u.s. would send another $800 million in arms to ukraine, including 100 drones. we will look at the u.s. response to russia's invasion with phyllis bennis of the institute for policy studies. we will also talk to human right watch about the use of cluster bombs in the war in ukraine. >> russia has been using cluster munition since the beginning o its full-scale invasion. on february 24, russian forces launch a cluster munition ballistic missile that struck near a hospital in the donetsk region, killing four civilians and woundin10. ur days later, where heads rained submunitions in kharkiv. amy: and we will talk to a syrian filmmaker about how many of russia's military tactics in ukraine resemble what she witnessed in her home city of aleppo. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. ukrainian rescue crews have begun pulling survivors out of the wreckage of a theater in the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol after i

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

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

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

. >> 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

i don't believe the u.s. is doing enough. i believe the u.s. has lost its appetite for foreign wars. over time, you know, dealing with afghanistan and iraq, but prior to that, the u.s. was part, was actually the lead in a force that removed a country from attacking kuwait, and that was iraq. iraq had gone into kuwait and tried to take that country over, and the u.s. removed that force, the iraqi forces, from kuwait. you have a similar situation here but america, as i said, has lost its appetite for foreign wars, and the president of russia since is that and is taking advantage of america's lacking the will to be engaged in a foreign more like they were in 1991 in the liberation of kuwait. this is a terrible war and we cannot control what putin does as far as nuclear weapons, so there's no sense in trying to worry about that. what you have to do is do what america is called to do because america is the leader of the free world and so it needs to act like that. we are the leader of the free world. host: ok, bernard. a couple callers were talking

the u.s. we want to begin with cnn's senior international correspondent matthew chance, he's in the capital kyiv. matthew, you've been covering these negotiations, if we want to call them that, between ukrainians and russians, the foreign minister said the ukrainian foreign minister said they ended today without progress and he was even taking some digs at whether lavrov was speaking for putin. what more happened in those talks? >> reporter: yeah, well, i mean, i spoke to officials here in ukraine with knowledge of those talks, and they said, look, they felt that sergey lavrov, the russian foreign minister was there to listen, not to offer any ideas of their own. it takes two to tango, but, you know, the russian foreign minister wasn't authorized to dance at these talks. but nevertheless, the two sides did come together and that in itself is a positive at the highest level talks that have taken place since the conflict began and both sides came to the table, you know if i can draw a silver lin

a growing number of u.s. lawmakers are calling on president biden to do more to help the ukrainians and the ukrainian president calling on the administration to help his country like the russians. -- fight the russians. russia is turning to china for economic and military help. it's your turn to be part of the debate here in washington. should the u.s. do more to aid ukraine. democrats (202) 748-8000. republicans (202) 748-8001. and independents (202) 748-8002. text us at (202) 748-8003. good morning everyone. should the u.s. do more to aid ukraine? to help ukrainians secure the sky above their country as russia continues to bomb a military training center close to poland yesterday. jake sullivan was on scene in the state of the union. what he said about the president's decision to not send in those polish fighter jets. >> the u.s. rejected a deal that would help get polish fighter jets to ukraine through a u.s. military base. the pentagon was concerned that that would be perceived as an escalation by the u.s

the u.s. and global growth are about to take >> well, the interesting thing is you've got a number of winners as well as losers. a lot of people think all the markets are down that's not the case. the emerging markets presume is up substantially south africa is up of course, i can explain that because of the raw material prices maybe but generally speaking, it's a great opportunity to pick and choose the winners and losers. there will be winners and losers my guess is as a result of what's happening in europe, china will be the winner because russia will have to trade more with china they'll have to depend on china more and more. so we have to be very careful in looking at these markets, and not becoming too pessimistic about what's happening >> fair enough if i can ask you one more about the u.s. in general. do you think this economy is going to slow? what's going to happen with the dollar what does that mean for some of the fun flows you're watching around the world if china is going to hold

the u.s. could decide to act on its own. and beijing warns washington about trying to build and into pacific version of nato, cautioning the u.s. against boosting time with taiwan. u.s. futures down right now. this after we saw the s&p 500 losing about 3%. the dow lost about 800 point. we will continue to see the surge higher. jumping to the highest in 14 years, remember, wti has gained 26% already. now we have these sources telling bloomberg that the biden administration is considering whether to prohibit russian oil imports into the u.s.. that is sending oil prices even higher. we have yields continuing to rise. gold under a little bit of pressure. this after reaching that level as oil is biking. raise a concern of higher inflation and slowing economic growth as well. >> i am a theme here. look at the open. take a look at energy. that sector is up, straight out of the open materials. just one of three sectors including utilities to be trading higher at the moment. we are watching some of the

gas prices already at the highest level in u.s. history. >>> all of this amid the images coming in tonight from ukraine. people by the thousands evacuating cities during a fragile, temporary cease-fire. video posted online showing the red cross helping them. tanks firing nearby. nearly two dozen people killed when their city was shelled overnight. and tonight, poland's major announcement, saying it is willing to transfer all of its soviet-era fighter jets to u.s. forces in germany to give them to ukraine. the immediate question late today, polish jets on a u.s. base for ukraine? what the pentagon just said about that tonight. and the major action taken by mcdonald's, coca-cola, starbucks, temporarily shutting down in russia. ian pannell in kyiv tonight. cecilia vega standing by at the white house. >>> meantime, the immediate impact here at home. gas prices across this country. and tonight, president biden with a warning to the major oil companies here at home, not to take advantage of americans. what he said about price gouging in

>> a u.s. official i spoke with indicated that china had responded but wouldn't detail what that response actually looked like. jim, it's significant these reports are out there today because national security adviser jake sullivan is meeting today with his chinese counterpart. rest assured that this coppic is going to come up in those discussions. i want us to listen to what jake sullivan, the national security adviser said to dana bash over the weekend about how clear the united states has been with china about the consequences they will face if they provide economic or military support to russia at this time. >> we are communicating directly privately to beijing that there will absolutely be consequences for large-scale sanctions, invasion efforts or support to russia to backfill them. we will not allow that to go forward and allow there to be a lifeline to russia from these economic sanctions from any country anywhere in the world. >> now, it's also significant the timing of these requests

the u.s. ratings has been affirmed by s&p and the outlook is stable. s&p now fighting ratings on the u.s. reflecting the diversified and resilient economy after the unprecedented fiscal stimulus we saw recently and they net general government debt. -- the net general government debt. we are seeing acid futures under pressure and we are watching the treasury space because we have 10 year yields jumping along with germany after the report that the european union is considering joint bond deals to counter the fallout from the war. >> we saw that fall along reactions when it came to australian bonds, it is extending that selloff this morning on these inflation concerns, the big news of the day, looking ahead to what we hear from the governor and his speech on the economy later on today, we have already seen that he has to talk about a rate increase, being plausible although really reaffirming that he can remain patient that they can wait for the incoming data to arrive and be processed before they

he's also going to need to explain why u.s. sanctions towards russia that will impact the u.s.. public in terms of the economy and gas prices and inflation, , white is are valuae and i necessary, which sets up e third crisis which he needs to address which would be the current state of the u.s. economy and inflation. we are seeing it a 40 year high and that is posing significant challenges both for the biden administration and also thinking about the midterm elections. fourth and finally and perhaps most importantly, i would argue we in the midst of a crisis of defining what american democracy is going to look like. i think if we consider and think to previous examples of state of the union addresses, we expect to the sergeant of arms introduce the president of the united states, see them walk down that aisle, should not be lost on any of us that 14 months ago the images that we saw of that gallery, the house gallery of the u.s. capitol, were of rioters attacking use capital and attempting to undermine free and fair presidential election. the juxtaposition of those images from j

i mean, is the u.s. on the right track with going after putin's assets, the assets and resources of russian oligarchs? >> well, i mean, i'm going to leave the details of that to people who do foreign policy, but i think what i really want to draw attention to is, you know, we benefited in 2008 during our recession from being able to export globally to countries that weren't having as bald of a recession. but what is happening now is we're losing access to foreign markets and we're losing access to foreign inputs, and there's going to hurt us. there's just no way around that. there's no strategy that the biden administration or that europe can do to shield us at this point from having the economic consequences. but i think the important thing to realize is those economic consequences are harder on russia. so that's the goal, to try to hurt russia, but there's not a really good way to insulate americans from the pain of this right now. you know, i think it's not that helpful but to realize when this confli

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

>> i talked to a former u.s. ancients official recently, and this is sometimes a strategy that they employ. they sometimes do sanctions where they ratchet them up day by day, so the target feels lik the noose is target tightening grade that might've been part o the reason why they did this because if you're in russia, each day you get more bad news, it feels even more difficult an coercive. my understanding as the russian economy has been substantially impacted by the sanctions and this is a real hit on this economy as well. i think russia hopes at least i would continue to be able to sell oil and gas a significant part of the revenues come from. europe has also said they're never there going to wean themselves off of oil especiall in the uk before the end of the year. that is a significant chunk in the revenues that russia has an that's really going to hurt the market in russia and hurt the economy in russia in addition t all the other financial sanctions which have also helpe strangle russians. could get think

u.s. european command testifies on efforts to support ukraine and increase the u.s. military presence in europe. he responded to questions about weapons going to ukraine. this is over two and a half hours. chair: i call the committee to order. good morning. the full committee hearing on national security challenges of u.s. military activities in europe, we are joined by dr. celeste wallander, with the department of defense and general ted wolters, u.s. air force commander for the u.s.-european command. welcome. tomorrow will be the last day of work in this committee for paul archangeli, our staff director for 12 years. i want to thank paul for his service. he is a veteran of the u.s. army, did bomb disposal in the army before coming to work for the government. we are all going to miss him terribly, me more so than anyone. he has done a fantastic top of this committee, but mostly i am very happy for him. it is good move. it has been a slightly stressful job the past few years, so it is a te

u.s. stocks rebound while the treasury well deepens and the treasury digest the fed chairs possible 50 basis point rate hike. >> crash investigators reveal the pilots failed to respond to radio calls as they boeing 37 -- 737 nosedive. it's the countries's worst air disaster in almost 30 years. >> the omicron ba.2 subvariant take hold in the u.s. causing more than one third of covid cases last week. >> let's get a quick check on wall street. how about this? stocks as inflation hedge. the new narrative as people try to explain why the s&p 500 is up in the past six days as the federal reserve suggests they can go on their most aggressive rate hike path in years. you can see the s&p 500 gained just over a point. the s&p 500 futures are closing a little bit weaker, perhaps some doubt. the nasdaq gained 10%, the s&p led by just -- consumer discretionary. and speaking of tech, look at the golden dragon index. it is up again nearly 8%. alibaba got the ball rolling. they up to their share buyback p

singapore's investments in the u.s. and u.s. exports to singapore support over a quarter million american jobs. when the defense front singapore is a major security cooperation partner of the u.s. in fact the only country with this status. for more than 30 years we have had an m.o.u. on defense cooperation signed in 1990 and recently renewed in 2019. which has provided the u.s. military access to singapore's air and naval bases. we are also expanding our cooperation into new areas, including cybersecurity, digital economy, sustainable development, and even space. singapore deeply appreciates president biden's leadership and strength yenning in the region. we welcome his intention to host a special summit here soon. it's a strong affirmation of american commitment to southeast asia. the president and i discussed the importance of the u.s. growing strategic and economic stakes in the asia pacific. it's important to advance a positive economic agenda that's open, inclusive, up-to-date, and flexible. we therefore welcome america's p

as u.s. compared international counterparts in terms of spectrum availability and what areas are we thinking about mystically to better position the united states? >> thank you for the question. i would characterize it as different use cases and that's happening -- it started leading markets and countries want to play a leadership role moving forward in the u.s. was the first in terms of the high band spread trombley made available. we then saw the international community at the world radio conference come together on which bands were going to be targeted globally and they are following the u.s. leads do we are expecting to see a lot more 5g deployment in countries. from a look at the bigger picture we have to also -- 5g is not a point in time. the standard was created and that will continue to evolve as we move towards 6gn that happens once make sure we have spectrum available in the near term so domestically we should be thinking about what we can put into the spectrum pipeline for the near

democrat u.s. lawmakers in shocking move deploy image of a plane climate change with image of the world trade center, twin towers, comparing 9/11 to climate change. that will infuriate voters nationwide. this disturbing story. california parents outraged. california state regulators raided pre-schools for toddlers, without parents consent, separated those toddlers from children, interrogating them about masks. plus democrats caught on camera supporting the defund the police movement, right as the polls go south on that issue. we've got the footage. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪. elizabeth: welcome to the show. you're watching the fox business network. we begin with stocks turning positive today, ending the day in the green as oil prices dropped. on reports that iraq could increase production and u.a.e. supports increased production from opec. after the white house ban on russia's energy but morgan stanley and citigroup forecast a roller coaster ride for the the m

the u.s. and nato will respond. the u.s. now pledging to take in up to 100,000 ukrainian refugees, and the disturbing new allegation, is moscow forcibly taking ukrainian civilians to russia. >>> also, my one-on-one with the nato secretary-general. i asked him about ukrainian president zelenskyy's comments that nato has yet to show it can save people. how he responded >>> and an american missionary missing in ukraine. his wife speaking out to nbc news. what she fears has happened to him. >>> also tonight, former president donald trump filing a new lawsuit against hillary clinton and her allies what he is alleging about the 2016 election >>> is relief on the way from sky high gas prices a growing number of states take matters into their own hands. >>> and peacock pride. can the march madness cinderellas pull off another miracle in the sweet 16 >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt reporting tonight from brussels >>> and good evening from brussels. one month since the start of

the u.s. says chinese efforts to help the russian invasion of ukraine would trigger a severe response. >> we are communicating directly to beijing that there will absolutely be consequences for large-scale sanctions or beijing efforts or support russia to backfill them - we will not allow that to go forward and allow there to be a lifeline to russia from these economic sanctions, from any country from anywhere in the world. >> reporter: as those global lifelines are reined in, protest continues inside russia. hundreds were arrested over the weekend, and this evening, on one of state tv's most popular channels, a protestor unbowed: meantime, in kyiv president volodymyr zelenskyy again vowed to keep fighting. >> ( translated ): russia has been preparing for this war for decades. they have accumulated significant military resources for the evilfor the conquest of neighbors and for the destruction of the ukraine and the europe that we know and value. >> woodruff: and jane joins me now from kyiv. j

u.s. futures down 0.6%. amazon is planning to split its stock for the first time in more than two decades. joining us now is bloomberg's dani burger. it got buried because of all the news, but this is huge. dani: if you are a student of these markets, it would tell you a stock split literally means nothing for a company. it does not change their market value, but here is what amazon did after the u.s. close. up 6.5%, at one point up 11%. they also announced a buyback, so that added to the good mood around amazon, around $10 billion. at the same time we have seen stocks benefit from these stock splits. amazon is a 1-20 stock split. if you want a single share, it would be one 20th the price tag currently has. the last time they did a stock split was three times in the first 2.5 years after their ipo. we have had questions on the earnings call if they will do a stock split. retail investors can buy fractional shares on many brokers, but the positive attitude around this is that it makes it more accessible for m

well today, the u.s. took a significant step, formally accusing russian troops of committing war crimes-- bombing schools and hospitals, and killing civilians. the secretary of state said america will work with others to prosecute the offenders. we have a lot of news to get to tonight, and we'll start with cbs' debora patta in kyiv. good evening, debora. >> reporter: good evening, norah. well, cbs has learned from a senior defense official that russians have fired more than 1,200 missiles since the war began 28 days ago, with devastating effect. and we should warn you, that what you're about to see may be disturbing. from the sky, mariupol looks like a ghost town, but trapped inside, at least 100,000 civilians without food or water, as russia intensifies its efforts to pound the city into submission. in chernihiv, russian bombs obliterated this bridge, cutting off the main escape route for civilians fleeing the horror. and in the country's second-largest city of kharkiv, the historical center came under a

u.s. to allies. a huge crisis indeed. he'll meet and it will be very emotional with ukrainian refugees and humanitarian workers. we'll watch that meeting unfold. all of this comes right on the heels of the president's visits with u.s. troops in poland. they met with members of the 82nd airborne division deployed along nato's eastern edge as a deterrent to vladimir putin. ukrainian forces say they're going on the counterattack around the capital kyiv right now. a u.s. officials says russian troops are now in defensive positions and ukrainian forces have appeared to have retaken territory to the east of kyiv. we're waiting for president biden to meet with the polish pirate andrzej duda. that's coming up moenlts from now. kaitlan collins is here with me in warsaw. kaitlan, what should we expect when we hear from the president? >> it's a big day. of course, he's got this big meeting where he's sitting in with top officials. it's the first time he's met with them. he last spoke with the ministe

u.s. and european allies explore banning imports of russian oil. >>> plus, the russia exposure for so many u.s.-based companies trying to figure out what to do, including those that have a lot of differing units there, like mcdonald's, starbucks, yum and others facing those growing pressures to suspend operations. >>> and shares of bed, bath and beyond surging chewy founder ryan cohen taking a big stake in calling for changes. we're seeing a big move in that stock this morning carl >>> guys, we'll start with the markets and develops around russia and ukraine another weekend of very difficult headlines, david as far as energy goes, we did get to 130 we are exploring the full out ban of russian energy here, but the germans really can't afford to do that. >> no. so much of their energy use is based on the import from russia, not just oil but as we pointed out so many times, natural gas such an important of their electricity generation in that country particularly over the last year or two as

u.s. and u.k. bart russian crude, moscow retaliates against sanctions ordering restrictions on raw material experts. the lme won't resume demonstrating before friday. mcdonald's and coca-cola and an imminent default. we are in an turbocharged moment of fear. the equity markets don't tell the story but the oil market does, accelerating into a new level of sanction ability. dani: extreme stress is the phrase that stuck out to me from j.p. morgan, the market feels treacherous at this moment. manus: to the euro, if russia cuts europe off from gas, what will it do to the euro? the positioning on the euro is now askew. the most extreme since 2011. herein lies the point, if we are heading toward recession in europe, what does it do to the ecb, to the euro, and does it make parity a larger call from the fx clack? dani: if the euro is the shot, had the chaser, and that's gold. you've seen investors fleeing toward goal, hitting high of only five dollars away from an all-time high. the concern in eur

the u.s. economy. maria: you've got a numerous amount of money under management got a great vantage point to see what investors are doing in the face of all of this. year-to-date the markets are down, nasdaq down what 13% or so? but you've got four and a quarter trillion dollars in asset fund management clinic merrill lynch, the private bank, business edge, the wealth management bank of america has been doing so well. what can you tell us about that population and whether or not they are sellers in this market? >> well, our clients have taken a very balanced approach. i think will prove to be the correct approach over the medium and long-term. clients have not been bailing out of equities. they have been strategic. and so, as markets have moved many clients who spent time with their advisors revisiting financial plans. making short medium and long-term asset allocations makes sense. that's opportunistic they have seen areas of the marketplace for prices have come down and up there chance to pu

tonight the u.s. says it will not draw a red line on sending troops to ukraine if russia launches a chemical attack, although officials here say the u.s. has not let any russian attacks go unanswered, kristen. >> peter, thank you for that report. the vice president also meeting today with ukrainian refugees. they are the people at the heart of this crisis. with more than 2.3 million taking flight. kelly cobiella is in poland where more than half of them have gone. >> reporter: every day in poland, the same heartbreaking sight. thousands of women and children dragging suitcases, carrying backpacks, fleeing war. 16-year-old diana prusska escapes kyiv. what was it like there? >> there was like not comfortable to stay there. every night we heard -- >> reporter: it's okay. it's okay. >> very horrible sounds every night. >> reporter: poland now hosting 1.4 million refugees from ukraine. more than 100,000 arrive every day. teacher natalia sotorenko fled with her sister and their children. her son shows what

the u.s. even knows the answer to those questions. msnbc's correspondent will join us more with that developing story. it comes with the heartbreaking backdrop. at least 35 people are dead. 134 are injured after russians hit a military base in western ukraine near the country's border with poland. in response, national security adviser, jake sullivan, said there would be severe consequences to russia's assault eventually as they wanted to pull in, a nato ally. >> chuck, the american president has been clear for sometime now that there are no u.s. troops currently operating in ukraine, in eastern ukraine nor in western ukraine. and we will defend every inch of nato territory that the u.s. forces will not engage in russian forces inside of ukraine. there is no surprise that the russians have been the number targets in this world. they are frustrated by their lack of ability to take some of the major cities. a near kyiv, u.s. says that brand renault, a 50 year old documentary filmmaker was killed

the u.s. took a major step and formally declared that russian forces have committed war crimes in ukraine. as russia's attacks increasingly strike civilian targets. we are tracking more reports of fighting on the ground. in the last few hours ukraine's navy says a large russian ship has been destroyed in the country's southeast. this as we see more signs of progress. a senior u.s. official says ukrainians have pushed back russian forces 21 miles in one day. northwest of the capitol cnn teams witnessed this barrage of outgoing fire. ukrainian forces have been fighting to take back territory from russian troops in irpin. the mayor says ukrainian forces now control 80% of the city and we're now seeing the carnage left behind in other ukrainian cities after days of fierce fighting. niece these are the images coming out of the east of the country where bodies were seen in the streets amid the widespread destruction. we're getting video from the hard-hit city of mariupol. we want to warn you, some o

the u.s.? have we received any, and how many? >> not yet. the u.s. takes a little while. there are a few ukrainians who have some strong network connections, may be some family in the u.s., who have been able to arrive, but the u.s. has received not even 1000 of them. kristen: let's talk about the u.s. a little bit later. i want to start with europe. poland, the big one, but other countries, germany, etc., offering jobs for ukrainian refugees. no doubt jobs are important in helping people resettle in their new countries. what types of jobs are we talking about? >> this is an unprecedented move from european countries, so fast that these refugees are allowed to have jobs. in large part, the jobs that they will be taking are also many of the jobs which some european countries have had difficulties in building -- building. assistance of the elderly. services in health care. services in restaurants, hospitality services. those are many of the services that, because the european population is shrin

the u.s. is warning china against helping the russian war efforts in ukraine. american and chinese officials met for talks in rome. u.s. officials had said china signaled it might aid russia. beijing denies this. the u.s. says china could face global isolation. >> should they provide military or other assistance, that of course violates sanctions or supports the war effort that there will be significant consequences. in terms of what the specifics look like, we would coordinate with partners and allies to make that determination. anchor: the u.n. secretary general has warned of what he called a hurricane of hunger in the war in ukraine. >> ukraine alone provides more than half of the world's food programs with supply. food, fuel and fertilizer prices are skyrocketing. supply chains are being disrupted. and the costs and delays of transportation of imported goods , when available, are at record levels. in all of this is hitting the poorest the hardest. anchor: in other news, peru's congress has

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today that is decayed to 20% between the u.s. and europe and just 12% in the u.s. half of that is intel. but we said with urgency, when he to change that vector for the future. every aspect of the digital world runs on semiconductors. digital keeps increasing. we have to reverse this trend very urgently. it's never the congress mode let's get rid of the industry of semiconductors it was the asian voted very strongly to attracted 80% went to asia. that's how we are urgently passionately describing to congress they need for them to reverse this trend, to get the chips act passed. we are in a precarious time, maria if we don't reverse it not we may never have the opportunity to, congress must act now. spate i think you are right i wonder whites taken so long preaches that asia home at about 75% of the world's total semiconductor manufacturing capacity. you've been expanding factories into the united states as well as europe and i you are spending so much, billions in ohio you've got facilities in california and oregon and arizona. tell us about the construction and oh

u.s. president joe biden will be there. we have learned he will also travel to warsaw, poland and meet with the country's president. ukraine's president spoke with ukraine earlier, and said he is ready for talks of his own with vladimir putin. take a listen. >> translator: i'm ready for negotiations with him. i was ready over the last two years. and i think that without negotiations we cannot end this war. i think that all the people who are -- who think this dialogue is shallow and that it is not going to resolve anything, they just don't understand that this is very valuable. if there is just 1% chance for us to stop this war, i think that we need to take this chance. we need to do that. >> and cnn has correspondents positioned in key locations. we will have reports this hour from ivan watson, nada about sheer in london, phil black in ukraine and steven jiang in beijing. let's start with phil black. we heard there are multiple explosions in kyiv. what more are you learning about that? >>

the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. called the accusations this information, this is just over one hour and 10 minutes. >> 19 meeting security council is called to order. >> the position for this is to international peace and security. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 39 of the council's provisional move procedure i invite the high representative for the affairs to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. i now give the floor. >> thank you mr. president distinguish members of the secured counsel, i am aware that the russian federation has submitted documents regarding allegations of biological weapons programs in ukraine. as i informed the security council last friday, the united nations is not aware of any such biological weapons program. i would also like to note that the united nations currently has neither the mandate or technological capacity to investigate this information. as i previously informed the council, the

u.s. perspective the end game is the strategic defeat of president pugh tip in this adventure. >> he's likely to double down and try to grind down the ukrainian military with no regard for civilian casualties. >> united states is targeting the main artery of russia's economy. >> his plans are please, we want to leave. we want to be happy. stop shooting. please. >> more is to come. worse is to come. >>> it is wednesday, march 9th. 11:00 a.m. in ukraine. where their government has agreed to a russian proposal for a limited cease fire in civilian evacuations in six hard hit areas. ukraine says about 5000 people left sumy on tuesday during a pause in the fighting. just a few hours earlier if you remember, ukraine claimed russian air strikes killed 21 people, including two children. the southern port city of mariupol is a part of today's cease fire. residents there have been without water or electricity now for days. ukraine claims russian forces struck an aid convoy bringing vital supplies on

if he hears the u.s. say that -- say they will not say what they will do, he hears that as they will not do anything. our inability to be clear and say we will not accept this and we will engage militarily is causing the war to get worse for civilians. as he pointed out, it is supposed to be against military, not civilians. but they have responded by killing more civilians. they say they will use chemical weapons. the lack of belief you will actually do it, even with red lines, will cause this war to get worse, not better. host: on killing civilians, this headline from the wall street journal, u.s. formally excusing russia of war crimes in ukraine. here is a portion of the announcement from yesterday from the state department. [video clip] >> today secretary blinken issued a statement announcing that based on information currently available, the u.s. government assesses that russian forces are committing war crimes in ukraine. i wanted to provide you with some additional information underlying this assess

u.s. intelligence officials are warning vladimir putin believes he can't afford to lose this war and his forces in ukraine will likely double down soon. here in the u.s., president biden is banning russian oil and other russian energy imports to further punish putin. americans are now bracing for even more pain at the pump as gas prices just hit a record high. our correspondents are standing by with more of cnn's global team coverage of the russia-ukraine war. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the war-torn ukraine right now is worsening by the hour. million of trapped civilians are at risk of being attack by russian forces at any time, even while trying to evacuate. cnn's clarissa ward will join us live from kyiv in a few moments with a heart-breaking look at older ukrainians simply struggling to survive. but first, more breaking news on the war. >> reporte

the u.s. military engaging and ukraine and fighting a war against russia, we do not have any intention to do that. go ahead. >> one other question, the intelligence agency director told congress that this agency underestimated the ukrainian military preparedness and willingness to fight. does the white house share that sentiment? >> we do and i think the world does. when we saw the preparations of president putin and the russian military on the borders of ukraine, we saw the power of the russian military, we saw the intentions of president putin and i do not think anyone anticipated the level of courage, bravery, capacity to fight back that we have seen in the country. at the same time, we have also seen some miscalculations by president putin as well in terms of that capacity and willingness, but also in terms of their own planning and logistics of their military. >> can you talk about the state of the covid money, the $15 billion that came out of the bill yesterday? how confident is the whit

many u.s. and western media outlets have pulled out of russia for fear that journalists may be jailed. well, steve rosenberg of our partner at the bbc is one of few western journalists still boadcasting from moscow. he has reaction tonight on major u.s. businesses, like mcdonald's, ceasing operations there. >> reporter: at mcdonald's, final orders. it's suspending business in russia over what it calls "the needless human suffering unfolding in ukraine." >> translator: all western businesses are shutting down. everyone who can is leaving. we'll be left isolated. >> reporter: back in the ussr, happier times. when mcdonald's opened up here. it felt then as if russia was getting an appetite for good relations with the west. but it feels now that that's all gone, and instead, russia's increasingly isolated. international brands are vanishing from moscow's shopping centers. but russians have less money to spend here, anyway. sanctions have caused the value of the ruble to plunge. but those who back m

and if the u.s. could actually put very, very painful sanctions on chinese goods, the downside of that of course is the u.s. and the you will have places where we would have the benefit of some of the cheapest coming out of their. there is a lot of u.s. manufacturers that continue to do produce high tech products, low tech products, or sorts of products in china. so, it would accelerate what is a sort of a flow decoupling that's been happening in the last couple of years. wanted we've seen happening in russia. not to the same extent to be clear, but will actually push a lot to accelerate in certain areas. so it would be painful for us, but i think right now, we are still in a price where would be much painful for china. and because of that, xi jinping is trying to walk a very very fine line here. they don't want to throw a lot into russia, obviously, that is what's going on there is just horrific. it does not help there, intending to become a leader of the world. but in the same time, they certainly

the u.s. would ban all imports of russian energy to make it clear that the american people would not be part of subsidizing putin's unjustified war. at the time, i noted that we were able to take the step when others could not because the u.s. is a net exporter of energy with a strong domestic industry and the u.s. welcomed the you's -- the eu's statements valid to decrease dependence on russian gas. today we are accelerating our progress towards a secure, clean energy future. this initiative focuses on two core issues, one, helping europe reduce its dependency on russian gas as quickly as possible. secondly, producing europe's demand for gas overall. the u.s. together with our international partners, we will work to ensure any additional 15 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas for europe this year. as the eu looks to disconnect from russian gas by 2030, it will look to secure additional market demand for 50 million cubic units by 2030. the european commission will work with member st