a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters. welcome to alex witt reports. we are beginning this our new finding in ukraine as russia s war enters your two. ukrainian officials claim they suffered more than 70 attacks in the last 24 hours, including one they say led to this fire right here at a kindergarten in kherson. president biden meanwhile shooting down china so called peace plan to bring ukraine and russia back to the negotiating table. here is what he said in a new interview. we are deploying, it s not how could it be any? good i m not being facetious. i m being that they earnest. i ve seen nothing in the plan to indicate that there is something that would be beneficial to anyone other than russia if the chinese plan moved forward. this is the idea that china is going to be negotiating the outcome of a war that is a totally unjust war for ukraine is just not rational. also, new this. our protesters are mobilizing cities across the country against
meanwhile new health concerns three weeks after a train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in ohio. researchers finding levels of air pollutants there that could pose some long term respiratory risks. in contrast to statements by state federal regulators and, yeah, the air is safe. nbc s jessi kirsch is an east palestine for us. jesse, welcome. let s talk about what the residents are saying about their health concerns and couple that with the government s response. yeah, so alex, we have people more than three weeks after this derailment in this community still worried about their health. we were at a town hall event last night with erin brockovich, she s part of one of the legal teams that s looking to take action against norfolk southern railroad here in this community, and i saw a woman leaving the event because she was saying she couldn t take being there because her eyes, her eyes were bothering her that much. she felt like she needed to leave, and someone from the team invol