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steel plantd in mariupol, the resistance to the war that vladimir putin will not call a war, official inside the plant tells the washington post the situation is, quote, critical. translator: the shelling and storming of asovstal is not stopping but civilians still need to be taken out. women, many children remain there. president says, quote, if there is hell in the wuorld it s in asovstal. the hell is intense, growing darker by the hour by all accounts yet an official said russian troops entered the territory of the steel plant but, were, quote, repelled by defenders. again, that is the reality, one vladimir putin is trying to deny so he can secure, we assume, something that resembles a win four days ahead of a holiday special to the russian people that commemorates their victory in world war ii. and a war, vladimir putin s closest ally, dictator of belarus, said today, dragged on, russian troops weren t repelled because they never tried to enter the steel plant i ....
this morning a new york times report reveals u.s. intelligence provided to ukrainian forces is helping them kill russian generals, according to senior american officials. ukrainian officials say they have killed roughly 12 generals on the front lines. the times report adding officials say the u.s. is not providing intelligence on the most senior russian leaders. a spokeswoman for the national security council provided a statement to nbc news in part, quote, the united states provided battlefield intelligence to help ukrainians defend their country. we do not provide intelligence with the intent to kill russian generals. moscow has also responded, saying it is, quote, well aware of the sharing of information and said nato and ukraine are not able to prevent russia from achieving its goals. meanwhile on the ground in ukraine, a final battle for mariupol is currently inside that steel plant with some civilians still stuck inside. tonight first lady jill biden begins ....
the markets are digesting this whole thing. we will talk about what this means and the effect on everything from loans to credit cashed rates. peter alexander is at the white house peter, let me start with you. we saw the president getting further into this discussion over abortion access as it relates to the draft decision coming oout. in a concrete way, peter, talk about what the white house plans to do with this flight. it s been kicking it over to congress. congress is a little bit stuck we have been talking about. they don t have the vote to codify the protections in e roe, so what happened? we have been asking the white house. they haven t detailed any particular strategy on what they might be able to do in piecemeal, to provide resources to protect women s retrouktive rights there is nothing in the final decision over the course of the next month or two right now. instead, we heard the president. i have been speaking to his advisors privately. we were trying to ....
it s just been remarkable across the country. interesting she mentions the material shortages, too. thanks for joining us. i m christine romans. i m laura jarrett. new day starts right now. good morning to viewers here in the united states and all around the world, it is monday, may 2nd. i m john berman with brianna keilar. happening now, the successful evacuation of at least some of the civilians trapped for months in the steel plant in mariupol. a plant that has become a last line of defense for ukraine in that city. about 100 civilians seeing sunlight essentially for the first time. they ve been trapped in a basement under ground. they got out, but others have not. overnight a ukrainian military commander said the shelling of the site resumed, hit, he said, by all kinds of weapons, hundreds still remain there. including innocent women, children, elderly who are running out of food, water and medicine. new satellite images exclusive to cnn show the plant, parts ....
ooh, okay. that was come on. that was some rough stuff there. i m not going to lie. we ll see what it turns out to be. we have a big story out of washington, d.c. this morning where house minority leader kevin mccarthy is backed into a corner. so, willie, you want to talk about sweating. oh. wow. i mean this guy, woo-wee. speaker kevin, we hardly knew ye. yeah. yesterday he adamantly denied. how about that? what s that, willie? how about that, there s evidence on tape but he s still going with the argument that i didn t say that. the things you are hearing and seeing me say did not actually happen, the words of kevin mccarthy. yeah, it is unbelievable. unbelievable. he denied it, as willie said, reported from a new book by political reporters alex burns and jonathan martin that mccarthy wanted donald trump out after the january 6th capitol attack. it is a logical thought, by the way, and reaction to that attack everybody else was sa ....