i'm anne-marie green. one week after invading ukraine, russian military forces are stepping up attacks in major cities. russia's defense ministry said it now has control of the port city of kherson. it has a population of about 250,000 people. if true, it would be the first big ukrainian city to fall. officials in ukraine say that they are still defending the area. a cbs news crew captured some explosions after finishing a report in kykyiv. charlie d'agata and his crew had just signed off when the blast happened yesterday. they're okay. meantime, the u.s. is sending more troops to europe to show support for nato. nearly 4,000 soldiers based in georgia had just one week to prepare before yesterday's deployment. >>> laura podesta is at the united nations following the very latest on all of this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. and after three days of discussion, the united nations general assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution demanding russia stop the attack. the u.n.'s attention

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i'm anne-marie green. we begin with breaking developments in the ongoing war between russia and ukraine. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says he's ready to discuss a peace deal. he says ukraine will not seek nato membership in exchange for a cease-fire, the withdrawal of russian troops, and a guarantee of ukraine security. he also repeated his call for direct talks with russian meantime president vladimir putin. meantime a video shows an attack on a shopping center in kyiv that killed at least eight people on sunday. russian officials claimed the building stored rockets and other weapons for ukrainian forces. elise preston is in new york follllowing the latest developments. >> good morning, anne-marie. nearly a month into its invasion, russian forces are continuing their air assault on major ukrainian cities despite making little progress on the ground. now there's concern russia may turn some attention to u.s. companies in response to crushing sanctions. the white house is warning that russia may

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anne-marie?> wow. laura podesta in new york. thank you so much. >>> in a huge move, president biden has announced a ban on russian oil imports which is expected to put a dent in russia's economy. but it's also expected to strain already record-high gas prices here in the u.s. ed o'keefe has a closer look at how you could be impacted. >>> we're banning all imports of russian oil and gas and energy. >> reporter: president biden's decision to target russia's energy sector is designed to deprive russian president vladimir putin of around $100 million in daily revenue. >> that means russian oil will no longer be acceptable at u.s. ports, and the american people will deal another powerful blow to putin's war machine. >> reporter: the move follows days of growing pressure to take action as the russian military atrocities mount. but it comes with a steep price. >> putin's war is already hurting american families at the gas pump. >> reporter: the national average hit $4.17 a gallon, a record high. in four

i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the russian invasion of ukraine entering its fourth week today as devastating attacks continue in one of most tragic instances to date. russia destroyed this theater in mariupol which was acting as a shelter. there's no word on the death toll, but hundreds were said to be there including children. this satellite image shows the words "children" written in russian outside of the theater before the bombing. that didn't stop it from being shelled. look at these satellite imimage showing a before and after look at apartment buildings and a church in the city of sumy. just total devastation. here's a look at a series of homes leveled in the same city. president biden has announced more aid for ukraine, and in his strongest words yet called vladimir putin a war criminal. laura podesta is in new york with the latest on all of this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. putin said during a speech yesterday that the operation was unfolding successfully, in strict a

i'm anne-marie green. president biden laid out his vision for the coming year addressing an anxious and concerned america during his state of the union last night. the russia/ukraine conflict took center stage as mr. biden said airspace will be closed to all russiaian flights. a poll found that 71% of speech watchers felt the administration's policies will be effective against russia. about eight in ten speech watchers approved of the address altogether. skyler henry is on capitol hill with more on how it went. good morning. >> reporter: good to see you. the state of the union is strong according to president biden who almost immediately in his address condemned russian president vladimir putin for the country's invasion into ukraine while also calling on americans to rally around ukraine. now the president's unity-based speech went further than just foreign policy obviously, also focusing more on what the president wants to do in terms of his domestic policy agenda. that includes urging congress to pass k

anne-marie? >> elise preston, thank you very much. >>> the house committee investigating the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol has voted to hold two former trump advisers in contempt of congress for they ongoing refusal to comply with subpoenas. the committee charges that former trade adviser peter navarro and former deputy chief of staff dan scavino have been uncooperative in its investigation. the criminal charges now goes to the full house for a vote. a referral would then be sent to the justice department, which has final say on prosecution. >>> and a ruling by a federal judge included some harsh words about former president trump. the judge said it is, quote, more likely than not mr. trump committed crimes in his attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election. the ruling ordered the release of more than 100 emails from trump adviser and attorney john eastman to the january 6th house committee. eastman was trying to withhold documents from the committee on the basis

i'm anne-marie green. we begin in ukraine where military forces still try to hold off russian troops after six days of rocket attacks. more than 70 were killed in the town of kyiv yesterday. russia appears to be getting closer to the capital of kyiv. new satellite images show a russian convoy that stretches about 40 miles approaching the city, but uk's intel says things have slowed because of logistical problems. the international criminal court will launch a possible investigation into crimes against humanity. it's forced hundreds of thousands to flee while the death toll keeps on climbing. natalie brand has the latest. >> reporter: sirens sounded in kyiv monday night as a massive russian mill torrey convoy moved within 17 miles. a defense official said they could surround kyiv within days, but that's still behind schedule. >> the russians have not oechbl experienced a stiff and determined resistance by ukrainians, but logistics problems of their own. >> reporter: the attacks did not slow after five hours

i'm anne-marie green. we're going to begin with a troubling development in the wart in ukraine. we're learning that a massive 40-mile convoy of russian tanks and vehicles appears to have dispersed and redeployed. in satellite images you can see vehicle tracks in the snow. mamany of the vehicles have mov to areas around kyiv including some being moved into forests and into firing positions. the question remains how long can ukraine's forces hold off russia which far outnumbers them. laura podesta is in new york with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, nearly western cities in ukraine showing a new direction in the war which has mostly been playing out in the east. this expansion of force could prove difficult for the called russia's refusal to allow evacuations outright terror. and president biden is expected to make a major announcement on trade with russia later today. likely raising tariffs on russian imports which w will rp up financial pressure on the kremlin. anne-marie? >> laura pode

i'm anne-marie green. president biden and other top intentions after it pledged to scale back some military operations in ukraine as a sign of goodwill while peace talks continue. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy agrees. he said that there is no reason nortrn ukrainesia's announcemen as russia keeps bombarding his country. those peace talks continue today in turkey. michael george is in new york with the latest developments. good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning. ukrainian and russian negotiators sat face to face for the first time on tuesday as the kremlin announced a major shift in russia's brutal invasion. but their claims are being met with skepticism. russia is pledging to drastically reduce its military activity around the ukrainian capital of kyiv. negotiators saying they want to build trust as peace talks continue in turkey. >> i don't read anything into it until i see what their actions are. >> repr: predent biden and other u.s.ff >> is wh russia sa and there is what russia do

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i'm anne-marie green. military forces in ukraine are under new attacks, and this is after russia claimed that it would scale back operations near the capital of kyiv. in his nightly address, president volodymyr zelenskyy said that his country's defense against the invasion is at a turning point, and he called for tanks, aircraft, and artillery systems. russia continued bombarding areas near kyiv yesterday, throwing doubt on a potential progress in the peace talks which continue tomorrow. bradley blackburn is in new york with the very latest. bradley, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there's another factor complicating those peace talks -- a growing sense that russia' information about what's happening with his own troops on the ground. the white house says senior advisers to russian president vladimir putin are afraid to tell him the truth about the war in ukraine. >> we believe that putin is being misinformed by his advisers about how badly the russian military is performing. >> reporter: official

anne-marie? >> laura podesta in new york. thank you. >>> be sure to stay tuned to cbs news later on this morning. we will bring you president zelenskyy's address as a a specl report. that is this morning at 9:00 a.m. >>> the white house says president biden will travel to europe next week to meet with nato allies about the war in ukraine. mr. biden will take part in a historic meeting on march 24th in brussels of all 30 nato countries. the white house says that the president will discuss the continuing response to the russian invasion and reaffirm the u.s. commitment to nato. canada announced that its prime minister, justin trudeau, will also be there. >>> the united nations now says more than three million people have fled ukraine since the invasion began. about half of them are children. millions are still trapped inside the war zone, including babies being born into a world of chaos. charlie d'agata has that story. >> reporter: the sound of new life below ground drowns out the air raid sirens

and at quarter to will have a final run through the papers, with the anthropologist mary-ann ochota, and the former editor of the daily star, don eastman. morning all, it is now more than two weeks into vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. new intelligence suggests that the bulk of russia's ground forces, are now just 15 and a half miles from the capital, kyiv. satellite imagery from the u.s. camp company maxar suggests that they are actually fire military through residential areas, as they move tanks through the ukrainian capital. all this, as president zelenskyy who suggested vladimir putin is advancing to a new stage of terror. accusing russian forces of kidnapping the mayor of the city of mariupol. >> the -- 25 kilometers, 15 and a half miles from the center of the capital. 's heavy fighting in the northwest of the city continues. it comes as the ukrainian foreign ministry accuses russian forces of violating international law. and kidnapping the mayor of melitopol, president zelenskyy says it vladimir putin is trying to enter into a new stage of terror. it also claims of the eff

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i'm anne-marie green. breaking overnight, a powerful tornado barrelled through the city of new orleans and its suburbs leaving at least one person dead. last night's tornado was seen touching down near chalmette. it caused damage in many areas battered by hurricane katrina in 2005. cars were flipped over, homes were leveled, and roofs blew apart. in saint bernard parish, one woman said her family took cover when they heard the twister coming. >> we heard it coming down the street. it was a lot of the whistling. we had enough time to get in the bathroom. and it shook the whole house, and the whole house is pretty messed up and our cars. but we're okay. we didn't get hurt. >> residents also reported a strong smell of natural gas in the neighborhood where debris clings to electrical wires, and at least one church was destroyed. new orleans' mayor says there are no reports of casualties or serious damage. thousands in the city have no power. >>> president biden is headed to europe today for what could be his b

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i'm anne-marie green. russia is facing more pressure this morning to create safe passages for people who are trying to leave ukraine. the u.s. and its allies sounded the alarm yesterday at the united nations over the rising number of civilian deaths. they say the humanitarian crisis is getting worse as food and aid start to dry up. one of the proposed evacuation routes was in kharkiv, one of ukraine's biggest cities, but portions of it have been reduced to rubble over the past few days. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy called for a global boycott of russia's oil exports. he's still pushing for a no-fly zone over ukraine. but the u.s. remains opposed to the idea. laura podesta is in new york with the latest. laura, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. the u.s. and other nato nations seem to agree a no-fly zone would increase the escalation of the war, shooting down aircraft. instead putting an economic squeeze on russia seems to be the better approach, but americans are feeling that financial p

i'm anne-marie green. we begin with shocking images of destruction as ukrainian accuses russia of carrying out genocide and targeting children. you're looking at the horrific images of a children's and maternity hospital in the southern city of mariupol decimated by russian strikes. amazingly only 17 people were hurt. russia called the claims that it carried out the strike fake news. the world health organization says it's one of 18 attacks on medical facilities in ukraine since the invasion began. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said in a new address that the attack is, quote, proof that russia is carrying out what he called a genocide of ukrainians. laura podesta has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. the foreign ministers for ukraine and russia are meeting in turkey today. the highest level talks since the invasion began. analysts believe little is to come from it as russia ramps up its aggression. a maternity hospital in the besieged port city of mariupol became th

i'm anne-marie green. we begin with breaking news overnight in the war in ukraine. a nuclear disaster appears to have been diverted after the largest nuclear power plant in all of europe was set on fire amid attacks from russian forces. you can see flames shooting from zaporizhzhya nuclear plant. ukrainian officials say russian forces were shelling the building, but ukraine says crews were able to put out the flames after several hours. meanwhile, we're getting a look at incredible drone video showing some of the damage from russian strikes just outside of the capital of kyiv. naomi ruchim is in new york with the latest on all of this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. gunfire from russian forces kept firefighters from quickly extinguishing the flames at that power plant, but the fire is said to be out now. energy regulators say the flames did not impact essential equipment there, but they are still investigating the damage. russian troops attacked europe's largest nuclear power plant overnight. sec

close to eight, i'll be joined by anthropologist mary-ann a junta, to pick over this one's papers., good morning, and welcome. ukraine has woken up to a fifth weekend at war. but, in a fresh message of defiance president volodymyr duque zelenskyy says his country's sovereignty must be guaranteed, and the ukrainian people will accept no less. he has also pushed for more talks with russia, as moscow signals a change in strategy. russian forces have effectively surrounded the city of chernihiv. we will be bringing you a special report from a city under constant shelling. and, as food and also as a humanitarian crisis worsens. ukraine says 136 children have now died since the start of the war. let's take a look at some of the key developments if in the war which has entered its 30th day. russian forces appeared to have shifted their focus from a ground offensive aimed at kyiv, to instead prioritize what moscow calls the liberation of the contested donbas region. the latest uk ministry of defense intelligence suggests that russia is likely to continue to use its heavy firepower on urban

so we will come back after this brief break and we will talk more about lent, mary ann devotion in makinghe consecration visible in our lives everyday. please come back and join us. >>> welcome back, father kevin kennedy you are a priest of the archdiocese of san francisco, a roman catholic priest. many of us including myself don't know much about the byzantine world but you got involved, and got interested in this method of worship. >> i became interested in high school, and even more so in college. in the visiting orthodox churches, i always thought what a beautiful form of worship, the icons, delay trilogy, i wished to be of course in full communion with rome wouldn't it be wonderful to have this tradition in that full communion. that's what byzantine catholicism is. there are groups of orthodox christians that throughout the centuries have sought to reenter into the unity that existed in the first millennium in the history of christianity, the union between east and west. so, these byzantine catholic communities have their own hierarchies separate from the roman catholic hierarchy, th

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anne-marie: -- by the president? anne-marie: it has been, by the president and nato allies to make sure that it is not just west, but they are including partners in asia. singapore was the first one to come out and get alongside the united states. it also means there is pressure growing on china, when you have other asian countries and leaders like japan, singapore, these hubs of trade and commerce also taking steps to make sure they isolate russia and president vladimir putin. lisa: what is the latest when it comes to those meetings with european leaders and president zelensky, given the fact that they are heading into a war zone. >> they are now back home. the three prime ministers are now back in their respective countries. i have the opportunity to exchange quick brief messages with the slovenian prime minister. it was a risky move but they wanted to send a very political strong signal that this is where eastern european countries have to be, supporting ukraine, and repeating that the situation for journalists on

a sacramento county district attorney anne marie schubert for california attorney general kron four's what uber says will be her first priority in office. >> anne marie schubert, california's largest law enforcement lobbying groups tuesday officially endorsed anne marie schubert for state attorney general. the peace officers research association of california and the california association of highway patrolmen propping up the current sacramento county district attorney ahead of the primaries in june. i am honestly not only honor, but i am humbled. to stand here today as the choice. of the men and women in law enforcement across california's law enforcement agencies to be the next attorney general shubert is running without party preference against governor gavin newsom's, democratic appointed attorney general rob bonta and republicans, nathan hochman and eric early police groups pick her pointing to her experience working with law enforcement for more than 30 years and her success in putting some of the state's most notorious criminals in prison. >> including the golden state killer w

one of those people is mary ann. guess what. she gave birth to a baby girl named veronica last night. there's the baby girl right there. her family telling cnn they hope they can find what they need to keep veronica healthy. that will be a tall task where she is at right now. but matthew chance has the latest on russia's bombardment of ukrainian cities. >> this is a new front in russia's ukrainian war. emergency workers battling flames caused by air strikes on the central city of de inipra. a kindergarten and shoe factory were targeted. 70 miles from poland, a strategic airfield also came under attack. the invasion now in its third week, russia appears to be widening its assault. there are concerns of escalation, too. fighters from syria said to be joining the fight on russia's side. the kremlin backs the regime of al assad. and told the security council that foreign fighters should be invited to join. >> translator: so if you see people who want voluntarily without payment to come and help people living in donbas, well, we need

and what schubert says will be her first priority in office. >> anne marie schubert, california's largestorcement lobbying groups tuesday officially endorsed anne marie schubert for state attorney general. the peace officers research association of california and the california association of highway patrolmen propping up the current sacramento county district attorney ahead of the primaries in june. i am honestly not only honor, but i am humbled. to stand here today as the choice. of the men and women in law enforcement across california's law enforcement agencies to be the next attorney general shubert is running without party preference against governor gavin newsom's, democratic appointed attorney general rob bonta and republicans, nathan hochman and eric early police groups pick her pointing to her experience working with law enforcement for more than 30 years and her success in putting some of the state's most notorious criminals in prison. >> including the golden state killer with voter concerns of crime rising in california, supporters are confident schubert will tackle the issue.

there mary-ann, bring back your story, for the u.s. being accused by russia of using. but we have the very latest as russian forces continue that slow advance on kyiv. advance on kyiv ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it's 8:00, this is sky news breakfast, and these are top stories. moving towards kyiv, new intelligence suggests the bulk of russia's ground forces are just 25 kilometers from the ukrainian capital. as russian forces head closer to kyiv, six people are injured, during missile strikes east of the city. [noise]

anne-marie, how much more pressure will this put on vladimir putin? >> we don't know yet but the strategy is to put pressure on the megarich of russia to try to see if they could potentially move the dial, the calculus to get him to withdraw on his invasion of ukraine. given the fact that he already spoke today and left a call not thinking that it would be possible, we heard the president talk about going after the richest person, likely one of the richest, with his yacht and private plane, but other individuals on the list, his longtime aide for years that he has worked with, dimitri petrov. then you have individuals like rosenberg. this was a big story last year when the opposition leader made this widely viewed youtube leader about the putin palace that he spent billions on. that individual came out and said i'm actually the beneficiary of that. these individuals are close to the president and the u.s. thinks he can potentially change the calculus. there also seems to be a feud around cutting off russian oil inflow -- russian oil imports in congres

it was at a lunch counter that bernard lafayette elmira gray and mary ann morgan had detergent. poured down their backs it was at a lunch counter that john lewis and james bevel were nearly suffocated. it was at a lunch counter where john salter was attacked with brass knuckles where joan trumpauer and in moody were attacked with condiments and where memphis norman was beaten. while the jackson police looked on now hear me out on this one. don't you think that kind of like the lunch counters of old memorials have become new public sites of racial confrontation. just as memphis norman was once beaten at a lunch counter while the police looked on. in 2017. heather higher was killed just down the road in charlottesville at a memorial. well trump looked on. later proclaiming that there were very fine people on both sides. and charlottesville was exceptional only. in its death toll in the past year and change memorials have become protest sites in richmond. saint paul, washington dc chapel hill, birmingham saint augustine bentonville, oxford, dallas raleigh, san diego and seattle fro

anne-marie, it felt like for many people an escalation overnight. ie: we should make the point, jonathan, that this is the first time ever you have a country being invaded that has a vast amount of nuclear capabilities in terms of that

mary anne jones as district 5 honoree. [ applause ] she's executive officer of west side community servicesely important organization in san francisco and in particular in district 5 where she and her team provide essential health services in the western district. dr. jones was born and raise in the fillmore and received bachelor's degree in chemistry from mills college. she began her training at the georgetown university of medicine. she started her work in the san francisco department of public health office in the late 1980s. she was a research assistant at the bay area aids clinic at ucsf. she worked at the -- family addiction center for pregnant women with drug addiction. in addition to her local efforts, dr. jones worked all around the world in the area of trauma in particular including work with the african union in darfur sudan with americas in georgetown guyana. and with the governments of antigua and developing services for families impacted by sexual violence. dr. jones joined westside community services in 2004 and became the c.e.o. in 2010 and has continued in that role where s

ann marie lipinski, welcome to democracy now!talk about how you found out what happened -- and our condolences, our condolences also to brent's family, his brother craig, and his whole family, to you because you knew him, and really to the whole world because this is such a loss. talked about how you learned what happened and also tell us about juan who is injured but is alive. >> brent, as you well know, amy, was a very, very special journalist, yes, but also person . and i still remember the interview with him the year he applied to become a nieman fellow. grew up as a shy and socially awkward child and he still bore that as an adult. i think situations like an interview for a fellowship were difficult for him, more difficult than covering a war. his central and just very profound humanity came through and that interview. his work, i vesely, was excellent. anyone who watched any of his and craig's documentary can see that. what you can also see in brent as he brought a very rare humanity and patience to the work. he would tell

ann marie i'm an advocate for equal justice on the law.american civil liberties being violated. but i don't like kids being torture or shots or elderly being abused and i don't like criminals just roaming the streets. we're going to be following your race for attorney general and good luck. >> thanks so much lawrence i appreciate it. lawrence: up next biden approval numbers continue, looks like democrats are changing their strategy for the midterm. we're going to break all of that down on cross country. that's next. ♪ ♪ >> we have in our southern border thousands of people a day literally not figure iatively trying to get in the united states. lawrence: i lost that 40 times today that's the president admitting to the migrant influx at southern border but is it being fissioned? it is not. joining me now is congressman coleman on the house oversight committee when you heard the president say that congressman what wngt through your head? >> i'm glad that he acknowledged there's a problem. many of us didn't know if he even realized how many il

joining me to talk us through, jeannie jingo and rick davis and anne-marie on capitol hill. ne-marie, the world has changed since the speech was first scheduled weeks ago for march 1, a war has begun. he will be watching -- he will be addressing the nation with that backdrop. the ukrainian ambassador to the u.s. is in the motorcade with him and will be seated with the first lady. does biden need to tell america the war will get worse before it gets better? >> not only was the ambassador invited, she is in the motorcade and many hearts and minds are with the people of ukraine who are being assaulted in terms of weaponry on their city. the president will have a direct message to the u.s. and we have annexed sort of what he is going to say. when it comes to ukraine, he will say putin's war was premeditated and unprovoked and he rejected efforts at diplomacy and he thought west end nato would not respond and he thought he could divide us. pugin was wrong and we were ready. those are the words that the president is going to say. but the speech usually focus domestically. it had to

tonight tonight with the context, the democratic strategist mary ann marsh and russian expert and liberalty has fallen this would be the first major city in the russians have captured and the mayor of that city has just put a statement confirming that the russians have control. i did not give them any promises. i don't have anything to promise and there were not negotiations or anything there were already rumoured about. no one had read anything with me however there are armed visitors in the city council today. they have given him some directives and he says that ease asked them not to shoot at people and we don't have ukrainian armed forces in the city, only civilians and people who want to live here. and among those terms you've been given, people will only be able to go into the city in the afternoon. the curfew will be in place from eight until 6am in the morning. only cars with food, medicine, and other things can go into the city. pedestrians are only allowed a maximum of two and the military must not be provoked to see the russians and the first demand a stop pedestrians must do s

mary anne jones as district 5 honoree. [ applause ] she's executive officer of west side community services. extremely important organization in san francisco and in particular in district 5 where she and her team provide essential health services in the western district. dr. jones was born and raise in the fillmore and received bachelor's degree in chemistry from mills college. she began her training at the georgetown university of medicine. she started her work in the san francisco department of public health office in the late 1980s. she was a research assistant at the bay area aids clinic at ucsf. she worked at the -- family addiction center for pregnant women with drug addiction. in addition to her local efforts, dr. jones worked all around the world in the area of trauma in particular including work with the african union in darfur sudan with americas in georgetown guyana. and with the governments of antigua and developing services for families impacted by sexual violence. dr. jones joined westside community services in 2004 and became the c.e.o. in 2010 and has continued in that role

mary anne jones as district 5 honoree. [ applause ] she's executive officer of west side community services. extremely important organization in san francisco and in particular in district 5 where she and her team provide essential health services in the western district. dr. jones was born and raise in the fillmore and received bachelor's degree in chemistry from mills college. she began her training at the georgetown university of medicine. she started her work in the san francisco department of public health office in the late 1980s. she was a research assistant at the bay area aids clinic at ucsf. she worked at the -- family addiction center for pregnant women with drug addiction. in addition to her local efforts, dr. jones worked all around the world in the area of trauma in particular including work with the african union in darfur sudan with americas in georgetown guyana. and with the governments of antigua and developing services for families impacted by sexual violence. dr. jones joined westside community services in 2004 and became the c.e.o. in 2010 and has continued in that role

jonathan: we are lucky to have anne-marie with us in d.c. this morning did that interview. hard to reconcile positive movement, the ukrainian foreign minister same zero progress. >> he said pointblank we cannot take president putin at his words because the rhetoric and signaling coming from the kremlin does not match what is happening on the ground. he says there is zero progress on the diplomatic path forward. two other points we should note from that interview on things that he wants to see the west continue to do. hours ago, the president announced a number of sanctions and penalties against the russian economy. but what he wants is the loopholes to be closed, for those companies who say they are halting sales or positions in russia. also he does not want a single vessel leaving a russian port. that says he wants direct impact and sanctions on oil. jonathan: great to catch up, annmarie hordern. we try to avoid the politics but i saw this line from the president saying, make no mistake, inflation is largely the fault of putin. zach, can i come to you on that? your thought

anne-marie gordon helped break the story earlier about the strategic petroleum reserves.re we expecting -- i assume we are expecting the president to address this tonight. >> he will be addressing two big themes. inflation, what it means for everyday americans, and it's not just at the pump, its grocery bills, rent, everything in terms of higher prices. on the foreign policy front, the elephant in the room that he has to address is the war raging in ukraine. the president is likely going to discuss he was able to make sure we coalesced of monks a group of western allies -- coalesce amongst a group of western allies. when expert described as suffocating the kremlin. you can see it is hitting the russian economy, it's almost on the brink if you look at where the ruble is and the stock market not even trading yet. taylor: is there any pressure for the president to address the import of russian oil and the feasibility of not doing that? annmarie: there is a lot of pressure on capitol hill for the president to attack the one main industry that is the lifeblood of the russian e

i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the war in ukraine.s morning ukraine is defiantly rejecting russian demands that people in p