condemn the kind of big gotted rhetoric that are being trafficked by a member of why doesn t he have the ability to do this? this is who they are. in the gop conference they consider conservatives the fringe. this town thinks conservatives are the fringe. we have the base of the party which is about 70% of republican vote everies. more. this all comes as the senate in a race to the finish in a long list of to-dos including the center piece of the biden economic agenda. i ll talk to a guest who s ready to fight and supreme court justice raising eyebrows in the hearing over a mississippi law why what she said about adoption that has many concerned. we begin with the investigation into the deadly shooting in michigan broadening. aside from the alleged shooter and parents there s a possibility of an accomplice to help the parents allegedly hide from law enforcement. we re learning new individuals about that individual. a resident of andre sikora. he hired an attorney.
now back in the u.s. and major news on the pandemic. moderna asking the fda to authorize its covid vaccine for kids as young as 6 months old. breaking this morning new numbers from the government finding the u.s. economy shrank in the first three months of 2022. we ll take a look at what s going on. and we begin with president biden expected to ask congress to fund a new aid package for ukraine, according to two sources familiar with the matter. joining us with more is nbc white house correspondent mike . good morning. what kind of aid is the president asking for? reporter: when president biden announced last week he planned to send a new funding request to congress this week, one he will offer specific details on later this hour, he described this as a critical period entering into a new phase in the battle in ukraine between russia and that country as they defend their territorial sovereignty. primarily focused in that donbas region. interestingly, as first report
send diplomats back to ukraine for the first time they were withdrawn for safety. president biden will nominate a new ambassador to ukraine, the current ambassador of slovakia. also, we re hearing decidedly different language from the secretaries about the future of the war. in terms of our verability to win, the first step is believing you can win. they believe we can win. we believe that we can win they can win, if they have the right equipment, the right support, and we re going to do everything we can, continue to do everything we can to ensure that that gets done. we don t know how the rest of this war will unfold but we do know that a sovereign, independent ukraine will be around a lot longer than vladimir putin is on the scene. also notably, and i really do think for the first time, the senior u.s. official, secretary austin, said the u.s. wants to diminish russia s military power going forward so russia could not just do this again. we want to see russia w
which appears to show new damage in recent strikes. also this morning, ukranian troops refusing to surrender the besieged city of mariupol, despite a deadline by forces. they are asked to agree today on a corridor. this hasas the u.s. sends anoth $800 million to ukraine, including weapons. matt, the mayor is urging the residents to evacuate, and it comes after state department officials said nato allies could be involved in helping civilians get to safety. this is new. what are you hearing? reporter: this is new, bianna, and it s something we know the people inside of that steel plant complex called for as early as yesterday. we spoke to, cnn spoke to the commander of the ukranian marines that are part of the ukranian resistance that is still holding out inside that steel plant yesterday. and what he said is he was calling for a third party country to basically be involved in an evacuation route, basically saying it would take a country outside ukraine and russia to kind of
tying michael phelps, someone who she idolized for a long time. caitlin, thank you so much. yeah, epic moment. good evening everyone, i m abby philip, thank you for joining me tonight. he is a twice impeached, twice indicted, and now he s facing more charges. yet, the most republican voters now still think that donald trump is the parties best chance to be president biden. here is that some of the take away from a brand nepo from monmouth. trumis still far ahead of his rivals, well it s still early, got florida governor ron desantis and the rest next to the field. they re essentially flat. they ve been unable to gain any traction in this race. here are the most interestg parts of all of these new numbers. nearly 70% of republican voters believe that trump is the strongest candidate to beat biden. and nearly 70% aren t concerned at all that the criminal indictments that he faces make him a weaker candidate. so, is perhaps no surprise, that since many of trump s rival spent