national security analyst clint watts is here and so is jeff edmonds. i want to start with matt in ukraine today. let's just talk about what we know today, the fighting in the east. some increased missile strikes after blinken and austin left kyiv. give us the lay of the land this afternoon as you see it. >> it's not going to hit quite close to home here. i'm in eastern ukraine. and we're about a couple hours northwest of mariupol, the city that's been besieged for the better part of the entire war. we heard three cruise missiles, three explosions right overhead. they were flying not only over us in the city, but over that huge nuclear power plant. they have seen that time and time again. but this is all part of this eastern offensive that we have been waiting to hear about. waiting to see on the ground so far. we have seen a lot of attacks, cruise missiles, like i saw this morning. we heard from the local officials there was at least one casualty, two of those cruise missiles made impact. one of them apparently blew up in the air. so so far this easter

. >>> joining us now is retired army lieutenant general mark hertling and jeff rey edmonds. general, i want to start with you on what's happening before our eyes minute by minute in mariupol. there are people trapped there, surrounded by russian forces. there are people that have been sheltering for weeks in this steel factory. children, elderly, mothers, everything. today they were going to have an opportunity to have a humanitarian corridor allegedly set up so that some of them, a thousand maybe, could escape. here they are waiting for these buses. you see them with their pets. you see them with children. and then we just got word from the ukrainian deputy prime minister that says this evacuation, the humanitarian corridor did not work out as planned today because the russians, or as they call them the occupiers, were unable to secure a proper cease-fire. there was disorganization, negligence, and not timely transportation to get these people to the buses and ambulances that were waiting. is there anything, general, that nato can do to step in here, or how do you see this