moscow with how mr. putin is justifying the escalation in violence. we will get to all of that. welcome, everyone. i m alex witt in for hallie jackson from msnbc world headquarters in new york. we will get to msnbc correspondent erin mclaughlin and also white house correspondent kelly owe dodge. eri kelly o donnell. erin, what is it like where you are and where do you see this current escalation going? around 8:00 this morning, we heard five explosions here in kharkiv, what is the second largest city in ukraine, striking, according to ukrainian officials electrical infrastructure in the kharkiv region, leading to power outages in the city itself, with ukrainian officials say a couple of hours ago, power was restored to the city. this kind of missile strike is actually not all that unusual for kharkiv. it s a weekly occurrence. nothing like what we saw unfold in kyiv, the capital today, in which missiles rained down on the capital, damaging the residential buildings, a chi
disapprove of biden on nearly every key economic concern. 37% approve of his handling of the economic recovery and has worse numbers on issues like gas prices and inflation. nearly 80% of americans say the economy is in extremely or very important factor in how they will vote. the media trying to warn democrats of what s to come. president biden is a serious drag on democratic candidates nationwide. he is badly underwater on all the top issues including the big ones. inflation, gas prices. less than 30% approval rating on the issues we are told by voters are dominating their state of mind. greg: gas prices hit a staggering record high at $4.86 a gallon, doubling since biden s presidency began. the administration is having no problem passing the blame on their economic woes. the price of gasoline is not set by a dial in the oval office and when an oil company is deciding our by our how much to charge you for a gallon of gas, they are not calling the administration to ask
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