says the visit is an important sign of the u.s. commitment to ukraine. in a news conference, speaker pelosi underscored the message behind the visit. >> our discussion centered around the subjects at hand, as you would suspect. security, humanitarian assistance, economic assistance, and eventually rebuilding when victory is won. we're proud to convey to him a message of unity from the congress of the united states, a message of appreciation from the american people for his leadership and admiration to the people of ukraine. >> we're also following new developments on what is left of that steel plant in mariupol. evacuation efforts are under way. we will have the latest coming up in a live report. first, we want to get more on speaker pelosi's congressional delegation and that meeting with president zelenskyy. cnn correspondent matt rivers has the details. >> reporter: well, it has been about a week now since the last time a senior delegation came here to do kyiv from the united states to meet with president zelenskyy and his administration. last week, of course, it was secretary of state antony blinken and secretary of defense lloyd austin. this week it is a u.s. congressional delegation, that was led by none other than speaker of the house nancy pelosi. she was joined by several other senior members of congress, this was an unannounced visit that we found out about from a tweet from president zelenskyy, president zelenskyy putting out a video of this meeting, where you can see him greeting speaker of the house pelosi as well as these other members of congress, who joined her. zelenskyy in a meeting thanking pelosi for what he called the united states strong support for ukraine in its fight against russia, calling the united states a, quote, leader in the effort to support ukraine. meanwhile, in that meeting we heard from speaker pelosi herself. here is a little bit of what she had to say. >> we are visiting you to say thank you for your fight for freedom, that your fight is a fight for everyone. and so our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done. >> reporter: so that is speaker pelosi continuing with the same showing of public support you heard recently from president biden. remember, it was a few days ago that biden requested $33 billion in additional aid from congress. that funding would go toward a mixture of humanitarian aid and the kind of heavy weaponry that ukraine has been asking for a long time that it says it desperately needs in its continued fight against russia all over this country. pelosi, of course, would play a major role in getting that request through congress, getting it turned into a legislative package, that president biden could sign and send that kind of aid and weaponry here to ukraine as president zelenskyy is hoping for. interestingly, this trip did follow the kind of security norms that we're used to with high level vip trips to areas with a security risk. this announcement of her visit coming after the meeting was over, which is generally what we see in these kinds of visits. of course, that didn't happen last week when secretary of state blinken and secretary of defense austin came here. president zelenskyy announced their visit before they arrived, but this time that not being the case. both sides announcing the visit after it had already concluded, with speaker of the house pelosi saying this congressional delegation will continue their trip in poland where they are expected to meet with that country's president. laura, amara. >> matt rivers, thank you for that. ukrainian commander says a new round of evacuations has begun at that steel plant in mariupol where hundreds of civilians have been trapped for weeks. we're getting new ground level images that show just the devastation. look at that. many of the buildings in this sprawling complex have been reduced to rubble by russian missiles. >> correspondent isa soares joining us now from lviv with the latest. we know, isa, that hundreds of people were trapped deep down in that basement, some as young as i believe 4 months old. what do we know about how they are doing, did they survive, and what is the latest on the evacuation efforts? >> reporter: good morning to you, amara, good morning, laura, the situation as we have been reporting on for several weeks now inside the azovstal steel plant is incredibly dire. but what we received, what we heard of yesterday was a small breakthrough, a glimmer of hope if you can call it that. we have heard from the azovstal commander inside the azovstal steel plant, a large complex as you look on your screen. it makes 25% of the whole city of mariupol. and what he said is that that evacuation took place yesterday, where 20 civilians, mostly women and children, were evacuated. now, in terms of their whereabouts, if they made it to zaporizhzhia and their condition, how they're feeling, how they're doing, we do not have the details. but, of course, a glimmer of hope for those families and people who have been in there for more than two months now. we know the conditions are dire. we know -- i've been speaking to those inside the steel plant and i've been speaking to the ceo of the steel plant, and he told me they had water and food for about two weeks or so inside that complex. and so -- and they have been there 50 plus days without any sunlight, and running desperately running out of food. we have also seen intense shelling, we have seen the russians have been circling mariupol and encircling that steel plant, really battering the plant in the last few days. in fact, we have got satellite images that gives you a sense of just how much force they have thrown at the steel plant itself. leaving really those inside struggling to deal with some of the injuries. we know there are about 600 or so soldiers, that's coming directly from one of ukrainian soldiers inside that steel plant. they are wounded. 600 of them. they are hoping, amara, they're hoping that as part of the evacuation plan, that the soldiers can also come out and also be part of this, but an mp talking to me in the last few hours said, look, while this is part of the plan, it hasn't been agreed upon. we don't know what's going to happen to the soldiers that have been wounded. as well as we don't know what will happen to those who will stay inside. will they surrender? or will they stay inside? let me give you a sense, this is a small fraction of what we're hearing. a thousand people inside a steel plant, 100 plus thousand in the stiff mariupol hoping to get out, hoping to evacuate. we have heard from the city council directly, i'll read it to you. in two years, he says, nazis killed 10,000 civilians in mariupol and the russian occupiers killed over 20,000 mariupol residents in two months. this is what we hear directly from the mayor of mariupol. 100,000 stuck inside mariupol. we're hoping, waiting for a way out. >> glad you're keeping on that, that they're still so many people stuck inside that city and, of course, the steel plant, the last ukrainian holdout in mariupol. we'll stay on top of that. isa soares, thank you so much. well, military and humanitarian aid for ukraine could be at risk of being bogged down in the immigration bill on capitol hill. but it is a delay ukraine can hardly afford as you would imagine. our next guest writes this, this is a war with sledgehammers, ukrainians can't retake cities in the east and south without massive support, far beyond the paltry aid the allies have supplied to donate -- to date, excuse me. having conceded control of the aair, the odds of ukraine taking back cities held by the russians are low and approach zero without massive artillery. ukraine doesn't have the weapons or stockpiles of munitions for the slugfest that has begun. the u.s. and nato must urgently provide $40 billion in military aid, not $4 billion. and as we know, president biden is requesting an additional $33 billion in aid, much of it to the military. joining me is bing west, former assistant secretary of defense under president reagan. he's also co-author of "call sign chaos." good morning, sir. you're calling on nato allies to send much more heavy equipment into ukraine. we know this war, especially in key areas, like the donbas region, is coming down to logistics, right, and how quickly the ukrainians are going to be able to receive these shipments and turn them around and use them. look, we have seen consistent attacks on ukraine's supply lines and its infrastructure, like ports, airports and train stations. are you concerned about how at t the attacks might interrupt the flow of weapons and the momentum of the ukrainians? >> positively. we're into a war now that is like world war i. i don't think people have yet grasped how big this is going to be. we're talking about 100 million pounds of high explosives being used inside ukraine by russia and the ukrainians. it's going to be a slugfest. and if russia can cut the logistics, then russia can prevail. but the ukrainians have shown that they're very clever about pulling off different ways of getting the shells there, so the real issue becomes whether the rest of the united -- the rest of nato helps the way the united states is. the united states is doing a great job. germany and the others, not so much. >> well, germany did recently relent and now they have decided to send in, you know, heavy weapons. the west is realizing that -- to use your word, it is going to be a long drawn out slugfest, right? does that change the nature of how nato allies will have to support ukraine from here on out? >> it certainly does. it means that they're going to have to recognize that this war could go on, say at least for another year. we don't know when it will end. but all along the border, it's going to be extremely heavy and the number of refugees coming into europe is going to be stunning. so we're just really at the start of this, and right now everyone's in favor of ukraine. i hope we can continue to have that kind of solidarity. but all the roads point back in my judgment toward germany. because germany is giving more money to russia that we're fighting than they're giving by far to ukraine. so germany really isn't standing up yet. and they're going to come under more pressure with more refugees. so how europe responds is going to be critical. the united states is standing strong. good for the united states. now i want to see if europe will stand as strong. >> are you concerned that we might see a fracture in the nato alliance if and when putin decides to potentially cut off the natural gas supply line to germany as it just did this past week in poland and bulgaria. >> that would be a very telling issue if that happened. that would be very telling. i don't know how germany would respond to that. let's hope we don't find out, but it's bizarre that germany is giving so much money to russia every single day for the natural gas that they're helping russia fight the war. it's a bizarre situation. >> well, we're going to have to leave it there, bing west. appreciate the conversation. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> actress and activist angelina jolie made an unexpected visit to ukraine saturday. she visited a boarding school and medical institution in lviv and also met with children that were hurt by a russian missile strike on a train station. that was helping people flee to safety. >> that's right. a ukrainian journalist said she was on a coffee run when she spotted jolie. but a spokeswoman says that her travels to the country are, quote, personal. president biden proved he was the good sport last night at the white house correspondents' dinner by acknowledging his recent poll numbers. >> i'm really excited to be here tonight with the only group of americans with a lower approval rating than i have. >> little jab at the media. we'll bring you the best zingers and serious moments as well ahead this hour. >> and later, the world of country music is mourning the loss of one of its legendary voices. we'll look at the life of naomi judd and the mark she made on the entertainment industry. i don't just play someone brainy on tv - i'm an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain performance. more brain performance? 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[ applause ] it is understandable, we had a horrible plague, followed by two years of covid. i'm not really here to roast the gop. that's not my style. besides, there is nothing i can say about the gop that kevin mccarthy hasn't already put on tape. >> but it wasn't just the gop, biden also acknowledged that there is also been pushback by democrats and he said he would sort out partisan gridlock in his second term in office. biden also took -- poked fun at his age and said that he remembered being at the first annual dinner in 1924. that's not the case, but it was notable that he was the first president in six years to attend the white house correspondents' dinner, and that in and of itself received applause given world events and crackdown on journalists across the world. that was really what the night summed up to be. it was a little bit of normalcy, in what has been a long pandemic and a difficult year. and biden had fun with that yesterday as did trevor noah. >> yeah, he had me there for a quick second when he said 1924, i had to do the math, and i was, like -- we know the president is speaking today at a memorial service for former vice president walter mondale. what do we expect for that? 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let's say president biden, you know, goes for the $10,000 debt cancellation student loan debt cancellation. don't you think -- do you think he should take a more targeted approach, especially for, you know saddled with much higher debt. that may not make a dent for some borrowers. >> it seems likely that more probably they would do a means test, rather than in terms of how much debt you actually had. it might be more tied to income. but you know, again, it is still not too clear at this point. yeah, of course, there are a lot of people out there who will have to, you know, continue paying, and right now repayment on federal debt, federal student loans has been frozen, it is extended multiple times since the middle of 2020. but at this point, repayment is set to start in september, and it is -- if they do something, if there is some sort of forgiveness, it is less likely they'll extend it again. people would need to get ready for that, you know, especially if they have more than $10,000 in debt. >> what do you expect to happen after this freeze on the federal student loan payments expires at the end of august? you're mentioning this, the freeze started in march of 2020 and extended six times. it has been a large help to people who have been able to pay off other debts and make their mortgage or rent payments. what do you expect to happen once this extension ends? >> well, yeah, of course, you know, it depends on your case. a lot of people and certainly you know all the surveys that we have done at student loan hero.com have showed that, you know, quite a large -- a sizable majority in any case of student loan borrowers do struggle with repayment. now, there have been other changes made pretty recently, you know, to some of the programs that, you know, could offer other avenues for forgiveness. for example, if you do still have debt, you definitely -- if you're struggling with it, you would want to look at income driven repayment, which is where they cap your repayment each month at a given percentage of -- an affordable percentage of your disposable income. so, you know, there are ways to make it affordable and with income driven repayment, you do get forgiven after 20 or 25 years depending which exact program you go on. and they have tried to make some of these programs a little bit easier to comply with and to get forgiveness from. so there are definitely options out there. but you do want to get ready. >> okay, that's good to know. that there is that particular option out there. president biden's administration has forgiven $16 billion in federal student loan debt since he took office. can you tell us more about that and who would benefit from that? >> sure. yeah, well, you know, some of these programs, they have been quite strict. there is one forgiveness program, public service loan forgiveness, where if you work for any sort of government agency, federal, state, local, so teachers, some people in law enforcement have student loans or if you work for any sort of nonprofit, then you could get forgiveness after ten years. well, specifically 120 fpayment. but it was incredibly difficult to get forgiveness in the past. recently the department of education said they're going to look at this and again a lot of people are now receiving, who, you know, were turned away or said there was a problem with their application, they had been on the wrong repayment program, or, you know, some is have not been dotted in some way, they're getting another chance. people are finding forgiveness through that, through making it a little bit more easy to get through that program. same thing with income driven repayment, it is a little bit technical, won't go into details, but basically they made some changes that a lot more people are now qualified for forgiveness through that. >> you know what, something needs to be done quickly to address all the deb saddled wit. michael kitchen, thank you so much. >> thank you. coming up, remembering country star naomi judd. we'll look back at her extraordinary life and career. you don't know how much pressure you put on your septic system. but rid-x does. in a 21 month study, scientists proved that rid- x redus up to 20% of waste build up ery month. take the pressure off with rid-x. you know liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need? 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website. the family moved to tennessee where naomi judd worked as a nurse. by 1980, she began pursuing a musical career for herself and wynona, the pair making appearances on a local morning show as a professional act. eventually they produced a string of major hits, their first single had a dream for the heart released in 1983, reached number 17 on the billboard country chart. ♪ mama he's crazy ♪ >> their next single "mama he's crazy" became the anynumber one song on country radio and won their first grammy in 1984. over the course of seven years, the judds won five grammys and had 14 number one singles. they sold more than 20 million records. >> which one is cole porter. >> ashley judd became a celebrity in her own right as an actress. hepatitis c forced her to retire from performing in 1990. >> we don't have a cure yet. it is a virus that causes cancer. it is a virus that causes miy liver disease. >> the duo's final single, in 2016, naomi judd opened up about mental illness, during an appearance on "good morning america," saying she was diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety. the singer said at the time she would not leave the house for three weeks, and not get out of my pajamas and not practice normal hygiene. the same year she wrote a book titled "river of time: my descent into depression and how i emerge with hope," explaining her struggles. >> there are certain things i do every day to help me get out of the depression. the stigma is horrible. and that's why i try to shout it from the rooftops and tell everybody, hey, if it happened to me, it can happen to you, the good news, the spoiler alert, is that i'm recovering, i'm healing. >> the judds completed what was billed as a farewell tour in 2011. >> the iconic duo, the judds. >> they announced earlier this year a final tour scheduled to begin in september. >> the final tour. >> they performed together powerbally for the first time in years in april at the cmt music awards. country music hall of fame 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