running ads distancing themselves from president biden. for lifting a trump era policy. >> plus, a warrant issued today for the alabama corrections officer last seen leaving jail with an inmate, charged with murder. cnn has an exclusive look inside his now empty cell. welcome to "the lead," i'm jake tapper. we start today with our world lead and the besieged city of mariupol, ukraine, where some civilians are finally finding a way out after weeks, months of a relentless russian bombardment. ukrainian officials say there were two planned evacuation corridors, one for people around the city who want to leave and another for those who had been trapped inside the azovstal steel plant. but it remains unclear if either of those corridors held. this is new video of a large smoke plume over the city of mariupol today, and a commander at the steel plant tells cnn the complex has been under constants fire since early this morning. ukrainian officials say around 100 civilians were successfully evacuated from the plant yesterday. you can see this evacuation bus filled with families and small children. one steel plant worker describing her two months in the shelter like this. >> translator: i can't believe it. two months of darkness. we did not see any sunlight. we were scared. >> the question now, where will these evacuees end up? ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says some are headed to zaporizhzhia, a town still under ukraine's control, but there are videos and photographs that show some civilians taken to areas under russian control, in the donbas, and there's no way to know, at least for now, whether they went there by choice or by force. let's get straight to cnn's nick paton walsh who is live for us in zaporizhzhia, and some evacuees were supposed to arrive there today. have you seen any yet? >> no, none of the contingent we believe was supposed to be part of today's well heralded united nations and red cross plan. that's important, because those we did see coming into a welcome center here in zaporizhzhia had been conducting their own journey under their own auspices over the past days or weeks at times, trying to get away from russian controlled areas. this particular different day, though, was about essentially the u.n. and red cross coming in and trying to establish some sort of more routine method for getting civilians out. there are 100,000 potentially in mariupol who want to get out, and then of course, the hundreds inside azovstal steel plant. they did not arrive today. that's absolutely clear, and they're not really expected overnight. hopes are high that maybe in the latter part of tomorrow morning we might start seeing the azovstal evacuees coming out here. but there are significant questions still about this. certainly, there has been some video posted by the russian ministry of defense that does appear to show something that looks a lot like a red cross escorted convoy somewhere near the east of mariupol. that potentially suggests they might be taking certainly a circuitous route toward ukrainian held territory. some might suggest it might suggest part of this is heading in the direction of russia. remember, there's a sort of binary problem here, jake. when you leave mariupol, you can't go towards ukrainian held territory through russian checkpoints and that's where i understood earlier on today this initial wave of azovstal evacuees were headed, although some in the past, thousands, many say, have been heading in fact towards russia to filtration camps there and resettlement. some might suggest forcibly inside of russia. that's the key issue today. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy has made this a calling card, whether they can get this evacuation to happen on the scale they need to show frankly the negotiation has a place in a war where there's very little trust and very little decency on the side of russia, frankly, just to let innocent civilians out and so far today, that expectation, that hope has been substantially delayed. it hasn't come to anything as yet. jake. >> nick paton walsh in ukraine for us, thank you so much. >> house speaker nancy pelosi and a group of democratic lawmakers are in poland today after having made a surprise visit to kyiv to meet with ukrainian president zelenskyy over the weekend. back home early issues are slowing down the process of getting billions more in military aid sent to ukraine. mj lee is live for us at the white house. and white house press secretary jen psaki was just asked if president biden plans to also visit kyiv to meet with president zelenskyy. >> she was asked this question again because congressman adam schiff who was a part of the house delegation, came back and said he thinks it's only a matter of time before president biden himself makes that trip. the white house press secretary making clear that there are still no plans for the president to go on such a trip, though they are constantly assessing the situation and saying that the president certainly would like to go, but of course, in the past, the white house has been pretty clear about the very serious security concerns about such a presidential trip. so again, at this moment in time, no such plans exist for him to go. but yeah, this was a surprise trip, an unexpected trip that wasn't announced ahead of time for security reasons, where members of the house went to ukraine and met for several hours with the ukrainian president. they said that they really wanted to get a sense from the ground directly from the president himself on what exactly the needs are, what the situation is on the ground, and then they also made another trip to poland where they could get a better sense of the humanitarian crisis and also met with u.s. troops. now, all of this is, of course, a way for american officials to show solidarity with the ukrainian people. we saw just recently secretaries blinken and austin also making such a similar trip, jake. >> what do we know about the status of the $33 billion aid package that president biden proposed? >> this is the request that he made last week, but we just know right now that it is a work in progress. my colleague manu raju is hearing over on capitol hill that it's unlikely that this package is going to come together this week, that it could take several weeks for that language to actually be put together. keep in mind, the house is not in town this week. there's also just the important question of what is going to happen to the covid funding bill and whether these two pieces are going to end up moving together or whether they are going to be handled separately. but of course, it's worth emphasizing just sort of the urgency here. particularly when it comes to the weapons and military assistance piece of this. we know that from the last package that was approved by congress, the portion that was allocated for security assistance, the white house has been saying for days that most of that has already been allocated or has been spent, jake. >> mj lee at the white house, thank you so much. joining us to discuss, republican congressman mike turner of ohio. he's the ranking republican on the house intelligence committee. also on the house armed services committee. congressman, good to see you. congressional sources tell cnn today that there are a number of issues being sorted through when it comes to this $33 billion for additional aid to ukraine. they say it will likely take at least a few weeks to get the bill's language sorted out. as you know, ukraine is under attack right now. do they have that much time to wait? >> well, this spending package includes more than just aid directed to ukraine, and the president does have some authorities with the department of defense to insure that there are continued flows of weapons and assistance to ukraine. this package includes some additional resources for also our nato allies that can we shore up that eastern front. those are going to be very important, and as you just heard, the details that the white house are putting together are not jet complete, but certainly, i think overall, you're going to have a very receptive bipartisan, bicameral support for this bill. >> you do think a number of republicans are going to join with democrats to pass this? >> well, everybody knows that this aid to ukraine is essential. and when you look at what russia has been doing, that the inhumane killing of innocent civilians, the destruction of cities in ukraine, the leadership of president zelenskyy, i think people are very committed to continue giving russia difficulty in ukraine. >> i spoke to the ukrainian ambassador to the uk on friday. this is partly what he told me ukraine still needs. take a listen. >> we need anti-air, anti-sea, something which will allow us to hit more ships and there are a couple missions in the world which actually have these technologies, especially those ones who have bigger fleets. >> so he was talking about anti-air -- anti-aircraft and anti-sea weapons. does the u.s. have that kind of weaponry to give to the ukrainians? >> well, the white house has put in their basic construct of this bill, again, we haven't seen language yet, that heavy artillery, anti-sea, anti-air would be included. we don't know the specifics of those. certainly, the uk has said before that they also would be providing ukraine with assistance with anti-sea. the goal here obviously is to give ukraine some relief by having a stand-off, both in just the air and in the sea, so they can lessen the shelling that has occurred of innocent civilians. >> today, germany's foreign minister told cnn that his country is ready to agree to an embargo on russian oil. that doesn't include russian gas, which germany still depends on. how big of a step could this be in reducing the massive amounts of cash that europe is still handing over to putin and russia every single day? >> well, it is certainly a step in the right direction. what it's showing is there's going to be consequences for russia for this. it's not just going to be a ground war between ukraine and russia with aid coming from other ukrainian allies to give them the weaponry they needed. it's going to have broader ramifications beyond just the sanctions the united states has put in place and the eu has put in place. when you become a pariah, the nation state that people see as an international adversary and that is breaking the norms of just general humane standards, then those actions are the kind that make a difference and that certainly signal to russia that the world does see them differently and that they're going to be received differently. >> so russia is finally allowing some civilians to leave the azovstal steel plant in mariupol. do you think that and the release of trevor reed, does that signify, i don't want to be overly naive about this, but does that signify that maybe putin is getting more serious about diplomacy? >> i don't believe so. i believe that if you look at what's been happening on the steel plant, they're almost to a stalemate. if you look at other areas where russia has any advantage whatsoever, they're killing and slaughtering innocent civilians. you're seeing all of the types of things that people say rise to the level of actual war crimes by russia. so i don't take any of these small things as signals. when you know what they're doing on a regular basis and they have done in this country. >> i have heard it hypothesized this conflict will likely end with a basically an occupied ukraine, maybe west of the river -- i'm sorry, east of the river and then the free ukraine west of the river. a negotiated settlement. is that your best guess how this ends? >> as we know, russia already occupies ukraine in crimea and then have continued to undertake the attack against the ukraine, having attempted to take the entire country. i think anything that we see is going to be hard to rely on any representation that russia makes. they have already made, entered into a memorandum with ukraine guaranteeing their territorial integrity before they invaded and took crimea. i think this is going to be very difficult in any type of diplomatic solution that might come about imminently because russia just can't be trusted. >> republican congressman mike turner of ohio, the ranking republican on the intel. thank you so much for your time. good to see you. >> cnn returns to russia just as the foreign minister comes under fire for controversial comments. our live report from moscow is next. >> then the latest on the search for a corrections officer who disappeared with an inmate, the same day she filed for re reti retirement. stay with us. ♪ ♪ bonnie boon i'm calling you out. everybody be cool, alright? 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>> well, it's just as you say, jake. sergey lavrov, the russian foreign minister, was attempting to justify his country's decision to send thousands of troops across the border into neighboring ukraine from the outset, and they said the same thing, we're hearing it increasingly now as the country builds up to the victory day celebrations. just as nazi germany posed an existential threat to russia in the 1940s, ukraine poses with its neonazis a threat to russia and to russians, ethnic russians in ukraine now. the problem with the argument, of course, is that ukraine isn't run by nazis. it's run by a jewish president. when sergey lavrov was confronted with that fact, he reached for that anti-semitic trope that it's jews responsible for the actions and a conspiracy theory popular on the internet that hitler himself may have had jewish blood. it exposed how threadbare the russians' justification for sending troops into ukraine really is. >> has the government of israel responded to the comments? >> it has. the israeli prime minister, naftali bennett, has called them out, basically, as lies, and he's condemned this idea that jews should be blamed for the worst crimes committed against jews, which is this anti-semitic trope that's often put out there. so it's interesting because israel has up until now set on the fence when it comes to russia. it hasn't enacted the sanctions imposed against moscow for its actions inside ukraine. and so this is a very severe diplomatic reaction, which was immediate and quick by the israeli government to what the russian foreign minister had to say. >> this is your first time back in moscow since the kremlin put in place those rather strict laws on how journalists can cover ukraine. tell us what you found. >> yeah, it is a slightly strange experience because it is the first time since i have been back, back to russia since january. and superfinancially, there are changes. i have only the 24 hours to be back in the city. it's hard to get back in because most of the airlines aren't flying to russia. those thereat are open selling western products have them at discounted firesale type of prices. but remember, it's not a war zone. we're geographically distance from what's taking place in ukraine. there isn't that sense of trauma and that sense of hardship and violence in the country. it does feel somewhat disconnected from what's taking place across the border in ukraine. so that's something very significant. i think the biggest challenge is going to be reporting on this country with those strict laws that have been put in place, which are very careful to restrict how we describe what russia calls its special military operation in ukraine. and of course, very strict on making sure that we don't report information that the russian authorities regard as false information. so we have to be careful about that. the fact they have enacted those laws has already forced out the vast majority of independent journalists in the country as well as media organizations here that attempted to be critical of the government have closed down. that's the challenge for all of the independent media that remain in place in russia. >> matthew chance in moscow, thank you for your time today. >> several mysterious explosions were reported in moldova, specifically in the russian occupied transnistria region. russia is blaming ukraine, while ukraine is blaming russia, saying that these are examples of a russian false flag operation to justify a pending invasion. and now, as cnn's randi kaye reports, moldovans living nearby are worried they're going to get pulled into the war as a result of this decades-old soviet era conflict. >> this is the village that is actually the last village before the border with transnistria. almost everyone here told us they did not want to be interviewed. one woman told us, quote, the less you talk, the more you live. that's where we met tanya. she fled odesa, ukraine, with her two children only to end up here. just a few miles from transnistria. and feels under threat again. >> the russian troops are very close to here. does that concern you? she tells me, yes, she's very afraid. she's very scared. she says her bags are packed and she's hoping to get to poland or somewhere safer very soon. are you worried that russia will invade moldova? yes, of course, she's afraid for moldova, she says. moldovans are really good people who took ukrainians in. down the road, further from the border with transnistria, we found a village where people were much more willing to speak with us. are you nervous? >> no, no. i feel very good. i know that i can stay for my country. yes. >> you don't have a bag packed to go? >> no. no. i will stay here and i will protect my family and my house. yes. >> so you would stay and fight? >> yes. yes, of course. why not? it's my country. >> how do you feel about living so close to transnistria? >> i feel okay. you know, but i understand there is a problem. there is a problem that exists a lot of time, yes. and i think now it's the moment to resolve it. >> the trouble with transnistria is its proximity to ukraine and its relationship with russia. which has kept troops there for decades. if putin's troops are somehow successful in taking control of southern ukraine, they could create a land corridor stretching to transnistria and some here fear eventually into moldova and deeper into eastern europe. this man tells me he's very worried for what may happen in moldova. can moldova defend itself against russia, do you think? no, he says. then asks me, have you seen the moldovan army? he says moldova is a friendly, neutral state that happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. this woman tells me she, too, is very worried about russia invading through transnistria. for now, it's not a threat, she says, but if that changes, she and her husband plan to run away. this woman came all the way from canada to check on her family. worried for your family? >> yes. >> she grew up here and is familiar with the threats of a russian invasion. she wanted to make sure her brother and sister and mother-in-law have all they need to escape. >> we tried to help them with the money, but actually to prefer maybe the documents. just in case. just in case to have the passports. >> so many moldovans deciding whether to stay or go, as they wait for what putin does next. and the ukrainian foreign minister just today, jake, said ukraine will work with moldova to make sure that tensions do not escalate in that area of transnistria. that's a good thing because we spoke with the former moldovan ambassador to the u.s., and he said that so-called peace keeping force of 1500 russian troops could grow exponentially very quickly. he said they have already started recruiting and those numbers could jump to 50,000 or more very quickly. so he is quite concerned about that and just a reminder, moldova here is not a member of nato or the european union. it does consider itself a neutral country. jake. >> randi kaye in moldova for us. >> coming up, a look at the first real midterm test of donald trump's power as a potential republican king maker. stay with us. everyone knows eating well and exercise are a big part of losing weight. ww's new program teaches you how to do it. i still eat the foods i wanto eat and i have lost 69 pounds, james. you're just changing your mdset and shifting your eating habits. for me ww is all about flexibility. there's no restrictions. more knowing means more doing. do with ww. i'm reading your aura right now. it's telling me that ww works. get you first 3 months free today at ww.com offer ends may 2nd. 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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>> many republicans do still love him. the question is whether they will follow his lead and support jd vance in ohio's crowded senate primary tuesday. on the campaign trail today, vance made famous by his best selling book "hillbilly elegy" was still explaining his transition from trump critic to acolyte. >> i can't turn on the tv without seeing my fat head saying something i said five years ago. >> what he said has been played again and again on tv ads from rivals and critics. >> i'm a never trump guy. i never liked him. as somebody who doesn't like trump, i might have to hold my nose and vote for hillary clinton. >> we asked vance about those words today. do you regret them? >> do i regret them? i certainly wish i hadn't said them. it was a mistake because i was wrong. i think it's much more important than to worry about whether you regret something is to actually admit when you make a mistake. >> bonnie boyd was offended by vance's old comments but changed her tune after trump offered his blessing. >> i couldn't in good faith vote for him because of things he said against trump. but then when trump endorsed him, i thought, okay, i can vote for him now. >> laura yank, who also admires trump, sees it differently. >> do i like president trump? yes. do i follow everything that trump says or do i think that he's, you know, the ultimate source? no. god's the ultimate source, and i rely on my own sense of judgment, research. >> with early voting under way, the former president upended the race to replace retiring senator rob portman. he endorsed jane timmcon, a former chair of ohio's gop. >> he created a lot of confusion, as many voters know that jd vance was a never trumper. if he had his way, hillary clinton would have been president. >> but he's apologized for that. >> he's apologized, but the question is who is the real jd vance? >> josh mandell and gibbons also have aligned themselves with trump but didn't gain his support. >> i would have loved to earn it, but it doesn't change the fact i believe in the trump america first agenda. >> ted cruz backs mandell and had this to say about trump's seal of approval. >> every candidate says i love donald trump. no, no, i love donald trump more. no, no, i have donald trump tattooed on my rear end. okay, we get it. >> matt dolan, the only gop rival who did not seek the endorsement said it's time for republicans to move on. >> i hope this election when i win is about that people begin to understand that you can run on ideas. >> and many republicans here tell me they are keeping a close eye on dolan on the eve of this primary. establishment republicans do support him, and trump loyalists are divided among several other candidates. dolan has made clear he's not a never trumper but he does believe that trump policies were fine, but the personality is something the party should move beyond. as for the former president, he is making his first big bet in the 2022 midterm elections here in ohio tomorrow, but jake, every tuesday in the month of may, he'll be tested anew, from pennsylvania to georgia to other key states for endorsements he's made in races for house, senate, and governor. >> all right, jeff zeleny in columbus, ohio. >> the trump era border policy some senate democrats are supporting in campaign ads. that's next. just growing. i feel kinder, when nature is so kind to me. find more ways to growow with miracle-gro. the sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now. why choose proven quality sleep from sleep number? 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>> they have a little bit more of a plan as of a couple days ago. but it's still not sufficient. we have this arbitrary date, about 30 days from now, where this policy is supposed to go away, and we would see that increase numbers, and it hasn't even been decided where the facility would be. >> wow, so you're saying thousands of people would come across the border -- >> there would be no place to put them. we don't have the basics of how are you going to handle 18,000 individuals a day safely and, you know, in accordance with our ethics and principles. that plan, i haven't seen yet. >> texas democrat henry cuellar putting it pluntly. >> right now, some of the actions by the administration is not helping democrats. >> but president biden is pressing ahead under intense pressure from immigration activists. they feel they were promised a break from the draconian policies and inflammatory rhetoric under former president trump. >> this is the first president in the history of the united states of america that anybody seeking asylum has to do it in another country. >> in new hampshire, hassan is facing some of the backlash from the left over her trip to a border wall that trump champions. >> what happened to you? 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