from nbc news on how some republican senate candidates are looking to turn the page in a fall starting with a major ad blitz. that comes as for the first time ever voters seem lukewarm, the ones who are lukewarm on sitting president joe biden, still plan to vote for his party in november. and we ve been saying this for some time between the president s approval ratings and the generic ballot tests, joe biden is now in the mid-40s according to gallop and other polls. we ll talk about that. and longtime trump ally steve bannon expects to be charged in a state criminal case again? stemming into an investigation into his role in a charity that was supposed to have used private funds to build the wall of the u.s./mexico border. but didn t do it and isn t that really what donald trump did lying about the stop the steal money, where he got hundreds of millions of dollars and lied about the money being used for that again, here s another example, here s another parall
reporter: artillery strikes on monday caused a fire at the plant forcing the only working reactor to be disconnected from the grid. ukraine and russia traded blame for intense shelling around the facility. we are playing with fire and something very, very catastrophic could take place. reporter: meanwhile, a senior u.s. defense official tells nbc news moscow is also in the process of buying millions of rockets and artillery shells from north korea, a move the white house says shows desperation as russia s weapon supply shortage intensifies. while u.k. intelligence suggests russian moral is deteriorating. we spoke with a former russian paratrooper who fled. he says the kremlin didn t tell the truth about the invasion so for me he said, just as for many others, the reason for this war did not correspondent to my moral world views. megan fitzgerald reporting from ukraine for us there.
them. i think that s the signal we have to send. nbc news moscow producer, matt bodnor joins me from moscow. what are you hearing from russians that is happening in ukraine? reporter: basically, we are seeing a few things. the united states right now with nato, with ukraine, is trying to create various pretexts of their own to try and justify kind of several different kind of malintent things, such as sanctions against russia, and the word containment is being thrown around. one of the big problems for the united states as it tries to message around this situation is almost everything that is said passes through a filter and it s the russian state media and it has complete dominance and monopoly on the flow of information in russia, and you can t get a message to the
attack poland? we feel very threatened she tells me. i think about it every day. and that s a real worry for people in this part of poland. they ve been telling us this ever since we arrived two weeks ago. it is part of the reason you see such a huge presence out here, people trying to help. they feel like they can see themselves in the people who are crossing over the border. one other point to make yet again today, the warsaw mayor has been pushing for this now for days. he says warsaw is filling up, other big cities are filling up. there has to be an international response, international coordination, possibly international relocation program for these people because more keep coming, as we say, mika, every single day. nbc s kelly cobiella. thank you very much for that reporting. coming up, social media pressure is working when it comes to holding major
today. my god. nbc s ali arouzi. thank you for your reporting. still ahead on morning joe, poland is feeling the strain of ukraine s refugee crisis. we will get a live report from along the border where thousands are arriving every day. plus, how the british government is stepping up its effort to go after russian oligarchs. you are watching our continuing coverage on morning joe. we will be right back. feeling out of sync? new dove men stress-relief body wash. with a plant-based adaptogen, helps alleviate stress on skin. so you can get back in sync. new dove men. a restorative shower for body and mind. the sleep number 360® smart bed is on sale now. it senses your movements and automatically adjusts so you new dove men. both stay comfortable all night. it s also temperature balancing so you stay cool. and now, save up to $600 on select sleep number 360® smart beds. plus, 0% interest for 36months. only for a limited time. nicorette knows, quitting smoking is freaking hard.