hitler's forces killed in two years of attacks on that port city. the toll estimated at 20,000 people so far. elsewhere a wave of fresh attacks, deadly assaults/cross ukraine and russia is said to be reinforcing its firepower in the east. all of that was the backdrop for house speaker nancy pelosi who became the highest ranking american official to meet with president zelenskyy since the war began. let's get you right now to sara sidner on the ground in kyiv. sara, thanks for being with us. such a dramatic situation in mariupol. what is the status of that ceasefire and what can you tell us? >> reporter: look, we now know there are dozens of people who have been set free. this is a really important moment because, as you know, for weeks you have had people there they needed food, they needed wa water, and they were dealing with devastation as that part of the country here in ukraine has been bombarded for weeks. weep should also mention there are also other issues going on. of course you did have people, many people, killed in the area and now we are seeing evidence of mass graves. take a look at this. no tears, no remembrances, no final good-byes. just dust to dust. the burial is over. >> we bury 50 people a day, he says. today we've done two lots of 18 bodies and then another 10. 46 in total. >> reporter: grave diggers can barely keep up the pace at this cemetery on the outskirts of mariupol. once marked with only a number a sign the bodies have yet to be identified by family. >> translator: people come and find their loved ones and bring crosses and a board. >> reporter: cnn is not present in the donbas but footage we obtained and satellite images show dozens of fresh graves. local authorities say about 600 in total and this is not an isolated case. images show graves have been dug en masse at two other burial grounds. this is one of them. >> translator: they've been bringing bodies every day for a month. they keep bringing more and more, bit by bit. >> reporter: here, too, footage shows rows of freshly dug graves and indications bodies have been buried before being identified. >> translator: each body is given its own grave and a coffin and a board with a number. >> reporter: a soldier who did not want to be identified says -- >> translator: after they're processed the city works with the prosecutor's office to organize their burial. >> reporter: cnn could not independently verify the claims but authorities say the majority of those buried here were killed during russia's assault on mariupol. moscow has now seized control of most of the strategic port city but some ukrainian forces continue to hold ground at the azovstal steel plant. the kremlin hasn't reported an official death toll but ukrainian officials say it's in the thousands. >> translator: by our optimistic estimation, 20,000 died on the streets of the city, the mayor of mariupol says. >> reporter: because the death toll is bound to rise the work continues about 100 freshly dug graves ready for the dead. as war rages, ukrainians aren't just being murdered by strangers but also buried by them. now we should also mention that here in kyiv there was an unannounced visit, as you mentioned earlier, of the most senior u.s. official to come to this country since this war began. nancy pelosi showed up here. she was on the ground about three hours, jim. she was able, of course, to meet with president zelenskyy who appreciated her showing her support and it really was to show solidarity with ukraine but also to visit troops, the 82nd airborne in poland making it very clear and showing the strength of the united states but also showing the togetherness that it has and its support for nato as well, jim. >> all right, sara sidner, thank you very much for that report. we appreciate it. i'm joined by retired brigadier general who is a former senior u.s. defense attache to the russian federation. what do you make of the fact that 100 people were rescued today from that steel plant in mariupol but now the shelling has continued? i mean, they sort of turned the spigot on and off when it comes to just the terrible situation those folks are trapped in there. >> jim, there's certainly a motive. this decision didn't magically happen, the corridor didn't remain open for two days. just to bring us out just for a moment remember that 9 may the big, big russian victory day, big parade in moscow, and i've attended it, is on. there's no triumph this year to show. and maybe, just maybe, they're clearing some civilians out, the red cross, you enter there. they get maybe some positive media and then they go in and try to finish this siege over the next week to be able to hoist the light blue/red flag over all of mariupol. i wonder if they can eke out that and a little bit more in donbas, which hasn't gone well, they then, because they've been trying to show a modicum of humanitarianism, they continue to press for a ceasefire and negotiations and try to gain a line inside of ukrainian territory beyond the 24, if you will, february foundry. there are reasons i worry about a major, major push now. the same in the donbas but the aspirations there i think are less because they've been pretty bloody and the same goes for the south. >> and as we were showing our viewers a few moments ago house speaker nancy pelosi now the most senior u.s. official to visit ukraine and meet with president zelenskyy since this war began. she could have conducted this meeting via zoom or a video link of some sort. what's the impact of her going there personally along with this delegation? we were just speaking with house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff and he was talking about how remarkable it is to sit there face-to-face with zelenskyy who has just become the face of this really incredible ukrainian resistance. what are your thoughts on this trip? >> well, when we go back to the 24, 25, 26 of february, at the beginning of this aggression, this invasion, all of this was incomprehensible. we didn't even think he would be there. we thought it would fall, most of us, within the first few days. it didn't. so now as the senior, if you will, american political figure there, just following the secretary of defense and secretary of state, all the other nations that have gone in and it is a message sent to the kremlin that, look, nobody wants to go into a direct fight with moscow, but we, meaning our allies and like-minded nations, are here to stay and we want and so will ukraine. >> and is it possible that the russians and the u.s. military are speaking in some way to coordinate a trip like this? how does that work, or do we just keep them out of it? i suppose those kinds of communications did go on during the cold war from time to time. would that even be within the realm of possibilities we could have those kinds of discussions? >> jim, i don't know the specifics. the embassies do talk. they still talk in syria. there are still links but coordinating a trip, i don't know. if so the message is sent. seniors are going in and don't do it. doan fire the rockets or else it will be hell to pay in a lot of different ways. i frankly am not -- be. >> that makes perfect sense. we spoke with adam schiff in the last hour. here is what he was saying about the trip that they just had. >> we wanted to discuss with him within that really vast sum what is the priority in terms of what weapons that he needs, what other assistance that he needs. so we went through a detailed discussion of the next phase of the war. it's moving from a phase in which ukrainians were ambushing russian tanks. it was close quarters fighting to fighting more at a distance using long-range artillery and that changes the nature of what ukraine needs to defend itself. >> what do you think, general? do you agree with that, we have reached a new phase in this war? >> i think we're getting to the point where we're seeing the russians for the second time as they did outside of kyiv culminate and while powerful they're being ground down and, sadly, so have ukrainians. again, it comes down to the ukrainian will to fight and what we're seeing in the donbas is the russians on back channel traffic are trying to push their troops and they're slowing and many of them probably don't want to fight anymore. and so it's -- they've gone into a grind it out almost stalemate which is bad for russia. people say time isn't on ukraine's side, but i also say in this context especially with the south, which has also slowed down and the epic besiege battle in mariupol, yes, i think that the russians have a lot of problems which is why i'm concerned they're going to be looking for a ceasefire negotiation on lands taken since the beginning of the invasion which will become really difficult for that. the ukrainians are going to need heavier weapons, in my mind, to get at least to the lines that occurred in 2014, the original lines for the battle began, this invasion began, and that will be a whole other dialogue. yes, they are being plussed up. they're thinking offensively. but they have to be careful about getting out too far in offense. that they did in 2014-2015 and got ahead and got mangled. >> all right, brigadier general peter zwack, good talking to you, sir. >> hey, cheers. thank you. >> all right. coming up, a pandemic incorporated. pandemic inc. what a new book exposes about those who banked millions while the rest of the country was getting sick with covid. hitting the road? 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in the brand-new book, reporter david mcswayne spent over a year on private jets and in secret warehouses getting to the bottom of all of this. david, great to have you with us. we appreciate it. in this book you talk about a fraudster who has paid tens of millions to supply millions of these n95 masks we were all desperate to find throughout the pandemic to the department of veterans affairs, and yet they never produced a single mask. where did all of that money go? how is that even possible? >> in that case that contractor wasn't actually paid. the veterans administration which oversees the largest hospital network in the country, and these were the really scary weeks when everything was locked down and we saw the federal government was handing out contracts willy-nilly and by virtue of that racking up the price and had states and cities and the federal government all competing for it so it was just a profound mess. >> there were some folks i suppose who were putting money in their pocket and not doing what they were supposed to do. >> right. there's one i detail, a contractor who formed an llc, six days later had a $10 million deal for test kits, and these are the pcr test kits. there's some real science involved. started digging into it and this contractor had a history of fraud allegations. looked into it and the test kits were mini soda bottle preforms blown up to create your two liter soda bottles at the grocery store, unsterile, completely unusable. set back testing throughout the country. those were really crucial moments. >> and some of these brokers who claimed to have access to masks would use videos called proof of life what is that all about? 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i thought the jokes were pretty funny. in many cases they wrote themselves. >> that's the story of our times. look, it was good to have the president back in the room poking fun at himself as well as the press. that's a key part of democracy is being able to make a joke if you're the president and give a joke. there were some lines that stung and caused a genuine laugh. some in our direction. the whole point of a roast, a speech like this, there's no topic off limits. that's where the humor comes from. >> jim, in terms of delivery, biden got the jokes off, fine. they were good. that was all great. >> not impressed. >> no, honestly, it was great, but i thought the most compelling part of what he said was the last third of what he said which wasn't funny at all. he took a turn for serious and made a really important point. and he said the free press is not the enemy of the people. far from it. at your best you are the guardians of truth. and it's unfortunate that had to be said, but it had to be said, because this is a reset. the president is back in the room with the press this is a celebration of the first amendment and the importance of free speech and the importance of the press and so many people take it for granted still and it's so important for those listening around the world who needed to be reminded. >> absolutely. it was refreshing to hear a president not refer to the press as the enemy of the people and quite the opposite. a very key moment. trevor noah did not hold back in going after washington. and, guess what, we deserve it so it's fine. let's listen. >> it is my great honor to be speaking tonight at the nation's most distinguished superspreader event. give it up for kirstyrsten sine. what could a senator be openly bi-sexual but closeted politically. thank you for having me here. i was a little confused about why me but then i was told that you get your highest approval ratings when a bi-racial african is standing next to you. these people are so hard on you which i don't get. i really don't. ever since you've come into office things are really looking up. gas is up, rent is up, food is up. everything. >> and the president laughed. the president laughed at jokes at his expense. >> you have to. trump never doing this dinner, he is a natural insult comic. everybody got skewered. i thought he did a good job. >> no question. margaret, let's get serious and talk about some of these texts that cnn has obtained this past week between sean hannity who, by the way, was the target of some jabs last night. and former trump chief of staff mark meadows. let's talk about this. here is just one of them. meadows says stress every vote matters. get out and vote. on radio, hannity, yes, sir, on it. any place in particular we need to push? meadows, pennsylvania, north carolina, arizona, nevada. hannity, got it. everywhere. i mean, you know, i know we're not supposed to be shocked anymore by any of this but, margaret, my goodness, what is going on? this is not anywhere near being appropriate for somebody who is on a network that calls itself -- has the word news in it. help us sort this out. what do you think? >> and for a prime time host of the leading cable news station in the united states essentially acting as the white house communications director, the campaign communications director, when he's going to go on air and talk to his 3 million people that night saying especially if you're in north carolina, arizona, pennsylvania, michigan, make sure you vote. every single vote matters. that's -- i mean, that makes fox news the propaganda wing of the trump white house. that used to be an accusation that seemed a little bit over the edge but those texts prove it. it was right in front of us. last night joe biden was joking about fox news and lending his chief of staff for messaging to the cable news. he was making that joke but that is deadly serious. that happened in the last administration. so there's nothing except it's highly not only inappropriate, potentially is that a campaign finance violation? was that an in kind donation to the campaign? there are a lot of questions -- >> that would imply we have a working d.c. yes, sir, got it. yes, sir, got it. click your heels and salute. it's unbelievable. all directed by conservatives we've never seen the kind of direct really collusion between a partisan press and a white house that we did and then we have the evidence. we have the receipts in real time. it's beyond shameless and nothing to do in the same zip code as journalism. >> i remember seeing hannity out on the campaign trail with trump and so on. you wondered how deep did this go and this shows they were working hand in glove quite a bit. let me talk to you about this, elon musk. we haven't done that. apparently he's taken control of twitter for $44 billion. he has $44 billion to spare. he tweeted a cartoon this week to explain how his political views have shifted. there's been a lot of discussion of this. these are the stick figures. i don't know if he drew this or found it online. from left of center when obama was elected but then woke progressives make him look right wing. what do you think of that? i have a lot of thoughts but i want to hear your thoughts. >> colin wright, i believe, was the cartoonist. he's re-tweeted and made an nft of the cartoon, trading at $1.3 million right now. that's the power of elon musk's midas touch. competing things, who is going to answer this question first. one thing the cartoon doesn't take into account, you can take away the centrist point, it doesn't take away donald trump. there is a fallacy going around in terms of how people on the center/right talk to themselves about being on the center/right and i say this as a person on the center/right. there's a lot of what about them. the progressive left is so much worse and what about that? they don't take into account trump and what it has done to the party and done to pull the party not even to the right but off the rails. elected democrats are not but elected republicans are represented by the trump wing. it's a nice cartoon that can make you feel good but it doesn't take into account real affects in our politics. >> it probably needs a reality check. >> is that tomorrow? >> that may very well be tomorrow. it speaks to something honest where people get into their negative partisanship wing and they do the what about us but you have to put it against the reality of our politics and the reality of where the parties are and it breaks down real quick if you look at the data. that's just the deal. >> and there's sort after snowflaky victimhood thing going as well that makes me wonder. >> facts not your feelings, it's just a mirror. >> great to talk to both of you and glad you made it through the weekend. we appreciate it. thanks so much. >> take care. coming up, a nationwide man hunt under way for an inmate charged with murder and a corrections officer who hasn't been seen since friday. it's a wild case. 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>> what i found was that in no way does it discount our cliche idea of the identity of someone who was parisian but adds to an exciting identity. as i started to go to paris through wine and food and exploring outer areas there are incredible multi-immigration families living and thriving in paris and left out of the narrative. we wanted to explore their side of paris and try to see the city through their purview. through their eyes. it was an incredible experience for me. i hope the viewers enjoyed it as much as i did. >> it's absolutely making me hungry right now just watching this and give us a taste of what else viewers will be experiencing this season. you go everywhere from soueoul towns along the mississippi river. >> i went to seoul, to ghana. we went all over. it was a really exciting time for myself and the crews to travel. we had been cooped up due to covid. it was sort of our first venture back out into the road and what you realize it was a great reminder the world is an incredible place and there are so many great stories for all of us to discover. and through that we also can look at our own environment and say, okay, what am i not paying attention to here. the world changes very quickly and i think that forces us to sort of question the idea of national identity and what it means to be american or french or korean. >> well, carlton mccoy, it looks wonderful. i can't wait to watch the show and welcome to the cnn family. thanks for being with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you, thank you. >> good to see you, sir. good luck with those travels. be sure to tune in to the all new cnn series "nomad" premiering tonight at 10:00 right here on cnn. it's made me very hungry. i think you as well. that's the news reporting from washington, i'm jim acosta. pamela brown takes over the "newsroom" live after a quick break. 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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