some that might arrive on short notice so you need to set your dvr to record every night at 9:00 p.m. show which means setting it to record the rachel maddow show and msnbc prime. that s going to do it for me for tonight. way too early with jonathan lemire is up next. more death and destruction in ukraine. as russian missiles hit the black sea port city of odesa. and at one point, forcing the european council president who was visiting into a bomb shelter. this, as president biden puts new pressure on congress to approve his nassive request for ukraine aid. we ll tell you what that means for the covid relief bill the democrats say is also a priority. plus, inflation remains a top concern for voters heading into the midterms and today, the president is expected to announce his plan to lower costs. we ll have a preview. and the fight over abortion
running low on ammunition, and being forced to use some of the ammo that they weren t expecting to use. they continue to really just pound that area, but with little progress as far as any of the military installations, or infrastructure, for ukraine, holding very tight there. putin yesterday, in his main victory day, did not announce any sort of official escalation of the conflict, but we are seeing that russia is sending more troop, more ship, more equipment into ukraine particularly in the east, yet so far, still making very little progress. give us an update on where things stand there over there donbas. you said it perfectly, you re right, and more ships in the black sea gathering and preparing, you would think missile launchers and then almost the entirety of the tank brigade that the russians have right now, in the donbas region,
and also again suggested that there will be an accelerated timetable. for his part zelenskyy is giving no indication that his efforts to join the eu is slowing down and he expected to receive a positive response next month regarding his country s application. the southern port city of odesa in ukraine came under intense russian attack yesterday. a barrage of rockets hit a shopping mall and a warehouse. killing one person, and injuring five others. local officials say at least seven missiles were fired from the russian controlled crimea region. nbc news has so far not been able to independently verify that claim. the attack also forced the european council president who was visiting the city at the time to take shelter. this is the second deadly strike on the crucial port city in as many days. at least ten missiles hit odesa on sunday. destroying several residential buildings as well as an airport
particularly tech companies and the federal reserve looking at the interest rates last wednesday and since then walking through the number, apple, the most valuable public company shed $220 billion in the days since that decision. and tesla down as well by $200 billion or so. just change. and amazon market cap down by 173. i could go on. you get the picture here. the mega tech names are really suffering at the moment. and speaking to investment bankers this morning, they re saying they re looking at the small cap names. rosanna, i leave you with two pieces of news, the national average price per gallon of gas will likely hit a new record today. and overnight, andy warhol painting of marilyn monroe sell for a record $195 million. we ll look for it in the backdrop of your shot tomorrow. cnbc s rosanna lockwood, live from london, thank you very much. and still ahead the eu seems to be making progress on banning
getting involved, france, told the eu, they are trying to shift. and what we should know, this is an incentive package for the eu, and we ve seen this before, the game of chicken, and at the very end, be able to come around. but potentially this, their a very worried about their economy going into recession, because they are so reliant on russian fossil fuels. we saw a pretty half-hearted victory day celebration for vladimir putin in moscow yesterday. certainly u.s. officials don t believe the war is ending any time soon. and president biden announced late yesterday that he s in favor of decoupling this massive ukraine aid package with the covid relief fund setting that aside for the time being. take us behind the scenes behind that situation. they just couldn t get it through. if you have the covid funds linked to the ukraine aid, it does seem like it is going to be very difficult to get something done, because they were on board to get covid funds through.