getting a brand-new press secretary. her appointment is a historic, to say the least. we had on these topics and more throughout the show today. we begin with another daring rescue mission. in one of the most brutalized cities in ukraine. take a look at this video shared by the national guard. they say it shows persistent bombing at a steel plant in mariupol, this week. msnbc news has not been able to verify when the video was shot. the head of the presidential office says that amid a steady flow of missile strikes, the un and international red cross, launched another operation on friday, to evacuate civilians from the steel plant. they say that 500 people have been able to escape in recent days. according to president zelenskyy, about 200 civilians are still trapped in the tunnels beneath the factory with little food or water. a fierce group of ukrainian fighters are still resisting russian demands to surrender with one commander reporting, quote, heavy, bloody fighting. thi
murdering her husband. now, more than three decades later, another look at the frenzy. it was just crazy. the trial. i made a mistake. was killing a s been one of those mistakes? no. that s not at all who she is or was. and the case some say change the way americans witness justice. i don t know if enough will ever be enough for anybody in this case. hello and welcome to dateline. you ve heard about it. pamela smart lived it. a beautiful, young widow stepped from run into america s most quipping trial. the case had it all, sex, betrayal and murder. a very real drama that inspired a hollywood hit movie. now, you re about to hear the chilling story from the woman at the center of it all. here s andrea canning with deadly secrets. you were the big show in town? this story, people couldn t get enough of it. when i look back at the footage, i look like a baby. i look so young, and i look so afraid. that s exactly how i felt. but before the m
everyone. it was the first time i ve ever had this happen. we had to stop and think whether we heard it right. hello and welcome to dateline . it s been said there is nothing more powerful than a mother s love for her child. and no greater pain than losing a child. both forces collide in a small midwestern town, when a mysterious death sparked a search for justice. it also divided a community and turned strangers into allies. the outcome left both sides reeling. here s dennis murphy with at the edge of town . yards from the chicken place is an unlikely scrap of wilderness in a southern illinois town. a thicket of vines and rumbles. acres of thorns that tear at the flush. four years, people just sped by without a second look. but something terrible happened there one cold night in the winter of 2014. that brought a stranger to town. a mother, looking for answers about her son. i knew one thing, i wasn t going to stop. no matter how painful the truth turned out to
i m mehdi hasan. welcome to the show. you could be thinking that republican leader kevin mccarthy adores donald trump. i mean he once said an aide to remove starbucks that he did not like. and these guards mortifying lengths to appease trump s most spoken out supporters today. but but what does the top house republican really think about donald j trump? after news broke of a russian hack on the dnc, mccarthy remark to fellow gop leaders that he believes that vladimir putin pays donald trump. when they laughed he said swear to god. the washington post contain audi of that meeting. he said at the time it was a joke. that s when cars the approaches donald trump. fawning in donald trump s presence. or on the news. as the right went on, mccarthy was furious with trump. telling him to call supportive off in a phone call. but hours later, once it was safe urged congress to return to work, some republicans backed away from trump s election lies. even the spinal caucus lindsey g
his role in january six. reaction from the panel. later, only the lid s when it backfires. gop governors are driving up costs for their constituents. all of that and much more coming right up. a great sunday morning to you. i m katie fang. potentially major news in the war on ukraine today. president volodymyr zelenskyy saying that he is going to meet with united states ecuadorian state anthony blinken, and defense secretary lloyd austin and kyiv today. the white house, national security council, and state department have declined to comment. and the pentagon will not confirm zelenskyy s claims. but this would be the very first visit to ukraine by senior members of the biden administration since the war began. it comes as the u.s. has ramped up military aid and training for ukrainian officers. but perhaps not to the level that zelenskyy would like. at a news conference in kyiv on saturday, zelenskyy said the visits from ukraine s partners in the west are important to help. wh