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♪ ♪ GOOD FRIDAY MORNING. I'M JOE FRYER. AND I'M SAVANNAH SELLERS. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS ON THE WAR IN UKRAINE OVERNIGHT, CONCERNS OVER A POSSIBLE NUCLEAR DISASTER. >> THIS VIDEO SHOWS HEAVY SHELLING BY RUSSIAN FORCES ON A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN SOUTHERN UKRAINE. THE BOMBARDMENT CAUSED A FIRE THAT WAS LATER PUT OUT UKRAINE'S NUCLEAR AGENCY SAYS RUSSIAN FORCES NOW OCCUPY THE FACILITY AND THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY SAYS WHILE RADIATION LEVELS ARE NORMAL, QUOTE, THE PHYSICAL INTEGRITY OF THE PLANT HAS BEEN COMPROMISED. THIS LATEST DEVELOPMENT COMES AS RUSSIA IS INTENSIFYING ITS ATTACK ON KEY CITIES AND UKRAINE SOUTH AND THAT MASSIVE CONVOY OF TANKS, NORTH CREEPING TOWARD THE CAPITAL KIEV AS THE FIGHTING RAGES ON THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND IS GROWING MORE DIRE UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS SAY RUSSIA HAS AGREED ON HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS FOR CIVILIANS LOOKING TO ESCAPE MORE THAN A MILLION. IT MADE IT OUT ALREADY MANY HEARTBROKEN TO LEAVE HOME.
>> MICE INCLUDE PUT USE THE >> MICE INCLUDE PUT USE THE SEQUEL. SO BEAUTIFUL VIEWS THE ALL OF A SUDDEN DISGRACE. THAT IS AFTER A PHONE CALL WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN YESTERDAY FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON IS NOW WARNING THAT THE WORST IS YET TO COME. BUT NEGOTIATIONS GOING NOWHERE A GROWING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN ADVANCING RUSSIAN TROOPS UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKIY HAD THIS MESSAGE. >> IT'S NOT ABOUT I WANT TO TALK WITH BULLETS I THINK I HAVE TO TALK WITH THEY'RE WELL TO CAST TO TALK WITH FOOD TO BECAUSE THERE ARE NO AND ALL THE WAY EAST TO STOP THIS WAR. WE BEGIN OUR COVERAGE THIS MORNING WITH THAT NEWS THAT RUSSIAN FORCES HAVE CAPTURED EUROPE'S LARGEST NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. >> AFTER RUSSIAN SHELLING IGNITED A FIRE AT THE FACILITY. NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT ERIN MCLAUGHLIN REPORTS FROM WESTERN UKRAINE. >> HEY, JOE AND SAVANNAH, ALL EYES ON PRESENT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WHICH SUPPLIES ABOUT A QUARTER OF THIS COUNTRY'S POWER. NOW UNDER RUSSIAN OCCUPATION AFTER FIERCE FIGHTING BETWEEN UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIAN FORCES YESTERDAY A FIRE BROKE OUT AT A TRAINING BUILDING ON THE SITE THAT FIRE HAS SINCE BEEN EXTINGUISHED. AND ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, RADIATION LEVELS REMAIN STABLE. THIS AS RUSSIAN FORCES CONTINUE TO OCCUPY THE PORT CITY OF HER SON, A CITY OF SOME 300,000. THE FIRST CITY TO FALL TO RUSSIAN FORCES IN PUTINS WAR. WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO RESIDENTS THERE WHO ARE ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY THEY FELT SAFE ENOUGH TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES WERE SPEAKING TO ONE RESIDENT WHO WANTS TO BE KNOWN AS JIMMY. HE ASKED THAT WE CONCEAL HIS IDENTITY FOR FEAR OF RUSSIAN REPRISAL. HE DESCRIBED WHAT HE SAW. TAKE A LISTEN. >> WE TOOK A WALK TODAY AND WHAT WE'VE WERE DESERTED STATES. QUEUES AT ATM MAYBE 3% OF ALL SHOPS WERE OPEN. AND THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD IN THEM DESPITE SOME WARMING WHICH HAPPENS TO JUDY TO TAKE OVER A GOOD TO CALL IT SILENT
OVER. WE PROBABLY ARE DOWN TO OVER. WE PROBABLY ARE DOWN TO THE ENEMY. >> MUCH STARTED TO THINKS IT'S A A TEMPORARY AND WE HAVE TO HOLD ON UNTIL THE UKRAINIAN ARMY PRESENCE. >> I WAS SPEAKING TO ANOTHER MAN HERE IN LEVINE WHO IS VERY WORRIED ABOUT HIS MOTHER. SHE'S IN PARIS ON. HE SAYS THAT SHE'S BEEN WORKING AND HELPING THE MILITARY AND HE'S VERY CONCERNED SHE'S GOING TO BE DETAINED. HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW SHE'S GOING TO GET OUT RIGHT NOW IN LEVINE. HE'S TRYING TO GET HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN OVER THE BORDER INTO POLAND AND THEN HE'S GOING TO MAKE HIS WAY BACK TO HER SON TO TRY AND SAVE HIS MOTHER. ONE OF MANY DESPERATE STORIES WE'RE HEARING ABOUT IN UKRAINE. GUYS. >> ALL RIGHT, ERIN, THANK YOU. LET'S GET MORE ON THAT NEW CLEAR PLAN ATTACK WITH ANDREW WEBER. HE'S A SENIOR FELLOW AT THE COUNCIL ON STRATEGIC RISKS AND THE FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR NUCLEAR CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAMS UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA AND OR THANKS FOR JOINING US. WE SHOULD REMIND OUR VIEWERS THIS FIRE HAS BEEN PUT OUT. AUTHORITIES SAY THE SITE HAS BEEN MADE SAFE. STILL THIS IS EUROPE'S LARGEST NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. CAN WE BREATHE MUCH OF A SIGH OF RELIEF HERE AND JUST HOW DANGEROUS COULD THIS EVENT. >> NO, WE CAN'T BREATHE TO ONLY RIGHT ATTACKED ON A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACTUALLY 6 REACTORS AT FACILITY. IT PROVIDES 25% OF THE POWER TO UKRAINE AND TO ATTACK IT APPARENTLY INCLUDING WITH SHELLS AND CAUSE A FIRE. IT'S ABSOLUTELY THIS LET'S BE VERY, VERY DANGEROUS MAGIC AND THE REACTORS STAFF NOW ESSENTIALLY THEIR HOSTAGES. AND WE HAVE TO RELY ON THEM TO SAFELY OPERATE THE PLANT. SO THIS WAS A IT JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF RUSSIA'S. 19 TH-CENTURY BRUTAL FORM OF WARFARE THAT HAS TO STOP. >> WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR HERE NOW MOVING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS PLANT. >> FEAR WITH THIS PLANT IS THAT THE WON'T BE ON SITE OR THEY WERE KILLED OR INJURED. AND I'M SURE THAT THE RUSSIAN MILITARY DID NOT BRING ALONG. STAFF TO OPERATE SUCH A FACILITY. SO THEIR INTENT IS TO SHUT A BIG CHUNK OF UKRAINE'S ELECTRICITY. IT WILL TAKE SKILLED STAFF. TO TURN THE REACTOR DOWN IN A SAFE WAY. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT. SO IT IS A RISKY THANK GOODNESS. SO FAR THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY RADIATION RELEASE. >> ANDREW UKRAINE HAS A COUPLE OTHER NUCLEAR PLANTS STARTED AROUND THE COUNTRY. DO YOU THINK RUSSIA COULD BE EYEING THOSE OTHER SITES AS PART OF ITS STRATEGY AND HOW DO WE KNOW. DOES THIS CAPTURE BENEFIT RUSSIA'S PLANTS. >> WELL, IT'S NOT IN MILITARY CAMPAIGNS TO TAKE OUT OF COUNTRY'S ELECTRICITY AND POWER SUPPLY TO REDUCE THEIR FIGHTING CAPABILITIES. IT IS VERY UNUSUAL TO GO AFTER NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. SO THIS IS A REALLY UNPRECEDENTED AND REALLY DANGEROUS AND WE NEED TO HAVE A CEASE-FIRE AND THE PLANT NEEDS TO BE A. GIVEN BACK TO UKRAINIAN CONTROL. SO THAT THE SKILLED STAFF THERE CAN OPERATED SAFELY. >> ANDREW WEBER, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS UNFOLDING SITUATION. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. NOW, OF COURSE, ALL THIS FIGHTING IS IMPACTING REAL PEOPLE. RUSSIA'S INVASION HAS UPENDED THE LIVES OF UKRAINIANS FORCING THEM OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND INTO ANY KIND OF SHELTER TO STAY SAFE. ZEID GUYMON HAS BEEN TAKING SHELTER INSIDE A CHURCH BASEMENT IN UKRAINE WITH HER 2 CHILDREN FOR A WEEK AND SHE JOINS US NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW. SO FIRST, JUST TELL US HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOUR CHILDREN DOING RIGHT NOW. AND DO YOU FEEL SAFE WHERE YOU ARE. >> SAINTS IS A RELATIVE TERM RIGHT NOW. WE ARE ALIVE AND WELL. I KEEP POSTING ON FACEBOOK THAT UPDATES AND THAT'S THE STANDARD PHRASE THAT I SAY THAT WE'RE ALIVE. BECAUSE. THE THERE'S NO GUARANTEE. WE'RE ALL WAKE UP IN THE MORNING. THE SHELLING CONTINUES PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY. THERE, 8, 8 ALARMS PRETTY MUCH. >> ALL DAY LONG. RIGHT NOW IS ACTUALLY IN AIRSTRIKES, ALARM GOING OFF RIGHT LAW HERE. >> THE FAMILIES ARE SCARED. >> MANY DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY SHOULD LEAVE OR STAY. SO THAT'S THE MAIN QUESTION THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE FACING BECAUSE. MANY FAMILY HUSBANDS CAN'T BECAUSE THERE IS GENERAL MOBILIZATION AND MAYBE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEIR SO FOR ME PERSONALLY THAT'S MY CHOICE TO STATES HERE BECAUSE MY HUSBAND IS. CURRENTLY SERVING AND TERRITORIAL DEFENSE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE AND YEAH, ESPECIALLY IN TIMES LIKE THAT. >> LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. THERE HAS BEEN HE DID VOLUNTEER TO BE PART OF THE UKRAINIAN DEFENSE TEAM. HOW'S THAT BEEN FOR YOU. I MEAN, I KNOW WE'RE ALL LOOKING ON JUST IN AWE OF THE RESILIENCE OF OF YOUR COUNTRY OF UKRAINIAN PEOPLE. WHAT'S IT LIKE, THOUGH, PERSONALLY RIGHT NOW. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO HER HUSBAND AT ALL AND JUST HOUSES IMPACTED YOU AND YOUR KIDS. >> WE TRIED TO I HAVE SEEN HIM 3 TIMES SINCE LAST THE START OF THE WAR LAST THURSDAY. I LIKE ALL 3 TIMES. IT WAS JUST FOR FEW MINUTES WHEN HE STOPPED BY FOR SUPPLIES SLEEPING BAGS FOR HIS TEAM BECAUSE AT FIRST THEY WERE NOT SUPPLIED WOULD STAND FIRM IN ALL BASICS BASIC NECESSITIES. NOW THE SITUATION CHANGE. THANK GOD IT'S 2 OR 3 DAYS. I BREAK DOWN CRYING BECAUSE I JUST I HAVE NO WHETHER THE NEXT STRIKE. WELL, IT'S WHERE HE SO YEAH, IT'S HARD. >> WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE TRYING TO TALK TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. I TRY TO BE HONEST, I TRIED TO TELL THEM THAT THIS IS WAR. >> BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I TRY TO TELL THEM THE REASONING BEHIND THOSE STAYING AND HOW WHY WE'RE STAYING HERE THAT THAT IS DOING OKAY. HE KEEPS SENDING MESSAGES EVEN IF IT'S A SMILEY WHENEVER HE HAS ACCESS HIS PHONE AND WHENEVER IT TIME. SO WE TRY TO MANAGE THAT LIKE THAT. >> GUNMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE THINKING ABOUT YOU. WE WILL CHECK IN WITH YOU AND AS YOU SAID, IT'S A RELATIVE TERM RIGHT NOW. BUT STAY SAFE AND WE'LL BE THINKING ABOUT YOUR FAMILY. >> THANK YOU SO. >> LET'S HEAD TO MOSCOW ON NBC NEWS GLOBAL CORRESPONDENT RAF SANCHEZ. SO WRAPPED IN TELEVISED REMARKS YESTERDAY, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN SAID HIS MILITARY OPERATION IN UKRAINE IS GOING TO PLAN. BUT INSIDE UKRAINE. THAT IS NOT EXACTLY SEEM TO BE THE CASE, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THIS. WHAT ELSE IS PUTING SAYING ABOUT THIS INVASION SO FAR. >> WLADIMIR, PUTIN PRESENTED A VERSION OF REALITY YESTERDAY THAT JUST DOES NOT MATCH UP WITH WHAT OUR TEAMS ARE SEEING ON THE GROUND. HE TALKED ABOUT RUSSIAN FORCES FIGHTING AGAINST NEO-NAZI UKRAINIANS BEING SUPPORTED BY MERCENARIES FROM THE MIDDLE EAST WHO ARE HOLDING UKRAINIAN CIVILIANS HOSTAGE. NOW WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS UKRAINIAN POPULATION RALLYING AGAINST THIS RUSSIAN INVASION. IN SOME CASES LITERALLY THROWING THEMSELVES IN FRONT OF RUSSIAN TANKS TO STOP THEIR ADVANCE. ONE OF THE MOST DISCOURAGING NOTES WE HEARD FROM PRESIDENT PUTIN YESTERDAY WASN'T ACTUALLY IN THAT SPEECH. BUT IT WAS IN A READOUT OF A CALL HE HAD WITH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON OF FRANCE. WELL, HE SAYS THIS SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION. THAT'S HOW THE KREMLIN REFERS TO THE INVASION OF UKRAINE. >> WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ALL OF ITS GOALS ARE MET. AND THE REASON THAT'S SO DISCOURAGING IS RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN NEGOTIATORS ARE MEETING. AND IN THEORY THEY ARE TRYING TO HAMMER OUT SOME KIND OF CEASE-FIRE, SOME KIND OF PEACE DEAL. >> PRESIDENT PUTIN SEEMS TO BE SUGGESTING THAT HIS FORCES WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE AND HE SAYS HE WILL NOT ALLOW THE UKRAINIANS TO PLAY FOR TIME AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. YEAH. LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT THOSE TALKS BETWEEN RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS. NOT A LOT OF PROGRESS. BOTH COUNTRIES DID. >> TENTATIVELY AGREE ON ESTABLISHING WHAT ARE KNOWN AS HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS. TELL US WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA IF MORE TALKS COULD BECOME IT. >> YES, A HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS WOULD BASICALLY BE KIND OF LOCALIZED CEASE-FIRES IN VERY SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WOULD BE DESIGNED TO ALLOW CIVILIANS TO LEAVE THE AREA AND TO ALLOW FOOD AND MEDICAL TO CALM. AND NOW THERE'S A CERTAIN IRONY TO HUMANITARIAN CORRIDOR AS IT OBVIOUSLY SOUNDS EXTREMELY DESIRABLE. AND FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT. THEY WANT THOSE CORRIDORS TO TRY TO GET THEIR PEOPLE SAFE. BUT THE RUSSIANS MAY ALSO HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THESE HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS BECAUSE THEY IDEALLY WOULD LIKE AS FEW CIVILIANS INSIDE OF THE UKRAINIAN CITIES AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THAT WAY THEY CAN ATTACK THEY CAN USE HEAVIER WEAPONRY WITHOUT BEING AS CONCERNED ABOUT KILLING CIVILIANS AND DRAWING IN THE WORLD CONDEMNATION IN TERMS OF THE NEXT ROUND OF TALKS ROUND 3. THE RUSSIANS SAY THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ROUND SOMETIME NEXT WEEK. WE DON'T HAVE EXACT TIMING. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE JEFF WRIGHT RAF SANCHEZ IN MOSCOW RAPH. THANK YOU. >> NBC NEWS MILITARY ANALYST COLONEL JACK JACOBS JOINS US NOW. COLONEL, GOOD MORNING. SO I DO WANT TO START WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT AT THAT NUCLEAR PLANT IN SOUTHERN UKRAINE. SO IT CAUGHT FIRE, AS WE'VE MENTIONED DURING THIS HEAVY RUSSIAN SHELLING. AND AFTER IT WAS PUT OUT UKRAINIAN NUCLEAR OFFICIALS SAID THE PLAN IS NOW OCCUPIED BY RUSSIAN FORCES. THIS IS THE LARGEST NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN EUROPE. AND IT'S ONE OF SEVERAL IN UKRAINE. HOW CONCERNED SHOULD WE BE ABOUT THIS LATEST DEVELOPMENT. I MEAN, WHEN YOU HEAR THAT THIS IS THE TYPE OF SITE THAT THEY'VE TAKEN OVER WHAT DOESN'T MAKE YOU THINK. >> 2 THINGS RIGHT AWAY. FIRST OF ALL, AS THE VIOLENCE WITH WHICH IT WAS TAKEN. AND ANDREW WEBER. YOUR PREVIOUS GUEST IS AN EXPERT IN THESE THINGS MURRAY THE NUMBER OF A NUMBER HORRIFYING THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN COULD HAVE HAPPENED. THE NOW THAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE IT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING FROM THAT STANDPOINT IS THEIR INABILITY ACTUALLY RUN IT PROPERLY. AND THE FACT THAT THEY NEED THE UKRAINIAN EXPERTS THERE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO RUN IT. DON'T FORGET. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT PERCENTAGE HE SAID THIS OF THE ELECTRICITY IN UKRAINE THAT DELIVERS. BUT IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF IT. SO WHETHER TO CONTINUE TO RUN IT. THAT THAT REQUIRES UKRAINIAN EXPERTISE BECAUSE THE RUSSIANS CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE IT OR TO SHUT IT DOWN. THAT REQUEST UKRAINIAN EXPERTISE IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR WHETHER OR NOT THE UKRAINIANS WHO ARE CAPABLE OF RUNNING IN OR SHUTTING IT DOWN AND THEY'RE THE SECOND THING. IS THAT IF THEY'RE NOT THERE, THAT IT'S A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS SCITUATE SITUATION. YOU DON'T JUST TURN THE SWITCH AND TURN IT OFF BECAUSE THAT COULD CAUSE BECAUSE A NUCLEAR INCIDENT SECT. AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE RUSSIANS PROBABLY WANT TO SHUT IT DOWN BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DEPRIVE. ALL OF UKRAINE WITH THE WITH UTILITIES. AND SO THAT THEIR OBJECTIVE IS TO SHUT IT DOWN ALTOGETHER, WHICH IS WHY THEY WANTED TO SECURE IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. IT'S VERY CONCERNING WITH RESPECT TO THE VIDEOS THAT WE'VE SEEN. WE SAW TRACES. THE FIREFIGHT THAT WAS TAKING PLACE. THEY'RE ON THE SITE THAT LARGE BALL OF LIGHT THAT YOU SAW COMING DOWN. THAT WAS A THAT WAS AN AERIAL FLARE DROPPED BY AIRCRAFT. SO THAT THE RUSSIANS CAN SEE THE PEOPLE WHO THE UKRAINIANS WHO ARE DEFENDING IT THAT I MEAN, THAT'S A FIRE. ITS WHOLE PURPOSE IS TO LIGHT IT UP AND WHEN IT HITS THE GROUND, IT SETS FIRE TO THINGS. IT'S AN EXTREMELY RECKLESS AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. STILL, BECAUSE THE RUSSIANS ARE NOT CAPABLE OF RUNNING THIS SITE >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I HAD TO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR THIS WAS ACTUALLY FROM A VIEWER ABOUT NUCLEAR POWER BUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS. SO PRESIDENT PUTIN REMEMBER ORDERED RUSSIA'S NUCLEAR FORCES TO BE PUT ON HIGH ALERT NOW A VIEWER JAIME DIAZ ASKED WHAT IF THE KREMLIN DOES END UP USING NUCLEAR BOMBS IN UKRAINE OR ANY OTHER COUNTRIES. WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT MOVE FOR THE UN OR THE UNITED STATES. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS AN EXTREME NEXT STEP STEPS DOWN THE ROAD. BUT WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT, COLONEL. >> WELL, THE UN DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING AT ITS DISPOSAL. SO WE CAN FORGET ABOUT THAT. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A PLAN B WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS BY THE I GUESS WE CAN IMPOSE MORE ECONOMIC STRICTURES ON THEM. I THINK OUR ALLIES AND OTHERS WHO HAVE NOT YET DONE SO WE'LL DO SO I THINK HE'S DISINCLINED USE WEAPONS OF ANY KIND TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND CERTAINLY NOT STRATEGIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS. AMONG OTHER THINGS. HIS GREAT PAU AT THE MOMENT. WHO'S KEEPING SOME DISTANCE IS CHINA AND CHINA HAS ALREADY STARTED TO. SO THE DISTANCE HIMSELF DISTANCE THEMSELVES. I THINK THE IS IT'S ALWAYS POSSIBLE THAT HE MAY USE TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS. I THINK IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY. >> COLONEL JACK JACOBS, THANK YOU SO MUCH AS ALWAYS. WE SO APPRECIATE YOUR ANALYSIS WHEN YOU JOIN US. >> AS RUSSIA INTENSIFIES THOSE AIR AND GROUND ASSAULT AGAINST UKRAINIAN CITIES. MORE THAN A MILLION REFUGEES HAVE ALREADY FLED THE COUNTRY UNICEF ESTIMATES. CHILDREN MAKE UP HALF THAT NUMBER A NUMBER THAT IS GROWING BY THE HOUR. NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT ALLISON BARBER JOINS US NOW FROM THE POLAND-UKRAINE BORDER WHERE SO MANY OF THESE DISPLACED FAMILIES ARRIVING. ALLISON, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. SO THE UN HAS ESTIMATED THIS WAR COULD ULTIMATELY DISPLACED 4 MILLION UKRAINIANS TO WHAT PREPARATIONS ARE BEING MADE THERE TO TRY AND TAKE CARE OF SO MANY PEOPLE. HOW ORGANIZED IS THE RESPONSE. >> IT'S VERY MUCH A WORK IN PROGRESS AND I'LL BREAK DOWN A LITTLE FOR YOU. SOME OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN HERE. BUT YOU MENTIONED HOW SO MANY OF THE REFUGEES ARE BELIEVED TO BE CHILDREN. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE SEEN AS WE'VE BEEN OUT HERE THE LAST FEW DAYS REPORTING. THIS IS OUR 5TH BORDER. STOP ALL IN THE POLLING. UKRAINIAN BORDER IN YOU SEE ALL THESE FACES OF CHILDREN YOU TALK TO SOME OF THEM IMAGINED WITH ME FOR A MINUTE THAT YOU ARE 8 OR 9 YEARS OLD. YOU HAVE BEEN JUST A FEW DAYS AGO AT HOME PLAYING WITH FRIENDS DRAWING WITH CHALK ON THE SIDEWALK AND THEN IN AN INSTANT, YOU ARE FORCED 2 GO AND HIDE IN BOMB SHELTERS. YOU HAVE TO FRANTICALLY PACK EVERYTHING YOU OWN OR WHAT LITTLE YOU CAN CARRY WITH. YOU SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR BROTHER WHO IS THEN GOING TO STAY AND FIGHT IN A WAR IN FLYNN WITH YOUR MOTHER TO A COMPLETELY NEW COUNTRY FOR MOST OF US, WE CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE THAT. BUT HERE IN THIS MAKESHIFT REFUGEE CAMP. THAT IS A STORY THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF. WE MET ONE LITTLE GIRL IN THIS TENT. SHE'S 8 YEARS OLD. HER NAME IS ANGELINA. SHE WAS LIVING IN KIEV. SHE HAD TO FLEE HERE. LISTEN TO WHAT SHE TOLD US. >> WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU WHEN YOU'RE AT HOME AND YOU HEARD ALL THAT HE'S. >> YOU TO BE BELOVED OMAR ALI PUTS A LOT. SO SPECIAL 20. >> I WISH IT WAS REALLY SCARY HAVE WHEN I'M ON THE APP OVER ME. IT WAS OVER >> SAVE YOUR BROTHER. >> SHOULD WHEN THE THUMB PLAYING. >> I TOLD MY MY BROTHER. I REALLY LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. >> YOU'RE VERY FREE TO DO. AND THERE'S JUST HE'S MATCHED A BIT OF SNOW YES, I AM. WHAT DO
YOU WANT OTHER BECAUSE OF DUE YOU WANT OTHER BECAUSE OF DUE TO MICKEY WITH >> I WANT THEM NOT NOT WORRY WANT THEM TO LISTEN >> BECAUSE THEIR BARNS FOR THEM MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE. ♪ >> THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST ORGANIZED ASSISTANCE AREAS WE'VE SEEN. WE WATCHED AS ELECTRICIANS CAME AND RAN CABLES UP EVERY SINGLE. >> OUR POLL PUTTING IN ELECTRICAL OUTLETS SO PEOPLE CAN CHARGE THEIR PHONES SO THEY CAN GET HEAT TO THESE TENTS. MOST OF EAST HENCE THEY ARE HEATED. >> THERE IS FOOD, COATS, WATER REALLY? MOST ANYTHING ANYONE WOULD NEED IMMEDIATELY. WE'RE SPEAKING TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ORGANIZING AND RUNNING THE SITE. THIS IS DONE BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND HE SAID IN TERMS OF FOOD, IN TERMS OF BLANKET STROLLERS. YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY STROLLERS THERE ARE. THERE ARE ANOTHER REMINDER OF HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE IMPACTED BY THIS. THEY SAY THEY HAVE ENOUGH THE NATION'S, BUT THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW IS TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE ARE COMING ORDER CROSSINGS AND THEY MIGHT HAVE FAMILY OR WHEN THEY CAN GO. STAY WITH IN CITIES. THEY NEED TO GET TO OTHER AREAS WHERE THERE ARE MORE PLACES FOR THEM TO STAY. >> BUT THEY NEED RIDES TO DO THAT. WARSAW IS ABOUT 4 HOURS AWAY FROM HERE. SO HAVING TRANSPORTATION AND DRIVERS TO TAKE PEOPLE. >> THAT'S A HUGE HURDLE JOE, SO MANY HURDLES. BUT I CONCUR ANGELINA IS VERY BRAVE. ELLISON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REPORT. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. >> AND WE'LL HAVE MORE COVERAGE UKRAINE JUST AHEAD. BUT WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING OTHER NEWS THIS MORNING, INCLUDING AN NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE, FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL BARR SPEAKING OUT ABOUT HIS DEALINGS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> AND I TOLD HIM THAT ALL THE >> AND I TOLD HIM THAT ALL THE STUFF WAS BOTH. ABOUT ELECTION >> UP NEXT, OUR OWN LESTER HOLT JOINS US WITH THAT INTERVIEW. THE FIRST SENSE BARR RESIGNED AS ATTORNEY GENERAL AND NEW YORK CITY ON EDGE AFTER A STRING OF SUBWAY ATTACKS ACROSS THE CITY. A LOOK AT THE PROBLEM AND WHAT'S BEING DONE TO KEEP PASSENGERS SAFE. YOU'RE WATCHING MORNING NEWS THAT. NEWS NOW. >> WELCOME BACK. THE LATEST OUT OF UKRAINE JUST AHEAD, INCLUDING THE SITUATION AT A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT THAT CAUGHT FIRE OVERNIGHT. IT'S NOW UNDER THE CONTROL OF RUSSIAN FORCES. WE ALSO WANT TO GET YOU CAUGHT UP ON SOME OF THE OTHER BIG STORIES THIS MORNING, INCLUDING A BIG HEADLINE OUT OF KENTUCKY. A POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED IN THE RAID THAT LEFT BREONNA TAYLOR DEAD HAS BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY OF WANTON ENDANGERMENT FOR A LITTLE FORMER LOUISVILLE POLICE OFFICER BRETT HANKISON WAS ACQUITTED THURSDAY. THE 3 COUNTS OF WANTON ENDANGERMENT. WE'RE NOT CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO TAYLOR'S DEATH NEARLY 2 YEARS AGO, RATHER, HE WAS ACCUSED OF ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF A NEIGHBORING FAMILY WHEN HE FIRED SHOTS THAT WENT INTO THEIR APARTMENT BECAUSE DEFENSE ARGUED HE WAS DEFENDING HIS FELLOW OFFICERS. TAYLOR WAS KILLED IN MARCH 2020 DURING A BOTCHED POLICE RAID A COUSIN IS THE ONLY OFFICER INVOLVED IN THE RAID WHO HAS EVER BEEN CHARGED WITH ANYTHING AND NO CHARGES WERE EVER FILED DIRECTLY RELATING TO TAYLOR STAFF. >> NOW CRIME IN NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY SYSTEM HAS SURGED IN RECENT WEEKS, EVEN AFTER MAYOR ERIC ADAMS STARTED A NEW PLAN TO SEND MORE COPS AND MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS INTO THE STATIONS TO HELP FIGHT THE PROBLEM. NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT PRISCILLA THOMPSON HAS MORE. >> MAJOR CRIMES ON NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT UP 30% THIS WEEK EVEN AFTER THE MAYOR SUBWAY SAFETY PLAN WENT INTO EFFECT. I HAVE A SLIGHT INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE. FEEL SAFER. COULD FIND A LITTLE THE SAFETY PLAN ANNOUNCED 2 WEEKS AGO SENT 1000 MORE POLICE OFFICERS AND TEAMS OF HEALTH WORKERS INTO THE CITY SUBWAY SYSTEM, PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE. THEY ARE THE PREREQUISITE TO PROSPERITY WHILE ENFORCEMENT HAS GONE UP WITH THE NYPD REPORTING 64% MORE ARRESTS SINCE THE WEEK BEFORE. ACCORDING TO NBC NEW YORK CRIME REMAINS A PROBLEM IN QUEENS. A 57 YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS VICIOUSLY ATTACKED WITH A HAMMER AND ROBBED AS SHE ENTERED A SUBWAY STATION. SHE TOLD ME HAD BEEN TELLING THE PERPETRATORS STOP, STOP. BUT APPARENTLY HE JUST KEPT HITTING OVER THE HEAD OF GREAT OFFER TO PAY POLICE ARRESTED 57 YEAR-OLD WILLIAM BLOUNT DAYS LATER ON AN ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE. WE COULD NOT IMMEDIATELY REACH BLOWOUT OR HIS ATTORNEY FOR COMMENT AND ON THE DAY THE PLAN WENT INTO AND SMEARED HUMAN FECES. IN A 43 YEAR-OLD WOMAN'S FACE AT A BRONX SUBWAY STATIONS IN EXPERIENCE FOR ANYONE TO GO THROUGH HUMAN. WHAT WASTE INTO SOMEONE SPIT IN YOUR FACE. YOU KNOW, THOSE REAL SIGNS OF MEANT TO HEALTH ISSUES. THE ALLEGED PERPETRATOR 37 YEAR-OLD. FRANK, I BROKE LAW NOW FACING A SLEW OF CHARGES INCLUDING ASSAULT. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS RELEASED ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE. PROMPTING OUTRAGE. THE BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TELLING NBC NEWS THEY REQUESTED A BROKE WILL BE HELD ON BAIL AND SUPERVISED RELEASED. BUT THE JUDGE DENIED BROKE. WHY IS ALSO FACING HATE CRIME CHARGES FOR PRIOR INCIDENT IN BROOKLYN. HE IS ON SUPERVISED RELEASE FOR THAT. HIS ATTORNEY HAD NO COMMENT WITHOUT A BROKE LAST CONSENT. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE MTA. >> CANNOT BAN PEOPLE LIKE THAT GUY WHO HAD 3 PRIORS. WE TAKE AWAY DRIVER'S LICENSES FOR, YOU KNOW, ONE DRUNK DRIVING EPISODE OVERALL MAJOR CRIMES ON TRANSIT SO FAR THIS YEAR ARE IN LINE WITH 2016 TO 2019 STATISTICS. ACCORDING TO THE NYPD, ALTHOUGH RIDERSHIP IS STILL DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. WHY ARE PEOPLE LIKE THIS BEING RELEASED IS A DISGUSTING AS THIS CRIME WAS. IT DIDN'T FALL WITHIN THE THAT THE CATEGORIES OF WHAT THAT BAIL WOULD BE REQUIRED. JOSEPH JACK ALONE IS A RETIRED NYPD SERGEANT AND PROFESSOR AT JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. HE SAYS ADDRESSING CRIME ON THE TRAINS BEGINS ABOVE GROUND JUST ABOUT EVERY ONE OF THESE CASES HAD TO DEAL WITH SOMEBODY WHO IS HOMELESS AND HAS DONE SOMETHING TERRIBLE. HISTORICALLY, WHEN I WAS A COP BACK IN THE DAY. THE HOME OF PEOPLE COMPLAIN THAT THE SHELTERS WHERE IT'S SAFE WHERE THEY NEED TO FIX THAT IN THE THE FIX THAT YESTERDAY. OUR THANKS TO PURCELL THOMPSON FOR THAT REPORT. FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR OFTEN STOOD AT THE CENTER OF STORMS THAT ENGULFED THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY AND NOW HE'S REVEALING WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO WORK FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE AND WHAT ULTIMATELY TORE THEM APART. NBC NIGHTLY NEWS ANCHOR LESTER HOLT JOINS US NOW ON SET WITH MORE ON HIS EXPERIENCE. BUT THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL THANKS FOR US GOING TO SEE BOTH OF YOU IS NEW MEMOIR. ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER BAR OPENS UP ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND THE CRITICISMS THAT BAR SOMETIMES ACTED MORE AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL LAWYER RATHER THAN ATTORNEY GENERAL. >> AND HE ADDRESSES HOW THE RELATIONSHIP CAME TO AN ABRUPT END. >> TAKE ME BACK TO THAT DAY. DECEMBER 1ST HERE IN THE SUV. DID YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOING UP. >> IN THE OVAL OFFICE ON FRIDAY WAS A CONSUMER I WAS HAVING ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL BARR KNEW HE HAD INFURIATED THE PRESIDENT SINCE ELECTION NIGHT. TRUMP HAD BEEN INSISTING HE BE ONE THING. THIS IS A FRAUD. >> ON THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. THIS IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO OUR COUNTRY. THAT POINT, BARR KNEW THAT WASN'T TRUE. HE'D EVEN HAVE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATE. >> NOW HE WAS BEING SUMMONED TO THE PRESIDENT'S PRIVATE DINING ROOM AFTER SAYING IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AP. >> THAT TRUMP'S CLAIMS OF ELECTION FRAUD WERE WRONG. AND I TOLD HIM THAT ALL THE STUFF WAS BOTH. ABOUT ELECTION FRAUD. YOU KNOW, WRONG TO BE SHOVELING IT OUT THE WAY HIS TEAM WAS. >> AND THEN HE ALSO TOLD TRUMP WHAT HE THOUGHT OF HIS LEGAL TEAM CAN NOT A LOT TIME. I SAID THE REASON YOU ARE WHERE YOU ARE. >> IS BECAUSE YOU WILL THAT A CLAMSHELL OF LAWYERS CLIMB SHOHEI A CLOWN CAR OR SOMETHING LIKE JUST A BUNCH OF CLOWNS. FOR YOU. RUDY GIULIANI TRACKER. JACK LEGAL TEAMS THEM ON OTHERS. MAHER SAYS THE PRESIDENT SHOT BACK LISTING THE WAYS HE SAID BARR HAD FAILED HIM. THAT'S WHEN BARR SAYS HE OFFERED UP HIS RESIGNATION. I SAID, OK, LOOK, I I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE AND I'M PERFECTLY HAPPY TO TENDER MY RESIGNATION AND THEN IS LEFT OF THIS. SHE SLAPPED THE DESK AND HE SAID ACCEPTED EXCEPT IT AND HE SLAPPED AGAIN, ACCEPT
IT. GO HOME. DON'T GO BACK TO IT. GO HOME. DON'T GO BACK TO YOUR OFFICE. GO HOME. >> WHEN WE ASKED THE FORMER PRESIDENT ABOUT THIS MEETING. HE DISPUTED MARZOUK OUT AND TOLD US HE WAS THE ONE WHO DEMANDED BARR'S RESIGNATION. EITHER WAY BAR HANDED IN A RESIGNATION LETTER 2 WEEKS LATER AND HAS NOT SPOKEN WITH DONALD TRUMP. SENSE. HE DOES NOT WANT HIM TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN. >> JANUARY 6TH THE >> DO YOU THINK THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENED HERE. ULTIMATELY. I DO THINK HE WAS RESPONSIBLE IN THE BROAD SENSE OF THAT WORD IN THAT. IT APPEARS THAT PART OF THE PLAN WAS TO SEND THIS GROUP UP TO THE HILL. I THINK THE WHOLE IDEA WAS TO INTIMIDATE. >> CONGRESS. AND I THINK THAT THAT WAS WRONG. >> IN A THREE-PAGE LETTER TO NBC NEWS. PRESIDENT TRUMP TRASH BARS BOOK AS FAKE AND HURL PERSONAL INSULTS AT HIS FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL CALLING HIM A COWARD, A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT. >> AND LAZY. WE START. WHY DIDN'T THE FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL SPEAK OUT SOONER ABOUT ELECTION CONCERNS ABOUT JANUARY 6 OVER A YEAR DOWN THE ROAD. WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THAT. YEAH, I I PUSHED HIM ON THAT AND I SAID YOU ARE IN POSITION OF INFLUENCE HAD THIS OPINION THAT IT WAS FAKE. AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU COULD HAVE SHORT-CIRCUITED WOULD HAVE ULTIMATELY HAPPEN ON ON THE JANUARY HIS FEELING WAS IT WAS ALREADY OUT THERE THAT WAS BIG, DIDN'T HE BLAME THE PEOPLE THAT SURROUNDED THE PRESIDENT OF REALLY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SITTING DOWN DOWN, THIS RABBIT HOLE. >> STARR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON. SOME TO SEE A GREAT TO HAVE THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. >> YOU CAN WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW TONIGHT. BILL BARR IN THE EYE OF THE STORM EXCUSE ME, THIS SUNDAY AT 09:00PM EASTERN ONLY ON NBC. >> IT'S GOING TO CHECK ON THE MORNING NEWS NOW, WEATHER BILL KAREN'S JOINS US NOW. HEY, BILL. >> HEY, GOOD MORNING. IT'S MUST-WATCH TV SUNDAY NIGHT GOING TO HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE FAMILY AND THAT LET'S GO AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FORECAST. WE HAVE RECORD HIGHS THIS WEEKEND. SO YOU GET TO PLAY ALL DAY SUNDAY AND THE HEAT AND THEN YOU GO INSIDE. WATCH THAT LATER SUNDAY NIGHT BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE EXTRAORDINARILY WARM TEMPERATURES FOR THE EAST THIS WEEKEND EVERYWHERE FROM ABOUT TEXAS TO THE EASTERN SEABOARD. THIS TROPICAL MOISTURE IS GOING TO ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH EVEN INTO NORTHERN VERMONT WILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR SOME RECORD HIGHS. 15 TO 30 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL. AND AS FAR AS RECORDS GO, EVERY CITY WITH A DOT ON THIS MAP HAS A CHANCE TO BREAK A RECORD HIGH THIS WEEKEND. MOST OF THOSE IN THE NORTHEAST AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND. THAT WOULD BE ON SUNDAY. SO HOW WARM WE'LL LOOK AT. WE START TODAY. 70'S MID 70'S IN AREAS LIKE OKLAHOMA 80'S IN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI AND THEN TOMORROW WE SEE TEMPERATURES AS WARM AS MID 70'S KANSAS CITY ST. LOUIS CINCINNATI LEXINGTON LOUISVILLE. EVERYONE NATIONALS INCLUDED TOO. AND THEN FINALLY BY THE TIME WE GET TO SUNDAY THAT WAR MAKES IT TO THE MID ATLANTIC. LOOK AT RALEIGH 80'S ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. DC IS GOING TO BE UPPER 70 SUNDAY, MONDAY, NEW YORK. IT LOOKS LIKE INTO THE 60'S ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY IN BOSTON, PROBABLY IN THE 50'S. SO HERE'S YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST. AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR OUR FRIENDS IN THE WEST. WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH STORMY WEATHER AND THIS SNOWSTORM. YES, NO STORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. IT DOES LOOK LIKE A CHANCE OF SOME ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS IN IOWA SATURDAY. SO FOR MY FRIENDS FROM THE QUAD CITIES, CEDAR RAPIDS ALL THE WAY THROUGH DES MOINES HEADS UP FOR YOU. AND THEN ON SUNDAY ALONG WITH THAT WARM TEMPERATURES WILL COME A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN SHOWER ACTIVITY IN NEW ENGLAND. HEAVY RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM LITTLE ROCK TO MEMPHIS UP TO AREAS AROUND PADUCAH AND WE'RE STILL SEEING MORE SNOW IN AREAS OF THE WEST. SO WE'LL HAVE A SNOW STORM THIS WEEKEND WILL HAVE NUMEROUS RECORD HIGHS MAY BE A TORNADO OR 2. THAT'S WHERE EARLY SPRING FOR YOU GUYS GET A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. OK, LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING THE ROLLER COASTER IS VIDEO AGAIN THAT YOU GUYS BRING US SOMETIMES. >> THANKS, LIKE COMING UP, DISPLACED AND DESPERATE TO ESCAPE WAR. UP NEXT. >> A LOOK AT THE EFFORTS TO HELP MORE THAN A MILLION REFUGEES FORCED TO FLEE THEIR HOMES AS RUSSIA ATTACKS AND IT'S NOT JUST UKRAINIANS PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD LOOKING TO BE RESCUED FROM THE WAR IN UKRAINE. NOW THEIR HOME COUNTRIES ARE STEPPING IN. THAT'S NEXT ON MORNING NEWS NOW. ♪ >> TO COVER THE NEWS. YOU HAVE AVAILABLE ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE. >> THIS MORNING. WE WANT TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE RELIEF EFFORTS UNDER WAY IN EUROPE TO HELP THE ESTIMATED 1 MILLION REFUGEES DISPLACED SO FAR BY THE WAR IN UKRAINE. HALF A MILLION OF THOSE REFUGEES ARE CHILDREN ACCORDING TO UNICEF AND THESE NUMBERS, OUR GROWING BY THE DAY. THE LIKELY CONTINUE TO GROW OVER THE WEEKS AND MONTHS TO COME. JOINING US NOW IS NANCY DAN, SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER FOR THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE. ONE OF THE MANY ORGANIZATIONS ON THE GROUND IN THE REGION. NANCY, GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. SO JUST TELL US MORE ABOUT YOUR OPERATION THERE IN POLAND AND THE REGION AND HELP US UNDERSTAND. >> JUST HOW BAD THIS CRISIS HAS BECOME. >> SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. AND SO THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN HIM ON THE GROUND IN POLAND SINCE A FEBRUARY. WE'VE BEEN SKYPING OUT. VARIOUS NARA YOU KNOW, TO SEE WHAT LAST CASE COULD BE. AND HOW CAN I TELL THAT THIS COULD STEP IN WITH CURRENT ME AND SUPPORTING LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING PEOPLE AS THEY FACE ANY WEEKS OUT. PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARRIVE ON THE BOARD AS THEY MIGHT BE IN RECESSION POINT, WHICH YOU IT COME BEDS TYPE THING SET UP. IT IS QUITE ORGANIZED AND PEOPLE HAVE A THEY CAN REST A UNITED STATES FOR A COUPLE OF NIGHTS. SO THEY MIGHT STAY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AND THEN MOVE ON INTO POLAND, BUT THEY MIGHT HAVE FAMILIES FRIENDS, PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN STAY WITH US. AND IOC IS WHAT CAN THE CYCLE THAN A STATIONS AND WE'RE PROVIDING AND SAY THINGS LIKE SLEEPING AND REALLY HELP PEOPLE STAY WARM FEEL PROTECTED AND LET'S TAKE A SO YOU CAN SEE AND ALSO LIKE TO GET YOUR REACTION TO THE NEWS ABOUT THESE. >> HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS WHICH WOULD ALLOW MORE CIVILIANS TO EVACUATE UKRAINE SAFELY. HOW DOES THIS CHANGE THINGS FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION AND HOW ARE YOU PREPARING FOR THE ESTIMATED MILLIONS MORE UKRAINIANS WHO ARE EXPECTED TO FLEE. >> EXACTLY. I MEAN THEY NEED TO THE HUMANITARIAN CORRIDOR WAS IN SAYS SO RECENT AND WE DO WELCOME IT AS A FIRST STEP, A MAN KIND OF PROVIDING SAFETY TO THOSE PEOPLE HAVE A CAR OR A TRUCK TO MAKESHIFT BOMB SHELTERS AND METRO STATIONS AS PEOPLE YOU KNOW, HUMANITARIAN PERMANENT SOLUTION. YOU WHAT WE REALLY IN TERMS SAFETY IS A CEASE-FIRE AND A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT. BUT RIGHT NOW AND THE MINUTE I HEARD IT WELL, IT MEANS THAT PEOPLE MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT WHETHER THEY WANT TO STAY REMAIN INSIDE UKRAINE THAT CAN ONLY HAPPEN THERE ARE SECURITY GUARANTEES WHICH MEAN THAT PEOPLE CAN LEAVE AND BE AT RISK OF GETTING COOL IN NEW WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE COMMUNICATIONS AND THE OBJECTIVES. WHY THESE HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS BEING PUT IN PLACE THEY GOING TO LAW SCHOOL AND WAS A HOW IMPLEMENT BE IMPLEMENTED SO THAT PEOPLE CAN FEEL SAFE. IF THEY DO TRUST YOU. >> YOU CAN SEE WE ALSO WANT TO ASK YOU MEAN WE'RE HEARING REPORTS OF DISCRIMINATE DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT EVEN RACIST ABUSE AGAINST PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FLEE UKRAINE OR LET'S HEAD ON TIME HERE. BUT WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS IN. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DONE TO JUST MAKE SURE EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO GET OUT SAFELY CAN. >> THESE REPORTS I EXTREMELY TROUBLING AND THAT THE POLITICAL POINTS WITH IOC HAS BEEN SKYPING RESPONSE. WE HAVE SEEN THOSE OF PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES, INCLUDING SOME SYRIANS AND SOME AFGHANS. I WE CAN SAY THAT THE SITUATION HAS IMPROVED DRASTICALLY IN BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT HAPPENING IN OTHER PLACES. AND WE CONTINUE TO COOL STATION AND MAKE IT SPACE THAT EVERYBODY REGARDLESS RACE COLOR CREED. >> NANCY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING TO TRY AND HELP THESE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO HELP IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BEING HERE. >> NOW AS THIS REFUGEE CRISIS UNFOLDS IN UKRAINE'S NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES HAVE SEEN OVER A MILLION RUN FROM WAR. WELL, THOSE REFUGEES ARE NOT JUST UKRAINIANS THEIR PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING LATIN AMERICA AND GOVERNMENTS ARE STEPPING IN TO TRY TO RESCUE THEIR COUNTRYMEN AND WOMEN FROM THE DEVASTATION. HERE'S NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT IS A GOOD 2 YEARS WITH MORE. >> AND MEXICAN AIR FORCE PLANE CARRYING DOZENS OF MEXICAN NATIONALS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO LIVED IN UKRAINE HEADED ONE WAY TO MEXICO CITY. >> IT'S THERE'S A LOT OF ON BUS TO THOSE. THE WAS. IF YOU SEE THIS, THIS COULD TURN THAT HAS >> BOTTLES AND UNLESS UNIVERSITY STUDENT. BIG ANIMAL BY THE YEAH BOARDING THE PLANE IN ROMANIA WITH AT LEAST 80 OTHERS. WHO LIKE HIM CROSS THE BORDER OUT OF UKRAINE EARLIER THIS WEEK. THEY'RE PART OF A GROUP OF MEXICAN NATIONALS THAT THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT SAYS THEY'LL BRING OVER 6,000 MILES BACK HOME. THE COUNTRY SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TWEETING THURSDAY MORNING ABOUT THE OPERATION. BUT FOR MOST MEXICAN REFUGEES UKRAINE HAD BECOME A NEW HOME. >> IT'S NOT. AND CAN YOU YES, I BEFORE THE WAR BROKE OUT LAST WEEK OVER 200 MEXICANS WERE LIVING IN UKRAINE. AND WHILE SOME GRATEFULLY LOOK FORWARD TO NEW BEGINNINGS WANT >> MAKES OTHERS LIKE LENNY SAID THAT TO WHO'S BEEN LIVING IN UKRAINE FOR 27 YEARS SAY THEY WON'T BE GOING BACK TO MEXICO. THIS WILL NOT BEST ON LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES LIKE PERU, BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA ALSO WORKING TO GET HUNDREDS OF THEIR NATIONALS TO SAFETY. >> FROM SPAIN. 82ND FOR THEY BRING WITH THEM THE FEW BELONGINGS THEY COULD CARRY. >> AND MEMORIES OF WAR. THEY SAY THEY'LL NEVER FORGET THAT THE >> MY PHONE HAS BEEN FOUND ON THE SCOTS COME FROM. >> SAID KIND MUSIC FOOD? YEAH. >> IT'S I IT'S DOWN. IT IS. HE TEAR AS NBC NEWS. >> COMING UP, OUR BREAKING NEWS CAN TO AVERT COVERAGE CONTINUES ON THE INVASION IN UKRAINE. YEAH. NEXT, EXPERT ANALYSIS ON RUSSIA'S MILITARY ADVANCEMENT FOLLOWING THE RUSSIAN ATTACK ON THAT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT THIS MORNING. NEWS NOW. ♪ >> WELCOME BACK. LET'S RETURN TO OUR TOP STORY THIS MORNING. UKRAINIAN AUTHORITIES SAY RUSSIAN FORCES HAVE SEIZED ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AND IT HAPPENS TO BE EUROPE'S LARGEST A FIRE BROKE OUT AT THE SITE WHICH UKRAINE HAS BLAMED ON HEAVY RUSSIAN SHELLING OFFICIALS SAY THE FIRE, THOUGH, IS OUT AND THE FACILITY IS SAFE THIS MORNING. LET'S GET MORE ON THIS AND OVERALL RUSSIAN MILITARY STRATEGY WITH CLINT WATTS IS A DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE FOREIGN POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND AN NBC NEWS NATIONAL SECURITY ANALYST CLINT, GOOD MORNING. GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. AND HAVE YOU HAD THIS BIG FOR HIM TO WALK US THROUGH THIS. SO HOW DOES THIS CAPTURE OF THIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PLAY INTO RUSSIA'S WIDER MILITARY STRATEGY. WE SAW THEM TAKE THE DEFUNCT CHERNOBYL SITE. BUT THAT WAS ON THE ROAD TO KIEV. SO WHAT'S THIS ABOUT HERE NOW AND HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS MOMENT. >> YES, SIGNIFICANT FOR 3 DIFFERENT REASONS. WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS NUCLEAR PLANT, WE HEARD ABOUT THE FIRE FIGHT THAT WAS HAPPENING OVERNIGHT. YOU SAW SOME OF THE VIDEOS ARE COMING AROUND THE AREA. IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO 3 THINGS. ONE IS CONTROL. THE RUSSIANS WANT TO TAKE CONTROL OF POWER BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING SEES WARFARE MUCH LIKE YOU SEE IN MARIUPOL AND SOME OF THE CITIES THEY WANT TO CUT THE POWER. THEY WANT TO DESTROY THE INFRASTRUCTURE A WAY TO ESSENTIALLY TAKE CONTROL. THE POPULATION. THE SECOND IS PSYCHOLOGICAL IN RUSSIAN DOCTOR AND ESPECIALLY IN THE DIS-INFORMATION SPACE USING FEAR OF NUCLEAR IS A WAY TO ESSENTIALLY MESSAGE BOTH ABROAD AND AT HOME THAT THE UKRAINIANS MIGHT BE UP TO SOMETHING THAT DIS-INFORMATION PLOY TO REALLY BRING EVERYONE UNDER THE BANNER IN THE 3RD ONE WHICH I WANT TO MENTION IS WE FORGET THAT NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ARE INFRASTRUCTURE POINTS FOR ALL SORTS LOGISTICS. THE LOGISTICS OF SOMETHING. THE RUSSIANS ARE STRUGGLING WITH. A RAIL HEAD HERE IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE RUSSIANS WITH THEIR ARMOR UNITS BECAUSE IF THEY CAN SEIZE THESE AND OUTSIDE OF MAJOR URBAN CENTERS. IT COULD COME UNDER ATTACK. THEY CAN BEGIN TO PUT THINGS LIKE ARMORED VEHICLES ONTO RAIL CARS AND SORT OF MOVE THEM AROUND THE COUNTRY MUCH, MUCH FASTER A LOWER COST. I THINK THE BIGGER PICTURE OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. IS THE WHAT WHAT REALLY WASN'T TALKED ABOUT IN THE FIRST WEEK. WE WE FOCUSED ON THE NORTH AND THE CONVOY, THEIR STRUGGLES IN THE RUSSIAN MILITARY. WHAT WE SEE NOW IS THE SOUTH IS REALLY WHERE THEY'RE TAKING HOME. THIS IS THESE ARE THE UNITS AT A WHICH WAS SEIZED IN 2014, THEY HAVE ADVANCE ON MARIUPOL AND YOU'RE SEEING SIEGE WARFARE INDIRECT FIRES DESTRUCTIVE ATTACKS. TOTAL INFRASTRUCTURE BREAKDOWN. MARY PULL IT I FORECAST WHAT WE MIGHT SEE IN KIEV OVER TIME IS THIS ADVANCE A HEARSE ON YOU PROBABLY SAW THAT THEY TOOK A BRIDGE. THEY'VE ESSENTIALLY BEEN ABLE TO ADVANCE. THAT'S THE MOUTH OF THE NEED FOR RIVER COMING OFF THE BLACK SEA. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT LOGISTICAL POINT. AND ONCE THEY GET TO THE WEST SIDE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TODAY ARE SOME BATTLES AS THEY MOVE TO THIS NEXT BRIDGE HAD HERE OVER THIS NEXT ESTUARY. IF THEY CAN GET PAST THAT ESSENTIALLY FROM THAT POINT FORWARD ALL THE WAY TO THE MOLDOVAN BORDER. THEY CAN THAT CUT OFF AND ESSENTIALLY ENCIRCLE ODESSA, WHICH IS A MAJOR PORT CITY. THAT IS A LOGISTICAL HUB BUT ALSO ONE WHERE THEY CAN BRING IN ADDITIONAL COMBAT POWER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE. THE POPS UP THE SOUTHERN BATTLE PLAN WHILE IT WAS STALL A LITTLE BIT. THE BEGINNING IS REALLY STARTING TO TAKE OFF FOR THE RUSSIANS AND AND IT WILL GIVE THEM A REAL LOGISTICAL BOOST. AND CLINT, HOW DOES THAT HELP THEM THEN WITH THE GOAL OF TRYING TO GET INTO THE CAPITAL OF KIEV. WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY. >> SO THIS IS THE BIGGER PICTURE. THEY STARTED OFF WITH A VERY BOLD PLAN THAT WAS DESIGNED TO BE DONE IN A WEEK. THEY FAILED WITH THAT IT WAS A 3 FRONT FIGHT. THEY PUSHED INTO SUE ME HERE. THE CONVOY AREA WHICH WE KNOW ABOUT COMING IN FROM BELARUS AND THEN THE SOUTHERN FRONT OVERALL, THOUGH, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS ESSENTIALLY CUT UKRAINE AND HALF THE NEIGHBOR RIVER WHICH WE WERE TALKING ABOUT JUST BEFORE RUNS ROUGHLY LIKE THIS UP TO KIEV IF THEY CAN GET TO THE WEST SIDE HERE. THEY CAN START TO ENCIRCLE ALL THE WAY AROUND. AND FROM THE SOUTH. AND IF THEY CAN CUT OFF ALL THE WAY TO THE WEST. IF THEY'VE LOST THE SEA UKRAINE CAN'T RESUPPLY HERE IN THE SOUTH. THIS LEAVES ONLY LAND LANDRY SUPPLY, WHICH IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT AND THEN THAT BRINGS IN TO THE CASE OF WHAT RUSSIA WOULD DO, THEN THAT REALLY PULLS A NATO RUSSIA AND THE U.S. CLOSER INTO CONFLICT OVER TIME. ULTIMATELY THE CJ KIEV COULD GO ON FOR MANY WEEKS IF NOT MONTHS. >> YEAH. AND CLINT, LET'S CONNECT THAT BACK TO WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED. A MINUTE AGO, WHICH I THINK AS I ASKED THE TOP US, PEOPLE ARE WONDERING, OH, MY GOODNESS. THIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. WE SAW THAT FLARE DROPPED DOWN. THERE'S A FIRE THERE. THE POTENTIAL DANGER THAT THAT WASN'T. WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT. YOU BRING UP THESE GOOD POINTS ABOUT THE LOGISTICAL ASPECT OF THAT BEYOND JUST WHAT THE ACTUAL FACILITY IS KNOWN FOR. KNOW THAT THIS CONVOY HAS HAD TROUBLE AROUND. KEEP LOGISTICAL ISSUES ITS OWN. THEY'VE HAD THESE FEELING ISSUES AND THEY'VE ALSO BEEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN RESISTED IN A WAY BY UKRAINIAN FORCES. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT RAIL HAD THAT THEY BE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR AND WE KNOW THAT THEY'VE HAD TROUBLE MOVING AROUND. WE KNOW THAT THEIR VEHICLES CAN'T WORK WHILE THROUGH THE MUD TO THE COUNTRYSIDE. WHAT DOES THAT ULTIMATELY MEAN? THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY POTENTIALLY EVEN THE WESTERN PART. WE THINK ABOUT LOVIE THAT HAS BEEN SORT OF THE SAFE HAVEN. MEAN, WHEN THEY GET LOGISTICAL STRATEGICALLY SMART POINTS LIKE THAT. >> YES. SO THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS ALWAYS THINK ABOUT AIRFIELDS RAIL HEADS AND RAIL LINES AND SECURING THEM IN BETWEEN CITIES. THIS CONVOY, AS YOU SEE RIGHT HERE. NOTICE THE SPACING. THIS IS A CONVOY THAT'S NOT WORRIED ABOUT AIR STRIKES OR AIR POWER. IF THEY WERE THEY'D BE MUCH MORE DISCIPLINED. THIS IS NOT THE SOVIET ARMY THAT I LEARNED ABOUT WHEN I WAS AT WEST POINT, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS IN TERMS OF THESE LOGISTICS IS THEY'RE STARTING TO BUILD UP COMBAT POWER. WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE THEY'RE AT NOW AS THEY BRING THIS IN. THEY WILL HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT ENLARGEMENTS WHICH THEY CAN FOCUS ON, WHICH WILL THEN CONTROL THE REAR AREA. THE BIG MISTAKE OF THIS PLAN. IF YOU FAIL IN THE FIRST WEEK AS YOU HAVE MAJOR POPULATION CENTERS BEHIND YOUR REAR LINES AND EVERYTHING IS IN IN THE FIGHT FROM HERE ON OUT IS ABOUT FOOD FUEL AND AMMUNITION. RUSSIA'S ABILITY TO DO THAT VERSUS UKRAINE'S AND THIS IS WHERE AS THEY BUILD OUT THIS ENLARGEMENT, YOU'LL SEE HERE. AND FROM HERE, ONCE THEY START TO UNIFY THESE, THEY NOW CAN BRING IN MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF LOGISTICS. MUCH, MUCH QUICKER. MEANWHILE, UKRAINE'S ABILITY TO RESUPPLY AND ALL OF THOSE CLASSES SUPPLY WILL GO DOWN. AND SO WAR OF ATTRITION WILL ESSENTIALLY SAID IN I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH, TOUGH SLOG AND IT REALLY COMES OUT OF THE QUESTION IS WHAT WILL THE ARE WE GOING TO LET THIS HAPPEN SLOWLY AND WATCH IT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY REALLY FALL INTO RUSSIA'S HANDS. >> COULDN'T THANK YOU SO MUCH. REALLY GREAT INFORMATION THERE. AND OBVIOUSLY A LOT TO KEEP OUR EYES ON THE STREET TO HAVE YOU THERE. THANKS. COMING UP, THE WAR IN UKRAINE, MAKING AN IMPACT ON THE WORLD OF SPORTS. NEXT. MORE ON HOW ATHLETES IN ORGANIZATIONS ARE WEIGHING IN ON THE VIOLENCE. YOU'RE WATCHING MORNING NEWS
NOW. ♪ >> NEWS IS MORE THAN A >> AND THE SPORTS WORLD. THIS WEEK WE'RE HEARING A DIFFERENT KIND OF RALLYING CRY WE'RE HEARING CALLS FOR UKRAINE'S FREEDOM. MORE ATHLETES AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF THE COUNTRY BY THE DAY. HERE'S NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT MORGAN CHESKY. ♪ >> THE INTERNATIONAL SPORTS ARENA SOUNDING OFF RESPONDING FROM LINKED TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE. A BIT OF THAT SPORT IS A PLATFORM FOR WHICH WHICH WHICH HELPED, WHICH CAN HELP SPREAD THE WORD TO TO CHANGE THE WORD IN SOME WAYS ATHLETES AND SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS TAKING ACTION WAS A CLEAR A CRITICAL DECISION FROM ALL THE PLAYERS WHO THOSE ARE ALL THIS FOR US SIMPLY HAVE TO BOYCOTT THIS GAME'S >> YOU. WE HAVE A WORLD RUGBY AND THE INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION ALL BANNING RUSSIAN NATIONAL TEAMS FROM PARTICIPATION. I THINK THAT SPORTS HAS TO REPRESENT THIS. >> SOMETHING TOO, TO SAY. HOW SO? YOU ARE. WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO SHOW THE WORLD WE DON'T AGREE WITH THAT SPORTS LIKE FORMULA ONE ROWING SKIING AND VOLLEYBALL RESPONDED SWIFTLY CANCELING EVENTS AND BANNING HOSTING OPPORTUNITIES, QUOTE, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE WORLD ATHLETICS COUNCIL WHICH OVERSEES TRACK AND FIELD CROSS COUNTRY RACE WALKING AN ULTRA RUNNING ALSO SANCTIONING RUSSIAN AND BELARUS IAN ATHLETES UNDERSTAND RUSSIAN ATHLETES AREN'T DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THAT WAR. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FROM THEIR SIDE TO TALK ABOUT AND TALKED TO. THEY DON'T AGREE WITH THE WAR BECAUSE SOURCE THE SUMMER SOLUTION, INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING ORGANIZATION FAENA DIDN'T BAN RUSSIAN AND BELARUSIAN ATHLETES BUT IS REQUIRING THEM TO COMPETE NEUTRALLY WITH NO NATIONAL SYMBOLS COLORS OR FLAGS. THE GROUP ALSO STRIPPED RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN OF THE FAENA ORDER AWARD GIVEN TO HIM BACK IN 2014 BUT THE BACKLASH DOESN'T IN HERE, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT CALLED ON THE OWNER OF ENGLISH FOOTBALL CLUB. CHELSEA ROMAN ABRAMOVICH A RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE TO HAND OVER CONTROL OF THE TEAM AFTER ALMOST 20 YEARS AT THE HELM AFTER HANDING OVER CONTROL TO THE TEAM'S CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. HE CONFIRMED IN A STATEMENT WEDNESDAY THAT HE IS TRYING TO SELL THE TEAM SPORTS MARKETING CAMPAIGNS ALSO BEING AFFECTED GERMAN SPORTS COMPANY ADIDAS HALTED ITS 14 YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RUSSIAN FOOTBALL UNION SUPPORTERS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COUNTRY IN ANOTHER REASONABLE WAY >> A FREE OTHER FREE COUNTRY. SHOULDN'T BE. IT SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN. >> AND THIS WILL COME PETITIONS SOME RUSSIAN ATHLETES THINK THE BANDS ARE A QUOTE, UNFAIR SOLUTION DANIEL CAVEAT AND ALPINE FORMULA. ONE RESERVE DRIVER SHARING A POST ON TWITTER THAT SAYS SPORT SHOULD REMAIN OUTSIDE POLITICS AND BANNING ATHLETE. PARTICIPATION GOES AGAINST WHAT SPORTS TEACHES US AND ITS PRINCIPLE. >> THE UNITY AND PEACE. WE ALWAYS SAY THAT WE SHOULDN'T COMBINED POST SPORTS. OBVIOUSLY I AGREE UP TO A POINT TELL IT TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE KOREAN AND THAT THEY HAD. >> THEY'RE LEAK STOPPED THEIR THEIR SPORT. THIS IS NOT THE THINGS THEY CAN THINK ABOUT RIGHT NOW. THEY FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES. BUT SOME OF RUSSIA'S MOST PROMINENT SPORTS STARS ECHOED THE WORLD. >> ANTIWAR MESSAGE. PLEASE. NO MORE. YOU IT DOESN'T WHO IS IN THE CRANE, DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. I THINK WE LIVE IN. WE'RE WE HAVE TO LIVE IN PEACE. >> ALL RIGHT. OUR THANKS TO MARKET HAS GIVEN THAT REPORT. THAT DOES IT FOR THIS HOUR OF MORNING NEWS NOW THAT THE NEWS CONTINUES RIGHT NOW. ♪
