the u.s. is looking to shore up supplies. >>> nasdaq, 20% low from its recent all-time high. >>> plus no fix for stitch the online fashion retailer sinking in the market. >>> and china finding itself in the same boat amid surging prices it's wednesday, march 9th, 2022, and you're watching "worldwide exchange" right here on cnbc >>> good morning and happy wednesday. i'm frank holland in for brian sullivan we're kicking off wednesday morning with stocks looking to rebound. so far we're seeing signs of it. the dow looking like it could pop as much as 400 points. the s&p and nasdaq also higher yesterday we saw all the major indices deeper into territory watching oil as well on the heels of the u.s. decision to ban all russian oil imports. crude coming off of its highest settle since 2008. you're seeing the numbers right here, all in the red a bit here. rbob gas coming off in the red down more than 1%. >>> now we turn to metals. right now we're also seeing gold down a percent you see platinum and p

last week, a delegation of u.s.-based activists arrived at the family's home to break the 482-day siege. in a moment, we will go to our interview. but first, i want to turn back to 2016 when democracy now! broke the international media blockade by reporting from occupied western sahara. during our trip, we spoke to sultana who described losing her eye as a college student after being beaten by moroccan security forces during a protest in 2007. >> one of them recognized me. he jabbed right at my eye with his baton. i bent over and i could feel my eyeball in my hand. i was yelling at him. amy: while we were reporting in western sahara, moroccan forces violently disrupted a protest led by sultana and oer sahrawi women. i spoke to her again just after she was beaten. we follow sultana khaya into a small bedroom. she pulls back her traditional sarawhi robe and shows me fresh bruises on her leg, both arms, and on her breast. >> they were insulting us, beating us, dragging us, using violence to let us know we were not goin

as evidenced by the fact that the u.s. even sent them stinger missiles last week which has been something that has been potentially on the table for sometime now and the u.s. was really hesitant to do so. so, there's definitely an interest in giving ukraine everything that they can possibly need here. but getting fighter jets into ukraine is extremely dangerous right now, because the airspace over the country remains contested, it's a very dynamic airspace. and the reality is, the majority of it is more in russian hands than in ukrainian hands and that is the problem here, it is dangerous for and you fixed wing aircraft to be flying over ukraine right now. now, as we've seen. even some russian aircraft have been shut down. ukrainian military, they are flying some of their aircraft, but not very many, and even the russians are not flying very many manned aircraft because of the contested airspace. the idea that you could be potentially flying in, a couple of dozen of these polish fighter jets into ukraine, that is extremely

the u.s. does play by international law. we're not going have a disproportionate think what we will go after civilian targets in russia. i do not think that will happen. >> chris, you and jim and i have been in this discussion for years and years but if we start to break down those norms and go after -- the future conflicts just have even less limitations on the willingness of actors to bring those infrastructures into the game early on in a conflict. again, the ukrainians i understand their call for offenses cyber action but if you're the u.s. and you are trying to sustain a global cyber in the long term, you could potentially undermine that by some certain actions. >> i think the other part is pressure points in the u.s. and russia are different. colonial pipeline creates political pressure here. putin could care less if there's a gas shortage or if the power is out in st. petersburg. the cyber techniques that article was talking about are probably not the ones that would be effective. but that does raise a question and i

the u.s. considers a unilateral ban on russian oil imports. vladimir putin insist the war will not end until his demands are met. third round of talks today. the euro drops below parity with the swiss franc. gold hits $2000. copper and palladium at all-time highs. good to be back with you. we are in a new phase of potentially the weaponization of oil. that is potentially unilateral embargo of russian oil. we moved from sanctions to the reality of real sanctions with real teeth on russian oil. good morning. dani: good morning, and the consequences for oil on this economy is real. fears most acute in europe. goldman sachs writes that the constructive thesis for the euro is off the table. we are looking at euro parity at least when it comes to the swiss franc. is the dollar next? manus: we are in an oil shock, inflation shock, stagflation narrative. to the library you go. this is where you begin to understand the scale of the moves in commodities. the biggest weekly move in 60 years. that exclude

the u.s. and the rest of the g7 now calling for the revocation of russia's most favored nation trade us. also -- status. also a ban on russian imports of its famous caviar and diamonds. we've got the founder and ceo of the american-ukrainian business council as it launches today. wait million you see the big wig companies that are already onboard. this is a fox business exclusive you want to hear. and back to nuclear power, oil skyrocketing calling -- making new calls for clean and initiate nuclear power. one stock is soaring on the possibility. we've got the ceo of light bridge corp. on how his nuclear fuel company hopes to transform energy production by eliminating toes if sill fuels and any -- fossil fuels and any dependence on russian oil. >>> let's get to this breaking news, the last day of a tumultuous week of stock trading starts between gains and losses, but we are all in the red pretty much at session lows, even the russell down a full 1%. at the open, take a look at the nasdaq. it di

u.s. lawmakers to act urgently and change policy to address the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan, mr. miliban's plea came before testimony in a foreign nations subcommittee. this is just under 90 minutes. >> subcommittee to order today for a hearing on a critical topic, the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. i'll start with a few opening remarks and turn it over to senator young to introduce the witnesses. i think we'll be joined by a number of colleagues so we'll try to be brief in our opening remarks. let me start by saying my belief is president biden made the right decision to remove our remaining troops from afghanistan. the american people, by a large margin, support that decision. the overnight collapse of the afghan army and the government was, to me, proof that 20 years of nation building had failed and another 20 years, frankly, was not going to end in a different result. the scenes of the withdrawal were hard to watch and there's no doubt mistakes were made. the state departm

the u.s. covid-19 response. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span or c-span now, our new mobile app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. coming up friday on c-span, the president of latvia will discuss russia's invasion of ukraine and what it means for this country and the baltic region. live from the washington post at 10 a.m. eastern . then the chief of ukraine's president discusses nato's diplomatic efforts, and steps the u.s. and its allies can take to support ukraine. you can watch our live coverage online at c-span.org, or on c-span now our free video app. next, the u.s. ambassador at large for global criminal justice details the state department's assessment that russian forces have. -- committed war crimes in ukraine. this is about 15 minutes. ms. van schaack: good afternoon, everyone. i really appreciate the opportunity to address you here today as the ambassador at large for global criminal justice. the off

he has no incentive right now to negotiate a u.s. no-fly zone, supported by allies can help with that. can it get us into a war with russians? that is a potential but the reality is this war is expanded and the one thing that vladimir putin response to his force. we have not heard him do that yet. he is getting more aggressive. we've got to be able to say enough is enough. host: lancaster, california. this is glenn. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to talk about when it the invasion first happened in crimea. right before that, we sent a bunch of money, plant loads in the dark to iran and that helped fund crimea because they bought weapons from russia. and now, we are in this again. biden is back in there again. the corrupt, nonrepresentative -- he does not even take a question from our press that's right in bed with him. there is another thing. mr. biden is over there pushing the green deal. he does not even really care about the ukrainian people. he doesn't care about the american people. he is enriching himself thro

but the u.s. is now also looking at new paths to stop russia. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken saying today u.s. and european allies are looking at the prospects of banning russian oil imports. cnn has teams on the ground in ukraine and around the world. we begin with cnn's scott mclean who is live for us in lviv. scott, a third round of talks will begin tomorrow, but how much hope is there? >> yeah, well, there needs to be some level of hope for these humanitarian corridors, because they are so, so desperately needed. we are talking about parts of the country that have no power, no water, no heat and they are quickly running out of food and water as well. and so the situation is extremely desperate. for the last two days, today and yesterday, they have attempted to get people out of the city of mariupol, a city of about 400,000 people in southeastern ukraine. the ukrainians say about half of the city would very much like to evacuate. yesterday, things failed when the russians were accused of shelling by the ukrainians. today it was a very simi

the u.s. president has accused vladimir putin of trying to create divisions but says that will not work. >> they're alone, and they did what they did in my view because he thought he could split nato, split europe, and split the united states. we're going to demonstrate to the whole world no one can split this country. thank you all so very much. thank you. >> our cnn correspondents are covering this conflict from washington to paris to western russia. they're on the ground in ukraine as well. scott mclean is reporting on the evacuation efforts in lviv. but first we will hear from cnn's chief security correspondent jim sciutto. >> reporter: russia's invasion of ukraine is gradually gaining ground. the mayor of the city of kherson in the south of the country, with a population of 300,000, has said that the city has now fallen under russian control, adding ukrainian forces are no longer present. the devastation inflicted across ukraine is only growing. russian strikes increasingly targeting civi

the u.s. and u.s. allies, that china would pay a price as the u.s. works to see what kind of response there is here. it also says something about the russian military many consider to be a world class military,less than a month into this invasion of ukraine, it appears to need some resupply. it's unclear what would be in the shipment or what russia consisted of but that officials tells c nrknn they need drones. at a military base very close to the ukraine poland border. the military base only about 11 miles from the border officials there say 35 were killed in the strike, more than 100 injured. of course, it raises concerns the closer that gets to nato territory, the closer that gets to a nato country, the closer it gets to an all out escalation. pamela, the u.s. is working very hard and essentially set a parameter this fight to stay in ukraine to avoid a conflict between the u.s. and russia, but between two nuclear super powers. >> we learned of the first american killed in this war a journal

one u.s. general estimates russia may have suffered as many as 4,000 fatalities, but that number is far from exact. laura podesta is here in new york with the latest on all of this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. despite that news of ukrainian resistance, u.s. officials say intelligence shows putin plans to increase the intensity and frequency of russia's attacks. moscow is trying to take over the city of irpin and closing in on kyiv. the united nations says more than two million people have fled ukraine since russia's invasion last month. many doing so as explosions can be heard in the distance. >> absolutely insane. >> reporter: valentina made it to romania on a ferry after she and her boyfriend looked up on line how to escape safely. >> we have cars and all that amazing technology now, and here comes war. this stupid war. >> reporter: unicef says half of all refugees are children. this ukrainian police officer said good-bye to his crying son in irpin as the family tries to stay ah

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and a u.s. official tells cnn russia is set to deploy 1,000 more mercenaries to ukraine and is poised to bombard cities into submission. all of this as the humanitarian crisis grows worse by the day. the u.n. now saying more than 1.2 million have fled ukraine. cnn has reporters across ukraine covering all the latest breaking developments. let's go to jim sciutto live from lviv. >> thanks so much, fred. as the shelling and chaos continue, conditions in mariupol are becoming increasingly desire for civilians left behind. staff members of doctors without borders say they have been forced to collect snow and rain for utility water. pharmacies have run out of medicine, stores have run out of supplies. scott mcclain is with me now to discuss. scott, mariupol city council is asking residents to return to shelters. this is something we're seeing all over the country, indiscriminate bombing. what are you learning? >> reporter: this was the day, jim, that there was hope for people in mariupol and also in

the u.s. engagement with international organizations should be tempered and clear eyed. sadly, the biden/harris administration does not seem to agree. last year, the president declared the united states would rejoin the u.n. human rights council, a sham body with a terrible track record of protecting dictatorships and despots in covering up the crimes of the world's worst human rights abusers. china, russia, cuba, and venezuela, all have seats on the supposed shrine to human rights in geneva. instead of focusing on actual human rights issues abroad, the council continues to focus its efforts on persecuting israel, the only country permanently featured on the council's agenda as its own item. while this administration publicly stated it would seek changes to the council, we have seen not a single meaningful piece of reform since our reentry to the council last year. these reforms should have been a prerequisite to the united states seeking election to hrc, not a hopeful goal left to be achieved

emily: visa urging u.s. committees to ocular systems in case the russian government or private hackers take action. you have companies like crown strike and others offering their help and services for free. what would you say is the threat level right now against u.s. businesses and entities? matthew: it is all down to how putin decides to engage the rest of my how they respond to the sanctions put in place. ultimately, we think they are very capable in the energy sector. we have seen them for a decade or more in the energy sector getting a foothold, understanding the systems, so there is a threat there, but we also think there is the possibility there could be a tit-for-tat thing where they are going after the financial sector as well, which is a harder nut to crack in the west. emily: i want to take a look at ukraine specifically. you talked about all of these different entities coming to the defense of ukraine talking but the eu to lil wayne yet to romania -- to lithuania to romania. is this a practice fu

u.s. and nato believe russia is poised to, quote, bombard cities into submission in the ukraine, which could inflict many more civilian casualties. a senior western intelligence official telling cnn his experience with western leadership and vladimir putin leads him to believe, and i quote here, they have a completely different standard when it comes to respect for human life. and the u.s. official tells cnn that russia is planning to deploy up to 1,000 mercenaries in the near future. pentagon saying russia already rained down more than 500 missiles on ukraine in a week and a half since this invasion began. and this is what those missiles are doing to the cities and towns of ukraine. look at this. on the out skirts of kyiv, a residential neighborhood attacked. a woman watching, just watching as her house burns. in western kyiv, a business center just destroyed. and we have tragic news and a story we first brought you last night. the missile attack on an apartment block in borodyenka, leavi

u.s., there's major economic news tonight. the federal reserve today raised its benchmark short-term interest rate by a quarter point. that is the first rate hike since 2018, and more are expected this year. this will mean higher loan rates for most consumers and businesses, who are already struggling with inflation. tonight, cbs' errol barnett reports on how record-high fuel prices are stalling the trucking industry. >> it digs into your profit. you know what i mean? i mean, a whole lot.htwhile most americans are gasping at gas prices, truckers are dealing with diesel. >> $815 to fill up the truck. >> reporter: what costs less than $4 per gallon last month, has jumped to a record high above $5, slamming small transport companies. >> well, pricing stay this way, a lot of people will be out of business. >> reporter: william lytle says the cost of filling his truck, which can hold up to 200 gallons, means profits have evaporated. this man recently purchased a second truck, which he now can't

he visited u.s. trips in poland yesterday, met with the polish president, ukrainian refugees and will deliver a major address from warsaw. meanwhile, forces have shifted their focus, prioritizing the contested donbass region. we will be following the president's trip and keeping you posted. that address from poland is expected at 1 p.m. eastern time, you can see it live on c-span, www.c-span.org and the free video app, c-span now. what do you think of president biden's handling of the russia-ukraine conflict following that trip to europe? give us a call. the phone numbers, (202)-748-8000 for democrats, (202)-748-8001 for republicans, (202)-748-8002 for independents. you can also text us your comments at (202)-748-8003. send us your first name, city and state. we are on facebook.com/cspan and you can send us a tweet at @cspanwj. welcome to washington journal. i am joined by paul mccleary, a reporter for politico. he focuses on national security and defense. guest: good morning. host: i want to ask you

u.s. congress. >>> defiance, the brave ukrainians protesting in the streets in a city controlled by russia, even marching towards soldiers as they fire. >>> children fleeing for their lives. more than half a million and counting we're there for th emotional reunions. >>> mastercard and visa shutting down service in russia. americans joining the fight, volunteers from the u.s. preparing to battle russia. >> was there a moment you decided to go and fight in ukraine >> the moment i found out you could. >>> soaring prices at the gas pump. set to hit a new record in days would you be willing to pay more to punish russia >> 100%. i would be willing to pay extra. >> and more than just a flower, a symbol of hope uniting much of the world behind ukraine. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with jose diaz-balart. >>> good evening the day started with a prospect of a limite cease-fire in ukraine but is ending with war and rhetoric only escalating president vladimir putin ratcheted up his warning

gerry: the u.s. and its allies quickly went on to win the war thanks to the ground troops were enough soviet of course did not have nuclear weapons i nato and the current u.s. currently grimacing out of ukraine paired but could that change must ask our panel. robert o'bryant let me start with the a process work goes on and the carnage continues and we know -- russian testing seems to be targeting siblings, targeting cities but were going to see as we bid did back in 1999 horrible images of civilians being killed. do you think the current bipartisan agreement that new u.s. forces should actually engage there even in the no-fly zone, do you think that is going to hold? >> i think it will hold. unlike xhosa vote we were dealing with serbia, we are doing with the nuclear power of russia and then putin who is already rattling the nuclear saber. but the beauty of this situation is to brave ukrainians who are fighting for it hope you're not seeing a choice situation in alamo situation. i compared zelensky t

u.s. beef industry has reduced methane emissions by 40%. net emissions from u.s. beef production are 10 times lower than net emissions in other parts of the world. additionally u.s. rarchgers are producing the same amount of beef today as they did in 1977 with 33% fewer animals and of course less land being used as well. farm productivity was 287% greater in 2017 than it was in 1948. that's just incredible. 287% greater. so mr. chairman, you're exactly right. the american farmer, the american rancher, they are producing more with less. they have made the united states the most efficient producer of food and fiber in the world. mr. chairman, that environmental progress will continue because of the solutions being worked on. by the witnesses on our panel today. as well as progress being made by others. and those solutions are coming in many forms. i would call out one precision ranching technology being developed by south dakota state university and the research and extension center. this is

the u.s. would man all imports of russian energy to make it clear the american people would not be part of subsidizing his brutal, unjustified war. at the time, i noted that we were able to take this step when others could not because the u.s. is a net exporter of energy with a strong domestic energy, and the u.s. welcomed the european union's powerful statement this month committing to rapidly reducing its dependence on russian gas. today, we have agreed on a joint game plan toward that goal while accelerating our progress toward a secure future. this initiative on helping europe reduce its dependency on russian gas as quickly as possible and producing. we will work to provide an additional 15 billion cubic meters of natural gas for europe this year. and as the eu works to discontinue buying russian gas before 2030, it will also work to ensure conditional eu market demand -- ensure additional eu market demand from the u.s. by 2030. the will work with member states to store gas across the cont

a senior defense official tells cbs news that the u.s. now has evidence that russia is deliberately and intentionally targeting civilians, including hospitals and evacuation shelters. ahead of president biden's trip to meet with our nato leaders on thursday, the president says vladimir putin's back is against the wall. however, ukraine's resistance and russia's slow progress are raising concerns that putin may resort to using chemical or biological weapons to regain the upper hand. we have a lot of news to get to tonight, and we begin with cbs' holly williams in uman. good evening, holly. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. as you can see, it is almost completely dark here in uman, because as in many other parts of ukraine, there is a night time curfew in place as russia continues to pummel this country from the air. and we should warn you that our report contains some disturbing images. three people were killed when this hospital was decimated by a russian missile strike yesterday, according to ukrainian officials. ( explosion ) ukraine'

u.s. aircraft carrier "harry s. truman" is in the northern aegean sea. its mission at least in part to make sure it can conduct flight operations from there if tensions spike. ukraine's president held a private zoom call with a bipartisan group of senators and he asked for more air power and a no-fly zone over ukraine. more than 1.2 million ukrainians have fled their country. jordan's government said it will allow entry to ukrainians who have relatives living inside the kingdom. >> and a mind-boggling reality check. ukraine's crisis may only be in its early stages. there have been predictions of up to 5 million people displace said. each one of them carrying just a few belongings and the unbearable weight of an uncertain future. cnn's clarissa ward has their story. >> for seven days the kyiv suburb of irpin has been pummeled by russian strikes, and you can see it in the faces of those leaving. exhaustion, fear and gratitude to the soldiers helping them flee. this bridge was downed by the u

u.s., but that's something ukraine desperate for. they want any and and all help they can get. eric: president zelenskyy has been begging nato and our allies to provide a no-fly zone. the west, of course, and nato says there are fears that that would cause a wider war. what is the sense there on that possibility and the fact that these polish gents, maybe mig 29s from armenia, may be able to join the fight, about 70 available for. >> reporter: every civilian doesn't understand why the u.s. isn't doing more, why there isn't a no-fly zone, why they aren't sending jets and more military support. the government understands the complications, they understand and have said they know why the u.s. doesn't want to do that, that u.s. troops facing up against russian troops or u.s. jets facing off against russian jets simply isn't feasible. merv theless, they are welcoming all the support they're getting, and they just say hay need more: the ukrainians have been successful at holding back the tanks a

that is including elongated u.s. treasuries, which, while they dampened underlying yields, has also afforded her words of investment-grade debt a longer runway to look at historically-attractive coupons. from a market perspective, even in the midst of that volatility, at 68 billion dollars we are still coming off of a very functional backdrop the most active week in the investment-great rocket in 2022 and the seventh most active week all time. these are still functional, even with those moving pieces. matt: what do you think about the treasury? is -- it is the worst treasury market we have seen in 50 years, and with such a seemingly-small gain in yields -- you have seen such a gaping destruction of capital -- how does that work itself out going forward? meghan: here again i think investment-grade is a unique case. in contrast to what you could perceive as a relative basis or risk aversion that are playing out in other asset classes and currencies, i think what is particularly remarkable in the context of a market tha

what is the u.s. and nato -- and nato partners doing to maybe maximize the amount of aid that can get in while there's still a window open? mr. kirby: so on the second question i would just tell you that security assistance continues to flow, not just from the united states but from many of our allies and partners, and as recently as just the last 24 hours. so we are making every effort to get as much security assistance as we can to the ukrainians as fast as we can. and on the humanitarian side, again, we're going to continue to work with international organizations and ngos to try to stem and assist in whatever way, not from a military perspective. i'm talking about from an administration perspective. we estimate, or we have seen, numbers coming out of the u.n. of, you know, more than 500,000 people now leaving the country, as well as perhaps tens of thousands if not more internally displaced. so clearly mr. putin is causing a humanitarian crisis as well. jen? reporter: on the nuclear question? mr.

>> reporter: a u.s. official tells me tonight that putin remains erratic and angry, given the fact that the ground forces have been performing so poorly. the u.s. official said that eastern ukraine is littered with the charred remains of russian tanks. the anti-tank weapons we've been giving the ukrainians have been very effective. and there is concern about the supply chains. one of the reasons i'm told by this official is that once the convoys reach ukraine, the supplies are dispersed so quickly, it would be hard to hit them. so the russians may try to strike on the poland side of the border before the supplies get to ukraine. david? >> all right, martha, thank you. our coverage of the war in ukraine for tonight. >>> but we move on to the emotional moment playing out just a short time ago in the historic supreme court hearing for supreme court nominee judge ketanji brown jackson. wiping away ears after supportive words from senator cory booker. judge jackson all day facing republicans' fierce questioni

u.s. stocks failed to hold onto early gains. the s&p 500 falling and the nasdaq 100 closing in a bear market for the first time since march 2020. shery: the largest china tech etf in the u.s. wipes out nine years of gains as the selloff in chinese stocks intensifies. this is the picture across wall street. u.s. futures coming online, rebounding after the s&p 500 fell, reversing gains earlier in the day. tech companies sank amid the jump in treasury yields, the 10 year yield the highest since 019. -- 2019. the golden dragon index fell to the lowest since july. there is concern about beijing's relationship with russia, the crackdown on tech giants in the growing risk of u.s. delistings. we also have tencent, you can see it tumbled after reports it faces a record fine for violating chinese regulations. apple closed the lowest 200 day moving average. foxconn also, following a covid lockdown. higher yields as we head toward the federal reserve rate decision. traders already boosting expectation

it comes just hours after president zelenskyy addresses the u.s. zelenskyy pleading with the u.s. to do more. again, calling for that no-fly zone over ukraine. and then, the video zelenskyy showed u.s. lawmakers that left some in tears. and the new images tonight, reports russia has attacked that theater that was being used as a shelter in mariupol. reports hundreds of people had been sheltered there, including children. that message the ukrainians wrote in russian on the building, the word "children" ignored. also tonight, president zelenskyy says hundreds of pa

we protect our soldiers, we ramp up u.s. production and kill u.s. production and put our soldiers in harm's way. by the way how is white house oil buys from russia better for the planet better than the keystone pipeline? >> it's not. and here's the thing, the president in a press conference just a few days ago told the american people he was using all the tools available that he had to address this energy challenge. well, what we said in our letter to him was that, mr. president, with all due respect, that is not telling the truth to the american people. we listed 12 things in our letter to him that he could announce tonight, sanctions on russian oil, approve keystone xl, make sure we're drilling in alaska and anwar and the gulf of mexico and oh by the way, the other thing we list is firing john kerry who is a disgrace to our country. these are all things he could announce tonight that would start to turn the table on putin, but right now they're looking the other way on this critical issue of energy. elizabeth: senator dan sullivan, it's a pleasure

the u.s. congress where he will is expected to repeat calls for more military reinforcement and a no-fly zone. on tuesday, the prime ministers of poland, slovenia, and the czech republic held a joining -- a joint news conference with zelensky in kyiv. this is czech prime minister petr fiala. >> fighting for lives, your country, for freedom. we know we are also fighting for our lives and our freedom. main goal of our visit or main message of our mission is to say you are not alone. our countries stand with you. europe stands with your country. amy: ukraine's capital is now under a curfew as russia continues to bomb residential areas. earlier today, russian forces shelled a 12-story apartment building in kyiv. ukraine's other cities also remain under attack or russian occupation. on tuesday, survivors of a russian airstrike on a residential block in kharkiv were evacuated by rescue workers. >> brotherly nation, my mother comes from warsaw. how could this monster,, my god, monster, come up with s

u.s. and russia. saying he was depressed over what's happening in ukraine, but wait until you hear why. what does it tell us about putin's army? >>> plus, he was once the richest man in russia, but then he crossed putin and spent ten years in prison. he tells me why biden has putin all wrong. let's go "outfront." >>> "outfront" tonight, the breaking news. a big victory for ukraine and a mass barrage of fire in kyiv tonight. senior official tells cnn that east of kyiv, craukrainian forc have pushed russian forces back significantly. they were about 20 kilometers from the center of kyiv. they're now about 55 kilometers from the center and the battle for kyiv continues through the night. look at the striking new image. this is just northwest of kyiv where ukrainians are trying to match their success in the east. this news comes as president biden is now in brussels for a high stakes summit with nato allies. tonight, nato saying it will approve the deployment of battle groups to four countries

instead, the u.s. has sent millions in aid, food, healthcare supplies, blankets and deployed a disaster relief team to the region. >> we are providing support to the ukrainians for their fight for freedom, military assistance, economic assistance, humanitarian assistance. >> this policy towards refugees are under scrutiny again. over the last six months, the biden administration has flown thousands of haitians from the southern board tore haiti n. fiscal year 2021, the biden administration welcomed 11,1,100 refugees. when president obama left office, the number into the u.s. each year 110,000. by 2020 trump cut that number to 15,000. trump signing an order suspended syrian refugees into the u.s. during the country's long deadly civil war. how would you describe u.s. policy towards refugees in the last 20 years? >> the united states had been a country that provided refugee to most people in the world. that really declined. >> vaughan hilliard, thank you for that. >>> coming up, fighting in ukraine growi

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u.s. and china. from new york this morning, good morning. this is "bloomberg surveillance, " live on tv and radio. futures down on the nasdaq, on the s&p. lisa: important to see where china really lies in this war. can they necessarily continue to get behind russia without deliberately saying they are behind russia, or do they have to be more verbal about the fact that they want to move closer to ukraine in the western allies? jonathan: a warning from secretary blinken earlier this week. kailey: the u.s. will impose costs on china if they support russia and anyway in this conflict. my question is, we have already seen talks between the u.s. and china, not on the presidential level, but as you brought up, brian sullivan was there to talk to them, and nothing seemed to come out of it. my question really is, can something tangible come out of these talks or any further talks at the governmental level? jonathan: clearly, something happened this week which concerned this administration, or some

only takes u.s. citizen funding and ultimately it started out focusing on terrorism issues in aftermath of 9/11, middle east centric focus, grunt to focus on states, iran, the nuclear program, a couple of functional areas, sanctions, military issues, cyber issues i know covers really a range of global threats to the us interest and u.s. national security. we have people to focus on north korea, china, russia and like me the regional and strategic and functional portfolios that come from a. >> we heard when it comes to them a nuclear deal may have been a somewhat come up as far as the finalization of that and yet out of your the financial times and others reported that it could be a possible pause on these talk. what's the significance of these velvet? >> we've heard so much about different iranian nuclear deals timelinesve ever since these indirect negotiations commenced about 11 months ago. you've had the biden administration saying the winter for diplomacy is closing, the runway shortening. ultimat

we have this war in ukraine and you have u.s. military personnel dealing with their russian counter parts on a real-time basis to elicit this information. that's good news. number one. number two, it tells you distinctly that the russians have a very deep problem. the information we're getting from reports from the field, from your contributors and your anchors on the field you get which are phenomenal, and then reports coming from other sources really indicate the russian forces at the troop level, the soldier level, are really having some very difficult times understanding what their purpose is. the russian military deals in tasks. this is what i want you to do. the u.s. military and our nato partners deal with tasks and purpose. why i want you to do it. the russian soldiers don't have that. we've seen some incredible videos. some of the russian troops driving into a gasoline station and then ransacking the place because they don't have their own chow. they're probably walking away with food they can't get from their own logist

in terms of expediting family who have u.s. ties, there hasn't been an acceleration. we haven't used vehicles that we could use like humanitarian parole which would allow people to enter the country on a temporary basis. it's how we had 76,000 afghan allies come to the u.s., you know, self several months ago. >> what's stopping us? is it something that president biden can do by executive order or would it need to go through congress? >> yeah, that's a great question. i think part of it is understandably the administration had said we need to play a supporting role to european nations because, of course, those nations represent the front line. i think the initial focus in the first several days of this conflict was providing the humanitarian assistance, providing logistical support, early on the u.s. forces deployed 5,000 troops to help poland. but i think this is where it's that tipping point, here at home it's equally critical for the u.s. to take on a more direct role. and we have the room and the resources to welcome displac

senior u.s. defense officials said yesterday it appears that the russian offensive has stalled in most areas of the country, and so it seems like they're condition tent to lob explosives into residential areas. well, president zelenskyy had an appeal earlier this morning, he posted a video on his telegram, appealing for russian soldiers to put down their weapons and stop this senseless war, promising they would be treated humanely if they did. listen. >> i know you want to survive. we hear your conversations and intercepts. we hear what you really think about the senseless war, about the disgrace and your state. your conversations with each other. your calls home to your family, we hear it all. we draw conclusions, we know who you are. therefore i offer you a choice, on behalf of the ukrainian people, i give you a chance, a chance to survive. if you surrender to our forces, we will treat you the way people are supposed to be treated, as people. this simply. >> reporter: zelenskyy also weighed non

the u.s. and nato, if it doesn't reach some diplomatic negotiation. judy: meantime, the war in ukraine continues at a brutal pace. the united nations' human rights agency said today that it has recorded 474 civilian deaths in the conflict, including 29 children. they believe the real toll is much higher. and the peagon today said that it believes somewhere between 2,000 and 4,000 russian troops have been killed in the fighting, though they gave that estimate little confidence. the ukrainians claim they have killed 11,000 russians. and now more than two million ukrainians have fled their nation, including one million children, most heading west toward the rest of europe. it is on part of that march where we find nick schifrin tonight in western ukraine. nick: today, finally, a rescue for families who've been living in fear, for hundreds of trapped foreign students, r residents of this northeast city besieged by russian shelling. this is what they fled, the destruction of their homes, the fear o

u.s. energy secretary have both said there is no indication right now of increased radioactive levels. nevertheless, one shell in the wrong place and this could become a true catastrophe. that's what we're keeping our eyes on today also whether or not putin pushes further into the city so that he can continue bombarding urban areas, civilians, residential districts. a lot is happening right now. it was quiet here last night. there was no shelling, which we have seen over the last few days but there's no sense now today what vladimir putin might do next. we'll be here covering all of it. >> great appreciation to you and your crew. benjamin, thank you very much. >> thanks. >> special report anchor has been tracking russian advances nightly. hey, brett. >> hi, jen. let's take a look at the map, what's happening now. obviously the focus has been this nuclear power plant tonight. the nuclear power plant biggest in europe, it provides a quarter of the energy for ukraine. it a hz been the focus w

u.s., nato, and the ukrainians say the russians are frustrated by their lack of progress, and are firing longer-range weapons because they can't make headway on the ground. >> translator: they understand that sooner or later, our troops will push them out of our territory. now, the russians are doing dirty tricks. they shoot more at civilian areas than positions of the ukrainian army. >> reporter: ukraine's army says it is pressing its own counteroffensive, trying to dislodge russian troops from the outskirts of kyiv. the kremlin's forces, meanwhile, so far unable to take the ukrainian capital. instead, laying waste to its suburbs. fred pleitgen, cnn, ukraine. >>> joining me now from florida, cnn military analyst, retired lieutenant general mark hertling. he is the former u.s. army commander general for europe and seventh army. thanks very much for joining us. when the russians want to be precise, they are precise. they hit a fuel depot here a few miles away from my position. they hit an a

. >> u.s. intelligence officials are on high alert to the escalation threat from russian government hackers as putin continues waging war on ukraine. >> there only 15 days in and so much can still occur. >> but now sources tell fox news russian ransomware has already been knifed u.s. systems dozens of times since the start putin's war two weeks ago. ransomware has been tracked in u.s. critical infrastructure including the manufacturing, energy, finance and government sectors. >> this idea of malware spreading is one scenario that we look at there are threat orson narrows that also come into our thinking. one might be the use of ransomware. the next would be a scenario proxies, those that necessarily may not be part of the russian government but are functioning as a proxy or as a nonnation state actor. and the final one is this idea of a disrupter or destructive attack. >> it's art all part of a multiphase russian plan to debilitate the u.s. energy sector. >> john mccain or former colleague used

the u.s. is also seeing an increase in the bombardment and shelling of mikolaiv. the administrator there is asking residents to gather tires at all city intersections to be set on fire to stop the russian advance. also today, a major announcement from president biden, a ban on all russian oil, natural gas, and coal imports to the u.s. >> that means russian oil will no longer be acceptable at u.s. ports and the american people will deal another powerful blow to putin's war machine. this is a move that has strong bipartisan support in congress and i believe in the country. americans have rallied to support the ukrainian people and made it clear we will not be part of subsidizing putin's war. >> cnn's anderson cooper is in lviv in western ukraine. anderson, we just heard from the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, this historic address to the british parliament, received a standing ovation there. again, he says that the people of ukraine will continue to fight. >> yeah, the president reall

the starting point is still the u.s. consumer, which is well off, thanks to the support measures during the pandemic. the starting point is not one were people have a lot of debt, where houses are coming down, so we are in better shape today compared to the last time when you had inflation rising up, which was basically 2010, post-lehman brothers experience, so they will have to take that into consideration. i think 20 five basis points is what should be coming out of the next meeting, but of course, we will only know that on march 17. haslinda: that's right. we are watching wages in that u.s. jobs report in friday. we thank you so much for your insight. let's get first word news with vonnie quinn. >> thanks. jerome powell says the war in ukraine may accelerate china's moves to develop alternatives to the dollar-denominated payment system, responding to a sinners question on efforts to isolate russia's economy. he also reaffirmed the fed's plan to raise interest rates this month. china is likely to announces slows growth

admiral, the u.s. said no to this transfer of poland's planes to them calling them high risk they've provided stinger missiles what's the difference? >> shep, i don't see a big difference, frankly. i think it's one thing to talk about creating a full blown no fly zone over ukraine. i would not advocate doing that. that's high risk that's russians and americans nose to nose potentially going to war doing this transfer of the mig 29s. there's more risk. process back to the images we just watched we are at a stage where we need to take more risk to stop the war crimes and the atrocities. so from all i see, we are to move forward on this, figure it out, figure out the logistics. we can do this. >> get them the planes, just get them to them there was a time canceling nord stream 2, no then they did it then they said no to banning oil from russia. he's laying this all on nato our people are dying because you're not helping in the skies. >> i think there's a pretty obvious red line here. no nato boots on the