(balloon inflating) >> narrator: afp beg rallying opposition on the ground across the country.ry is heading in the wrong direction. but like americans have always done, we're going to rise to the occasion. you know that, we are not going to let this cap and trade bill pass. each and every day, i urge every single one of you to get up and think about what you can do that day, what action you can take, to change the course of history. >> americans for prosperity emerged at a time when america was being challenged by the climate change argument. it became very obvious that the republican party was not prepared or willing to fight the fight. and charles koch, whin my opinion is a hero and a visionary, saw this problem. we as americans have reached a moment of realization that the very core values and principles are under attack like never before in our lifetime. we had a multifaceted, hard- hitting approach, pressuring republicans who were weak-kneed and democrats who were vulnerable whose states would be impacted by this. if you're going to go into a war, like this was, the first

i want to bring you a line from afp news agency we are just getting -- russia's foreign minister saying bucha war crimes claims aim to torpedo ukraine peace talks. his perspective, highlighting these claims in bucha being used to torpedo the peace talks. reporter: that is very interesting because when president zelenskyy was in bucha yesterday, he was asked by representative of the bbc but this wld due to ongoing peace tas. he said peace talks would continue. he said militarily, but also diplomatically, those talks would continue. they are happening online at the moment via video link, so on a smaller scale. people are waiting for the next set of face to face talks but president zelenskyy was very clear yesterday that these potentl war crimes do not rule out a potential talking solution. lewis: talk to us about life where you are -- certainly not as affected as the area arod kyiv. what is it like? reporter: general life, you look out at the moment and we live under a curfew. you cannot be out on the streets between 10 at night and seven in the morning. you get the sound of sirens two or

and then on the evening of sunday, we got high resolution images from getty images and afp of the exactdy is the russians had focused on that confirm the exact two bodies when those images, we match them with the footage in the video, and then the next day via makassar, a company that provides high—resolution satellite images from parts of the world, we got third confirmation, the exact same bodies we had matched early in the footage that the russians were saying fake com you could see them on the 19th of march. so when the russians were in control of buchar, those exact same two bodies and a few others actually come you could see them from satellite images in mid—march. red there is also footage reported to be showing ukrainian soldiers shooting russian prisoners of war and this time it is ukraine saying it is this time it is ukraine saying it i- , ., this time it is ukraine saying iti , ., �* , this time it is ukraine saying iti , . �* , this time it is ukraine saying it is staged. briefly can you tell us what _ it is staged. briefly can you tell us what you _ it is staged. briefly ca

what we are seeing now is what is left behind independent journalists, including the afp, got into bucha, one of the commuter towns outside kyiv the pictures show civilians who were shot, killed while they were fleeing we see people with their hands tied on their back human rights watch says these crimes need to be documented, they need to be investigated as war crimes very strong words from president zelenskyy, who calls it genocide he says, peaceful people tortured and shot dead, dead bodies on the streets, he warns of everything being mined including the bodies of the dead the mayor of bucha says about 280 people have been buried in mass graves so far he was speaking of the weekend, we have no idea what the actual death toll might be. >> molly, thank you. >>> it's been a rough weekend for air travelers, with thousands of u.s. flights canceled or delayed. southwest airlines has been particularly hard affected jesse kirsch spoke to frustrated travelers stranded at airports across the country >> reporter: spring breaks up in the air for thousands. >> i think we're going to miss school mo

just before we move on from this, it's been reported via afp that president zelensky has said that ukrainentry status to join the eu. do you think that could change things somewhat? we are saying that nato certainly, no boots on the ground, no direct engagement. what benefits would be eu status membership bring, do you think? being part of the eu would give ukraine — being part of the eu would give ukraine the bigger diplomatic protection and parts of the block. without _ protection and parts of the block. without joining protection and parts of the block. withoutjoining nato i'm not convinced that the eu in of itself, tripped _ convinced that the eu in of itself, tripped on— convinced that the eu in of itself, tripped on the ground, that's a whole — tripped on the ground, that's a whole other negotiation a very delicate — whole other negotiation a very delicate negotiation. whether things -et delicate negotiation. whether things get escalated by such a move russia has the _ get escalated by such a move russia has the nuclear deterrent, it certainly— has the nuclear deterrent, it certainly

and left lying amid rubble in the streets of bucha outside of kyiv where a local official told the afp they've already buried nearly 300 people in a mass grave. a ukranian presidential adviser show reports from nearby towns painted a similar quote, "postapocalyptic picture" under russian occupation. telling sources the pullback is russia aiming to take control of the donbas regions in eastern ukraine by early may. the potential shift brings new warnings from a ukrainian official that their military will face a difficult period of fighting in ukraine's eastern regions, and this morning, russia struck an oil depot in the black seaport of odesa. a reminder even if troops move east, the deadly russian missile strikes will likely continue elsewhere. joining me now is u.s. secretary of state antony blinken. thank you so much for joining me this morning. i want to start with the horrific images and reports from bucha. what's your reaction and do you see evidence of crimes against humanity? >> dana, you can't help but see these images as a punch in the gut, and look, we've said before russia's

a former prime minister of finland tells the afp this week that it is a foregone conclusion that finlandest nato membership, and the requests will happen within the next few weeks. it will happen in time for the next nato summit in june. now, russia has responded by threatening that there's going to be consequences of that happens. consequences, including military consequences, if tunisians join nato. but these aren't just two countries. particularly finland. since the winter war in 1940, finland has been getting ready for those kinds of threats from this country that invaded them before. and at least now is implicitly threatening that they might do it again. finland is actually remarkably ready for those threats. in finland, the country maintain secure stockpiles of at least a six month supply of all major food grains, things like oats, and wheat, they also maintain a six month stockpile of all major fuel supplies. they require all pharmaceutical companies and finland to keep secure stockpiles of several months worth of all major imported drugs. every building above a certain size and f

we're joined now by a reporter from the afp on the scene.ieve the name is marika barr, can you hear me? can you tell me what you're witnessing there? >> so we moved away from the train station now because the blast happened earlier this morning. but at the moment we're just kind of around the hospital, trying to see what the intake is. as you say, the numbers of fatalities keeps changing. we're hearing over 40 at the moment, but there are also many, many people injured, so that's a number that could increase. but at this point, you're seeing people trying to make sense of what happened, people at the hospital trying to get treatment, people trying to get information about loved ones that they can't get hold of. >> it looks horrifying. the video we're seeing there is horrifying. bodies covered in tarps. you see the blood on the sidewalk and i think it is important to people to know this is a railway station where thousands and thousands of people have been passing through every day. can you just give us a sense of what you saw when you were c

these are images from the afp and show bodies of at least 20 men all civilians laying in the street inir backs. authorities say shot dead by russian forces. a nmember of ukrainian parliamet reacted to these images. >> seeing this with my own eyes, i have seen the destruction and this is something i have never seen before in my life. we were work on fixing the destructions, but we cannot possibly return people who are killed. i can't not even imagine who gave this order and civilian people. they were not military. >> all this as ukraine is braces for more attacks in the east as russia shifts its strategy. according to u.s. intelligence, russia's goal, take control of

our first question today will come from silvia antone, afp. microphone? >> thank you. mr. secretary, actually, i have double question for you. moldova is stepping up its security measures after a series of explosions in a region of transnistria. do you think there's a risk of spillover of the conflict to moldova? and my second question is, after this big meeting about arming ukraine, are you concerned that putin may become restless and threatened again to use a nuclear weapon? >> on the issue of spillover to moldova because of what we see here, reporting of recent violence, we're still looking to a cause of that. that's still doing analysis there. so not really sure what that's all about, but that's something that we'll stay focused on. and certain ly we don't want to see any spillover, and again, it's important to make sure that we do everything that we can to ensure that ukraine is successful, and that's the best way to do that. and the second part of your question was? >> [ inaudible ]. >> you know, you heard us say a number of times that that kind of rhetoric is very d

joining us now, fred flyte is vice chair of the center for american security at afps. he is also former chief of staff at the national security council. fred, it's always great to have you on . you heard the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas greenfield. she appears to have a good point, fred. i mean, leaving russia on this humanitarian council, would it be hypocritical and dangerous as she says, it's good to be here. and zelenskyy also has called for kicking russia off the un security council. you know, both ideas seem to make a lot of sense, especially kicking russia off the human rights commission or council. but look, we've had rogue states with bad human rights records on the committees for a long time. vote to kick russia off will be opposed by the majority of states with bad human rights records and we're going to kick russia off. we should kick china off iran, cuba and all these states know that . so i don't think as though it's going to go anywhere. it's interesting to me that russia sent a threatening note to some of the un member countries and it read

i just want to bring you one line from the afp news agency that we are just getting here with russia's to torpedo ukraine talks from aim to torpedo ukraine talks so from his perspective highlighting of these claims in bukit being used to torpedo the peace talks. bukit being used to torpedo the peace talks-— bukit being used to torpedo the eace talks. . , . , peace talks. that is an interesting, actuall , peace talks. that is an interesting, actually, because _ peace talks. that is an interesting, actually, because when _ peace talks. that is an interesting, actually, because when president i actually, because when president zelensky was in bucha yesterday she was asked by a representative of the bbc who was there what this would do to ongoing peace talks and in fact he said the peace talks would continue. he said militarily but also diplomatically those ties would continue in talks would continue. they happening online at the moment via video links or a smaller scale. really i think people will be waiting for the next set of face—to—face talks with president lenski was very clear yeste

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at a kindergarten in the central region of russia leaving four people dead, this is according to a afppeople were killed, when a van exploded in the southern port city of karachi, other people were injured in the blast near the china institute at the university of karachi. local media reporting that three of those who died were chinese nationals, the cause of the explosion isn't clear yet. new footage released by police in the us shows the hollywood actor alec baldwin practising drawing his gun before a fatal shooting on a film set last year. the santa fe county sheriff's office has released all files relating to its ongoing investigation into the death of the cinematographer, halyna hutchins. mr baldwin has previously said he did not pull the trigger. david willis has the latest. alec baldwin rehearsing his quick draw only moments before a film set was transformed into a crime scene. the incident sent police racing to the sprawling desert ranch in new mexico. newly released police body cam footage shows the chaos that confronted them on arrival. 42—year—old film—maker halyna hutchins,

and then on the evening of sunday, we got high—resolution images from getty images and afp of the exact we realised it was shot outside of a village called malaya rohan, just outside of kharkiv, at the end of march, in the afternoon, we checked the shadows and everything, we think it was in the afternoon. then the most important thing was to figure out what was said, and what kind of accents were used in the video, and we contacted colleagues from bbc russia, the ukrainian service, bbc monitoring, both russia and ukraine, who are experts in languages and russian forces in ukrainian forces, and they told us that the language used by the people who basically shot three soldiers in the leg was consistent with ukrainians, in the east of ukraine, speaking russian. and then the russian soldiers, although we could not see anything on them, from what was said in the video, we could work out that there was evidence that that was basically russian soldiers, because we saw other footage on the intranet that confirmed there was actually an offensive by the ukrainians in that particular village, mal