picking off russian attackers, unclear how long they re able to hold them off. so many here are defiant. they are losing, that s why they are shelling our cities, try to strike fear in our hearts. but that s not going to happen. reporter: and president zelenskyy is set to speak with u.s. senators at 9:30 this morning. it s unlikely he s going to get the support he s asking for. pete: benjamin, thank you. we re trying to get a sense of what s going on. you know, the shelling seems a lot more intense down in the south, and based on what you ve seen we ve got joey and benjamin. benjamin if, the shelling is more intense in the south than where you are right now, although we know they would like to get to the capital. does that give you a sense of where their priority is just this many talking to, getting the information you re getting? has the main effort shifted to the south right now for the russians? reporter: yeah. look, there s no doubt that in
emphatically said they were going after what they call mercenaries, foreigners who are coming in to fight the war. so, yes, they re fighting on all fronts and all sides of this country as we saw today. benjamin. benjamin if: and so with that in mind, what is the feeling on the ground there? i gather that a few days ago it was relatively peaceful. it felt like life was normal in that city. have you seen a shift in how people are behaving? reporter: a bit of a shift, benjamin, yeah. we heard the air raid sirens go off last night, we heard the, believe it or not, the car alarms going off in this city triggered, we believe, by the repercussions coming from the explosions closer to polish border. so, yes, this city which is a hub for a lot of different things not just for military aid, but, of course, refugee inflow, outflow that we ve been talking about for weeks now, yes, it s girding for more action, more activity and maybe more offensive actions from russia, benjamin.
away from the nato ally of poland. national security adviser jake sullivan reiterated again today that if even one of those missiles were to go off course and hit poland, in article v or of the north atlantic alliance would be triggered, and that could mean war with russia. very, very dangerous game, benjamin. benjamin if: very dangerous, potential for escalation. we ll all be keeping an eye on that. greg, that part of western ukraine where you are now has been largely peaceful. i just wonder when you re speaking to people on the ground whether they feel, whether you with feel that the war is now heading your way? reporter: oh, absolutely, benjamin. we heard that from the two ladies that we spoke with. they say we thought everything was going to be fine over here, and then they find war right at their doorstep. and the russians have said it too. they ve been very emphatic. yesterday they said they would hit any if military aid coming in to ukraine from poland or from whoever, and the
we need to be able to supply our allies when they need it with the munitions that they need. this has been an ongoing channel for our country whether we were fighting in the middle east or even now. we ve got to have the munitions, we ve got to have a defense which clearly our adversaries fear. most certainly mr. putin is testing us right now. he s doing everything he can to get as far as he can without getting us involved along with the threat of suggesting the beginning of a world war iii. he s got to fear our ability rather than expecting that we fear him. benjamin: yeah. absolutely. senator mike rounds, thank you so much for joining us this evening. we really appreciate your time, sir, thank you. molly? thank you. molly: benjamin, thank you. former president barack obama, former president barack obama says that he has tested positive for covid-19. the 44th president tweeting this afternoon that he feels fine other than having a scratchy
quote, worst case scenario for hundreds of thousands of civilians if they are unable to receive humanitarian aid. the agency says the city s residents have, quote, endured a weeks-long life and death nightmare and are facing shortages of field, water and medicine. food, water and medicine. and an american journalist has died and at least two others hurt after russian forces fired on them in irpin just outside to have the nation s capital. filmmaker brent renaud was 50 years old. the white house has condemned the attack. and now we go back to my co-anchor, benjamin hall, who is live in ukraine s capital of kyiv. benjamin. benjamin: yeah, hi, molly. just to bring you back here to kyiv and to tell you what s happening, we continue to hear on three sides some heavy shelling. it sounds as if it s to the east, to the north and the northwest, and those are the three directions that vladimir putin s e forces are descending on this city from. as we ve been saying for a few