let's begin our coverage this hour with cnn's scott mclean who is live in lviv. n mariupol. >> reporter: hey, erica, yeah. things are not looking good for the civilians that are trapped inside there. we know that there could be potentially hundreds of them, including 30 children. we know that yid russians have offered somewhat of an olive branch saying that today, yesterday, and saturday they would allow civilians to escape through the plant through humanitarian corridors. and they could g

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scott mclean is there. what's the latest, scott? news is good news at this point. officials from the ukrainian side don't want to say anything that might potentially jeopardize the success of the operation. the mayor of the donetsk region says the russians have been known to change the conditions, change their demands for evacuation even after they've already agreed to things. and so we are hearing precious little at this moment. we don't have any sense of where exactly this evacuation convoy might be at this moment or whether it's actually arrived at the steel plant. the u.n. special envoy for ukraine had said yesterday that the hope was that it would arrive by morning, but now it's almost dark here in ukraine, and we still don't have word. but just for a little bit of context, the last time that there was success in getting people out from under that steel plant, president zelenskyy had announced on a friday that there was an operation afoot. he said basically nothing about it on saturday, and then it wasn't until sunday when we g

scott mclean is in lviv. we begin with matt and a visit to ukraine by house speaker nancy pelosi and the congressional delegation. give us the highlights of their meeting with president zelenskyy. >> reporter: sure, it was just about a week ago now that we had the first u.s. delegation, senior delegation here in kyiv, meeting with zelenskyy, since the war started. that was, of course, secretary of state antony blinken and secretary of defense lloyd austin. and this morning we woke up to the news that there was another delegation of the congressional kind here led by none other than nancy pelosi, this was an unannounced visit as is the norm in situations like this with security risks, high level visits, generally announced after these meetings take place. that is what happened. we were alerted to the fact this meeting was taking place when president zelenskyy tweeted out a video where you could see both sides meeting, speaker pelosi joined by senior congressional delegation as well. with zelenskyy saying after

scott mclean has more on the efforts to get them out. >> reporter: broad daylight and a row of buses wait for these world-weary civilians. the long-awaited humanitarian corridor to evacuate shellshocked people open briefly on sunday, about 100 people left the ruins of the steel plant and then the operation was paused. it could be a lifeline for those wanting to escape the deceased lost city, which has been pulverized by russian artillery in recent weeks. it is estimated that hundreds of civilians are still stuck in bunkers under the steel plant and during days and nights of relentless bombing, trapped with little food, water, or medicine. red cross and united nations say they are coordinating a safe passage operation which will transport evacuees. volodymyr zelenskyy said it took moving heaven and earth to make as they happen. talks to open the quarter completely broke down repeated lady. >> after many weeks of negotiations, after many attempts, proposals, finally, there is not a date that we did not try to find a solution that would save our people. today, for the first time in all

cnn's scott mclean has more from lviv. scott, bring us more on who we believe has been evacuated and who might still be left. >> reporter: hey, fredericka. fingers crossed, there is no one left, at least no civilians left. so as you mentioned, this news is coming from the ukrainian deputy prime minister who has been leading the negotiations and the efforts to try to broker some kind of an arrangement along with the red cross and the u.n. to get these people out from under the steel plant. as you mentioned, she said that all women, children, and elderly people have gotten out. the order of the president has been done. that means that this part of the evacuation effort is complete. we have also gotten word from one of the soldiers inside the plant as well that that evacuation effort went off essentially without a hitch. we still don't know, as you said, whether there's other civilian men left behind and we don't know how many civilians are still left there. the last estimate was there was around 100 civilians still left. ther

scott mclean reports now on how the conflict has impacted a university in the western city of lviv. >oasis of calm. you had two years of covid then two months of war, what has that been like? >> everything that happened forced me to grow up quickly. when you live in war every day, you just feel something like your home could be gone. your family could be gone. >> reporter: kate moved to lviv from odesa for school. she lives on campus even though all of her classes are still online. her professor says even after two years of the pandemic, students had learned how to cope while learning virtually. >> what was different because it was a huge shock for ukrainians. >> translator: some students couldn't cope with the shock, and i couldn't help them with that. >> reporter: the mother and math professor says ukraine will need educated people to rebuild the country after the war, but 20% of the university's students have fled the country. >> translator: i confess, i'm afraid they will stay abroad and want to return to ukraine. >> reporter: straiter and new mom used to fund raise for her univer

. >> cnn's scott mclean is in lviv covering the latest round of events there. so scott, what more are you learning about the attack at that school? >> fredricka, the 90 people according to a local military official were sheltering inside the school because most of the rest of the village was bombed out. it was one of the last remaining good places to actually shelter there, and our colleagues actually managed to get to that area to speak with some of the survivors from this village, and what they're saying is absolutely incredible. one man said that it was just all at once, like flipping a light switch. the lights went out. all three of the floors collapsed on top of them and they could not understand what was going on. another man said he was one of the first ones out of that building. he was sort of chucking wriks -- bricks to the side to try to get out with the help of villagers trying to help with people getting out from under there. he said among the people sheltering there, elderly people and children. and one of the men whose head was visibly bandaged, vi

cnn's scott mclean has the la latest. >> reporter: this is the last bastian of ukrainian resistance in the steel plant under what a city official calls nonstop shelling and assault by russian forces. inside an untold number of civilians are still trapped as a bloody battle rages. the commander of ukrainian troops in the plant saying thursday fierce combat is ongoing. after he says russian forces breached the compound's barrier, the commander begging for transport of the bodies of soldiers who have died in weeks of violence at the complex. pleas for more evacuations of civilians still trapped inside. the united nations says it's hard to know exactly how many remain, but they are trying to send help. >> the convoy is proceeding to get to asser stall hopefully to receive those civilians remaining in that bleak hell that they have inhabited for so many weeks and months, and taken back to safety. >> reporter: on thursday putin promised safe pazzage for civilians out of mariupol and the kremlin denied an assault. ukrainian troops say the plant is a final holdout for mariupol's last defenders

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let's begin our coverage with cnn's scott mclean leave in lviv where the latest missile attacks hit yesterday scott, what is the latest on the situation in mariupol right now? >> reporter: the fighting there is intense, according to the city's mayor. so intense, he says, they're hitting wit th tanks, artillery and a ship to fire on the plant as well. and new pictures we see from above show that steel plant is smothered in very thick smoke. the mayor said that the fighting has been so intense that as you mentioned, they have lost all contact with the fighters who are actually there. and gave a reminder that there are still civilians trapped amongst those fighters including, he says, 30 children as well. the russian defense ministry had previously said that that plant is surrounded completely. there is no way for soldiers to get in. there's no way for them to get out either, but the kremlin says that that plant is not being stormed on the ground. and instead, they say that they are merely suppressing militant attempts to take up new firing positions. all of this does not look good for the attem

cnn correspondent scott mclean joins us live from lviv. ott, we're watching mariupol very closely. is there any indication that something could happen today in terms of getting those civilians out of that plant? >> reporter: so alex, sometimes no news is good news. and hopefully this is one of those times. the reason that people are optimistic is because ukrainian officials during these evacuation missions have tried to say as little as possible. they don't want to do anything to potentially jeopardize the success of the operation. yesterday was proof that sometimes good things happen after no news when the russians announced late in the day that 50 people, including some children had successfully been taken out from underneath of that plant. the ukrainians soon announced the same thing. those 50 people each announced had been evacuated it appears were the same 50 people. and they were taken east actually of mariupol toward the russian border, toward a village in ukrainian-held territory to a reception center or a filtration center where th

they accuse them of blowing up the theatre. >> scott mclean with the latest there. thank you, scott. >>> sources say that president biden is expected to announce more security assistance to ukraine. it will exceed $100 million this time. this sunday he's set to speak with leaders of the g7. in the meantime, the pentagon is denying another form of american support that the u.s. provided specific targeting information on the "moskva," the flagship of russia's see fleet that the ukrainians sank last month. it was a major embarrassment for vladimir putin and his invasion of ukraine. sources tell cnn that the u.s. did provide intelligence that helped ukrainian forces not only identify the "moskva," but pinpoint its location. what did the u.s. tell ukrainian forces, what do they know about what ukraine was going to do with that information? >> reporter: victor, let's start with what we know. in mid-april ukrainian forces spotted a ship that they believed to be the russian flagship, the "moskva," operating off of their coast, and they reached out to their american counterpa

let's move onto scott mclean in the western city of lviv. scott, tell us more. >> john, according to the ukrainians, the heaviest fighting right now in the country is happening in the donetsk region where the russians continue to try to break through the frontlines, but that advancement is slow and they're not having a lot of success. meanwhile in the luhansk region next door, there is heavy shelling taking place there. so heavy, in fact, that it is really hampering the rescue efforts to try to find any possible survivors from that bombing of the school where some 90 people were sheltering on saturday when it was directly hit. 27 survivors have emerged, but there could be potentially 60 people killed in that plas. it is also being hampered, the rescue effort, by the presence of russian ground troops. the village have the school is located, there is a river nearby that the russians are trying to cross to cut off access to a larger city. well, it seems there are russian troops in ar around it fighting. they're crossing the river using pontoon b

cnn's scott mclean joins us live in lviv in western ukraine. scott, good morning.e u.s. embassy is about to reopen. >> reporter: no, but they certainly are working toward that, they say. this visit by the chief of mission there who is a career diplomat, not a political appointee, is largely symbolic. they will be there for a few days to meet with local officials, meet with their ukrainian counterparts. this is a small contingent, not the full reopening we've seen with some of the other em bay cities in kyiv. it is pretty tough, laura, to be an american diplomat in ukraine these days because, of course, you're working from poland. it was about ten days or so before the war began that the embassy in kyiv was relocated briefly to lviv here for about a week, and then it was just a few days before the war they actually moved and started working permanently out of a hotel in poland. that is where they've been ever since. it was actually last week for the first time that the chief of mission and a small number of staff people were here in lviv for meetings two days out of

. >>> we begin, though, this morning, in ukraine, cnn international correspondent scott mclean recording from lviv. scott, you know, odesa has been a big target in recent days. i heard from folks there about the danger they're facing. what do we know about the latest attack? >> reporter: the locations here, jim, are all over the map. and it is really hard to understand what any of this strategic values of any of these places might actually be. there was a series of warehouses hit by one missile, potentially, that's some kind of strategic target. others are really truly a mystery. seven missiles according to the ukrainians hit a shopping mall, one of the biggest shopping malls in southern ukraine, in the northern part of odesa, this is the place where it looks like any other american mall, it has tons of international brands that were set to spend tens of millions of dollars expanding that mall. and so it is not really clear what the value was there. one person was killed, but it is remarkable there weren't more. the reason being is that it was actually closed at the time because of a gov

cnn's scott mclean is standing by live for us in lviv, ukraine. oren liebermann is over at the pentagon. he has new details on a blunt warning from top u.s. intelligence officials. let's first go to scott on the latest on the relentless russian bombardment of civilian targets in odesa. scott, this is a major escalation by kremlin forces. >> yeah, and wolf, the ukrainians say it was seven missiles that hit an american sized mall, one of the biggest in southern ukraine. one person was killed but there almost surely would have been more if it weren't for the citywide curfew that kept the mall closed yesterday. also two hotels were hit. one owned by a pro-russian businessman, though it's not clear why or if it was the intended target. russia's bombing campaign in odesa comes just as the ukrainians make some progress in taking back territory around kharkiv. new drone video shows the moment a russian tank is destroyed just outside a village east of kharkiv. it's not clear when the video was taken, but it's an area where ukraine is launching a counteroffe

. >> so we want to go live to ukraine with you right now, international correspondent scott mclean isn lviv. scott, good to see you this morning. update us, will you please, on the evacuation efforts there at the plant and what you're hearing about any future plans to try to help. >> hey, christi, yeah, so no official word on the status of those evacuations, which were supposed to resume today, but that may actually be a good sign. ukrainian officials have been trying to say precious little, if anything at all, about these evacuations until they actually have concrete word that people have been able to get out. yesterday it was late in the day when the russians announce 50 people were able to be evacuated from underneath the plant, including some children. later on the ukraine ians confirmed that they were able to pull 50 people or so out from underneath the plant. it turns out those 50 people are the same 50 people. they've been taken to a russian reception center or filtration center. the plan today is for those evacuations to resume to get out the potentially hundred or so other ci

let's begin in ukraine, cnn's scott mclean is live in lviv. scott, what is the latest on the ground there? >> hey, bianna. officials in odesa, they've been getting -- they've been bracing for a while for these missile strikes they saw. the city has been getting hit for weeks now, so they were expecting that on may 9th, russia's victory day, there would be a new barrage of attacks. that's what they got with missile strikes up and down the black seacoast the one of those strikes hit a warehouse causing three warehouses to catch fire. you mentioned that shopping mall that was also hit, ukrainians say with seven missiles. this is a large american style mall, a huge parking lot, a lot of international stores in there, and what's remarkable, bianna is that only one person was killed, five people, we're told security guards at the mall who were there were killed, and what explains this is that nobody was there, and that is because of a government-imposed curfew that the mayor says saved lives. listen. >> translator: regular peace process was taking pl

let's begin this morning with cnn international correspondent scott mclean, reporting from lviv in westernkraine. scott, the situation in azovstal, hell is the word being used. we have to remind people there are hundreds of civilians there in addition to the fighters. this appears to be an attempt at least final assault by russian forces. >> reporter: yeah, this is the final stand, jim, for the ukrainians and ukrainian foreign minister said yesterday that ukrainian troops have managed to so far repel russian troops and hold on to what he calls the last remaining stronghold of ukrainian resistance in mariupol. the ukrainians continue to say the russians are trying to storm the plant from the ground, in addition to the heavy bombardment from the skies. the russians continue to deny that, though, saying vladimir putin has not given the order to storm that plant. now, last night the russians, it seemed, extended an olive branch to the ukrainians saying today, tomorrow and saturday they would allow humanitarian corridors to take people out of the plant. their troops would move back, they would

cnn's scott mclean is in lviv.convoy of buses with civilians from mariupol is now on its way to zaporizhzhia today. get us up to speed on the fighting and the evacuations there. >> reporter: hey, victor, yeah, first on the evacuations. you mentioned that convoy that is being, according to a local official, organized with the help of the red cross and the united nations. that of course is good news because of that previously successful effort to get at least some people out from under the azostal steel plant. it is not entirely clear whether or not there is anyone from the steel plant who was on that convoy en route to zaporizhzhia. it seems unlikely at this stage because of the heavy fighting there, so it's more likely that there are people from the wider mariupol city as part of that convoy rather than people from under the steel plant. ukrainians say there have been heavy bombardment today. the mayor says they're hitting them with tanks, artillery, air strikes. they've even moved a ship closer to the plant itself

cnn international correspondent scott mclean joining us from lviv this morning.t supply has settled into a routine. what do we know about that? >> reporter: you heard president zelenskyy there thanking the congress for passing this, or thanking the house at least for passing this military aid, humanitarian assistance bill. he also said this morning that, well, his mood for negotiation for peace is sort of waning, giving bucha, giving mariupol, given some of the atrocities they have seen across ukraine. and perhaps given some success in kharkiv region especially in taking back territory. the ukrainians are in a bit of a fighting mood, especially given the foreign hardware that is flowing into the country. you mentioned the deputy defense secretary saying that, well, a lot of foreign equipment is already at the front lines and they sort of established a rhythm in delivery and how it is getting there and getting into the country. the u.s. for instance pledged 90 howitzers, a modern day cannon, and the pentagon says that 89 of those have already been delivered. now,

let's begin our coverage this hour with cnn's scott mclean who is live in lviv. scott, what is the latest at this hour, in terms of the fighting at the steel plant in mariupol. >> reporter: hey, erica, yeah. things are not looking good for the civilians that are trapped inside there. we know that there could be potentially hundreds of them, including 30 children. we know that yid russians have offered somewhat of an olive branch saying that today, yesterday, and saturday they would allow civilians to escape through the plant through humanitarian corridors. and they could go in any direction they wanted. either toward russia, as some people have chosen, or more likely, back towards ukrainian territory, as well. but we have just heard from a deputy commander of the azov reg regiment, that is the part of the ukrainian military that is leading the fighting from that plant, who says that the russians have not kept their end of the bargain when it comes to that cease-fire that they had promised and there are no science at this point that any civilians have been able to

first, let's go to scott mclean in lviv. i want to ask about the evacuations in mariupol.f anyone actually made it out? >> reporter: yes. we've just gotten some new information in the last hour, and some more new information the last few minutes. we originally according to russian media, there were 12 people taken out from that plant, including four children. there's video showing them getting from a smaller bus onto a larger bus. cnn can't confirm the authenticity of that. it's unclear if this is part of the u.n. and the red cross. official effort to get people out. and just in the last few seconds as well, we're getting information that another 13 civilians including one child were taken out of the plant. this is, again, according to russian state media. now we're up to 25 people headed in the direction of russia. now, the russians say that these people were held by militants. the last time there was a successful operation to get people out, the russians did it appears, give people a choice whether they wanted to go toward russia or in the opposite direction. most people

. >> let's get live to ukraine, lviv, scott mclean, what's the latest? of late. it has been hit by a constant barrage of missile strikes over the last few weeks. officials were expecting more of that on may 9th. russia's victory day, and frankly, that's exactly what they got with missile strikes up and down the black seacoast of the city. there was a warehouse that hit north of the city center. there was also a shopping mall hit. this is one of the largest in southern ukraine. this is an american style mall. a big parking lot. lots of international brands. remarkably, only five people were injured. security guards we're told by the mayor, and one person was killed. it would have been a lot more, of course, were it not gr a government imposed curfew which went into effect sunday night and only lifted this morning. the mayor says that undoubtedly saved lives. now, all of this took place while there was a dignitary in town to meet with the ukrainian prime minister. they also did a video conference with president zelenskyy as well. and during that meeting wi

cnn's scott mclean joins us live from lviv, ukraine. what do we know about the progress of these critical evacuations? >> jake, we're getting bits and pieces of information today, and they all add up to a picture that is not looking good. there is an evacuation for people leaving the city of m mar mariupol, independent of the steel plant that is supposed to be meeting up on the northwestern edge of the city at a mall there, but last we heard, there was no indication the buses who were supposed to thak them out of the city had arrived yet, so it's unlikely they have made very much progress there. the people who left the steel plant yesterday with the help of the u.n. and the red cross, there's no indication at this stage that they have made it to their destination of zaporizhzhia in ukrainian held territory. the mayor of mariupol says the reason why it's taking so long is because of this russian filtration process, where people have to get questioned and have to get searched on their way out of russian held territory into ukrainian held

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scott mclean there. >>> now, the refugee crisis from this war is worsening by the day. the u.n. says almost 5 1/2 million people have now fled ukraine since the invasion began in late february. more than half of them are children. that is according to unicef. the vast majority of refugees continue to head west, with more than 3 million crossing into poland. i want to bring in james elder, spokesperson for unicef. very good morning to you, james. thanks for taking the time to speak to us. let me start if i could on the evacuations we're seeing from mariupol. finally we're getting a breakthrough, expecting evacuation to continue today. of course, we're seeing women and children coming out. they have been hold up two months or so. what are you hearing about the evacuations and the expectation for today, of course? hi, big expectations. apocalyptic conditions in mariupol. every person i have spoken to that's come out of there shares the same ghastly experience of living underground, of being terrified, of seeing people injured, children for two months now have often just been hiding

scott mclean, cnn, lviv, ukraine. >>> two hours from now, finland is expected to make official, announcing plans to apply for nato membership. shares long border with russia and tried to stay neutral but the war in ukraine changed the views and says president vladimir putin only has himself to blame. >> if that would be the case what that we join, my response would be that you caused this. look at the mirror. >> the kremlin has made repeated threats to bully finland not to join nato. in helsinki with the latest. >> reporter: warm handshakes, smiles and signature, promising military support as finland speeds to requesting nato membership. >> on event of attack on either, we will come to each other's assistance, including with military assistance. >> reporter: johnson's assurance what the nordic nation's president wants as they consider joining the transatlantic alliance. >> this is good way to go forward and we do appreciate this big step. >> reporter: in parliament where the historic vote will happen, routine business continues, politicians cautious of stating positions publicly lest russi

scott mclean is with me now as we look at live pictures coming in.el, no doubt the irony not lost on the ukrainians as, of course, president putin in his speech continues the special operation, military operation in ukraine. >> and dealing a heavy, heavy toll on ukraine, and especially ukrainians, especially the civilian infrastructure. it's hard to come by the number of civilian deaths, but we do know that the number of children and that number is very high. the other thing, by the way, and i expected mr. putin perhaps to do a p.r. play out of this. don't forget hundreds of thousands of ukrainians forcibly deported into russia. 500,000 according to the ukrainians, as much as a million according to the russians. often being taken to the far east to remote areas. i thought he might have said these people willingly volunteered to go. but i'm very, very worried about their fate as well. to the ukrainian kind of psyche, including my parents where they were born from here, is, of course, memories of gulog and people being tortured at church, other institu

scott mclean for us in ukraine tonight. >>> turning back now to first lady jill biden's unannounced visitukraine this morning. she met with the first lady of ukraine at a school that has now been turned into a shelter. cnn's kay bennett is joining me now. this stop was wuz not on her schedule, and the mother's day visit was really a surprise to so many people. >> reporter: it was. but the first lady made it clear that mother's day was important to her. this theme of the entire trip from roman i can't yesterday have been centered around the fortitude, the strength, the resiliency of ukrainian refugee mothers who fled the country with with their children and left the fathers behind. so today's visit into ukraine, scott was just talking about a school there that turned into a place for people to seek shelter. that's very much like the place the first lady was today. it's a former school that has been turned into housing for disinterred placed ukrainians, just showing how dangerous and how the courage of the first lady to go into an active war zone of a country. and we were not told ahead of

. >> psychoscott mclean with the from lviv. and scotte cacophony surrounding you, the air raid sirens, the dogs barking because they're annoyed by these sirens and this happens several times a day as we've seen over the last several months. unbelievable people still living through that. scott mclean, thank you. >>> let's go to kramatorsk. dozens were hurt after six strikes there and remember, this is a residential area. cnn's sam kiley surveyed the damage. >> reporter: the scale of the blast is quite extraordinary, and so is, frankly, the effort being made to clean up already. i mean, it's just a few hours ago that these impacts were felt, ripping through these residential buildings, and i have been on the other side of these buildings. they look the same on this side next to the blast as they do on the other side. the blast simply rushed clean through these buildings, tearing them to pieces. mercifully, there were 25 people have been wounded across the city in 3 different locations. there was also a blast quite close to the administrati

scott mclean on the scene for us. thank you very much. the russian assault on kharkiv flattens countless of buildings and left many men and children and women dead. we have a story of one woman survived hours buried beneath the rubble after an airstrike. >> reporter: sometimes places that speak only of death are the jewels of life. this is the first time she had stood in this spot since 72 days ago, she was dragged out from the rubble here. her husband, andre, had been looking for her for three hours. she remembers the cover. that was where i was standing. >> reporter: multiple attacks here. an early sign of the ferocious brutality russia would unleash on civilian target. she had been serving cookies and coffee to soldiers. >> i fear of physical manifestation, i don't like cookies anymore. the box and i remember the smell. >> reporter: she asked to step away, saying she's sick of butterflies like she had not felt before races when she used to swim professionally. andre picks up the story. >> when i heard the voice, i was crawling across t

cnn's scott mclean is live in lviv with more details. ing back, scott, on this obvious reply to this denazification that the president of ukraine is jewish and here he is trying to say that doesn't even matter. >> reporter: yeah, so the russian foreign ministry, sergey lavrov, made comments in an interview on italian television yesterday. russia has justified its invasion of ukraine in part, brianna, by saying that this country needs to be denazified. ukrainians often point out the absurdity of that by the simple fact that their president, volodymyr zelenskyy, is himself jewish. lavrov was responding to that by saying, quote, i may be wrong, but hitler also had jewish blood. it means absolutely nothing. the wise jewish people say that the most ardent anti-semites are usually jews. the chair of the holocaust remembrance site in israel said that that was completely unfounded, that hitler had any jewish ancestry, he also said that calling ukrainians nazis was a serious affront to the actual victims of naziism. now, today the russian ambassad

cnn's scott mclean is standing by live for us in lviv, ukraine. a blunt warning from top u.s. intelligence officials. let's first go to scott on the latest on the relentless russian bombardment of civilian targets in odesa. scott, this is a major escalation by kremli

let's go to scott mclean with the late on that strike on a school shelter. >> reporter: there are fearsf a high casualty count after ukrainians accused the russians of dropping a bomb on a school in a small village in eastern ukraine. the head of the luhansk regional military administration said the russians were fighting with unarmed civilians when they dropped that bomb on the school in the village about seven miles west of the front lines. 90 people were thought to have been taking shelter there at the time. the official says that 30 people have been pulled out of the rubble, though judging by the pictures, it is incredible that anyone could have possibly survived. now, that official said that almost the entire village had been taking shelter there because it was one of the few places that were even left to shelter in. this village is not too far from donetsk, with heavy fighting has been taking place, recently, as the russians try to push through the front lines. that strike will try to bring back memories of a bombing of a theater in mariupol, where hundreds of women and children w

scott mclean, thank you. >>> an embarrassing moment for russia's ambassador to poland. he was doused with red paint by protesters as he tried to lay a wreath at the cemetery of soviet soldiers in warsaw. there's the moment. the russian state news agency says sergey andreev was escorted out of the area and was not injured. >> joining us to discuss, steve hall and peter pomeransk, the author of a book. good to have you both with us. let's focus on what we saw in russia this morning, if we could. peter, the fact this was far more defensive, no declaration of victory, no mass mobilization, what does that tell you about where we're headed in this war? >> it tells us putin doesn't appear to have a plan. this was a stalling speech. it was a speech of somebody who understands things are going wrong, afraid to set any direction because he doesn't want to be held accountable for his own words. it's a speech of somebody treading water. >> steve hall, the cia director bill burns, warned this weekend that putin cannot lose. in fact, as he runs into these headwinds he's more likely t

k cnn's scott mclean live with the latest for us. what are you hearing from the front lines?y, kate. well, the ukrainians say that in some places, they are outnumbered in terms of manpower 10-1 but a much different picture in the kharkiv region where they say the city itself has been quite quiet in recent d days but the villages and towns around it, taking back some of the villages in the towns out there and in fact, they say that in some parts, troops are just a few miles from the russian border and that is where they say the russians have started to build up troops in anticipation of the ukrainians actually reaching that border. we also have some video from earlier this month showing the remains of a pretty hasty russian retreat after the ukrainians struck a bridge and you can see some of the vehicles partially submerged. they say it's too dangerous still though for civilians to return because of course, many of these towns and villages outside of kharkiv are still very much in artillery range and saw the remains of the failed evacuation convoy fired on by the russian vehic

cnn's scott mclean is in we're ukraine. what's the latest you're hearing out of mariupol?> hey, ana, a glimmer of good news, perhaps. and that is that the u.n. special envoy for ukraine has said that there is a humanitarian convoy in the way to mariupol, specifically to get people from the steel plant, a place that he called a bleak hell. brand new video shot yesterday morning shows the early morning shelling and bleak hell is an understatement. this convoy was organized with the help of the red cross and the u.n. working in convention with ukrainians and the russians. this is how it worked on sunday when they were successfully able to get more than 100 people, mostly women and children, out from under that steel plant, but there are still many more civilians trapped, including the ukrainians say, 30 children. now, nothing happens quickly in this country. nothing happens quickly in mariupol, especially, and you'll recall that when that evacuation took place on sunday, it was actually on friday that president zelenskyy announced plans for that operation. nothing came of it

chair scott: the gentlelady from michigan ms. mclean, is not on scene -- screen. the gentlelady from tennessee, ms. harshbarger. rep. harshbarger: thank you. i want to follow up on with the representative line of questioning. since you said no to anything to do with having solicited the later request -- letter requesting the doj investigate concerned parents as domestic terrorists, will you call on our attorney general garland to resent his memo asking the fbi to investigate parents, yes or no? sec. cardona: reach out to the doj about their letters. rep. harshbarger: i assume that is a no. let me turn your attention to the written testimony today. you only used the word parent once in your testimony, even then, not in any way that would indicate how important parents' involvement is to children's education. do you believe parents should have a role in the education of their children? sec. cardona: yes. if you allow me to follow up, i can share what we have done in the last year rep. -- harshbargerrep.: what role do you think parents have in determining appropriate

chair scott: the gentlelady from michigan ms. mclean, is not on scene -- screen. the gentlelady from tennessee, ms. harshbarger. rep. harshbarger: thank you. i want to follow up on with the representative line of questioning. since you said no to anything to do with having solicited the later request -- letter requesting the doj investigate concerned parents as domestic terrorists, will you call on our attorney general garland to resent his memo asking the fbi to investigate parents, yes or no? sec. cardona: reach out to the doj about their letters. rep. harshbarger: i assume that is a no. let me turn your attention to the written testimony today. you only used the word parent once in your testimony, even then, not in any way that would indicate how important parents' involvement is to children's education. do you believe parents should have a role in the education of their children? sec. cardona: yes. if you allow me to follow up, i can share what we have done in the last year rep. -- harshbargerrep.: what role do you think parents have in determining appropriate