biden is expected to have new sanctions on russia. on saturday, the u.s. firmly accused russia of committing war crimes against humanity in ukraine. putin s war has cost thousands of lives. it is targeted civilians. putin has even taken aim at a maternity hospital in mariupol. as we enter year two of the invasion, there is no clear end in sight. and now there are new concerns about china s involvement. this weekend, u.s. officials warn that china might be providing russia with non lethal military assistance. it could provide lethal assistance in the future. here s what secretary of state anthony blinken said earlier today on msnbc. jen is trying to have it both ways. publicly, and privately as i said we have seen already over the past months. the nonlethal assistance that does go directly to aiding and abetting russia s war. and some further information that we are sharing today. i think it will be out there soon. it indicates that they will have lethal assistance to russ
also ahead, senator john fetterman, reaching out for help for a clinical depression. i will talk to a doctor about his prognosis, and one of the senators very public admission could help millions of americans suffering in silence. we will also take you live to turkey where the rescue operations continue, and we will have the amazing story of a mother and son who survived 129 hours under the rubble. that is ahead, as well. we begin though with the fallout from the massive train drill meant in ohio just two weeks ago now. he was on the ground. their residents continuing to provide a report wearing held some to symptoms. governor attempted easter mindset, saying aaron watcher tests have come back normal. i understand people have been traumatized. i understand skepticism. sometimes skepticism is warranted. we have a lot of people in here who have absolutely no reason to be lying, no reason to be minimizing this. and frankly, i have no reason to minimize this. joining me now,
biden is expected to have new sanctions on russia. on saturday, the u.s. firmly accused russia of committing war crimes against humanity in ukraine. putin s war has cost thousands of lives. it is targeted civilians. putin has even taken aim at a maternity hospital in mariupol. as we enter year two of the invasion, there is no clear end in sight. and now there are new concerns about china s involvement. this weekend, u.s. officials warn that china might be providing russia with non lethal military assistance. it could provide lethal assistance in the future. here s what secretary of state anthony blinken said earlier today on msnbc. jen is trying to have it both ways. publicly, and privately as i said we have seen already over the past months. the nonlethal assistance that
officials familiar with these discussions, now the u.s. believes that china may be supplying russia with non lethal military assistance. the officials declined to see exactly what that assistance was, but said that it could be things like body armor, uniform parts, and maybe some things that would be particularly useful in this upcoming offensive that russia s just launched. it does not appear that they have crossed the line into providing legal assistance. but, sources familiar with this morning that they are concerned that china may be considering crossing that line and moving towards legal systems. now, again, it is not clear that they have made that decision but they are concerned about it. now, because of this u.s. officials here in munich and back in d.c. are having conversations with counterparts, talking to allies about these concerns, and there will be a full court press to try to encourage china not to move forward with any kind of legal assistance. as far as the nonlethal as
what many u.s. allies believe they need, they need lethal assistance tonight make this a fair fight. it won t be with russia ever. to make it a more difficult fight for russia. one thing being said, the u.s. administration has become comfortable with and what one official described it to me. coalitions of the willing. for instance, with the movement of nato forces to eastern europe, that wasn t all nato agreed to. it was a handful of countries that agreed. they were fine with that. on lethal military assistance to ukraine. not the entire nato alliance comfortable with it. it is a handful of nations. biden is figuring out, there are certain things he can get whole alliance on board for. certain things he can t. when he can t, he ll move with smaller groups. and it is important to note that ukraine is not a member of nato. that s an important distinction. stick with us. i want to bring in a team of reporters covering this meeting