it s a country that has almost one thousand years of church history. it s the breadbasket of europe. their flag is blue over gold representing the blue sky, and the gold, or the yellow, is the harvest. so beautiful, but yet in the middle of all of this it s in the middle of a war, and there have been thousands of people that have died. there are over 11 million people who are displaced at this point. about half of them have gone out of the country. the other half are here, inside ukraine, with no place to go. living with friends or relatives. and some cities have converted factories or aboandoned buildings into warehouses with beds, where they can keep them. this is a difficult time for ukraine; so much suffering in this country. at samaritan s purse we have responded. we have several field hospitals. we have a number of clinics. we re doing food distribution. we have about 160 people working here on the ground. we ve got chaplains here from the billy graham evangelistic asso
mr. president, what made you use the word genocide today? yes, i called it genocide because it has become clearer and clearer that putin is just trying to wipe out the idea of even being ukrainian. howard: president biden framed it exactly right this time, unlike his call to oust putin from power which prompted confusion and criticism. this time, biden said let the lawyers decide if it meets the international definition but, quote, it sure seems that way to me. and i would add, to the world. we often think of genocide being aimed at an reality nick, racial or religious group. but the legal definition also includes killing or harming a national group, and that s what this war is, killing ukrainians because they are ukrainian, because the russian autocrat has decided their country has no right to exist. that s a a fact, and the media establishment should start using the term as well. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead we ll look at elon musk tryi