denouncing president biden s words as unforgivable. any minute now president biden is going to be holding a virtual summit with the irish prime minister on this st. patrick s day. we re going to keep an ear on that to see if he says anything about ukraine. but right now there in ukraine, evacuating civilians the major priority. the country s presidential office says nine humanitarian corridors have been set up today. the disruption this war is causing is in sharp focus when you hear stories like the one this 15-year-old girl who is battling leukemia told one of or correspondents. translator: it s horrible, she says. instead of fighting this disease we have to leave loved ones behind. it s hard to see her suffer, lara s grandmother says. let s get right to our team covering the latest developments. courtney kube is at the
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provocateurs, emboldened by their full on embrace of former president trump. fringe candidates across the country are not holding back, chasing the maga crowd support. i will never back down. reporter: in missouri mark mcclasky best known as this man brandishing a gun at protesters passing by his st. louis home last summer is now running for senate. when the angry mob came to destroy my house and kill my family i took a stand against them. now i m asking for the privilege to take that stand for all of us. reporter: and making that moment that catapulted him into the center of his campaign. it really did wake me up. reporter: he and his wife becoming celebrities in conservative circles after then president trump s defense. these people were standing
here s cnn s sunlen serfaty. the mob is coming for all of us. reporter: they are brazen provocateurs. we have the carrot that s being dangled here. reporter: emboldened by their full-on embrace of former-president trump. fringe candidates across the country are not holding back. chasing the maga crowd s support. i will never back down. reporter: in missouri, mark mccloskey, best known as this man, brandishing a gun at protestors passing by his st. louis home last summer, is now running for senate. when the angry mob came to destroy my house, and kill my family, i took a stand against them. now, i m asking for the privilege to take that stand for all of us. reporter: and mccloskey is making the viral moment that catapulted him into the national spotlight the center of his campaign. god came knocking on my door last summer disguised as an angry mob, and it really did
. that s going to take more time and set us back. that s all thisst is takes us to the court and wastes the taxpayers dollars. she will have to answer these questions anyway. we don t get any farther. and you will just see the president say, well, this is taking too long. and the reason it s taking too long is because it s a team of obstructors. reporter: each of the democratic members we have talked to don t have any issue with hope hicks herself, that she has been polite and professional. but they are very frustrated at the white house. and one member, ted lou lui, says he is watching obstruction of justice right before his eyes we are one week away from the first democratic debates. wednesday, the first round of 2020 democrats take the stage for the first time.