mariupol s mayor says they are running out of food and water. he estimates russian troops now outnumber the ukrainians by 15 to 1. translator: since my heart s been torn out, my life, my family, we lived there. this was our life. and for me and tens of thousands of mariupol residents, it is extremely painful to see so many dead and the city destroyed. near mariupol, you see new satellite images exposing mass graves. near kyiv, investigators examining more than 1,000 bodies of civilians found following the withdrawal of russian forces near the capital. the u.n. s top human rights official says russia is tossing aside international law and human decency. the uk among those taking new steps to help ukraine. it now will send tanks to poland so that poland can give its russian-made tanks to ukraine. boris johnson s government also plans to reopen its embassy in kyiv. still, listen, the prime minister says a putin victory cannot be ruled out. the sad thing is that that is a r
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
they may hit millions of dollars a year in new taxes. republicans are clear this is basically the use of government power to go after a company for its views or values, that it is a penalty tax because they supported equal rights. this has become something of a litmus test on the right especially among those who are positioning presidential runs. senator cruz is also attacking disney with the bizarre claim, wait for it, yes, he does want attention for it but also it is damaging enough and dumb enough and he has enough power as a senator that we have to deal with it. mr. cruz now says the company could include cartoon sex scenes in children s programming. there are people who are misguided trying to drive, you know, disney stepping in saying, you know, in every episode now they re going to have, you know you know, mickey and pluto going at it like really? thank you for that image, senator. it s just like, come on, guys. these are kids and, you know, you could always sh
russian forces are concentrated and focused on that offensive. no matter how many russian service men they re bringing into that area, we will keep on fighting and defending and we will be doing this daily. at the same time ukrainian forces are struggling to hold out in the southeastern port city of mariupol after they rejected a russian deadline to surr surrender. this shows women and children sheltering inside a steel plant there. ukraine says russian forces are firing on the plant willingly despite knowing there are civilians inside. our coverage begins with cnn s ed lavandera with kyiv, ukraine. good morning, ed. what do we know about these recent movements of russian forces and what are ukrainians doing to prepare? reporter: we know that ukrainian forces have been adjusting and moving into this region to prepare for this renewed offensive from russian forces there in eastern ukraine and what we have seen from russian forces in the last 24 hours, in the last few days
and what one of the nation s top humanitarian foundations is attempting to do to fix it. that s ahead. welcome to meet the press daily. i m chuck todd. president biden is on his way trying to continue trips to battleground states. today, the important battleground state is new hampshire. he s there to sell the bipartisan infrastructure bill, an official visit, not a political visit, but it s very similar. iowa, north carolina last week, new hampshire this week. but the focus on his struggling domestic agenda comes as he continues to address the brutal war abroad. the russians have regrouped and rearmed, the second wave of attacks has begun, and it appears to be as brutal as many feared it would be. this morning the president held a video call with allies to discuss continued support for ukraine as russia officially began its new offensive concentrating on the eastern part of the country, all while hammering major cities throughout the country, targeting what russia claims