situation. what is the city bracing itself for next? i fearful situation. what is the city bracing itself for next?— bracing itself for next? i think what we are _ bracing itself for next? i think what we are seeing _ bracing itself for next? i think what we are seeing in - bracing itself for next? i think what we are seeing in the - bracing itself for next? i think - what we are seeing in the western outskirts of this city, we have seen civilians coming under mortarfire as they tried to escape. they were running inward to the city, possibly to go on els

all proceeds will go to the red cross and national bank of ukraine fund.se immersive again on march 27. >> breathtaking work. >>> thank you for watching. the news continues is streaming on cbs news bay area. >> we will see you back here at 11:00. announcer: it's time to play "family feud"! give it up for steve harvey! [captioning made possible by fremantle media] [cheering and applause] steve: how are y'all? how's everybody? i appreciate that. thank you all. thank you very much. well, welcome to "family feud," everybody. i'm your man, steve harvey. [cheering and applause] well, we got a good one for you today. returning for their fifth and final day, with a total of 41,495 bucks, from hillside, new jersey, it's the champs. it's the gibbs family! [cheering and applause] and from washington, d.c., it's the awosika family! [cheering ap

. >> the ukrainian government appealed to the united nations and the red cross asking for a green corridor to evacuate innocent civilians and get medicine and food to the war zone. the russian military on the ground in ukraine has so far denied that request. joining me now is nbc news correspondent, erin mclaughlin, and kelly cobiella from poland. erin, it has been a little while since i had the chance to speak with you. last time we spoke you were still in kyiv. talk to me about what you did to get out? i am curious about that. i also want to hear what you have been experiencing in lviv as this onslaught from around the country are trying to flee the war. >> reporter: hey, katy, we left kyiv over the weekend and drove south and then to the west. as we were driving through the countryside, it was very clear that this was a country preparing for war. village after village you could see citizens getting ready, getting their weapons ready, preparing their missiles even on the side of the road, and preparing sandbags and digging trenches, and it was an incredible scene of a country at war. kyi

about getting that humanitarian aid convoy into variable jason's tre usa is from the national committee of the red cross. he says, conditions in my up all are awful. well, communications are obviously very difficult, but we do have a line in a couple of times a day. we have a small team in mario pole and they can share with us what the situation is like in the situation is catastrophic, has been catastrophic for days. the adjectives describing how bad the situation there get worse and worse. we know there's tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people who are running out of water may already be out of water running out of food. our own team tells us that they are now down to eating one meal a day. they had to make the choice to ration that to, to keep the food going, as long as they can. there's, there's children with our, with our teams there, there's families. so it's obviously a very difficult situation for them, but we know that situation ready outside radiates outward for thousands of residents and that city. so in terms of a, a pause or humanitarian corridor, we are working with both sides t

red cross. we are the national the all you created is ation working in the ground, conducting a big emergency operation in the corners of ukraine. and i'm based in a central ukraine. i'm based here. i, i moved from kia here because i'm 999 months pregnant. so i have to have access to medical services. that's why i'm here now, but i continue to work. right. thank you very much. i was up to the last minute. congratulations and james. welcome to the stream. these introduce yourself to audience around the world. emmy. hey, and yeah, alina, congratulations, i'm sorry for the time, but still a baby. well played, and galena. hi this, so yeah, my name is james elder. i'm used to global spokesperson. i'm here in the west of ukraine. i've been here pretty much, is the war started just talking to people sharing stories. it's got wrenching to be honest and watching, you know, says response across the country are drones, alina and galena. i line up. ok. so if you are watching on youtube and you would like to ask them specific questions about youngsters and children from ukraine, comment section is right here, answe

all of the proceeds from the tickets are going to the red cross and the national bank of ukraine fund. >> from the 19th century, shevchenko was known as the father of ukraine independence. his artwork focused on russian oppression of ukraine peoples. just to take that moment to understand what russia's attack on the ukraine means, and try to imagine what it would be like if it was us, our families, the people we love. >> we have a list of organizations helping ukraine at the top of our home page on kpix.com. >>> lettuce chicken with chief meteorologist paul heggen with a look at the forecast. how did you describe it? blah? >> that was the rain last night , if you are going to describe with a sound instead of numbers. >> when will we get a hooray? >> it may not happen until the next rainy season. the clock is ticking down on this rainy season. we have another chance on the extended forecast. last night, amounts were variable. the north bay picked up a decent amount of rain, close to 0.4 for downtown santa rosa. the airport picked up almost 0.3. 0.25 inches in half moon bay. those numbe

they had orders to shoot people on the green corridors provided by the national community of the red cross. today the same thing happened. i'm sorry, what kind of negotiations are these? can we trust them with anything? they have no -- no principles. mike: are you worried that vladimir putin doesn't want to hold ukraine, he just wants to destroy it? >> definitely. he won't be able to hold ukraine. it would be too much for him. the advance that he's making are clearly to destroy the whole country completely. he is raising cities to the ground and attacking civilians and he's here to put ukrainian nation down and he is here to destroy an independent country. what ukrainians are essentially fighting for is the very concept of sovereign state and democracy to stay alive and what we ask for is for how to make sure that sovereign states are not something just on paper in some kind of document but that they really exist in the world. mike: ukrainian parliament member, alicia, our best to you, your family and your nation. >> thank you. mike: gillian. gillian: coming up next we will take to the map

. >>> the american red cross declared the first-ever national blood crisis in the u.s. the nonprofit supplies 40% of the nation's blood. as the bay area moves forward we wanted to see where the need is now. we spoke to justin we asked abol blood donations for covid antibodies, if it could help as a donor or recipient. >> last year we were hopeful as cases were dropping but then delta impacted us, omicron impacted us, and really as we were looking at hospitals and with new testing indicating that those that are immunocompromised can really benefit from that convalescent plasma, we introduced the testing on march 7th. it is a limited time. i don't know how long it will go at this point. that will detendon the need. when you go in to donate those donations are tested. whether it's a whole blood donation, a platelet donation, we do test all of those types and make those results available for the donors by looking at an app or by calling 1-800-red-cross. >> covid infections are on the decline but are still happening. what do people need to know before they donate blood if th

earlier this year the american red cross declared the first ever national blood crisis in the u.s. the nonprofit supplies 40% of the nation's blood. as the bay area moves forward, we wanted to see where the need is now, so we spoke with regional executive justin miller. first, we asked about the group testing all blood donations for covid antibodies now. >> yeah, on march 7th we resumed testing and i'll say last year we were hopeful as cases were dropping, but then delta impacted us, omicron impacted us. and really as we were looking at hospital needs with new testing, indicating that those that are immunocompromised can really benefit from the convalescent plasma, we reintroduced testing on march 7th. so it is a limited time. i don't know how long it's going to go at this point. that will really depend on the need. presently when you go in to donate, those donations are tested. so whether it's a whole blood donation at one of our mobile blood drives, a platelet donation, we do test all of those types and make the results available for the donors, very simply by looking at an app o

nations. you can join fox in supporting red cross relief efforts.ver 11 million dollars to assist the red cross in ukraine. >> we'll be right back. jon: the white house now says that president biden will visit poland, during his trip to europe this week. that to take place friday, day after planned meetings in brussels with nato allies, g-7 leaders and eu leaders, house said mr. biden will travel to warsaw and hold a bilateral meeting with poland's president to discuss how u.s. and allies are responding to the crisis that russia's unjustified and unprovoked war on ukraine has created. >> and for more on this, we bring in founder and executive director of national security institution, and former associate white house council to george w. bush jamele jaffer. president will be visiting the nato summit and visits poland. would you advise him to at least go to the border with ukraine? or would that be a symbolic gesture not carry any weight? >> i think it important that president go to the region, not just poland, but to ukraine if he can. he is not doi

if we address the red cross, the united nations with requests to do everything in their power to forcethese so-called green cards and humanitarian ways for civilians to leave the zones of heavy shelling of war. it's not very successful. we understands the concerns that these organizations have about sending their people into the zones, however, this is exactly what they are designed for, this is exactly what we expect from them. we are in negotiations with the russians, and hopefully we will get the succession assistance from the international organizations to pull out the civilians who are still there in the areas of heavy shelling. >> trace: the humanitarian corridors, they were negotiated today. i wonder if we feel like there was any progress in the talks with russians yesterday and will there be more talks in your estimation? >> there definitely will be more talks of the russian delegation obviously doesn't have much to offer in terms of negotiating any sort of conditions for a cease-fire but never mind peaceful resolution of this war. however, we are hopeful that the humanitarian

speaking of refugees mariupol has been bombarded and american red cross united nations says 1.7 millionugh the city of lviv. lucas tomlinson is there. he has talked to some of these refugees about their or ordeal. lucas? >> bret, tens of thousands of people have come here to western ukraine to flee the violence of vladimir putin's forces. >> he gives -- >> we heard explosions from the other side of the reservoir. the air alarm is on all the time. >> when russian forces attacked europe's largest nuclear power plant, this family was only four miles away and escaped at the first opportunity. >> we want our territory because putin believes that it is historically russian territory and we should be in one state. but our ukraine is a free and independent state. >> valentina's grandmother thinks the military will fail and offered two simple reasons why. >> i think because ukrainians are very strong and they love their people. >> more than 200 orphans also arrived here over the weekend by train. they, too were fleeing the violence at the nuclear power plant. lviv's mayor says 50,000 people pass

we will test the agreement which has been reached bilaterally and also supported by the red cross and united nationsroviding humanitarian aid to the populations in the affected regions but also the evacuation of people. the first wave should have started yesterday. but we basically did not start it because of the shelling which was going on throughout the territory of the humanitarian corridor, first in mariupol and then volnovakha, and then today, hopefully, this agreement will be implemented. we do not take a single step without informing the international organisation, the red cross, and obliging the red cross to have the confirmation of the agreement from both sides, ukraine and russia. we see the international red cross organisation can do much more but they still feel reluctant, not understanding that the war is happening right in the centre of europe so we have requested the facilitation and may be the observance of this bilateral dialogue to avoid losing time while people are suffering, so we hope that the icf do better in that regard but hopefully today we will be able to make the evacuatio

problem of course, it is humanitarian issues, so, we are trying to get some help from united nations, from red crosssimply too dangerous, are there any humanitarian corridors and ways for people to get out? that is ureat and ways for people to get out? that is great question, _ and ways for people to get out? trust is great question, that is what i am like, we are trying to knock all the doors, all our partner, international partners, that is the main problem, people can't leave. yesterday for example it was an awful situation, when people were trying to leave on the trains from kharkiv and they have been bombed by russian rso just kharkiv and they have been bombed by russian r so just civilians kharkiv and they have been bombed by russian rso just civilians who have been trying to runway from this, like, war, they have been attacked, so, we don't have now security corridor 0 and we are like sending letters to united nations, we are sending signals to united nations, we are sending signals to red cross but they are we don't have humanitarian corridors, that is what i want really to highlighting to t

a national blood shortage crisis continues plaguing the american red cross .le for providing 40% of the country's blood supply. we have, in some instances less than a day supply of blood on hand. but not everyone who wants to give blood can previously the united states completely banned gay, bisexual and queer men from donating over fears that they could spread hiv. the fda has since reduced the total ban to a three month window in which men in those groups must abstain from having intercourse with other men before giving blood. but now a nationwide program called the advanced study is looking into possibly ending this restriction, opening the door for even more potential donors. through a new series of questions and blood tests were testing questions that are related to the potential risk of recent hiv acquisition. so these are questions like the number of sexual partners types of sex unprotected sex. the research is expected to last until july, when the data will be given to the fda for its consideration. the study will be able to help the fda determined if

they want it to be organized with the icrc, the red cross, and the united nations high commissioner for there is the chance that more people could emerge on friday. there is a wrinkle to this story, wolf, and that is that the leader of one of the russian-backed separatist regions in the east of the country has announced that he is going to be setting up his own administration to govern mariupol which has a number of complicating factors. first, as you mentioned, there are still around 100,000 plus ukrainian civilians believed to be trapped in paimariupol, that one, and two, ukrainian troops still are controlling part of the city and fighting deadly battles against far greater russian numbers of military there. and then the third thing is if, in fact, he does want to create an administration there, it does look like the first step towards trying to annex mariupol, to a proxy of russia in ukraine, that fits a pattern we've seen in the past here, certainly, with the occupation and annexation of crimea of 2014. >> okay, careful over there, ivan, thanks very much. now, to another war-ravaged

so there's the united nations high commission for refugees, there's the red cross and church groups. people who -- of their own accord, they are coming, bringing food, offering accommodation. a lot of people are coming to hungary to get to budapest to get on an airplane to go somewhere elsewhere they have friends or family. there's transportation arranged for them. so hungary as a country is not getting the immigration stuff. it hasn't for some time, especially as it relates to refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants. they did a particularly bad job of this with the syrian migrants who had come in. they are doing a better job of it, largely because the eu has a coordinated response where they will take these people in and give them temporary protected status, where they can get residency and work permits. so hungary has grudgingly agreed with that. it's not in keeping what the prime minister believes and running on. but the people of hungary have been organizing these efforts, and on that front, they're doing pretty well. >> ali, thank you so much for bringing us these stories and thi

the ukrainian side in advance, as well as dedicated entities of the united nations and international committees of the red crossn of russia claiming to be the liberator in the war, a conflict which is pushing people either underground or out of the country they call home. lease two set is in key. she's described to me with the last days and nights have like in the capital. the last 2a hours have been in time of intensified attacks by the russian forces it they continue to advance from the north, the south and the ease. we've been reporting in the past 12 days on bbc news as russian forces tried to encircle areas and in some places successfully. today began with the good news or what should have been good news or what should have been good news or what should have been good news that six new roots humanitarian corridors, regimes of quiet as the russians call them would allow people to escape from several besieged areas of this country, including towns on the outskirts of this capital key. but no sooner did they start then controversy began. it seems that four of the six roots code not to areas to the west where

red cross bosses evacuating civilians. before the ceasefire ended among the people evacuated, were many foreign nationals living in ukraine. and despite the growing, dest hell ukraine's army says that it has managed to so the advance of russian forces, which are suffering major setbacks with leaving as fast as they can. people fled the northeastern city of sumi, trying to get out before nightfall when a cease fire ends. the night before airstrikes hit residential buildings and a power plant. local authorities said 21 people were killed. dr. further west people fleeing the city of ear pin close to the capital key is crossing a damaged bridge that russian troops have repeatedly fired on as civilians tried to get across heart breaking good byes. as many of the men split up from their families to go back and fight others helping those unable to make the journey by themselves. who are you yearly yearly? you know we are fleeing, he will how to show. she is barely walking, but we are doing our best. thank you. that is good. that we could cross the bridge . bombs are exploding over there. quite attending of european is totally dam

that was all in a stock, as deputy director of the ukrainian red cross speaking to us from kia forbid earlier. now the united nations general assembly has adopted a resolution demanding russia immediately stops using force against ukraine and withdraws its military from the country. the historic but non binding resolution was backed by 141 out of 193 members. states with only 5 countries voting against before the vote. who france ambassador to the un accused rush of seeking to commit genocide in his country. he called on the well to stand together against moscow's aggression. is un secretary general antonio good terrace. speaking after that vote, the general assembly has spoken a secretary general. it is my duty to stand by this resolution and be guided by its call. the message of the general assembly is loud and clear that handles steel with his new crane now silenced the guns, now opened the door to dialogue and diplomacy. no, the teddy thought of integrity and sovereignty of ukraine must be respected in line with you and chart that we don't have a moment to lose the brutal effects of the conflict airplane to see.

ukrainian side in advance as well as a dedicated entity of the united nation, the osce and international committees of the red crossly different com pletely different ta kes completely different takes on the humanitarian corridors. completely different takes on the humanitarian corridors. let's take a closer look at the areas under russian control. you can see them labelled here in red. the port of mariupol — where tens of thousands of civilians are trapped — is especially important as it ensures ukraine's access to the black sea. but the main concentration of russian forces is still around kyiv and there are fresh warnings from ukraine authorities of an all—out assault on the capital. here's our chief international correspondent lyse doucet in kyiv. there is a fear that this is a conflict that will never end. because so many believed in the run—up to this invasion that simply wouldn't happen and it did. many people believed that russia would not try to attack historic cities full of meaning, sacred meaning for both russians and ukrainians would not come under attack. but tonight we're hearing that the beautiful ci

can ever get the idea of strategic ambiguity, which means for a nation rather than drawing a red line in the sand that says if you crossed us, then we escalate. there is no line and you don't know what the other side necessarily considers an escalation. how calculated is it for the us to know what russia will consider an escalation in an escalation? and they've been relatively good with their intelligence up to this point. remember, before the war, they said the russians are going to do this. and the russians did follow that playbook on it. what is it is concerning for the biden administration is using the phrase red line. if you go back to when joe biden was less than the white house, he was vice president under brock obama. barack obama said, absolutely a red line of the city and use chemical weapons in syria. then we're going to take action. hey, the salience use chemical weapons. what it obama do? nothing than obama looked weak. joe biden doesn't want to give that political advantage away. so you will never from this white house here any senior official. see on the record. yeah, there's a red line here. i want to pul

ukrainian side in advance, as well as dedicated entities of the united nations, the osce and the international committees of the red crosssident macron. let's take a closer look at the areas under russian control. you can see them labelled here in red. the port of mariupol, where tens of thousands of civilians are trapped, is especially important as it ensures ukraine's access to the black sea. but the main concentration of russian forces is still around kyiv, and there are fresh warnings from ukraine authorities of an all—out assault on the capital. here's our chief international correspondent lyse doucet in kyiv. there is a fear that this is a conflict which will never end because so many believed in the run up to this invasion that it simply wouldn't happen, and it did. many people believed that russia would not try to attack some historic cities full of meaning, sacred meaning for both russians and ukrainians. they would not come under attack. but tonight we're hearing that the beautiful city of odesa on the black sea coast — described as a place of operas and beaches and pushkin, and a long and storied history, is n

there is one possibility, and i speak to the | one possibility, and i speak to the red cross, the united nationsus to go from mariupol now, because many people don't have automobiles. there are in mariupol 50 buses yesterday, but, now, these buses were attacked, were born, and now 20 buses reach the people from mariupol and there is no possibility to live in mariupol now, and of course, i think that maybe today, maybe tomorrow, people have to speak about this situation because, now, i don't know what to do, really. nikolai, thank you for talking to us and we hope that you are safely reunited with your mother and grandparents soon. nikolai, who managed to escape mariupoljust a few days ago. we are hearing in the later statement from ukrainian president vladimir zelensky, a call for a boycott of russian oil exports. let's listen to what he has had to say. —— president volodymyr zelensky. he speaks ukrainian. translation: reactive artillery strike in kharkiv _ translation: reactive artillery strike in kharkiv residential- translation: reactive artillery | strike in kharkiv residential areas, no mil

there are 200,000, according to the united nations, 300,000 according to the red cross, with whom i spentlaced persons. before they leave this country, they're not considered refugees. they're called idps, internally displaced persons, and i met two mothers tonight, one having her 40th birthday, the other sleeping on a cot outside the train station here in lviv. they literally have no place to go. they don't know where they'll go next. they don't know what tomorrow will bring. their towns are decimated. they don't know where their friends are. they can't get in touch with or leave their parents who are living far away from them and they don't know if they will ever see them again. it's not something they have to imagine. it's not something that they have to have nightmares about. it's something they are living every single day here and that's why the red cross and other international and nongovernmental organizations are on the ground in what is a response to a spectacular, tremendous, devastating humanitarian crisis, disaster, whatever you want to call it. the red cross is bringing in 20

ukrainian side in advance, as well as dedicated entities of the united nations, the 0sce and the international committees of the red crossaring today. -- tell us— -- tell us. as you can see, large numbers — -- tell us. as you can see, large numbers of— -- tell us. as you can see, large numbers of people _ -- tell us. as you can see, large numbers of people just - -- tell us. as you can see, large numbers of people just behind i -- tell us. as you can see, large i numbers of people just behind me here, they have got off the train, coming from the border from a place on the ukrainian border. and one story that struck me this morning these are people with a family with small children from way down on the edge of ukraine and close to the river danube. those people had crossed on a ferry across the river danube to safety in romania and then travel to bucharest in romania and had arrived, so not directly from ukraine, but they crossed romania to get to hungary on their way to the czech republic where the father of the family has been working. astonishing journeys, thousands of kilometres out of a war zone across one country an

red cross says that it is apocalyptic. and look at some other stories from the crisis. the united nationss office says that it has been 174,000 civilian deaths. and -- with the real death toll likely to be much higher. the un have also said that more than 2 million refugees has fled since the start of russia's assault in the uk. it's now -- transport sector it just. now while the new processing center has to be set up in real. it expects to be ready to go within the next 24 hours. and the nuclear watchdog says that it has watched contact -- with the radiation levels initially spiked when russian forces took over two weeks ago, but experts say another disaster is extremely unlikely. musician bob, is a part of several taking part in raising money for ukraine. it features imelda may. organizers want to order organize vital funds for people who affiliate. starbucks, and coca-cola, are just a handful of the latest places to hold its business in russia. microsoft, it kyra, and netflix will pull out following the invasion of ukraine. -- has more on this tonight. good morning to you. mcdonald's h

red cross teams. the organization fanning out workers and volunteers across the country and in neighboring nations. they are actually delivering aid of all kinds to ukrainians, food, water, fuel, medicine. through fox more than 21,000 people have donated for a total of more than $3 million so far. incredible. the red cross is distributing, food, water, medical supplies and fuel for heat. we talked about people suffering in the cold. you can donate now by logging onto to red cross.org/fox forward. in other words, pay it forward, please. thank you so much for watching "the faulkner focus". "outnumbered" is next. give them a call. veteran homeowners, newday wants to help you use your va home loan benefit to get more. more cash, more savings, more peace of mind. the newday 100 va loan lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value. up to $60,000 or more. veterans are saving an average of $615 every month. with more ways to help more veteran families, no bank, no lender, no one knows veterans like newday usa. it's still the eat fresh refresh, which means subway's upping their bread game. we're talking a

nation. if he crosses that line i believe that is a red line. >> so to you first, with all this discussion aboutladimir putin is going to use chemical weapons and ukraine, first, do you think he's going to and secondly, what should th biden administration do as a response or even before that becomes a reality. >> thanks for having me on. i think that when it comes down to it, the use of chemical weapons is within russian doctrine, within russian military doctrine. it is not as taboo as using nuclear weapons so when it come to a nuclear -- the chemical weapon side of things, they're much more possibility with guards to put mr. putin might possibly use an the question is does he feel that the cost is worth it and right now i don't think that he thinks we would push back too terribly much. president biden a few days ago set that we would respond in kind. it's unclear what that would mean and he made similar statements in january saying th same thing if russia invaded ukraine. as we know russia invaded ukraine so if mister biden thinks that he can keep doing the same things with barry general remark

the ukrainian side in advance, as well as dedicated entities of the united nations and international committees of the red crossof russia claiming to be the liberator in the school, a conflict which is pushing people either underground or out of the country they call home. we have an update from the united nations which has released its latest figures for confirmed civilian casualties full stop the office of the un high commissioner for human rights says since the russian invasion began, 406 civilians have been killed in ukraine with an additional 801 injured is that they say the figures are like significantly higher. let's go now to our chief international correspondent whojoins go now to our chief international correspondent who joins us live from the capital kyiv. we have seen some horrific images over the past 24 hours, it is difficult to look at them but it is also difficult to look away. the civilians who were killed who are trying to get away, especially those images of the mother and her two children. yes. mother and her two children. yes, sor , mother and her two children. yes, sorry. i'm — mother and

nation. ukrainian officials say they will push for a cease-fire, and direct talks between the ukrainian and russian president. the red crossainian citizens in mariupol could be living a worst casario if they can't access humanitarihum aid.e organization says the hundreds of thousands of city residents face shortages of food and medicine. and ukrainian soldiers helped evacuate more than 5500 people near the nation's capital kyiv. refugees are escaping the country through several humanitarian corridors. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connect to tv. i'm elise preston, cbs news, new york. >>> it's monday, march 14th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." russian air strikes intensify. dozens of people are killed after missiles hit a military training base just miles away from poland. the u.s. warning if there's an attack on nato territory. >>> homeless targeted. police are searching for a suspect linked to multiple murders and attacks in different cities. >>> tom brady is back. just weeks after retiring, the buccaneers quarterback says he is returning for his 23rd nfl season. >>> good morning. t

national security adviser jake sullivan will travel to meet with senior diplomats from china to discuss russia's invasion. >> the meeting comes as the red cross calls for an immediate cease-fire in ukraine's port city of mariupol. >> the agency is warning that hundreds of thousands of civilians could be killed with russian forces lay siege to that city. "today in the bay's" jay gray is along the poland-ukraine border as he continues to cover the growing humanitarian crisis in the region. >> reporter: russia stepping up its attack over the weekend, tanks shelling this apartment complex in the port city of mariupol. missiles ripping apart this military base less than 50 miles from the border, killing 35, wounding more than 100, as the kremlin looks to block the flow of weapons from the west. russian troops closing in on kyiv. award winning journalist brent renaud killed in heavy fighting and his colleague says they were shot by russian soldiers despite identifying themselves as press. >> we crossed a checkpoint and they started shooting at us. the driver turned around and they kept shooting. >> reporter: violence pushing more families from thei

nation's leaders. >>> up to 18 million will need human humanitarian aid once the war is over. that is the estimate from the head of the red cross. for ton text that was more than a third of the ukraine population. another organization told the un time is run out for people in an area that's been under heavy russian fire. many of the people that are escaping from war mcintosh ukraine are bringing their pets with them, creating another set of needs at the border. the humane society provided this video. they are making sure incoming animals have food and medical care and that pets are able to stay with their families. there are different rules on quarantines and vet checks so rescuers working with shelters on the ground to make the process simple. >> you know it does add a lot of complication to an already horrible and difficult situation. it's so important because they are the family. >> that is the director of animal disaster response. most of the an ma'ams in relatively good health but they are stressed and confused. they are trying to get more money and supplies in to ukraine to help with the animals still in the war zone. if

international community of the red cross, to cease-fire in order to create commissions for the departures of civilians without discrimination on the basis of race, nationality or migration status. differenciation of people -- differentiation of people are morally and unacceptable. dear colleagues, there is a devastating bloody war on the ground. [indiscernible] with the -- authorities in russia have shut down foreign broadcasters who spoke which criminalizes them in the country. the broadcasters were shut down last week. we know from our own terrible communist mast that attacking citizens is the first sign of a dictatorship. when a government is afraid of its own people, it has a fundamental problem. russian citizens have the right to know why their country attacked its neighbor. they need to be informed about the actions of their honor against the people of ukraine. they must know why their sons are dying. and russians deserve better than propaganda. otherwise, they would only hear about the fixture of the ukrainian genocide in donbas which never happened or that they attacked russia, which has not happened, or that russia is winning the war, which is not