complex have been nonstop as russians try to wipe out ukraine s last defenders. also breaking, john roberts is calling the unprecedented leak of the supreme court draft opinion absolutely appalling. cnn was in the room as roberts spoke out for the first time since americans learned the high court is poised to overturn roe versus wade. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with an urgent new operation to evacuate civilians trapped in the mariupol steel plant where conditions are growing more dire by the hour. cnn is following the battle for mariupol from a post in western ukraine. issa, the u.n. now says another convoy is in fact heading to mariupol. what more can you tell us? reporter: very good afternoon to you, wolf. what we re hearing, this after three days of intense and very brutal shelling, that what we know and promises really by russia to create these evacuation cor
this morning a new york times report reveals u.s. intelligence provided to ukrainian forces is helping them kill russian generals, according to senior american officials. ukrainian officials say they have killed roughly 12 generals on the front lines. the times report adding officials say the u.s. is not providing intelligence on the most senior russian leaders. a spokeswoman for the national security council provided a statement to nbc news in part, quote, the united states provided battlefield intelligence to help ukrainians defend their country. we do not provide intelligence with the intent to kill russian generals. moscow has also responded, saying it is, quote, well aware of the sharing of information and said nato and ukraine are not able to prevent russia from achieving its goals. meanwhile on the ground in ukraine, a final battle for mariupol is currently inside that steel plant with some civilians still stuck inside. tonight first lady jill biden begins her tr
international monetary fund and world bank have warned the global economy faces lower growth this year and next, after the recent global inflationary shock caused by russia s war in ukraine and the ongoing covid pandemic. the world bank cut its forecast for global economic growth this year by almost a percent to 3.2%, warning that high inflation would hit billions of people in the pocket. the imf believes rising global debt could lead to lower growth in developed countries by 0.9% over the next three years. the fund believes higher interest rates are likely to hit developing countries the worst. joining me now is pauljackson, who s the global head of asset allocation research at invesco. what do you expect to be the priorities in the imf/world bank spring meetings? i would imagine it is getting support to the poorer countries that will suffer from the rising inflation and perhaps offering more support to the countries that are immediately around russia, ukraine and belarus, b
raid signal went off. the soldiers are concerned this will be a secondary strike on the same target. ukrainian soldiers ordered us behind a concrete barricade. you understand you can t film this? nervous about us filming, one member of the territorial defense forces cocked his rifle. as he shouted at us to move back. it s interesting. you re wearing the flak jacket and the helmet. most civilians don t have that, right? just people around their neighborhood. you have to wear it, it is protocol. there was a bombing there or a missile strike and you want to be safe. what happened after that? so what happened was a series of further air raid sirens. the concern was after those first four were the russians going to hit again because three of the targets were military warehouses. the question was what were their warehouses storing? why were the russians hitting them? over the course of the day we heard three more rounds, the most recent within the last hour. and you know, d