short on. matching its rhetoric, with the kind of support ukrainians to win this war, not just for ukraine, but for the u.s. and u.s. national security. we re gonna watch then very closely, president biden arrives in the region on monday. he will be delivering an important speech on tuesday. we ll see if any of that changes. colonel, may we not be talking about this and a year, or at least be talking about it as history, retired lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, is the former director of european foreign affairs at the national security council. he s the author of the important book, here right matters. an american story. should, ahead more on the war in ukraine as we approach the one year anniversary another hour of velshi, live from kyiv, begins right now. begins right now good morning to you, it is saturday, february the 18th, welcome to our new home. a 10 am and 11 am eastern, our show is celebrating three years on the air this weekend. we thank you for watching u
from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with the breaking news right now. vice president kamala harris is heading back to washington after taking part in the munich security conference. the vice president using her keynote speech today to condemn moscow while formally announcing the u.s. has determined russia committed war crimes against ukraine. in the case of russia s actions in ukraine, we have examined the evidence. we know the legal standards. there is no doubt, these are crimes against humanity. [applause] u.s. calling off the search for the unidentified object over lake huron. that is two of former objects shot down by the u.s. military which included that chinese spy balloon. the last hour, democratic making member of the house adam smith spoke with me about the questions and concerns that still remain over the spy balloon that moose mystery objects. if the hobbyist and meteorologists can do this, so can the russians and
watching symone. we are getting some breaking news on how the former president, jimmy carter, is doing. we will have an update on just a moment. finally on the way fema is headed to the states more than two weeks after the train derailment and toxic spill in east palestine. where many are worried that the air and water are just not safe. we are asking the ap aid ministries or who has been to the derailment site about his promise to the committee. plus vice president harris condemns russia for committing crimes against humanity in ukraine. vows to hold them accountable. we will have more details on the vice presidents hard-line speech in munich from earlier today. also, former president donald trump has multiple investigations hanging over his head from 2020. now a partial grand jury report released in interference case out of georgia. latest development, we are digging into it could signal for trump and for his allies. i am symone sanders-townsend, and i have something to
michigan state university, naming several others, most of whom remain in critical condition. today, funeral services were held for two of the slain msu students, and in just a minute, i will talk to a michigan congresswoman with her reaction to this tragedy, which was on my mind even as i was marching in florida on wednesday, joining a peoples protest against the state s governor, ron desantis, and his escalating war on black history. it was while i was on the ground in florida that i got word that the shooter who massacred nearly a dozen black shoppers at a buffalo supermarket two years ago had been sentenced to life in prison without parole. later, i learned that all five of the former memphis police officers charged with murder, murdering tyre nichols had pled not guilty. i thought about tyre s mother and her grief, and i also thought about so many grieving mothers in other parts of the world right now. as turkey and syria recover from the massive earthquake that has now k
servicemembers and countries of ethiopia. duty at this and sudan. this has cost the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians and unconscionable and it must stop. sudan is entering the second week of violence as forces battle for control of the country. the two sides used to be ally seizing allies together in a coup two years ago. they re fighting over which side s general leads the country s military. the bulge of the fighting is taking place in the sudan can capital city khartoum. additional countries and united nations also mobilizing to remove diplomatic staff. the violence spread to other cities and civilians scrambling to move to safety. travel become increasingly limited. flights have been halted as airports are pummeled by shelter and roadblocks are in place. nation of 45 million people are running out of food and medicine. 2/3 of the sudan hospitals are out of service. the united nations said looters stole food program people. a camp for displaced people was burned.