going after vladamir putin's two daughters. how is that going to be received by him? >> it's not about changing the direction of war rather than sending a very direct message to vladamir putin saying, we're going to shut you down and we're going to target your family the way you have targeted the families of your opponents. it's certainly striking. it shows that sort of the gloves are off and, you know, that they're treating putin essentially as increasingly a pariah on the world. look, the alpha bank, the spare bank sanctions are more important in terms of their reach. spare bank is the biggest state-owned bank, alpha bank is the biggest non-state bank. those are significant in terms of impact, but this one is really symbolic. >> and, general, i'll tell you, you talked to officials here in ukraine today, and they're angry. and they know that if you really want to hurt russia, it really comes down to an oil embargo which seems like it's just not going to happen in europe. are these really going to work, these sanctions? >> it's time that everybody straps themselves in

thank you, ambassador, good to see you this evening. >> good to see you. >> how do you think vladamir putins reacting to this massive war ship sinking, and who should get the blame, i might ask? >> putin has been humiliated. he's been humiliated on the ground around kyiv, and now he's humiliated on the sea by a ukranian missile that they created themselves, they manufactured themselves. he has not been able to achieve what he's gone out to do in any of the areas. they've moved to the south, of course. even mariupol continues -- as you say, 50 days on. nobody expected this heroic city to still be standing, and it is. so president putin cannot be happy. i saw that r.t., your counterpart in russia, r.t. is calling the sinking of that ship a planned sinking. so this is just humiliating for the russians, don. >> the cia director william burns spoke today. watch this. >> given the potential desperation of president putin and the russian leadership, given the setbacks they've faced so far militarily, none of tus can take lightly the threat to resort to tactical nuclear weapons or low-yield nuclear

obviously the victory parade vladamir putin is expecting to hold this year. obviously he has to show something to the russian population in terms of what is taking place in any sort of victories that he has made in ukraine. how concerning is that given that we've seen a regrouping as u.s. intelligence, western intelligence suggests away from kyiv but towards the east and towards those really important port cities down in the south? >> i think that's a smart observation. may 9 is a date of particular power in soviet and now russian history. the thing to keep in mind is that the russian troops have really been shot up in this fight, thanks to the brilliance of the ukranian defense. they need some time to send new troops in there with weapons to renew their offensive. you may be right, maybe they get this done by may 9. it might take them a month or two longer. but we should use this time to get ukraine the equipment they need to stop that offensive, and that includes the stuff we're already talking about now, old soviet tanks, old soviet -- we should do planes,

president trump pushed an unproven claim about hunter biden's business dealings in russia, calling on vladamir putinrelease any damaging information. >> i would think putin would know the answer to that. i think he should release it. >> reporter: this was the response from the white house. what is kind of american, let alone an ex-president, thinks that this is the right time to enter into a scheme with vladamir putin? >> reporter: an attorney for hunter biden did not respond to cbs news regarding his business dealings. last year, he told correspondent anthony mason on "cbs this morning" that the president did not financially benefit. >> have you ever given your father money from any of your business ventures? >> no. >> nothing if >> nothing. >> directly or indirectly? >> directly or indirectly. >> reporter: the white house refused to comment on the record and said president biden has never considered being in business with his family or any business with his family or any business thank you for taking care of lorenzo. ♪ for a noticeably smooth shave. dollar shave club. ordinary tissues burn when th

and if he hasn't taken steps to stop it, that would be make him guilty of a war crime. >> will vladamir putin ever be indicted for war crimes? >> i think he will be indicted. i'm not sure whether he will be in custody. >> if president putin remains in power and remains in russia, he's not going to stand trial in the hague. that should in no way dissuade prosecutors from going ahead with their work. you never know what will happen. >> reporter: an indictment of putin would make the president of russia an international fugitive. >> it's not easy for a head of state to fear being arrested when he or she puts foot in a european or north american country. >> he's inevitably trapped in russia. he'll never be able to travel internationally, because it would be too great a risk he would be captured. >> reporter: the same holds true for any other russian charged with war crimes. >> they will enjoy some impunity while they stay in russia. but perpetrators don't stay within their home states, they want to go shopping in europe or go on vacation, and they get identified and law enforcement gets activated

president biden blaming vladamir putin for his problems. he is champions the bill passed in 2024 battleground states. >> president biden: how will we reduce pressure on inflation? maine, new hampshire, gone on the mend, they are not on the end any longer, they are on the move. >> carley: brian brenberg joins us now. the headline from the speech, he did blame code vladamir putin for inflation. >> brian: he doesn't have any results to speak of, instead of you can taking about good things, he finds other people to pin the bad things on. his infrastructure plan, he's talking about, what has happened? has anybody seen results? not if you look at inflation numbers, the numbers keep going up. >> todd: biden said our country is healthier than ever. what country? gas is through the roof, costs $100 to buy two bags of groceries and you get shot walking down the sidewalk of any area. >> brian: we are fine, if that was the case, i would have more money in my being poet, i wouldn't be fearful walking down the streets, i would be okay with my child's edu

even though he's set back, even though i believe this is a strategic defeat for vladamir putin, the images are on our tvs and social media every single day and they're terrible. there is a strong desire to bring those to an end. >> i want to ask about a potential zelenskyy-putin face to face in turkey. how realistic is that? and president zelenskyy, does he have the ability to negotiate sanctions relief with putin? >> so how realistic it is? very hard to say. the ukrainians have sought a direct engagement with president putin and president zelenskyy. president putin has rejected that repeatedly. we'll see if he goes forward with anything. again, our focus is on making sure we strengthen ukraine's hand at the negotiating table, including a potential meeting between president zelenskyy and president putin. that's exactly what we've been doing. we've been supporting ukraine, we've been imposing extraordinary pressure on russia. all of that goes to strengthening ukraine's hand when it comes to any negotiations with russia. >> again, i want to go back to, can zelenskyy negotiate sanctions relie

of course, a city like you said, that vladamir putin claims has been liberated, though there's still that last pocket of resistance inside the steel plant, a plant putin decided not to storm, not out of the kindness of his heart, but simply because he doesn't want his own troops to face the wrath of the ukrainian forces still inside that steel plant, don. >> uh-huh. and there has been so much suffering in mariupol. very few have been able to make it out. what is the latest on the evacuation? >> reporter: well, let's just say quite frankly that it's just not going according to plan, and it hasn't been for several days. ukraine's deputy minister says the evacuation of civilians is going very slowly, and she says that on the russian side, everything is complicated, chaotic, and dishonest, those were her words. and the minister has even apologized the last 24 hours for residents for really failing to evacuate them. having said that, on wednesday to thursday, just to clarify, for the first time, people were evacuated from the besieged city of mariupol. but the numbers are very low. they we

vladamir putin made no secret about his intentions from the very beginning. >> this morning the foreignen the capture of a putin ally in ukraine that he cared most about. >> i don't care much about this guy. what i care about is the arrest of vladimir kara-murza. he is a russian hero. he speaks truth on every radio and tv show he was on in russia, despite the danger, and he's now under arrest, and that should be the focus. >> joining me now is vladimir's wife, edina kara-murza. she is also project organizer for the free russia organization. good to have you here. i wish it was under different circumstances. let's talk about vladimir. he is now under arrest and under police orders. i know you spoke to him this morning. how is he doing? >> good morning, bianna, and thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to speak out for my husband who has been speaking out fiercely against so many russian aggressions over the years. i did speak to him this morning, and he sounded optimistic, he really does. and he said not to lose faith. he told me that we would prevail even if our path to freedo

in a highly staged televised meeting with his defense minister, vladamir putin claimed that russia'serate mariupol was a success but he would not order russian forces to storm the last strong hold. well, this is what liberation looks like in mariupol. russia's defense minister said the steel plant where the last ukrainian forces in the area are sheltering is completely blocked off from the rest of the city. 1,000 civilians and 500 wounded ukrainian soldiers are trapped there. new images show more than 200 fresh graves where russians have buried as many as,000 civilians who were -- 9,000 civilians killed there. control of mariupol means the regional governor says 80% of the region is under russian control. in kharkiv, it was under intense bombardment as russian forces struck a residential area today. joe biden announced an additional $800 million in military equipment, citing a critical window, as russia ramps up its assault on eastern ukraine. >> to modernize teddy roosevelt's favorite advice, sometimes you speak softly and carry a large javelin, because we're sending a lot of those,

russian president vladamir putin assumed his army would capture kyiv in a matter of days and presidentley traveled to kyiv and spoke to zelenskyy about his decision to stand and fight. >> translator: good evening, everyone. we are all here, our soldiers are here, the citizens of the country are here. we are all here protecting our independence, our country, and we're going to continue. >> you had made a decision to give your life for your country, if it came to that. >> translator: i don't want to make myself out to be a hero. i love my family. i want to live many more years. but choosing between running or being with my people, of course i'm ready to give my life for my country. >> for a man with 44 million lives in his hands, we found zelenskyy buoyant, gracious, humble, and brutally honest. the day before our visit, an angrier zelenskyy scolded the u.n. security council. "where's the security?" he asked. in speaking to nato, you called them weak. in speaking to the u.n. security council, you said if you can't help, you shouldn't exist. not very diplomatic of you. i wonder why you fe

president vladamir putin launching a nuclear capable missile test he says will make russia enemies think twice before threatening his country. >> todd: matt finn has details. matt. >> matt: putin claims the intercontinental missile is made of russian parts, apparently a jab at the united states and western sanctions. it conducted first test of new intercontinental missile missile putin claims is capable of "overcoming all missile defense systems" and would make those who threaten russia to think twice. pentagon spokesperson kirby says the u.s. was warned of the test ahead of time. the white house says it is not concerned. >> press sect. psaki: timing and scope does not affect further invasion of ukraine. it was noticed and the department of defense spoke to this, as well. >> matt: in ukraine, dire standoff between ukrainian marines essentially they are starving to death and russia reportedly upon droing bombs on them. russian president vladamir putin claiming he ordered troops to no longer storm that plant and blockade the facility so not even a fly can get through, forcing the ukrainian

condemning vladamir putin, zelenskyy saying putin has little regard for christians because he -- theruce. >> the most sorrowful day of the year, everything you can do in life will weigh less than prayer, except for one, defending homeland, defending brother necessary arm and battle. >> the standoff between -- >> carley: all right, we appear to have lost the shot there, we will get back to matt finn, if we can get him back, this is hugely important and one major thing yesterday, president biden pledging additional $800 million, a lot in heavy weaponry, which is something that as ukraine enters this next phase of the war, they desperately need the weapons. >> joey: yeah, talk to cory mills and he owns a defense company and brought weapon necessary for people or materials and the concern people are talking about, we can spend $800 million, can we get it to places that need it, places like mariupol, just a few people are left fighting and what can we do to help the people out. >> carley: great point and bret has been in ukraine and harped on, he sees it on the ground. we are spending bil

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president biden again branded russian president vladamir putin a war criminal, and is now demanding he for war crimes. it comes amid worldwide outrage at the wanton death and destruction left behind in ukrainian up tos and cities by retreating russian troops. in the town of bucha, outside of kyiv, destroyed russian military hardware litters the streets, but there are also hundreds of bodies of civilians, some with hands tied behind their backs. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy calls it genocide. moscow denies the troops are responsible. holly williams is in southeastern ukraine. >> reporter: russian troops have withdrawn from around ukraine's capital, kyiv, but there are no celebrations in this country, because what they have left nd issiening. contns deeply disturbing material. in the town of bucha, the streets are littered with bodies in civilian clothing. some with their hands tied behind their back, appear to have been executed. others are buried in a mass grave. more than 300 residents were killed, according to the mayor. in the village here, this woman says the russians ki

fox's jennifer griffin asked him a wide range of questions including whether vladamir putin would have been deterred if ukraine was supplied with weapons sooner. >> are you worry third degree might turn into a proxy war between u.s. and russia? is this a proxy war? >> no, it's not. this is clearly ukraine's fight. iraq's neighbors and allys and partners are stepping up to make sure they have what they need to be successful. >> you don't believe this will end in nuclear war? >> i do not. having said that, ukraine has a right to protect itself and we will continue to support ukraine. >> matt: the united nations general met with vladamir putin yesterday as russia insists this war is special military operation and russia was forced to go to desperate measures to protect russian supporters in ukraine. the united nations views it as violation of un charter. >> it is my deep conviction that the sooner we end this war, the betters, for the people of ukraine, for the people of the russian federation and those far beyond. >> we recognize we face a crisis in mariupol. thousands of civilians are i

. >> we have run away inflation, they are trying to blame on vladamir putin. vladamir putin is terrible and awful, one of the worst people of the 21st century, he is not the reason inflation is out of control. >> the price index rose the fastest inflation increase since 1982. licyings to reign in cost could come at a cost. recession shock is likely to hit soon. >> thank you. >> carley: because of that, jesse watters says it is getting harder for the media to prop up the president. watch. >> jesse: look at the polls, biden is in deep trouble, huge disapproval rating on crime, immigration, the economy, inflation. his buddies in the media can't help him this time, they are stabbing him in the back. the media is blasting democrats for the policies they, in the media, have been promoting. >> carley: now let's turn to this, the pick cmt music award is in the books. carrobbering ieshg underwood and jason aldean took home awards for "if i didn't love you," underwood's 25th cmt win. >> thank you guys for voting, pretty sure i picked the perfect partner for this song, w

i need the edit button and like to see donald trump back if vladamir putin is on there and taliban istwitter, have you to allow everybody on twitter and let people decide what to read and not read. >> todd: i read joe concha's hot golf takes, great on the masters. >> joe: thank you. >> carley: that is the good part of twitter, fun conversations. i have cut back, it is an ugly place. thanks, joe. >> todd: uk prime minister boris johnson sending -- as walk side by side through kyiv. will president continue to lead from behind 1234 we'll hell you what the white house just said in a live report from ukraine. >> carley: and combating climate change, slashing people's tires, david webb will help us unpack that one. to design hr solutions to help you engage and retain top performers today, so you can have more success tomorrow. ♪ one thing leads to another, yeah, yeah ♪ it's 5:00 a.m., and i feel like i can do anything. we've been coming here, since 1868. there's a lot of cushy desk jobs out there, but this is my happy place. there are millions of ways to make the most of your land. learn mo

now targeting vladamir putin's daughters with sanctions as new evidence of atrocities in ukraine surfacel break it down. >> cheryl: good morning, maria putina and -- putin's two adult daughters will cut them off from u.s. financial systems and freeze any assets they hold in the united states, the president tweeted, made clear russia would pay immediate price to wipe out 15 years of economic gains in russia. we should add u.k. and eu preparing new sanctions in wake of atrocities we have seen from bucha. >> carley: switching to the u.s., gas prices high everywhere, really high in california. >> cheryl: insane and jaw-drop suggest how california gas prices are described. more remote area by the coast, drivers are paying their 8.79 for regular, $8.19 for unleaded plus. this compares to national average of $4.15. the average in california, $5.80, to be clear. in bay area, los angeles, santa barbara, big sur, prices are much higher. >> todd: i get it is tougher to get it in the areas, why is -- >> carley: get a hotel room until gas prices go down. >> cheryl: don't stop in big surfor gas is the

lot of it has to do with vladamir putin. it is widely known that there was a broad range of russian disinformation back in 2020. >> why is this administration putting migrants to the border and florida in the middle of the night? >> i'm not sure it's in the middle of the night. as individuals come across the border and they are both assessed for whether they have any symptoms. if they have symptoms, the intention is for them to be quarantined. they're not intending to stay here for a lengthy period of time. >> sean: they won't be there for a period of time because they will fly them to the state of their choice. whether psaki is in front of a podium or on the news she will be doing the same thing, lying. the best media personality, the only objective one, not part of the blue check media mob on twitter who should have his own tv show on fox. anyway, joe, i thought susan asking humpty dump ty the question. he nailed it. >> an 18-year-old just threw cnn's chief media -- something that is an expert on for all the wrong reasons.

>> todd: fox news alert, russian president vladamir putin threatening lightning fast retaliation against any nation that stand necessary moscow's way in ukraine. you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. scrambling to get relief to mariupol. matt finn is live with more. >> matt: good morning and here in ukraine, president zelenskyy gave a speech and made a call for global control of russia nuclear weapons. one former defense intelligence agent says the call may have been reckless and provocative and will anger vladamir putin, who yesterday gave a concerning warning to any country that assists ukraine. >> if someone intends to intervene in the ongoing events, they should know our retaliatory strikes will be lightning fast. we have things no one else can boast of having. >> matt: lloyd austin, u.s. secretary of defense, visited ukraine this week and called out russia saying the rhetoric is dangerous, but doesn't feel it will lead to a world war. the ukrainian marine commander who has been sheltering underground released a video saying there are

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. >> translator: there is no greater antagonist or political threat in russia to vladamir putin than year-old is l languishing in a penal colony. his imprisonment is the result of more than a decade of activism, of being a thorn in putin's side. he was a blogger who emerged in 2008, posing corruption of russian-owned states. >> putin is the most corrupt. >> reporter: in 2011, after allegations that elections were rigged in favor of putin's party, navalny rose to prominence in the protests. over the years he was repeatedly arrested, evidence of a growing popularity that threatened the russian establishment's grip on power, his shining rise somewhat complicated in his early days with cooperation and marching alongside other anti-putin forces, which included members of far right nationalist groups. navalny justifies it now by saying a broad coalition is needed to fight a totalitarian regime. in 2013, he ran for mayor of moscow and lost to putin's favorite candidate. the same year he was also convicted of embezzlement, a charge that would keep him from running for election the next year.

we know vladamir putin and war in ukrainian doesn't have anything to do with price hikes we're experiencingarley: congresswoman marianette miller-meeks, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you, have a happy easter. >> carley: you, too, happy easter. >> todd: tom brady has a request to delete this photo, this is his combine photo circulated ahead of his debut in the n.f.l. draft in 200 brady was 199th draft by the patriots, many ark tribute that fall in the draft to that picture there. in the late '90's and early 2000 the gyms were filled with equipment, we did not have access to fancy nutrition, weights and know ms, most people that look like me, look like that. >> carley: i wonder how abby hornacek feels about this picture? >> todd: she knows, countings down the hours until the kickoff of the usfl. >> carley: local businesses are hoping for a big boost. abby hornacek joins us from alabama. you can take it or leave it commenting on tom brady. good morning to you abby. >> abby: tom brady may be being sensitive, that is all right, to each his own, leave it there. all eight teams a

. >> he said vladamir putin should no longer be the leader of russia, do you agree?you frame the point quite accurately and well, which is america's policy has been and will continue to be focused on the real issue at hand, which is one, the needs of the ukrainian people, which we will continue to support through humanitarian assistance, security assistance and ensuring consequence for vladamir putin. >> all right. kamala harris's troubles don't end there, the vp going maskless at a elementary school monday surrounded by masked up children, power versus powerless. jessica, you are hard worker, successful woman, every young woman wants to be like you. i think people have a problem with kamala harris because we all know someone like that, someone who coasts and glides unlike you, someone who might have cut in line, who doesn't do the work. we all know people like that, jesse, i'm sorry, jessica. they are like, we now seeing that she doesn't want to do the work, didn't want to read the press work. she shows up and sounds like she wants to get through it, how was that? >

president biden has repeatedly called russian president vladamir putin a war criminal. moscow denies targeting civilians. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken called reports of russian atrocities more than credible. >> what we've seen in bucha is not the random act of a rogue unit. it's a deliberate campaign to kill, to torture, to rape, to commit atrocities. >> reporter: president zelenskyy insisting russian forces must be held accountable for war crimes. three sources tell nbc news the u.s. and allies will announce new sanctions tomorrow, including a ban on all new investment in russia, increased penalties on financial institutions and sanctions on government officials. testifying before the house armed services committee today, the nation's top general warns that russia's war on ukraine will likely be measured in years as he braced the u.s. and allies to be prepared to counter russian aggression in eastern europe for quite some time. in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >>> nbc's richard engel is in bucha to account what's going on there. he shares what he's seen s

. >> reporter: to punish russian president vladamir putin for invading ukraine, the u.s. and allies are foregoing military intervention and using the financial weapon of sanctions, aimed at both the state and on individuals deemed close to putin, flashy assets are being seized, and bank accounts frozen. if you put your atm card -- >> my card is blocked, so i could not get any money. >> reporter: fridman, who made his billions in banking and retail and lives in london is on the uk and eu sanctions list. i wouldn't expect you to tell me, but i would think a billionaire would have access to money somewhere. >> no, no. >> there must be an account. >> must be, but there's not.re. th w'mhere bse would lik t explain. sanctis against unfair, useless. for what? what did we do wrongly? except we do business in russia. >> reporter: can't a wealthy russian businessman close to putin have some impact this >> first of all, the power of distance between mr. putin and everybody around him is huge. >> reporter: you can't make billions in russia without being close to the kremlin. that's ve

>> this week austrian chancellor karl nehammer became the first world leader to sit down with vladamir putin since the russian invasion began. austria is one of six countries that are not in nato and the country is facing questions about the official neutrality it has maintained since the second world war. earlier i spoke with the chancellor and asked him about that putin visit. you decided to visit bucha before you went to the kremlin. and you had said you wanted to be a firsthand witness and confront mr. putin by what you saw. tell me what you told him. >> well, you know, i took the decision to visit first ukraine and to meet president zelenskyy, the prime minister, the defense minister and west prime minister, and they showed us bucha. we saw the war crimes there. an orthodox priest told us russian soldiers shot the civilians. and after the trip to ukraine, i did a trip to moscow to confront president putin with what i saw. you know it was not a friendly conversation, it was a frank and tough conversation, and i told him what i saw. i saw the war crimes, i saw the massive loss of the russ

we thought the focus of the new battle would be in the east of the country where i am, where vladamir putin and his military said they're going to be concentrating forces. they withdrew their ground forces from around kyiv, the capital. and yet they're still bombarding it. there's several reasons. one may have to do with that high profile visit by two cabinet members that you just mentioned. they might have wanted to not to kill them but scare them, put them on notice. as you recall, president zelenskyy announced their visit the night before in a way that did not seem at all to be coordinated with the u.s. white house or the state department. it looked as though american officials were caught off guard, especially when our team, you guys in washington, tried to verify that. there was no comments across the board. probably for that reason. they didn't want the russians to know. and so some of that bombing might have been to kind of rattle the cage of washington's officialdom. but also to attack military production targets. some of these factories around the country. but what we saw just toda

ukraine said a draft peace treaty advanced enough where ukraine's president and russian president vladamir putin could negotiate directly. russia's chief negotiator posting today the draft agreement is not ready for a meeting. negotiations resume tomorrow. >>> hillary clinton joined chuck todd this morning on "meet the press." she says regardless of how this war ends, russia cannot be let off the hook. >> i would not allow russia back into the organizations that it has been a part of. the only way that we're going to end the bloodshed and the terror that we're seeing unleashed in ukraine and protect europe and democracy is to do everything we can to impose even greater costs on putin. >> clinton said she supports the u.s.' stance of backing whatever decision ukraine makes to end that war. she also said that there are more actions the u.s. can take against russia. >>> tomales made in the bay area will help feed ukrainian refugees who made it to the u.s. 1500 were made. today, they were delivered to people who bought them. the money raised from them will be donated to world central kitchen which g

. >> reporter: vladamir putin is ramping up his threats, promising to respond quickly if outside countries interfere in ukraine, saying the response to counter assaults will be lightning fast. the u.s. warn it is russian attacks continue, so will sanctions. >> the world must and will hold russia accountable. >> reporter: in a surprise move, russia released american trevor reed from prison for a convicted russian drug trafficker. reed was accused of assaulting russian police officers. his family is thankful for his return. >> finally, after waiting all this time, i'm going to be able to hug my kids, put my arms around them. >> reporter: joe biden wants congress to keep the flow of arms and aid to ukraine going, as tensions with russia remain high. the president's proposal would improve the united states' ability to work with international partners to seize the assets of russian oligarchs. in washington, i'm bree jackson for nbc news. >>> new at 11:00, congress is looking to help you at the gas pump. house and senate democrats announced new legislation efforts to lower gas prices. nancy pelo

russian president vladamir putin said yesterday that peace talks have reached a dead end. and insist that his forces would achieve their goal. now, u.s. officials warning a new russian offensive is taking shape in eastern ukraine that could be even more punishing. >> they're going to pound civilian targets, hoping to force capitulation. they're going to wreck the ukraine. >> the ukrainian government along with the u.s. and allies are investigating an unconfirmed report that russia may have used a chemical weapon in its assault on mariupol. >>> tonight on "nightly news," gabe gutierrez reports on new evidence of russian atrocities in ukraine. he visits a village outside kyiv where ukrainian soldiers are clearing artillery that russian troops left behind. he'll show us the cellular where russian troops slept and what's left of a kindergarten playground bombed by russian forces. watch "nightly news" with lester holt at 6:00. >>> calling for a state ban on ghost guns. the mayor joined bay area leaders to demand changes to california's gun laws. this comes on the heels of a new

ukrainian authorities say here he is, posing with vladamir putin and his ally, bashar al assad, the president of syria, where this ace carried out air strikes. soon after his capture, russia c forcesrom aajorsekor ru thoughot witut dastati co to ukraine. >> chris joins us now from kyiv. you know, russians say that they are in control of mariupol, the only major port city that they hold. this is a city that had 450,000 people. now down to about 120,000. when you think about that and these numbers, could we expect to see more cities fall in the coming weeks? >> reporter: ukraine contests that. russia had told the city defenders, surrender or die. and so far, they have not surrendered. and if they do, that would open up a land bridge from crimea to eastern ukraine and raise the specter of even more cities falling to russia. jericka? >> chris livesay and the crew, we thank you for your reporting. >>> president biden returned to washington, d.c. after spending the weekend at camp david. tonight, there are new questions about just how involved the u.s. should be in ukraine. cbs' christina ruffini i

he said he was still willing to meet with vladamir putin — but not if ukraine's remaining forces in theol were killed. he urged russia to resolve the war through diplomacy. translation: i would like to stop, to finalise the war. _ there is the diplomatic way, and there is the military way. so any healthy and sane person always chooses diplomatic way because he or she knows that even if it's hard, it may stop the losses of thousands, of tens of thousands — and with such neighbours, hundreds of thousands, and maybe even millions — of victims. victims, losses of people, we don't want that. and any leader, whether he wants that or not, he doesn't have the right to deny subjectively, because it would be a subjective decision to deny the diplomatic way. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent in kyiv anna foster and asked her how unusual mr zelensky�*s press conference was. it was unusual, martine, because it is the first thing he has done of this type for weeks now. he has given one or two interviews, but always from that very secure bunker he has been holed up in. russia made it very clear th

. >> a sovereign, independent ukraine will be around longer than vladamir putin is on the scene. >> we want to see putin weakened to the point it can't do the things it's done in invading ukraine. it has lost a lot of military capabilities and a lot troops, quite frankly. >> short while ago, president zelenskyy posted that the u.s. delegation of high officials to kyiv is very valuable and important and he's grateful to the united states of america for unprecedented help and secretary of the united states says american diplomats will begin returning to ukraine next week and the u.s. embassy will reopen in kyiv at a later date. back to you guys. >> carley: thank you so much. and joey, as matt just reported, missile strikes hitting ukraine. five train stations attacked just after antony blinken and lloyd austin took a train into kyiv to visit. this seems like an orchestrated attack. >> joey: i think that is ocham's razor. important officials coming in and next morning the train stations get targeted. this is a bomb that can be guided remote control, they hit something with the missile, th

. >> make no mistake, vladamir putin is a war criminal and there will be accountability on the global stage. >> griff: as far as latest airstrikes, todd and ashley, you mentioned odesa seaport city on the plaque sea, a key strategic port. a new strike there, we haven't seen strikes there so far, more telling of the russian strategy tow cut off ukraine from the black sea access and overnight 80 miles east of lviv, air strike hitting the town of chernobyl, that town hit for the first time. it appears to have struck critical infrastructure, a press conference underway with local officials, we'll bring more as we get it. >> todd: griff jenkins, thank you. to another fox alert. manhunt underway for multiple suspects after a mass shooting leaves six dead and 12 injured in sacramento. this happened early sunday morning just blocks from the state capitol building. president biden called for more gun control saying, "we must do more mourn, we must act, ban ghost guns, require background checks and high capacity magazines and calling on congress to pass his budget act to help enhance community

to keep the russians from moving into this down that sits at a strategic crossroads and kept vladamir putin'sdeeper into the country. in this spot just on the edge of the city, multiple russian tanks were taken out here. we're standing in the ashes of one of those tanks, and there were these two russian soldiers that were killed in this very spot. >> we are strong. our city is strong. our spirit is strong. when the enemy came, everyone rose up from kids to the elderly. >> reporter: hiding residents called in the locations of russian soldiers. others ran ammunition and supplies wherever it was needed. the russians had more firepower, had more weapons than you guys had. >> translator: they were powerful. they had tanks, they had apcs, a lot of wheeled vehicles. but we're stronger, smarter, and more tactical. >> reporter: are you worried they'll come back for revenge after you guys embarrassed them? >> translator: no, it's them who should be afraid. they should know if they come here, they will remain here. we have refrigerators for their bodies and we can bring more. >> reporter: but the russia

cybersecurity official told "60 minutes" vladamir putin may result to digital warfare against american targets. >> we are seeing involving intelligence about russian planning for potential attacks, and we have to assume that there's going to be a breach. there's going to be an incident. that's going to be an attack. >> reporter: a march fbi alert obtained by cbs news warned of increased reconnaissance by foreign actors, of u.s. energy networks searching for vulnerabilities. and the shields up campaign said every organization, large and small, must be prepared to respond to disruptive cyber incidents. >> think about energy companies, financial services sector, transportation or communication, key organizations that are part of our day-to-day lives. >> reporter: sean hennry is the president of cybersecurity firm crowd strike. >> if they were shut down for weeks or months, with the inability to service their consumers, that would be strof toik the unitedstates. >> you're saying you go to the atm and it's not working. you try and get on public transit and the trains are not running. >> tha

. >> reporter: ukraine's interior minister has this message for vladamir putin. >> go to hell. >> reporterer huand, , love of her life and describes how he was executed by the russians. "they took him from our home in his slippers, asked him to take his shirt off. made him kneel on the ground and killed him." tis shocking video apparently shows a civilian killed on his bike. and this drone footage from late february appears to capture a cyclist turning a corner onto what looks like the same street and immediately being fired upon by a russian vehicle. in the city of lviv, there was a candle light vigil last night for ukraine's civilian victims in the colors of the national frag. >> we want to pray for ukraine. we hope that our nation will win this war. >> reporter: but it's not just bucha. other towns and villages have already reported horrors while under russian occupation. for ukrainians, the slaughter of their own people is heart rending and fuelling the fight to protect their homeland and freedom, whatever the cost. we were given rare access to a ukrainian military hospital, wherreat s

. >>> remarkably, vladamir putin faces a legitimate opponent, alexei navalny. >> if i want to be leaderve to organize people. >> the kremlin hates navalny so much that they refuse to say his name. >> passengers cry out in agony. >> come on, poisoned? seriously? they are creating a cruel regime. >> what advice do you have for the russian people? >> it's very simple. never give up. >> "navalny," sunday night at 7:00 p.m. and streaming on cnnn. better hearing leads to a better life. and that better life... ...starts at miracle-ear. it all begins with the most innovative technology... ...like the new miracle-earmini™. available exclusively at miracle-ear. so small, no one will see it. but you'll notice the difference. and now, miracle-ear is offering a 30-day risk-free trial. you can experience better hearing with no obligation. call 1-800-miracle right now and experience a better life. cal: our confident forever plan is possible with a cfp® professional. a cfp® professional can help you build a complete financial plan. visit letsmakeaplan.org to find your cfp® professional. ♪ this is the s

. >>> also, at the heart of this conflict lies one man, vladamir putin. i will talk to the person who came closest to challenging putin's grip on power and paid dearly for it. russia's oligarch turned dissident, mikhail khodorkovsky. >>> finally, a brief respite from war in music. i talk to jon batiste and billy joel. >>> but first, here is my take. all wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. that's what the vietnamese american novelist once wrote. in the case of russia's invasion of ukraine, the start of the fighting also launched a battle over the history that caused the war. it's worth understanding this intellectual conflict because it will likely shed light on the end game of the actual conflict. at the heart of this historical debate is the question of nato expansion. some have argued that the western decision to admit several countries from the former soviet empire created a deep and lasting resentment in moscow that morphed into full-scale aggression. that case has been made most sharply by the universi

second is vladamir putin. the price hike is hitting americans at the pump. >> todd: griff jenkins live on the ground in lviv with more. griff. >> griff: todd and ashley, good morning. it is noon in lviv and ukraine is bracing for renewed attacks as they head into the weekend with russia showing no signs of pulling back, pounding kyiv with air assaults. russian jets have flown over the last 24 hours. nato secretary general stoltenberg had this assessment of the battle. >> russia has repeatedly lied about intention, can only judge russia on action, not on its words. russia maintains pressure on kyiv and other cities. we can expect additional offensive actions bringing even more suffering. >> griff: fierce battling in the kyiv suburb of irpin is raging, territory liberated just days ago. most intense fighting continues in the city of mariupol, cut off from the rest of the world without food, water or electricity. this morning, ukrainian officials say russian forces mroked 45 red cross buses trying to go in to eva

second is vladamir putin.cans at the pump. >> todd: griff jenkins live on the ground in lviv with

he says vladamir putin is trying to wipe out the idea of being ukrainian.

it could go any way, depends if vladamir putin can sustain a prolonged war.st and countries like america have a choice, should we make russia pay even more? now of course there is moral problem with this, which is the war zone that is happening in this ukraine, do we keep arming ukraine to make the russian defeat more crush something we could do. it depends whether or not the ukrainians are willing to go along with that. whatever happens, russia under putin cannot be treated like a normal country after this. zelenskyy claiming russia could be thrown off the ushg n security council is a neat idea, the security council has been a flawed organization from the get go. start to talk about reorganization of the security council and you open up all sorts of problems, why should china be on it, for instance. i'm not sure that is the way. more and more sanctions definitely. sanctions of putin's family is happening more. giving more ammunition to make sure the russian military defeat is as humiliaing as possible should be our goal. >> ainsley: the interior minister sai