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.
the grain traveled through to alexandria in egypt, then on to beirut but also turned away. finally may 8, it reached syria according to shipping sources and ukrainian officials. so in this situation, in the middle east and africa, they will be they don t have choice, okay? they will import wheat from anywhere wherever it is possible. so i think that this is really state-supported theft. reporter: for russia stealing wheat and other grain during the war could prove lucrative. the price of wheat has skyrocketed so far this year, more than 60% or so, spiking after the war started on february 4th, and how much of a valuable commodity is it while
this military court that the russians have not taken any significant new territory. we have also seen as well casualties of course, but the ukrainians being able to hold that defensive line, that they blew up this bridge in order to make sure that they were maintaining the territory that they do have control over, and in the east they have been able to get much closer to the supply line that is critical to the russians. so having said that, this is a war. there are casualties. and the military reporting just overnight more civilians, ukrainian civilians have been killed. suzanne malveaux, thank you very much. and one of the most gut wrenching consequences of russia s war on ukraine is the threat of a severe food crisis across the globe. ukraine is one of the world s major grain producers, but russia warships have block bloc
and he was a champion of that in the united states, but more significantly he made sure that the shining city on the hill, the united states of america, was a beacon of democracy to the rest of the world. he sacrificed a lot to spread that democracy, and he did it in a very challenging way in some very tough places around the world when he said, you re a selfish government, you should be a government of the people. he helped bring democracy, planted the seeds of democracy in many places around the world, and those seeds are starting to take hold and they are growing legacies for john mccain that are really legacies of america. andy, thank you very much. that s andy card and dug holt seguin. this is what president trump said about the passing of john mccain. my deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of senator john mccain. our hearts and prayers are with you. the president is spending the weekend golfing as the russia investigation claims some of his
him. as you see more and more, there are people on capitol hill, including senator lindsey graham, who seem willing to evolve on this question. so the republican party on these very important issues regarding the trump russia investigation does not project that much confidence in the american people in terms of being even a ghost of a check on him on these things. jeff, help me understand the dynamic between these gentlemen as you see it. you followed them for some time here. again we ve seen statements of anger play out on twitter, on television, in formal statements as well. there was a meeting on thursday in the white house where they seemed to get along cordially. what should we make of that? it s impossible to know other than to say it s clear that that is a very tense relationship and one that is frustrating to president trump. clearly, at the top of his mind based on how he is reacting on twitter as is, i might add, the issue of impeachment. the pafact that he discussed th i