lviv. they need to be in kyiv. so they re eager to get back. it is only democrats who went on ts trip. we understand several republicans were invited but because of security reasons, they as well as the democrats were told they were only going to poland. according to democratic officials, the republicans declin going, so it was not a bipartisan group. they didn t know until they were leaving they were actually going to ukraine. that is the way these trips are typically handled. some evacuations of the steel plant have begun. there are concerns about what may happen, for the last two. months concerns about what s going to happen to the ukrainian troops fighting from the first
towns outside mariupol. some from only 40 minutes away from here, and still, their cars are little shrapnel marking, bits, it looks like they have fragments of weapons, and they are carrying signs that say children. and white flags hanging from their mirrors and antenna this. internationally recognized signal, do not shoot, yet we still see bombed-out, burned-out cars, carrying the sign that says children in russian, carrying those white flags, that so clearly has v-been the victims of shooting, bombardment, shrapnel, it is terribly sad and so are the people that we keep saying who are arriving, some of them, you can tell on their faces just signs of horrific desperation. matt bradley, thank you. this morning, house speaker nancy pelosi and a group of lawmakers are headed back to the u.s. after meeting with polish president duda in war saw a few hours ago. it comes after they met with ukrainian president zelenskyy,
the city said yes something like 280 times until it got a request from a group called camp constitution that wanted to fly what it called the christian flag it was a red cross on a blue square on a white field. the city said, no, we can t do that, that would be an official endorsement of religion. then they said no it wouldn t be, it was simply violating the free speech rights of that group. based on that, it couldn t make distinctions on viewpoint. that s what the city did, which the court said today is improper. the city of boston suspended this decision awaiting the decision of the supreme court. my guess is they may well end it. the city s lawyer said when the case was argued that it was concerned that it might have to
state flag. which you can t see in this photo. it s up there at the top. and one is available for community groups to use to fly various flags to commemorate city events. and the city has largely allowed all comers except for a group called camp constitution which wanted to fly what it called the christian flag, which was a red latin cross on a blue background, against a white field, and the city said no, we can t do that, because that would be a violation of the establishment clause. that would be a government endorsement of religion, so we can t let it fly. and today, the supreme court said that argument doesn t fly. the court s ruling was 9-0. it unanimously said this was a public forum. boston created a public forum, open to all comers, and when it did that, it couldn t discriminate on the basis of viewpoint, and that s what it did when it said no to a christian group. so it s another ruling, this is
fly all sorts of flags like if some group wanted to fly a swastika or some white supremacist symbol, it would have to do that. so the city didn t want to do that. i think it will end up cancelling this program. the court are in the last go months here of big decisions, so we have yet to hear about abortion. we probably won t get that until next month. the next day for decisions is monday, may 16th. tomorrow in ohio what amounts to an early referendum on donald trump and his political power of endorsement as voters prepare to cast their ballots for who s going to succeed senator rob portman, the republican in the senate.