ruffalo who is part of a new campaign pushing the biden administration on clean energy. also this hour, the trump administration s remain in mexico policy is at the center of arguments before the u.s. supreme court. and more text messages involving former trump white house chief of staff mark meadows in the aftermath of the 2020 election. let us start with the war in ukraine. joining me is nbc s raf sanchez in lviv, hannah hop co-chair of the democracy in action conference. she s a former member of ukraine s parliament and chaired the foreign affairs committee from 2014 to 2019 and rick stengel, former undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs during the obama administration. he is now an msnbc political analyst. raff, i do want to begin with you, the u.n. secretary-general says he hopes to explore a cease-fire with russia. he thinks one eventually can happen, or at least he hopes it
it seems everybody is having issues with this feed right now. we re looking for other sources. we do want to hear the remarks from secretary of defense lloyd austin at ramstein air force base in germany. he s talking about what is being sent to ukraine from western countries. you just heard raf sanchez talking about germany sending heavy weaponry to ukraine which is a big move for germany in the years post world war ii after everything germany did. they had taken more of a passivist position, not wanting to get involved in warsz, especially on the european continent. here they are under pressure from the west doing more. it comes as secretary austin is saying he s going to move heaven and earth. we heard the cia director in the
weapons to anybody. they are really stepping up now, supplying the ukrainians. the russians have been furious all through this two-month war at this supply of weapons going to ukraine. the russian foreign minister now accusing nato of effectively raf, i apologize for interrupting you. secretary of defense lloyd austin is being introduced by john kirby at ramstein air base in germany. let s listen. we ve got a bit of a tight timeline this afternoon. with that, mr. secretary. thanks, john. good afternoon everybody.
by 2:00 p.m. local time today they will be quote, guaranteed life, safety and medical treatment. the russian defense ministry said it offered a new deadline after no ukrainian soldiers responded to its previous ultimatum a few days ago. thousands of ukrainian troops are holed up in a sprawling steel factory, one of the biggest in europe, that is believed to be the last pocket of resistance in that city. joining us now, nbc foreign correspondent raf sanchez in lviv. raf, good to see you, give us the latest from mariupol. and what more do we know about the deadline and is there any suggestion that the ukrainians are going to accept the russian offer? reporter: jonathan, that deadline, 2:00 p.m., we ll see what happens, we should not expect to see the white flag of surrender remains over of that
there was no american military response. president biden, secretary of state blinken were both in the obama administration at the time. they will be very wary of drawing any red lines that they don t plan to enforce. the white house has said that if the russians do use chemical weapons there would be a proportionate response. they haven t given any details on what that means. willie. again, nbc has not confirmed that report, but it would cross a line, as you say, raf. raf sanchez in lviv for us this morning. thanks so much. jonathan lemire is here with me at the table, he s the host of way too early and the white house political chief at politico. let s talk about what russia is up to in the east. if there s a new offensive and they resort to the tactics we have seen in bucha and mariupol, does it change the calculus at all with president biden and the white house? can they afford to stand by and watch this happen?