as soon as jody returned from hong kong to new york last year. she joined the opc and was elected to the board in the summertime. she is now political news director at bloomberg news here in new york. i now handed over to jody. thanks patty and i happy to welcome everybody to this book night. i only wish it were in person, but i'm very pleased to introduce mark clifford who i overlapped with in hong kong and i'm pleased to call a friend and very excited to discuss this new book with them. we welcome questions, so, please send them along. please send them in the chat if you want to if you don't want me to use your name say that or if you want to keep it just dm me in the chat. so it's so your name's not attached you can do that as well. thank you. first a brief bio of mark little introduction before we get started discussing his thought-provoking book. mark is now living in the us and as president of the committee for freedom in hong kong he in hong kong. he most recently was executive director of the asia business council and a former member of n

it jodi schneider, thank you for your assessment. i want to continue this conversation with security neil genial -- i want to get your reaction to what jodi just said. this report from scott berrier saying that putin will increasingly rely on its nuclear deterrent to signal the west. how serious is this? >> i think there is serious concern anytime you're dealing with a nuclear weapon state engaged in aggression. you have to measure if they will rely on capability. it is a signal. it's not that they will use nuclear weapons, but they are making the point that they still have them. if that is the position and you can't respond to the russians, that gives vladimir putin clear way to do whatever he wants. we can't engage when they have already begun crossing lines. that will be enough. now they are going to kyiv. we have seen them escalate. a civilian buildings, schools, hospitals. a tremendous number of casualties increasing over time. we can't always be afraid of the nuclear deterrent to stop us from helping. emily: why shouldn't we be

jody jones joins us now jody, good morning, sir, president biden said we need to secure our borders and laid out his plan how he is doing that. take a listen to a portion of what he had to say. >> president biden: before advance liberty and justice, we need to secure the border and fix the immigration system. we can do both. we install new technology like cutting-edge scanners to better detect drug smuggling and set up joint patrol to catch more human traffickers. >> carley: jody, the plan is not working, is it? >> no, no. thank you, by the way, for having me. no, it is not. actually, it is the worst it's been down there in history, in history of the united states, the border crisis is the worst ever. it's apparent, everybody knows it. they keep throwing smoke and mirrors at us and tell us everything is good, everything is getting better and it is not, it is getting worse. >> todd: let's face it, his policies have caused free for all at it is border, two years ago when trump was in office, we didn't have this free for all at the border. how was it after the tragedy you suffered through

i am delighted to welcome mark tonight and our moderator jody snyder. jody was based in bloomberg's hong kong euro and served -- bureau and served in the correspondence club of hong kong. as soon as he returned from hong kong to new york, she joined the opc and was elected to the board. she is the political news director at bloomberg news in new york. i handed over to jodi. >> thank you. i am happy to welcome everyone to this book night. i wish it was in person but i am pleased to introduce mark clifford who i overlapped with in hong kong and i am pleased to call a friend and excited to discuss this new book with him. we welcome questions, please send them along in the chat, if you want to -- if you do not want me to username, tell me or dme in the chat. -- dm me in the chat. a brief bio, marcus living in the u.s. and is president of the committee for freedom in hong kong. in hong kong he was executive director of the asia business council and a former member of digital, the company that published apple daily. we will talk about that tonight. mark is ed

and as jodi hernandez reports that training is now being put to the test. >> we are ready to stand. one, we have no other options, and we are doing our jobs successfully. >> reporter: 27-year-old combat soldier, irena, has been in the thick of the fight to save her country. she has seen images of what has happened in the past two weeks as they take on russian forces. >> they constantly try from the air. they've tried kindergartens, schools and churches and all possible civilian objects. >> reporter: she says the ukrainian army is motivated and strong, thanks to the training they received from the california national guard. under a state partnership program, the california national guard has held hundreds of training exercises with ukraine over the past 30 year. major general david baldwin says it's been tough watching what they've been preparing for actually happen. >> i couldn't believe that putin had actually actually done it, we knew he intended to. but now we feel immense pride to see how brave and resilient the ukrainian armed forces have been and the resilience in the ukrainia

jodi: looks like there is somewhat of a shift in strategy by vladimir putin. rather than hitting, trying to hit kyiv and try to hit several cities, he seems to have shifted towards the east and to the port city of mariupol, where there has been bombardment by land, sea and air it looks like they have shifted strategy to try to focus on this one area. again a port city, so to kind of deal with that as a transportation area. the, we saw ukrainian president zelenskyy has called it a war crime of shocking proportions. this all comes as we're going to see a nato summit which president biden will attend on thursday on ukraine and the invasion, and then-president biden will go to poland to meet with the polish president there. you saw the statistic earlier here. the -- that 10 million people have left their homes. more than 3 million had ended up in neighboring countries like poland and we are starting to see the effects of that refugee crisis that will continue to get worse. we also heard today from president biden how -- a very stern warning saying that he thinks t

i'm delighted to welcome mark tonight and our moderator jody schneider. jody was based in bloomberg's hong kong bureau from 2016 to 2020 and served as president of the foreign correspondence club in

that's why it's day 13 and we are still standing. >> jody hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> incredible what she's going through. russia street in san francisco has been unofficially renamed to ukraine street in the excelsior neighborhood. someone covered up the russia street name and added ukraine. >>> while san francisco is gearing up to take a tougher stance on everyone who is selling stolen items on city sidewalks. a new ordinance imposes regulations on street vendors and it would require anyone who sells merchandise or pre-packaged foot to get a permit. city officials are trying to crack down on people selling stolen goods while they're making ends meet. >> my beloved members of kntv, honored doug moore during their meeting. doug died in december with his family by his side. you may remember doug shared our news desk with maggie skera for more than two decades. doug was kind to everyone from the station's general managers to the interns. this morning, supervisors joined with doug's wife kim nguyen and former kntv reporter doug flatbow to pay tribute to him. doug's wife says he love

she'd never held a gun for the russian invasion and now she holds one daily and here's jody hernandez. >> she is standing with a rifle and it's like this, you know, ready, aim, fire, ready, aim, fire situation. >> cara ruddic describes her now daily weapons training. the 36-year-old software engineer and member of ukraine's parliament never dreamt she'd have to learn to fire a gun until russia invaded ukraine nearly two weeks ago. >> you just do loading and unloading, loading and unloading the gun because you need to be able to do it, like, in the darkness when your hands are shaking, when there are bullets flying all over the place and you need to be able to do it without even thinking of it. >> while 2 million people have fled the country ruddic has vowed to stay in the capital city of kyiv and fight if necessary for her country and her people. >> i am telling them we are fighting. i'm telling them we are going to stand up to the horrible trying to attack us. this is what my role as a leader is, this is what i'm doing and this is what i'm going to do. >> she has roots in the bay are

really, you know epic crisis and that encampment where jodi lives it could be a small win within the bigger battle the cities working to turn it into emergency housing instead of i think eight to ten people living outside we could hopefully have dozens and dozens of people living inside as for jamiah. she's all for it, whatever it takes to get her neighborhood cleaned up. that would be wonderful. but the abundance of trash that's there now and needs to be gone tara campbell abc 7 news. now to the latest developments on the war ukraine for the first time since the russian invasion missiles have hit leviv. just 40 miles from the polish border rescuers continue to search for survivors at a theater hit by a russian airstrike in maripole. it was being used to shelter children 130 have been rescued but hundreds are still missing. also today russian president vladimir putin praised his military at a patriotic rally in moscow. meanwhile president biden spoke virtually with china's leader for almost two hours as the white house tried to deter beijing from helping russia. he also conveyed and

really, you know epic crisis that encampment where jodi lives it could be a small win within the bigger battle the cities workingg instead of i think eight to ten people living outside we could hopefully have dozens and dozens of people living inside as for jamiah. she's all for it, whatever it takes to get her neighborhood cleaned up. that would be wonderful. but the abundance of trash that's there now and needs to be gone tara campbell abc 7 news. now to the latest developments on the war ukraine for the first time since the russian invasion missiles have hit leviv. just 40 miles from the polish border rescuers continue to search for survivors at a theater hit by a russian airstrike in maripole. it was being used to shelter children 130 have been rescued but hundreds are still missing. also today russian president vladimir putin praised his military at a patriotic rally in moscow. meanwhile president biden spoke virtually with china's leader for almost two hours as the white house tried to deter beijing from helping russia. he also conveyed and described the implications and consequen

for more, let's bring in jodi schneider and other guests. jodi, why did joe biden order this release? what domestic pressures is he under? >> it's all about gas prices and inflation. the last thing the president needs on election year when a voter goes to the gas pump is to have the higher numbers staring them in the face. he basically is releasing one million barrels per day for the next six months from u.s. reserves. he said this should lower gas prices. he calls it vladimir putin's price hike. even though inflationary pressures have been sending up gas prices higher even before this increase in the past month the war in ukraine. president biden in a press conference lay this out. he was talking mostly about oil, but he threw a bit of a bone to the environmental lobby and those who want to see the u.s. lower its dependence on energy sources from abroad by looking at things like solar and battery powered vehicles and electric vehicles by saying he would spend $3 billion to weatherize homes and for states to do that. and would increase the p

shery: let's get the latest with jodi schneider. so what does this demand for neutrality and compromise actually mean? jodi: the ukrainian officials are saying this with a have a big condition attached. is that russia basically withdraw its troops from ukraine and start an immediate cease-fire. they are saying they will be neutral but not cede any territory. not a single inch, came from the deputy chief of staff. so it does not seem to change the picture much. it signals a willingness which of course led to oil prices dropping and a lot of market moves on some tempered optimism. but at the same time it does not really change the picture because ukraine is saying russia needs to leave ukraine and russia is so no signs of doing so, saying that it will not change its strategy at this point. it would agree to talk but it is not going to cede that ukraine has to stop the resistance is russia's demand. shery: we are seeing the white house weighing potentially more sanctions against a major nuclear supplier in russia and we are also hearin

for more is our political director jodi schneider in washington. what does it sound like for you for how the call went? >> they are very different versions. they agreed that they talked for two hours. the first time the two leaders have spoken since november. obviously the first time since the russia invasion of ukraine. the chinese summary came out first. in it, they said that xi jinping made the case that they did not want to see an invasion of ukraine and they did not think the countries conflict should be settled on the battlefield. they did not mention russia by name and did not publicly and have not publicly criticized russia or denounce it for the invasion. on the u.s. side, we got the statement several hours later and they said that joe biden came out strongly and he said there will be implications and consequences for china if they were to take direct support of russia such as selling aircraft or military equipment to them for that invasion. also made the case that president biden -- president biden made the case that the u.s. has taken a

jodi: it does appear to be getting worse. there has been bombardment in several major cities in the ukraine, and that there have been missiles -- strikes in kyiv, the city that many analysts have said they fear could fall, perhaps in days. at the same time, you have estimates of one million refugees heading out of ukraine to neighboring countries, with the u.n. saying that you could have 4 million people leading there in the coming weeks and months. so it is a real problem on all those fronts. at the same time, interestingly, there were talks today between the ukraine and russia at a location in a forest between the two countries, but of course, the expectations were low to start with, and there was no real victory. russian president vladimir putin and his officials said that ukraine would have to denuclearize, and that is not something -- and de-militarize, something that officials there were not willing to do. at the same time, you are seeing the u.s. take further steps to try to sanction russian officials and isolate putin

jodi: the u.s. has already gone a long way toward sanctioning the oligarchs in russia and done things like ban the import of russian oil or russian crude oil to the u.s. however, they are taking more steps than the national security -- and the national security advisor said today that president biden tomorrow and on friday will be announcing more sanctions against oligarchs, against individuals, as well as companies and other entities, so the u.s. is trying to double down even more on those sanctions, even as vladimir putin continues to criticize them. i think we will be seeing at least more verbal accusations made against russia. president biden before he got on the plane when he was talking to reporters, before he got on air force one earlier today said that he would not be surprised if vladimir putin used chemical weapons in ukraine, so there will be a lot of warnings as well as talk about sanctions. emily: thank you for that update. we will continue to follow the president's trip. meantime, inst

jodi schneider joins us now. jody, where do we stand when it comes to these negotiations? there are concerns that this latest overture from moscow may be tactical. >> the concern this is more talk then action or hope of action as antony blinken has said. there is what russia says and what russia does. those talks ended with russia indicating that it might allow a pathway to talks between the russian president vladimir putin and the ukrainian president. there are several hurdles even to that. there was no agreement on key measures like a cease fire or a withdrawal of russian troops or the security guarantees that ukraine has been seeking for it to deliver on its concessions that it may move back from certain areas. security guarantees that russia has not discussed. there was a little bit of movement in the market, the market responded optimistically that there may be, there was nothing significant, no two ways from president biden and antony blinken said that we will see what is delivered. there is a lot of talk but a little movement. haidi: not even a scheduled call for th

joining us tonight congressman pete meyer, craig murphy, jody air ring son and kt mcfarland. economist david bahnsen, brent bozell, former utah congressman jason chaffetz and gop strategist ford o'connell. we have a jam-packed show for you tonight. media is running interference for biden. we've got it. national security proses comparing biden's botched comments to botched comments on the chaotic exit from afghanistan. hunter biden scandal, facebook, big tech, twitter should they be broken up under monopoly laws, because their censorship could a changed an election. when america saw what happened at the oscars, hollywood hypocrisy, celebrities upset at every little thing not at a guy slapping a guy in the face on camera. disney stepping in for florida's new parental rights and education bill. disney is opening up this attack from governor desantis. they make movies in communist china accused of human rights abuses and again owe side. we have shocking video. overwhelmed border patrol mass releasing hundreds of illegal aliens into the u.s. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening e

tara: in the encampment where jody lives could be a small win in the bigger battle, the city is looking to turn it into emergency housing. >> instead of eight or 10 people living outside we could have dozens of people living inside. tara: as for jamia, she is all for it. whatever it takes to get her neighborhood cleaned up. >> that would be wonderful. but the trash that is they now needs to be gone. tara: tara campbell, abc7 news. liz: the multiyear drought we are in means cities and farms will get even less water this year than the amount they were promised. governor newsom's administration says the state water project will provide just 5% of the water cities of contracts receive. that is down from 15% earlier this year because of record dry conditions. the state water project is a system of dams, pipes and canals that provides water to 27 million people from silicon valley to san diego. speaking of the drought, let's get a check on the forecast. nice to see rain this morning. lisa: those two atmospheric rivers in november and december saved us. 80% to 90% for san francisco and santa r

jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> also today, fox news confirmed two journalists working for them were killed near kyiv. pierre sachefski was killed. the consultant was helping the crew navigate the kyiv area. fox news correspondent benjamin hall was also in the car and was wounded. >> mr. biden will join a council meeting about imposing sanctions on russia. we'll continue to follow the latest developments on the war in ukraine. be sure to go to nbcbayarea.com. check on the link on the trending bar and get live updates. >>> a big scare at apple headquarters in cupertino where worker also to evacuate around noon. officials said an envelope with a white substance had been found on campus. santa clara county fire and sheriff's office responded. nothing dangerous was found, and they gave the all-clear just before 3:00, and apple employees were allowed to return. >>> we got some rain and now we have gray skies. we can expect a little more rain later this week. >> we have two more chances of rain through the next seven days. you can see how that system passed in and out pretty quickly t

nbc's jodi hernandez talked to ukrainians tonight, both here in the bay area and in the center of the conflict. >> nobody in this day and age would think that somebody would just throw bombs. >> reporter: alina cooperman can't believe what she's seen in her native ukraine. she and her husband fled in 1989 before the fall of the soviet union, coming to the u.s. as refugees. she's now terrified for her father, family and friends who have remained in ukraine's capital city. >> they are right now hiding in their apartment, because they want -- i mean, they live in this nine-story building. there's no shelter there. >> the situation is really tough. they are now air striking big residential areas in kyiv. and the suburbs. and everything is on fire. >> reporter: evgeni talked to us from central ukraine today after fleeing from her home in kyiv a few days ago. she never imagined things would have escalated the way they have. >> we are tired of crying, all the psychological pressure of people that keep dying. not only our brave armed forces, but more and more people, either from air strikes o

you see him talking there to our reporter jodi hernandez. the 36 years old said she never dreamed to use a gun. she spends her day helping neighbors flee to safety and she plans to stay in ukraine on the ground there and fight. >>> the mma fighter in san jose, a high-profile case comes with a lot of adjustments and concerns. one of the judges involved in the case of cane velasquez came with extra security. he's still in the san jose jail held without bail. this man many supporters are outraged, the accused molester is out of jail wearing an ankle monitor. there are multiple judges involved in this case and it is not clear which one ask for additional security. >>> let's get back to our all time gas prices. will it end and when will it end? prices jumped another 10 cents over night. take a look at the average prices now in the bay area alone. marin county, $5.63. only two counties are under $5.50. santa clara at $5.48 and slau slau -- solano is $5.49. would you believe eight bucks a gallon for the cheap stuff. a viewer sent me this photo he s

tara: that encampment where jody lives could be a small win within the bigger battle. the city is working to turn it into emergency housing. >> instead of eight to 10 people living outside, we can hopefully have dozens of people living inside. tara: jeremiah is all for it, whatever it takes to get her neighborhood cleaned >> that would be wonderful. the trash that is there now needs to be gone. tara: tara campbell, abc news. liz: the drought will mean that cities and towns will get less water. governor newsom's administration says the state water project will provide just 5% of the amount of water cities receive. that is down from 15% earlier this year because of record dry conditions in january and february. the state water project is a systems of parks and canals -- pipes and canals that provides water to 27 million people from silicon valley to san diego. we have been hoping for rain and you are saying there is a little bit of rain this morning. lisa: that's right. the rain is offshore. you will see that on live doppler 7 and we will take all of those raindrops we c

it's hard to imagine it with a different cast what was it like seeing those words being read by you, jodie, fiona, the other people involved in the show, the first time you sat down at a table read >> you must know it, right it's like when you do a table read, right, which you've done a bajillion times - >> seth: yeah. >> it's the crackle. >> seth: yeah. >> and it's that crackle, and then you can feel -- it's such a mysterious thing, but it happens a lot in theater when everyone in the room can feel like, "oh, it's happening." >> seth: yeah. >> it's happening. and not only that, the next steps you're going to have with great actors, you're going to put that on set, on film so, i mean, for me, i remember like particularly fiona shaw, who plays carolyn -- i completely, utterly fan-girled out when i first met her i don't know if you know, but she is a remarkable theater actress, a very, very well-known, very well-regarded theater actress. and i saw her in "medea" on broadway in 2003, right? i don't know if you know the play >> seth: that's the real deal. >> right, it's the real deal and so, w

. >> reporter: in contra costa county, jodi hernandez. >>> if you're 50 or older, the cdc and fda say you should consider getting a second covid booster shot. health experts say since the initial booster shots seem to lose efficacy at six months it's a good idea particularly for older americans who may not have a strong immune system. some question why the recommendation begins at 50 when most people don't consider 50 very old. but it makes sense. >> for most cancers we start to screen at age 50. i don't think it's in and of itself an older age group, but for those folks that might be vulnerable because of other disease conditions, that's a logical point. >> it's unclear how many people will sign up for another shot. only about one third of eligible californians decided to get the initial booster. doctors say the risk of covid exposure is likely to grow. >>> imagine using your uber app and being met by a taxi. uber is close to finalizing a deal with flywheel, allowing passengers to call a cab through its app. a similar measure was announced last week for new york city taxi companies e

jodi, thank you for being here and for your work on behalf of new hampshire's children and families. i look forward to hearing from you today. thank you. >> and thank you for all your help for this hearing and for making sure we could have her and we're working forward to working closely with you every step of the way. senator karden is here. >> thank you, mr. chairman. lelt me thank the senators for their leadership on this issue and so many others bring us together to deal with a critical problem. congratulations on your accept stance. she is a licenseed clinical psychologist and professor at university of maryland school of medicine division of child and adolescent psychiatry. she's also director for school and mental health and director of the center for safe support i have schools within the national traumatic stress network. dr. hoover has lead and collaborated on multiple grants and co-leading two large randomized trials of school mental health efforts. since 2004, she has worked with the national traumatic stress network, treatment services adaptation center, trains school di

let's bring in nbc bay area's jodie hernandez. >> we will never give up. we will win. >> 27-year-old combat soldier irena said that's the mindset of her fellow fighter and shared images off what her battalion has seen in the last two weeks taking on the russian forces. >> they constantly strike from the air, they strike hospitals, kindergarten schools, churches, all possible civilian objects. >> she says the ukrainian army is motivated and strong, thanks in part to the training they received from the california national guard. under a state partnership program the california national guard has held hundreds of training exercises with ukraine over the past 30 years. major general david baldwin says it's been tough watching what they've been preparing for actually happen. >> i couldn't believe putin had actually done it even though we knew he had intended to, and then of course profound sadness because all this time we spent working with ukrainians to work with them the moment had come. but now we feel immense pride to see how brave and resilient the ukraini

i'm jody hernandez. >> thank you. >>> a break in the case involving the shooting death of a security guard in oakland. that guard a former police officer was protecting a tv news crew. today oakland police identified the three men charged in that murder. opd revealed u.s. marshalls arrested shadihia mitchell yesterday in san francisco. her shell hale was arrested last month. police are still looking for laron gilbert. all three men are being charged with several felonies, including the murder of kevin nishita who was gunned down in november. >> and to the nishita family, i have spoken to his wife and said we would do everything we could to identify everyone responsible. it was rewarding to come before the family and friends of him and say that he have identified those individuals and they are being brought to justice. >> as we mentioned, police are still looking for loran gilbert. this is his photo. anyone who knows where he might be is asked to call police. >>> two bay area men are shaking tonight feeling like they may have dodged a bullet. a young man they met during vacation in ho

and for them to visit us, jody instead, it's as if the cold war were back. and here on the name and river, people are feeling its chill. in russia, it takes real courage to openly voice solidarity with ukraine. thousands of anti war demonstrators have already been arrested as they demand an end to the invasion . but what about those people who actually believe hooton's propaganda? the kremlin is also waging and information war. a new media law threatens anyone who uses the word war with up to 15 years in prison, which is why our own correspondence had to leave moscow. but just before that, they met with people protesting the war. o. d after d, people are going out onto the streets of russia to demonstrate against president vladimir putin war they risk arrest and detention as the regime has clumped down on all descent. but that isn't stopping people from making their opinions clear we're ashamed of this country. on the 1st day of protest, we met anna an 18 year old at her 1st demonstration. when yeah, can, you know, my parents told me not to go to this demo r

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jodi: that's right. we have seen developments on the military, geopolitical fronts. it's looking more like it will be increasingly hard. at the same time, on the geopolitical front, the u.s. general assembly -- u.n. general assembly condemned the invasion of ukraine and ordered to withdraw. there were only five countries voting against that, russia among them. we are continuing to see diplomatic efforts, even though it's a long shot, ukraine says they will meet with russia as soon tomorrow with russian officials. he is going to offer support to u.s. allies. starting to deal with those waves of refugees. the u.n. estimates as much as 4 million ukrainians could be going into countries including poland and romania. shery: markets deal with potential disruptions. we continue to see oil trading $110 a barrel. su: it briefly hit $111, what you are now hearing, we are in a very serious situation. we have not seen this in more than a decade. it indicates we are seeing major option prices like 110. the iea release of 60 million barrels was enough to get the market through lun

let's get the details from jodi schneider. what can we expect from the phone call? >> the expectations are that joe biden will seek to get xi jinping to try to agree or to push him to give some assurances that they will try to help the u.s. and its allies to get russia out of ukraine. we have been hearing in recent days from chinese officials that they are trying to reassure the ukrainian people publicly that they are their friend, they will not ever attack ukraine. of course, the u.s. has been concerned given that there has been in the past xi jinping and vladimir putin having warm relations and president putin went to the olympics before the invasion. the u.s. is trying to suss out where china stands and at the same time, trying to push to get china to try to compel vladimir putin to leave ukraine or take steps to push back, to pull back on the war. we will see how significant that is. this comes as you mentioned the pentagon information agency has come out with a new 67 page threat assessment and basically it says president putin is likely to increase the rhetori

jodi schneider with us now. what are we expecting from this trip? >> several main messages to look for from president biden now that he has in brussels. one will be unity. nato and the european allies and the u.s. and the u.k. are united in the denunciation of vladimir putin and his invasion of ukraine. they are doing what they can to try to stop it from going any further and to stop him from any gains he can make the anti-punishment for this. biden also wants to show solidarity with european countries who are taking in millions of refugees from ukraine. more than 3.3 million ukrainians have left their country. more than 10 million have left their homes. obviously some staying in ukraine but they have had to leave their homes and their communities. president biden wants to make that clear. that the u.s. supports and empathizes with what will be a growing refugee crisis. certainly he wants to make the case for more sanctions. the u.s. has had the toughest section on oil because the u.s. imports the least amount of crude oil and petroleum products fro

it would be to visit the russians without passing through the checkpoints and for them to visit us, jody. instead, it's as if the cold war were back. and here on the name and river, people are feeling its chill. in russia, it takes real courage to openly voice solidarity with ukraine. thousands of anti war demonstrators have already been arrested as they demand an end to the invasion . but what about those people who actually believe hooton's propaganda? the kremlin is also waging in information war. a new media law threatens anyone who uses the word war with up to 15 years in prison. which is why our own correspondence had to leave moscow. but just before that, they met with people protesting the war o. d after d, people are going out onto the streets of russia to demonstrate against president vladimir putin war they risk arrest and detention as the regime has clumped down on all descent. but that isn't stopping people from making their opinions clear. we're ashamed of this country. on the 1st day of protests, we met anna an 18 year old at her 1st demonstration. when yeah, can, you know

jody me is ukrainian tennis superstar sergiy stakhovsky going to his home country to fight the russians leaving his wife and children behind. an unbelievable story. tell us what you been doing in the last week or so. >> really not much there's no russian insiders in the premises. we have air range launch three or seven times a day. some targets are being hit. nothing major so far but everybody is expecting there will be airstrikes soon and a heavy one and the russian forces are trying to move around kyiv but they're not very successful they have been destroyed on the way of doing that. basically i'm just waiting. >> you're a professional tennis player, when you got back to ukraine tell us about the process you are going through training and getting ready for the fighting in kyiv. >> i have 0 military experience. i quit my career in january i was starting a different project a winery. i'm an outcast and i'm on the edge. tennis brought me too kyiv and we were starting the project but i have three kids that are budapest and my wife is budapest. that's what it is. >> we've been paying such

global markets reporter, sydney and our director jodi. we are expecting sentiment and stocks to fall, we see for global equity rallies take a stumble, commodity prices are dumping back up again. the market is beset with volatility very -- wish voluntary and inflationary concerns. optimistic about job opportunities, the employment confidence index at the highest since the second quarter of 2019. sydney futures of looking lower at this point, recommending an early decline at the open. we do see a renewed strength in the new zealand dollar. this is psychologically key level for the aussie, the second-biggest trainer against the currency cohort good we see risk on when it comes to commodities, more generally, the 10 year yield for australia below 2.7%. chicago and indicate futures looking -- nikkei futures down in asia today. let us get you over to vonnie. vonnie: the airline that has crashed has been found and sent to beijing for analysis. all of the pilots had licenses, health certificates. all people on board the boeing are presumed dead.