on this monday night. good a thing, i m alison menendez in for stephanie ruhle. ukraine has now been fighting russia s unprovoked invasion for nearly three months. today, vladimir putin was trying to defend his war, this was victory day in russia, when the nation celebrates victory over nazi germany. it is russia s biggest holiday, and during today s observance, is putin tried to justify the war, with false claims of nazis and ukraine, and so-called aggression towards russia. amid the images of troops marching information, and the military hardware on display, putin did not declare a new offensive in ukraine, i did not declare victory. we he offered up his own message to the kremlin we today, a senior u.s. defense official called russian efforts on the battlefield, incremental and somewhat anemic, despite, that rich russia continues to hammer ukraine with airstrikes, this weekend being used as a shelter. 60 were said to be killed, msnbc s news says the biden tonight
direction they wanted. either toward russia, as some people have chosen, or more likely, back towards ukrainian territory, as well. but we have just heard from a deputy commander of the azov reg regiment, that is the part of the ukrainian military that is leading the fighting from that plant, who says that the russians have not kept their end of the bargain when it comes to that cease-fire that they had promised and there are no science at this point that any civilians have been able to make it out of the plant. that deputy commander says that the heavy the fighting has been incredibly heavy in that area and that russian troops have tried to storm for a third straight day, tried to storm the plant on the ground, something that russia vehemently denies. now, erika, if you look at any tv channel in this country, you will see a qr code on the screen. that is soliciting donations for the ukrainian military and the ukrainian war effort more broadly. now president zelenskyy, thou
administration is working overtime to quell outrage over president biden s new disinformation board by the lady who pedalled disinformation herself. i m carley shimkus. joey: and i m joey jones in for todd piro. biden administration could run into serious issues with this. they will have narratives they will declare off limits and encourage big tech to shut down the narratives and i think they will run into the legal problem there. joey: jackie ibanez has details, jackie. jackie: mayorkas is defending the biden administration s new disinformation board. he concede says the rollout left much to be desired. listen. no question, bret, we could have done a better job address whatting it does. we address disinformation that presents security issue to our homeland, does not infringe on free speech or civil rights, civil liberties. jackie: and doubled down on claims the board will not monitor u.s. citizens, critics are slamming the board saying they are threatening to st
circa 2022. i m sorry that she couldn t hang on until today. a heart broken wynona and ashley judd breaking down in tears as their mother newspaper senate committee inducted into the country prusek hall of fame. my momma loved you so much. victor takes it around to left side into the end zone. and the generals run their way to a second consecutive victory. welcome to monday. good morning, cincinnati it s your 6:00 a.m. eastern wake-up call. currently you have got 49 degrees. you are going for a daytime high of 55. 55 clear skies there.as you cand headquarters, we are starting the day on the soggy side. currently we are at the number nickel 55 on this may 2nd, a monday. rain for an hour or so. ainsley: i heard it s going to rain all this week. i m not sure though. i actually like the sound of rain it so it doesn t get me down. steve: rainy days and mondays always make me down. never mind. ainsley: i love that song. summer is right around the corner. steve: it
also this hour, we re looking at a new report detail the wall along the u.s. southern border. and a large wildfire is blazing through the northern part of the state of neemz. teresaleger fernandez will join us with more. and right now, in ukraine, hundreds of civilians and ukrainian fighters remain trapped inside a steel plant in mariupol. the very latest stronghold in the besieged port city. this morning, the mariupol city council said people are still waiting to evacuate after more than 100 people were able to make it out over the weekend. and we re just now getting an inside look, these are the horrors they experienced. matt bradley has the very latest. we heard from people who have come here, they mostly come, some, a couple from villages and towns outside mariupol. some from only 40 minutes away from here, and still, their cars are little shrapnel marking, bits, it looks like they have fragments of weapons, and they are carrying signs that say children. and white f