>> AND JOSHUA JOHNSON, IT’S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU ON THIS TUESDAY MARCH 8. HERE’S WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. PRESIDENT BIDEN RAISES THE STAKES ON RUSSIAN NEARLY 2 Weeks INTO ITS WAR ON UKRAINE. >> TODAY I’M ANNOUNCING UNITED Regimes IS TARGETING THE MAIN ARTERY OF RUSSIA’S ECONOMY. ALL RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS >> HOW MUCH WILL THE BAND HELPED SHORTEN THIS WAR AND WHERE WILL THE U.S. REPLACE THOSE SUPPLIES FROM RUSSIA .>> THOUSANDS OF UKRAINIAN CIVILIANS ARE MAKING THEIR WAY OUT OF THE COUNTRY. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS REMAIN TRAPPED WITHOUT ELECTRICITY. WE’LL HEAR WHAT THE UNITED NATIONS IS DOING TO GET UKRAINIANS TO SAFETY AND HOW YOU CAN HELP THEIR EFFORTS. PLUS, TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY. BUT IT’S NOT Exactly A DAY FOR WOMEN. WE’LL SEE HOW PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD USE THIS OCCASION TO CALL FOR MORE REFORMS. HEAR ABOUT THE GROWING THREATS AGAINST WOMEN IN POSITIONS OF POWER. >> SO WE’RE NEARLY 2 Weeks INTO RUSSIA’S ATTACK ON UKRAINE AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED ANOTHER EFFORT TO PUT ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON VLADIMIR PUTIN .>> TODAY. I’M Announce UNITED Mood IS TARGETING THE MAIN ARTERY OF RUSSIA’S ECONOMY. WE’RE Banning ALL IMPORTS OF RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS AND ENERGY. THAT Necessitates RUSSIAN WILL NO LONGER BE ACCEPTABLE. US PORTS IN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. DEAL. ANOTHER POWERFUL BLOW TO WAR MACHINE. >> THIS MOVE IS NOT WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID THIS BAN WOULD PROBABLY MAKE GAS PRICES EVEN HIGHER. WE WILL DIG INTO THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. FOR NOW, LET’S FOCUS ON THIS PRESSURE CAMPAIGN AS YOU HEARD PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLED ENERGY THE MAIN ARTERY OF THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY. RUSSIA IS AMONG THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ENERGY PRODUCERS. THE U.S. Gets A Flake OF ITS ENERGY SUPPLIES THERE, BUT NOT Nearly AS MUCH AS EUROPE DOES, WHICH MAY EXPLAIN WHY MORE COUNTRIES HAVE NOT TAKEN THIS STEP EUROPEAN ALLIES ARE VERY RELIANT ON RUSSIAN ENERGY. SO THEY’RE NOT PARTICIPATING. THE U K SAYS IT WILL ALSO BAN RUSSIAN ENERGY BUT NOT RIGHT AWAY. PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON ANNOUNCED PLANS TO PHASE OUT THE SUPPLIES BY THE END OF THE YEAR WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF KEY ALLIES.HOW WILL THIS LATEST MOVE BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WORK AND HOW MUCH WILL CONSUMERS FEEL IT. LET’S BEGIN TONIGHT WITH NBC’S CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT PETER ALEXANDER JOINING US FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. AND PETER, I WONDER WHAT YOUR SENSE IS OF THE REACTION TO PRESIDENT BIDEN’S REMARKS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE HE’S BEEN GETTING KIND OF MIXED REACTIONS FROM BOTH PARTIES AS TO THE VARIOUS MEASURES THAT THE NATION IS TAKING COMPARED TO WHAT WE PERHAPS COULD BE DOING. >> YEAH, JOSH WAS CERTAINLY THIS DIDN’T HAPPEN IN A VACUUM HERE. THE PRESIDENT WASN’T ACTING ON HIS OWN INTENTIONALLY. HE WAS BEING Persuaded BY LAWMAKERS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE ON CAPITOL HILL OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, NANCY PELOSI LAST WEEK SAYING DO IT BAN RUSSIAN OIL. THE MOST POWERFUL DEMOCRAT ON CAPITOL HILL MAKING THAT POINT DOES PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE WHITE ULTIMATELY THE PRESIDENT SEEN THAT LEGISLATION NOW MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH CONGRESS.KNEW THAT HE HAD TO ACT. AND WE’RE TOLD BEHIND THE SCENES SOME OF THE PRESIDENT’S ECONOMIC ADVISORS, EVEN REACHED OUT TO DEMOCRATS ON CAPITOL HILL ASKING FOR A LITTLE SPACE TO MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY. BUT WE DID SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A PIVOT IN TERMS OF THE PRESIDENT’S THE WAY HE IS DELIVERING THE STATEMENT TODAY AGAIN, TRYING TO PIN THE BLAME ON VLADIMIR PUTIN. THE PRESIDENT DESCRIBING IT AS PUTIN’S WAR SAYING THIS WAS GOING TO STRIKE AT THE HEART OF WAR MACHINE AND ALSO DESCRIBING THEM AS PUTIN’S PRICE HIKES AND THAT WAS BY DESIGN. ACCORDING TO PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE INTERNAL DELIBERATIONS. THE MESSAGING WAS EVEN A POLL TESTED BY THE WHITE HOUSE HERE, AN Exertion TO DEMONSTRATE EMPATHY AS IT RELATES TO ECONOMIC CRISIS. THE ECONOMIC CONCERNS THAT REGULAR AMERICANS ARE FEELING TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS A MESSAGE DELIVERED TO THOSE OIL COMPANIES SO THAT THEY WOULDN’T TRY TO GET OUT AMERICANS RIGHT NOW WITH PRICES ALREADY AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH REALLY AS BEST THEY COULD.BUT THIS PLAY ON VLADIMIR PUTIN. THE PRESIDENT, THOUGH, JOSHUA TODAY HIMSELF ACKNOWLEDGED THERE’S ONLY SO MUCH THAT THE U.S. CAN DO ON THIS ISSUE. >> WITH REGARD TO WHAT THE U.S. CAN DO. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE THE U.S. POLICY ON TRYING TO STOP THIS WAR DIFFERS FROM THE POLICY OF SOME OF AMERICA’S EUROPEAN ALLIES HEARD THE PRESIDENT TODAY. PETER, TALK ABOUT HOW HE’S TRYING REALLY HARD TO HAVE ALL THESE COUNTRIES HAVE A UNIFIED RESPONSE. YEAH, BUT EVERYONE IS NOT PERHAPS BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT ABLE. EVERYONE IS NOT JUMPING TO DIVEST THEMSELVES OF RUSSIAN ENERGY SUPPLIES RIGHT AWAY.HOW IS THAT WORKING? YEAH, YOU KNOW. YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT. I MEAN, THE PRESIDENT WANTED TO BE DOING THIS SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE EUROPEAN ALLIES FROM THE VERY START AS IT RELATES TO THE SANCTIONS. >> THE EUROPEAN ALLIES, NATO ALLIES IN THE U.S. HAVE BEEN IN STAFF THE ENTIRE WAY. BUT ON THIS ONE, THERE WAS A REAL CHASM, A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SIDES SPECIALLY BECAUSE THE UNITED District, AS YOU NOTED IN THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS CONVERSATION.THEY GOT ABOUT THE U.S. Comes ABOUT 8% OF ITS IMPORTS IN THE FORM OF RUSSIAN OIL. COMPARE THAT TO EUROPE FOR THE NUMBER IS CLOSER TO 27%. THE UK TODAY SAYING THEY’RE GOING TO PHASE IT OUT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. WE HEARD FROM BORIS JOHNSON SAYING THEY RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO BECOME MORE ENERGY INDEPENDENT, BUT THEY COULDN’T DO IT OVERNIGHT. BUT GERMANY AND WE HEARD FROM CHANCELLOR SCHOLZ ON THIS. THE PRESIDENT SPOKE TO HIM.AND BORIS JOHNSON, EMMANUEL MACRON OF FRANCE JUST YESTERDAY SHOALS. EVEN AHEAD OF THAT CONVERSATION MADE IT VERY CLEAR THIS WASN’T POSSIBLE FOR THE GERMANS RIGHT NOW. THEY Exactly HAVE TOO MUCH DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIAN OIL. >> AND PETER, WITH REGARD TO ELSE MIGHT COME OUT OF WASHINGTON. THERE’S THIS AID PACKAGE THAT HAS BEEN GROWING AS IT’S GONE THROUGH CONGRESS.LAST WEEK. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT. IT WAS ABOUT 6.4 BILLION DOLLARS THAT IT GREW TO 10 BILLION OVER THE WEEKEND. IT WAS 12 BILLION THIS MORNING. Recent WORD LOOKS LIKE 14 BILLION AND BOTH THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER AND MINORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL BOTH SEEM TO SUPPORT THIS, ALTHOUGH THE EXACT DETAILS ARE STILL KIND OF BEING IRONED OUT. WHERE DOES THAT GO FROM HERE. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. WELL, RIGHT NOW THE AND WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN PUSHING LAWMAKERS TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THIS. >> AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. TO THE Actuality THAT THE NUMBER ITS PRICE TAG IS HAS SWOLLEN. SO DRAMATICALLY REALLY DEMONSTRATES THE GROWING OPINION OF AMERICANS THAT THE U.S. HAS TO DO OR THE SITUATION. WE Envision THE PRESIDENT’S APPROVAL RATINGS TAKE UP A Fragment. AND WHILE A LOT OF AMERICANS ARE STILL DISSATISFIED WITH HIS HANDLING OF THE SITUATION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE IS NUMBERS ON THAT ISSUE HAVE CERTAINLY GONE UP THEIR SHY OF 50%. BUT HIGHER THAT HIS OVERALL APPROVAL RATINGS OF THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO LEAD ON THIS ISSUE TO CONTINUE TO SEND HUMANITARIAN AND MILITARY AID AS IT RELATES TO THAT THERE ARE SOME LATE DEVELOPMENTS THAT YOU’LL BE TALKING ABOUT OVER THE COURSE OF THIS EVENING POLAND TODAY.JOSHUA MADE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO DELIVER THEIR SOVIET ERA FIGHTER JETS THEIR MIGS 2. THE U.S. TO A U.S. Cornerstone IN GERMANY ULTIMATELY TO BE DELIVERED TO UKRAINE. BUT THAT CAUGHT AMERICAN OFFICIALS AT THE PENTAGON AND STATE DEPARTMENT HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE ENTIRELY OFF GUARD. THEY SAY THERE HAVE BEEN NO COORDINATION ARE THAT IT WAS THEIR EXPECTATION, THEIR POSITION THAT UKRAINE COULD RECEIVE THOSE JETS DIRECTLY FROM POLAND RIGHT NOW FROM JOHN KIRBY, THE PRESS SECRETARY OF THE KIND OF GOT HERE. HE THERE ARE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THAT HAPPENING. IT COULD TRIGGER A WIDER WAR AND IT SIMPLY, IN HIS WORDS, NOT TENABLE. JOSHUA. >> YEAH. PETER WHEN THAT WHEN POLAND MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY. I THAT KIND OF CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD AND ALSO THE RESPONSE FROM SOME U.S. OFFICIALS Get TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THAT MIGHT NEED A LITTLE BIT RUNNING OUT, BUT WE WILL Visualize WHERE THAT Intention UP. THANK YOU, PETER. MUCH APPRECIATED THAT. NBC’S CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT PETER ALEXANDER STARTING US OFF TONIGHT.NOW AS WE MENTIONED AND AS PETER SAID, The government of the united states. Gets JUST A Fraction OF ITS OIL FROM RUSSIA. HOW SMALL A FRACTION. WE’LL CHECK OUT THESE NUMBERS FROM THE ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION. THAT’S PART OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS OF LATE LAST YEAR, THE U.S. IMPORTED ALMOST 600 MILLION Casks OF OIL PER DAY FROM RUSSIA. NOW THAT MEANS ROUGHLY 8 %, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, ROUGHLY 8% OF AMERICA’S IMPORTED OIL CAME FROM RUSSIA. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE IMPORTS JUST OVER HALF COME FROM CANADA. NOW YOU PERCENT MAY NOT SOUND LIKE MUCH, BUT IT COULD STILL INCREASE US GAS PRICES AND ON TOP OF THAT, OIL IS A GLOBAL COMMODITY. SO LOSING ANY RUSSIAN SUPPLIES CAN CHANGE WHAT OTHER COUNTRIES WILL PAY TO REPLACE THOSE BARRELS. LET’S CONTINUE NOW WITH DAN DICKER. HE’S AN EXPERT IN ENERGY Grocery AND THE AUTHOR OF TURNING OIL GREEN.MISTER DICKER. GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK WITH US. WELCOME. THANKS, JEFF. COULD I JUST START BEFORE WE GET INTO THE MATH OF OF THESE. LATEST Quantities. CAN I Precisely START WITH ONE OF THE THINGS THE PRESIDENT SAID TONIGHT WHERE HE DESCRIBED OIL AND ENERGY AS THE MAIN ARTERY OF THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY. I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE UNITED State HAVE BEEN TEARING THEIR HAIR OUT OVER THE U.S. RESPONSE BECAUSE THE FEEL-LIKE ALL OF THIS ECONOMIC PRESSURE IS NOT ENOUGH TO REALLY HIT LOT AIR POLLUTING WHERE IT HURTS TO THE POINT OF STOPPING THIS WAR. DO YOU AGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT’S CHARACTERIZATION THAT ENERGY IS THE MAIN ARTERY OF THE ECONOMY IS THE STRONGEST POINT WE CAN CHOKE RIGHT NOW TO TRY TO PUT PRESSURE ON VLADIMIR PUTIN .>> I RUSSIA VERY MUCH A PETRO STATE. I MEAN, NOT IN THE WAY THAT SAUDI ARABIA’S. BUT NOT THAT FAR OFF OF MORE THAN 40% OF THEIR REVENUES ARE TIED TO OIL AND GAS. THAT’S AN Gargantuan COMPARED, FOR EXAMPLE, TO THE UNITED Position WHERE IT’S UNDER 13%. THIS IS Specific actions. THE WHITE HOUSE COULD POSSIBLY TAKE IN ORDER TO GLAD TO BE A PRUDENT EXACTLY WHERE IT COUNTS. THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY DOESN’T MANUFACTURE MUCH WHAT THEY HAVE IS THEY HAVE RESOURCES, OIL, GAS. >> COLE. >> ZINC IRON WHEAT COMMODITIES IS THEIR MAIN BUSINESS. AND WHEN YOU STRIKE OIL AND GAS, YOU Truly STRIKING PART OF THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY. >> WE WERE Really SHOWING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR GAS ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A’S GAS GAUGE, THE CURRENT NATIONAL AVERAGE IS 4.17 A GALLON. IT WAS $0.10 LOWER Yesterday. IT WAS ABOUT 40, ABOUT $0.56 LOWER LAST WEEK. WHAT DO YOU MAKE ABOUT HOW OF HOW THIS SPIKED SO QUICKLY. WHAT’S BEHIND THIS RAPID INCREASE IN GAS PRICES ADJUST THE WAR IN UKRAINE.IS IT US POLICY? WHAT’S ONE OF THE BIGGEST FACTORS. >> WELL, IT IT ALL KIND OF FILTERS IN I WOULD STILL, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, OIL AND GAS WERE ON THEIR WAY ON THE RISE. EVEN BEFORE THE DUST UP AGAIN. “Were having” SEEN OIL PRICES FROM OF THE $ 45 AREA AT THE START OF OR LEAST AT THE END OF 2020 AND AS THE PANDEMIC. AND DID YOU KNOW WE HAD THIS HUGE KIND OF PENT UP DEMAND GOING TO THE OIL Grocery AND REALLY NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO SERVES BOTH HERE IN THE UNITED District OR OUTSIDE UNITED Country COULD RESPOND TO IT SO WELL.IT ALREADY BEEN REALLY CLOSE TO $ 90 EVEN BEFORE UKRAINE’S STARTED AND NOW WITH OBVIOUSLY THE THREATS OF SO MUCH CURTAILMENT OF WHAT LITTLE SUPPLY IS OUT THERE. THAT SORT OF BREEDS THE KIND OF PANIC THAT YOU SEE AND GET THESE VERY, VERY, VERY FAST. WHILE IT UPWARD BOTH IN THE PRICES OF OIL AND GASOLINE. >> WONDER WHERE ELSE YOU THINK WE MIGHT SEE MORE IMPACTS FROM THIS AND PERHAPS MORE RESILIENCY, THESE Concoctions THAT WE’RE Running TO PUT ON THE SCREEN ARE ALL AFFECTED BY THE COST OF SOME OF THE COMMODITIES THAT COME OUT OF RUSSIA.THIS COYLE BAN COULD AFFECT OBVIOUSLY THE PRICE OF FUEL. BUT EVEN THINGS LIKE DAIRY PRODUCTS OR MAKE UP FOR MEDICINES OR FURNITURE OR CARS OR CLOTHING COULD ALL BE AFFECTED BY THIS RUSSIAN OIL BAN. DOES THIS MEAN THAT WE SHOULD EXPECT FOR JUST PRICES OF EVERYTHING IN GENERAL TO GET MORE EXPENSIVE OR ARE THERE CERTAIN PARTS OF THE ECONOMY THAT MIGHT BE MORE RESILIENT THAN OTHERS. >> YEAH, JOSH I Speculate YOU HIT THAT ALL THE HEAD. I MEAN, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS INFLATIONARY PROBLEM. AND THERE’S NOTHING THAT I Entail, YOU CAN SIT WITH WITH WHATEVER ROOM YOU’RE SITTING IN, YOU CAN Search AROUND AND YOU COULDN’T SPOT 5 OR 6 THINGS BUT DON’T HAVE SOME BASIS IN TERMS OF THE MANUFACTURER IN FOSSIL PEOPLE DON’T REALLY REALIZE THAT THE PLASTICS BLAST. YOU COULD Get ON MEDICINES WHATEVER IT TAKES TO POWER ANYTHING.YOUR PHONE. YOU COULDN’T YOU COULDN’T BUILD THE PHONE WITHOUT FOSSIL FUELS ROBBER, ALL SORTS OF SYNTHETICS CLOTHING. IT Exits ON AND ON. SO WHEN YOU ARE REALLY MAKING THEY A FIGHT AND OF FORCING THE PRICES OF FOSSIL FUELS EITHER YOU’RE GOING TO REALLY ACCELERATE AND MAKE THIS INFLATIONARY REACTION TO ACTUAL RESOURCES THAT MUCH MORE. SO WE’RE NOT ONLY GOING TO FEEL PAIN AT THE PUMPS WERE GOING TO FEEL PAIN PRETTY MUCH DOWN THE LINE OF CONSUMER GOODS. >> WE HAVE HEARD FROM SOME OF YOU ABOUT WHAT THESE RISING PRICES MEAN FOR YOU. CYNTHIA FROM PENNSYLVANIA EMAILED US ABOUT HER SITUATION. CYNTHIA WRITES, I’M A FULL-TIME PERSONAL SHOPPER AND GROCERY DELIVERY WORKER IN PENNSYLVANIA. I HAVE TO FILL UP MY GAS TANK 3 TIMES PER WEEK.SO THESE INSANE GAS PRICES ARE TAKING A HUGE CHUNK OUT OF MY INCOME. IF THEY CONTINUE TO RISE. I MAY SOON BE FORCED TO CUT BACK ON MY GROCERY BUDGET AND STEADY DIET OF RAMEN NOODLES IN VIENNA, SAUSAGES. I PRAY IT DOESN’T GET THAT BAD SINCE THE I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US. AND THEN BEFORE WE GO FOR FOLKS LIKE CYNTHIA WHO ARE WONDERING HOW MUCH LEVERAGE THE PRESIDENT’S NEW MEASURES WILL HAVE. HOW IMPACTFUL DO YOU THINK THOSE COULD BE NOT JUST IN TERMS OF GETTING RID OF RUSSIAN ENERGY SUPPLIES IN THE U.S. BUT ALSO HIS CALL TO OIL PRODUCERS TODAY AND THAT SAME SPEECH SAYING YOU HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL ITS EXPLORATION IN THE U.S. PERMITS THAT ALREADY EXIST AND THIS IS NOT A TIME TO GOUGE CUSTOMERS AT THE PUMP.THEY’RE DEALING WITH ENOUGH. >> YEAH. I Envisage THAT OIL COMPANIES HAVE PROVEN THEMSELVES AT LEAST IN THIS CASE TO BE VERY RESPONSIVE TO PRAY. THEY DON’T GET A LOT OF CREDIT FOR BP ABANDONED 25 BILLION OF Resource AND RUSSIA. EXON HAS DROPPED ITS AUCKLAND GAS PROJECT HOTELS WALK AWAY FROM PROJECTS IN RUSSIA. THERE’S BEEN A LOT, YOU KNOW, NO Recognition GIVEN TO OIL AND GAS COMPANIES. I KNOW THEY ARE A GENERALIZED FEELING IN THE WORLD YOU Is a well-known fact that THEY THEY TEND YOU KNOW, MAKE ENORMOUS PROFITS AND AND HATE THE WORLD IN 80 PEOPLE.MOST PEOPLE HATE THEM. I WOULD SAY IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THEY’VE DONE OF THEIR SHARE, AT LEAST TO BEGIN WITH BEING PART OF SHUTTING RUSSIA OUT FROM THEIR OIL AND GAS Resource. AND SO I DON’T KNOW IF THAT COMMENT WAS NECESSARY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. THIS PARTICULAR STAGE THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN POLITICALLY DRIVEN YOU KNOW, I’M HERE AT LEAST ONE GUY. HE’S Also A DEMOCRAT WOULD TELL YOU THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE GOAL AND GAS HAS RESPONDED VERY, VERY WELL THEY DESERVE A LITTLE PAT ON THE BACK HERE .>> DEN DEKKER. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING BACK TO GIVE US SOME MORE CONTEXT ALL THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. JOB. LET’S STAY ON THE TOPIC OF THE ECONOMY AND UKRAINE WITH OUR NEXT GUEST. NATALIE DRESS CODE IS UKRAINE’S FORMER MINISTER OF FINANCE AND JOINS US NOW. MISTER DRESS TO WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING >> WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO THE MEASURES THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED TODAY REGARDING RUSSIAN ENERGY SUPPLIES. >> I See THIS IS A MOMENTOUS STEP ON THE BEHALF OF THE UNITED Position. AN EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT BECAUSE RUSSIAN EXPORTS OF ENERGY AND COMMODITIES. 40% OF THEIR INCOME. IF WE’RE GOING TO STOP THIS WAR AND DO IT QUICKLY. WE HAVE TO CUT OFF THE SUPPLY OF MONEY IF THEY GENERATE FROM OIL AND GAS .>> I Is a well-known fact that THIS IS IMPORTANT IN PART BECAUSE ONE OF THE LATEST REPORTS AND BEAR WITH ME ONE MOMENT WHILE I PULL IT UP. ONE OF THE Recent REPORTS FROM UKRAINE’S MILITARY, THEIR DAILY MILITARY UPDATE SAYS THAT ONE OF THEIR CONCERNS IN TERMS OF WHAT RUSSIA WILL DO. AND AGAIN, I’M JUST TRYING TO SEARCH THROUGH THIS AS WE SPEAK, IS BASICALLY TO CREATE SOME KIND OF A TEMPORARY FUEL PIPELINE FROM BELARUS DOWN INTO UKRAINE TO RESUPPLY THEIR FORCES.I KNOW THERE’S BEEN A LOT MADE OF THE HUMANITARIAN NEED THE MILITARY NEED. BUT JUST THE PURE ECONOMIC NEED OF THIS MINISTER. IT Chimes LIKE YOU SUPPORT THAT IS A WAY TO KIND OF CHOKE OFF THIS EFFORT AT THE SOURCE. >> WELL, I Contemplate THAT’S A DIFFERENT ISSUE. THAT’S THAT’S AN Matter OF SUPPLYING FUEL TO HIS TROOPS BECAUSE HE NEVER EXPECTED IT APPEARS FOR HIS TROOPS TO HAVE TO LAST THIS LONG IN BATTLE. HE EXPECTED THIS TO SOMEHOW BE EASIER IN THE UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES AND CIVILIAN DEFENSE FORCE HAD GIVEN HIM SUCH A RUN THAT HE NOW NEEDS MORE FUEL.SO I THINK YOU ARE WE DOING THE KIND OF DIFFERENT THINGS HE NEEDS TO GET FUEL TO HIS TANKS. THEY’RE Pour OUT OF GAS. LEE WE NEED TO CUT OFF THE SOURCE OF MONEY THAT’S EARNED BY RUSSIA IN THE EXPERT. THE EXPERT ABOUT A 110 BILLION DOLLARS A Time IN CRUDE OIL 5 BILLION OF THAT COMES FROM UNITED STATES AND AS OF TODAY THAT A DOLLAR COMES FROM UNITED Government TO FINANCE THAT WAR. NOT FROM WANT. >> I DO. Actually. I I I APPRECIATE afforded A CLARIFICATION. LET ME JUST CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT FROM THE DOCUMENT RECORDING TO UKRAINE’S MILITARY UPDATE. THEY’RE SAYING THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING. DOING WHAT SHE SAID IN TERMS OF TAPPING CIVILIAN GAS STATIONS FOR THEIR NEED FOR GASOLINE. THERE’S Likewise ANOTHER EFFORT TO TRY TO CREATE A NETWORK OF FIELD PIPELINES WITH THE POSSIBILITY CONNECTING TO THE CENTRAL OIL PIPELINE AND PUMPING FUEL FROM BELARUS. SO THAT JUST TO CLARIFY THE STATEMENT FROM UKRAINE. SO YOU KNOW, YEAH.YES, THE THE EUROPEAN ALLIES THAT HAVE NOT JOINING THE U.S. ON THIS. I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIAN ENERGY SUPPLIES IN THE UNITED District. DOES. BUT WHAT’S YOUR WHAT’S YOUR SENSE THAT THAT THERE’S BEEN A STRONG EFFORT TO KEEP EVERYBODY UNIFIED IN EVERYTHING UP UNTIL NOW. AND THIS SEEMS TO BE KIND OF THE ONE BREAK IN THE ARMOR. BUT HOW SIGNIFICANT A BREAK DO YOU THINK IT IS. >> I DON’T Feel IT’S A BREAK. I See THAT THE EU’S ANNOUNCED THEY’RE GOING TO TRY REDUCE RELIANCE ON RUSSIAN IMPORTS THIS YEAR BY 2 Thirds AND THEN MOVE AWAY COMPLETELY BY 2030. I Mull IT Merely Makes LONGER FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY’RE MUCH MORE RELIANT ON THE RUSSIA SUPPLIES. THERE HAVE BEEN DIFFERENCES UNDER BETWEEN THE EU, THE UK AND UNITED State ALL ALONG. FOR EXAMPLE, THE EU IS SANCTIONS. MANY MORE OF THE POLITICAL ELITE IN RUSSIA. THEN UNITED STATES HAS. SO EACH ONE IS KIND OF DOING THE BEST THEY CAN TRYING TO STAY TOGETHER TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE RIGHT NOW I’D ARE I’D ARGUE THAT THE EUROPEANS NEED TO COME FASTER FORWARD ON THE OIL AND GAS.I WOULD SUGGEST NORDSTREAM ONE IS THE NEXT BIG TARGET. WE’VE Shut DOWN NORD STREAM 2, WE NEED TO HAVE OUR ALL PARTIES DID BEST FROM NORD STREAM WANT. >> I SHOULD Memorandum THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN DID REMARK ON EUROPEAN DEPENDENTS ON RUSSIAN OIL TODAY. HERE’S Constituent OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID. >> MOVING FORWARD IS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT MANY OF OUR EUROPEAN ALLIES AND PARTNERS MAY NOT BE IN A POSITION TO JOIN WE’RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH YOUR AND OUR PARTNERS TO DEVELOP LONG-TERM STRATEGY TO REDUCE AND IN RUSSIAN ENERGY WELL .>> SO THAT IS ONE AREA WHERE EUROPEAN Nations MAY HAVE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, BUT ANOTHER STRATEGY WE HEARD ABOUT YESTERDAY IS A FINANCING PLAN OF LOANS, LOAN GUARANTEES AND GRANTS. THAT WAS ORGANIZED BY THE WORLD BANK TO THE TUNE OF 723 MILLION DOLLARS IN FINANCING. Even further. WHAT’S YOUR SENSE OF THE IMPACT OF THAT KIND OF FINANCING ON UKRAINE’S EFFORTS. >> WELL, I Picture IT’S REALLY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THE ECONOMY IS A FULL STOP RIGHT. THE ENTIRE NATION IS PRACTICALLY SPEAKING FACING UNEMPLOYMENT BECAUSE THE ECONOMY IS BEING STRANGLED SUFFOCATED BY TRUTH BY THE RUSSIAN TROOPS IN THE RUSSIAN INVASION RIGHT NOW.UKRAINE IS NEED THIS TYPE OF BALANCE OF PAYMENTS SUPPORT IN THAT WORLD BANK AS WELL MONEY AS WELL AS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO KEEPING EVERYTHING GOING AND KEEPING IT HARD CURRENCY IN THE CENTRAL BANK TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL CURRENCY. BUT IT’S NOWHERE NEAR WHAT’S GOING TO BE NEEDED TO REBUILD THE COUNTRY. WE’RE TALKING HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE BEING DONE AND THAT HELP IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME NOT JUST FROM OUR WESTERN PARTNERS. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE REPARATIONS FROM RUSSIA THAT ACTUALLY CREATED ALL OF THIS DAMAGE THAT THAT THAT DID ALL THIS. >> THE U.S. IS Likewise Use IN CONGRESS ON PROVIDING IN AID PACKAGE. BUT AT THE MOMENT LOOKS LIKE IT’S ABOUT 14 BILLION DOLLARS AS DON’T KNOW IF YOU HEARD ME SPEAKING TO PETER ALEXANDER EARLIER. BUT IT STARTED OFF AS ABOUT 6.4 BILLION LAST WEEK AND HAS GROWN VERY QUICKLY SINCE THEN, SOME OF THAT FUNDING MAY GO THROUGH THE STATE THROUGH THE DEFENSE THROUGH THE U.S.AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN TERMS OF JUST THE ECONOMIC AID IN THIS PACKAGE WHERE THE MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT. WHERE THE MONEY SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED. >> YOU Reflect WE’RE LOOKING AT A SITUATION WHERE IT REALLY IS IN THE INTEREST OF EVERYONE TO GET AS MUCH OF THAT. MONEY TO THE HUMANITARIAN NEEDS OF UKRAINE TODAY AND FRANKLY SPEAKING FIRST AND FOREMOST TO THE MILITARY NEEDS OF UKRAINE. SO WHATEVER CAN BE DONE RIGHT NOW. THE MAXIMIZATION OF Source TO THE AIR DEFENSE AND UKRAINE. IF THE UNITED STATES AND NATO ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SAY THAT THERE’S NO NO FLY POSSIBLE. THEN WE HAVE TO USE EVERYTHING. WE’VE Come TO LET THE UKRAINIANS DEFEND THEMSELVES. AND THAT WOULD BE FIRST AND FOREMOST, MAXIMUM SUPPORT FOR THE MILITARY EFFORT IN PARTICULAR, AIR DIFFERENCE. >> COULD I JUST ASK YOU SINCE THE THE PUSH FOR A NO FLY ZONE HAS ONLY GOTTEN STRONGER FROM UKRAINIAN LEADERS ON THE GROUND, INCLUDING PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY WHO HAS CONTINUED TO REPEAT THAT CALL.WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD Represent IN THE LONG TERM IN TERMS OF UKRAINE’S EFFORTS TO REBUILD SUPPOSE THERE WAS A NO FLY ZONE. LITTLE FLY ZONE. SUPPOSE, YOU KNOW, THE U.S. AND OTHER Society GOT INVOLVED. IT SUCCESSFULLY Opposed A RUSSIAN ATTACK. IT FEELS LIKE. THE WORLD LEADERS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET INVOLVED IN UKRAINE ARE TRYING TO LIMIT THEIR INVOLVEMENT. BECAUSE THERE ARE A LONG-TERM KIND OF DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS OF THAT TO SAY NOTHING OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF A U.S. FIGHTER SHOT A RUSSIAN-MADE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE U.S. AND RUSSIA ARE DIRECT MILITARY CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER. IT SOUNDS ALMOST LIKE MAKING THIS A LARGER MILITARY CONFLICT COULD COMPLICATE EVERYTHING DOWNSTREAM DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THE INTERIM. BUT HOW DO YOU SEE. >> WELL, FRANKLY SPEAKING, I Speculate THAT WE CAN’T CONTINUE TO WATCH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BE KILLED. CIVILIANS BEING SHOT IN HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS BOMBS BEING LOVED NUCLEAR REACTORS, WHICH COULD Contact IF THERE’S AN COULD REACH EUROPE. In all such cases. >> SO MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THAT WE NEED TO END THE WAR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.AND IF A NO FLY ZONE POSSIBLE. AND IT Dissolves THIS Crusade More rapidly. AND THAT’S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. A NO FLY ZONE IS NOT POSSIBLE THAT WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING ELSE WITHIN OUR CAPACITIES AND WE’RE NOT YET DOING EVERYTHING ELSE. THERE’S SO MANY MORE THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING IN TIMES OF THE WATCHING THE VIDEO AS IS YOU IS IS I’M SPEAKING AND BARELY ABLE TO KEEP TALKING. THE DESTRUCTION. IT IS. IT’S A SCORCHED EARTH APPROACH TO DESTROYING THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE AS ITS AGENDA SITE HAPPENING ALL OVER AGAIN. >> I SHOULD KNOW. BY THE WAY, THAT THERE IS SOME US SUPPORT FOR LIMITED MILITARY ENGAGEMENT IS A QUINNIPIAC POLL THAT CAME OUT JUST TODAY THAT SHOWED 79% SUPPORT FOR US MILITARY RESPONSE.IF PUTIN GOES BEYOND UKRAINE AND ATTACKS A NATO COUNTRY. THAT’S ACCORDING TO A QUINNIPIAC POLL. IT’S OUT TODAY. FORMER UKRAINIAN FINANCE MINISTER NATHALIE DRESS CO, I APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING WITH US. Expressed appreciation for VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 2 YEARS. WE’LL CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION ON UKRAINE WITH A LIVE REPORT FROM ON THE GROUND IN LIVING NEAR THE BORDER WITH POLAND. >> AND WE WILL HEAR HOW THE U.S. IS HELPING REFUGEES THERE. WE’RE GLAD YOU’RE WITH US FOR NOW TONIGHT FROM NBC NEWS. HOW WE TAX AND NOW. >> UKRAINIANS ARE AT WAR WITH RUSSIA, BUT THEY’RE Wrestle MUCH MORE DEHYDRATION, FOOD SHORTAGES AND MEAGER SUPPLIES CIVILIAN CASUALTIES ARE RISING IN UKRAINE AMONG PEOPLE FLEEING FOR SAFETY.FAIR WARNING. SOME OF THE IMAGES IN THIS NEXT STORY COULD BE HARD FOR YOU TO WATCH. WITH THAT SAID FROM OUR PARTNERS AT SKY NEWS, SECURITY AND DEFENSE EDITOR DEBORAH HAYNES HAS MORE. >> UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS SAY THIS WAS RESIDENTIAL RUSSIA’S THE NOW THEY HOPE TO SURVIVE THE BODY OF A WOMAN FOUND IT’S IF SHE’S ALIVE OR DEAD. IN THE NORTHEAST CITY OF SYDNEY. IT’S WHAT FAMILIES DESPERATE TO FLEE. A HUMANITARIAN CORRIDOR. DID FINALLY A PINHEAD YOUNG AND OLD SCRAMBLE TO ESCAPE FOREIGN SAY COURSE IN THIS WAR. IT’S THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL EVACUATION IN UKRAINE AFTER DAYS OF FAILED ATTEMPTS. BUT THIS Relief YET. OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY OF MARIUPOL IN THE SOUTHEAST. IT’S ONE OF THE WEST IMPACTED THESE IMAGES FROM YESTERDAY SHOW HELD A TAD BOYLE IS SO EXTREME BODIES AT TIMES HAVE BEEN LEFT UNCOLLECTED IN THE STREET. >> DON’T HAVE ELECTRICITY.WE DON’T ANYTHING TO EAT. WE DON’T HAVE Admits AND THAT HE’S GOT NOTHING YET. THESE EMPTY SHELVES EVIDENCE OF THE CRISIS. >> UKRAINE’S President EVEN SAID CHILD DIED DEHYDRATION HEAD. BUT IF IF DIDN’T EVEN TO TAKE FAMILIES OUT. BUT TO RUSSIA OF SENDING THE EXIT 8. OFFICIAL SPEAKING PERHAPS TO MORALE. PRESIDENT DIDN’T SKI MADE A PAVEMENTS OUTSIDE OF SHOW. >> IT WAS IT’S SNOWING. THIS IS WHAT SPRING LOOKS LIKE THIS SPRING. A Same TO THE WAR. WE EXPERIENCE. SPRING IS HARSH, BUT EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE. WE WILL Prevail. >> RUSSIA HAS DIFFERENT IDEAS. ITS DEFENSE MINISTRY RELEASED THESE PICTURES OF RUSSIAN GUNSHIPS OPENING FIRE. MOSCA SAYS IT’S NOT TARGETING CIVILIANS, BUT THE REALITY ON THE GROUND HAS PROMPTED THE GROWING REFUGEE CRISIS SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WILL THE CITY FAYETTEVILLE UKRAINE’S BORDER WITH POLAND IS A TRANSIT HUB FOR THOSE NOT FORCED TO WAIT FOR EVACUATION CORRIDOR IS. YOU IN TESTS. WE DO HAVE TO SIT ON THE FROM SENT TO UKRAINE OFF THE HUSBAND TOLD THEM TO RUSH BEFORE DATABASE TO WITH WHICH IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO LEAVE BECAUSE MY MOTHER BUT SAY GRANDMOTHER AND SISTER THEM AND .>> CHILDREN CAUGHT SLEEP AT NIGHT IN THE THEY CRY WHEN THEY HIT RAID SIRENS AND THAT’S WHY WE DECIDED TO INVESTIGATE CHILDREN TO THEY PLAN TO TAKE SHELTER WHEN PRESIDENT WHEN SHE CHILDREN, AT LEAST TO FIND SOME PEACE. >> DE PERE HAYNES SKY NEWS IN WEST AND UKRAINE. >> LET’S CONTINUE NOW IN NEAR THE BORDER WITH POLAND IN WESTERN UKRAINE WHERE THERE ARE PEOPLE TRYING TO SEEK SHELTER AND THAT IS WHERE WE FIND NBC’S CAL PERRY JOINING US LIVE COW.WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM SOME OF THE FOLKS. WHAT ARE TELLING YOU ABOUT BECOMING REFUGEES. >> WELL, WE’RE STARTING TO GET A BETTER PICTURE OF THE SORT OF HORRORS THAT ARE PLAYING OUT IN VARIOUS UKRAINIAN CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER SIEGE NOW FOR 5 OR 6 OR SOMETIMES 7 Periods. WE HEARD PRESIDENT ZELENSKY YESTERDAY TALK ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL WHO DIED AND CITY MIRACLE. HE SAID SHE DIED OF DEHYDRATION. IT’S IT’S AN INDICATION THAT IT’S NOT Exactly THE VIOLENCE IN THE EXPLOSION THAT’S NOW KILLING PEOPLE. IT’S THE SITUATION AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE DETERIORATING CONDITIONS WE’VE BEEN TRYING TO SORT OF PUT OUR FINGER ON THAT MOMENT WHERE PEOPLE DECIDE THEY CAN NO LONGER STAY IN THEIR HOMES. THAT MOMENT WHERE PEOPLE DECIDE THEIR ONLY MOVE IS TO LEAVE.I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TODAY TO THE MOTHER OF ONE WHO FROM KIEV. AND I Invited ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS IT THAT FINALLY, BUT YOU OVER THE LINE THAT FINALLY DROVE HERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF HER STORY .>> IN THE WE SENT IT TO. HIM >> IN THE WE SENT IT TO. HIM TO. LEFT CARS. ONE WE LOST TOTHEM. >> SIDE QUALITY FOR MAYBE >> JOSH.YOU. ONE OF THE HARDEST FOR FAMILIES TO DEAL WITH HIM TO TALK ABOUT IS THAT SEPARATION THAT FORCIBLE SEPARATION HAVING TO LEAVE FATHERS AND HUSBANDS BEHIND TO FIGHT WHILE THE FAMILIES MOVE ON. IT’S IT’S SOMETHING WE’RE HEARING TIME AND TIME AGAIN ABOUT HOW HARD IT IS TO MAKE THAT DECISION BECAUSE FAMILIES DON’T WANT TO SPLIT UP EVEN AS THE VIOLENCE REACHES THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD >> WITH REGARD TO THAT VIOLENCE CALL JUST BEFORE WE WENT ON THE AIR, WE GOT AN UPDATE FROM THE UN’S OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS STATING THAT SO FAR IN THIS CONFLICT THEY HAVE RECORDED MORE THAN 1300 CIVILIAN CASUALTIES OVERALL, THAT INCLUDES ABOUT 474 DEATHS AND 861 Harms. 29 OF THOSE OUR CHILDREN. AND IT Memorandum THAT MOST OF THE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES WERE CAUSED BY THE USE OF EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS, INCLUDING SHELLING FROM HEAVY ARTILLERY AND MULTI LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEMS AND MISSILE AND AIR STRIKES. THOSE ARE WHAT ARE BEHIND MANY OF THE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES HERE.BEFORE LET YOU GO COW. WE HEARD FROM PRESIDENT ZELENSKY TODAY SPEAKING TO THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, HE GOT A VERYSTRONG, VERY POSITIVE RESPONSE STRONG, VERY POSITIVE RESPONSE TO HIS >> YEAH, SOMEONE WHO HAS COME INTO HIS OWN IN THIS HE’S SOMEBODY THAT IS RALLYING THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER. HE DOES THESE DAILY VIDEOS THESE EVERY MORNING VIDEOS WHICH STARTED ALMOST AS PROOF OF LIFE VIDEOS KNOWING THAT HE WAS THE TOP TARGET FOR PUTIN THAT HE COULD BE KILLED IN A MOMENT.AND IT QUICKLY TRANSFORM INTO THE SPEECHES THAT HE’S GIVING. TO LAWMAKERS AROUND THE WORLD. HE RECEIVED A Standing ovation. AS YOU SAID AT THE END OF HIS SPEECH TO THE BRIDGE PARLIAMENT. WE’VE Come A LITTLE CLIP. I Feel WE CAN PLAY. SO YOU GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT HE SAID. >> WE WILL Impart UP AND WE WILL NOT CLOSE. WILL FIGHT TO THE AT SEA IN THE WILL CONTINUE FIGHTING ALL LAND. WHATEVER THE PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT OUR UKRAINE AND SKIES SAFE. PLEASE MAKE SURE. YOU DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND WHAT ISSTIPULATED BY THE GREATNESS OF STIPULATED BY THE GREATNESS OFYOUR THE BEST THE FULL TO YOUR THE BEST THE FULL TOUKRAINE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM. >> I’M MENTIONING THIS BECAUSE >> I’M MENTIONING THIS BECAUSE IT’S PART OF THE STORY. HE Ogles THE PART.I MEAN, PEOPLE HERE HAVE RALLIED AROUND HIM BECAUSE HE LOOKS THE PART AND HE’S ALSO SAYING THE THINGS THAT ARE RALLYING UKRAINE TOGETHER THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR HOMES, THAT THEY’RE FIGHTING FOR THEIR FREEDOM AND HE ALWAYS SAYS THE RUSSIANS DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT THEY’RE FIGHTING FOR AND THAT Resonates HERE AS YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SITUATION. AS I SAID, WHERE FAMILIES ARE BEING SEPARATED. IT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE NOW STARTING TO LIVE BY. IT IS A MONITOR THAT PEOPLE ARE EMBRACING. >> THANK YOU, CAL. PLEASE DO STAY SAFE AS BEST YOU CAN THAT. NBC’S CAL PERRY REPORTING FROM WESTERN UKRAINE IN LIVINGSTON.UP NEXT, WE WILL HEAR FROM THE UNITED NATIONS ON HOW IT IS HELPING MILLIONS OF REFUGEES FROM UKRAINE. AND LATER, IT’S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY. WE’LL SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE MARKING THIS DAY ACROSS THE GLOBE JUST AHEAD. STAY CLOSE. >> THE MOST HEARTBREAKING PART OF THIS WAR MAY BE THE REFUGEE CRISIS AND IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE. AN Approximated 2 MILLION REFUGEES HAVE Fled UKRAINE. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE UN’S HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES THAT WOULD Procreate THIS THE LARGEST FAST, THISDISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE IN DISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE IN EUROPE SINCE WORLD WAR 2. >> I JUST TO LIFT MY HOME TO NO WAY. HAVE NO I JUST WANTED TO SAVE MY CHILD. MY MOM WAS >> YOU MIGHT AS WELL. SO FOR THE >> DANGEROUS STAY MY FAMILY. SO I HEARD ABOUT AGREE NEXT WAS THE NEXT DAY. WHAT’S OUR FUTURE HERE ARE CARE OF BUSINESS ORDER HERE. LOSE YES, I’M THE LOW WAS RUSHING TO MORE, WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. >> JOINING US NOW IS IT’S SPOKESMAN FOR THE UNITED Commonwealths HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES. MISTER MENSA. WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. >> Expressed appreciation for VERY MUCH.I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE IN POLAND JUST WEST OF UKRAINE HELPING WITH THE EVACUATION EFFORTS. WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN SEEING LATELY AND HOW IS THAT EFFORT GOING. >> IT’S ACTUALLY THE SAME PICTURES. SEEING FOOT 12 13 DAY SNOW ON MANY PEOPLE TRYING TO TO FLEE. SO THAT’S THE LONG LINES OF CARS ON THE ON TO BORDER CROSSING POINTS VOTE. AND ALSO A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO WALK TO COME JUST GOOD AS THE BEST REASONS. IT’S FREEZING COLD TIA. TODAY THE DAUGHTER GOT BOAT AND CONFIRM BUT WHAT I THOUGHT THAT 90% AND ALL THE REST AND SHE’S ARRIVING HERE. A Girl SHOULD RUN AND WE FROM UNHCR. WE’VE IT TRYING TO HELP THEM AS GOOD AS WE CAN. TALK ABOUT THE Categories OF HELP. >> THAT YOU’RE PROVIDING ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I IMAGINE THERE ARE A LOT OF UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN WHO HAVE BASICALLY ARRIVED WITH THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACKS .>> INDEED, MANY REFUGEES ARRIVE. EXACTLY LIKE THAT, PROBABLY A SMALL SOMETHING A MONTH, SOMETIMES EVEN THAT HE’LL INDEED ALSO AN COME TONIGHT SHOW DURING 7 AND A SWEET. WE TRY TO HELP THESE CHILDREN. On the other hand, WE WE FOCUS A WALK TO UKRAINE THAT SELLS UNA. SHE WAS STILL HAS 100, EMPLOYEES, MEN AND WOMEN THAT UKRAINE IN THE THESE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN HELPING THE 2 OF THOSE BASE PERSONS IN IN UKRAINE EVERY DAY BY PROVIDING THEM SOME RELIEF ITEMS AND ALSO SO TOUCHING FOR ACCOMMODATION. >> WITH REGARD TO THE EFFORT TO HELP, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNICEF AND THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES RELEASED A STATEMENT ASKING FOR NEIGHBORING IMPACTED COUNTRIES TO ENSURE THAT UNACCOMPANIED AND SEPARATED CHILDREN ARE IMMEDIATELY IDENTIFIED AND REGISTERED AS THEY FLEE FROM UKRAINE AND ALSO BEING ALLOWED TO ACCESS THEIR TERRITORY MR METZER.HOW IS THAT GOING Even further IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND UKRAINE TO RECEIVE CHILDREN. >> I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO BOATS HAD TOLD HIM BECAUSE I’M AND VOTE ON THEM. THEY’RE Do QUITE A GOOD JOB, SO. THE GOVERNMENT OF GOLD AND IS WHAT FOR OF GET A SHUNT ALSO FOR A PROBLEM THAT 2 Children A THAT THE MOST ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ARRIVING HERE WHEN THEY OUGHT COME TONIGHT THEM ANY POP KNOWS LIKE THE RED CHURCHES. AND THEY MANY. YEAH. VERY ORDINARY PEOPLE DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS HERE HELPING HELPING FAMILIES HELPING CHILDREN TO FIND THEM ACCOMMODATION IT DOES Interesting thing. SO SOMETIMES IT SEEMS A SMALL JUST 7. THE SHOWS. Too THE CHILDREN THAT THIS SOMEONE WHO CARES FOR THEM. >> BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN HELPING THESE REFUGEES AND ALSO, AS YOU MENTIONED, VOLUNTEERS ON THE GROUND JUST CLARIFY FOR ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH UNHCR. WHAT YOUR ORGANIZATIONS ROLE IS IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THIS IS A COORDINATING ISN’T PROVIDING SUPPLIES FOOD MONEY MEDICINE.HOW DOES UNHCR FIT INTO A LARGER EFFORT LIKE THIS. >> WELL, WE ARE FAR MORE THAN 70 Years NOW. THE REFUGEE ORGANIZATIONS, THE REFUGEE UNITED Commonwealth. WE’RE WORKING WANT TO HEAD TO COUNTRY’S. >> SOMETIMES LIKE IN GOLD AND “Were having” SO WE ARE NOT MORE COORDINATING. AND WE Also CHECKING THE BORDERS TALKING THE BORDER GUARDS AND SPECIALLY ALL TO TO TO REFUGEES TO SEE IF 1951 REFUGEE CONVENTION TO STOP THE IN THE UKRAINE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WE ARE HOW WE CALLED OPERATIONAL. WE TRY TO PROVIDE AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN AND THAT’S A COATING SAID DOING. AND THIS IS ALSO KIND OF. HOW ABOUT FOR RELIEF ITEMS FOR UKRAINE. SO PLANES ARE LANDING HERE AND WE’RE SENDING EVERY DAY THE TRUCKS CONVOYS TO UKRAINE WITH URGENTLY NEEDED 8. >> THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REPORTS OVER THE LAST WEEK OR SO OF CLAIMS OF RACISM AT THE BORDER. THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION SAID THAT IT HAD WHAT IT DESCRIBED AS CREDIBLE AND VERIFIED INFORMATION. THAT DOCUMENT DOCUMENT TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST 3RD COUNTRY, NATIONALS ARRIVING IN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES. THEY ALSO Memorandum Plays OF XENOPHOBIA BASED ON RACE NATIONALITY.AND IF THE CITY, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING AND HEARING WITH REGARD TO THAT AND DO YOU THINK ANYTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT THAT. >> YOUR NEXT SHOT IS HEARD ABOUT THE FIRST ONE OF THE HOUSE TO GO WHEN WE INVESTIGATED THAT IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A BREACH OF THE OF LIKE 51 REFUGEE CONVENTION AT THOSE AND AND UKRAINE HAS SIGNED THAT. WE FOUND OUT THAT INDEED THAT 3RD COUNTRY NATIONALS WAY KEPT THE BALL. FULL 12 24 SOMETIMES EVEN 36 WE CONFRONTED THE BALL THAT’S WHAT BY THAT THEY EXPLAINED THAT THESE PEOPLE WITHOUT THE HUMANS AND THAT’S WHY THE UNIT TO CHECK THE DOCUMENTS WITH THE WITH THE EMBASSIES OF THE HOME COMFORTS ITS PEOPLE. WHAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US IS THAT NO ONE WAS SENT BACK TO UKRAINE.NO ONE WAS THE NIGHT THE ENTRY. IT’S A SAFE PLACE. GOLDEN THAT WOULD IN THE OF REFUGEE CONVENTION. BUT WE HAVE NO INDICATION THAT THERE WERE CASES ABOUT THAT. >> OK, SO THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT BEING LET IN, BUT NO ONE WAS TURNED BACK, WHICH IS WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. ONE MORE THING BEFORE I HAVE TO LET YOU GO WITH REGARDS TO RUSSIA’S ROLE IN ALL OF THIS.THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE EFFORTS TO CREATE HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS THAT WOULD Accept REFUGEES TO GET OUT OF UKRAINE. ARE ALSO ALLOW RELIEF SUPPLIES AND HUMANITARIAN AID TO GET IN. WHAT IS YOUR SENSE OF WHERE THAT STANDS RIGHT NOW. IT SEEMS LIKE THE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN HALTING AT BEST. DOES THAT LOOK LIKE THAT’S ACTUALLY GOING TO TO COME TO FRUITION. >> WELL, WE’RE STILL HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL HAVE THESE KIND OF CAR. DOES UNFORTUNATELY EXPERIENCE SHOWS THIS READ A RELIABLE UP UKRAINE COUNTRIES. BUT WE Genuinely NEED TO SCORE THOSE AS YOU SAID, TO TO TAKE. CIVILIANS OUT AND TO OCEAN PLEA NEEDED INTO THE COUNTRY AND WE CAN’T JUST ON THE LINE AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. CIVILIANS ON NOT THE TARGET.THE MILITARY CONFLICT PERIOD. THE MILITARY CONFLICT PERIOD. BUT IS IT? IT’S ASIAN THIS IS SO IMPORTANT AND WE ONLY CAN ON THE LINE, THE STRESS THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN .>> AND OUR LAST FEW SECONDS, SIR, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING THIS AROUND THE WORLD AND WISHING THEY COULD DO SOMETHING TO HELP WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND. WHAT’S THE BEST WAY FOR US TO HELP. >> I WOULD RECOMMEND OF COURSE, AND SOME WORKING YOU FOR UNHCR. ORGANIZATION AMERICA’S THE UNHCR. BUT THEY Also CAUSE ALSO THE GREAT RELIEF OF THE NEWS STATION. BUT INDEED DONATE MONEY SPENT MOST ESSENTIAL EFFICIENT WAY TO HELP THAT WE REALLY NEED THIS EVERY EVERY SUPPORT HERE TO HELP THESE PEOPLE HOLDING 2 MILLION NOW IN JUST 12 Periods AND MANY OF THEM STAYING ALL THAT IN FREEZING COLD WEATHER. AND THAT’S WHY PLEASE HELP. >> YOU HAVE A SITE FOR FOR UNHCR, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN’T INTERESTED IN CHECKING OUT HIS U N REFUGEES DOT ORG, CHRISTMAS OR IS A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES. MISTER Expressed appreciation for VERY MUCH. WE WILL HAVE MORE FROM UKRAINE AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR RIGHT AFTER THIS PROGRAM, LESTER HOLT ANCHORS.THE NIGHTLY NEWS SPECIAL REPORT INSIDE UKRAINE IS NEXT HERE ON NBC NEWS NOW. SOME OF TODAY’S OTHER HEADLINES ARE COMING UP INCLUDING THE FIRST TRIAL OF A JANUARY 6TH DEFENDANT ACCUSED OF ATTACKING THE U.S. CAPITOL. >> Likewise FLORIDA SCHOOLS COULD SOON CURB THEIR CONVERSATIONS OF SEXUALITY AND GENDER. THE LATEST ON WHAT CRITICS CALL THE DON’T SAY BILL AND PRESIDENT BIDEN IS PUSHING TO EXPAND HEALTH CARE FOR VETERANS. THOSE STORIES WHEN WE COME BACK. EDITION. >> OUR HEADLINES BEGIN WITH THE PUSH FOR JUSTICE AFTER THE JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION TODAY, A JURY SENTENCE. THE FIRST RIOTER TO STAND TRIAL FOR THE ATTACK. GUY. REFFITT WAS FOUND GUILTY OF ALL 5 COUNTS. THE INCLUDED OBSTRUCTION OF AN OFFICIAL PROCEEDING AND TRANSPORTING A FIREARM IN SUPPORT OF CIVIL DISORDER. FOR TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON FROM TEXAS. VIDEO SHOWS HIM LEADING A MOB UP THE STEPS OF THE U.S. CAPITOL. ONE BIG TWIST IN THIS TRIAL. HIS TEENAGE SON TESTIFIED AGAINST HIM. HE SAID THAT HIS FATHER THREATENED HIM AND HIS SISTER IF THEY TURNED HIM IN PERHAPS SOME OF THE STRONGEST EVIDENCE AGAINST GUY REFFITT WHERE HIS OWN WORDS HE BASICALLY SNITCHED ON HIMSELF MAKING RECORDINGS, TALKING ABOUT HIS PLANS FOR JANUARY 6TH AND THEN AFTER THE RIOT, HE TALKED ABOUT WHAT HE DID.SO FAR. MORE THAN 750 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INSURRECTION. MORE THAN 200 HAVE BEEN SENTENCED. REFFITT WILL BE SENTENCED SOMETIME THIS YEAR. IN FLORIDA, A BILL TO LIMIT HOW SCHOOLS DISCUSS GENDER AND SEXUALITY COULD SOON BECOME LAW TODAY. THE STATE SENATE PASSED THE PARENTAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION BILL CRITICS CALL IT THE DON’T SAY BILL, THE MEASURE WOULD RESTRICT SCHOOLS FROM PROMPTING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY. Students COULD Return ENOUGH THEMSELVES, BUT NOT THEIR TEACHERS. THE BILL PROHIBITS INSTRUCTION ON THESE TOPICS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 3RD GRADE HIGHER GRADES HAVE SOME ROOM FOR INTERPRETATION. Opponents OF THE BILL INCLUDED DEMOCRAT SHEVRIN JONES. HE IS FLORIDA’S FIRST OPENLY BLACK STATE SENATOR. >> THE DOLE YOU CAN LEGISLATE PEOPLE AWAY. >> I’M SORRY. YOU CANNOT. I Review YOU SHOULD Expend YOUR TIME LEGISLATION TO PROTECT THEM .>> THIS BILL PASS ALONG PARTY LINES 22 TO 17. NOW IT HEADS TO REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS. HE HAS Shown SUPPORT FOR THE BILL IN THE PAST. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS PUSHING FOR BETTER HEALTH CARE FOR VETERANS. HE WAS IN TEXAS TODAY FOCUSING ON EXPOSURES TO BURN PITS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, MILITARY BASES THERE USED BURN PITS TO DISPOSE OF TRASH BATTERIES, EVEN HUMAN WASTE. THEY WERE Submerge IN FUEL AND SET ON FIRE.NOW, THESE PITS ARE TOXIC. BUT VETERANS HAVE STRUGGLED TO GET TREATMENT REASON BEING IT’S BEEN DIFFICULT TO PROVE WHAT EXACTLY CAUSED THEIR HEALTH COMPLICATIONS. THIS Edition IS DEEPLY PERSONAL FOR THE PRESIDENT. HIS SON BEAU DIED OF BRAIN CANCER AFTER SERVING IN IRAQ. THE CAUSE OF BEAU BIDEN’S CANCER IS UNKNOWN. BUT THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE IS COMMITTED TO UNCOVERING THE EFFECTS OF BURN PITS. >> TOO MANY OF THEM OR NOT. THE SAME. HEADACHES DIZZINESS NUMBNESS DISEASE CANCER. AND WE KNOW WE DON’T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BURN IN EACH OF THESE DISEASES. SO MANY ARE VETERANS ARE NOW FACING. COMMITTED. I’M COMMITTED TO AMERICANS, MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO FIND OUT EVERYTHING WE CAN. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS ALSO CALLING ON CONGRESS TO PASS LEGISLATION DEALING WITH BURN PITS BILLS ARE PENDING IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD GATHERED FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY. >> WE’LL HAVE A LOOK AT HOW DIFFERENT COUNTRY CELEBRATEDAND PROTEST BEFORE WE GO.AND PROTEST BEFORE WE GO. >> Word IS MORE THAN A AT 7 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >> A Story TO KIDNAP THE GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN IS THE FOCUS OF A TRIAL THAT’S UNDER WAY TODAY. PROSECUTORS BEGAN LAYING OUT THEIR CASE AGAINST 4 DEFENDANTS. ADAM FOX BARRY CROFT JUNIOR DANIEL HARRIS AND BRANDON CASERTA ARE MEMBERS OF A PARAMILITARY GROUP CALLED THE WOLVERINE WATCHMEN. THEY FACE Blames OF KIDNAPPING CONSPIRACY ACCUSED IN THE THREAT AGAINST GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER. NOW THE GOVERNOR IS HARDLY THE ONLY WOMAN IN OFFICE WHO’S FACED THREATS. SOME EXPERTS SAY THIS Tend IS Developing. NBC NEWS NOW ANCHOR HOLLY JACKSON HAS THE STORY. >> THE Time TWENTY-TWENTY BROUGHT A WAVE OF WOMEN LEADERS TO THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF US GOVERNMENT A RECORD 149 WOMEN CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE CONGRESS. 3 Ladies SITTING ON THE SUPREME COURT OF 4TH POTENTIALLY BY NEXT TERM. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN U.S. HISTORY. A WOMAN WAS SWORN IN AS VICE PRESIDENT MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. >> HAS EVER SAID THOSE WORDS. >> FROM THIS PODIUM. BUT WITH THE SURGE OF WOMEN IN POWER. EXPERTS SAY Menaces AND ATTACKS BOTH IN PERSON AND ONLINE SURGED TO TAKE REPRESENTATIVE ILHAN OMAR, ONE OF THE FIRST 2 MUSLIM WOMEN TO SERVE IN CONGRESS WHO’S GOTTEN DEATH THREATS FROM THE PUBLIC WHERE IT IS .>> LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DATE TO OFFICE SPACES. >> THE INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC DIALOGUE, WHICH TRACKS ONLINE DISINFORMATION HATE AND EXTREMISM. LOOK AT ONLINE ABUSE TARGETING CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES DURING THE 2020 ELECTION AND FOUND FEMALE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES WERE 10 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GET ABUSIVE COMMENTS ON FACEBOOK. THEN MAIL. DEMOCRATIC Nominees. RESEARCHERS SAY IT COULD BE BECAUSE OF A DIFFERENCE IN PARTY IDEOLOGY ONE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY REALLY ARE SEEN, AS YOU SHE WOMEN’S RIGHTS ISSUES, ESPECIALLY ISSUES, RACIAL JUSTICE .>> AND I THINK THAT REALLY BREAKS FOR THE STATUS QUO SETTING IT TRACKS A LOT OF HOSTILITY. AND WHEN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP CONTINUE TO PUSH HIS LIE OF WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD WHICH DIDN’T EXIST IN THE 2020 ELECTION. SOME STATE-LEVEL ELECTIONS OFFICIALS LIKE COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE JENA GRISWOLD BECAME TARGETS FOR TELLING THE TRUTH. IF YOU HAD THREATS TO YOUR FAMILY TO YOURSELF YES, SIDE THAT THREATS FOR JUST DOING MY JOB. FOR PROTECTING COLORADO ELECTIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS HAVE ACCEPT AND EXPERTS SAY THOSE THREATS ARE BECOMING MORE VIOLENT AND MORE RADICAL POINTING TO THE KIDNAPPING PLOT OF MICHIGAN GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER OVER COVID RESTRICTIONS AND THE GROUP INITIALLY CAME TOGETHER, WHATEVER THAT ORIENTATION WAS INITIALLY ITS SWITCH TO SOMETHING FAR MORE. >> SINISTER, FAR DARKER AND THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF IT WAS ALSO AN PRESIDENT WHEN LOOKING AT OTHER TYPES OF MALICIOUS ANTI-GOVERNMENT THREATS IN THE UNITED STATES. >> THAT’S NBC’S HALLIE JACKSON REPORTING NOW THREATS LIKE THESE REINFORCE THE PURPOSE BEHIND INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY TODAY, PEOPLE CELEBRATED PROGRESS TOWARD EQUITY END DEMANDED MORE CHANGES.HERE ARE SOME OF OUR FAVORITE PICTURES FROM EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD. THOSE ARE SOME OF TODAY’S IMAGES FROM INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY. THEY REMEMBER TO KEEP SENDING US YOUR QUESTIONS AND STORIES ABOUT THE WAR IN UKRAINE. WE’RE AT NBC NOW TONIGHT ON TWITTER. 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