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mariupol. trey yingst is in kyiv tonight to begin our coverage. good evening, trey. bret, good evening. there are new concerns tonight about the fate of ukrainian soldiers and civilians in the port city of mariupol as people across this country try to get out of harm s way. thousands of ukrainians flee their country each day as the russian invasion continues. many will now be offered refuge by the united states. we have already welcomed tens of thousands of ukrainians to the united states. and today i m announcing a program unite for ukraine. a new program to enable ukrainians seeking refuge to come directly from europe to the united states. president biden announcing a program that will fast track ukrainian asylum claims for those who have a u.s. sponsor. already, more than 10% of the ukrainian population has fled the country according to the united nations. with increased fighting along the eastern front, that number is expected to rise significantly in the comi ....
let s start with the international monetary fund, which has warned russia s invasion of ukraine is likely to send economic shock waves around the world for years to come. the fund believes the conflict and the on going effects of the pandemic are likely to lead to lower growth. the imf has cut its global forecast for this year down almost a whole percentage point, tojust 3.6% for 2022. it s also predicted the russian economy will shrink by 8.5%. and ukraine s economy is expected to contract by more thana third. and the uk will also be hit the imf forecasts the uk economy will grow by 1.2% next year, which is the slowest out of all g7 nations. our economics editor, faisal islam has more from washington. just as the world appeared to be recovering from the aftermath of the covid pandemic, another unprecedented economic shock has hit the war in ukraine. a severe setback to the recovery, says the international monetary fund, slowing growth, and driving up prices. in w ....
worst crimes that you can think of. and child predator is just about the worst thing that you could call anyone. and yet, republicans have managed to weaponize child sexual abuse in recent weeks and turn it into a cheap political attack line. i want to begin tonight with how exactly we got here, why we find ourselves at this absurd juncture, and what could possibly come of it. think of how judge ketanji brown jackson was treated by top republicans on the judiciary committee at her supreme court hearings, with the republicans even now still claiming that the democrats are putting a child abuse enabler on the nation s highest court. and anyone who says otherwise, well, they hate children. have been told things like, child pornography is actually all a conspiracy. it s not real, it s just a conspiracy. it s made up. let me just say for the record, sex crimes against children are not fiction. do you believe child predators are misunderstood? senator, i don t have a co ....
funny, that. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. it s estimated that 80,000 children could be the victims of sexual abuse in the united states every year. it is indisputably one of the worst crimes that you can think of. and child predator is just about the worst thing that you could call anyone. and yet, republicans have managed to weaponize child sexual abuse in recent weeks and turn it into a cheap political attack line. i want to begin tonight with how exactly we got here, why we find ourselves at this absurd juncture, and what could possibly come of it. think of how judge ketanji brown jackson was treated by top republicans on the judiciary committee at her supreme court hearings, with the republicans even now still claiming that the democrats are putting a child abuse enabler on the nation s highest court. and anyone who says otherwise, well, they hate children. have been told things like, child pornography is actually all a conspiracy. it s not real, it s just a c ....
the overall public seems to be done with the coronavirus emergency. many congressmen don t. this question gets that the trend line we ve seen. an overwhelming 70% of americans agree with the statement that it s time we accept that covid is here to stay and we just need to get on with our lives. that view is widely held despite an average of 2,500 people in this country dying every day from the virus at this moment. most of them, of course, are unvaccinated. and while americans overall say it s time to get on with their lives, democrats are more divided. the fact that independents look more like republicans on this question is a huge potential political liability for the president and his party. independents are the deciders these days on a lot of issues, looking more like democrats than republicans, but not on covid. those numbers are a window into why the administration appears to be struggling with its pandemic messaging, privately and publicly. photo-ops like yesterd ....