and as a reminder, stephanie ruhle starts us host on the 11th hour next wednesday, march 2nd. but for tonight, that is our broadcast for this tuesday, with our thanks for being with us. on behalf of all of my colleagues at the networks of nbc news goodnight ks o in ukraine, the headquarters of defense ministry, there s a pale baby blue building. despite the color, it s actually a formal building, look at those big columns on those windows. from the aerial view, it looks like a square version of the u.s. pentagon. today, at that building, the ukrainian ministry of defense, a funeral was held for a soldier that was killed in eastern ukraine. and the area that was controlled, that is controlled, by pro russian separatists. members of the presidential on regarding ukraine draped flag over the soldiers coffin, and they marched his body inside the defense ministry. which is where they held his
going to be so great you re not going to be able to get everyone together. they have solidified nato, solidified opinion in the united states to its disfavor. it doesn t mean that will deter vladimir putin from his course. and the president acknowledged uncertainty. we tony: where russia is going to go. are they going to push west. at this moment the unity that has been created by this situation is pretty profound. and that s something that president biden took advantage of in the remarks last night. john harwood, great to see you. and new day continues right now. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is wednesday, march 2nd. i m john berman with brianna
ruhle starts us host on the 11th hour next wednesday, march 2nd. but for tonight, that is our broadcast for this tuesday, with our thanks for being with us. on behalf of all of my colleagues at the networks of nbc news goodnight nbc news goodn ight tonight on all in none of us should be fooled. none of us will be fooled. there is no justification. the u.s. takes action against russia for what the president is calling an invasion of ukraine. as we cut off russia s government from western financing. tonight, the latest on the international response to the crisis and the danger looming over ukraine. this is the greatest threat to security in europe since world war ii. then, the republican embrace of putin led by admire-in-chief, donald trump. so putin is now saying, it s independent, a large section of ukraine.
steps right here on the 11th hour beginning next wednesday march 2nd. that is our broadcast for this monday night, with the thanks for being with us and on behalf of all of my colleagues, on the networks of nbc news, goodnight. in the hallway, there were gunman. this is inside a television station on ukraine, on the thursday morning of may of 2014. this was the last video taken by the journalists who work there. , before mass men with guns told him that they could no longer freely do their jobs. the government presented a journalist with this letter, saying that their tv station was under new ownership. including to these are man and tv stations in ukraine now belong to pro russian separatists.
corruption. we will be watching for that. senator elizabeth warren, thank you so much. adrienne elrod, thank you for being on today, and that does it for us this morning. stay with msnbc for the very latest on the russian invasion of ukraine, the world reaction, and the state of the refugees, now some 700,000 fleeing ukraine, most going to poland and other countries. chris jansing picks up the coverage right now. hi there, i m chris jansing, live from our nation s capitol, washington, d.c. it is wednesday, march 2nd and we begin with president biden s state of the union speech, a speech traditionally used to defend a political and policy agenda but last night, president biden using the opportunity to deliver a powerful defense of democracy itself. delivered in a house chamber, a wash in the ukrainian national colors of blue and gold, the president called the war in ukraine a test and called for americans and free nations