waiting all hereday here. we have not seen much anticipated arrivals from the steel works in mariupol. this is what we have been waiting for. but ill, there s been quite a few people, civilians who have been coming in from elsewhere from outside mariupol, from very close to mariupol. and here within the region, you can see right here, this is a typical car that arrives. we have seen this all day long. this is a car coming from we don t know where wp they just pulled up. there s a handwritten sign. it says children. we see this time and time again. cars that are marked children or elderly people or just civilians often they will have little white flags danglin on their mirrors or antenna to signal don t shoot. now this is the first step that this family is going through right here. police officers taking their information, making sure they
capitolere connected to the insurrection. and we re on the ground in ohio where voters are about to head to the polls tomorrow in the first senate primary of the 2020 midterms. and a major test of mr. trump s clout at the ballot box. welcome to meet the press daily 237 i m kristen welker in for chuck todd. we re talking about the 2022 midterms. right now in ukraine, civilians have been evacuated from mariupol after weeks of failed attempts to do so. this is video from the ukrainian national guard of civilians fleeing the steel plant where they have been holed up for weeks. those civilians are set to arrive i the city about 140 miles northwest of riupol th is video from reute of the bs headed there where nbc s matt bradley has been all day. reporter: we have been
kelly cobiella, you have been bringing us the stories of so ma refugees. we appreciate your work and your joining us. ambassador, i want turno you now. what do you make of the evacuations so far? this is a good news story and a very bleak situation. but it s still a relatively small story. there were reports, there were a thousand civilians, maybe a hundred are out. that s od. there are hundred thousand civilians in mariupol still subject to russian bombardments and the deprivation of food and water. this is a very, very sad story. to that point, how do you see these evacuations in the broader context? are you concerned that they could be a precursor to an even more intense bombard the by the russians? so far, it continues.
just a handful of people who made it through with a humanitarian convoy. a friendship born out of the horrors of this war. translation: people are risking their lives under fire. they have to because there is no running water, gas or electricity. there is a mosque in the prymorskyi district with a well nearby. a lot of people got killed there. they got caught up in shelling. they were just looking for water in the city. but they are safe now and able to rebuild their lives in new cities and countries. catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, zaporizhzhia. the satellite company maxar has released new images of a possible second mass grave site near mariupol. the firm says the cemetary location has got bigger over the past month and has several long trenches which may suggest a new burial site, but how do
the last ukrainian troops in the city are holed up inside the azovstal steelworks, on mariupol s coast. 1,000 civilians are still said to be in this sprawling industrial complex. on this missing persons wall, most of the faces and names that you can see are people from mariupol, and now, with the ongoing blockade and with communications cut off, it s almost a miracle for people to get out. these three women escaped mariupol together on thursday just a handful of people who made it through with a humanitarian convoy. a friendship born out of the horrors of this war. translation: people are risking their lives under fire. they have to because there is no running water, gas or electricity. there is a mosque in the prymorskyi district with a well nearby.