stephanie jack, every force melissa life here now is all about preparing the city for a potential russian attack every day or dozens come here, come together to fill up sandbags on the beaches and then fill up trucks to $4.00 to $5.00 areas of the city. while we've been here, there's been shutting, we've seen aries across the waters on fire. there is smoke, we're not exactly sure what exactly is going on there. we're not allowed to fill in anything super sensitive here when it comes to the military operations and installations. but certainly on tuesday, for the 1st time residential areas inside odessa, we're head people here are telling us that they are feeling what they say is the heat rising that potentially a russian attack could be sued. which is why people here believe that there are cannot be enough sand bags filled to fortify. this city, you have men, you have women all coming together here day after day. and this is what you see, this production line sandbags being filmed, being put in trucks and then being carried around to other parts of the city. odessa is a key port. it is ukr

stephanie. >> thank you for starting off us this evening. i want to bring in rolling stone correspondent nbc news correspondent, jack crosby. he was in kharkiv when the attacks began in kharkiv. and his latest piece, he describes the harrowing journey for refugees who are trying to escape this devastating war. jack, it is great to have you back here, safely new york. tell us what it is really like there, what we are not seeing in these photos and videos that are horrible for us, but when you are really, there when you are traveling, explained to us. >> so i think the thing that sticks with me and sticks with a lot of people is just the sheer uncertainty that people are faced with as they travel across the country. i wrote about in this piece, you used to be a very accessible country to travel across. there are a lot of ways to travel from point a to point b. they had family members spread out across the country. and now every step of this journey is played confusion and indecision and fear in a lot of places and people don't really know if they are going from a dangerous situation to one that can be even worse or what they

jack hussen in harkiv, ukraine. judy: the coverage is supported in partnership with the pulitzer er center. -- pulitzer center. stephaniereturn to the full program after the latest headlines. f.d.a. and the c.d.c. endorse add second booster shot of the pfizer or moderna vaccines and applies to younger people with badly compromised immune systems. the news came after a new the omicron variant. 38 state sued today that require people wear masks on trains, planes and other forms overtrain sit it was all led by republicans attorneys general contens that it exceeds the c.d.c.'s authority the current mandate remains in effect until april 18. while the agency considered scaling back max requirements in china shanghai sweeping lockdown entered a second day. streets were largely empty and shops were shuttered. the lockdown will begin in around the financial district. officials said thousands of financial workers are sleeping in their offices to keep business running. the u.s. senate majority leader chuck schumer joined calls today for supreme court justice clarence thomas recues himself from any cases involve the january 6th cap

stephanie, in -- future campaign then getting to the heart of her qualification to sit on the supreme court. >> of course, joyce, senator hawley. he did know. he's banking on the fact that his voters don't. jacknonsensical tweet, tying judge jackson to critical race theory. chris coons used his time to fact check that. watch this. >> have you ever used, employed, relied upon critical race theory to determine the outcome of any case or to oppose any sentence, or as a framework for your decision-making? >> no, senator. >> would you just explain to us briefly what kind of factors you do consider in your analysis? senator, when i analyze the case, i am looking at the arguments that the parties raise in the case, i am looking at the record which is the facts of the case. >> is that all they've got, jeff? >> look,, you call that tweet nonsensical, i talked to a number of judge jackson's supporters today, that view the tweet to be racist on its face, to suggest that judge jackson just by virtue of her very person, it is some kind of avatar for critical race theory, it does appear to be all that they have. republicans today tried to paint her as a crt activist, and painter as soft on crime, paint her

stephanie tubbs do have several days off now. before hosting the san antonio spurs sunday night. a two time world series champion from palo alto, is returning home outfielder jackadding peterson may be a good omen for the giants. he won the world series in 2020 with the dodgers, then another championship last year with the atlanta braves is a left handed power bat who hit 18 home runs last season. and another player, leaving the braves for the nl west. it looks like 2020 national league mvp freddie freeman is headed to los angeles. he and the dodgers have reportedly reached a six year $162 million deal. freeman gives the dodgers a left handed batter in the middle of the line up to replace corey seager. freeman has three silver slugger awards and a gold glove on his resume. he said that he wanted to stay with atlanta. but the braves picked up medals in from the a's. a formal announcement is expected by the weekend. well with yasser, expensive, more people are getting on bart and we'll tell you what bart is doing to make sure people feel safe on board. the trains plus i think he is a war crime. president biden harsh words for russian president vladimir putin . th