putin s broad invasion of ukraine. fears are growing that the atrocities commit so far in the war near kyiv may only be a fraction what s happening in other places like mariupol. about 150,000 people have been able to leave mariupol. stadly, there are still over 100,000 people still in mariupol waiting for evacuation. there are still millions of civilians at risk in this conflict as ukraine enters day 50 of the war. bret? bret: trey yingst live in kyiv. trey, thank you. up next many congressional democrats are doing everything they can to distance themselves from president biden ahead of the midterm elections on a number of fronts. and, later, chased from their homeland by putin s war, ukrainian refugees are headed south. to get to america. if you ve been living with heart disease, reducing cholesterol can be hard, even when you re taking a statin and being active. but you can do hard.
bret: as the variant becomes less virulent, if you will, is there a need for public policy change? ben: it s true it is virulent. we have a number of policymakers who are unwilling to reconsider any of the mistakes that they have made in the past. they are just doubling down on the same policies that they have used over and over again which, ultimately, did not pro-side a better outcome for the american people or for those students that harold mentioned who we ultimately are learning suffered more from the lack of in person education than they did any kind of risk associated with this virus. bret: all right. panel. thank you. we will see you later in the show. the stocks were up today. the dow gained 344. the s&p 500 finished ahead 49. the nasdaq jumped 272 today. up next, president biden commits to another major infusion of weapons for ukraine but not one type of platform. and we ll go live to kyiv where
features images you may find disturbing. good evening, trey. bret, good evening. european allies of ukraine are showing report as the country uncovers more atrocities committed by russian forces. another warning to our viewers the following images are graphic. the rigid frozen corpse of a man is examined by a war crimes prosecutor. the body pulled from a mass grave on the outskirts of kyiv this morning. one of 65 victims buried there after being killed by russian shoulders. according to ukrainian officials. during bucha s occupation by russian portions people were shot just because they spoke ukrainian. helped out as volunteers or supported our armed forces. russian forces took peaceful civilians. the austrian chancellor to confront him on the killing taking place. he described the tough as talk and unfriendly.
we tended to take for granted. our democracy? yes, rule of law. freedom of press and conscience, independent jaeudiciaries, maki elections in ways that are fair and free. fred pleitgen is kyiv. forces are fully withdrawn from the area surrounding skpooef ukrainian officials are saying major fighting is under way in the eastern part of the country. what s the latest? reporter: don, that s how we can see the focus of the russians that vladimir putin is certainly shifting. the ukrainians believed that kyiv was the main prize as they put it for the russian army. they got beat pretty badly here around the kyiv area and also further up in chernihiv. they have withdrawn forces. quite interesting because i was
this is not a response to any specific intelligence threatening uk staff as a result of anything the british government has done in terms of warning about russia trying to set up puppet governments in ukraine are anything like that, it is the generic, growing threat of a russian military incursion into ukraine that has led to this action and i think there are two factors, if anything happens it could happen quickly, there are now increasing numbers of russian troops in belarus, just on the north of the ukraine border, that is getting much closer to kyiv than the troops on the far eastern border of ukraine. secondly, remember, what is the most recent crisis situation that both the british and american governments have had to deal with to evacuate troops and citizens and diplomats quickly? afghanistan. and i think both bureaucracies of these institutions are learning from that experience and saying right, we want to get our ducks in a row but the problem is, of course, other countries