,. Good to go, all right. Hello, new york. Thank you for joining us, live at in new york city for this very, very Special Edition of why is this happening . He is insightful, he is big hearted, very, very very smart. Admit it, hes taller than you expected. Please give a warm welcome to my friend, my beloved colleague, and msnbcs chris hayes. [applause] hello, everybody. Hello thank you. Oh, stop. [applause] stop it [applause] how are you . Good . Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Sit down, sit down, sit down. Thank you, thats extremely kind. I hate attention and positive feedback. Really, really hard 20 seconds for me. Thank you for cutting it short. Its amazing to be here in my hometown of new york city, ive got some family here. Tonight, were gonna talk about democracy. In that word, weve probably talked more about democracy in the last four or five years that i had in all of my time before than i would say. Even that as a topic seems weird, we know americas democracy. Ther
,. good to go, all right. hello, new york. thank you for joining us, live at in new york city for this very, very special edition of why is this happening? he is insightful, he is big hearted, very, very very smart. admit it, he s taller than you expected. please give a warm welcome to my friend, my beloved colleague, and msnbc s chris hayes. [applause] hello, everybody. hello! thank you. oh, stop. [applause] stop it! [applause] how are you? good? thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. sit down, sit down, sit down. thank you, that s extremely kind. i hate attention and positive feedback. really, really hard 20 seconds for me. thank you for cutting it short. it s amazing to be here in my hometown of new york city, i ve got some family here. tonight, we re gonna talk about democracy. in that word, we ve probably talked more about democracy in the last four or five years that i had in all of my time before than i would say. even that as a topic seems weird, we know a
it is sunday, february 19th. welcome to our new home at 10 am. this is saint sofia church in kyiv, ukraine, the capital of this country. it is a beautiful night here. it s a mild night. it s not common to see the city lit up at night for various reasons, including the fact that it has been the target of air raids for almost an entire year now and because russia infrastructure has been hit. the city is lit a night. it s beautiful. it s 5 pm, 6 pm here in kyiv. on friday, we re going to mark one year since russia s unprovoked invasion. i was in ukraine last spring in lviv in the west of the country. they are now back to see what has changed what i stayed the same and what is next for this global fight for democracy. one thing, as you know, i keep saying this that remains the same as that russia continues to rain terror from the skies in the form of missiles and rockets and airstrikes and drones, even here in kyiv both in the battlefield and far away from it in places like i am
this way of life. as guests in this remarkable city, so must we. if an air raid siren goes off during the show, when it went off last night and hours ago, we will need to leave this location and go somewhere more secure. now, if that does happen, my friend and colleague, alex witt, is standing by in new york to pick up coverage until i m all set and safe to rejoin you. while a raid sirens don t always mean that there is an imminent threat in the area, these are precautionary measures that we are going to abide by, particularly during the week when everyone here has been on high alert. there s been a concern that russia would mark the first anniversary of the war with an attack that would likely have targeted kyiv. but the skies around the city have actually been eerily quiet. the anniversary came and went without any major new offensives or acts of aggression by russia. fighting, however, continues in the eastern and southern parts of this country, like in and around the city
prince harry accuses buckingham palace of failing to defend him and his wife meghan before they stepped down as working royals. you know, the family motto is never complain, never explain, but it s just a motto. it doesn t really hold. there s a lot of complaining and a lot of explaining. through leaks. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. russia has acknowledged that 63 of its soldiers were killed in a new year s eve attack by ukrainian forces using himars rockets supplied by the us. the strikes destroyed a former vocational school in the donetsk region, where the soldiers are said to have been temporarily deployed. ukraine s armed forces say the strike killed hundreds of russian soldiers. this is what a russian ministry of defence spokesman had to say earlier. translation: the kyiv regime | targeted a temporary deployment point used by one of the units of the russian armed forces unit in makiivka in the donetsk republic wit