leigh ann, talk about how the gop see this.ou saw lawmakers heckling and interrupting his speech at times. i have one other question for you, so if you could give me 30 seconds. leigh ann: republican, the domestic agenda is easy for them to oppose. they have been talking about inflation for months. everyone knows it is not transitory. this will continue -- this is something they will continue to hit. they are also continuing to talk about social issues as well. and law enforcement, that is part of the reason why president biden said democrats and he do not support defunding the police, but in fact funding the police. he mentioned securing the border on immigration. it is as if the president went through all the places where he struggling in the polls and made sure to reset and pivot to a different message. yamiche: if i could say, in 10 seconds, because we will have to wrap it in 10 seconds. we know judge jackson was on capitol hill. do we think she is going to get me republican votes there? leigh ann: i think she will. the pol

leigh drogan along with sonali basak.the 19-year-old elon musk offered $5,000 to stop tracking his jet? now he's adding russian oligarchs to the movies -- to the mix. that's coming up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: he made headlines and caused a few headaches by tracking elon musk's jet, now jack sweeney is at it again. at this time he's tracking jets owned by some of russia's richest oligarchs following the invasion of ukraine. we don't know for sure if the millionaires and billionaires are on board, but thanks to his bots, we can track the planes moving around the world. joining us right now is jack sweeney and also ed ludlow. why did you go from tracking elon musk to russian oligarchs? jack: people knew i had the tracking ability of all these aircraft and i found a list of all of these oligarchs, so i just started tracking them because people wanted me to. ed: that is a pretty straightforward answer. give us a sense of the technology that goes into this. how do you make it happen? jack: ever since nine/11, there's a

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i am leigh-ann gerrans.his is bloomberg. ♪ >> the president will travel to brussels, belgium where he will join an extraordinary nato summit on march 24. 's goal is to meet in person, face-to-face with his european counterparts and talk about and assess where we are at this point in the conflict. in terms of a meeting with president zelensky, we are finalizing the trip at this point. jonathan: looking forward to a meeting between the president of the unit it states and european allies next week. the story at the moment, futures extending gains on the s&p and the nasdaq, up by almost 2%. this headline from the kremlin, a neutral ukraine, a possible compromise solution. discussing a sweden neutrality model for ukraine. two members of the eu who are not members of nato. that seems to be where we have a compromise, at least from the kremlin side. tom: these of the first legend met headlines i have seen and i link it directly to the financial side -- the financial screws being put on mr. putin. look at the wonder

leigh ann, thank you for that.he lost, he lost in 2020, in hopes that if he does run again in 2024 -- >> thank you. >> thank you, leigh ann caldwell. that he will be able to turn things around. he's holding a rally on saturday with some candidates he's endorsed ahead of that state's republican primary coming up in a few months in may. but a lot of the folks who you won't see on stage have something in common. they refused the former president's push to try to overturn the legitimate 2020 election result in georgia. you'll remember the former president infamously pressured incumbent governor brian kemp and secretary of state brad raffensperger to in his words find votes. find votes and name him the winner of the georgia race. they didn't. they also didn't get his endorsements in the upcoming primaries. no shocker there. i want to bring in greg bluestein, political reporter for the "atlanta journal-constitution." msnbc contributor. and author of a new book "flipped: how georgia turned purple and broke the monopoly on

leigh ann caldwell is on capitol hill for nbc news. also with us is pete williams. woodruff swan, an msnbc contributor, joins us as well. leigh ann, let me start with you and about jared kushner set to appear in front of the committee this week. talk to us about what we know. >> we don't know that much, hallie. we do know that he's scheduled to appear on thursday. perhaps because with he wasn't subpoenaed, he was requested to come, as they do with other trump family members. that he might actually speak to the committee. if he does, though, would he actually give them any information or would he plead the fifth? but it is on the schedule, and this is another sign that the committee is moving very closely to the former president and trying to get as much information as possible, hallie. >> leigh ann, there's also this piece of reporting that i know you and our team have as relates to ginni thomas. what is your sense as to whether the committee will seek to talk with her, seek to ask her questions about these text messages that were revealed between her and former chi

nbc's leigh ann caldwell is in washington. leigh ann, what are we hearing from the white house?mething they're obviously watching very closely. they also say this is an expansion of russia's targets, noting this is obviously a military base but also so close to polpoland, so close to the n border. administration officials blanketed the sunday television shows this morning, reiterating their two principles. the first is that there will be no u.s. troops on the ground in ukraine. and also that they are completely committed to article v's defense of nato. let's listen to jake as a result of jake sullivan on "meet the press" this morning. >> there are no u.s. troops operating in eastern or western ukraine. we will defend every inch of nato territory but united states forces will not engage russian forces inside ukraine. it's no surprise the russians are trying to expand the number of targets in this war because they're frustrated by their lack of ability to take some of the major cities. >> reporter: and so just on that article v point, i want to reiterate, because sullivan was pres

nbc's leigh ann caldwell on capitol hill tonight leigh ann, this adds pressure to get personal recordshep and there is a couple of reasons for that first, the committee has not even figured out what telephone donald trump used in that seven and a half hour gap. when we reported a version of this story a couple of months ago, the committee was trying to figure out if it was a different white house number, if it was a burner cell phone, for it was just logs being withheld from the committee. so they don't even know yet what number these calls were made and then generally speaking, as far as phone call records are concerned, there is members and people who have been -- whose records have been subpoenaed who are putting up a big fight about this, including people like stephen miller, who says it's an invasion of privacy, gop leader kevin mccarthy has advised people not to cooperate and told that the telecom companies that they also should not comply with these requests from the committee. so getting phone records has proven to be very difficult. they've obtained some, but as far as the pre

nbc news capitol hill correspondent leigh ann caldwell joins me now.lindsey graham said who has alluded and implied that vladimir putin should be taken out by the russian people. his spokesman said that he was talking about a coup, but it is widely being interpreted as the reference to brutus, is there a brutus in russia? as a call for assassination, even some of his fellow republicans are pushing back on this now with senator ted cruz, a member of the gop calling this a terrible idea. here is -- i'm paraphrasing there. here is white house press secretary jen psaki in response just moments ago. >> we have left the door open for months now to be engaged through de-escalation. if de-escalation occurs. obviously, humanitarian corridors, a cease-fire. those would all be steps that would be welcomed. but no, no, we are not advocating for killing the leader of a foreign country or regime change. that is not the policy of the united states. >> leigh ann caldwell is joining us now. there's opinion other reaction, not just from the white house, but from capitol

leigh turner, foremost british -- former _ really wants._ really wants. leigh turner, foremostj british -- former british ambassador british —— former british ambassador to ukraine, i appreciate your time. 0ur correspondent tom bateman is in istanbul where those delegations are due to meet. the peace talks. president erdogan said earlier there needs to be tangible results from these discussions, he clearly wants to be seen as the facilitator of a breakthrough but what are the chances? i breakthrough but what are the chances? ~ , breakthrough but what are the chances? ~' , ., chances? i think extremely low, des - ite chances? i think extremely low, despite the _ chances? i think extremely low, despite the words _ chances? i think extremely low, despite the words we _ chances? i think extremely low, despite the words we have - chances? i think extremely low, despite the words we have had l chances? i think extremely low, - despite the words we have had from president erdogan. remember, he really triggered this round of talks in istanbul becau

mp for southend west, died after he was stabbed more than 20 times during a constituency surgery in leigh—on—sears in questioning that he had "killed an mp". daniel sandford reports. get him down! ali harbi ali was arrested minutes after sir david amess was killed. he was taken to nearby southend police station, and today, the jury watched what he said officers in video—recorded interviews in the hours after the attack. anything you do say may be given as evidence! i do you understand me? - mr ali, is this a terrorist attack? i mean, it guess, yeah. i killed an mp. and i done it, yeah. 0k. mr ali, was there anybody else involved in the planning of this attack? no _ it wasjust me. the jury watched three hours of police interviews in which ali harbi ali calmly explained that he first considered terrorism when he dropped out of university 5.5 years ago. he said that on the day of the attack, he had hoped to become a martyr, but it didn't work out. he said he'd been carrying the knife for weeks and visited westminster several times. you know, i got into the houses of parliament, you know, i was tryi

i want to bring back now capitol hill correspondent leigh ann caldwell.re hearing from senator chuck schumer on what he thinks should be done as it relates to justice thomas and this recusal. although to preface the conversation, chuck schumer doesn't get to call the shots about what clarence thomas does, but he is the most powerful democrat in the senate. >> reporter: that's right. and he is echoing the mood of a lot of his members who have been calling on a couple things including the supreme court to impose its own ethics rules and including justice thomas to explain his decision in the january 6 related case. senator schumer for the first time has weighed in on the issue and said that justice thomas should refuse himself. let's listen. >> i do think that he should refuse himself. the information we know right now raises serious questions about how close justice thomas and his wife were to the planning of the snurks. insurrection. so, yes, i'll answer both your questions. you are very clever. i think that there should be some code of ethics for supreme

leigh ann, you were in the room as zelenskyy spoke. how did lawmakers react to that speech? >> reporter: hi, jose. i was in the room, and it was a very emotional and powerful moment for those lawmakers, especially when that video played. it was about three minutes long. you could not hear a person breathing. that really got lawmakers' attention. and the fact that zelenskyy spoke in english at the end of that video or at the end of his speech, after the video played, was another poignant moment. and those are two of the things that the lawmakers said really spoke to them. it wasn't hard to get lawmakers on zelenskyy's side. they have already been there. but to be able to hear from him in a very powerful way went a long way. and one other note, there's one ukrainian american member of congress, representative victoria sparts of indian. she's a republican, and she stood in the back of the room the entire time. she did not take a seat and she was extremely emotional, especially when that video played. so it was a moment for zelenskyy to try to turn the tide here on congress and

i want to bring in correspondent leigh ann caldwell.or hawaii. to say we're officially done with daylight saving is weird. what's the deal? >> i think every parent with young children would jump up and down with this news. as you know, kids' body clocks don't change very easily. the senate passed by unanimous consent, there was no vote, all 100 senators agreed to keep daylight savings time. this is something that is bipartisan. it has 17 co-sponsors, republicans and democrats, and the top republicans in the senate, they were gathering with reporters when this happened on the senate floor. senator john thune, the number two, who is responsible for counting republican votes had no idea this happened. he was even shocked that it passed. he said it's something that pretty much everyone agrees with. so, of course, as you mentioned, it then goes to the house of representatives. we have no update yet if the house is going to take up this bill. if they do and it passes, then it goes to the president's desk where they could either sign it into l

joining me now from washington, nbc news correspondent leigh ann caldwell. this missile strike near the polish border, are there talks happening inside the white house about what would happened in that scenario? >> reporter: there sure are a lot of concerns, alicia. the administration was pressed on that exact topic this morning on the sunday shows when national security adviser jake sullivan was asked what would happen if there was an attack in poland, in nato territory, from russia. he said that the president has repeated himself over and over again that nato and the u.s. would defend itself. and then he was pressed again, asking, well, what if it was a mistake from russia? and sullivan doubled down saying, it does not matter. the u.s. and nato will defend itself. so they have been clear about that. they are not going to move troops into ukraine. but if there is an attack on u.s. territory or against nato, then that's a different story, alicia. >> leigh ann, we're going to be talking a little later in the show about china's role in all of this. but what mo

nbc's capitol hill correspondent, leigh ann caldwell is with us tonight.porting on how kushner's meeting went. >> reporter: i do, shepard he was in the room for more than six hours. a source in the room told our colleague, kyle stewart, that he was actually very cooperative. he did most of the talking and as far as the source was concerned thought didn't invoke privilege at all and he said that he did most of the talking and not his attorney as well. and so i'm not sure what the january 6th select committee was hoping to get out of jared kushner considering he wasn't there on january 6th and his name is rarely invoked regarding the attempt to overturn the election and in the lead-up to january 6, but he must have had a lot to say because the committee kept him there, like i said, for over six hours. >> the justice department hasn't acted on the criminal contempt referral for the former chief of staff, mark meadows. democrats seem to be getting kind of impatient. >> reporter: they're extremely impatient, especially since there's two more criminal contempt r

francine: leigh-ann gerrans live from stamford bridge. let's get to the former u.k.inister gordon brown. he wants an international tribunal established to prosecute vladimir putin. it comes as the foreign ministers of ukraine and russia failed to secure a cease-fire. gordon brown, thank you so much for joining us. in your dealings in the past with vladimir putin, did it suggest any wider expansionary ambitions? fmr. pm. brown: i think the only thing president putin understands is strength. we must show no weakness in the way we deal with him. that's why i am supporting an international tribunal. he has made it pretty clear that he wants to take over the whole of ukraine, perhaps install a puppet government. and because we are giving humanitarian help. because we are giving military help. because we have enforced sanctions, i think we should make it absolutely clear that putin cannot act with impunity. that he will face an international tribunal after this work comes to an end. that he cannot and his colleagues cannot escape punishment. tom: mr. brown, as i stand on t

just coming in from our capitol hill team, i want to bring in leigh ann caldwell.th the former president's son-in-law, jared kushner. what do we know? >> reporter: that's right, hallie. jared kushner is someone who was close with the former president. he is of course the son-in-law. and he is scheduled to appear before the committee on thursday. if he is going to show, we don't yet know. but if he does speak with the committee, then that is going to be really critical information perhaps that the committee wants to glean. of course he can come before the committee and plead the fifth and not provide any information at all so there's still a lot of unknowns here. but the fact that the committee has asked to speak with the former -- trump's son-in-law is big news. we also know that they have asked, they have requested to speak with ivanka trump. that doesn't seem to have happened just yet. but the committee does seem to be getting closer and closer to the former president, now trying to talk to members of his family, hallie. >> leigh ann caldwell, thank you. >>> we'l

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— wins for hull fc and st helens, catalans dragons and hull kr — who survived a late scare against leight some of the other stories making headlines today. kolkata knight riders win the opening match of a new ipl season by 6 wickets over chennai super kings. chasing 132 for the win, ajinkya rahane hit a brilliant 44 before skipper shreyas iyer scored an unbeaten 20 to steer them past the line. and 49—year—old richard bland's fairytale run at the wgc matchplay in texas is over. he was beaten by dustinjohnson — the two time major winner. bland was leading at one point. world number onejohn rahm, and second ranked collin morikawa also went out. richard carapaz timed his attack to perfection as he snatched victory from sergio higuita on the penultimate stage of the tour of catalunya in spain. it moved the ecuadorian who rides for the british ineos grenadiers team up to second overall, just sixteen seconds behind the colombian higuita. josh warrington says he has an opportunity "to be the man again" and reclaim his ibf featherweight title, when he takes on spain's kiko martinez in leeds later

leigh ann caldwell is following the hearing closely from the capitol. what are we expecting? >> reporter: this is a hearing that happens every year when the top intelligence officials come before congress and talk about what risk the country faces, what the most risks are. and this report that they put out every year talks about china, talks about russia, climate change, the global pandemic. but what's interesting is this report did not happen, it was finished before russia invaded ukraine. and so, you can be sure that the questions that lawmakers are going to ask these top intelligence officials is going to be about the russian invasion. the top democrat on the committee, adam schiff, he just said that he applauded the intelligence community by the unprecedented move of unveiling intelligence that they had on what russia was going to do, leading up and into the invasion of ukraine. and then, he just got done speaking with the top republican of that committee, mike turner. and he said his questions are going to focus on the nuclear threat that russia poses. and so while this

joining me is capitol hill national correspondent leigh ann caldwell.> good morning, jose. this is the second time this week this intelligence community official has testified before congress. they testified before the house of representatives on tuesday, and they're back today before the senate. so far we've heard the opening statement from avril haines, the director of national intelligence. she gave some more dire warnings about what is happening in ukraine and mute tin's motivations. she said -- she called him reckless, said he'll continue to indiscriminately attack civilians. she said putin is unlikely to be deterred and he is very confident he can militarily defeat ukraine and he has no plans to stop. she goes on to say that the united states' biggest intelligence commitment, however, is to keep the u.s. safe. that is something that they are continuing to work on and to ensure. now, the question-and-answer portion of this hearing just started. the head of the committee, senator mark warner just asked his first question. this is going to be about 2

go to nbc's leigh ann caldwell from washington, d.c.this just a few miles from one of our key allies? >> reporter: that's right, alex. they said something they're obviously watching very closely, but it's not unexpected. they say that this is an expansion of russia who is broadening their targets and that this is something that they're going to keep a very close eye on, but administration officials covered the sunday shows this morning, and said that they are still very committed to not committing u.s. troops on the ground in ukraine at this point, or ever, really. let's listen to pentagon spokesman kirby this morning, what he said. >> president biden has made it clear u.s. troops are not going to be fighting in ukraine. there's good reason for that, because the united states getting involved in combat in ukraine right now or over the skies of ukraine right now leads to war with russia. and there's very little that you can see that would make sense for this war to be escalated between two nuclear powers. >> reporter: now, congress is al

i want to bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent leigh ann caldwell.he actual momentum behind this idea right now? >> reporter: it's getting more popular to say on capitol hill that they are in support of banning crude oil and other petroleum products from russia. you have a lot of democrats also signing on to this. here is a couple things i do want to gut check you on as well. a lot of these members are from energy producing states, coal, oil, gas producing states. this could be an opportunity for them to increase their own production of fossil fuels in their states and also the amount that the u.s. actually imports from russia is relatively small. it's about 500,000 barrels of oil, petroleum and other sorts of fossil fuels. that's a very small percentage. so this is largely symbolic. i asked lawmakers about that today. senator murkowski of alaska whose state could benefit greatly from this admitted that it was symbolic, but that if other people are banning crude oil, if people from europe are, they stopped the nord stream 2 pipeline, then the u.s. sh

i want to bring in leigh ann caldwell at the white house for us today.y reaction from the biden administration on this point on that russian air strike on the military base so close to poland? >> yeah, aaron, there absolutely has. administration officials were on the sunday shows this morning and they all had the same message. they said this was a broadening of the targets from russia. the fact that it was so close to poland, so close to a nato ally, and at this military base there. they're also saying they're not necessarily surprised that it happened, that putin and russia are frustrated by the slow pace of their advancement in this war. but administration officials also reiterated and maintained the same principles they have had since before this attack. and that is that there will still be no u.s. troops on the ground in ukraine. and that they are still going to oppose this idea of a no-fly zone, something that the ukrainians have been asking for. now, the timing of this attack is also quite interesting. it came the day after russia has said that any

leigh ann caldwell and erinn hayes. good to see both of you.n wasn't a surprise but he also promised she would be treated with respect and, look, she's all but certain to get through the judiciary committee vote and the full senate before the easter recess, but what about biden's grand reset? well, chris, what mcconnell did was send a signal to republican colleagues that it was absolutely okay to pose judge jackson, but that was never in doubt. what was most illuminating in the confirmation hearings was how do republicans handle this confirmation. it was really the republican presidential primary of 2024 on full display. you have people like senator josh hawley and ted cruz who were focusing on these child pornography cases and the sentencing in some of those cases, which the current white house tied to qanon conspiracies, as we know qanon has long said that democrats are tied with a child pornography ring. i asked senator hawley about that yesterday, and he had a sarcastic response, saying, yeah, and i'm also part of the illuminati also, but w

would cut off, as leigh anne mentioned, russia's favored trading status with the united states. biden actually needs congress's approval to get this done. the fact that there's already been calls from both sides of the aisle on capitol hill to get this done, it is a print -- pretty promising start. the house was scheduled to vote and already drafted a piece of legislation to do exactly this early last week. but at the presidents request, they held off on this vote. president biden said he needed a bit more time to get all of the allies on board, all on the same page before he got the real swing on this. and now, president biden will have to wait and see how long it will take on capitol hill to get this done. we know that it has to go to the house first. we heard speaker pelosi say on friday, after this announcement, she hopes for a strong bipartisan vote. she said she could expect a vote on the house floor as early as this week. and because, as i said, this has already been drafted, there is a pretty promising outlook for it. then of course, it heads to the senate. we hear the s

nbc's leigh ann caldwell joins us once again from washington. significance of this attack? >> reporter: so alex, they are saying it is definitely significant, but not necessarily surprised at this happening. so, administration officials, especially jake sullivan, the head of the nsa, was on the sunday shows this morning, and on cnn specifically, this is how he described it. >> vladimir putin is frustrated by the fact that his forces are not making the kind of progress that he thought that they would make against major cities including kyiv. that he is expanding the number of targets. that he is lashing out. and that he is trying to cause damage in every part of the country. what president biden has made clear from the beginning is that we will not have u.s. military forces operating in ukraine, and there are none operating there now. but we will defend every inch of nato territory, even as we seek to provide military assistance. >> reporter: so as far as that military assistance is concerned, the administration announced last night that it was p

heading from london to leigh—on—sea by train for what the prosecution says was a terrorist assassinationi harbi ali is accused of researching several mps, including michael gove before settling on a sir david amess as his target. screen grabs left on his phone show he had booked an appointment and it said, "i don't think i'll take too long, thanks." the appointment was at belfairs methodist church work in a room beside the altar the prosecution says he said sorry and then stabbed sir david amess to death. yvonne yves who was also waiting to see the mp dialled 999. emergency. police, please, quick now. a man is wielding a knife and he threatened me. they say he's killed david amess at belfairs methodist church. he wants to get shot, apparently. he wants to be a hero. he wants the police to come and shoot him. who, the person with the knife? yes. he is wielding the knife now. he says if we go near him he will stab us. the prosecution says thatjust before the attack ali harbi ali messaged family and friends on whatsapp saying he'd done it for the sake of allah. he denies murder and preparin

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irish boxing going on tomorrow night — mick conlan is going for his first world title when he takes—on leigh adg—arko who five years ago was involved in a nearfatal stabbing, but come back to win his first middleweight belt. lydia campbell has been speaking to him. i soon realised there was a lot of blood on me and to ms later had been stopped by the police until that my face was open stuff like that. even being able to enter the ring as a big deal. in 2017 he was the victim of a stabbing and was left with a six inch gash on his face and close to death. it six inch gash on his face and close to death. ., , ., , six inch gash on his face and close to death. ., , . , ., to death. it was a very tough time was u- to death. it was a very tough time was no and _ to death. it was a very tough time was up and lowest _ to death. it was a very tough time was up and lowest of _ to death. it was a very tough time was up and lowest of lows - to death. it was a very tough time was up and lowest of lows and - to death. it was a very tough time | was up and lowest of lows and has given me that mindset where

leigh ann caldwell is with us on capitol hill. ken dilanian, washington bureau. unexpected the white house would make this decision but it does open the door for the testimony of mr. kushner later on this week on thursday. >> yeah, that's right. so the white house has made that decision on other people who the committee has wanted to speak to including dan scavino and pete navarro, who the committee referred to criminal contempt charges just last night. but this does set up in light of kushner coming to the committee, he's scheduled for tomorrow, we are told that he's expected to show, not physically but he's expected to virtually speak with the committee. and this comes as the committee has lots of questions, especially about this extended -- this gap that the "washington post" is reporting on the president's phone records on january 6th. now, this is something that is not new. we reported this a couple months ago, that there was an hours-long gap in these phone records and something that now we know that it was about seven hours long. one member of the committe

heading from london to leigh—on—sea by train for what the prosecution says was a terrorist assassinationore settling on sir david amess as his target. screen grabs left on his phone show he had booked an appointment and it said, "i don't think i'll take too long, thanks." the appointment was at belfairs methodist church where, in a room beside the altar, the prosecution says he said "sorry" and then stabbed sir david amess to death. yvonne yves, who was also waiting to see the mp, dialled 999. emergency. police, please, quick now. a man is wielding a knife and he threatened me. they say he's killed david amess at belfairs methodist church. he wants to get shot, apparently. he wants to be a hero. he wants the police to come and shoot him. who, the person with the knife? yes. he's wielding the knife now. he says if we go near him, he will stab us. the prosecution says that just before the attack, ali harbi ali messaged family and friends on whatsapp, saying he'd done it for the sake of allah. he denies murder and preparing a terrorist act. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. a li

ali harbi ali, who's 26, is accused of stabbing mr amess at a constituency surgery in leigh—on—sea iniel sanford, is following the trial. daniel. yes, jane, thejury daniel. yes, jane, the jury have daniel. yes, jane, thejury have been watching some of the seven police interviews that ali harbi ali gave interviews that ali harbi ali gave in the days after the attack, all of which were videotaped, and where his lawyers were present. in the first interview he was asked directly, mrali, is this first interview he was asked directly, mr ali, is this a terrorist act? and he says, i mean, yeah, i guess i killed an mp and i done it, yeah. he described over the course of the second interview how he was self radicalised, how he had originally thought about going to fight overseas but settled on the idea of carrying out an attack on britain. he decided the mostjust target would be an mp that had voted for air strikes target would be an mp that had voted forairstrikes in target would be an mp that had voted for air strikes in syria, he described going to michael gove's house, to the houses of par

our correspondent leigh milner is here.irst of all, if we start with mariupol and what is happening there, what is the latest? for there, what is the latest? for the ast there, what is the latest? for the past few _ there, what is the latest? for the past few years _ there, what is the latest? fr?" the past few years weeks, mariupol has been devastated by russian attacks on people living there had now have no electricity, no water, no gas, thatisif electricity, no water, no gas, that is if they even have a home and then came the ultimatum, residents were given until 5am ultimatum, residents were given until5am ukrainian time ultimatum, residents were given until 5am ukrainian time to lay down their arms and surrender. and that is something that has not happened, i assume? that is riuht. if not happened, i assume? that is right- if they _ not happened, i assume? that is right. if they agreed _ not happened, i assume? that is right. if they agreed moscow- right. if they agreed moscow said it would open humanitarian corridors

here's our reporter leigh milner.ng move by visa and mastercard, essentially what will happen is any cards in russia issued in russia won't work abroad and any foreign—issued cards won't work inside russia either. the aim to make life a lot harder. it's as simple as that. now you may be wondering what if say you live in russia and you have a russian issued mastercard or visa? will it work? well, russia's major banks, including its largest lenders, verbank and the russia central bank, has said that all bank cards will continue to work. they've been quick to reassure customers they'll be able to withdraw money, make payments, make transfers because they say all payments in russia are made through a national system. now we know that russia has been taking steps to increase the independence of its financial system for years, particularly after ties with the west deteriorated over the country's annexation of crimea in 2014. the reason this has happened in alfred kelly's words, he's the boss of visa, is that the company fel

mp for southend west, died after he was stabbed more than 20 times during a constituency surgery in leigh—on—seald police officers in questioning that he had "killed an mp". daniel sandford reports. you are under arrest. ali harbi ali was arrested _ you are under arrest. ali harbi ali was arrested minutes _ you are under arrest. ali harbi ali was arrested minutes after- you are under arrest. ali harbi ali was arrested minutes after sir - you are under arrest. ali harbi ali i was arrested minutes after sir david amess was killed and taken to nearby southend police station and today the jury watched what he said officers in video recorded interviews in the hours after the attack. is interviews in the hours after the attack. , , ., ., , interviews in the hours after the attack. , ., , ., attack. is this a terrorist attack? i mean, attack. is this a terrorist attack? i mean. it _ attack. is this a terrorist attack? i mean. it is. — attack. is this a terrorist attack? i mean, it is, yeah. _ attack. is this a terrorist attack? i mean, it is, yeah. i— attack. is this a terrorist attack? i mean, it is,

promises about his own hopes for times ahead, that means he will be managing a very tricky backdrop and leighs is already making tonight, that the government has not yet understood the scale of the challenge that people are already facing, just how tough things may be for household budgets in the months ahead.— and there's more information on the chancellor's spring statement, and what it could mean for you, on the bbc website, just go to bbc.co.uk/news. on to other news, and the taliban has abruptly ordered girls' secondary schools in afghanistan to remain closed on the day they were due to re—open. many had been shut since last august, when the taliban retook control of the country. a spokesman says more time's needed to decide what uniforms female students should wear. our correspondent, secunder kermani, has more from kabul. dusting the desks. the morning began full of smiles and hope. for these students in the west of kabul, returning to school felt particularly poignant. last year, more than 90 were killed here in an attack by the local branch of the islamic state group. we want to be su

our correspondent leigh milner has been looking at this.ountry and just leaving their homes. 3.5 million have been forced to leave the country. we have not seen seen for this in europe since the second world war and it is important to remember that before these people became refugees they were bookkeepers, accountants, shop workers who are now having to leave everything behind. one of those who made it to poland is oxide who made it to poland is oxide who lived and worked in the city in the south of ukraine but after days of constant shelling she had to leave. we did not have _ shelling she had to leave. we did not have a bombproof shelter_ did not have a bombproof shelter so we had to hide in a seller, — shelter so we had to hide in a seller, in_ shelter so we had to hide in a seller, in a _ shelter so we had to hide in a seller, in a shed where we kept potatoes— seller, in a shed where we kept potatoes so it is actually not a safe — potatoes so it is actually not a safe space to hide and we spent — a safe space to hide and we spent much t

with me is our reporter leigh milner. what does this mean in practical terms?terms? basically if you have got _ practical terms? basically if you have got a _ practical terms? basically if you have got a visa - practical terms? basically if you have got a visa card - practical terms? basically if you have got a visa card orl you have got a visa card or mastercard it outside of russia it will no longer work inside of russia and if you got the card out of russia it will no longer work, vice a versa so it is as simple as that. anybody that crosses the border, they have cut you off. it is a combined attempt to isolate the economy as we have been seeing over the past couple of weeks. the country's main bank to make it more confusing, has said the complete opposite and said it has told locals not to worry, that banks will accept these cards, you will be able to use them at cash points and still be able to buy milk and bread, so it does make it a bit confusing. we have not been told that by visa or mastercard just yet. we have been told by the visa boss alfred kelly i

heading from london to leigh—on—sea by train for what the prosecution says was a terrorist assassinationbefore settling on a sir david amess as his target. screen grabs left on his phone show he had booked an appointment and it said, "i don't think i'll take too long, thanks." the appointment was at belfairs methodist church were in a room beside the altar the prosecution says he said sorry and then stabbed sir david amess to death. yvonne yves who was also waiting to see the mp dialled 999. emergency. police, please, quick now. a man is wielding a knife and he threatened me. they say he's killed david amess at belfairs methodist church. he wants to get shot, apparently. he wants to be a hero. he wants the police to come and shoot him. who, the person with the knife? yes. — he is wielding the knife now. he says if we go near him, he will stab us. the prosecution says thatjust before the attack ali harbi ali messaged family and friends on whatsapp saying he'd done it for the sake of allah. he denies murder and preparing a terrorist act. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. the ti

. >> leigh anne that fix is a historian and political scientist, as well as resident fellow at the german marshal fund. she joins me from buffalo, new york, for the second time too bec when we spoke last, it was about a piece you wrote in foreign affairs headline, what if putin wins? well, there is a new piece headlined what if russia loses? what would russia losing look like? >> thanks so much for having me again. my colleague and i, we tried to think through what the situation looks like right now for russia. and we argue putin made a strategic blunder because he underestimated the international response, the ukrainian resistance, but also the russian population and the public. uh, russian laws could look -- could take different forms. we could see, first, some attempt of occupation of ukraine which would be very costly and perhaps could lead after a couple years to withdrawal. but we could also see pockets and parts of ukraine that remain under ukrainian control and would be leading ukrainian insurgency against russian occupation, which would be very costly. so, an entire militarily of

university of pennsylvania athlete leigh thomas is the first openly trans ncaa swimming champion.hort of tracking katie la decky's time. afterwards had this to say about not letting critics derail her success. >> i try to ignore it as much as i can and focus on my swimming, what i need to do to get ready for my races and just try to block out everything else. >> also, new details coming out about the fourth day of the trial of four men accused of trying to kidnap gretchen whitmer. on thursday, jurors reported that in the tapes says he wants to tie the governor up on a table. the trial do last a month. >> back now to ukraine and the refugee crisis hitting poland's border cities. struggling to keep up with this huge flow of migrants. an estimated 1.8 million ukrainians have come to poland over the last few weeks. our allison barber on the ground is capturing all of it. talking with ukrainians in all eight border crossings between ukraine and poland. on their experienced fleeing everything they know to find refuge in a new country. war destroying their homes. here's what she saw. >>

. >> leigh ann caldwell, thank you for that reporting. we mentioned, of course, that white house press secretary jen psaki was holding her briefing, a q&a wip with reporters and apparently told them that the president's remarks on vladimir putin being a war criminal speak for themselves. i think we want to listen in for a half second here. >> so s-300s are anti-aircraft systems. we are providing stingers, also anti-aircraft systems. there are a range of anti-aircraft systems that different countries have around the world. so as i noted, i know that president zelenskyy called out specifically s-300s and while i'm not going to get into specifics for security, we're work for soviet or russian anti-aircraft systems which is what that is. what we're talking about is how to provide them a rang of anti-aircraft systems that will help them do exactly what they've been doing to shoot down planes and part of what the president announced today was additional stingers that serve exactly that purpose. >> given a much longer range than the stingers, is

but the same thing, they're leaving home, leigh family behind, and trying to find an opportunity.rything is an unknown for them. they don't know where they're going to wake up tomorrow, where they're going to sleep tomorrow. it is a very tough situation. just an hour ago, a train from kyiv arrived in this station. we had to opportunity to talk to some of the women and the children who just arrived and it's so hard for them to talk about what's happening in kyiv, their own city. it was very touching and moving to see these families and speak to them. >> and julio, i was watching your extraordinary reporting on telemundo where you talk about how difficult it is for mothers to smile when they are arriving in poland and they have no idea of what their future looks like, but they're doing that smiling, because their children continue to smile with hope. >> that's right, jose. that's probably one of the most incredible parts of this story. the strength of the ukrainian people. from the people who have stayed and the people who have fleed, to try to find an opportunity of their own count

that her hair is done with so if you look at it from a certain angle what you can actually see is a v leighiller took a very funny series of photographs showing the only functioning hair salon in paris around this time. where you have french women under the hairdryers, dryers, you know these big hoods. and then down in the basement. you have two french cyclists on a tandem powering them. so fantastic, so i mean she fashion was very important now in her photography of dachau there is an image, which i haven't shown today, but there is an image where a german girl amongst the german civilians who have been forced to view conditions in dachau. is defiantly wearing and german national costume yeah, that's right. so, you know again in this case. this german girl is using dress costume to send a visual message. and interaction between costume and presentation and protest is of you know, very very interesting one. it's got a very long history. but you know if you look at the sort of peace and protests the anti-nuclear protests c&d protests in london in the 1980s you have this incredible creative i