hanging on as russian forces swarm the city. they rejected the proposal to spare their lives if they would stop fighting. meanwhile, russia is not in full control of the city yet. we re learning more about the treatment of ukrainians in the places russia has occupied where drone video shows dozens of graves. police say incest gators say police examed bodies in the city and vladimir putin is awarding soldiers accused of war crimes giving them an honorary title and praising their special merits, mass heroism and courage and kharkiv is still under attack. one woman told routers it s futile if all of ukraine is under attack anyway. s futile if all of ukraine is under attack anyway. she s referring to missiles that struck lviv on their way out of the country. lviv is a supplies and logistics hub with the city suffering the first fatality since the beginning of the war. that attack in lviv hit close to home today with my colleague and friend of the show malcolm nance seeing the m
machine, info wars, are now filing for bank runsy because accountability. it is on the beat because we think it matters. that is a lot of news, including news in america. and we are going to bring you that to you this hour but we begin with the news abroad. ukraine says they are now facing formally, a new phase of putin s war focusing on the east. new offensive coming as those peace talks are clearly fading. russia hitting targets in lviv, that s in the west part of the country. near the polish boarder, officials say sechl seven people already dead. indeed, these are the first casualties in this city that have been formally confirmed since the invasion began what is now 54 days ago. nbc news reporters were on the ground when a cruise missile hit. smoke. stand by. three cruise missile caliber. standpy. five, six, eight, nine, ten, eleven, 12. there is the smoke. that s three. so three cruise missiles. yeah. russia says it hit hundreds of targets in the east trying to add
Get more chilling than this, ari. and so, you know, i know we with talk about crime a lot and so on but there is a much deeper thing here, which is the essence of our democracy is giving everyone the right to vote and what these people wanted to do was give it to the hands of some state legislators. most americans don t know who their state legislators are and have them pick the president instead of voters. neil, thank you, sir. when we come back, as promised, the accountability for alex jones. your doctor gives you a prescription. “let s get you on some antibiotics right away.” we could bring it right to your door. with 1 to 2 day delivery from your local cvs. or same day if you need it sooner. but aren t you glad you can also just swing by to pick it up, and get your questions answered? because peace of mind is something you just can t get in a cardboard box.
Like to hear people like senator romney, who have stood up for the constitution in these moments from his state, you know, ask some of these questions. and there is a really important article today, ari, in the bulwark we amanda carpenter and she really goes into an explanation of what senator leigh was doing. that he was trying to get legislators to try ask throw out the popular vote. and she goes through this in some detail. and i guess, you could say well nobody s perfect. i mean, hasn t made a rush to judgment and realize they made a mistake but, you know, this is really a constitutional betrayal. this is not some minor thing. neil with democracy is dying dad-joke pun, we are here for it. congressman raskin, also, speaking out. take a listen. this was a coup organized by the president against the vice president and against the congress in order to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
With nothing. trump is, you know, what are whatever you think of it, he is offering the gop base voters something. gop has offered them nothing in return. nobody has even try today offer a trumpy alternative that is not non-trumpist of the gop base. the only one who kind of has has been ron desantis ask his solution has to be even more to be even trumpier than trump. trumpier than trump and, yet, he would argue i think behind closed doors that it s less chaos that wall street ask those power bases can deal with desantis as harvard grad and former marine, i believe, former military, but he can still do all the other, um what s the word political crap. um, i suspect he will be hearing from both of you again as midterms approach. i appreciate you joining us. david plough and jake. thank you, ari. up ahead. accountability story.