saturday, may six. i m lindsey reiser, in for alex wood. as president biden embarks on another bid for the presidency, he s counting on his extensive political experience to beat his 2020 republican rival donald trump. in a new exclusive interview with msnbc, president biden, the only oldest person to be elected into the white house did not shy away from the question of age, framing it instead as a matter of the wisdom he s acquired over the years. it is fair to say that there is not a fortune 500 company in the world looking to hire a ceo in hso why right person for the most important job in the world? because i have acquired a [bleep] of a lot of wisdom, and i m more experience than anybody was ever run for office. i think i ve proven myself to be honorable, as well as also effective. in the coming weeks the president is facing a number of pressing issues, including the end of title 42 next week, which has already resulted in a surge of migrants at the border, and a c
Recently shot down one of russia s advanced hypersonic missiles using a recently delivered american patriot air defense system. they say the interception occurred over the capital of kyiv on thursday, in the midst of russia s recent ramp up of aerial attacks on civilian targets far from the front lines. joining me now is nbc news correspondent, alison barber, in kyiv. the commander of the ukrainian air force is calling this a historic event. what happened, what is the significance? yeah, lindsey, so this is the first time, or at least it appears to be the first time that ukraine has been able to intercept one of these advanced hypersonic missiles that russia has fired, and also, is the first time ukraine has publicly acknowledged using those missile systems that they acquired back in april. and according to the commander of ukraine s air forces, he says that a hypersonic was it just up to join an
Try to get through a checkpoint. it took them six hours to do this, to get south into russian after the uk s foreign office confirmed a british national was killed while fighting in ukraine. it s thought the man, who s not been formally named but is believed to be scott sibley, was fighting for ukrainian forces when he was killed. a second man is understood to be missing. meanwhile, several russian strikes hit kyiv on thursday and killed at least one person, as the secretary general of the united nations, antonio guterres, met ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky in the capital and visited nearby towns. mr guterres said he was shocked by the attacks, and admitted that the un s security council had failed in its role to prevent or end the war. he added that the un won t give up on its goal of peace in the country, saying ukraine needs and deserves our full commitment and full support . mr zelensky has said the strikes on kyiv yesterday illustrate russia s contempt for global instit
Killed while fighting in ukraine. it s thought the man, who s not been formally named but is believed to be scott sibley, was fighting for ukrainian forces when he was killed. a second man is understood to be missing. meanwhile, several russian strikes hit kyiv on thursday and killed at last one person, as the secretary general of the united nations, antonio guterres, met ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky in the capital and visited nearby towns. mr guterres said he was shocked by the attacks, and admitted that the un s security council had failed in its role to prevent or end the war. he added that the un won t give up on its goal of peace in the country, saying ukraine needs and deserves our full commitment and full support . mr zelensky has said the strikes on kyiv yesterday illustrate russia s contempt for global institutions, and showed that civilians in ukrainian cities could not relax.
0ur correspondent joe inwood is in kyiv. the un general secretary is in moscow today and kyiv on thursday, in the hope of brokering a peace deal. what do the people of ukraine think about the realistic prospect of things taking a positive turn in terms of peace? it is things taking a positive turn in terms of peace? things taking a positive turn in terms of eace? , ., , terms of peace? it is almost numb. if ou terms of peace? it is almost numb. if you look terms of peace? it is almost numb. if you look at terms of peace? it is almost numb. if you look at the terms of peace? it is almost numb. if you look at the gap terms of peace? it is almost numb. if you look at the gap between - terms of peace? it is almost numb. if you look at the gap between the l if you look at the gap between the two macro sides, what the russians want is to take over a large portion of the territory of this country to essentially subjugate the people living in those areas, or control those areas. ukrai