you live to a hearing taking a look at global food security, usaid administrator powers and linda thomas greenfield are testifying before the senate foreign relations committee. we'll join this hearing in progress.

ambassador to the united nations linda thomas greenfield and samantha power testify on the global food crisis. they touch on several factors, including brought and the -- drught and the global pandemic, that affect the food crisis. also appearing before the committee is david beasley, the executive director for the world food program. the senate foreign relations committee hearing runs two hours.

ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas-greenfield, and usaid administrator some at the powerestifying on the global food security crisis. they touch on several factors, including droughts on the covid-19 pandemic that contbu

interesting the details were revealed now by the ambassador of the united states to the un, linda thomas greenfieldd she said that during these negotiations, everything took place under the auspices of the united nations, that is, not just any there were no agreements between washington and moscow , and there were not even informal talks or contacts at all, that is, all that was happening was precisely the agreements under the auspices of the un, there were not even any calls between washington and moscow. this was the principled position of the biden administration. well, you and i understand when it comes to we still need to make some formal concessions, what kind of concessions are these, the deputy state secretary for political affairs is with us now, and victoria nuland, whom we in ukraine are good at we know who knows ukraine well. well, here she explained some interesting things. i will tell you about it too. she said that washington went to certain relaxations of food exports for russia itself . and here i have to quote, she said that russia complained that it could not export its food. fer

discussion, among others, and the permanent representative of the united states of america, linda thomas greenfield and deputy secretary of state victoria nuland tomorrow first lady olena zelenska will speak in the us congress at the invitation of the speaker of the house of representatives nancy polos , meanwhile the minister of defense of ukraine oleksiy reznikov this day took part in a virtual discussion at the washington center atlantic council, where he shared his definition of victory and what help kyiv needs for this, according to the ukrainian minister, russia should return all captured territories, including crimea, the urgent needs of the ukrainian military and the course of the war, minister reznikov discussed by phone with the head of the pentagon, lloyd austin, the conversation took place on the eve of the regular meeting of the contact group on defense support of ukraine rammstein 4 more about expectations from this meetings, as well as washington's reaction to the dismissal of the prosecutor general of ukraine iryna venediktova and the head of the sbu ivan bakanov, we will talk with

postponed until today, they were canceled, well , the united states ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfield, said that russia intends to dismantle ukraine and completely erase it from the world map. this is what she said to the un security council. there are more and more signs that lay the groundwork for the attempted annexation of all eastern ukrainian regions, as well as the southern kherson and zaporozhye regions, with the aim of holding fictitious referendums or decrees on joining russia. let's move on to financial and economic issues, contact us vasyl furman, economist, deputy chairman of the council of the national bank of ukraine, vasyl, we congratulate you glory to ukraine, the national bank of ukraine has been actively mentioned in recent days by ukrainian citizens in connection with the decision not to actually show the numbers for the answer on the exchange boards , e.e., to allow all the national bank and its employees, in particular, to hate what happened. why was there such a fever, so to speak? well, thank you for the important question. that in recent days the hryvnia for s

i put that point to the us ambassador in the last 20 minutes or so linda thomas greenfield, and she said, the russian resolution is nothing it's, it's not good enough and we've got to find some sort of compromise. so certainly the western nations many the other nations on the security council talking about further negotiations, the russians holding firm and saying our draft or nothing else. ok, thank you. they match our diplomatic editor james base. the g 20 meeting in indonesia has been dominated by tension between foreign ministers around russia's invasion of ukraine. moscow's top tip to match our glove all the brocks abruptly left the summits after being shunned by members. he asked to meet on the sidelines . jessica washington reports on this now from bali when russian soj lovegrove arrived at the t 20 foreign ministers meeting his hosting in each is read no more sooty, greeted him warmly. members of the media would not as welcoming i this gathering monks the 1st time g. 20 foreign ministers have met since russia invaded ukraine. and the war has dominated the meeting lever of accused

linda thomas greenfield stated that russia intends to dismantle ukraine and completely erase it from world map. this impression was made by the ambassador based on the conversation between the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and the us secretary of state anthony blinken, as you know, lavrov told blinken that pumping ukraine with us and nato weapons only continues the fire and the regime in kyiv , continuing conflicts, increasing losses, what do you think about these threats, what are they based on, is it just a bluff, or does putin really have some kind of trump card left in him if we talk about what trump is, then we all remember that russia is a nuclear power this week, including from a number of experts, there were opinions about the fact that russia can resort to e to point acts nuclear strikes, that is, this week the world has been talking about the nuclear threat for a new time, and competent military experts from around the world have said it. i don't remember exactly what this statement was from the british intelligence research institute, but a number of such statemen

you live to a hearing taking a look at global food security, usaid administrator powers and linda thomas greenfield are testifying before the senate foreign relations committee. we'll join this hearing in progress. ms. power: we're helping them withstand flood, droughts through emergency systems but also allowing them to grow their agriculture sectors against the odds. >> i'm over time. i'll yield back. thank you. >> thank you. senator murphy. senator murphy: thank you very much, mr. chairman. it's hard to categorize all the ways in which the russians are using starvation as a deliberate tactic not just in ukraine but around the world. i want to talk to you about the crisis in syria. you got about 12 million people who are food insecure, starving. that's an increase from last year. it's hard to believe. it's getting worse inside syria, not better. during the last several years we've of course gone from four crossings to bring humanitarian aid down to only one crossing and there's one reason for that and that's the russians' decisions to try to use starvation as a tool to benefit al assad. you were

ambassador to the united nations linda thomas greenfield and samantha power testify on the global foodcrisis. they touch on several factors, including brought and the -- drught and the global pandemic, that affect the food crisis. also appearing before the committee is david beasley, the executive director for the world food program. the senate foreign relations committee hearing runs two hours.

it's my privilege to welcome the united states ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas greenfield back to the committee. she leads efforts to advance efforts in pursuit of peace and security. ambassador thomas greenfield is a veteran diplomat having served the country for 45 years including as assistant secretary of state for africa can -- african affairs during which time she worked with many of the countries most impacted by the crisis today i feel appreciate our discussion and including the need for lifting the housing cap so we can attract the talent we need at the u.n. to meet the chooches russia and china. we're also joined by another formidable diplomat, usaid administrator, samantha power. she oversees the humanitarian efforts around the globe. she's had a robust public service career, previously serving as united states ambassador to the u.n. as well and on the national security council. we welcome you. our second panel of the day after this panel will welcome the executive director of the world food program, david beasley, who will be briefing the committee today, mr. be

ambassador to the united nations linda thomas greenfield, top usaid officials, and even the surgeon general session. we had a chance to see president biden surprised ukrainian first lady by dropping in on her arrival ceremony. president biden providing her with a bouquet of flowers as he tried to signal his solidarity as well as the ongoing u.s. efforts to help with the humanitarian crisis in ukraine. >> josh, thank you very much. and the house plans to vote this afternoon on a bill that would codify the right to same sex marriage nationwide. though the timing is a bit fluid the respect for marriage act would be a big deal and make same sex marriage legal nationwide under statute and bolster protections for the married couples. perhaps most importantly, it would repeal the defense of marriage act which is technically still on the books. all of this is just in case the now conservative supreme court reverses the 2015 decision legalizing same sex marriage, something justice clarence thomas said the court should consider. another bill guaranteeing access to contraception is set for vote later

i think the security council in a very difficult place, the us ambassador linda thomas greenfield saying in the security council chamber, this is a dark, dark day in the security council. she says it's a life and death issue. and tragically, people will die because of this vote, as i say, we still have some hours we have until sunday evening for some sort of resolution, but certainly the russian ambassador, adept ambassadors, talking extremely tough a life and death issue. indeed, sir. james, thank you. our tip america as a james base of you and there. thanks. now that g, 20 me to get in to nisha has been overshadowed by tensions around russia's invasion of ukraine. jessica washington report symbolic when russian soj lovegrove arrived at the t 20 foreign ministers meeting his hosting in each is read no more sooty, greeted him warmly. members of the media would not as welcoming i this gathering monks the 1st time g. 20 foreign ministers have met since russia invaded ukraine. and the war has dominated the meeting lever of accused his western counterparts of russia phobia and said they are

foreign relations committee examined earlier today in a hearing where samantha power and linda thomas greenfield testified. they spoke about the u.s. role in trying to avert this additional global tragedy resulting from russia's aggression and the task ahead. who could forget the horrors and shock in the eyes of the ukrainian children or the ukrainian women who had to be carried from a maternity war after the russians struck their hospital with a cruise missile. this is an every day reality for ukrainians, unspeakable, cruel military assaults, they demonstrate the indommible will to fight for their land and freedom. they do not give up and are an inspiration for the rest of the world. when mr. putin started the attack, he expected to seize the capital in 3 days, now it is almost day 150 as russia has had heavy losses, while towns have been flattened and occupied, in most of the country, the russian invaders barely advanced. in towns and cities the russians occupy, they have met heavy resistance and citizens who do not want to be a part of putin evil empire, despite efforts to indoctrinate ukrain