our exclusive interview with president volodymyr zelenskyy. and the breaking news here involving the nuclear power plant. the interview at a critical moment in this war. our time inside the heavily fortified office of the president. armed guards outside. and guards inside at every turn. and tonight, that new concern involving the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant here. the largest nuclear plant in europe. already using backup power, that line shut down. forced to use one of the reactors to power the others, to power the critical cooling systems. tonight, president zelenskyy says this is because of russian. zelenskyy telling me russia has turned the plant, in essence, into a nuclear weapon. also tonight, ukraine's major counteroffensive now under way. what the president revealed to us about the new push. we ask, how does this war end? zelenskyy saying of russia, we cannot have dialogue with the terrorists. and tonight, zelenskyy asking the u.s. to designate russia a state sponsor of terrorism. and this evening, president zelenskyy and what he sa

president zelenskyy telling me russia wants him dead. as we come on tonight, there is a counteroffensive under way. the effort to push the russians back, both in the south and in the east. there are also new concerns at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. president zelenskyy telling me that russia has essentially turned that plant into a nuclear weapon. and we ask the president, how does this war end? inside the presidential office building in kyiv, president zelenskyy shares the hallways with armed guards. it has become a bunker, and we are here at a crucial point in this war. mr. president, thank you. i know as we sit here there is a major ukrainian counteroffensive under way. you've told the ukrainian people you'll take back the territory seized by the russians. have you grained any ground yet? >> translator: it's a very difficult war, and that's a very difficult task. we will renew our territory. we cannot freeze this conflict now. we need to step by step deoccupy our territory. this task is difficult. i'm sure that is what will ha

. >> volodymyr zelenskyy addresses world powers at the u.n. assembly -- u.n. general assembly laying out a pathway to peace with russia. ♪ >> hello, i am in london, you're watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program, more angry protest in iran as the government tries to crack down by blocking social media. the indigenous community in a remote australian island wins a landmark case against one of the country's biggest energy companies. ♪ welcome to the program. ukrainian president has urged world leaders to punish russia for its treatment of ukraine during the u.n. general assembly. vladimir putin ordered reservists during an early-morning address. speaking from kyiv, volodymyr zelenskyy laid out nonnegotiable pathways to peace. he said it needed to be punished and isolated. >> a crime has been committed against ukraine and we demand just punishment. the crime was committed against our state orders. the crime was committed against the lives of our people. the crime was committed against the indignity of our women and men. and the crime was committed

president zelenskyy and i went for a walk outside. and i had to ask him, wasn't he worried that putin might target him? >> it doesn't matter for me because we can't be afraid of him. >> but first, here's my take. for me, the most striking aspect of queen elizabeth ii's 70-year reign was her iron determination to be boring. bear with me. in those seven decades, she very rarely let slip her views about any political and public events in which she presided. we don't know what she thought of donald trump or barack obama or margaret thatcher. and we never will. elizabeth was the most disciplined public figure of the past century. in a confessional age when we post every idea, urge, impulse and image that pops into our heads, this woman kept her own counsel. as tina brown, the author of the fascinating book "the palace papers," notes, elizabeth was careful even at her own family's weddings and funerals, rarely smiling or weeping, always maintaining dignity and the appearance of detachment. that was her interpretation of her role as a consti

and the new message from president zelenskyy at this hour. the major counteroffensive, he says, is working, outside ukraine's second-largest city. but tonight, vladimir putin also with a message, defiant. and what he claims about this war. >>> back in the u.s., longtime trump ally steve bannon expected to surrender to authorities in new york tomorrow, facing charges involving the group called we build the wall. promising donors their own bricks in a wall at the southern border with their names on them. the group promising donors 100% of the money would go to that wall, that it wouldn't line someone's pockets. but tonight, prosecutors say that's exactly what happened. millions of dollars. >>> the pennsylvania woman killed in the shark attack. she and her family had just arrived in the bahamas hours before the attack. they were snorkeling. what we've learned tonight about this wife and mother. >>> hundreds of teachers walking off the job on the first day of school in seattle. >>> former president obama and former first lady michelle obama retur

what ukrainian president zelenskyy told our own david muir. the one thing they will never cede to russia. that's next. you're watching "world news now." ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. scene 103, take one. here we go. my name is wesley, and i'm with my knucklehead brother. my friend nafi. my boyfriend doug. i thought we'd be on the same page about this and we're not. how do i know the way i'm going to respond to it? there's not that long term research out there yet. i don't want to be on the front line. but you're human. you're going to make a mistake. i'm just saying everyone has a right to make their own decision. but why would you want to take that risk? can you imagine being the person that goes to somebody's house and gives them the virus that kills them? what if you end up in a hospital? yeah. that's what i'm scared of. if you were to die, man... that would literally kill me, man. if it makes you feel that way bro... i will probably do it. can i hug you? yeah. i love you, man. i love you too

>> i think i'm going to let president zelenskyy speak to this, wolf. this is something that he and his administration worked very, very hard on and i know that they're going to have some comments to make about that later so i think i'm going to defay to president zelenskyy. clearly, look, we're happy for the families, we're certainly glad to see that these two americans will be able to join them soon. i do want to add that as happy as we are for the families, this is not the time for americans to go to ukraine to join the fight. we've made it very clear. this is a very dangerous place. it's a war zone in every respect and we encourage americans who want to help the ukrainian meme to do that through other means. >> i should point out five british citizens were also released as part of this exchange. john kirby, thank you very much for joining us. >> you bet. thank you. >>> and just ahead, the federal reserve here in washington takes drastic action to tame inflation in the united states, significantly raising interest rates yet again. ♪ you see that? t

president zelenskyy today with a surprise visit. we saw him today with troops near kharkiv, a major transportation hub that they have now reclaimed. zelenskyy with his hand on his heart as the ukrainian flag is hoisted up. but with the russians now gone, what they're already discovering tonight. abc's tom soufi burridge in kharkiv for us. >> reporter: tonight, president zelensky marching into izium on a surprise victory trip to celebrate ukraine's offensive. his officials now saying more than 3,000 square miles -- including 380 communities -- were liberated in just ten days. izium, once a key hub for the russians, now the biggest prize of the ukrainian advance. the president posing with troops. zelenksy comparing the evidence war crimes o bucha in the initial phase of the war. >> the view is very shocking. but it is not shocking for me, because we began to see the same pictures from bucha. >> reporter: our team arriving tonight in kharkiv, witnessing the devastation in ukraine's second largest city, for ourselves. russia upped its s

zelenskyy says it's the battle of a weakling. civilians have paid the price of long months of russian occupation. izyum was shelled for weeks on end and everywhere we've gone there's been utter devastation. this behind me is the local city hall. and over there, a hospital. clearly, not a military target. the kremlin attempted to erase every trace of ukrainian identity. "they've burned our books, destroyed our schools, removed our tv channels and put on moscow's propaganda," yulia koziubenko told us. some even collaborated with russian forces, like her ex- husband, who she's denounced as a traitor saying he's dead to her. ukraine is now trying to extend its counteroffensive toward the east. zelenskyy has called on western countries to continue supplying weapons. now they've proved they know how to use them effectively. norah. >> o'donnell: debora patta, thank you again. your superb reporting. let's turn now to london where we learned today queen elizabeth had a personal request for her funeral on monday: that her grandsons, prince

as many as eight missiles hit zelenskyy's hometown near kharkiv. the missiles also hit a dam flooding parts of the city. he said more than 100 homes were flooded and 11 people had to be rescued overnight. officials say residents have been asked to leave parts of the city due to the rising water levels. that's zelenskyy's hometown targeted. >>> chinese president xi jinping expected to meet today with russian leader vladimir putin in uzbekistan. the summit is meant to signal the strength of the relationship between the two world leaders. putin plans to meet with other heads of state including those of india, pakistan, turkey and iran. according to the kremlin, his meeting with xi is of particular importance. the big question seems to be whether beijing will offer military aid to moscow. joining us now from beijing, janis mackey frayer. what more can you tell us about this meeting today? >> reporter: this is a significant face-to-face reunion for xi jinping and vladimir putin. you'll remember the last time they were together it was here in beijing whe

ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has been involved in a car crash in kyiv. his office says a car collided with his after returning from vsiting troops. as authorities investigate, they say zelenskyy was not seriously injured. >>> more progress on the covid front as the world health organization says deaths worldwide last week from the virus were the lowest reported in the pandemic since march 2020. the w.h.o. says the omicron subvariant ba.5 continues to dominate globally. >>> his company is worth $3 billion, and the founder of patagonia has just donated it to help fight climate change. it's going to two environmental organizations, a move he predicts will yield $100 million a year. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> tonight, the general public began saying its final goodbyes t queen elizabeth ii in london. the late monarch will lie in state until her funeral on monday. you can see mourners inside westminster hall tonight. the

zelenskyy: it's very important. for example, it's very important that our soldiers came back and de-occupated our territories and our people. it means that the life came back. ukraine is here. and that's very important, for me also important, because they do their important, strong, and very dangeus work. and if our soldiers are here, it means i have to support people and soldiers. nick: in the past week, ukraine has recaptured dozens of towns and more territory than russia seized in the past five months. one of the architects of that success is general oleksandr syrskyi. why do you think you have had the success you have had in kharkiv? col. gen. syrskyi: our operation was successful due to the mobility of our units, together with artillery fire and aviation support. nick: he said he was not worried about his troops becoming overstretched, and he vowed to expand operations into neighboring donetsk and luhansk, currently controlled by russia. col. gen. syrskyi: we of course, are planning to continue our offensive. w

president zelenskyy visiting bucha the day after the russians left. the world saw his grief, his anger. months later, we now ask him about the case they're building. what does justice look like? >> translator: for me, and for the world, it is important that fair and just and independent tribunal is organized, so all those responsible are charged, convicted if proven, and pay the price. and pay the price with long-term -- with long-term prison sentences. >> and for vadym, who brought us to that garage, there will be no peace until there is justice. you want justice for your father. what would you say to your father, if you could? he says, "i would tell him that i love him very much." a son's emotional call for justice for his fallen father. and 24 hours after our exclusive interview with president zelenskyy in kyiv, and his call for president biden and the u.s. to designate russia a state sponsor of terror, tonight, president biden now responding, so, let's bring in abc's martha raddatz and mary bruce live in washington. mary, let's begin with you. pre

and president zelenskyy ordered a mandatory evacuation from all of the east. seven days a week, father the dean travels to the eastern front lines. the fast driving ukrainian protestant priest is trying to evacuate as many civilians as possible. and get them out of the russians path. >> [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] >> father they deem saw what happened in bucha and knows that if people out here in the east don't escape now, their fate is almost certain. >> [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] >> [speaking non-english]. >> father vadim estimates he's already personally saved around 1000 people >> [speaking non-english] >> [speaking non-english] >> [speaking non-english] >> [speaking non-english] >> we are going through these villages with you and saw people who haven't done anything wrong, leaving because they are under attack, in a very difficult state. >> 21. >> [speaking non-english] >> it's clearly weighing on you. >> [speaking non-english] >> >> [speaking non-english] >> >> reporter: sometimes vadim comes with messages from family

volodymyr zelenskyy might say. what are you expecting him to tell the united nations general assembly? >> what we expect is indeed addressing the issue of the real threat of nuclear threat that vladimir putin had in his speech . at the end of the day, which also in ukraine expect -- we also in ukraine expect the same message, which is more support to ukraine. of course, the winter is going to happen, and what putin expects is that support for ukraine will falter because of the high-priced in energy. this sort of blackmail may have an effect on societies in western, and that is what putin expects to happen. we do expect this speech to focus on this continued support. mark: it is trying to combat this idea of ukraine fatigue, which we are told is infiltrating certain countries looking at, for instance, why we should be paying more for energy with winter coming. we are still talking some 300,000 military personnel or perhaps even more, given the numbers of people that putin can draw upon if need be. what has reaction

what was president zelenskyy's message? >> reporter: well, listen, what he said is ukraine didn't provoke this war. in fact, he pointed to the fact that ukraine engaged in more than 80 rounds of talks, diplomacy to try to prevent this war from happening but now that it is here, now that russia has invaded and continues to attack ukraine, he is calling for punishment. listen to what he said to the united nations general assemble virtually in these remarks. >> a crime has been committed against ukraine and we demand just punishment. the crime was committed against our state borders. the crime was committed against the lives of our people. the crime was committed against the dignity of our women and men. the crime was committed against the values that make you and me a community of the united nations. and ukraine demands punishment for trying to steal our territory. punishment for the murders of thousands of people. punishment for tortures and humiliations of women and man. punishment for the cat inastrop turbulence that russi

zelenskyy has called on western countries to continue supplying weapons. now they've proved they know how to use them effectively. norah. >> o'donnell: debora patta, thank you again. your superb reporting. let's turn now to london where we learned today queen elizabeth had a personal request for her funeral on monday: that her grandsons, prince william and harry once again walk side-by- side behind her coffin to its final journey to westminster abby. that coffin will be carried on the same gun carriage used in the funerals of her father king george vi and sir winston churchill. here's cbs's charlie d'agata. >> reporter: prince william opened up to well-wishers today, adding that walking behind the queen's coffin brought back memories, alluding to the funeral of princess diana. he and the new princess of wales kate greeted mourners outside the royal residence of sandringham. while back in london, crowds have grown to epic proportions. a pilgrimage to pay tribute to their queen. >> the whole walk for six and a half hours. if i have to, i'll do it again. >> r

it comes as president zelenskyy tells abc's david muir that russia is using europe's largest nuclear power plant as a nuclear weapon. abc's tom soufi burridge has more. >> reporter: ukrainian troops taking back ground from the russians. this video from a unit claiming to have liberated a settlement in the eastern donbas. and ukrainian officials posting this image, saying the ukrainian flag flying again over a village in the south. president zelenskyy praising his forces, warning moscow that even russian-occupied crimea is now a dangerous place, but russia is striking back, wrecking this medical clinic in the southern port city of mykolaiv. and continuing concern over the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog now wth officials based at the plant saying the power supply was compromised again this weekend, forcing it to run on its backup generators, and near kherson in the southeast, a lucky escape for the driver of this car. a russian shell spraying debris. a ukrainian official posting the video. nearby, ukrainian forces mounting a counteroffensive. anatoli just

ursula von der leyen today traveled to ukraine to meet with president zelenskyy. it comes a week after ukraine began a counteroffensive that forced russian troops to retreat from large parts of the country's northeast. >> like a meeting between old friends, on her third visit to ukraine since the war began, ursula von der leyen received a warm welcome from volodymyr zelenskyy, and an award for her commitment to eu-ukraine relations. among the talking points, the 8 million plus people who fled to eu countries since the war began in february. >> we want, of course commit to give our ukrainian friends help, as much support as possible. but we also know that they are longing to go home again. >> even as von der leyen's night's train made its way to kyiv, russian rockets struck a reservoir in an industrial center and president zelenskyy's hometown. the resulting flood inundated roads and houses and the local drinking water supply was cut. >> the drains are not working and we cannot flush the toilet. everything is flooded and there has been no one from the disaster prot

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zelenskyy stressing the u.n. officials must "draw objective conclusions." video broadcast on russian tv documents the presence of russian military vehicles as the u.n. officials inspect the plant. five of the inspectors staying on, but tonight, most of the delegation leaving, flanked by armed guards. >> we are not going anywhere. the iaea is now there, it is at the plant, and it is not moving. it's going to stay there. >> reporter: well, a sense of relief tonight that independent experts are finally inside that ukrainian nuclear power plant. the inspectors are due to work there over the next few days. cecilia? >> okay, tom, thank you so much. >>> we're going to turn next to the sprint for the midterms. tonight, president biden is in the battleground state of pennsylvania. this is his second of three stops there just this week. house minority leader kevin mccarthy is also there today, hoping november's outcome makes him the next speaker of the house. but the democrats tonight, their hopes are rebounding. and abc's mary bruce is there in pennsylvania speaking

i thought it was brilliant by president zelenskyy to talk about it today. he continues to push the narrative. i think it was smart to do that. what we need to do now is help ukraine win. they're not asking for our soldiers now. but they are asking for our weapons. they are asking for increased sanctions. mr. zelenskyy is calling for the west, for instance, to declare russia to be a state sponsor of terrorism. he wants us to up the antti, both on weapons and sanctions, and i think all leaders around the world need to think about that. putin upped the ante. he's upped the ante. we need to respond in a commensurate way. >> let me play you something "the new york times" got hold of, audio of russian soldiers calling home to friends, family, et cetera, complaining about the mission, talking about war crimes even some of them committed and calling putin an idiot. take a listen. >> for those of us listening to this on sirius xm, he said we're losing this war, i'm quitting the f'ing army, putin is an idiot. that's a summary. is putin getting weaker at home? he does

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volodymyr zelenskyy went to the strategic city of izium today and says his country is moving in only one direction, to victory. but are ukraine's surprise gains really a turning point in the war against russia? and a swedish politics taking a hard right turn. the prime minister announcing she will resign after her social democrats lose an election to an alliance of conservative parties. ♪ i'm brent goff. to her viewers watching on pbs in the united states and to all of you around the world, welcome. we begin in london. tonight, members of the public have begun paying their final respects to queen elizabeth. earlier today, a royal procession brought the queen's coffin to westminster hall where the elite monarch is now lying in state. thousands have begun filing past the coffin to say a final farewell ahead of the queen's funeral, which is scheduled for monday. reporter: this is the moment the queen left the palace for the last time. topped with the imperial crown, the monarch wore on rare formal occasions, queen elizabeth's coffin made its way through central london on a horse-drawn

today zelenskyy toured izyum which wasn't possible a week ago. now izyum is back to ukraine control and part of the 3,000 square miles he says ukrainian forces have taken back from russia. >>> also this just in, a local official says russian forces have been run out of a town just north of kherson, the first city occupied by the russians. >> while in izyum, zelenskyy saw the destruction and death that russian troops left behind. he compared the scene to what he saw in bucha. regional officials in the east say ukraine's counteroffensive will slow a bit now that they've lost the element of surprise. russian shelling continues and is taking a toll elsewhere. a local official reports two people were killed, six pounded in the southern port city of mykolaiv. ben wedeman is in kyiv. yes, the ukrainians are making progress, but the u.n. warns that the end of this war is far away. what are you learning? >> reporter: certainly let's keep in mind, victor and alison, that the russians still control large parts of the country. this offensive in kharkiv was a

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president zelenskyy has been masterful at continuing to make the world aware of the challenges they are facing and the successes they have and what they need. that is very important as we go into the winter, and as you point out, holding onto the gains they have made is going to be challenging. the economic situation in the country of ukraine is very difficult. making sure we can continue to provide the arms they need. all of that is going to be critical in order for them to hold onto those gains and continue to make this offensive as strong as possible before the winter months set in, when we know it is going to get much tougher. nick: one last question about the battlefield. obviously, many of the russian tactics have been ridiculed since february and march. we have seen a real deficiency tactically, operationally, as well as in many of their vehicles and munitions. yet there are 150 thousand , russian troops dedicated to ukraine right now, they promised an additional 300,000. we see all the video of people showing up, questioning the mobilization. still, is there a concern that, as t

her address to the un general assembly followed that of volodymy zelenskyy. he received a standing of the nation in a pre—recorded video speech which was delivered in english. he said russia deserve to be punished for in a pre—recorded video speech delivered in english, mr zelensky said russia deserved to be punished for stealing ukrainian territory and murdering civilians. he also said a tribunal should bring the perpetrators to justice. a crime has been committed against ukraine and we demand just punishment. the crime was committed against our state borders. the crime was committed against the lives of our people. the crime was committed against the dignity of our women and men. the crime was committed against the values that make you and me a community of united nations. and ukraine demands punishment for trying to steal our territory. punishment for the murders of thousands of people, punishment for tortures and humiliations of women and men, punishment for the catastrophic turbulence that russia provoked with its illegal war and not only for us, ukr

zelenskyy on the 5th of august. who suggested that everyone who feels that they are russian for the good of their children and grandchildren to get the hell out and to go to russia. i think the decisions that have been adopted by a whole range of regions of ukraine about conducting referendums are the result of his advice. under the guise of combating russian aggression and september prattism, aou grain -- separatism, ukraine -- in march ban of activity on 11 political parties and pretext on their links to russia. opposition to russian language television channels have been closed. for any attempt to provide an alternative of each of the official view journalists are persecuted. a well-known public official who has often spoken at the u.n. is in the prison of the security services. we have no doubt that ukraine has become a completely tote taltarian nazi-like -- totalitarian tphaz-like state -- nazi-like state. it's no surprise the armed forces and national battalions are using the tackic of terrorists, using peacef

she's the former press secretary for ukraine's president zelenskyy. that was early this morning on "morning joe" on the remarkable strength and resolve of the ukrainian people that has persisted through the last six months of the war. it is one of the driving forces behind not ukraine's latest successful military push, their advances in the east of their country. joining us now is somebody who gave us a window into that in the first hours and days of the war. our friend igor noveikov, former adviser to ukraine's president zelenskyy. i think i knew when you went back to kyiv, you and your family spent some time in france and then you went back, that the way you saw your country when you went back was to me this sense that you had some feeling that the war was turning decisively in ukraine's favor. is that what has happened? and is that how you see it? >> hi, nicolle. well, i think the war has actually turned in ukraine's favor in the first couple of hours of the war. everyone expected kyiv to fall in three days. and it's taken the russians months to ca

president zelenskyy says 8000 square kilometers have now been liberated in ukraine's northeastern offensive. half of that, he said, has been stabilized. the purple areas on the map there shall be substantial gains ukraine has made in one week, particularly in the northeast of the country. one of the areas the russians have fled from, they say, has been used as a torture and interrogation center. the army that is on the ground there of course taking eyewitness accounts from people who are there. an advisor to ukraine's defense minister, thank you for joining us. perhaps we can start with the dam, hit by a russian cruise missile. also the damage it has created. what kind of flooding has it created in that area? >> good evening. the damage that has been caused by this missile strike on the dam is very considerable. the damage, if you consider the amount of water that is now leaking, 100 cubic meters per second, so it is very significant. and, you know, the level of water in the river, where the dam is, has actually risen as well vary considerably come up three meters me than normal. ukrainian

>> o'donnell: surprise trip: ukraine's president zelenskyy visits a newly liberated city, and our own debora patta is there with the latest on the lightning offensive. >> we are coming back, and we are on the way to the end. >> o'donnell: and boston bomb scare. the f.b.i. investigates after a reported explosion on a college campus. cbs' jeff pegues has new details. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this historic wednesday night. tonight, the general public began saying its final good-byes to queen elizabeth ii in london. the late monarch will lie in state until her funeral on monday. you can see mourners inside westminster hall tonight, the queen's coffin surrounded by royal body guards. hundreds of thousands are expected to pay their respects over the next four days. at one point, the line stretched nearly three miles. the archbishop of canterbury led a brief service this morning attended by king charles and other members of the royal family.

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and zelenskyy said, i'm not going out. i wasn't surprised. i knew he would not leave the country, where the reason that i had been traveling with him to the war zone which was in donbas that russia invaded back in 2014 where many many times. and i saw how he, as the president, was traveling to the front line just to handshake with the show soldiers. he was returning back to the zone of shelling to stand with his soldiers. he was saying, as a leader, i need to stay with them, so that they understand that i'm not a coward, and i'm not running away and i have so many stories of these. i describe many of them in my book. so, i understood he understood that he's not the kind of person who leaves and in many ways, that's a super important reason for every ukrainian that contributes to the fact that we are now independent sovereign state, and that we are going to fight to the very end. look what he did. he united ukraine, and he united the whole civilized world around our battle for democracy. this is the -- this is absolutely important thing in our

zelenskyy took part in alag ising cereny. d they think it is safe for the presidents ago, they have now chased the russians o of the place. it is a continuation of the series of trips that he has made to frontline areas, including -- shortly before it fell into russian hands, showing his bravery, incarnating the bravery all ukrainians feel their country has been showing since the invasion started on the 24th of february. while you may get criticism of president zelenskyy, many aspects of his presidency, and what he has said from many ukrainians, very few would fail to salute the courage he has shown and leadership he has shown making these symbolic gestures and's the beginning of the invasion. >> oliver cragg watching the development. russia has covertly spent more than 300 million dollars since 2014 to influence politicians and other officials in more than two dozen countries. this allegation comes directly from the u.s. state department. a newly released intelligence assessment of russia's global level -- efforts sympatheti

so do you think zelenskyy's message to russian fighters will make an impact? >> i think it just might. it's very innovative to say the least the way they're doing it, coupled with the telephone messages ben just mentioned, and this way to circumvent the russian law that was just promulgated and signed by putin. those things are effective, because a lot of russians don't want to fight this war, and for them, this might prove to be a good way out, especially if the -- say they surrender. the circumstances of their capture are being kept secret is a very innovative and nifty idea from the ukrainian point of view. >> innovative indeed. so we're also seeing that there are protests in russia, and people are fleeing that country after putin announced his plan to mobilize thousands of russians. do you think this mobilization plan might be just the beginning of a bigger military draft? >> i think it might be. there are indications, fredricka, that they may want to draft at least a million people, in total, a million soldiers. that is a lot of manpower that would more t

zelenskyy over the town this week as evidence of mass graves and war crimes mount, some cases troops use soviet era radio telephones wise a power source to shock prisoners during interrogation. >> these amount to war crimes. that work is going on. there needs to be accountability. reporter: zelenskyy told his people there may look like a lull right now but ukrainian forces won't stop until all of ukraine is freed and they make advances as we speak. the mayor described behavior of russian troops in one town near the border. >> they kept our locals here in the cellar, the people were processed psychologically at the train station where they destroyed their will, they beat the testimonies out of them, the people were brought here to this v cellar kept o without food and medical super vying. supervision. reporter: president biden spoke about his concerns. >> as ukraine succeeds on the battlefield, vladimir putin is becoming embarrassed and pushed into a corner, i wonder mr. president what you would say to him if he is considers using chemical or ttactical nuclear weapons. >> don't, don't

>> only when president zelenskyy and the ukrainian people believe it is something they can accept. i for one cannot imagine a scenario where we should tell a nation who has lost tens of thousands of people, whose women have been raped and murdered, that now is the time to negotiate something that falls short of what they, the ukrainian people, think is the best outcome in the best interests of the ukrainian people. >> does that include if we have to support kyiv militarily and economically, they make $5 billion a month as you pointed out earlier, if we have to do that? >> again, i think the position of the administration, supported in a bipartisan way, certainly in the senate and the house as well has been the ukrainians need to make that decision. as senator tillis said, about when they are willing to negotiate and i had a chance to read your interview with foreign minister where he pointed out agreeing to negotiate with russia at the point russia is at its lowest, may not be the best time to negotiate, because they -- letter put may have something else up his sleeve. that is why

tom: ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy calls tom: ukrainian president a lot of your zelenskyy has urged world leaders at the un's general assembly to keep up pressure on russia. earlier, president biden took center stage to rally support for ukraine following putin's military escalation. joining me is maria tadeo, a lot of condemnation at the general assembly but mainly from western leaders. maria: it is the un's general assembly, a forum that we question as journalists, do they actually help move the agenda or is it just a p.r. show? the thing about this week is we found all western leaders in the same place at the same location essentially with the same message of condemnation and unity when it comes to russia. all agreed from the united states to the u.k. and france and the head of the commission saying this will cost more lives and the warbled right on longer. you alluded to a lot of your zelenskyy, he said you cannot leave ukraine, the people have made their choice. they want to pivot away from being a satellite of russia to now the west. but the point is, what about countrie

president zelenskyy's former press secretary is here. then, viral videos of joy. young black girls reacting to the new casting of the little mermaid. by this representation is so important. but not without backlash. as the 11th hour gets underway on a friday nights. good evening once again. i'm stephanie ruhle and we've got breaking news and legal showdown over those classified documents seats from donald trump's florida club. the fight over those highly sensitive records, now heads to a federal appeals court. just hours ago, the justice department filed its appeal for part of judge a lean cannon's latest ruling. tonight, doj is asking the appeals court to block cannons order, preventing the justice department from using classified documents that were recovered at mar-a-lago. on thursday, cannon names in other judge, raymond airy, a special master in the case. she wants him to finish going through all 11,000 documents taken from trump's club. by november 30th. and he is already getting started. today, he told both the doj and trump circle seems to appear in court