Not only a lawyer but you have a great deal of experience on how this process is actually going to work. we appreciate your time always. daniel s goldman is an msnbc legal analyst in the former house impeachment counsel. the january 6th attack on the capitol in the deeper plot overturn the 2020 election results reveal just how close our democracy actually came to crumbling. democracy is an idea that has to be fought for and protected, because once it s gone it s incredibly difficult to restore. which is why we see ukrainians fighting so hard to maintain their democracy and their sovereignty. today marks two months, 60 days, since russia invaded ukraine and set off a war that is cost thousands of lives and sent millions more fleeing for safety. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says eight people were killed, including a three month old baby girl and 18 wounded, in a missile attack sunday on the port city of
Newark to notice the folds. tonight, she joins us from the port city of odessa in ukraine, where people spent today filling of sandbags and gather supplies. it was described as an imminent assault on russian forces. honestly, thank you for being here, i notice later time, thank you for staying up. i know people in odessa are hunkering down before this invasion. he describe for us what you have seen and what you have heard tonight. sure, thank you for having me. we arrived to notice, early afternoon, local time. this is the third largest city in ukraine. and yet, the streets are not, exactly, deserted. but, there are very few people out, and about. most people are working to fortify the city. and then prepare, for what could be an assault coming from
Where people spent today filling of sandbags and gather supplies. it was described as an imminent assault on russian forces. honestly, thank you for being here, i notice later time, thank you for staying up. i know people in odessa are hunkering down before this invasion. he describe for us what you have seen and what you have heard tonight. sure, thank you for having me. we arrived to notice, early afternoon, local time. this is the third largest city in ukraine. and yet, the streets are not, exactly, deserted. but, there are very few people out, and about. most people are working to fortify the city. and then prepare, for what could be an assault coming from three sides. i understand, you have been having some blackouts tonight. any idea what s causing the?
What is that is based on? there have been reports of ships off of the coast, and we haven t seen movement, or heard of movement, from official sources over the past two days. so, we are unsure what, exactly, is going on. but, assaults like these, are quite difficult, and take time. that time is allowing the city to prepare, and we re being told that the peaches are, completely, mind. you can see when you come into the city, hedgehogs, made to slow down, or stop tanks, and other types of vehicles, all around the city. basically, just trying to help slow down any forces, while the citizens prepare. i understand, before you arrived in odessa, you were in the eastern cities of knee pro, and human. what were you saying is you moved westward? could you describe for us that journey? are there are checkpoints on
West. you will see cars coming back out east, and almost all of those cars, filled with, what looks to be, single men. our assumption, and from the few people we talk to, is that people are driving their families towards safety, and then returning home, to protect their neighborhoods. absolutely incredible reporting, and incredible images. washington post video journalist, whitney, in odessa for us, this evening. whitney, thank you for your time, please stay safe, do you, and all of your colleagues. thank you. we have a lot more ahead tonight on a day when the russian government tries to shut down and the press that does not to the government and what to do so, we talk with a russian general who refuses to stop reporting.