boots on the ground to save kuwait. i wonder if oleum is the only national interest that we should be thinking about. ukraine does play a huge role in -- security globally so i would like to hear -- really compare why we could go into kuwait but we cannot send plates to ukraine. my other issue is what about the right-wing radicalization of our troops. you said something about going to the border because an insurrection but what about a president who sees a fair election about a insurrection? there was rumbling about trump wanting to call martial law. what about quakes and radical -- kuwait and radicalization? guest: you have good points. you are missing the issue on so-called radicalization. a recent study by the -- inspector general because -- said there was systematic radicalization in the military. the problem doesn't exist. the question in you -- kuwait, i was in the pentagon when that was going on and we believe the criticality of the oil was a national security interests. ukraine does have a significant influence

at age 9, you're from kuwait. >> palestinian background, born in kuwait, fled the war in kuwait. >> jimmy arab muslims, you know what i mean? [ laughter ] that's where we go, right, guillermo? [ laughter ] >> yeah! >> good job. >> you have to learn multiple languages. i learned italian and spanish a good six months. >> jimmy: how many languages do you speak? >> three. >> jimmy: that's impressive. what do you think you'd be doing if you stayed in kuwait, there had been no invasion and you stayed there? would you be a comedian now? >> i presume that i would be in the oil business. [ laughter ] that world of what ifs is really strange to me. i can't imagine something like that. my father was a telecommunications engineer. most likely we were going through the traditional routes potentially because, you know, stand-up comedy is an indigenous art form to america. like jazz, hip-hop and stand-up. who knows how long it would have been before i was exposed to stand-up comedy. >> jimmy: it's ramadan right now. >> it is. >> jimmy: what are the traditions? >> it's the three things essential for huma

so i do as this pollution and the perceived threats from kuwait and iran were not enough. the fisherman on the sub bought up and then because it has to do with the iraqi security checks. ah ah, what is your billing month? she's going to be then the like, you could do it at the office because it will go back to resolve that with that as you need, it will have in my office phone, it just lose mark on those. i don't, i mean we're not going to find that she does, but with the rest control, she had a launch. we was one of the causes of the long kosky and iraq and iran throughout most of the 900 mm dashboard. you're still not settled. oh, wait and iraq have to agree on the border negotiations which have been going on since the invasion of we become the whole me. many fishermen at the dog is actually by in the week and i still bitter over their conflict with iraq in the 198090. ah the something up in bathrooms in this is not the size of fish more cash. these men need anything except meeker return for a day on the water. the shuttle had appeared, suffers from increasing confusion

and iraqi ports on the borders with kuwait and eat on and a center for landing and auctioning the real fish for many decades. ah, this is the regions, teeth in ancient history and its relationship with water. the rivers and the sea goes back thousands of years. the tigris and euphrates meet ancient mesopotamia, part of what was called the fertile crescent, where agriculture and the earliest human settlements grew up. ah, fishing continued to develop in miss patina. well, it was part of the ottoman empire. and then under british rule, in the 20th century, the country became one kingdom under king face of iraq in 1922 been gained independence. 10 years later, fishermen sold their catch in the back that fish markets to merchants from other iraqi provinces, as well as to the citizens of baghdad. now in baghdad and in the marshes of the south, and on the shuttle had a waterway. hol, ways of life are under threat as outside forces and manmade pollution are damaging the tigris and euphrates in irreversible ways. for all his commitment to alive on the tigris, i had had his days as a fisherman

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and we had to defend kuwait.yes, they do have significant influence over world food prices and we may be writing about that for the next few weeks. but the question comes down to, do we have other adequate supplies? in 1990, when saddam invaded new -- invaded kuwait, there was not enough oil that we were getting from our own sources, from the saudis, to make up for the kuwaiti oil. it was a critical national defense issue, so we went in, drove saddam out of kuwait, and quite frankly, thank god we did not lose a lot of american lives doing so. it was a very short war. it was unquestionably worth what we did. host: let's go to new york and hear from joan. she is on the republican line. caller: hi and good morning, thank you for taking my call. thank you to c-span. i want to talk about the iran deal and what the government really expects to get out of the deal, and if putin is still part of the negotiations, which in my mind would be a total disgrace to have him part of anything of negotiations. and why is there not

and at the end of the day, it turned out that it wasn't the simple girl from kuwait. she was actually a daughter of the equate ambassador. well, the, let's, let's listen. looks on it to, to dot actual testimony we, we can played for viewers. no, i volunteered, volunteered at the hospital with 12 other women who wanted to help as well as the youngest volunteer. the other women were from 20 to 30 years old. was there? i saw the rocky soldiers coming to the hospital. they took the baby of incubators. took thank you, bears and left the children to die on the call. when you look at the, you know, your, your hard eggs, but it was established today, 2 years later, they said that she was actually a daughter of the kuwaiti ambassador to the united states who lobbied very hard for the american troops to go into his country. it was the pretext for the gulf war. it was later established that a couple of babies actually died and kuwaiti hospitals, but not because of the iraqi soldiers who never asked of their food there. because of the kuwaiti, a doctors and nurses who deserted th

he's been identified, 20-year-old veteran who joined inmate of 2019 after serving in kuwait and iraq. he was deployed as part of the operation lone star. on friday, he bravely went into the water with the heavy current, the rio grande. he witnessed two illegal immigrants struggling in the strong current. the search for his body still underway. the texas rangers now say those two men he was trying to save were smuggling drugs. the silence on this from the white house has been deafening. but governor abbott's stomach spoke out. >> it's a tragedy. it shows how dangerous it is on the border. it shows heroism by the members of the texas national guard who is trying to save lives. >> harris: we don't know why the white house has not spoken yet. perhaps it won't make a statement dear my hope in my prayers that that they are doing something for bishop evans family then we will ever know. it seems glaring to meet. >> vivek: first look, let's pause to think about this. he is a national hero. a 22-year-old american citizen living out his civic duty, saving the lives of two drug smugglers who he

the testimony of a 15 year old simple girl from kuwait who was with tears in her eyes telling stories i volunteered, volunteered at the hospital with 12 other women. we want to help as well as the youngest volunteer. the other women were from 20 to 30 years old. was there? i saw the rocky soldiers coming to the hospital with guns. they took the babies of incubators took thank you, bears and left the children to die on the call for. when, when you look at, at the, you know, your, your heart eggs. but it was established to the 2 years later that she was actually a daughter of the kuwait ambassador to the united states who lobbied very hard for the american troops to go into his country. it was the pretext for the gulf war. it was later established that a couple of babies actually died and kuwaiti hospitals, but not because of the iraqi soldiers who never that asked of their food there. but because of the kuwaiti, a doctors and nurses who deserted the premises, but that story was picked up by numerous american media. it was repeated by the american president george bush senior at the tim

and at the end of the day, it, it turned out that it wasn't the simple girl from kuwait. she was actually a daughter of the weight ambassador. well, let's, let's listen knocked on it to, to that actual testimony we, we can played for viewers now. i volunteer, volunteered at the l. a dime hospital with 12 other women who wanted to help as well as the youngest volunteer. the other women were from 20 to 30 years old. was there? i saw the rocky soldiers coming to the hospital again. they took the baby of incubators. took thank you, bears and left the children to die on the call for for litters. the thing i mean when, when you look at it, you know, your, your hard eggs, but she was a stablish to 2 years later. they said that she was actually a daughter of the way back to the united states who lobbied very hard for the american troops. to go into his country, it was the pretext for the gulf war. it was later established that a couple of babies actually died and wait a hospitals, but not because of the iraqi soldiers whenever status of their food there. but because of the way to

mark i remember very well you do to wood so saddam hussein invaded kuwait in. at the time this aggression will not stand for it will not tolerate. what is our objective here? she would be stating a public objective went to roll back the aggression that ukraine should be independent? or are we looking for some sort of settlement that will get us beyond the conflict with some sort of lasting peace. >> in the last sentence you said you put your finger on it. there is no settlement in which there is a lasting peace. you have to understand putin's mindset pretty with the destroyed ukraine as a people to country. this is 1930 step. that cannot be allowed to happen for we swore that would happen never again. if he accepts a temporary settlement and ukraine, stops fighting for a while it is only to regroup in order to try to take over ukraine again. so, we do have to say we will not allow russia to take over ukraine or exterminate ukraine as an independent state. now, the finesse and this that you're picking up on is that we are not saying that so directly because we d

he joins us from split in kuwait area. and joining us from near delhi by skype is near turn go card a ceo and editing chief at strategic news global. welcome to the program. ham. done this ban on india out. is it a and at and by the government to prevent hatred speech, or is it politically motivated? oh, thank you for her. i think the india oh can pain. i think it, it's a bit more complicated than simply just a political movement ah, the movement back presses its origins all the way back to 2009 when india fust decided to expand bare defense grade to encompass event, the mulligan mold is free janitor. so i, it cannot be deemed as a simple movement and are most certainly the current goal is a juncture until portrays as such and are, and in the process. quarter, ill, some fundamental rise in the attempt to or trade in and political movement, which is detrimental to the bilateral relations with countries. but i'd left, i don't think i used it would be if you were to say that the 2 under, by the chance as for the lay me of the

in the days to come will add more to the 40 degree heat focusing on monday. across the gulf states kuwait at $38.00, i'm going to put this several days for now. we'll find ourselves on saturday. seeing that sounded does pick up. but look at some these temperatures. q weights at 43. looks like doha will have its 1st 40 degrees k up this season. now if we look toward pakistan, they're sweating it out in the heat wave here. so karate at $39.00 degrees. if we get you up to 40, that will be 5 days in a row. that you hit 40 degrees in a think you may do it off to turkey. what weather has swept through is stumble, mostly cloudy on monday, but i think we will see the sun poke out. also got heat across the levant is while ramallah 28 degrees. central africa wanted to focus on the storms go in through here, but also the temperature and heart tomb at $44.00. you can a lock in there for the next several days. it's not going to be record breaking stuff, but it is above average after southern africa right now. what, whether continues for eastern portions of south africa and some showers dance back into

kuwait was immediately overwhelmed.ng them, he gained control of 20% of the world's oil reserves. the u.s. responded with operation desert storm. a massive, american led occupation against iraq. abstained simply to protect the oil reserves. eventually, quite was liberated. it remains an independent nation today. when x next asian that remains on soil today's western sahara. morocco began its occupation in 1975. the moroccan government insisted, and still does, that western sahara is inherently part of my morocco. independents should not be an option for the indigenous population. by 1979, morocco went and fully annexed the territory. under in turn aston a law, the annex station is null and void. it is rejected by the un, the world court, and the african union. in 2020, under the former disgraced president of the united states, america became the first country in the world to recognize morocco's annexation of western sahara. it was a trade made by the former president as part of a deal to normalize morocco's relations wi

their way over northern areas of saudi arabia in particular. bringing some rain here, touching into kuwait and a lot of the wet weather can be found in western areas of iran. we are talking some fierce thunderstorms as well. and we've got a bit of a wind blowing down that's gonna kick up some dust. create some hazy sunshine in places like a tall, as well as southern areas of saudi arabia and look at a temperature in dough. we did right down to $31.00 degrees, but there's still a lot of warmth in places like to buy and muscat. 40 degrees celsius on tuesday, that was, we had across to north africa. the wind is still dominating the story here. places like libya as well as i, julia and she nicea, we are going see some wet weather creep into morocco. by the time we get into cheese, they with some showers there and around rebut, down to the west coast of africa was so thing, intense showers. his mother shall, was feeding into lagos over the next few days. but for the wet weather, we have to head down to the south. once again that tropical storm easing its cool jasmine. it is likely to move its w

she was taken to kuwait, and then they sent her to quantico, which was even worse. was a marine facility. that's the first thing you need to know. marines have their own thing, as it were, and i'm sure they did not like the bradley manning who came in, and they treated her very badly. first of all, she was in solitary for 11 months, and they would--made her stand at attention naked. michael: while manning was detained in a military prison, wikileaks was still holding a huge cache of files she had delivered. michael: the big media companies wanted to get their hands on whatever else assange might have. alan: on the basis of collateral murder, you thought, "well, if he's got access to that kind of material, then, of course, we would like to see more of it." michael: why do you think he decided that he would cooperate with you? alan: i can imagine there were a number of reasons jostling around in his mind, so i think it would've occurred to him that there he was on his own. i mean, he was sort of metaphorically a fugitive. he was, when we first met him, he carried all

look back and say we shouldn't have done that invasion in my view but we can't forget he invaded kuwait and iran and killed many of his own people with weapons so i don't think that we should be defending saddam hussein's behavior either. but to say that it was a mistake to go in there, to compare that to putin invading ukraine who did nothing wrong, a country trying to remain independent. they have a long history of killing millions of ukrainians. they want to remain free and it's in our national interest for an independent ukraine to serve as a buffer between russia n and nato. >> host: we mentioned your work on the armed services committee and you are the culture of the house baltic conference so you were assessing the poor performance of the russian military. what does that assessment mean for nato's strategy here in the future of trying to plan for the defense of the eastern flank of nato and nato's strategy overall? >> guest: we will have more presence and more permanent forces. the number one request from the states is to have a permanent unit of some kind. maybe a helicopter uni

also, urals are sold in canada, mexico, europe, kuwait, philippines, japan, new zealand, modern urals just a sidecar. the model is equipped with solar panels, survival kits, personal quadrocopters. one of the green models with soft leather seats should resemble the cars of the trans-siberian express. processed cheese viola changed ownership. today, the finnish concern valio announced that it is selling its russian business, to the domestic manufacturer, sausages company vilkom, a plant for the production of processed and semi-hard cheeses in yershovo near moscow will be transferred to it and the rights to the viola brand in russia, this brand, without exaggeration, the legendary finnish blonde in the ussr, appeared back in 1956. well, as for other valeo products, they will remain on the shelves until the packaging runs out . the finns started working in russia . they sell here now more than 180 products, milk. cream. cottage cheese yoghurts, lactose-free products, the transaction amount is not disclosed in the twenty-first year, the revenue of the russian division of valio amounted to

there has already been such a precedent and cancer gave his income from oil exports to reparations to kuwait for the military invasion of 1990, during which the blacksmith suffered significant destruction, the tax was initially set at 30%, and in 2020 it were the last payments he set at 3%. the truth is that the calves have paid off in order not to find themselves in the same situation. ukraine is already asking the european union not to transfer funds directly to russia for gas and oil, which it is still forced to buy, but to freeze them in a special account. we are creating an opportunity to receive funds as soon as a peace agreement is concluded or a decision at the level of the eu or the un security council, that is, the funds will already be accumulated , but russia will agree to such conditions, because there is nowhere to go with such volumes of gas, they can start burning it but then they will burn their entire siberia, the luxurious yachts and villas of russian oligarchs can also go to ukraine for compensation, only the european union seized the assets of russians close to putin for

he joins us from split in kuwait area. and joining us from the a deli by skype is newton go. com, a seo and editing chief at strategic news global. welcome to the program. ham. done this back on india out. is it a and attend by the government to prevent hatred speech, or is it politically motivated? oh, thank you for her having the india oh campaign. i think it, it's a bit more complicated than simply and just a political woman ah, ah, the movement back presses its past origins all the way back to 2 other i when india fust decided to expand bear defense green to encompass even the mulligan mould is for you toto, so i, it can't be deemed as a simple movement and are more certainly the current common is i don't, gentle portrayed as such and her and in the process quarter ill, some fundamental rise in the attempt to or trade it at an political movement which is detrimental to the bilateral relations with countries, but i'd left, i don't think i used, they would be a to i to say that the india movement, these just a simple wha

their way of northern areas of saudi arabia in particular. bringing some rain here, touching into kuwait and a lot of the wet weather can be found in western areas of iran were talking some fierce thunderstorms as well. and we've got a bit of a wind blowing down that's going to kick up some dust. create some hazy sunshine in places like guitar, as well as southern areas of saudi arabia and look at the temperature in dough we did right down to $31.00 degrees, but there's still a lot of warmth in places like to buy and musk at 40 degrees celsius. on tuesday, that was we had across to north africa, the wind is still dominating the story here for places like libya as well as i g area and she nicea, we are going to see some wet or weather creep into morocco. by the time we get into tuesday with some showers there, and around rebec, down to the west coast of africa was still thing intense showers. here some of their show was feeding into lagos over the next few days. but for the wet weather, we have to head down to the south. once again that tropical storm easing its cool jasmine. it is likely

and that's going to dip down into kuwait, move in power up, some thunderstorms there that show up. they will see you soon. official airline of the journey with, [000:00:00;00] with ah ah, welcome back re capital i top stories on al jazeera, this, our ukraine's president voted means lensky is wanting russia's invasion is just a sort of a wider plan for war in europe. at all, russian general has said his army wants to control ukraine, south and east in regions. un chief antonio terrace is traveling to russia, and ukraine next week is expected to meet vladimir fulton in moscow on tuesday, followed by talks with george misa lensky on thursday. and these really government says it has closed the guys of border crossing to workers indefinitely because of rockets fired by hamas from the territory. the target is southern israel after repeated these radio rates on palestinian worship. as at the alex, a mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem to sri lanka now where funeral has been held for a protester who was killed when police fired an anti government demonstrators on tuesday. his killin

in the days to come will add more to the 40 degree heat focusing on monday, across the gulf states kuwait at $38.00, i'm going to put this several days for now. we'll find ourselves on saturday, seeing this sand and does pick up. but look at some these temperatures. q weights at 43. looks like doha will have its 1st 40 degrees k up this season. now if we look toward bach of standards, sweating it out in the heat wave here. so karate at 39 degrees, if we get you up to 40, that will be 5 days in a row that you hit 40 degrees, and i think you may do it off to turkey. what weather has swept through is stumble, mostly cloudy on monday, but i think we will see the sun poke out. also got heat across the levant is while ramallah 28 degrees. central africa wanted to focus on the storms go in through here, but also the temperature and heart tomb at $44.00. you can a lock in there for the next several days. it's not going to be record breaking stuff, but it is above average after southern africa right now. what, whether continues for eastern portions of south africa and some showers dance back into

viewers, remember that the so called nariah testimony, the testimony of a 15 year old simple girl from kuwait who was with tears in her eyes telling stories about how iraqi soldiers were you know, pulling babies from incubator is in the hospital in the way the hospital stealing those incubators and letting those poor babies die on the floor. and that story was picked up by numerous american immediate was repeated by the american president george bush, senior at the time. i think he referred to at least 10 times. it was supposedly independently corroborated by amnesty international, which conducted supposedly independent research into that all to be proven for later time as well. some 17 percent. i was just reading of the american public before the testimony. we're in supports all boxed and against the rock, q 8 that rose to 60 percent following the test. it was very, very instrumental in swaying the public opinion precisely because it was heating at the you know, the most vulnerable point. you know, the, the butchery, the, the murderous aggression against the most vulnerable. what, you know,

this, there is a lot of heat coming in in places like to wait, we are likely to touch 41 degrees in kuwait city by thursday. now that heat extends into north eastern areas of africa, egypt seeing things really hot up the temperature in cairo. expected to touch, 41 degrees, well above the average. i thursday. for the wet and windy weather we have to look to the north west. places like coastal areas of morocco, but by wednesday that does start to shift further east into coastal areas of algeria. now further south, the drought conditions persist for the horn of africa. it's across places like zambia and bob were within the heavy rains. and for south africa, we have seen some severe weather warnings, but those will ease. by the time we go into wednesday with lots of sunshine coming back into eastern areas, johannesburg, seeing the temperature at 23 degrees with clear skies that sure weather update. official airlines, the journey al jazeera world meets some extraordinary women who are making things happen their way following their daily struggle to survive for their families to thrive egypt swi

caller: do you remember when saddam hussein invaded kuwait. and just like this, when biden bungled afghanistan it gave putin the green light to invade ukraine. we have to make up for biden's bungling and send all that stuff there. obama and biden could have shown more force when putin was doing this invasion before. host: fiona opposes in baton rouge, louisiana. caller: i am completely against it. i am a veteran myself and i am tired of it. that money could go to teachers. the schools that we have here are not the way that they should be. there are a lot of things here that we need to take care of. we should try to take care of home first before getting into things of this nature. they are not a part of nato, i am sorry the tv is on. host: you supported it up until now. now, it seems like too much? caller: i supported the more before they were not letting the black people get on trains. that is not something i am willing to support at all. i don't think we should be dealing with someone else's situation. i think we need to take care of our own

politics. national pride to early advertising al jazeera world tells the stories behind for songs from kuwait, oman, hatta and era meeting song writers, the full name and musicians celebrating the social and cultural importance of songs . of the gulf on al jazeera ah ally, the weather is set fair across eastern parts of the u. s. just means eastern parts of canada over the next couple of days. kind of right now in the process of pulling out of the way, brightest guys come back in behind, courtesy of high pressure, which will keep his saddle lease where the system's getting squeezed out to the way we have got a little disturbance towards a south west, which will gather and develop further as we go on through the next day or so ahead of that loss. a warm air across the plains to the north of that some cold air in play chicago, 4 degrees celsius for south of that line. south of our cold front, kansas city at around $23.00 degrees and is going to be the warmer where, which was grassy ease a little further east was. we got some live showers and from that area of low pressure which is pushed across

look, this kuwait's your 1st 40 degree day of the year on thursday. chatter, airway official ally of the journey of all my friends and co workers who were detained. i am the only one who survived. they were all waiting for news of them. info and was only one word on their lips almost little. he saw a boy killed in his father's arms. i saw a man kill next to his son. i have only once in my life, seen men who are scared to death. 30 years on from the start of the wall bosnia the cam on al jazeera. ah oh wow, come back. the headlines on al jazeera, this, our, the full scale of the killings in the ukranian times of which her pin and, or a dancer are beginning to emerge. key says more victims are being discovered every day, allegedly tortured, executed and burnt. the morsey of mary paul is still facing heavy fighting and aerial bombardment. 860000 people are trapped there. they have no water, electricity, or medicine and in avenues were keener fossils. former president less compel re, has been sentenced to life in prison for complicity in the murder of his predecessor, to my son, kara fro

this, there is a lot of heat or coming in, in places like q 8, we are likely to touch 41 degrees in kuwait city by thursday. now that heat extends into north eastern areas of africa, egypt seeing things really hot up the temperature in cairo. expected to touch 41 degrees, well above the average. by thursday for the wet and windy weather we have to look to the north west. places like coastal areas of morocco, but by wednesday that does start to shift further east into coastal areas of algeria. now further south, the drought conditions persist for the horn of africa. it's across places like zambia and bob, we are within the heavy rains and for south africa we have seen some severe weather warnings, but those will ease. by the time we go into wednesday with lots of sunshine coming back into eastern areas, johannesburg thing, the temperature at 23 degrees with clear skies that show weather update. ah, i will totally it is that the result of this great and historic presidential election? if i, when a lot of people felt the world was being turned upside down, the way that has been manipulated by

he served in kuwait. he served in iraq. this man when duty called he answered the call. here he was stationed in eagle pass, texas in my district, texas 23, and he jumped into the river. he didn't have to do that. he lost his life doing that. this border crisis has impacted everybody. all parts, all walks of life. texas, every state in america has become sucked up into this crisis. this gentleman here gave his life. he is a hero we should remember. bishop evans is a hero we should all remember. please say a prayer for his family i was raised by my grandparents. he was raised by his grandparents. not all families are traditional families per se. his grandparents, they lost a part of them when they lost specialist bishop evans. madam speaker, i thank you for the time. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from south carolina, ms. mace, for five minutes. ms. mace: thank you, madam speaker. today i rise to recognize and commend two of my young constituents from daniel island, south carolina, ella and owen rogers. ella is 14 and owen is 1

i heard people say, -- we kicked saddam hussein out of kuwait. we decided it was in our interest that we cannot have a mobile order where -- global order where people can just invade another country. that is what we establish post world war ii. the difference is russia has a nuclear umbrella and a nuclear deterrence. saddam hussain did not have that. where it applies is if the iranian regime gets a nuclear capability and i say capability, nasa's official materia but the weaponization and missiles to deliver it. they will have that umbrella and deterrent to further their name -- aims at regional hegemony. it is absolutely vital that we prevent the iranian regime from achieving that capability because i fear bear aggressive -- there aggressive and -- aims will be off to the races with that nuclear umbrella. >> you said last year you visited ukraine? tell me what you did it -- did over there. rep. waltz: we visited a ukrainian special operations command. what green berets are focus on his training. we can do the door kicking and the, bin laden type

of ramadan, and a number of muslim-majority countries including saudi arabia, uae, iraq, jordan, kuwait political group. jordans saying it could pose a threat to peaceful existence. n nadia bashir, london. >> now, to vatican city where the pope led an easter monday prayer vigil attended by thousands of italian teenagers. you see them in st. peters square. this is the first gathering since the start of the pandemic but francis said he was worriedability their future, and russia's war in ukraine, which he called cruel and senseless on easter sunday. >>> meantime, cnn visited a ukrainian city directly in the line of fire, as cnn's clarissa ward reports, residents there spent orthodox palm sunday praying for peace but, of course, also bracing for violence. >> reporter: at the alexander cathedral, an art and prayer from worshippers under the shadow of russia's war. we ask for your mercy, lord. please, hear us. they have gathered here for orthodox palm sunday, carrying w willows instead of palms, per the orthodox tradition. it is supposed to be a celebration of jesus's return to jerusalem but