welcome to the show. it s 10:00 a.m. in ukraine. we begin with an unannounced visit to kyiv by some u.s. lawmakers. this video just coming in to us in the last few minutes. you ll see that is u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi leading a small democratic congressional delegation to meet with president volodymyr zelenskyy. pelosi says it was a message that america stands firmly with ukraine. we ll bring you details as soon as they become available. this video coming in to us in the last 10, 15 minutes. the visit comes amid a glimmer of hope for people trapped in the ukrainian city of mariupol after weeks under siege by russian forces and several failed evacuation attempts. a handful of civilians managed to leave on saturday. a ukrainian commander at the steel plant, the last bastion of
welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m isa soares coming to you live from lviv, ukraine. the latest developments out of ukraine, we ve shown you sfoet toes, a video of u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi making an unannounced visit to kyiv. president zelenskyy says they met earlier this morning with a group of u.s. lawmakers. pelosi said the trip was meant to, quote, send an unmistakable and resounding message to the entire world, america stands firmly with ukraine. a glimmer of hope for hundreds of people believed to be trapped in the besieged steel plant in mariupol. a ukrainian commander says 20
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symbolical gesture. k kyiv and situation in kyiv is not stable. two days ago when we had official visit, secretary-general of u.n., we have two rockets shelling on residential district. and our colleague from radu liberty was killed because the rocket was shelled directly into her apartment. our condolences for the passing of your colleague. we did report this on cnn. our thoughts are with you and everyone close to her and the family. and these horrors we ve been seeing, not just in kyiv as well, alexandra, but really across ukraine, images we re seeing, horrifying images out of bucha. we ve had terrifying stories with that. give us a sense what was you ve been seeing, what you ve been hearing. since the beginning of russian large-scale invasion,
request through congress. coming weeks after secretary blinken and secretary of defense lloyd austin visited, of course. matt rivers for us in kyiv, appreciate it, matt, thank you very much. one ukrainian lawmaker does not have much faith in the future evacuations we were telling you about from mariupol. he told me a short time ago, he doesn t believe russia is interested in allowing many people to leave, have a listen. i m very, very pessimistic about evacuation from mariupol. mariupol is the golden bough in russian propaganda. over 80 years they decide mariupol is a nazi nest and they decided to destroy this nazi nest. and all the time they said we are opening humanitarian