that is my view of it. we are there for the fight. and you cannot fold to a bully. the visit came within hours of another military strike in odessa. one delegate had a strong warning for president putin. if he does anything in regards to unconventional weapons, dealing with anything like chemical weapons or any kind of strategical nukes, all bets are off. they are up gregory meeks right there. food is becoming scarce in parts of donetsk. but they say that u.s. support is giving them hope. they are trying to scare ukrainians. they are trying to scare the world. but the fact and the truth is that ukrainians are not and our president and all ukrainians will briefly defend our country. and the world is not afraid. in just a moment, msnbc exclusive, i will be talking to adam schiff. he was part of that allegation. you can see him there in that photo, standing next to president zelenskyy. we are first going to check in with nbc s and julia circuit in washington, for
from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with breaking news on the war in ukraine. although it is now 8 pm in kyiv, we are still waiting for word on whether a big meeting and ukraine has indeed taken place. president zelenskyy said he was meeting with u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin today. nbc news has not independently confirmed the visit. u.s. officials are not commenting on it, but they say they are committed to ukraine success in this war. i would point to the last two weeks, really the last ten days, where the united states has announced 1.6 billion dollars in additional security assistance that is having a significant effect on the ground. in terms of enabling ukraine to hold off and push back against russian forces. we have been announcing deliverables, which is a fancy word for things we are providing to the ukrainians to enable their fight, just about every
alternative. the hostage families, the vast majority of them, have been demanding f from our government that, in order to negotiate, we have to negotiate. you have to be in the same building as all of the negotiators are. you can t hold back our negotiators because the terms don t seem to make sense at that moment or don t accord with your i can tell you, i have lived with my family, my children and grandchildren, on the ilborder with gaza, less th a mile from khan younis, for the last 40 years. i have endured rounds of rocketing, mortar fire, attacks from hamas. we understand that hamas is a savage organization. october 7th shirt and certainly should approve that to the rest of the world. we y veare not negotiating with civilized human beings. that being the case, negotiations are the only way to get our loved ones home and to make israel hole again. we can t sacrifice these people a second time. october 2nd, excuse me, october 7th was a sacrifice of these people. the gove
right now an atmospheric river dubbed the pineapple express is bearing down on california and set to drop a foot of rain in places on the west coast. here s a live look at san francisco, the famous san francisco fog i promise in there is some where the bay ridge, but that s the kind of flock there dealing with. it s one of the many cities bracing for some what some forecasters are calling the largest storm of the season. further down the coast wind warning just moments ago. this is dumb is expected to cause for flooding and mudslides over the next few days, we ll have live reporting coming up in our next hour. the third party, should anyone be scared? i m going to speak with the next hour starts right now. a very good day to all of you from msnbc alex witt reports, right now and unstable middle east. iran-backed houthi rebels vowing to strike back against the u.s., after the united states the united kingdom struck 37 houthi targets in 13 different locations. this nb
. vice president kamala harris is in nashville, tennessee, throwing her support behind to tennessee democrats ousted from the statehouse for protesting gun violence, will have details on her meeting and the vice president s message. also tonight. israel reeling from an apparent terror attack, killing at least one person and wounding six, tele viv, there are new fears right now that the conflict could escalate and spread. cnn is on the ground in the middle east as violence in the region heats up, and justice clarence thomas firing back, claiming his luxurious vacations with a conservative mega donor. personal hospitality. but even some republican judges aren t buying his explanation. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight in tennessee, where vice president kamala harris is meeting with two democratic lawmakers who were expelled from