forbidding overt political statements, the band was praised by many ukrainians for calling for the liberation of ukrainians and mariupol and inside the steel plant of azovstal besieged by the russians. soldiers sheltering in the steel plant belted out the lyrics as shelling could be heard from above. residents of kalush, the hometown of the band, gushed. translator: with all my soul, all my love, i love my kalush. and volodymyr zelenskyy promised to bring the singing contest to ukraine next year. and now they re planning to tour europe to fund raise for the ukrainian soldiers and charitable foundations for ukraine. translator: people say ukraine is my mother and take it that way. that s why this song is now even
grow with rusrussia. there are signs that finland could be next possibly as soon as this weekend. and i m joined by clare sebastian. not as clear cut as the kremlin saying that we re cutting off supplies, but that is how it is being interpreted. and of course we have precedent with bulgaria and now the gas company saying that they won t use the payment mechanism that moscow has set up. so they say it is now likely they think that the gas will be shut off this weekend. this is why the eu is no longer treating this as a hypothetical. they know this could happen and they just launched their new $221 billion plan to essentially redraw the energy map of europe to try to eventually do without russian energy. more lng, more renewables cutting demand by about 5%, just simple things like using less air conditioning and turning lights off.
formally submitted their requests to join nato. effectively ending decades of official nonalignment. it also underscores how russia s brutal aggression against ukraine has shaken capitals across europe. nina dos santos is covering this for us. it was going to be a smooth process, this application, but now turkey has stepped in. and i know you spoke to the prime minister of sweden about that, but is there a way that president biden can help unblock this obstacle really to the membership of these two countries? reporter: the u.s. throwing itself into this informal role of mediating of this issue that turkey has with sweden and finland, but largely it is aimed at sweden. president erdogan of turkey says he has issues with security concerns with support, perceived support, of certain kurdish separatist groups like the pkk
ukraine and perform. the band was praised by many ukrainians for calling for the liberation of ukrainians in mariupol and insides steel plant of azovstal, besieged by the russians. soldiers sheltering in the steel plant belted out the lyrics as shelling could be heard from above. residents of kalush, the hometown of the band, gushed. with all my soul, all my love, i love my kalush. reporter: and president zelenskyy promised to bring the singing contest to a liberated ukraine next year. and now kalush is auctioning off its trophy and planning to tour europe to fund raise for the ukrainian soldiers and charitable foundations for ukraine. translator: people say ukraine is my mother and taking it that way.
these big retailers are showing us the real impact of high cost for consumer, people are spending less on bigger ticket items, they are going for only essential goods, cheaper brands, the store brands. and that is costing these companies. as is higher costs for them, whether it is freight, labor costs, energy costs. and that is really fighting corporate profits. and this is global problem. so what happened after wall street shut in asia? and we can bring you the markets. all were trading down, shanghai now a bit flat. also weak results in china. so we re seeing this picture across the world. europe opened with a negative day and i think it will bleed right through to wall street as well. and so every day people were talking about how the costs of things are going up. you suggested that they are going for their own brands