meltzer. but first let's start with some recent publishing news. former attorney general william barr's memoir about his time in the trump administration will be released next week. several new sources have cited passages from the book already according to the new york times mr. barra searched that the republican party should support another candidate in 2024 saying quote donald trump has shown he has neither the temperament nor persuasive powers to provide the kind of positive leadership that is needed. in regard to the last contested election the former attorney general rights quote. the election was not stolen trump lost it. also in the news to los angeles times has announced the finalist for their 42nd annual book prizes. and this year's lifetime achievement award will be presented to author luis rodriguez. according to the los angeles times book editor mr. rodriguez wrote his way out of poverty and pain through poetry memoir essays fiction and journalism. over the decades he has used his

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tonight, leslie jones -- star of "home economics," actor, topher grace, author, brad meltzer featuringg band with todd sucherman and now, seth myers. [ cheers and applause >> seth: good evening, i'm seth meyers. this is "late night. we hope you're all doing well tonight. and now, we're gonna get to the news according to a new poll, president biden's approval rating is 45%, which, if you've seen his past numbers, pretty much counts as beloved [ light laughter ] to the biden camp, this is like paul rudd numbers. [ laughter ] president biden held a 79-minute video conference yesterday with british prime minister boris johnson, french president emmanuel macron and german chancellor olaf scholz a discussion between four white guys about world affairs, or as it's more commonly known, a podcast. [ laughter ] president biden today, announced a ban on the importing of russian oil, natural gas and coal honestly, i'm surprised russia sends us any fuel, since they can't even get it to their tanks. [ audience oohs [ laughter ] ya burnt amid threats from russian assassins, ukrainian president volody

. >> in this episode we will be talking with best-selling author brad meltzer. first, let's start with some recent publishing news. former attorney general william barr's memoir about his time in the trump administration will be released next week. several news sources have cited passages from the book already. according to the new york times, mr. barr asserts they should assert a new candidate in 2024 saying "donald trump has shown he has neither the temperament nor persuasive powers to provide the kind of positive leadership that is needed. in regard to the last contested election he writes, the election was not stolen. the los angeles times announced the finalists for their 42nd annual book prizes and this year's lifetime achievement award will be presented to author luis rodriguez. mr. rodriguez wrote his way out of poverty through poetry, memoir, essays, fiction and journalism. over the decades he has used his craft to advocate for youth loss to going live to promote peace in our communities -- lost to gang life and promote peace in our communities. the awa

my next guest is chris meltzer. he is a senior spokesperson with the you and refugee agent. see you and hcr. he joins me to night near the polish border with you crate. chris, it's good to have you on the program that has europe. just let's just talk about this in the, in its largest terms, has europe seen anything like this? since 1945. clear short answer? no, they were big a refugee crisis. you remember in the ninety's when the balkan war, so drove so many people out of the former yugoslavia. there were and 96 when the russian invasion to hungary. i went to a refugee crisis at so many people fled, for example, austria and other european countries. but the 660000 people, as you have mentioned within less than 5 days, this is really unprecedented. just yesterday 100000 people came to pope to poland alone with the 24 hours. this is really without example. and are these refugees? are they getting the support that they need a more or less? yes. i mean you need always more support, but the polish government as well prepared the facilities for the refugees, a make shift to facili

i'm joined by chris meltzer for the high commission for refugees.e vast majority of people exiting ukraine are choosing to go to poland. chris, thank you for being with us. chris, what is the situation? we've obviously told our viewers the numbers, they're mind-blowing and staggering. we're talking about 1.3 million people. but organizations like yours, and other refugee organizations, are saying this is a fraction of the what we're likely to see. >> yeah, it is true. so you mentioned a figure of 1.3 million. it could be up to 3, 4, even 5 million. but we don't see that yet and it is hard to predict now. the most important thing is to take care of the people. but it is a little relaxed on the border now. we had waiting times of three, sometimes four days, just a couple of days ago. now it is down to ten to 12 hours but it is still bad enough. it is really freezing here. and a lot of people, as you said, mostly women an children are suffering. >> yeah, it is extremely cold. this is winter in eastern europe. chris, there have been issues, different co

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because she's afraid they might not answer for more or we can speak to chris meltzer. he's a spokesman for the un refugee agency, the you and hcr. chris, thanks for joining us out. we understand that you've been on the polish ukrainian border for the last 2 weeks. and we know that.

have the strength yet, because she's afraid there might not answer for more or we can speak to chris meltzer. he's a spokesman for the un refugee agency, the you and hcr. chris, thanks for joining us, that we understand that you've been on the polish ukrainian border for the last 2 weeks. and we know that up to now 2500000 people have fled the war in ukraine. in your assessment, how many more do you expect this is very hard to say. we have a plenty figure with your nature of one to 4000000. well, we're obviously past one and also to to 1000000 recent figures now almost 2600000. and so the 4000000 are possible, but it's very difficult to dig because there are so many different sectors, mostly what's going on there on the ground. ukraine. how to constable intensify. that's why the serious book knows this is almost impossible. tell us what the most urgent needs are of the refugees at the moment it is freezing caught there. so we have temperature sir of minus 5 degrees or even colder and the humidity are. ready so it makes it probably 3 feel of even worse, so it is freezing cold. that's why we n

for many sympathy for the refugees is mixed with the fear of what might come next. spring and chris meltzer here, he's a senior spokesperson with the u. n. a u. n. refugee agency, the you and hcr. a joins me from shutoff, near the polish border with ukraine. thanks for taking time to talk with us. chris described for us, the refugee situation in and around ukraine. what are that not changing the last day. so we still have these as long, long lines of cars on the border crossing points 1520 kilometers, and more. the people are still waiting by freezing temperatures, by the way, in the cars for 3040 is sometimes up to 50 hours and even more. so the, the people are coming and you mentioned the bigger, more than 500000 m. meanwhile, we have to estimate, it's probably more than 600000 student loan yesterday reported 330000 refugees from ukraine. has europe ever seen anything like this since the 2nd world war? well, i don't think so. of course everybody remembers the situation 30 years ago with organs. but these, these 500550600000 people were talking about this is within 5 days. so this is reall

chris meltzer with the you and hcr, chris, thank you. thank you very much. ah. the effects of the russian invasion of ukraine are being felt the world over, including in the united states, perhaps no more so than in the new york city neighborhood known as little odessa. here's the w. c. news poll. over 3000000 americans identify as russian around 600000 live in new york city, the largest russian population in the us. this is lucas are named after the ukrainian city home to people from across the former soviet union. officially, it's bright and beach, but you see and hear a lot of russia the war and ukraine is very present in the hearts and minds of every one here. yet, it's difficult to find russians. we're happy to talk to us but over burn to, you know sweaters to listen to very simple move to serve meandra calls them ourselves or not support reports and believers if it's for to birth. many russians worry that speaking on camera might make things difficult for their families. back home. people from other exited countries, though are more forthcoming. i can't sl

is mixed with a fear of what might come next from one of the refugee situation that's being chris meltzer. he's a senior spokesperson with the you and refugee agency, the you and hcr, and he joins me from chest off near the polish border with you cried a chris describe for us the situation. where are you right now? what are we seeing behind you? well, i mean directly in a, at the, at the board i am close to a reception center and very busy are many refugees of course, but also many, many poets who, who help these refugees offering free rights, offering a free phone cards and other things. and that's why the, it's a little cloud kotik here but, but actually the, the boot is not bad. okay. so is, this is the hot spot where you are a right now reception center near the polish border. would give us a broader picture about the refugee situation. what does it look like right now? i've mentioned that figure 660000. this is quite a recent figure. it's quite new. more than half of them are here. poland right now we have to expect many more people because we know that there are still long, long lin

for many sympathy for the refugees is mixed with the fear of what might come next spring and chris meltzer here, he's a senior spokesperson with the u. n. a u. n. refugee agency, the you and hcr. a joins me from shutoff, near the polish border with ukraine. thanks for taking time to talk with us. chris described for us, the refugee situation in and around ukraine. what is that not changed in the last days? so we still have these as long, long lines of cars on the border crossing points 1520 kilometers, and more. the people are still waiting by freezing temperatures, by the way, in the cars for 3040, sometimes up to 50 hours and even more. so the, the people are coming and you mentioned that they got more than 500000. meanwhile, we have to estimate, it's probably more than the sun, the thousands who didn't alone yesterday reported 330000 refugees from ukraine. has europe ever seen anything like this since the 2nd world war? well, i don't think so. of course everybody remembers the situation 30 years ago with all kinds. but these, these 500550600000 people were talking about this is within 5

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refugees is mixed with a fear of what might come next of one of the refugee situation that's being chris meltzer. he's a senior spokesperson with the you and refugee agency, the you and hcr, and he joins me from chest off near the polish border with you cried a chris describe for us a situation. where are you right now? what are we seeing behind you? well, i mean directly in a, at the, at the board i am close to a reception center and very busy are many refugees of course. but he also many, many poets who help these refugees offering free rights, offering free zone cards and other things. and that's why the, it's a little cloud, chaotic here but, but actually the, the boot is not bad. okay, so this is the hot spot where you are a right now a reception center near the polish border, but give us a broader picture about the refugee situation. what does it look like right now? i've mentioned that figure 660000. this is quite a recent figure, it's quite new, more than half of them are here. holland right now, we have to expect many more people because we know that there are still long lines of cars.

ah meltzer alike from headquarters in delphi and jenny navigator also coming up russia denies bombing a theater in the ukrainian city where your poll more than a 1000 civilians were sheltering. the russian army is trying to advance from the south, while russian warship are said to be approaching the coast. we report from the southern front line and speak to young ukrainians who are preparing to defend the historic port city of odessa. and after almost 6 years of detention in iran, british charity worker, nazarenes agari ratcliffe returns home. ah, hello ukraine's president vollmer zalinski has been given a standing ovation from germany's parliament. he's or a chancellor or so to do more to bring an end to russia's invasion on these warned that european countries care more about their economies than the lives of regular ukrainians. his address to the one to saw came a day after a speech to the u. s. congress. hello, this is anastasia does not little we are fighting for our lives and for our freedom . it is not the berlin wall. it is the wall between having freedom and not having freedo

is recommending here is an inertial force upon the economy that is essentially, i believe, if alan meltzercarnegie mellon was here, he would say we have never seen this before, this kind of physic move in raising rates. we have any experience of this? ian: we raise rates very aggressively in the early 1990's, but the level of rates was higher. the gearing in the economy was low. tom: stanley fisher would say the gearing was different. ian: very different. this is why we've had the downward trend in nominal rates. the u.k. is an interesting example. it is the western economy that looks most like the u.s. there are some differences, brexit, but the bank of england's signaling they won't be raising rates very rapidly. citi is talking about is a massive widening of spreads between short rates and you are that short rates in europe and the u.s. it is the scale of the cap they are suggesting in such a short space of time that will be difficult. tom: when we invented this program, we said just book smart people, then when news breaks, it works out. he killed it. jonathan: can i ask you whether yo

chris meltzer, is a senior relations officer for the united high commission for refugees live at the border of poland and ukraine. don't go anywhere. another special hour of velshi from the hungaran border begins right now. >>> good morning, i'm ali velshi, it is saturday, march 5th. day ten of the russia invasion of ukraine. it is 8:00 in the united states and 3:00 p.m. in kyiv and near the border crossing from ukraine which is where i am. it is here that some of the refugees fleeing from the war are arriving on foot. 157 have -- a thousand have so far fled to hungary from ukraine. according to the u. high commission for refugees, more than 1.3 million people and counting have fled ukraine for neighboring countries including hungary, slovakia, romania and moldova. hours ago the adviser to the office of president zelensky along with the kremlin announced a temporary cease far in the city of mariupol on the sea of azav, below donbas along with a smaller city due north of that to allow humanitarian corridors for civilian evacuations and to bring in medication and other essential suppli

. >>> joining us live from poland is chris meltzer, a senior spokesman for the u.n. refugee agency.thanks for joining us. i know it is early your time. i understand that you got to poland a week ago, right when this crisis started unfolding, what is your assessment of this situation there on the border a week into it? >> well, it is a terrible situation for many people. so as you have mentioned, so many people fled ukraine and we have officially passed the one million mark, about half of them went to poland and the people are waiting, in freezing cars, women and children, men stayed behind, to cross the border, and people are desperate, of course. they don't know what comes next. and they don't know what will happen to their country. we try to help these people but it is a major crisis right now. >> from the people that you have spoken to, what do they need the most? what is the most urgent need right now? >> first, everything that has to do with the war, and sleeping bag, and the people in poland provide for them. what is more important then is accommodations. there are reception f

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with me now is chris meltzer with united states high commission on refugees.nians have arrived. we are not being critical here but want to know why you're not building refugee camps? >> this is not necessary. this is not the responsibility of un here. the government of poland, people here in poland are doing a great job. right now they can find reception centers and find homes with relatives or with people who are willing to help them, standing at the border with signs saying i can take small family in my house or something. this is really great. what unhr is doing, we're focusing on the crisis in ukraine. we're still in ukraine. we will stay there and have the people there in ukraine. stuart: where are the ukrainians going? they exit the country, arrive in poland and slovakia, where do they go after that? if you're not building camps they can't stay on the border. >> they don't have to stay on the border. poland is a big, rich, organized country. there are facilities accommodation for the refugees. yes it will be a challenge as figures are rising and they wil