the reasons for the delay, following yesterday s successful mission in which the u.n. and the red cross were able to facilitate the evacuation of about 100 women and children, from the steel plant, the last ukrainian stronghold inside of the city, and they were not able to evacuate all civilian, some 200 civilians remain trapped in the plant, including 20 children, as well as hundreds of ukrainian fighters, some of those fighters injured. i was speaking to one of the wives of the fighters, they have been appealing to the international community, for help, and this woman 24 years old, and her 24-year-old husband is trapped inside and she is asking for help. take a listen. i asked how are you, and the reply that they try to stay strong also. they keep strong, and they believe that, they believe that
not a ruling based on freedom of religion, however. this is based on free speech. pretty much consistent with what the supreme court has said in the past. if it was the government speech, if it was strictly boston s expression, then yes, the city could say who gets to fly the flag, and who doesn t. for example, the supreme court has said that the legends, the sayings that go on license plates, that s government speech, and the city can discriminate there, or the state can, but this is not, this is a public forum, the city created a public forum, open to all comers so it couldn t discriminate on the basis of viewpoint, jose. this is a 9-0 decision you say. exactly. unanimous. pete williams, thank you. you bet. still ahead, the unexpected and often deadly consequences of former president trump s raising the border wall in part of california. plus, could new mexico brace for worsening condition, as wildfires there explode over the weekend? we ll talk to a new mexico
in a show of solidarity, with the ukrainian resistance. and also this week, first lady jill biden will head to romania and slovakia for a five-day trip to meet with refugees of this war. joining us now, is nbc news correspondent erin mclaugh lin in kyiv and in washington, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali, and barry mccaffrey, retired four star jen and a military analyst. let me start with you, what s the latest in ukraine, erin. all eyes on the devastated port city of mariupol, where yet another evacuation attempt was supposed to be under way. at the helm of the united nations as well as the international red cross, they were supposed to move out to one of the besieged city suburbs today to evacuate even more civilians, although there seems to be some sort of delay, and civilians have been waiting there, for hours, unclear why,
the actual man power right now, many people are estimating there s a one-on-one relationship between ukrainian forces and russian forces. the technology differences has been intense, with the russians having a five to one superiority in the air. but on the ground, some estimates now say the russians emitted 70% of their total combat power, and the ukrainians are fighting them to a standstill. the russians are now bringing in units, mobilizing conscripts, they re desperate for man power and bringing in mercenaries from chechnya and syria. i would be sort of optimistic that in the coming 30 day, the ukrainians can take out more chunks of the russian army in the east. that s the central battle. mariupol will be lost. it will go down in history as a
the whole world will help them, and they believe the extraction, that they could be extracted from this hell, from the mariupol. they are waiting for our help. meanwhile, fighting continues across the east and the southern portions of the country. ukrainian military officials telling me that there are signs that russia is amassing even more forces on border to try to strengthen its assault on the donbas region. this, as united nations this morning put out staggering number, 5.5 million ukrainians believed to have left this country, so far, and although, in a sign of optimism, over the weekend, in a 24-hour period, 40,000 ukrainians returned. jose? erin mclaughlin in kyiv, thank you very much.