grateful to the american people and personally to president biden. denmark is accused of double standards after allowing ukrainian refugees to stay for up to two years, while reducing the number of non european asylum seekers. authorities in beijing roll out mass testing this week, as they close more gyms, malls and cinemas to try to contain the spread of covid. the london club that s hosted some of music s biggest names is reopening later, three years after it was struck by fire, flood, and a plague. hello there and a very warm welcome to the programme. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky has said a russian missile attack on ukraine s capital, during a visit by the un secretary general, illustrates russia s contempt for global institutions. mr zelensky said the strikes on kyiv showed that civilians in ukrainian cities could not relax. gareth barlow reports. missile strikes in the centre of kyiv, a first for two weeks. two russian rockets struck a 25 story building, close
to ukraine. and u.s. diplomats begin returning to ukraine. we ll discuss the significance of that may have step, when state department spokesman ned price joins us later this morning. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, april 27th. joe. a lot a lot going on, mika, right. a lot going on. your former party is fascinating. fascinating is a term you can use for it. but, as i was saying, a lot going on today. today is holocaust remembrance day. and it seems to me, for most of our lives, most of our adult lives, whenever there was holocaust remembrance day, we were looking at black and white photos, trying to figure out how madness spread across germany and the rest of the continent the way it did that would lead to such grave tragedies. how one man would be responsible for each evil and influence so many others. these pictures are actually historic reminders and unfortunately bring warning still to us today. unfortunately, more relevant than ever,
if you cannot catch it all live, set your d.v.r. and watch back later. john: warning a considerable risk of nuclear war, after top u.s. military officials said the goal in ukraine is to see russia weakened. anita in for sandra smith today, and this is america reports. defense secretary lloyd austin is responding to that threat in an exclusive interview with our own jennifer griffin. we have said over and over again that a nuclear war cannot be won by either side. and so i think saber rattling and rhetoric like that is just unhelpful. john: on the battlefield, airstrikes pummel cities like kharkiv. vladimir putin refocussing his violent attacks in the donbas and luhansk regions after failing to capture cities like kyiv. united nations secretary general is in moscow to meet with putin and other kremlin officials, now reporting about one key russian figure who has so far avoided sanctions from the west, putin s rumored girlfriend and mother of his children. fox t
who will then release the migrants in the u.s. governor greg abbott taking matters in his own hands, a seventh bus carrying migrants is heading to our nation s capital. and we are watching it. national border patrol council president will join us with reaction to all of that, and hear from charles payne, lieutenant governor keith kellogg and if you cannot catch it live, set your d.v.r. and watch it back later today. return the mask mandate. my company is [inaudible] if you choose to, you may remove your mask. quite a moment, reaction to mask mandates from jeers to cheers, happening all over the country as a pilot announces face coverings are no longer required to fly the friendly skies. still required in some airports, however, including laguardia, j.f.k. and others. sandra smith in new york. great to be with you. trace:. i m in for john roberts. a federal judge in florida vacated the rule for travelers using public transportation. and frees airports and other ma
if it s thursday, russia s flagship missile cruiser is taken out by an explosion, and its ships appear to be retreating from the area. as the u.s. pledges an additional $800 million in weapons and other assistance for ukraine. this as president biden hits the road again to address soaring costs here at home. what the latest poll numbers say about the president s economic standing and his political strategy to try and bounce back. and some key swing state democrats are distancing themselves from the administration s plan at the border. we ll tell you why and what it means with steve kornacki at the big board. that s all ahead in a busy hour. welcome to meet the press daily. i m chuck todd. right now the united states is working to confirm what has caused serious damage to a key russian warship at a pivotal moment in the war in ukraine. russian troops continuing to regroup and the u.s. and western allies pledging more military support for ukrainian forces. ukrainian offic