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this is a special edition of "andrea mitchell reports" in brussels. right now in new york the united nations general assembly is debating whether to suspend -- at nato headquarters here in brussels, secretary of state tony blinken and the other nato allies have been meeting today with ukraine's foreign minister, who is making an urgent plea to the military alliance. >> my agenda is very simple. it has only three items on it, it's weapons, weapons and weapons. >> but in ukraine, russia's bombardment of cities in the northeast and southern coast continue, even as relieved citizens of kyiv are returning to their homes in the capitol but the threat is still all around them as ukrainian troops try to remain explosive devices that the russian forces left behind. and we are just hours away from an historic vote on capitol hill, where a bipartisan narrow majority of senators is expected today to confirm judge ketanji brown jackson to the supreme court. we start with the latest on the war with ukraine. gabe gutierrez is in irpin, william taylor and admiral jam

this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington.s a russian commander now says are russia is seeking control of southern ukraine, beyond its previously stated aim of conquering the east. that would cut off a zelenskyy government from black sea ports, giving russia the land bridge it's long sought. >> they're doing what we call shaping operations. continuing to move in, enabling capabilities to allow them to conduct larger operations in the donbas. there's a lot of challenges they have to overcome and this is not a military known for being adaptive, known for having leaders encouraged to take initiative and change the way they're doing things in the moment. so, this is still going to be, we believe, a challenge for them. >> meanwhile, ukrainian forces and civilians remain barricaded in mariupol after the kremlin rejected president zelenskyy's appeal from an orthodox ceasefire this easter weekend. and they say satellite images outside mariupol appear to show freshly dug mass grave as for which could be thousands of bodies layered in t

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"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >>> good day, everyone, this is "andrea mitchell reports"kraine military leaders say vladimir putin's troops are replenishing forces for a new deadly offensive. surprising rocket attacks leaving at least seven people dead, eleven others injured, including a 3-year-old. the cruise missiles hit ukrainian military infrastructure and a warehouse. the most intense fighting continues to be in mariupol where ukrainian troops low on ammunition and food are trying to hold off russian forces from gaining control of the kyiv port city. and in northeast kharkiv is under fire including a missile attack at one of jose andres nonprofit world central kitchen food centers. chef andres joins me later this hour with an update. we begin in lviv, joining me now, nbc's raf sanchez. you traveled to the area the missiles hit. what can you tell us. >> reporter: well, andrea, you can see behind me now, the situation in lviv is relatively calm. people are out on the streets, but all morning here, the air-raid sirens have been blaring as vladimir putin's cruise missile

. >>> welcome back to a special edition of "andrea mitchell reports" from brussels. as ukraine's president takes his pleas for more support to the u.n. security council, scolding the u.n. after witnessing the horrors first-hand. >> now, the world can see that the russian -- what russian military did in bucha while keeping the city under their occupation. but the world has yet to see what they have done in other occupied cities and regions of our country. geography might be different of various but cruelty is the same. crimes are the same and accountability must be inevitable. >> moments after president zelenskyy's powerful comments, russia's permanent representative to the united nations calling zelenskyy's claims against the russian military ungrounded accusations. before leaving for brussels, secretary of state blinken speaking about the war crimes in bucha. >> what we've seen is not the random act of a rogue unit. it's a deliberate campaign to kill, to torture, to rape, to commit atrocities. >> on capitol hill joint chiefs chairman, general milley and defense secr

>> all right andrea mitchell with that reporting tonight. andrea, thank you. >>> and back here at home, the holiday weekend travel crush well underway but it comes as airlines are struggling with staffing shortages and covid cases rise in nearly half the u.s. we get more now from miguel almaguer. >> reporter: in yet another sign our nation is ready to emerge out of the pandemic, this holiday weekend is poised to become the busiest travel days of the year stubbornly high gas prices are just a bump in the road for tens of millions expected to move by car and while pilots at airlines like southwest have complained of schedule chaos and fatigue, the number of daily air passengers leading up to passover and easter hasn't been this high since before the pandemic. >> oh my goodness, the airport was tremendously packed. everywhere you went. >> plane was full. airport full. lines around the block for food >> reporter: with today and monday expected to be the most congested travel days of the year, roughly half the nation is recording a rise in new cov

this is andrea mitchell reports in washington. as the white house and world leaders are reacting to the horror s from bucha, president zelenskyy saying it is hard to negotiate with russians after seeing what happened in the community northwest of kyiv. a quick warning, many of the images you are about to see may be very difficult to watch. they should be difficult to watch. zelenskyy is accusing russian troops of genocide before retrieving from bucha. local officials and witnesses say civilians were murdered in execution style i will cannings, some with their hands tied behind their backs left in the street. and than that an additional 270 civilians were found buried in mass graves. russia is denying any responsibility for the atrocities they left behind in bucha with sergey lavrov calling the incident, quote, staged and the kremlin spokesman asking the international community not to rush to judgment. moments ago here in washington, president biden with his first public reaction to bucha arrives at ft. mcnair. >> i got criticized

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here's andrea mitchell >> reporter: leaders from all over the world celebrating the woman who came toamerica as an 11-year-old refugee. her family escaping the nazis and then communism. rising to become america's first female to be secretary of state. honored today by two presidents >> madeline was a big part of the reason nato was still strong and galvanized as it is today >> we love you, madeline we miss you. but i pray to god we never stop hearing you. just sit on our shoulder and nag us to death till we do the right thing. god bless you. thank you. >> reporter: the heart of the service, the women she mentored wearing her signature pins, led by hillary clinton. >> the angels better be wearing their best pins and putting on their dancing shoes. because if, as madeline believed, there's a special place in hell for women who don't support other women, they haven't seen anyone like her yet. >> reporter: above all, her three daughters. >> dying was never on mom's schedule a hole has opened in our hearts that we lack the power to close. but the memory of her love and the resilience of he

security council andrea mitchell is in brussels >> translator: they killed entire families, adults and children and they tried to burn the bodies >> reporter: president zelenskyy today presenting evidence to the world of those russian atrocities in bucha. >> translator: they cut off limbs, slashed their throats, women were raped and killed in front of their children. >> reporter: he provided the u.n. with a graphic video to rebut russia's denials of war crimes,scolding the u.n. for not carrying out its stated mission of peace and security because of russia's veto power at the security council. >> translator: this undermines the whole architecture of global security it allows it to go unpunished. >> reporter: secretary blinken on his way to brussels vowing to hold anyone guilty of war crimes accountable along with those who ordered them >> what we've seen in bucha is not a rogue unit it's a deliberate campaign to kill, to torture, to rape, to commit atrocities. >> reporter: but stopping short of labeling it genocide, a crime that takes years to prove. outrage over bucha led russia to ex

andrea mitchell, nbc news, brussels >>> now to another big story we're following here at home no let-up tonight in the severe and deadly weather that has ripped across the southeast. new tornado watches in effect morgan chesky in south carolina on the damage already done >> reporter: tornadoes, hail, and drenching rains lash the south for the third time in three weeks. >> that's a tornado right there. >> reporter: storms from texas to south carolina spawning more than 50 reported twisters since monday. in alabama, residents rushing to recover from a potential double tornado that left a path of destruction. >> look at this thing go >> reporter: tonight, in leslie, georgia, funnels form as the massive system continues to move south. nearby, in black greek, georgia, stunning video capturing a fast-moving twister tearing through the county where one woman died the outbreak of storms so intense, it prompted a rare tornado emergency in south carolina >> hits you in the gut. >> reporter: ronald scat still can't believe it the twister threw his garage into the woods, left his vehicles untouched

foreign correspondent, ali arouzi from ukraine, and nbc news chief global affairs in washington, andrea mitchell. i want to get to you, andrea, when it comes to john kirby. you asked how long the war was going to go, and if the united states could maintain our current supply to the ukrainians to fight off the russians. what did he tell you? >> he's pointing out there has been heavy fighting all over, particularly in donbas, but how long can the ukrainians point out especially in mariupol. i asked him about that and here was his answer. >> there has been heavy fighting in the last couple of days in the donbas particularly, and we have also seen the russians move in elements to help them sustain that kind of fighting, so command and control enablers, and helicopter support and additional artillery, and the russians are continuing to try and shape that environment and set the conditions so they can conduct longer term military operations in the donbas. the flow of assistance to ukraine continues and we have not missed a day in terms of aid getting to the region. >> it's remarkable that they haven't

this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington. we'll bring you the latest in the deadly offensive. we begin with breaking news at home. a federal judge struck down the cdc's mask mandate for planes. for some the decision came midflight on monday. the cdc is still recommending masks in public transportation. as covid cases inch higher nationally. the nation's largest airlines have already lifted the mandate and now uber and lift making it optional for drivers, as well as passengers. many health experts, including former cdc director, are alarmed. >> if the cdc loses its power to prevent the spread infectious diseases between states or coming into the country, rear we're all at great risk. >> joining me is antonia hilton, pete williams and dr. peter hotez, head of vaccine development at texas children's hospital. a lot of the people probably didn't factor in making this as part of their travel plans today. how are people reacting? >> that's exactly right. i met a woman this morning on her way to 16-hour flight and told me she was fe

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reports"", andrea mitchell.now is, of course, bucha. the war crimes, the atrocities that have been described and are clear to everyone to see that russia is of course saying were staged by the ukrainians and that is so fraudulent that it's laughable. so this is now a meeting to decide on new sanctions, more sanctions. the u.s. is pushing for tougher sanctions. europe has today begun kicking out russian diplomats, germany and france yesterday, now the other eu countries today of the 27 eu members, kicking russian diplomats out, expelling them. and they are talking about stopping coal imports from russia. but what they've not done is stopped the oil and gas imports. of course, europe depending 40% of their fuel on russia and that has been the big resistance, particularly from germany. so that's going to be one of the big arguments. one thing that did happen in the last 24 hours is that the u.s. treasury stopped russia from getting access to $600 million in their central bank reserves that were deposited in u.s. ba

this is "andrea mitchell reports." i'm peter alexander filling in for andrea. within minutes history maker and barrier breaker. at the white house, president biden will host judge ketanji brown jackson for her celebration. the first black woman confirmed by the supreme court. we're going to take you live minutes from now. >> and deadly rocket strikes in the train station in the eastern part of that country. a warning the images are quite graphic. the death tole, we're learning is rising. at least 50 including children are dead. president zelenskyy saying they were ukrainians waiting to be evacuated. but first, >>> to judge ketanji brown jackson's conformation to the supreme court. history on the high court. and joining me is chief white house correspondent and my "weekend today" cohost, kristen welker. they are set to celebrate a promise fulfilled and history a historic achievement. >> reporter: it is and you can feel how momentous this moment is. people have started to gather here for this moment to celebrate and mark the fact that now supreme court -- soon to

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this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington.in brooklyn. mayor adams says frank james has been identified as a person of interest in connection to the shooting, is now a suspect. based on new information from the investigative team. on more in ukraine. >>> uh-huh president zelenskyy is meeting in kyiv with the presidents of four eastern european nations today after praising president biden for calling the actions of russian forces in ukraine genocide for the first time during a speech in iowa tuesday. mr. biden doubled down on those comments before boarding air force 1 for the trip back to washington

the cities in the east which it's now regrouping to attack but the rest of ukraine as well. >> andrea mitchell live for us there in brussels. andrea, thanks. we'll be looking for more of your interview. i know you'll have that tomorrow on "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc with secretary of state tony blinken. 11:00 a.m. eastern is when that special coverage begins. and raef, we'll look for you then. dasha, let me turn to you because we know russia has been claiming the scenes in bucha were faked by ukraine. which is obviously in stark contrast to the images that we're seeing. you're talking with refugees who left bucha. tell me what they're telling you about, what they were faced with, these people who survived that massacre. >> yeah, hallie, that's right. i met two women at a refugee center they are sisters. they are both mothers of two. they fled from bucha. and when they told me about their experiences, hallie, they couldn't help but shake. they had a hard time saying out loud some of what they experienced and some of what they're hearing now from friends, family, and neighbors in bucha. a

i'm garrett haike in for andrea mitchell.ateme madeleine albright at a time when authoritarianism is on the rise. she became the first female secretary of state in 1997 and champion for gender equality. she was a warrior for democracy and blazed a trail for future diplomats. the former u.n. ambassador died lath last month from cancer. she was 84. her life and accomplishments were celebrated today at a memorial service you've been watching at washington national cathedral. >> madeleine albright understood her story was america's story. there was nothing she loved more than swearing in new citizens for this great nation of ours. she would light up reminding them that she once stood where they stood. from my perspective, there was no higher mission no greater honor than to serve this great experiment of freedom known as the united states of america. >> this is what she would want me to say today. i had a good life. it was happy.if so i was blessed in my family and work and friends. but freedom and democracy and rule of law are n

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"andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. ♪ >>> and good day, everyone.ere president biden is authorize aring his second package to ukraine in as many weeks, saying time is of the essence to stop russia's advance to the east by sending weapons ukrainians need to win the battle throughout the donbas region. >> now they've refocussed their campaign to seize new territory in eastern ukraine. we're in a critical window of time where they're going to set the stage for the next phase of this war. we won't always be able to advertise everything our partners are doing to support ukraine. to

this "andrea mitchell reports" in washington. still waiting for safe passage from russia. they've been without electricity, food, or water for weeks. there reports that ukraine, for the first time struck russian soil, hitting a russian fuel depot near the border. russian troops reportedly expose themselves to radiation poisoning by digging trenches in the highly contaminated soil surrounding the chernobyl nuclear disaster site. chernobyl is back in ukrainian hands as the russians have withdrawn. the head of the atomic energy says he'll inspect the plant as soon as possible. and president biden is skeptical of claims of withdrawing from kyiv as he said thursday.

this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington.are russia is seeking control of southern ukraine, beyond its previously stated aim of conquering the east. that would cut off a zelenskyy government from black sea ports, giving russia the land bridge it's long sought. >> they're doing what we call shaping operations. continuing to move in,

this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington.s the man hunt for the new york city subway shooter continues. after the tuesday morning attack in brooklyn. mayor adams says frank james has been identified as a person of interest in connection to the shooting, is now a suspect. based on new information from the investigative team. on more in ukraine. >>> uh-huh president zelenskyy is meeting in kyiv with the presidents of four eastern european nations today after praising president biden for calling the actions of russian forces in ukraine genocide for the first time during a speech in iowa tuesday. mr. biden doubled down on those comments before boarding air force 1 for the trip back to washington. >> yes, i called it genocide. putin is trying to wipe out the idea of be ukrainian. and the evidence is mounting. it's different than last week. we'll threat lawyers decide internationally whether or not it qualifies but it sure seems that way to me. >> andial are talk to dr. fauci about the latest covid virus variant, the stunning lockd

andrea mitchell. thank you so much for stick around with us. we appreciate your knowledge and reporting. we also have more breaking news out of washington this afternoon, vice president kamala harris has tested positive for covid. her office says she is not experiencing symptoms but will isolate and continue to wok from her residence. she was not a close contact to the president or first lady. joining me is senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnell. it seems like everyone is getting it down there. >> reporter: it has certainly been a wave of late, that ba.2 subvariant has been dominant of late. here's what we can tell you and explain why the vice president would not be a close contact to the president. vice president harris came to the white house today according to aides ready to have her scheduled meeting with the president's daily brief. that's done in the oval office. before going to that meeting, she is a part of a routine testing submitted to the covid test and that's where the positive turned up. she then had a second pcr test. so

this is andrea mitchell reports in washington.sident zelenskyy and top officials in kyiv. american diplomats are going back to ukraine next week and

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secretary of state anthony blinken told our own colleague andrea mitchell that the u.s. is committed to find those responsible. >> the wheels of accountability can move slowly but they move. some day, some way, somewhere, those who committed these crimes and those who ordered the crimes will be held accountable. but it takes time. part of this is building the case, part of this is knowing what we're doing and what others are doing. >> unfortunately, ukrainians do not have time. i want to bring in my dear friend and colleague, ali velshi, back with us from lviv. talk to us, we are hearing rushes focusing on eastern ukraine. what more do you know about that? >> there is speculation that sometime within the next 3 to 4 days, they will do what they have been saying they were doing. if you remember when they were in istanbul negotiating with the radiance, there was talk of pulling out of the kyiv and the neighboring areas as a show of trust. a lot of intel experts say it is not about trust, but it was because there are bogged down and not getting anywhere in and around kyiv.

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this is andrea mitchell reports in washington.the secretary of state and the secretary of defense redefine the u.s. mission in ukraine following their trip to the war zone to meet face to face with president zelenskyy and top officials in kyiv. american diplomats are going back to ukraine next week and the u.s. embassy will reopen in the next few weeks in the capital, a major show of confidence. after a meeting in kyiv, the secretaries announced more weapons and training to help ukraine win the fight. >> we don't know how the rest of this war will unfold but we do know that a sovereign, independent ukraine will be around a lot longer than vladimir putin's on the scene. much of the work we're doing is enabling them to strengthen their hand both on the battlefield but also eventually at a negotiation if there is one. >> we want to see russia weakened to the degree that it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading ukraine. so it has already lost a lot of military capability and a lot of its troops, quite frankly. >> a

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