_ was a kremlin spokesperson gave an interview to reuters and - an interview to reuters and reiteratednise that crimea - reiterated demands that ukraine has to recognise that crimea is l has to recognise that crimea is russian — has to recognise that crimea is russian and _ has to recognise that crimea is russian and accept _ russian and accept independence. - a few days a-o in which the spokesman reiterated the russian demands, i.e., ukraine has to recognise i that crimea is russian, they have to accept - the independence of the ton statelet republics in the east, it has to accept that ukraine | will be neutral and will never join the eu or nato. and everybody said, oh, i those are terms for trade and negotiation. he's not mentioning denazification! - well, i have to say, - denazification was back in all its glory today, - so i think that was an example of, again, everybody slightly over interpreting sometimesj what it said, you know, in a totally natural - expectation of hope, well, maybe there isj some common ground. but, at the moment, i on the basis of today, very little evidence

and now we have reuters aborting that one us - have reuters aborting that one us official saying thison mentalfactors, not by poison. —— reporting. i'm try to think what they could be? not by poison. -- reporting. i'm try to think what they could be?- to think what they could be? that's a very good — to think what they could be? that's a very good question, _ to think what they could be? that's a very good question, i _ to think what they could be? that's a very good question, i don't - to think what they could be? that's a very good question, i don't know| a very good question, i don't know what environ mental factors cause your skin to peel and your eyes to water. but it seems that people involved think they were the target of a poisoning. but we don't know why this was done exactly, some of the people involved think they were targeted by hardliners in moscow wanted to disrupt this peace process but again we have no firm evidence of this. i should just reiterate that. i'v e i've been speaking to lee's dissent in kyiv. i've been speaking to lee's dissent in k iv. ., ., ., ., in kyiv.

a story from reuters in china asking refiners to hold exports.e will see that across a range of commodities? will: i think governments are going to have to become more involved and there is a kind of protectionist measure. i think some forms of rationing are going to come on the table, whether that is the management of industrial demand. i think we are going to see a real squabble. think about the lng market. europe has put forward this plan to replace 2/3 of russian gas this year. that means bidding whatever it takes to lure lng away from asia. what does that mean? that means there's less for japan. they will have to use more coal. four emerging companies like pakistan that rely on this to keep their economies going, this is a crisis. governments are going to have to get more involved. we have seen the german government direct refund lng purchases this summer so that germany can build up its stockpiles. all of these things are coming, in our view. jonathan: will kennedy, brilliant as always. thank you, sir. that is the reality. i don't think tha

i will go with a mine report right now as reported by reuters. jonathan: we have a minute so let's step away from the headline and help us understand the tension in the black sea at the moment, just what is taking place in odessa to the west of the country, the southwest, and more to the east toward russia. tom: farther down to the west is romania where there is a massive nato presence, no doubt as the admiral's tribune us says, it will grow. moving up to odessa and the wonderful golden beach, you move along the southern part of ukraine, up to crimea and in 2014, crimea was taken. but then northeast of crimea is the horrific battles of mario poll reported in the last day. jonathan: tension in ukraine intensifies. the nasdaq unchanged, yields lower by two basis points and crude picking up close to a $115 handle on wti, up almost 14%. this is bloomberg. ♪ ritika: keeping you up-to-date with news from around the word with the first word, i'm ritika gupta. there are develop in's on the military and diplomatic fronts of russia's invasion of ukraine. t

the report from reuters say the russian foreign ministry said london has chosen to move towards moreion with russia and promise tough response measures against london over this, this is reported by reuters and we will confirm it as soon as we can. also being reported by reuters that the russian foreign ministry is talking about us inaction over senator graham because my comments about putin will further damage ties, and thatis putin will further damage ties, and that is referring to lindsey graham's comments this week are calling for someone basically to take out putin. those diplomatic lines coming in on a day when the humanitarian corridors have failed. but there are still hopes for some sort of diplomatic outcome here, even though the military action seems to be stepping up. and yalda joins us now live from lviv in western ukraine. thank you. and as you say, on day ten of this conflict, it seems to be intensifying. there was some hope this morning when the russian defence ministry announced that they would have a partial ceasefire and create a humanitarian corridor for the people

he diced with death again 5 years later when he and free. reuters and a p colleagues were ambushed by militia men in sierra leone. in may, 2000 sure can camera, ma'am. producer were killed instantly. at his request, half of chokes, ashes were buried in sarajevo. the city of his beloved romeo and juliet, the main road to the airport is now named off to him. ah, the siege of sarajevo lost in 1425 day. 11541 citizens were killed. and many more hinges the siege was lifted on the 29th of february, 1996, following the signing of the dayton peace agreement. that ended the bosnian conflict. ah, the holiday inn is still standing under new management and with a new name and remains a landmark and a rejuvenated city. a symbol of the endurance and fortitude of the people of sarajevo, remembering their iconic war hotel holiday and sorry of it. it was the alternate was in the hotel, south side blown away by shot and shell. apparently the lodging place from hill, and yet away from where the motor's fill. it did not just survive but constant spell. it was refuge and it served as well to let us, he ra

ros: and now we also have reuters reporting that when u.s.ial is saying perhaps this is created by environmental factors, not by poison. i'm trying to think what environmental factors that could be. >> that's a very good question. i don't know what environmental factors causes skin to peel and iced water. it seems-- eyes to water. it seems that some people involved think there was a targeted poisoning. we don't know who is behind this, we don't know why this was done. some of the people involved think they were targeted by hard-liners in moscow who wanted to disrupt the peace process. again, we have no firm evidence for this. ros: next let's update you on the conflict in ukraine. i've been speaking to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who is in kyiv. lyse: including around kyiv, the mayor of the town of europe into the northwest said they have taken the town back. our viewers will know a little bit about it now. this war was known for its -- there wa a stop on the railway line coming into kyiv. now it is absolutely flattened,

the siege took place at lyon cemetery on the 4th of august 1992 schalk was there with a team from reuters covering the funeral of 2 children killed by snipers. despite the shelling he tended to a badly wounded woman. then got her into his agency car and took her to a hospital. curt schalk reported on another tragic story. it took place close to the holiday inn at the notorious for benny bridge and became known as the sarajevo romeo and juliet. schalk heard about 2 bodies lying at the bridge. and he and semi a courage went to get a closer look. we went to the scene, we had the we had to hide because it was on the front line, very, very frontline. and we so 2 young people laying next, each to other argot. and obviously that there was the famous, very well known story of survival, romeo and juliet boscoe and admitted the couple who won. they decided they want to leave sirower besieged sir ever. he was a syrup. she was a muslim, they loved each other very much and they decided to leave. somebody probably told them they're safe to leave. you know, they were killed. blue coat schalk became very

so not confirmed yet, but that is news from reuters out of washington, dc. has been narrowly won by the conservative opposition leader, yoon suk—yeol. in one of the tightest races in the country's recent history, he beat the governing democratic party candidate by less than one percentage point. mr yoon is expected to adopt a more hardline policy towards north korea. the north korean leader, kimjong—un, says his country is developing a reconnaissance satellite in order to collect information on the us military in the region. on saturday, pyongyang test fired a ballistic missile it said was linked to the development of the satellite. australian prime minister scott morrison declared a national emergency over unprecedented flooding in two states. at least 20 people have been killed in new south wales and queensland as rising waters inundated homes over the past two weeks. federal and state governments have faced anger for not acting faster to help residents. a man who became the first person to receive a heart transplant from a genetically—modified pig has die

that coming from reuters moments ago. to halt april gasoline and diesel exports.it's going to fall onto growth as well, which we touched on with adam parker. we're looking at inflation tomorrow, i get that, but what does this mean for global growth? continental growth of europe? yes, selfishly, what does this mean for american growth? jonathan: futures up 64 advancing 1.5%. yields higher by five basis points. in crude, a break at $120. this is bloomberg. ♪ ritika: keeping up-to-date with news around the world, i'm ritika gupta. heineken has joined the list of companies that has quit doing business in russia. the dutch bma stopping its exports to russia and halting investments there. the news comes a day after mcdonald's and paypal announced they would -- they were temporarily halting operations in russia as well. the u.k. is ratcheting up sanctions in russia, now banning all russian aircraft from landing and overflowing britain. the u.k. is also prohibiting aviation and space-related exports. that covers insurance and reinsurance products. the former of russia's o

citing the reuters story. russia's embassy in the us demanded that washington stopped the extremist activities of meta. the head of the california national guard says troops have been helping to train ukrainian forces for years . the guard headquarters in sacramento is now working to facilitate the needs of ukraine and to help streamline communications with washington. major general david baldwin said today that while russian aggression is not new, he is shocked that russia went through at the invasion. i couldn't believe that putin had actually done it, even though that we knew that he intended to and then, of course, profound sadness because all of this time that we had spent working with ukrainians to prepare for them. the moment had come. but now we feel immense pride. to see how brave and resilient the ukrainian armed forces have been in resilience in the ukrainian people. baldwin says the partnership between ukraine and the california national guard has been in place for nearly 30 years. now he says that

google about 2 weeks after the start of the war, a rare bad review simply read belongs to russia reutersraws attention to another critic of the kremlin, writer boris akunin, according to documents. he has a georgian surname chekhartishvili and this helps to avoid problems. but akunin's wife has a russian surname and the british bank refused to transfer her donation to ukraine, demanding a personal interview. banks are denying russians bank accounts, they are closing doors to russians because of nationalities, eu regulators have ordered some banks to verify the transactions of all russian and belarusian customers, including eu citizens, now everything russian is toxic. and this means that everyone is trying to be very very careful with russian clients, and they are not far behind the media mogul yevgeny lebedev, who has repeatedly sworn allegiance to the british crown , the parliament demands to investigate his ties with boris johnson. received thanks to the help of the prime minister, the government until the end of april. now must publish all the details of the meeting and correspondenc

reporter: reuters reported that havens on a coupon worth $6 million on a bond maturing from the russiannment, maturing in 2029, had reached jp morgan, which then begins the process of transferring the money to holders. jp morgan was not immediately available for comment when contacted -- contacted by bloomberg this morning, which has also reported that jp morgan has worked with the u.s. treasury for the necessary permits to do this. it all remains a suspenseful situation whether the money will actually reach the investors. there is the question of whether it is going to be paid in dollars or rubles. because the bond has a fallback option. dani: thank you very much paid that is bloomberg's catherine bowes lee. coming up, oil surges on signs of the european union may be getting closer to a ban on russian crude imports. more on that end the work in ukraine next. -- and the war in ukraine next. this is bloomberg. ♪ dani: it's "bloomberg daybreak: europe." oil markets pushing higher this morning. we are above $110 a barrel for wti and brent. we are now just around 5% from the highs set earli

reports within the past hour, on the reuters news agency suggest president zelinsky could be ready towith russia over the future status of russia—backed breakaway eastern provinces in the donbas region. we'll bring you more on that as we have it. in other developments today. ukraine's military intelligence chief has claimed that russia may be trying to split ukraine in two, in the same way that north and south korea have been divided for more than half a century, after vladimir putin's forces failed to take over the whole country. it's been announced that officials from ukraine and russia will resume peace talks on monday. three days of discussions have been scheduled. they're to take place in turkey, previous talks had taken place in belarus. america's most senior diplomat, along with other top officials, have been forced to clarify comments by president biden, that vladimir putin could not stay in power in russia. we begin our coverage with the fall—out from president biden�*s speech in warsaw on saturday, and our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley. i think he is a war crimina

reuters writing that the united states, together with a group of seven nations and the european union will move on friday to revoke russia's most favored nation status over its invasion of ukraine, according to people familiar with the situation. in the ukraine. the president is expected to announce these plans at the white e

this has come in from reuters quoting the russian news agency saying a second round of peace talks ishey failed to reach a breakthrough but ukrainian and russian delegates at those negotiations. according to tass the russian news agency quoted by reuters, a second round of talks to be held tomorrow. i am not sure there is any great hope they will be successful, especially when we had that morning i mentioned from the russian defence ministry saying there is going to be high precision strikes carried out against certain buildings in the ukrainian capital kyiv and an ominous warning from the russian defence ministry urging ukrainian citizens living nearby those buildings that are potential targets to leave their homes. we were hearing earlier about that column of armour heading towards the ukrainian capital, something like 37-40 ukrainian capital, something like 37—40 miles long. when president volodymyr zelenskyy addressed the european parliament, via video link from ukraine, he said the eu must prove it is with ukraine. and he gave his message as that huge russian military convoy, it

these are live images of something we have just learned about from the associated press and reuters.seeing in the near ground are important and chilling here's what we learned europe's largest nuclear power plant, the largest one on the continent, is in southern ukraine. and this moment, it's reportedly being shelled by russian troops. now, that's according to the associated press they're quoting the plant's spokesperson but i have just gotten word that the ukrainian foreign minister has now confirmed this too nbc news he says the russian army is firing from all sides of this nuclear power plant. now the live stream has come down but they tell us a fire has broken out on the site the mayor of a nearby town telling reuters news agency that the plant is on fire and these explosions that you're seeing, this has just happened we got this live stream up about one minute ago we were preparing to tell this breaking news. nbc new isn't there so we couldn't independently verify. we had it from the associated press, from reuters and we were waiting from someone from the ukrainian government be

lookum at this reuters poll has biden's overall approval rating at their lowest number. 40% emerson ag 83% of voters say they areie experiencing hardship due to rising costs. the forty year high of inflation. in donaldfl trump holds a twelve point favorability lead over joe bidennald, including a nine point advantager over suburban voters. and in a hypothetical matchup,, trump is ahead. forty five forty two and his numbers continue to crater with independents joe has 24% according to reuters here the reaction insider advantage pollster matt towery along with trafalgar group chief pollster robert cokely. matt , we start with you about looking at these numbers a and i'm a democrat. i think i'd probably sayin i'm retiring like with the 30 plus other house members that have had enough.. yeah, i'm i'm surprised actually the white house asked robert nigh to try to give them some advice because i think we have better ideas to get him out of this terrible funk. it is a disaster. i mean, d we've seen this it started with afghanistan. the numbers started to drop and since that time period there

reuters is reporting, jake sullivan raised directly and clearly u.s.russia in the wake of the invasion. where do we stand in all of this, and that putin is asking beijing for help. >> i think it's an act of desperation for vladimir putin, his forces are stalled. we are in day 19, and they have failed to conquer any of ukraine's major cities. he's asking china for diplomatic support, asking for economic assistance and military assistance. it's a point of vulnerability we should be exploiting. i'm sure the national security advisor, jake sullivan, is trying to do that in rome. >> the former senior director on the national security council during the obama administration said i think what the u.s. will do, lay out the costs and consequences, and possibly enabling. i don't think anyone has illusions the u.s. can pull china away from russia. so, xi and putin have this iron clad agreement, it's being tested right now, though, china likes peace and stability, and probably is a little rattled by what's going on in ukraine. >> i wonder if china has buyer's remo

the cities of high and muddy pole are under heavy attack, quoting muddy poles mere, the reuters news agency says, russian forces are actively preventing civilians from leaving and that money post water supply has been cut off and keeps me. it has warned that russia is gathering troops close to the capital. in old ukraine says 2000 people have been killed in russian air strikes, sofa. an emotional reunion. this ukrainian man embraces his family for the 1st time since they were separated by a russian missile strike on cave. his wife and children had stepped out of their apartment, moments before the capitals tv tower was hit. but the soldiers shouted, ran quickly, which it was very scary. my youngest son ran and shouted faster, faster, were being shot when not going to make it. and we came here to the shelter. now he's afraid to got side and can start crying. my oldest son shouted any sleep, he shouted mom, we have to go to the shelter. people have been sheltering and caves metro stations for days. the young and old pets and humans alike. they don't know how long they'll have to spend

this is a reuters line we have heard that j.p. morgan has processed the coupon payment on a 2029 bond. frederick, let's get back to you. we have been talking about the pivot we heard yesterday from carrie lam and you are saying too little, too late. i guess it comes to the point, we know there's been an exodus and people have had lands in place for months, it is unlikely they are going to pivot and then say i'm going to stay in hong kong. those people exiting, i guess they will be replaced. is hong kong going to remain a vibrant city in five years or so? frederick: let's be clear, hong kong is still a very unique city. it is a great city to bn. if we see all of those unique selling points of hong kong coming back to the city, i'm quite sure there will be a rebound. whether it will be in the same shape and form as we know it, i don't know. nobody knows. but certainly it will still be a massive financial center, it will still be a great place to do business in asia, and a key city to do business in mainland china, of that i am sure.

there's been some reporting from reuters that they've confirmed with some of the creditors that the money has gone through. so it's a little bit murky at this time. but what's really interesting to me is we're now seeing the russian government spin machine go to work. they're saying, you know, we have the cash to make this happen. but it's western sanctions that are not allowing us to meet our obligations. it would have made this in roubles like you thank you said i and we do have more payments coming up, the big one, the $2000000000.01. and then i went on monday just 3 days just after the weekend for $66000000.00. that's coming due. ok, well the jettas are definitely being felt on both sides. i think sandra, thank you very much. well, there are no sanctions coming from turkey. however, there's pressure on president bridge of tie a better one as head of a nato country. he has to live up to the policies of the west military alliance. but he doesn't want to alienate his russian counterpart. vladimir putin. last month russian warship sailed through the dark elves and bus for straits into the

pointed out that reuters is lying, manipulating data to support false claims by the black lives matteruldn't abide by the lying and they destroyed them for it. we talked to him for "tucker carlson today." here is part of it. >> i did notice that after george floyd's death, there was a sort of new racial orthodoxy spreading throughout the company. there was more and more references to white fragility and the self-indulgent sees of white women and more and more -- >> what is white fragility? do they ever explain that? >> it's... >> if somebody attacks you and you don't like it, you're fragile? >> basically a way of disregarding any white person's opinions about racial matters, essentially. but... there's also just growing acceptance at every level of the coordinates of the black lives matter movement and really uncritical adoption of those tenants and they would bring, you know, black lives matter activist to educate employees about racial issues. it was just sort of a general acceptance of those being voiced. but, you know, i've been following the research especially as a data scientist

that's reported from reuters looking flight data.nd that's images from him in an airport in tel aviv. and that was when reuters reported that he had traveled there, from there to istanbul. we understand that that flight linked him as in moscow. and that goes on amongst the backdrop of chelsea now under severe uncertainty. the glove is operating under a government license, and the bids to buy chelsea must be in by friday. we understand that a new interesting name is in the fringe of bright chelsea. as a saudi-backed group, a saudi media group who put a bid for 2.7 billion pounds to buy the club. there are obviously questions of a saudi arabia money with ownership of newcastle linked to that pei f group. so lots of the are on the future of chelsea, there are some new names and the framed by the. >> okay, thank you so much. from our business news now, president putin is implemented a new law to allow foreigner jets to be registered in russia. russian airlines kindly lease hundreds of jets from abroad, which leasing companies would need

a father to the a support city of mario pod is under heavy attack. quoting the city's mer, the reuters news agency says russian forces are actively preventing civilians from leaving the mario polls. water supply has been cut off. you crate, 2nd city khaki is being shell. the gain and caves mer has warned that russia is gathering troops close to the capital. ukraine says dozens of civilians have been killed in russian asked ranks over recent days. numb from shock. this woman sits just 2 meters away from a dead body. one of a number killed in rushes, sustained attacks on harkey, ukraine, 2nd largest city nazaburundi i can receive. we've been shelled by russians. we are all scared why us, why us regular people russia has continued to bomb both residential areas and administrative buildings in the city. a local hospital has also been damaged, running late bloomer broder, we had injured people in the hospital. the basement served as a bomb shelter. people were hiding here from the shelling of the so called peacemakers. let's put it like that. ah, emergency services in the city of their high

reuters is reporting that biden is considering the release of up to 180 million barrels from the reserve over the next several months which would be the largest release ever in the 50-year history of the reserves. it would only amount to two days of global energy demand. the president is responding to the super high prices at the pump, well over $6 in some places. these are prices that surged after russia's invasion of ukraine. now, you might recall california governor newsom announced a plan to send $400 to all californians who own a car. now state representative josh harder is preparing to introduce a proposal to send single tax payers checks of $500, $1,000 for married. harder says there would be no income cap. you could receive a check regardless of if you make $40,000 or $40 million. the average price for a gallon of gas, oakland, san jose hovering in the $5.80, $5.90 per gallon range. reporting live in dublin, rob redell. >>> brie jackson continues team coverage from washington, d.c. president biden vowing to provide more support for ukraine. >> reporter: that's right, laura. the w

reuters is saying missiles have hit several buildings causing significant damage to infrastructure bute still being assessed there. and afp also saying that russia has hit the military command centre or a military command centre in central ukraine. we have also been hearing that the russians are going to focus their operations on the east of ukraine. a number of different interpretations to that whether it's russia pulling back a bit or them trying to consolidate into certain areas and separate some of the ukrainian forces off. but i think we can bring you part of an interview from one of the russian military leaders in let's hope that we can display that in it for you. translation: ., in it foryou. translation: ., . , ., translation: the main ob'ectives of the first a . e translation: the main ob'ectives of the first age of— translation: the main ob'ectives of the first age of the h translation: the main objectives of the first age of the operation - translation: the main objectives of the first age of the operation have - the first age of the operation have generally been accomplishe

i read a report from reuters and bloomberg last week in this week as well that j. p. morgan strategist appraising the bonds of russian companies with large global operations because it may be the best way to profit from the stress pricing. and again, even if the activities of these companies don't reflect the broader view of their firm, they're still going to try to make some money. james sweeney and new york and aaron tilton here with me in the studio. thanks for much for joining us. all the european union on wednesday is that it will freeze the assets of another 14 russian, all our arcs with links to the kremlin. they also will be banned from travelling within the block. the u. s. u. k and even neutral switzerland have also targeted rushes wealthy and response to the war and ukraine for russian oligarchy. that means no more luxury trips to the french riviera or the out. by the lady m. a luxury yacht worth around 65000000 euros. the vessel was seized over the weekend on the italian mediterranean coast. the owner alex a mar dash off was one of the richest men in russi

this is attributed to reuters.e heard the same thing from our guest earlier, who said the fire at zaporizhzhia was outside the plant. more importantly, we heard from the iaea, saying the radiation level in that area has not increased. plenty more ahead. keep it here with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: this is "bloomberg markets: asia." br --we are looking at a fire outside europe's largest nuclear facility, outside the plant, affecting markets across the board. the 10 year is below the one .8% level on concerns that there are conversations between president biden and president zelensky of the ukraine, urging the russians to cease military back to vd in this area. -- to cease military activity in this area. we also have a united nations security council meeting. we have the reuters report this fire could be outside the facility, but nobody knows for sure because of the sketchy details that have been emerging. haslinda: that's right. it is the largest nuclear power plant in europe. it contributes 20 percent of the

this is the reuters news agency.ng the mariupol city council, saying that russian forces have bombed an art school, were 400 residents had taken refuge. there's no information yet on casualties from that bombing of the art school. that's the mariupol city council and reuters are reporting that. let's go back to be dijon look at the front page of the sunday express. but isa, i thought that every morning i feel i wake up brace myself to look at the phone to see the breaking news. this missile is quite extraordinary. >> well, this tallies with the breaking news that you just announced about the attack on the art center. well we're seeing, a very desperate biden putin is attacking -- brazenly attacking targets. the fact of the matter, ukrainian resistance has been exceptionally strong and despite this continued shelling, russia has not managed to take any canadian cities. the firing of this hypersonic missile is a precursor to all of putin's threats about nuclear attacks on nuclear wars -- a hypersonic missile which is c

reuters writing that the united states, together with a group of seven nations and the european union will move on friday to revoke russia's most favored nation status over its invasion of ukraine, according to people familiar with the situation. in the ukraine. the president is expected to announce these plans at the white house at 10:15, according to sources the white house as mr. biden will announce actions to continue to hold russia accountable are the unprovoked and unjustified war in ukraine. russia calls the actions a special operation. about 10:15 is when we expect that. stay close to our website and our c-span now app for more information on that. when it comes to members of congress, it is the utah newspaper reporting on republican senator mitt romney from utah. at a hearing yesterday, talking about the message that the united states should be sending to russia, particularly when it comes to use of jets there in the provision of jets there. here is a portion from that senate hearing. [video clip] >> i simply do not understand the logic for not getting the migs to the ukraini

expired february first and members have since been working on a rolling 24 hour extension, according to reuters, union workers were bussed out of the plan yesterday and replaced by the nonunion staff. they reached an agreement with wages and working conditions last month but each of the approximately 200 for dissipating units also bargain over local issues. chevron sent us a statement saying in part, quote, it is fully prepared to prepare normal operations. we anticipate no issues in maintaining a reliable supply of products in this market. >> if we are running a very tight supply and demand balance for our special blend of gasoline, it is going to be harder to replace the gasoline . according to the press release, the union asked and encouraged chevron to come back to the bargaining table. apparently chevron refused, so, we will see how this all ends. >>> and as justin said, the strike could have an impact on gas prices. here is where prices rosshe bay the average price per gallon for regular gas is $5.92. in oakland, it is $5.84. san jose drivers are being $5.82. meanwhile vallejo seeing slig

reuters reporting the third round of talks could resume monday. during this all, with the world's attention focused on its neighbor, belarus held a constitutional referendum. and the outcome could have a huge impact on nato's strategic planning. as a result of that vote, belarus renounced its nonnuclear status. that means it could, of course, theoretically allow russia to place nuclear weapons back in belarus for the first time since the fall of the soviet union. belarusian president alexander lukashenko has been relying more and more on support from moscow ever since he faced weeks of protests, the demonstrations following his 2020 re-election in a contest that critics say was rigged. >>> the senior adviser to svetlana hanuskya, the opposition leader widely believed to have actually won the belarusian presidential election, joins me from the lithuanian capital, vilnius. how difficult has it been to see the belarusian president, lukashenko, so eagerly sign up to help putin with his invasion, and what will be the regional impact of that? >> lukashe

to seek asylum, according to reuters.ants at the border have been allowed to stay in the u.s. for their asylum claims, but vast majority of migrants from places like mexico, central america, cuba, haiti who come to the border, oh, they are removed. joining us now to discuss allen orr, president of the american immigration lawyers association. thanks for being with us. there is a difference between ukranians and russians arriving to the u.s. before the conflict started and almost all the other migrants? >> yeah. it's basically resources. that's the primary difference is that many russians are going and buying a car and then driving across the port so what we saw with title 42 is 1.2 million immigrants have been returned while the port has allowed 11 million people to cross back and forth on a daily basis and thousands to fly in from the southern border so title 42 really doesn't work. >> and title 42 has been emphasized and, you know, as you know, two key court rules, one limiting deportations under title 42 to places wher

white house correspondent for reuters. guys, i apologize for the allergies.th the chinese leader? >> well, certainly significant, bret, because the white house and the united states government in general do not want xi jinping and china to aid russia. and the secretary of state actually was pretty clear in his remarks yesterday that if china does decide to help russia in any way that there will be consequences. and that certainly is something that would have come up on the call today between biden and his counterpart. the white house, especially in the clip that you just played didn't give a whole lot of details about that call. they certainly went on for quite a while. it was about an hour and a half. you have to assume that president biden was pretty direct in saying don't be an ally for putin in thin investigation. >> bret: jeff, reuters had the story about chinese carriers sales through the taiwan straight hours before the biden-xi call. happened 24 hours before due to speak to his chinese counterpart. he kimberley they have been doing provocative things

i want to read some reporting in reuters that i actually found pretty stunning. 514 ukrainian refugees in january and february during russia's build up to the war. that's according to u.s. state department data. only seven ukrainian refugees were resettled in the united states from march 1st through march 16th. that's according to internal state department data seen by reuters. how can that be? what are some of the barriers keeping more ukrainian refugees from coming to our country? >> yeah, so candidly, craig, part of the concern is the refugee resettlement system, even the asylum system are beset by backlogs. they are not systems that work nimbly in terms of processing refugees or even those ukrainian refugees that have come to the southern border. but that's not to say that the u.s. can't because we believe that they can, and must do more. and that's where i think that using some of the tools and expediting them are critical. so we need to expedite family reunification of ukrainian refugees who have family here in the u.s. there are several thousand of those a

meanwhile, speaking to russian journalist today according to reuters, ukrainian president laura meiras prepared to discuss security guarantees and strategies, non-nuclear -- we are ready to go for it. joining me now, member of the ukrainian parliament and member of the opposition party, kira rudik, thank you so much for coming on the show. the theme is democracy versus autocracy. there are some on the political right who think america should not be back in ukraine. they say it's not democratic enough. listen to fox's tucker carlson. >> the point here is to defend democracy, not that ukraine is a democracy. it's not a democracy. ukraine's president has arrested his main political opponent. he has shut down newspapers and television stations that have dared to criticize him. so in american terms, you would call ukraine a tyranny. >> as an elected ukrainian lawmaker, the leader of an opposition party who is now rallying behind your elected president. what is your response to statements like that? >> hello, thank you so much for having me. well, ukraine is a democracy. and again, as a le

on the sourcing, this is from reuters.plant. but, five artists cannot start extinguishing the fire at the nuclear power plant, they're being fired upon at point blank range. excuse me. there's already a hit on the first power unit. this was, in many ways, and military target. it was happening in the north of the country. the russians are choking these villages, these towns. they're indiscriminately shelling shelling them, and they're hitting the local power greats. with this power plant controlling a quarter of the power supply of the country, you can see why the russians will want to take it. but what has happened in the last few hours is certainly alarming. the ukraine government is trying to raise the alarm to the world that not only is their fire at the plant, but there is this ongoing fighting in which they cannot seem to push the russians back any longer, and the situation as they would say, is really alarming and out of control, chris. >> all right, cal perry, you've been doing great reporting there. thank you for j

and that as i said is from the reuters news agency, what's behind that? don't know.ll try to find out, more about that and bring it to you as soon as we can. >> n. >> with her russian counterpart sergei lab roth. also heading to the country earlier i asked the international trade secretary how she feels about trade talks with india. when the nation notably reluctant to comment on russia's offensive in ukraine? >> though he is the secretary. and has set out of position, i think or if you or i get a fine. we hopefully pay it. and move on from there. and i hope, and i assume that those who have been fined by the police will pay their fines. and that will be the punishment that they have -- >> and why do we get a fine? we get a fine if we break the law? >> so indeed, when regulations. >> so 20 instances of fine being issued. means 20 instances of breaking the war. that that's what they did. therefore they've been fined. >> why would the prime minister not say that? >> i say he wants to wait until the whole process of the police. >> well -- >> that's the position he's tak