so, you know, we are all minister or send a letter to the un secretary general mr. gutierrez. but unfortunately, the answer, the response from mr with durish was just to full moral fold for formal writing and nothing more. and were moment moments when the you and the secretary officials and say that they have no information about what is happening, what is going on now with regard to the canonical ukrainian also church though old made it we're reporting, we're reporting about this. so we will continue our efforts to, to sure how did you to mate drives oh for the canonical ukrainian orthodox church and we will continuously now try to. mm hm. have the ukranian authorities stop over there a illegal and cynical persecution against the ukrainian orthodox church. thank you so much for your time. that's all i have time for. thank you very much. oh my pleasure. my pleasure to be here this morning. thank you lou. ah ah. so the real problem is the fact that nobody knows which is the is it just an audience of countries and zahn, you had to lead this country side of a position before i bei

ah, you know, we are all minister or send a letter to the un secretary general mr. gutierrez. but unfortunately, the answer, the response from mr. durish was just to full moral fold for formal writing and or nothing more. and were mom the moments when the u. n. a secretary officials and say that they have no information about what is happening, what is going on a with regard to the canonical ukrainian also don't church though old made it we're reporting we're reporting about this. so we will continue our efforts to, to sure legitimate drives oh, for the canonical ukrainian orthodox church and we will continuously now try to. mm hm. have the ukranian authorities stop? no, there are illegal and cynical persecution against the ukrainian orthodox church. thank you so much for your time. that's all i have time for. thank you very much. it will my pleasure to be here this morning thinking ah, ah, who is the aggressor today? i'm authorizing the additional strong sanctions. today. russia is the country with the most sanctions imposed against it. and number those constantly growing. a l

mr. gutierrez proposed and so consistently promod, let them continue to shift relevant products from ukraineland, river, and rail. they have already created appropriate logistics that work. we will work if necessary outside the framework of this initiative. >> bbc's hugo jacob had been following the talks from kyiv and told us more. hugo. we are near the expiration date of this deal. russians complained they are facing obstacles to the country's exports of fertilizers and grain. they issued the threats that they will not be extending this deal. this is a key deal. it was a major diplomatic breakthrough when it was signed last year. it has been extended twice. for the ukrainians, it is very important. it gives the count aobviously, s celebrated when it was signed. because, it helped ease a global food crisis. this is a deal that will expire next month. i think there is the expectation that hopefully something can be agreed with the russians. david: officials from russia and ukraine have been casting doubt over a leak of documents relating to the west's plans to provide aid to ukraine. senior

so what else did mr. gutierrez? how to st. james? well, clearly a dar warning you her there about what could happen beyond sedan and affecting the entire region. the un deeply concerned about that deeply concerned about its staff . it has a inside sedan. you've seen lots of evacuations of countries at taking their nationals, in some cases they're diplomats and other cases out of sudan. while the u. n. has been doing the same. we don't have any precise figures. what we know is that hundreds of un staff have been relocated, some of them outside sedan and the secretary general, making it clear that his authorized. this is a temporary relocation, but he says the united nations is not leaving. sit on our commitment to the sudanese people are, is there, we will stand with them at this terrible time. so the you and i think that we're looking at, it's at staffing in their temporarily because of the safety, but saying that they will not be leaving a full time. i can tell you that the start of this conflict started as crisis. the u. n. had 400

mr. lavrov also had an important meeting with antonio gutierrez. hether the deal will survive. >> can the great deal survive? >> not sure. reporter: mr. lavrov simply admonished me for my loud question but it is clear from a recent conversation that i had with russia's deputy foreign minister that moscow's not at all happy with the way the deal is currently working and senior un officials are worried russia will not renew it. that would greatly worsen the global food crisis. neave: the war in ukraine has contributed to the steepest increase in global military spending since the cold war. it is now at an all-time high. last year the world spends more than tw -- than $2.2 trillion on defense. in europe, up 13% due to russia's invasion of ukraine. ukraine's defense spending has jumped by 640%. the highest ever year on year increase for any country since records began. in and japan lead the charge there. the region as a whole is spending 45% more than a decade ago. a senior researcher at the sipri think tank behind this report. >> it really points to th

mr. brooks is right. >> senator gutierrez, we all know know that police were afraid to go into the classroom at robb elementary. are any long forsman officers saying privately that they don't want to face those kinds of weapons on the street? would that make a difference in red states? >> well jonathan, i've seen hundreds of hours of body cam footage, and i've seen all of the exit interviews. the police were absolutely afraid, and their exit interviews and they were absolutely afraid of the ar-15. the speed of that bullet goes three times as much as any other regular pistol, the kind of bullets that this young man used turned back on themselves and tore through these little babies just obliterating their bodies. america needs to understand that we are in a real crisis here, that we are really broken here another republican party has truly made our community more dangerous. let's be very clear here. the access and the proliferation of weapons in our country by the republican party have made our communities more dangerous. >> senator gutierrez, as we approach the one year since the mass shooti

mr. baldwin of criminal culpability, experts don't believe charges may be refiled as the d.a.'s office warns. hannah gutierrez-reed, the film's armorer, who plans to plead not guilty still faces involuntary manslaughter charges >> the case against gutierrez-reed is still viable because of her title, her role >> reporter: with production resuming on the new set of "rust," nbc news has learned director, joel souza, who was also shot, gave a moving speech to the cast and crew of 200 tonight, baldwin is also back on the set hoping to finish shooting the western that started his legal drama. miguel almaguer, nbc news >>> tonight the u.s. state department says an american is among hundreds killed in sudan where fighting between two rival armies rages on. courtney kube with the latest >> reporter: tonight, thousands of americans among those caught in the cross fire in sudan. a fragile 72-hour cease-fire not ending the wave of violence the state department announcing an american was among the at least 400 people killed as two warring generals fight for control of the country. sudan's international airport shut down,

she will plead not guilty and that gutierrez read quote has been emotional about the tragedy but has committed no crime. are we really supposed to feel bad about you, mrdwin, helena hutchins husband has been a vocal critic of baldwin, saying he should face charges. the idea that the person holding the gun . causing it to discharge is not responsible is absurd to me. but now justice for helena hutchins moves forward without a star defendant and she was great at her job and she died and she died and that's that hurts me. every day. prosecutors released a lengthier statement thursday evening revealing that this move to dismiss the charges is only temporary, pending a further investigation. so cnn has reached out to alec baldwin's legal team for further comment. the attorney for hannah guterres , read the armor on rust has spoken out, saying in a statement to cnn that they believe that she, too, will have her charges. dismissed and be fully exonerated. now a preliminary hearing is set for may. 3rd in the trial is expected to begin this summer, and we will just have to see what the d a ultimately decides back to you. some legal experts aren't surprised the

gutierrez read. quote has been emotional about the tragedy but has committed no crime. really supposed to feel bad about you, mr baldwin, helena husband has been a vocal critic of baldwin, saying he should face charges. the idea that the person holding the gun. causing it to discharge is not responsible is absurd to me. but now justice for helena hutchins moves forward without a star defendant and she was great at her job and she died and she died and that's that hurts me every day. i was closing my loss reporting for us now for more on this. let's bring in trial attorney imron and sorry i'm right. great to see you now, for the for the non legal minds watching this. i think some would say okay, it makes sense that outboard one would be in a situation where he'd face charges. but now we're here. what do you think, prompted prosecutors to now dropped the charges against baldwin. i think there's a problem with the case. prosecutors don't just drop cases they especially don't just drop cases when it's a highly publicized matter involving someone who is in the public eye because all eyes are on that prosecution, so

she will plead not guilty and that gutierrez read quote has been emotional about the tragedy but has committed no crime. are we really supposed to feel bad about you, mr baldwin, helena hutchins husband has been a vocal critic of baldwin, saying he should face charges. the idea that the person holding the gun. causing it to discharge is not responsible is absurd to me. but now justice for helena hutchins moves forward without a star defendant and she was great at her job and she died and she died. and that's that hurts me every day. in los joins me now, along with cnn legal analyst joey jackson, a criminal defense attorney. what more are you learning about the new evidence? also the district attorney. obviously for many, this comes as a shock, but for alec baldwin's legal team, they have been aggressively trying to poke holes in these charges. you know , because a criminal trial is still set to take place with hannah gutierrez read early this summer with the armor, the armor and her charges still stand. so what we know from a source is that the guy done was modified and they have new evidence. now the d a that they need to look into and then their sta

gutierrez read. quote has been emotional about the tragedy but has committed no crime. are we really supposed to feel bad about you, mr baldwin, helena hutchins husband has been a vocal critic of baldwin. saying he should face charges. the idea that the person holding the gun causing it to discharge is not responsible is absurd to me. but now justice for helena hutchins moves forward without a star defendant and she was great at her job and she died and she died. and that's that hurts me every day. so an attorney for henna gutierrez read, telling cnn that they hope that the charges against her will also be dropped and that she will be exonerated. i can tell you that alec baldwin has taken to instagram this evening, and he simply thanked his wife and his attorney, luke nikas. back to you, chloe melas. thank you very much. let's get more on this with cnn legal analyst joey jackson and cnn contributor and entertainment tonight host michelle turner. thank you both for joining me this evening, joey. i want to start with you a sources saying that these charges were dismissed because of evidence that the gun in this shooting