steve mcandrew, thank you. i want to talk — them. steve mcandrew, thank you.ew, thank you. i want to talk through some _ them. steve mcandrew, thank you. i want to talk through some of- them. steve mcandrew, thank you. i want to talk through some of the - want to talk through some of the stories i have heard in the last hour. i spoke to one young woman trying to be a psychologist who was taking her seven—year—old daughter and her mother out of kharkiv, they had arrived from there, they were exhausted but she said she had to be strong and could only cry when she closed the door of her room. at the door of the train station i spoke to a 19—year—old man who had two violins, he was looking forward to being able to stay here and pick up his music career, he wants to be a professional musician and i spoke to a mother who has two daughters who had been hiding in the basement of their house in the east. her husband is still there in the east. they feel they are safe here but all their thoughts remain in the east and that is a slice of what life is like here in lviv as

. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> reporter: american steve mcandrews heading up the emergency operationeal with this? >> no. no one has the capacity to deal with it all but we what we have is the unbending intent and the will and persistence to keep at it. >> reporter: in a tent for mothers and children, we met that yawnau and her three daughters preparing to get rest for the night. their home town, just outside of kyiv, all but destroyed by the russians. what do you need? she tells me she wants the world to close the sky over ukraine. can you ask them where they doo they want to go? >> translator: they want to go home. >> reporter: i hope you guys can go home very soon. this is the tent that tatiana stayed in overnight. they were on the way to poland in one of the buses. to start what they hope is going it bow a temporary chapter in they're life. they want to get back to ukraine as soon as possible. >> we all hope it will be a temporary chapter. stay safe, my friend. tell your team to do the same. as we mention, we expect to hear from president biden about a half hour from now. that wi

birthday in a strange place, wondering what's next ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> reporter: american steve mcandrewse capacity to deal with it all. but we do have the unbending intent and will and persistence to keep at it. >> reporter: in a tend for mothers and children we met tatjana and her three daughters preparing to try and get rest for the night. their home down just outside of kyiv all but destroyed by the russians what do you need she tells me she wants the world to close the sky over ukraine. can you ask them where they want to go? >> they want to go home. >> reporter: they want to go home i hope you guys can go home very soon this is the tent where they slept last night really good news this morning. both the mothers and their children that we met boarded buses early this morning on their way to poland. they are in route as i speak to you to start what they hope is a temporary new chapter of their lives. they both want to get back here as soon as the war ends. >> jacob soboroff on the ground. so much need there so much help it would seem as well be safe. >>> update on a story from yesterd

. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> reporter: american steve mcandrews heading up the operation here. >> doatiana and her three daughters preparing to get rest for the night. their hometown just outside of kyiv all but destroyed by the russians. >> what do you need? [speaking foreign language] >> reporter: she wants the world to close the sky over ukraine. >> can you ask them where they want to go? >> they want to go home. >> i hope you guys can go home very soon. >> reporter: this is the tent that tatiana and her three girls slept in last night. some good news, mika, both of the mothers and their children who we met last night left this morning on buses to poland. as i'm talking to you, they're on their way there. when they get there, they hope to start a temporary new chapter of their new lives. they want to get back here as soon as the war ends. >> jacob soboroff, thank you for your reporting. >>> still ahead on "morning joe," live pictures from capitol hill where we're about a half hour away from our live coverage of ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy's rare address to congress. ri

with me is steve mcandrew, who is the head of emergency operations for the federation of the red cross, we saw the plume of smoke, what's the red cross doing? well, you said, we are right here where we are supposed to be. so right now, today is i'm talking to you we have red cross volunteers from one end of this country to another, crossing lines of conflict at the borders, helping people who are spilling out of ukraine, and giving people food, water, shelter, housing, psychological support and other medical benefits is needed as best we can. the other medical benefits is needed as best we can-— other medical benefits is needed as best we can. .,,, , ., best we can. the red cross is meant to be able to — best we can. the red cross is meant to be able to cross _ best we can. the red cross is meant to be able to cross lines, _ best we can. the red cross is meant to be able to cross lines, to - best we can. the red cross is meant to be able to cross lines, to go i to be able to cross lines, to go from ukrainian advanced russian lines, that's the whole point of having the red cross, are yo