attacks. this is the first example of this that i have seen. we have learned through our request is that there have been significant communication failures with respect to how agencies, including capitol police, communicated at a time when clearly on january 6th there was meant to be hand in glove communication because the vice president was who is a secret service protect, it was going to be at the hospital and obviously, we saw, got trickles of information, about how that communication has failed. and it seems to me there s a broader issue here in just about the impenetrability and lack of transparency around the secret service which the secrecy is in the name of course, and understand why they do not want to be super explicit about their methods, and tools, and things like that. but our central players in this entire thing, and it does seem like a bit of a black box as of
they are not directed against their direct protectees? to be honest with you, i don t know. there is not a lot of good information about this. frankly, when i covered the secret service portfolio, we did not have threats like this that came to our attention. because they were either dealt with quickly, or they didn t result in actually realized attacks. this is the first example of this that i have seen. we have learned through our request is that there have been significant communication failures with respect to how agencies, including capitol police, communicated at a time when clearly on january 6th there was meant to be hand in glove communication because the vice president was who is a secret service protect, it was going to be at the hospital and obviously, we saw,
i learned also recently in the last couple of months another bill that i m on the fbi and federal agencies when they communicate with law enforcement agencies they can only communicate via fax machine. this is 2022 we have the technology and the memes to communicate but why are we using a fax machine only to commit a criminal information about people committing crimes. that the communication failures in uvalde. speaking of communication failures and president biden there was a moment where he was speaking at a naval graduation for the naval academy and he said north korea stood with us when we impose sanctions on russia. of course north korea did not stayed with the united states of america out of dave everson with united states of america. what did we read into. it would be nice if this was the first time but it s not. what are we read into the
tim mack was in kramatorsk earlier this week, a city that has seen the 75% of its population flee the war. it was also the target of a deadly strike near its train station, you will remember this, that killed 59 people. joining us now from kyiv, is tim mack, npr investigative correspondent, he s been reporting from ukraine since the start of the war. tim, thanks for being here, thank you for being with us. let s talk about your experience, please, and kramatorsk, which is due north of mariupol, it s ingenious in the eastern part of russia that is being fought over. those who remain there, continue to face shelling. there are critical shortages of fuel, and food, there is infrastructure in communication failures. how are people still coping, those who have not left? well, it s a real ghost town and the folks who are still in these areas in the east where this russian offensive in kent is continuing, they re there
tim mack, npr investigative correspondent, he s been reporting from ukraine since the start of the war. tim, thanks for being here, thank you for being with us. let s talk about your experience, please, and kramatorsk, which is due north of mariupol, it s ingenious in the eastern part of russia that is being fought over. those who remain there, continue to face shelling. there are critical shortages of fuel, and food, there is infrastructure in communication failures. how are people still coping, those who have not left? well, it s a real ghost town and the folks who are still in these areas in the east where this russian offensive in kent is continuing, they re there because they re on a military mission, a humanitarian mission or they have no choice but to stay. there are a lot of folks who just don t have the means to leave eastern ukraine which they ve called their home their entire lives. i spoke to some folks who said,