i hope you know what we do down here, we elect them. good morning and welcome to morning joe . it is monday, february 1st. joe is under the weather today. with us we have white house reporter for the associated press jonathan lemire. host of msnbc s politics nation and president of the national action network, research ender al sharpton. and host of way too early kasie hunt stays with us. and matt lewis joins us this morning from the daily beast . thank you all for jumping on board this morning. we have even more to get to than usual on this monday morning, if that s possible. a group of republican senators head to the white house today to pitch president biden on their much smaller counteroffer to his covid relief proposal. we re learning more about democrat strategy for the trump impeachment trial as the former president scrambling to put together a legal team. it s a funny thing that happens when you re not president anymore. if people think you re wrong, they le
when we left you, reports were that 10 people were wounded in that attack, today, rescuers removed a body from the rubble of a high rise apartment hit, a woman named vera hirich, ukrainian journalist with radio liberty, was 54 years old and 23rd member of the media to be killed since the invasion began. russia says the missiles aimed a the a nearby defense plant, near where secretary guiterrez was at the same time, kyiv called it vladimir putin s raised middle finger to the secretary-general, you ll hear more from a conversation with the mayor in the program and more details today in the death of american and former marine joseph william cancel, killed fighting alongside ukrainian troops, offering condolences and white house warning against americans going to fight. his mother spoke to cnn. he believes in what they were fighting for. he it just was something that hit to his heart and, you know, he knew they needed help. and it was just something he had felt that he could
seven-month-old baby. welcome to the show, everyone. it is 8:00 a.m. here in uchain, and russia is pummeling ukrainian rail hubs and supply lines as it ramps up its assault on the east. you are looking at a railway bridge that was blown up on friday. we have been able to geolocate it, and verify the authenticity of that video you are look at near the donetsk region and a senior u.s. official tells cnn russian forces are making incremental advances there. meantime, another mass gave was discovered friday in the key suburb of bucha. 900 civil yaps have already been found dead in the kyiv region in the wake of russian forces pulling out. russia s focus is now on the eastern donbas region. moss coy s aim is to kill everyone living there. have a listen. translator: only if ukraine will stand, will they live. if the russian invaders succeed in realizing their plan, at least in part, they will still have enough artillery and aircraft to destroy the entire donbas just as they des
ukraine says it s holding off russian attacks on several fronts. even as fresh russian units come across the border. ukraine also says russia is now targeting villages close to the border in the northeast. supply lines have also been key targets for russian forces. and this what you re look at now is the after math of the attack on an important rail way hub. in the region. the bombardment come as russian forces have gradually coming closer. a senior u.s. defense official tells cnn the russia advances in the east have been uneven and incremental. meantime, another mass grave was discovered on friday in the kyiv suburb of bucha. 900 civilians have already been found in the region in the wake of russian forces pulling out. russia focus is now on the eastern donbas region. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says moscow aim is to kill everyone living there. have a listen. only if ukraine would stand will they live. if the russian invader succeed in realizing their plan. the
hours, injuring some 600 people. and now ukrainian officials say russian troops are blocking evacuations from part of that complex. breaking promises again in the east u.s. and nato officials acknowledge russian forces there are making incremental progress. i m told that the u.s. has seen some evidence of improvement in the russian military s ability to combine air and ground operations as well as its capacity for resupplying forces in the field, two issues, two problems they ran into up north, bianna. yeah, they are making adjustments and making inroads there. plus, breaking overnight, alleged ukrainian counterstrikes, a fuel depots with attacked and set on fire in part of the donetsk region controlled by russian-backed forces. now, all of this as we re learning of another american casualty in this war. a 22-year-old who was fighting along side ukrainian forces, we ll have more on that in a moment. some of the many, many internationals who come here to join the fight. le