representative to the united nations, linda thomas-greenfield. by way of intr mr. coulibaly: and sworn in on february 24 of last year. linda thomas-greenfield is one of the most distinguished and experienced u.s. diplomats with over 35 years in the foreign service. prior to the united nations, she had senior positions at the department of state, including serving as assistant secretary of african affairs from 2013 till 2017. and her distinguished foreign service career includes ambassadorship to liberia and postings in switzerland, pakistan, kenya, india, nigeria, and jamaica. after retiring from the state department, she led the africa practice bridge group and was distinguished fellow in african studies at the institute for diplomacy at georgetown university. she is the recipient of several awards including the hubbard humphrey public leadership award. the bishop john t distinguished humanitarian service award and the walter christopher award for outstanding achievement in global affairs. she is often referred to as the people's ambassador and is renowned for her

. >> next, linda thomas-greenfield on her role as u.s. ambassador to the united nations while the war in ukraine continues. she also talks about the un's response to the ongoing crisis. this is a conversation with the brookings institution. >> thank you for joining us on the state of international cooperation. the vice president of the global economy and developing program at brookings. it is a privilege and great honor to welcome the u.s. representative to the united nations, linda thomas-greenfield. by way of introduction, she is the 31st u.s. ambassador to the u.n.. she was nominated by president biden in january of last year. and confirmed the following month by the senate with overwhelming bipartisan support. mr. coulibaly: and sworn in on february 24 of last year. linda thomas-greenfield is one of the most distinguished and experienced u.s. diplomats with over 35 years in the foreign service. prior to the united nations, she had senior positions at the department of state, including serving as assistant secretary of african affairs

laura: ambassador linda thomas-greenfield, thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you.s great tbe here with you. laura: that's the diplomatic side of things. for more on what life is like inde ukraine, i have been talkinto our correspondent was st returned to kyiv. what is it like for you being back in kyiv? how has the atmosphere changed since you were there a few weeks ago? >> it has changed markedly since i was last year. back in mid-march. the atmosphere is a lot better. it's a lot more relaxed. e's less of a sense that perhaps we could end up being shelled, which was very much the case when we were here back at the beginning of the war. and there's a sense that the city has relaxed a little bit, i suppose. but there are still fears that the pullback from the russian troops, back to russia or back to belarus, that it may just be a temporary thing and they may end up shelling the city potentially at some point in the future, from longer ranges. there is also the fear of course of another tack -- another attack after they regroup. but the suggestion seems to be that t

ambassador to the united nations, ambassador linda thomas-greenfield.m delighted to be here. >> this proposal. it will be introduced today by lichtenstein, verifying their use of veto. what's the likelihood of this advancing, but more so, would this have a real effect on actions of the ukraine or largely symbolic ones? >> it's more than symbolic, for sure. i expect it will succeed. part of many efforts towards security council reform and it will require that the five permanent members who had this extraordinary power to veto explain their vetoes to the general membership. and we do support it because we think it's an important part of what we do as security council members. we're representing many others and using this veto power and we are ready to explain when we use it and we think the russians why they think they're using their veto power in the security council. we'll be watching this vote in the coming hours and we do expect that it will succeed. >> the trouble is russia is so willing to lie shamelessly about the war here. this goes back. it block

this is going to take 2 thirds majority vote by the united nations and linda thomas greenfield, the us ambassador to be when said that this is something that they want to vote on this week. so a lot to watch, i think coming up in the coming days. okay. we will be keeping an eye on that for you. rachel, risen from the atlanta council. i want to thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us. thank you. and falling at those discoveries in a butcher, germany has declared 40 officials at the russian embassy in berlin to be, quote, undesirable persons effectively expelling them from the country. france is also expelling a number of russian diplomats, german foreign minister and atlanta burbock, that her country would also boost its support for ukraine's armed forces and tightened economic sanctions against russia. he built a 2nd invoking in his county images of the past weekend have once again highlighted a new, brutal dimension of this war with the most serious war crimes and crimes against humanity. and that is why i made it clear over the weekend that we must not only close the r

this is going to take 2 thirds majority vote by the united nations and linda thomas greenfield, the us ambassador to be when said that this is something that they want to vote on this week. so a lot to watch, i think coming up in the coming days. okay. we will be keeping an eye on that for you. rachel, risen from the atlanta council. i wanna thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us. and those discoveries in which i have prompted germany to expel 40 russian diplomats, france and lithuania, have announced similar moves with german foreign minister, and a bare box at her country would also boost its support for ukraine's armed forces and titan economic sanctions against russia. berlin is shocked by the images of russia's attack on boucher germany's foreign minister spoke of crimes against humanity that will be countered with immediate weapons supplies to keith anthony. not to get in touch with the van will you will strengthen our support for ukraine's defense. i admire boucher and mary you poor have shown us this is a life or death situation for millions of ukrainians. my me

ambassador to the united nation linda thomas greenfield who i had the honor of having, not only givethe first black woman to lead a major cable network. there were many prominent people, attorney ben crump and dr. dyson and pete buttigieg and others. the main thing was the action coming out of it. we are going to hit this country on the ground, around voting rights, we are going to hit this country on the ground around economic accountability in the nba and the nfl. and we are going to hit this country hard on police reform and public safety. not choosing one or the other but dealing with both in an aggressive manner. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. bleeding g, try saying hello gumwash with parodontax active gum health. it kills 99% of plaque bacteria and forms an antibacterial shield. try parodontax active gum health mouthwash. what happens when performance... meets power? you try crazy things... ...because you're crazy... ...and you like it. you get bigger... ...badder... ...faster. ♪ you can never have too much of a good thing... and power is a very good thing. ♪ xfinity

linda thomas greenfield says it's a farce.lled human rights. >> the images out of bucha and devastation across ukraine require us now to match our words with action. we cannot let a member state that is subverting every principle we hold dear to continue to sit on the u.n. human rights council. russia should not have a position of authority in that body. >> it's quite conceivable, given that the condemnation, they were able to get a large vote in the general assembly. it's conceivable they can get to two-thirds in the general assembly to kick russia or suspend russia from this human rights council. but does it matter? vladimir putin being called a pariah or outlier again discipline it matter unless somehow the united states could get china and india to join the condemnation? >> and china has been particularly resistant to any sort of punishment of russia. in fact, they in some ways have rallied to their defense. not in the way that i think vladimir putin would probably like, but that is one of the open questions here. and we w

judy: ambassador linda thomas-greenfield, the u.s.sador to the united nations, thank you very much. >> thank you very much. it was great to be here with you. stephanie: we will return to the full program after the latest headlines. the u.s. senate moved ahead wit debating the nomination of catania brown jackson to the supreme court. her confirmation as the first black female justice is now assured with three republicans joining all 50 democrats in support. a final vote could come thursday. the senate hit a snag today on a bipartisan agreement for $10 billion in pandemic relief. republicans blocked consideration of the bill. they said they first want a vote to bar president biden from ending title 42, the pandemic-era poly of expelling asylum-seekers. party leaders spoke earlier at separate briefings. >> i think we will have to have an amendment on title 42 in order to move the bill. there are several other amendments we are going to want to offer, so we need to enter into some sort oagreement to process these amendments in order to go

linda thomas-greenfield. she is going to try to get the u.n.e human rights council. it is described as a temporary suspension. you have 193 members. 2/3 vote is the majority in this case to get russia removed. michael allen i think told us earlier this hour saying what were they doing on the human rights council to begin with? mark green from tennessee said something similar to us. so they will take the vote and see what the u.n. can do. an excellent question. up until about 20 years ago the u.n. known as the blue helmets would go into international conflicts and try to keep the peace. the u.n. in that role pretty much disappeared when things got really bad in afghanistan and really bad in iraq. i would argue we have not seen them intervene in international conflicts of note over the past two decades. your question was, what good is the u.n. today in a matter like russia and ukraine after we have seen such merciless violence throughout that country? >> dana: let's hear them try to make their case here. >> thank you very much, dear madam. mr. at

the un dreams not only zelensky post usa won linda thomas greenfields laments that it is really impossibles, no matter how hard washington tries and accuses russia of kidnapping people who were actually evacuated from the war zone. mayor doctors, religious leaders are kidnapped journalists and all who dare to resist russian aggression, some of them according to reliable reports. including from the city council of mariupol sent to the so-called filtration camps, where russian forces reportedly force 10,000 ukrainians to move to russia in filtration camps, the us ambassador knowingly allowing this forgery calls the search for swastikas on the body, which goes through all ukrainian men who refuse to fight with russians the fact is that under the guise of civilians. at in particular, maryupol, they are trying to leave the full-cists from the battalion. azov linda grinn, however, did not say anything about the executions of russian soldiers, which are arranged not only by the azov people, but also by regular ukrainian military personnel. and ukraine, from april 1, prisoners in ukraine were allo

plans to work hard to remove russia from the council united nations human rights commissioner linda thomas greenfieldt representative to the organization, said this will be put to a vote at the un general assembly the united states believes that they will be able to vote on this proposal today life and death under russian occupation, the russian-controlled suburbs of kiev had just been liberated by the ukrainian army for weeks. we went there to see for ourselves the first evidence of russia's horrendous crimes. look where we are here it seems, russian military vehicles are parked. all along this road is very close to the residences of power. here they tell us that more than 400 people were killed the times analyzed new satellite images that were taken on march 19, when russia was still occupying buchu, the publication claims that they bodies lying on the street in satellite imagery, 40 foot trench ukrainians. they say it's a huge grave. we were led to a wooded area, not far from the power bucci. they led us to what looks like a grave hastily dug out of magic encefact, the ukrainian ministry of intern

unconscionable war is having on the world's most vulnerable us ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas greenfield, linked to russia's actions to you in ukraine to humans, crippling hunger crisis. at the same time, she praised saudi arabia and the united arab emirates for their humanitarian support to the country. though not mentioning that re ads, ongoing bombing campaign had allegedly targeted on purpose, food production sites and vitals. civilian infrastructure for more than 7 years. currently, up to 19000000 people in yemen are classified as food and secure and even more are in need of humanitarian assistance. with 3500000 women and children suffering from acute malnutrition. russia responded to the charges during the un session, claiming us sanctions have damage the supply chain and cause global food shortages . the main factor for instability and the source of the problem today is not the russian special military operation in ukraine. but sanctions, measures imposed on our country seeking to cut off any supplies from russia and the supply chain apart from those supplies that those countries

president of ukraine was supported by the permanent representative from the united states linda thomas greenfieldshe said that due to russia's actions on the territory of ukraine, the states would initiate a procedure in the near future to remove e to suspend russia's membership in the un human rights council . let's listen to a snippet of her speech. it can cover up russia's aggression by suspending the membership of the russian federation in the hrc - this is what we all collectively have the right to do at the general assembly. our voices can really make a difference russia's participation in the human rights council damages the council's credibility. it undermines the whole organization of the united nations. russian permanent representative vasily nebenzin spoke in the security council, about 15 minutes ago his speech ended. and named e. he named these accusations of russia in war crimes as a provocation, and he directly addressed the president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky. let's hear what the nebenzya said. we leave on your conscience without evidence indiscriminate accusations, uh, agains

the un is not only dreaming of zelensky us envoy linda thomas greenfield laments that it is really impossible to do this, no matter how hard washington tries and accuses russia of kidnapping people who were actually evacuated from the war zone. mayors, doctors, religious leaders, journalists and anyone who dares to resist russian aggression are kidnapped. some of them according to reliable reports. including from the city council of mariupol sent to the so-called filtration camps, where russian forces reportedly force 10,000 ukrainians to move to russia. the us, knowingly allowing this forgery, calls the search for swastikas on the body, which goes through all ukrainian men who refuse to fight the russians . that under the guise of peaceful. in particular, the neo-nazis from the battalion are trying to leave maryupol. azov linda green did not say anything about the executions of russian soldiers who suit not only the azov people, but also the professional ukrainian military. from april 1, prisoners in ukraine were allowed to be kept in jails and specially created camps. this law of ukraine pr

linda thomas greenfield, linked russia's actions in ukraine. the humans, dia, hunger crisis. the diplomats went on to praise saudi arabia and the united arab emirates for their humanitarian assistance. the country while failing to bench roads ongoing bombing campaign that is allegedly debris, deliberately targeted food production sites and vital civilian infrastructure for more than 7 years. you haven't feel crisis and its consequences have been ongoing for years, despite humanitarian assistance, up to 19000000 in the country all food insecure. with 1300000 pregnant or breastfeeding women. and 2200000 children to 5 required treatment for acute malnutrition or russia head back out. those charges during the un session, claiming was american sanctions harming the supply chain and causing global food shortages. the main factor for instability and the source of the problem today is not the russian special military operation in ukraine. but sanctions, measures imposed on our country seeking to cut off any supplies from russia and the supply chain. apart from those supplies that tho

. >> that was cnn with the ambassador linda thomas greenfield.kers are speaking outside the box. the wild house opens doors to war refugees. >> this is our photo studio and now it is still shelter. >> reporter: when bombs started falling on her country, the 29-year-old knew she had to act. >> one day, february of 24th of february, we woke up and we understand this war is coming. >> reporter: everything changed? >> everything changed. >> reporter: she and her friends founded what may be lviv's collected shelter. in a building she calls "the wild house." upstairs a performance space. all of it used to shelter v evacuees when the war began. we decided of what we can do. oh, we have place and we understand that a lot of people like our friends start to come to lviv and they need a place to stay. next day we take things that we can take from our place like pillows, like medicines and food. they provided housing for more than 300 people. >> there is as big table. you can take some tea, coffee and everything is free. >> reporter: now evacuees live here.

unjust unconscionable war as having on the world's most vulnerable us. ambassador to the un linda thomas greenfield, linked bushes, actions, and ukraine. humans dire hunger crisis. the diplomats went on to praise saudi arabia and the united arab emirates for the humanitarian assistance of the country . while failing to mention ads, ongoing bombing campaign that, that allegedly deliberately targeted food production site and vital civilian infrastructure. the more than 7 years the human food crisis and consequences have been ongoing for years now. and despite humanitarian assistance, up to 19000000 people in the country off food insecure with 1300000 pregnant or breastfeeding women, and 2200000 children under 5 require treatments for acute malnutrition. russia responded to the charges during the un session, claiming was american sanctions harming the supply chain and causing global food shortages. the main factor for instability and the source of the problem today is not the russian special military operation in ukraine. but sanctions, measures imposed on our country seeking to cut off any supplies f

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ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas-greenfield announced a push to have russia removed mr. the u.s. human rights council. >> we cannot let a member state that is subverting every principle we hold dear to continue to sit on the u.n. human rights council. russia should not have a position of authority in that body. >> it's images like this from bucha triggering that move by the united states. cnn's teams saw this with their own eyes. horrifying images, the dead strewn in body bags in that mass grave. we also have new satellite images that appear to show mass graves dug in the grounds of a church in bucha. let me show you where bucha is on the map. so close to kyiv right there, just to the northwest of the central part of the city. we had other activity overnight we want to tell you about right now, an air strike, ukrainians said, in the port city of odesa following a russian oil strike on an oil refinery and fuel depot. in mykolaiv, the mayor says missile strikes there killed one and injured five. >>> we want to return to bucha where fred pleitgen and his team have been on t

ambassador irma linda thomas-greenfield introduced that proposal in the wake of accusations of russianops tortured and killed, >> we saw landmines and booby-traps left behind by biden putin's forces to injure more civilians after russia failed in its objectives and withdrew. i shudder to think what we will find in other towns across ukraine. >> however, beijing predictably reject the notion that moscow should be effectively shown the door and booted off the hrc. despite all the evidence. >> [speaking in chinese] mandarin] speaker it'll aggravate the division between member states between the parties concerned. adding fuel to the fire, and even less so to advance in the conference. >> russian officials called the suspension "an illegitimate and politically motivated step with the aim of demonstrably punishing a sovereign member state." shannon? >> shannon: we'll see you again. thank you very much. >> you bet. >> shannon: let's discuss the significance of thursday's historic action by the u.n. and what russia may be plotting next. we bring in former foreign policy advisor of president ob

ambassador to the united nations and linda thomas greenfield and her sobering address, and before that, ukraine's president zelenskyy also delivered an impassioned speech to world leaders. one day after he traveled himself to bucha, the site where ukraine said russian forces tortured and killed hundreds of civilians. the ukrainian leader accuses russia of now trying to cover up war crimes and he's calling for the harshest possible sanctions against moscow. >> as a result of russia's actions in our country, in ukraine, the most terrible war crimes of all times, we see since the end of world war ii and they are being committed. russian troops are deliberately destroying ukrainian cities to ashes with artillery and air strikes. they are deliberately blocking, creating mass starvation and then shoot civilians on the road trying to escape the territory of hostilities, deliberately blow up shelters where civilians hide from air strikes. >> this address coming as the world has seen horrifying evidence of massacres at the hands of russian forces. zelenskyy warns of worse atrocities that have y

ambassador to the united nations linda thomas-greenfield said, the u.s. plans to try to suspend russia from its seat on the u.s. take human rights council. both france and germany are expelling dozens of russian diplomats from their countries. germany's president is now said, it was clearly a mistake for his country to have pushed for the completion of the nord stream 2 national gas pipeline. from russia. but we've not seen the big shoe drop. that country stopping the import of russian oil outright and while we're expecting more strong sanctions from the eu, the uk and the u.s.. the question remains, what else can be done? in the face of the atrocities? of which the entire world is now where. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said these sanctions alone are not enough, but many worry that the options beyond sanctions particularly the military options could escalate this crisis further, and that direct military intervention of any kind could risk the possibility of a nuclear war. so the west has to figure out how to stop putin without starting an even

. >> ambassador linda thomas-greenfield. she said russia is being isolated. is that enough? >> it is not enough. we are calling to recognize russia as a terrorist state. and working with our president and head of staff and american diplomats, ambassador to moscow. we have prepared a road map, action plan to impose stronger sanctions on russia and avoid the loopholes. one is to recognize russia as a terrorist state. the blockage of transactions. it is a much more difficult way for russia to earn money and spend money. less money for army to kill ukrainians. this paper will be presented today in kyiv. a i think sanctions is one of the main instruments. sanctions and weapons. . >> we are seeing both ukrainians and the u.s. and others preparing for an even bloodier phase in eastern crain. now we see an urgent effort to get artillery there. do ukrainian force versus enough in the east to hold off the russian advance as they did around kyiv? >> you know, it's a situation when we need as much weapons as possible. it's never enough. and i recall one of the statements of president ze

you have been listening to linda thomas greenfield. tony blinken will arrive here today, with meetings on how to punish vladimir puti atrociies in ukraine. this is after president zelenskyy details what he called genocide in bucha, over russia's objections. >> i'm addressing you on behalf of people who honored the memory of the deceased every day, in the memory of the civilians who died, who were shot and killed in the back of their head after being tortured. some of them were shot on the streets. others were thrown into the wells. so, they died their in suffering. they were killed in their apartments, houses, blowing up grenades. civilians were crushed by tanks while sitting in their cars in the middle of the road. just for their pleasure. >> secretary of state blinken will lead the diplomatic efforts here in europe, joint chiefs chairman, mark milley are briefing congress for efforts to arm ukraine, for what intelligence officials are saying is going to be months of war. >> you're seeing forces that are optimized to fight in rural, w

guy: linda thomas-greenfield, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations is speaking.ll bring you the headlines as we hear what she has to say. what's next for the united states. a reaction from the european union. what's next in washington. >> they say they will -- we will see more sanctions. the president's national security advisor said they were consulting with european allies. so potentially it will be similar, mirror image of what we are seeing out of the european union. the big headline was coal and that's not no effect the united states, but they are tightening screws on some of the banks, right now vtb for europe was just d swift did. potentially there are more loopholes and of course overnight we had news at treasury making it much more difficult and complicated for russia. >> is there a sense at all that what the west

linda thomas-greenfield. that's at 12:00 eastern here on msnbc on that general assembly vote, an historic vote against russia that is right now in progress. and weapons, weapons, weapons. that is what ukraine's foreign minister wants to talk about at today's nato meeting. we'll get to that in a moment. the underdefense secretary -- the former underdefense secretary will join us next. we are live in brussels, only on msnbc. y on msnbc. [copy machine printing] ♪ ♪ who would've thought printing... could lead to growing trees. ♪ your home... for adventure. your home... for romance. your home for big savings. [ laughs ] hey, mom, have you seen m-- ew. because when you bundle home and auto with progressive, your home is a savings paradise. bundles progressive. your home for savings. >>> two weeks ago it was enough to say what will be given. today it's more important to know when it will be given. and this is something that allies have to sort out and find appropriate solutions. >> that is ukraine's foreign minister

and will linda thomas-greenfield -- will monsanto be into this mess of cancer treatments that exacerbated by this, there was something about the comparison. as a historian and as a writer, how did they put the condition for access to shape this book? >> destroyed a trip to germany, i had bought a share of their stock, they ended up buying monsanto in 2018. baer is the face of monsanto. independent of the germans specifically there so the end of the story, this certain irony that the germans are in control, consume the liabilities of monsanto might have consumed a poison pill, their stock plummeted in recent years as a result of this merger. to some degree, that never came to be. it would be a better book for it. i still remember it, hunkered down in my bathroom, don't know what time of day it was but hunkered down watching the shareholders meeting, all the history in the book was popping out of the shareholders meeting, shareholders asking about ecbs in dealing with these liabilities. this history is still ongoing away and i am waiting to see what the end of it is going to be. we will see

linda thomas-greenfield saying that russia is forcing deportations and using, quote, filtration campsese camps since the beginning of the invasion and has also gotten evidence of forced deportations. is this another war crime to add to the growing list of war crime? >> it certainly is. and there is the greatest war crime of all, which is the siege tactics, the bombardment tactics being practiced especially on mariupol where people are being murdered with bombs, civilians are being murdered with bombs. but also they are being starved to death, they're being deprived of water, they are being deprived of medicines. this is like a war crime going on in the face of the entire world. >> you know, the u.s. continues to offer resources and weapons to ukraine amid this conflict. the latest is a tank-killing drone. it's called a switch blade 600, which we're going to put up here in a second. if the administration is willing to give these drones, what else could the u.s. be willing to do? >> i think we've seen some decisions in the last several weeks, good decisions to help ukraine get antiaircr

you in ambassador linda thomas-greenfield called it one collective step in the right direction. bring in our colleague -- nbc's ali arouzi in lviv. ali, ukrainians don't care much about a collective step from the un. what do they care about tonight? >> they care about weapons, and getting armaments to fight the russians. they know exactly what they need. you speak to man, woman, or child, they know they need weapons, weapons, weapons. in part that is because i hang onto every word that walensky says. he makes a video message every night and you hear it from them in the next day. close the skies, give us air defense systems, give us thanks to fight the russians. so that our cities do not turn into bucha or mariupol. i spoke to one woman who escaped booted two weeks ago. she escaped horrific scenes there. and that is exactly what she told us. let's take a listen to what she had to say. >> every day you wait it's procrastination. people die every day. thousands die every day. we still wait for weapons. we needed them yesterday. so, let the west hurry up. let them help us at least w

after the vote, the american ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas-greenfield, said this. >> they are wondering if we are a platform for propaganda. and a safe haven for human rights abusers. or if we are prepared to live up to our highest ideals enshrines in the un charter. today, the international community took one collective step in the right direction. >> two weeks ago, french president emmanuel macron publicly objected to president biden saying that vladimir putin had committed war crimes, because president macron was still then trying to negotiate a cease-fire with vladimir putin and was still trying to remain publicly within the confines of diplomatic language. this week, after the evidence of russian massacres of civilians and ukraine was presented to the united nations, a french delegation to the united nations has completely abandoned diplomatic language in dealing with russia. here is the french ambassador to the united nations today. >> [interpreter] in adopting this resolution, the general assembly is sending a clear message to the russian federation. its action

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linda thomas-greenfield again called for russia to be suspended from the council, saying that clear ware not only horrors being carried out by vladimir putin's forces. she says they are credible reports of ukrainians being sent to so-called filtration camps where families are separated, their passports, i.d.s and phones are taken away. so, we're going to continue to monitor those situations happening in ukraine. and what comes of that call today for russia to be kicked out of the u.n. human rights council. >>> in the meantime, let's go back to the white house, because any moment now, we expect to hear from president biden, along with former president obama. in president obama's first visit back to the white house since he left office back in 2017 when he, you know, gave the hands-off to president trump at the time. and obviously, president biden was his vice president. the two are friends. we're told they had lunch today, as he came back to the white house. and today's event, phil mattingly, is all about highlighting successes related to obamacare. which, obviously, was major legislatio

. >> next, linda thomas-greenfield on her role as u.s.s while the war in ukraine continues. she also talks about the un's response to the ongoing crisis. this is a conversation with the brookings institution. >> thank you for joining us on the state of international cooperation. the vice president of t

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i oke a short time ago with linda thomas-greenfield, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations.adam ambassador, thank you so much for joining us. i want to start by asking if you think the atrocities that we have seen in ukraine now that russian troops have repositioned themselves changed the responsibility of the west, of the united states, of the united >> it certainly has changed us a great deal. once wsaw the pictures of those atrocities, it became clear to us that the first action we needed to take among many is to get russia suspended from the human rights council. it cannot present itself to the world as a country that respects human rights and then carry out the kinds of atrocities and war crimes that they have carried out in ukraine. as you may hav heard, our inntion is to ask for a vote in the general assembly this week, calling r the suspension of russia from the human rights council. judy: with all due respect, is there reason to believe removing them from the human rights council will have any effect at all ovladimir putin? he is enduring sanctions. his country has

you and ambassador linda thomas-greenfield called her one collective step in the right direction.viv. ukrainians don't care much about a collective step at the un. what do they care about tonight? >> hi, stephanie. they care about getting weapons, and getting armaments to fight the russians and i know exactly what they need. you speak to man, woman or child, they know in the country and they need weapons, weapons, weapons. and in part that's because they hang onto every word that zelenskyy says. he makes a video message every night and you hear it the next day. close the skies, give us airplanes, give us air defenses storms. give us thanks to fight the russians, so our cities are not turned into mariupol, don't turn into bucha. spoke to one woman who escaped bucha two weeks ago. she escaped horrific scenes there. and that is exactly what she told us. let's take a listen to what she had to say. >> every day you wait procrastination. people die every they. thousands die every day. we needed the weapons yesterday. so, let the west hurry up. and let them help us at least with weapons,

ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas greenfield, detailed more atrocities, this time in thet city of mariupol. >> some of them according to credible reports including by the mariupol city council has been taken to so-called filtration camps where russian forces are making tens of thousands of sieve yans relocate to russia. i do not need to spell out what these so-called filtration camps are reminiscent of. it's chilling and we cannot look away. >> in light of horrific reports coming out of ukraine, there's a new push to punish putin and russia. the e.e. is proposing a ban on imports of coal from russia and pledging to curb imports of russian oil. e.u. countries are also expelling more than 100 russian diplomats in just the last few days while the u.s. moves to further restrict russia's access to the dollar. that was yesterday. resources tell nbc news that the biden administration will unveil a new traunch of sanctions against the russian government and businesses tomorrow. all this as we're still learning the true extent of exactly what happened in bucha. around 3700 people