besieged port city of mario poll. officials say 17 people were injured, ukraine's president vladimir lindsey says it was hit by a russian as strike. he called it a war crime. same the attack left children buried under rubble. give good body needs a childrens hospital maternity hospital. how did they threaten the russian federation? what kind of countries this is the russian federation, which is afraid of hospitals and maternity hospitals and destroys them. you know, there's a, the strike marks of violent escalation as fears grow that russia could target civilian areas in ukraine. a warning this report contains some disturbing images. another explosion, rocks the besieged city of mario pole. but the target was no military installation . a children's hospital now in ruins, after a direct hit from an apparent russian s strike ukrainian authorities, reportedly 17 injuries and fear. many more may still be trapped inside the world. health organization has verified 18 attacks on health facilities and workers. since the start of the invasion in statements on wednesday, it cold on russia to commit to

attack on the country's biggest euclid power plant, and nato has rejected ukrainian president. vladimir lindsey's coal for a no fly zone in ukraine's as base you watching d. w. news live from good are coverage of the war in ukraine continues. now offer a short break. in the meantime, this pencil on our website d, w dot com. i'm will also ica for me in the team here and berlin ticket with with they've had no peace for for decades. the people of iraq country is devastated and there's no end to the violence.

mac kron has given a news conference at an east summit, which pushed back on ukrainian. nita vladimir lindsey's p for membership of the block. we now cross live to ortiz, charlotte, the been see, who joins are charlotte, thanks so much. can you take us through what happened? well, this was a so based solely that had been organized with you leaders to meet as well as those leaders from european commission. what they discussed that press conference was the russian attack in ukraine was a wakeup call for the block, a turning point in history. and they said it meant to be, you have to take a much more muscular approach when it comes to in securing its security. now the leaders signed off and expanded spending packages is seen weapons funded by the you already being sent to ukraine and they described russia's actions in ukraine as a turning point capital sequel. again, if any one thought war in europe belong to history, we have c putin bring it back loaded up. it's a tragic turning point in history. our societies and our european project. we have responded through unity choices taken very quickly fo

wasn't an immediate comment from the russian defense ministry on the matter. ukrainian president vladimir, lindsey has accused moscow of creating a humanitarian catastrophe. as he once again called on moscow for peace talks, saying it's now time to quote, restore territorial integrity and bring justice for ukraine. he said it russian troops have been showing non military infrastructure. earlier. russian president vladimir putin emphasizes that moscow is doing everything to ensure the safety of civilians amid the fighting. more than 3000000 people have fled ukraine since the start of the conflict with more than 2000000 having arrived in neighboring colon. thousands of refugees have been waiting in queues to receive a local id number to allow them to work and get medical care for the next 18 months . hundreds of thousands of others have gone to hungary, slovakia, moldova, and romania, overwhelming a range of public services. people say so they can't return because it just isn't safe. i don't, you know, lucian, my house is still there, but it's not say to be there. people haven't come out of the base

it's a, a big talking point for president vladimir lindsey. he's us international community for air defense systems and to close the skies. but the closest guys effectively anita fly zone is not something that nato want to do for fear of escalation. now russia has told the u. s. envoy to moscow that ties between the 2 countries are on the verge of being savage. it follows present jo biden's comments last week when he called russian president vladimir putin, a war criminal. let's bring in hash him i had barra in moscow for a, so a diplomatic tension on the rise. hush him tell us about what happened in moscow today with folly. as there is a, a series of reasons behind the strong wording of the statement by the minister of foreign affairs, describing a warning that the relations are on the verge of her collapse. first of all, the states miss my president by the widely seen here as very critical of a rush and conduct during that mr. campaign in ukraine and targeting. also president vladimir putting number 2 of the rushes are saying that the americ

it's a, a big talking point for president vladimir lindsey, he's us international community for air defense systems and to close the skies. but the closest guys, effectively, a nicer flies on is not something that nato want to do for fear of escalation or in moscow. the criminal spokesman dmitri prescott says there has not been any significant progress in talks between russia and ukraine. ash malavar has more now from oscar. from a passion perspective, the grievance is the hub in shaping their narrative. over the last few weeks is basically not only the problem in ukraine, but they say that the americans and nature betrayed russia back in the ninety's. and particularly when this thought of the major expansion asked was particularly in 1997. and they said we wanted to renegotiate the whole security architecture with americans and my nephew, but they were dismissive, they never said that they were willing to move forward. and this is why now love just quoting russian learning, but it says a girl of roasting that will last illusion. we have no illusions whatsoever that we can rely on the ameri

it's a, a big talking point for president vladimir lindsey. he's also international community, a full air defense systems and to close the skies. but the closest guys effectively a nicer flies on is not something that nato want to do for fear of escalation or knowledge speak to ukraine's former president petri parisha anchor, who joined us now from keith. welcome to the program, mister parish and co canarsie festival. what your current assessment of is, of the military and civilian situation in your country. it may be the most difficult time for your craving, our history. and i'm here in the center of kia from the past moment or, and russian, erica, from target lucas, baseball. i did in the last 10 days and asked us stop it for oh man tough been awesome tank and that's why the russia doing every single hour. they're very severe me styles at tech and at the literate settling of this city. and i'll keep thinking that was just a bit, you owe the position. the power button wishes, a battalion of the territorial defense of grey of the key. but thro

vladimir putin. >> earlier today, senator lindsey graham reiterated his call for the russian people to rise up and assassinate vladimir putin. i'm wondering if that is a call you are willing to stand behind as well. >> you want to direct that question two lindey -- to lindsey. what is going on here is between the ukrainian people and putin. the russian people run their own country, they have to make their own decisions. they know what's going on here. every country allows a government to govern, they've got what they've got and it is up to them. >> let me add something to that which i feel strongly about. these are there neighbors. there are many family ties between ukraine and russia. these russian officers, these russian officials in moscow are making a deliberate decision to kill innocent civilians in a peaceful, neighboring country. there are work crimes being committed. we saw some today in these images. the world is watching. these war crimes will be prosecuted at some point, so i would urge these officials in moscow and these commanders in the field to think carefully about the decisions the

host: last week, lindsey graham accused vladimir putin of war crimes in ukraine.ere is what senator graham had to say. >> i think the entire world, those who believe in the rule of law need to speak on this complaint. we're not prejudging the outcome. this is a legitimate complaint. i want to let the russian generals and pilots know that you follow the orders of vladimir putin at your own peril. you can find yourself in the hague if you drop cluster bombs on civilians. the world is watching you. i will do everything in my power as long as it takes to be a voice for justice for the ukrainian people. one of the most vicious people in the planet should be held accountable. enough of the murder, enough of destruction, and carnage on your behalf. host: let's see what some of our social idiot followers are saying. one text says vladimir putin already lost this war, even if they take over the country, it will be destroyed and we won't have support of the people. russia will be economically decimated. a text says a nuclear war would make the world uninhabitable. biden has

is a kind of political curve ball at this extremely precarious moment with russia and vladimir putin senator lindsey graham over night as the situation was escalating overall call on someone in russia to in his words, take out putin. listen >> is there brutus in russia the only way this ends my friend is for someone in russia to take this guy out >> graham's spokesperson noted the senator also expressed he was okay with a coupe to remove putin. reques but the the senators comments being interpreted by some as a call for the assassination of the leader including ted cruz who now is calling this an exceptionally bad idea and new, we've gotten a response from putin's press secretary calling this a hysterical escalation of russ phobia. saying these days not everyone manages to maintain sobriety, and many lose their minds. this could become a talking point for putin. he's publicly been on defense as most of the rest of the world praises ukraine's resistance so his team has been eager to frame this invasion as american persian cushion of putin hoda. >> hallie jackson in washington. thank you. >>> in the m

think republicans are learning that you can't just play footsie with authoritarian like vladimir putin. ly lindseypublican rank and file voters are very concerned of what's happening in ukraine and so i think republicans are thinking they have a midterm election coming up and they got to shift the message here. >> i am curious of there are midterm elections, i am curious of the impact. i want to bring in rachel vinman, thank you for being here and so happy to have you back on our connection. you heard this between lucy and i, your husband alexander vindman were at the center discussion. what's your take on this flip-flop, you saw jim jordan and now listen to congressman hawthorne. we don't know when this audio took place and his communication director tried to do a little clean up here saying the congressman was expressing thinks pleasure with a lot of leaders but i will let the leaders to decide themselves. this is congressman's hawthorne out of north carolina. take a listen. >> remember zelenskyy, remember the ukrainian government is incredibly corrupt and evil and been pushing all kinds of ideo

. >> reporter: as this war rages on, south carolina senator lindsey graham caused a stir by suggesting vladimir should be assassinated. >> the only way this ends, my friend, is for somebody in russia to take this guy out. >> reporter: does the white house have any take on thatthat statement statement? is it helpful at this point? >> that is not the position of the united states government, and certainly not a statement you'd hear come from the mouth of anybody working in this administration. >> reporter: and it wasn't just the administration. lawmakers on the left and the right quickly disavowed any talk of assassination. the fear is, norah, that if vladimir putin feels personally threatened, he might be tempted to lash out militarily, even more than he already has. >> o'donnell: nancy cordes at the white house, thanks. well, a new iron curtain has fallen in russia, and this time, it's an information iron curtain. that's why most russians don't know what's really happening in ukraine. the kremlin today blocked facebook and twitter, and there are no independent media outlets left. cbs' roxana sa

senator lindsey graham said if vladimir putin were to use chemical weapons, then he would be in favor of the allies using that. that would be american pilots and russian pilots in the air shooting each other if you're enforcing a no fly zone. how likely is this scenario? how dangerous is the scenario? >> the scenario, christine, is incredibly dangerous. we have to go into something like this with eyes wide open. the fact of the matter is enforcing a no fly zone gets to be a little complicated with you want them deployed in and near ukrainian air force. and that tells you the advantage in the air would be with the russians. it's very hard to enforce that. you have to bring a lot of american and nato air power to bear. the other thing to know about is the fact that the russians are actually shooting a lot of their missiles from aircraft from places outside of ukrainian air space. they're doing it from the sea of azol, black sea and russia. >> that's so important to remember here to sort of suggest what exactly the no fly zone is, that's where they're doing it. >> the focus is on getting

host: last week, lindsey graham accused vladimir putin of war crimes in ukraine. here is what senator graham had to say. >> i think the entire world, those who believe in the rule of law need to speak on this complaint. we're not prejudging the outcome. this is a legitimate complaint. i want to let the russian generals and pilots know that you follow the orders of vladimir putin at your own peril. you can find yourself in the hague if you drop cluster bombs on civilians. the world is watching you. i will do everything in my power as long as it takes to be a voice for justice for the ukrainian people. one of the most vicious people in the planet should be held accountable. enough of the murder, enough of destruction, and carnage on your behalf. host: let's see what some of our social idiot followers are saying. one text says vladimir putin already lost this war, even if they take over the country, it will be destroyed and we won't have support of the people. russia will be economically decimated. a text says a nuclear war would make the world uninhabitable. biden h

brought him back to the white house. [ laughter ] republican senator lindsey graham called for the assassination of russian president vladimir during a thursday night interview on fox news say what you want about lindsey, pretty bold to do that on putin's own network. [ laughter ] at an event over the weekend for top republican donors, former president trump suggested that the u.s. should paint the chinese flag on its fighter jets, bomb russia, and then added, "they start fighting with each other and we sit back and watch. finally. [ laughter ] finally, a way to bring stability to the world -- a war between russia and china [ laughter ] former vice president mike pence criticized republicans who have offered praise for russian president vladimir putin amid the invasion of ukraine and said, "there is no room in this party for apologists for putin," quickly adding "sorry, i meant no more room we're pretty -- we're just super full right now." netflix announced yesterday it will temporarily discontinue its service in russia in support of ukraine. and in even harsher sanctions, quibi announced it will start up [ laughter ] visa a

. >> republicans like len senator lindsey graham are saying that vladimir putin would never have doneand at one level, i'm inclined to think they're kind of right. donald trump was won a once in a lifetime valuable asset to putin. there was no real reason to invade ukraine. putin have trump actively trying, again, and again, to destroy nato, which is of course, been the ultimate goal for putin all along. is i think he was a smash in the wake of the cold war, he doesn't think it should've went past 1991. would make sense if you wanted putin to have trump to do more damage without invading ukraine. as willingness to wait is shows how important this project is to putin, and how important this conflict between a two on ukraine has been an american domestic politics because of trump, in the era of trump. that's woodrow swans, the national correspondent who has been covering biden's response to the russian invasion, and she joins me now. betsy, there is a interesting ideological faultline. he was watching right-wing media dealing with this for a while and the days running up to this invasio

. >> in the meantime senator lindsey graham making some controversial comments about vladimir putin. what he said is next. the senate will have a virtual midi just hours from now. the meeting follows a request b the white house for billions of dollars, maybe tens of billions of dollars in aid for ukraine. let's get to kevin corke with live now in dc. >> good morning, trace. just a few hours from now, 9:30 eastern time all 100 senators and all 50 states are invited t take part in a virtual meeting with ukraine's president. that meeting actually comes as the russian invasion enters a second week and vladimir putin calls his special military operation. this a few questions to keep an eye on. we want to know what the senate pressure of the president to sanction russian energy. we've spoken at length over the last several days about the fac that there are sanctions on russia, their sanctions on some of their oligarchs and there's some restrictions on the financial systems around the globe, the fact is that russian energy has thus far escaped. if you take a look at this number, you see a t

and lindsey graham coming out recently sagging vladimir putin should be killed. right now. >> pete: the indications that vladimir putin not stopping any time soon and willing to target civilian areas, benjamin hall thank you so much for that report. along those lines, targeting of civilian areas you can imagine he would rationalize that by saying civilians are picking up arms and therefore civilian targets will become military targets and women at children are shields for legitimate military targets peer that is where both sides talk past each other but brian who interviewed lindsey graham and he's proposing new measures. >> brian: he said, why don't you just go take this guy out? with u.s. investor and russian investor to the united states come i cannot believe a lawmaker said that. to paraphrase, an explanation and an apology. here is what senator lindsey graham said. >> the best way for this to end is have a russia spring so to speak where people rise up and take him down because if he continues to be their leader, then he is going to make explicit war crimes.

because we have not listen to the intelligence. >> so, john, lindsey graham was just with me saying the biden administration views vladimirner. a partner in the iran deal. maybe it is good what they are releasing, but there is a whole host of things that they are not releasing. tell me about that. >> right. you are getting all kinds of intelligence on what russia is doing, you are getting no intelligence, the american people really don't know what is happening with the ukrainian nuclear deal. all the tough talk about what will happen with russia. the lead negotiator in the u.s. iranian nuclear deal is russia. specifically the russian negotiator who is dealing with the iranians directly. when we talk about intelligence, what our intelligence tells us, is really in german is that the iranians cheated on the original nuclear deal, that's why the trump administration withdrew. they were spending at unpermitted levels. they were storing heavy water needed for nuclear weapons not permitted. they were importing technologies they were hiding testing facilities from investigators. they lied. they cheat. they were not trustworthy.

something republican lindsey graham said who has alluded and implied that vladimir putin should be takenople. his spokesman said that he was talking about a coup, but it is widely being interpreted as the reference to brutus, is there a brutus in russia? as a call for assassination, even some of his fellow republicans are pushing back on this now with senator ted cruz, a member of the gop calling this a terrible idea. here is -- i'm paraphrasing there. here is white house press secretary jen psaki in response just moments ago. >> we have left the door open for months now to be engaged through de-escalation. if de-escalation occurs. obviously, humanitarian corridors, a cease-fire. those would all be steps that would be welcomed. but no, no, we are not advocating for killing the leader of a foreign country or regime change. that is not the policy of the united states. >> leigh ann caldwell is joining us now. there's opinion other reaction, not just from the white house, but from capitol hill too, including from congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, who is controversial in her own right, wh

so lindsey graham for that has taken more heat than vladimir putin has for actually using assassination and murder to stay in power in order to gain power, and in order to take out the president of the screen. here we have a piece in the daily mail ukrainian president zelensky has survived three assassination attempts they were for innovative agents which was the old kgb. and it turns out the wagner group that i will get to in a second is behind two of the attempts and then the chechen a hit squad is behind another attempt they were all sent there by fiction. there is said to be 400 members of the wagner group based in africa which is a mercenary a cause i military arm of putin's army that were placed there in advance of the war and foiled by subversive antiwar members within the federal security service , according to the daily mail the successor to the kgb that said the security national security confirmed the attempts. one group that tried to kill him was the wagner group that has 400 members that infiltrated ukraine with a kill list. they have a hit list of assassinations they are s

reckless talk we have seen from members of congress, members of the senate, lindsey graham calling for an assassination of vladimirat all the representatives who are very passionate about us going to war need to do is they need to go back to their districts and they need to sell it to their constituents, and then demand a war powers vote, demand and actual constitutional vote on going to war and sell the american people, tell us what we are going to be asked to do, to send our sons and daughters off to the blood lands of eastern europe, or if we keep halfway provoking this conflict with billions of dollars of arms and aides going to be ukrainians and cheering the ukrainians on as they are slaughtered, then we have to tell the american people, hey, this is likely going to result in the russians going right into the arms of the chinese communist party and then the chinese communist party is going to challenge our status as the prime reserve currency holder and open up a new front in the economic war that they are already waging on our country. we need clarity and honesty from our lawmakers, not reckless talk. >> tuc

. >> reporter: republican senator lindsey graham drawing russian outrage after suggesting someone in russia should take out president vladimir putin. putin saying today he has no bad intention toward neighboring countries. as he warned them against doing anything to escalate the situation. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken meeting with nato allies in brussels. >> we seek no conflict. but if conflict comes to us, we're ready for it. >> reporter: the nato secretary general ruling out a no-fly zone over ukraine which would mean nato fighters shooting down russian jets to enforce it. >> we would end up with something that could end in a full-fledged war in europe involving many more countries. >> as his forces keep up the fight on their own ukraine president holding a moment of silence for the soldiers and civilians killed, with countless others desperately trying to make it out alive. on capitol hill lawmakers are weighing humanitarian aid for ukraine and pushing for a ban on russian oil as putin cracks down on dissent in russia threatening up to 15 years of prison time for people speaking out against his war. in washingto

. >> i want to ask you about something that senator lindsey graham has repeated his calls to assassinate vladimir putin. he was asked, yeah, i hope we'll be taken out one way on another. i don't care how he's taken out, i just hope we send him to the haig and he'll go. what do you think of that? >> well, i can understand the sentiment. i don't think it's a wise thing for american elected officials to say because it's the sort of thing that the russians can play on their propaganda networks back home to whip up patriotic sentiment. at the time when putin is struggling to do that, i don't want to give them any propaganda lifeline. look. putin is losing. but a defeated putin is also a dangerous putin. and i think we do have to be -- we've got to support the ukrainians, but do it in a careful way. i think the russians want to bring us into this conflict. i think that may be putin's last ga gambit, if he sees the forces in ukraine. and if he can bring us in, and in effect, terrify us into believing that world war iii is possible. ironically, his negotiating position from his point of view will grow st

on capitol hill, senator lindsey graham introduced a resolution pushing for a war crimes investigation into russian president vladimir putin. >> i am hoping that republicans and democrats will speak with one voice when it comes to the rule of law, but what putin is doing is a war crime. >> reporter: today, president biden told reporters it is too early to tell whether mr. putin is guilty of war crimes in ukraine, but he did say that a future ban on russian oil imports is not off the table. >> we're looking at what is happening in ukraine right now, including what is happening to civilians. we are taking account of it, we are documenting it, and we want to ensure, among other things, that there is accountability for it. >> the biden administrator and has announced additional sanctions targeting both russia and belarus as military and certain technology exports, while the justice department launched a task force to crack down on russian oligarchs and others who try to evade u.s. sanctions. >> reporter: a military convoy of hundreds of russian vehicles has stopped short north of kyiv. the pentagon said today that they h

i wouldn't mourn for two seconds if vladimir putin met an untimely demise, but should this be openly mitigated in the medi? if. >> stupid, stupid comment from lindsey here's the grayest shade of gray and the biggest element, it's the gray a matter between vladimir putin's ears. it's whatever's going on in his mind, and that's what we have to answer. gillian is certain -- and i appreciate her certain i -- about what would provoke american response what we do no -- not know is what will provoke a vladimir putin response. i agree there are things we can do short of launching the nukes to deter vladimir putin, but what we really need to be considering and it's not being a putin tool and it's not being a propagandist to try to say let's attempt to understand his mind because if you don't understand the mind of your enemy, you cannot defeat your enemy. howard: yeah. and that is challenging these days with putin being so isolated. gillian, do you think the saturation coverage of this war by very bravists including those at this -- brave journalists including at this network has hammered hope that putin is a fab fabricator and doesn't even really make much

this is a bigger issue about the future of vladimir putin and the senator from south carolina lindsey so to speak. jon: that is a critical lease, he suggested somebody in russia taken on the united states or another nation, go ahead. >> yes, he did. to be clear about that, i think we also have to be careful about what we wish for because a world without vladimir putin does not necessarily mean as the senator suggested, a better world. it could be that there are more strongmen waiting to take over, they could be a lot younger, they could be equally resolute like vladimir putin and face decades of their roles for his role or someone's role, that is not a good possibility for us. it could be if vladimir putin is assassinated, that they are rallying around the fact affect in russia some of those on the fence about the war or even oppose it could come support the regime. jon: so you think it would be better for vladimir putin, assuming he can be defeated in this barbaric invasion, you think would be better to send him back to russia a diminished leader? >> i'm not sure i'm ready to say tha

green who have painted president zelenskyy in a negative right, we had lindsey graham call for the outright assassination of vladimir, and then we have our qabls as well on the. [laughter] the conversation and debate is good, but because of the time and sensitivity of this matter, the world needs to be togetherrings the party needs to be togetherring and, obviously, in support of -- but carefully. because vladimir putin is desperate, and somebody in this position like him who is desperate can be far more dangerous than he already is. howard: ben, you have this constant tension between journalists every single day reporting these heart-rending scenes, the maternity hospital mom bombing, the bombing of a theater where children were known to be sheltering, killing people on a bread line not to mention kidnapping mayors and killing, now, journalists. and up against that you have journalists coming on, perfectly reasonable you've made the point, about how far should the u.s. go. volodymyr zelenskyy's told nbc's lester holt that world war iii may already have started. >> you know, this is a proxy war, it's become a proxy

yesterday at a news conference along with senator lindsey graham calling for tougher sanctions against vladimirutin, he talked about the experiences she is hearing of ukrainians during the russian invasion. >> i just got it about an hour ago. from some village. france is trying to escape with kids. they have special groups to kill. they are trying to escape. they sent all this footage and honestly, i would not sleep at all. that's from her brother. her brother says, they burned down my house. my wife and kids, barefoot. i don't know if she is alive or not because they were shooting at us. working around. it belongs to them. the public record, they are killing peaceful people. kids are scared to death. they are just killing us like we are animals. this is criminal. these people cannot get away with that. and i hope to see how the international community will vote today. do they have a backbone to stand up to people that they created? are they going to be cowards? we have a lot of economic reasons, but when the time comes , something that changes the whole world. it's a threat to all of us. have

. >> senator lindsey graham called for the russians to rise up and kill vladimir putin.an people, how much do you think that they know about what's going on right now with the media crackdowns and how likely are they count to countenance something like that on a nuclear power plant? >> reporter: well, look, that is really interesting and very nuanced. russia has several degrees and layers of what people know. they work two independent organizations until just this week. you just had the echo of russia on the television. and now you see the russian parliament has actually voted on this law a that they moved to earlier this week which makes it a crime up to 15 years to even criticize the war. and god forbid they describe it as a war. they need to describe it as a military operation. there are many russians who have access to their phones, whatsapp, social media, and have many trends and relatives not just in ukraine but outside the rest of the world. they are still able to get a huge amount of information. the question is what will they do about it? in the early days, a we

neil: your republican colleague, lindsey graham, has said maybe someone should kill vladimir putin andem goes away. he dialed that back a little bit. what did you think of that? >> well, it's classic lindsey. [laughter] i mean, i know lindsey graham and you do too, that's the just the kind of thing he would say. i don't think it's that helpful because if you start talking about assassination of another nation's leader, well, then people around world say is, okay, that's an appropriate avenue of foreign policy, so why don't we talk about an assassination of zelenskyy or an assassination of biden. if you open that door, you can't assume that it's just being opened to the leader of one country that we don't like today. it suddenly becomes, okay, well, american leaders think that's an appropriate tool. that's a pandora's box that should stay closed. neil: finally, senator, and i appreciate your patience, i wasn't in on this meeting, you were. we're learning that president zelenskyy has told you and your colleagues if you had started sanctions months ago, there would not have been war. now,

lindsey graham repeated yesterday. he called for russians to assassinate vladimir putin. was that responsible? >> well, look, people are watching what's happening in ukraine and what this man is doing to these people, what this monster is doing to human beings. they're angry about it. i think vladimir putin will have problems internally in russia. how the russians seek to take care of it was up to them. i'm not sure he was calling for u.s. action. he was basically trying to say i wish someone would take this guy out and remove him from power. i think the whole world wishes that. that's not something we can impose. it has to had been organically. it has to happen internally. maybe it will because he's not just facing a military catastrophe in ukraine where he really can't win. the two outcomes he's facing are a costly military victory followed by a costly occupation, but also his economy back home. >> so far he seems completely undeterred by that. do you believe he's acting in a rational manner? >> i think he's acting in a manner he believes is rational. he views himself as an historic figure.

. >> republican senator lindsey graham appears to be calling for the assassination of vladimir puting. tonight, the republican from south carolina tweeted is there a brutus in russia? is there a more successful colonel south over in the russian military? the only way this ends is for somebody in russia to take this guy out, you would be doing your country and the world. a great service. of course, the reference here, bruce is one of julius caesar's assassins and stauffenberg tried but failed to kill hitler during world war. 2. and then in another tweet, the senator said the only people who can fix the crisis or the russian people. east bay congressman eric swalwell responded to graham tweeting. remember when you could have legally taking out the biggest threat to our democracy by voting to acquit him for the crimes of january 6 sit this one out, lindsay and you can follow all the latest updates on the war in ukraine using this qr code red, the phone, open the camera, hold it up there. that will take you to our website. and that is all the latest developments in resources around the ba

assassination of russia's president, vladimir putin, well, that is not the position of the united states government. her comments coming after south carolina republican senator lindsey graham suggested on twitter that someone close to putin should take him out. take you to twitter for the post -- is there a brutus in russia? is there a more successful colonel in the suck russian military. the only way this ends, someone takes him out. you another do the world a great service. critics called the tweets cringe worthy. the white house called them unbebecoming. >> not the position of the united states government and not from the mouths of the people working for this administration. we're not for killing a leader of a country or a regime change. that's not the policy of the united states. >> as for lindsey graham, he doubled down on his remarks. as for the kremlin, their response was predictable. saying these days, not everyone manages to maintain sobriety, i would say sanity. and many lose their mind. that's the response to lindsey graham's tweet. >> come back for good news. >> uh-huh. >> russia's recent attacks are not limited to the missiles and the pull lets they're

from the international community from the united states should vladimir putin decide to use weapons of mass destruction. >> ainsley: lindseyld travel throughout europe and it would be -- there would be, you know, deadly consequences possibly to these nato regions. >> look, the senator is right. the use of weapons of mass destruction would certainly have the potential to broaden this war. the president has been very clear. we are not going to put u.s. troops in ukraine to fight. we are not going to put u.s. pilots in the air over ukraine. we can all understand no-fly zone is essentially combat. talking about combat between the united states and russia. that dramatically escalates the war here. now you got two nuclear powers facing off that gets to the expansion that senator graham was talking about. no one wants to see it go that way. focused on one make sure ukraine can defend itself as bravely and creatively as they have been and we are shipment are arriving every day. and shored up nato's eastern flank. that's one of the reasons the president is going to brussels this week to make sure they know how committed we are to d

when you have american lawmakers like lindsey graham talking on twitter, joking or something, i don't know what he was doing. talking about assassinating vladimirwho claims he invaded ukraine because he thinks that the west is out to get him. it does not help. we need wise people, not foolish people. we need to be making very wise, thoughtful, careful decisions. i worry that this administration, and a lot of people in washington by the way are not capable of that. >> emily: right pad what you mean by contain this, charlie? what does that mean? >> charlie: contain it so that we do not expanded into a larger war. that's what i'm afraid of. >> emily: content and how? like watch it faster than ukraine's borders? i mean specifically what strategic action with the simmons ration take, short of doing nothing that would contain it. >> charlie: okay. i think the number one thing you can do, is for america to start drilling for oil and lower the price of oil so that vladimir putin runs out of money quicker and cannot continue. the way the situation is now, we will see gas prices go to north of $4 a gallon. it will go up to $5 a gallon. some of that money

vladimir putin? that is not the position of the united states government. her comments come after south carolina republican senator lindseyham suggested somebody close to the russian president should "take this guy out." to take it to twitter. a thursday post by mr. graham, he rode "is there a brutus in russia?" according to roman politician that led the conspiracy that led to the assassination of julius caesar. there more successful a colonel in the russian military, adding that which is improbably know if you know your history is a reference to the german army officer who unsuccessfully tried to kill adolf hitler. graham later went on saying the only way this ends is for somebody in russia to take this guy out. you would be doing your country and the world of great service. critics called it cringeworthy and according to the white house, it was frankly unbecoming. >> that is not the position of the united states government and certainly not a statement you would here come from the mouth of anybody working in sadness ration. we are not advocating for killing the leader of a foreign country or regime straight change, that

senator lindsey graham, tweeting out his response to as the lensky speech as saying that he would do what he can to assist the ukrainian precedent in his attempts to bring war crime charges against vladimir putin. so there was complete to not a support for ukraine from congress during that speech. the only perhaps sour note is that a number of republican senators tweeted out, images of zalinski speaking during the speech itself. this was something they'd been asked not to do for security reasons. so that has been a bit of an issue among members of congress following the zalinski speech. but generally a demonstration of broad bipartisan us support for ukraine. and it's ongoing struggle or my fax alerts and my kind of reporting that from washington dc. visa and mastercard, say they're suspending all operations in russia effective immediately. it means any card issued in the country will no longer be able to be used at the block applies. world wide cards issued elsewhere won't work in russia. the firms are the latest to isolate moscow from the international community following the invasion of ukraine. i let speak to mohammed hi there. his in london is an economist, a welcome to program sir.

house, press secretary jen psaki also responded to the call senator lindsey graham made on twitter last night for someone to kill vladimir putin in russia that claim so starkly expressed astonished officials in washington and the white house was eager to play it down. >> no, we are not advocating for killing the leader of a foreign country or regime change that is not the policy of the united states. >> now, the white house was also at pains today to underscore the comments from the head of nato earlier that there is just not going to be a direct confrontation between the united states and russia. psaki said the president is not going to put u.s. military on the front lines of a battle to fight against russian troops sara >> eamon javers, thank you we'll turn to the market, as stocks sit firmly in negative territory. dow on pace for its fourth straight week of losses, and nasdaq again getting hit the hardest. mike, what are you focused on? >> another day of very heavy apprehensive trading it has been very sticky, the s&p 500, around this 4300 mark last night, overnight, index futures rushed just below 4300 4280 or so tha

lindsey graham, just as criticings have said, give putin more propaganda? >> well, first and foremost, we've been talking a lot about the threat vladimir putin poses to ukraine, which is overwhelming. he's an enormous threat to russia. and i think senator graham is absolutely correct to point out that the path upon which vladimir putin has embarked potentially could destroy the russian economy and make it isolated rogue state. russian history is full of turnarounds. you had ivan the terrible then peter the great. you suffer through stalin but mikhail gorbachev emerges. the cosmic dice have landed on people. thap oar not going to be there forever. one other analogy to think about, we use this expression crossing the rubicon. it's what julius cesar did in defiance of the roman republic. how did he end up? he was assassinated on the ides of march. i think there is a hope that within russia the light will go on that russia is headed in a terrible direction. how realistic it is at this moment does not seem to be because of the way in which vladimir putin has his hands firmly on the levers of power. information, light, and continuing to talk about what he's doing

think every patriotic american vladimir putin should not remain in powe he didn't say let's go drag him out by his feet from the kremli that's a different story, you have lindseyenly college for him to be assassinated on twitter so i think that's one thing, i think the president as jason said, statements are important, clarity is important especially in world affairs and i think it's important that he speaks a he does sometimes off-the-cuff, but also has to go back and reassure all of us that what he says is what he means. >> how about covid 19 another topic for you guys before i let you go. there was word today that there was going to be of fourth shot or a second booster out of the raised by the fda. our contributor whose have been vulcan vaccinated, he says this is this following this science, the fda will offer eyes by bypassing the to picking proces of their external experts, the fda will than convene them afte the authorization to discuss it's like a judge issuing ever addict and then having lawyers make their arguments really fro one sentence from each of you, is this the way to rebuild trus in an institution like the fda part. >> the it does not, it do

strategically quiet and we love to see vladimir putin gone but were not to serve it up on a silver platter the idea that were trying to get him gone i took the same issue with lindseyraham on bipartisan. this is a dumb thing to say and what was a decent speech is speech that he would get from accolades. there's a lot of hits of the lack of substance and the fact that we can talk about all you want to but if your actions back it up it doesn't matter. word for word he said something like that and it trumps any other call to action that he might've made during the speech. katie: the rest of the context of the speech were not top of mind when it came to the sunday show this morning. let's take a listen. >> in the moment that was a principal human reaction to the stories that he had heard that day. the president is a straight shooter and at the pentagon. >> the white house has pointed out has not changed. >> it is up to the russian people to determine who is going to be in power in the kremlin. katie: jackie, are democrats trying to walk that back in addition to the white house? will that be enough for president putin not to think that joe biden meant what he said? jack

lindsey graham, the republican senator from south carolina. his press conference today on the senate resolution calling for vladimir putin and his regime to be heldccountable for the numerous acts of war, aggression, and human rights that have been conducted under his watch. lindsey graham is also a member of the senate judiciary committee, so he is one of those folks who may be meeting with president biden for the supreme court nominee. that's just some of the reaction from members of congress. you saw all the reaction last night on twitter. members of congress waking up this morning and amplifying the messages they want to talk about . here are a few more. congressman adam schiff, the democrat from california. last night, president biden laid out his plan to end gun violence. he said to keep cracking down on the reckless gun dealers and manufacturers by repealing their liability shield. my equal access to justice for victims of gun violence act does that, the congressman said. from new jersey, congressman josh gottheimer, his tweet this morning to the house, the senate and the president on bipartisan support to fund, not defund the police. the

lindsey graham and others interrupting and man splaning and bullying. she showed patience and resolve in defending her record. we'll have the news coming up shortly. >>> we begin with russian dictator vladimir putin's humiliation on the battle field. as russia's war on ukraine enters the second month tomorrow. nato now estimates that 7 to 15,000 russian troops have been killed in ukraine. according to a nato official who spoke to nbc news. if you include the troops injured, captured, or missing, the number could be as high as 30,000 to 40,000. russian forcings remain bogged doubt and stalled out. they continue to be repelled by ukraine's more nimble fighting force which repeatedly managed to outmaneuver them. the russian military can't meet the basic needs of their soldiers. western officials said putin is facing serious shortages of food, fuel, and cold-weather gear. many were never told what they were going or fighting for. some abandoned their vehicles and equipment. in fact, their losses are now significant they may have lost their ability to keep up the fight. the "new york times" reports that according to the pentagon, russia's combat power in ukraine has dipped below 90% of its origi

vladimir putin is pushed back. >> now, let's switch gears alternates to the confirmation on judge ketanji brown jackson. this week rep senators had racist and sexist attacks on full display. the political spectacle included lindseyham's questions about judge jackson's faith, to pander to the predominantly white evangelical base, and then josh hawley's accusations that jackson is somehow soft on criminals trafficking child pornography. then came cruz trying to get jackson to commit to critical race theory. how do you interpret these attacks on this qualified judge, who happens to be a black woman? how well did senate democrats defend the nominee? >> it's no surprise they were going to take that route, try to turn it into a three-ring circus. you i would say they failed miserably. if you look at judge jackson's cresse denchs compared to those she's been serving with, she's been a judge, a federal defender. the committee has seen her four times, pointing her to the federal court. this is the reality of being a black woman in america when you're aspiring to do big things. we knew the racism would come out, the sexism would come out. i'm not shh surprised. however, the attempt to character eases her soft on crime fel

lindsey graham. graham writing, "is there a brutus in russia? the only way this ends is for someone in russia to take this guy out," seeming to suggest russian president vladimir putin should be assassinated. >> that is not the position of the united states government and certainly not a statement you would hear coming from the mouth of anybody working in this administration. >> reporter: you mentioned the remarks from russian president vladimir putin. he had ominous words for the west. he said the sanctions are akin to a declaration of war. and on tuesday, we know that several national security officials will be testifying on capitol hill before lawmakers. you can imagine members of congress have a lot of questions. whit? >> thank you. >>> turning to your money now and the economic ripple effects of the war in ukraine, americans feeling the pinch as prices surge with gasoline hitting a record high in some places. abc's deirdre bolton joins us to break it all down. good morning. >> good morning. so, from gasoline to travel to food, many costs may move higher as a result of russia's incursion. the most noticeable place the americans are feeling the effects are