today. i never seen more places open in the city. i think there's a defiance, there's a proud defiance. and i know you saw this while you are here to. upright defines among the people of this is part of their standing. it's russia, if they're not fighting, they're trying to live their lives. >> i'm gonna ask you of the snow happens because every night when i was there, i would see people stop and watch presidency come out at about 11:30 at night. and tonight's address, he had very strong words about russia. when did he say? >> he did. i'm gonna quote from, it because they were powerful, and you are right. he's on all the time, people have got the tvs on wherever they are. their watch and listen those words. as wards tonight were directed at russia and there was strong. they said russia will be miked as a source of evil for targeting civilians. he goes on to say that the russian military will be written in history as the most barbaric and inhumane army in the world. what he's talking about here, it may sound bombastic. it may sound like hyperbole. but when he citing as what you and i are witnessing every day. and that is the direct and deliver targeting of civilians. not just with a shell here and a missile there. we're seeing the raising of entire cities. you've seen those aerial pictures of cities like mariupol and elsewhere, i mean, it looks like dresden and world war ii, right? so. the saudis talking about their. and by the way, there are lot of ukrainian officials walking the streets of bucha and elsewhere to document what they are seeing our war crimes they're going to be prosecutions the come. >> this morning for jim, but it's time to go to bed yet some, rust will see you tomorrow. thank you sir, be safe. this is not lamented night, eastern ukraine under attack as russia launches a new more brutal face of vladimir putin's invasion. and ukrainian forces in mariupol make what maybe their last stand. we're gonna explain, the queen marine commander speaking with cnn, begging for an international evacuation and saying they're been days or hours left. hundreds of those persevering's seeking shelter in the steel plant. as ukrainian officials say russian forces are bombing and shelling it. thousands more hiding across the besieged city they used to be home. cnn's not in mariupol, the reuters shot this video, take a look. that, as ukraine releases a chilling alleged communications intercept. they say that this is a russian ground unit commander saying that russian planes are planning to, quote, level everything to the ground. at the steel plant, going on to say this. >> we are expecting surprises from russia here. >> what kind of surprises? >> three ton ones from the sky. >> cnn cannot vouch for the authenticity of the recording, but ukrainians previously released intercepted radio traffic of russian soldiers. more on that in just a moment here on this program. volodymyr zelenskyy saying this tonight about russia's army. >> forever, the russian army will be written in history as the most barbaric and inhumane army in the world. >> and if you have any doubt, this does it all. vladimir putin awaiting an honorary title to the brigade accused of committing war crimes and bucha. the horrible, disarming images seared into our memories. bucha. the sandal forever be synonymous with the brutal slaughter of civilians. where those russian forces withdrew, leaving bodies in the streets, lying there where they died. and one report an honors his forces for what he calls there, quote, great heroism and courage. >> we've got a lot to get to tonight, we're gonna begin in mariupol. the last time for forces defending that besieged city. cnn's matt rivers. >> for the biden desperate citizens of mariupol, the chilling new threat has emerged. the security service of ukraine, or sbu, released a provided communication center set of a russian ground unit commander who said russian aircraft or planning to, quote, level everything to the ground. >> cnn kong vouch for the authenticity of the recording, but the sbu has previously released audio from intercepted radio traffic revealing russian soldiers discussing killing and raping civilians. bolstering allegations of work rams by russian troops. military service of also noted a tendency of russian troops to use unsecured communications in ukraine. for now, a green commanders as russian forces are, quote, willingly bombing and shelling the plant. the sprawling complex unlikable southeast, that once employed more than 10,000 people. it's unclear omni cream forces are at the site, but one commander says that the russians are using free fall bombs, rockets, bunker buster bombs, another artillery at the facility. but you posted on government social media, where cnn cow verify, shows dozens of women and children who say they've been staying under the facility for weeks, holding out against russian attacks. the surrender that line, russian forces issued ukrainian troops, has now expired. but the russian military official in charge of the operation say they will allow the civilians safe passage out of the area. >> russian leadership will guarantee safe evacuation of each and every civilian, as well as the safety of the humanitarian convoys movement in any direction the choose. >> it's unclear the ukrainians will take the word of the russian general who has himself been accused of excesses during the mariupol campaign. not all of mariupol civilians are in the steel factory. tens of thousands are trying to survive in other parts of the city. cnn's not in mariupol, but the reuters news agency found these people cooking outside a residential building on monday. they're chopping wood to make a fire to boil water, make some soup, and even make some pancakes. this woman, getting a boys hair, says, quote, they need to quickly fix the water supply problem. i can we live without water? it's horrible. and this woman says this bombardment -- >> to be honest, we are not well. i'm not the problems after airstrikes, that's for sure. i'm really scared. when i hear, plane i just went away. >> and cnn actually spoke to the commander of the ukrainian marines that were holed up inside that steel plant complex. he said that the people inside don't trust the russians when they say they will provide safe passage for the soldiers in the civilians that are inside there. he's actually calling on a third-party country to provide and evacuation route for all the people that are holed up inside there. that's how much the people there don't trust the russians, and as he was speaking to us, our commander said, this may be the last statement, because when have a few days, or even hours, left. don? >> matt rivers, thank you so much. on a bring in ed lavandera live in the capital city of kyiv. ed, hello to you. president zelenskyy's going russia the source of evil for targeting civilians. russia is now focus on the donbas region in the east. i can't tell us about the fighting their? >> it's been another day of heavy bombardment, don, and various cities there in eastern ukraine. from kharkiv down south, into the lungs and the most regions. and it's been intense. there has been three people killed, 16 wounded in kharkiv. the bumping intensifies as you get into some of those smaller cities and villages there in eastern central ukraine and that is why you're hearing from ukrainian officials, pleading with people to evacuate to safety as quickly as they can that they're running out of time, and he described in more particular city, that have been taken over by russian forces, where there are a number of people left behind. civilians that weren't able to get out in time. union officials are describing those people simply as hostages. so, that bombardment continues. we anticipate to see more of that as russian forces really try to soften up ukrainian military forces there on the ground. and perhaps in lights in anticipating more of a ground incursion in the days ahead. so, expect more of this bombardment to continue. >> adds, relaying that keeps deputy mayor requested 200,000 respirators on the chance that there's a potential chemical opens attack. what's up with the? >> yeah, these respirators, essentially got masks, there's still a concern, and it's backed up by u.s. intelligence official who says that they do not believe that the risk of russians using chemical weaponry is still something that could very likely happen. and they often to support that. and there's also an issue with just getting gas mask supplies and respirators in a timely fashion. there's a great deal of demand for this kind of equipment. and so, getting it into the country would be very difficult. it will be a logistical challenge. i believe that's why you are seeing this request for the storm to thousand gas masks to get a little bit ahead of what could be logistical problems and getting that kind of equipment here into the country. but the bigger picture is that they don't really believe that -- or they believe there's ally risk that russia uses chemical weapons here at some point, even here included in the area around kyiv. >> yeah, listen this one tragic sore after another. you reported today on us and looking for his missing father near kyiv. tell us about that. >> yeah, this is a 22-year-old man whose father won missing on march 8th the last eczema surges the soil from his father was that he was driving into some areas just west of kyiv to help evacuate a friend. in areas that are being taken over by russian forces. and, this has been a soggy offer this family of trying to track down where the father's. he has disappeared, they've not been able to find him. they've only really been able to start driving around in the last week. and so, they go everywhere, a search, looking for his car,'s description of, them and have no luck so far. you go to police stations and some people on the streets asking them if they had pictures of his father. to see if they had any luck. and this really highlights, don, the challenge on the overwhelming nature of what is left in the wake of russian forces evacuating this area around northern kyiv. hundreds of people buried's in mass graves when you i identified the conditions of the bodies. it's an describable jam, so to be able to identify the victims of this war is a challenge. and there is no such away families like this to be able to figure out and put all the pieces of this puzzle together. so it just remains a mystery. this family, this father, as far, no simply vanished. >> heart wrenching, it's an exposed kabul why they're doing this. thanks edelman there, we appreciate reporting. . russia says it is a new phase of vladimir putin's war, but i much worse will things yet? 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, >> sadly i expect more of the same barbarians that we've seen. we know moscow's not permitted and you really mentoring corridors. it has, and by, faith established those which have been violated. and that's where that commanders calling for a third country to provide assurances and safe passage for civilians out of mariupol. but putin wants to ensure the surrender of mariupol. and his, mind the way to do that stimulus, as well as military. and that's a very sad situation. >> on top about this it under million dollar package that cnn's hearing about in ukraine. exactly details are still being discussed by president biden. he says the u.s. ponce the sudden moratory. as long as military aid cues, falling this ukraine still in this fight? >> i don't have any doubt that ukraine will ultimately win. the only question is, how much bloodshed ukraine will have to suffer? and the more military aid we send, the more powerful military decent, worsened, those ukrainian side lives will be lost. so, today the aid package or hearing about is good news. it reflects the fact that the aid package we heard about last week which was also good news was not good enough news. so last, week we decided to send 18 units, let's long-range artillery. that was much too little. now we're hearing about long-range artillery, multiple rocket launches. so we are making incremental progress in the right direction. >> there's also security assistance and sanctions that president biden discussed on a call with world leaders. what more can the u.s. and the west to at this point, ambassador? >> i would say that, on sanctions, the administration has been consistently strong. although perhaps, not always as far as i would like. and our weapon is not a strong. we can provide most of the weapons ukraine needs ourselves, and should be doing that. and we should be changing our minds about getting fighter planes and bombers to ukraine. we should've some those months ago. we should make that decision not doesn't them. we should also encourage the germans the some tanks. the germans are once again being skittish, given their sorry history in commentating moscow's russians. they can change, that we can encourage them. we can do more work with our allies and partners on additional sanctions. but, again the but administration is moving in the resurrection, just a little too slowly. >> does the president time anyone in his ear that is speaking truth to power as you are in this program? >> well, there are other people like me. people or knowing ukraine while are making these points. >> but are the right people hearing them? we are telling our audience, but i wonder if the national security advisers are hearing this? >> my sons, as the chairman's hearing this and is making the right argument on the inside. that's my understanding. >> the blade in targeting of civilians just goes on. there's also the news that president putin is honoring the russian brigade behind atrocities in bucha. one message does that sound test forces, and to the word, really, donner such atrocity? >> well, i think putin had two reasons for doing that. of course, it is awful. one, his war is a war against civilians, as well as against the military. so these guys did exactly we wanted. so angsting courage other russian troops to do the same. so he's rewarding them. but also, it shows this contempt for the west, and for our values. for humane treatment of civilian population ha. so it's a way of demonstrating that condoms. but is also discourages soldiers to do more of the same. which is another reason why i think our policy get stronger overtime. our initial reluctance is partly overcome by seeing just how vicious putin's war is. and how, and essence, if we cared all weather canyon people, we have no choice but to give them the arms to defeat this very evil invasion. >> a very important voice that we like hearing on this program, thank yermak. sources telling cnn the u.s. is having trouble tracking the weapons they're sending into ukraine. as their possibility the bands of in russian hands? i'm gonna ask former marine commanders in kyiv jenning ukrainian troops. that is s next. why why likewise i've done doing by royal like when i talk to like hula talk to i'm doing on melissa throw seven more planes filled with a to ukraine on their way in the next 24 hours was part of the latest multi million dollar package of security assistance to ukraine. the pentagon says the u.s. has so far sent more than 2.6 billion dollars worth of security aides and so began its invasion into ukraine, including stinger missiles, javelins, helicopters. so isis asean oscars of english is tracking the government. joining me now, retired colonel and room open. he's a retired special operations commander. thank you for joining, appreciate you. we are so grateful you hear. >> thanks. >> part of the issues that u.s. does not have a troop presence on the ground distribute oversee the supplies documents what's going on. you say too much eight is being piled up in the viva. so when you to be done to make sure the midlands up to go? >> let me explain the problem. if you do not have control of every node and e-logistics supply pipeline, it off control of that pipeline. it is known get of sending millions of equipment the country, when not a single member of the military -- no-knock russian policy. not a single member of the military can cross the border. not only the, not a single contractor. and the coordination, frankly, is dreadful. so, yes, for number reasons, stuff is piling up innovative. meanwhile, units in the front line are going short of everything. don, you don't even have to believe me on this. if you guys do some investigative reporting, but you do, i know, we gladly escort a cnn reporter to a unit on the frontline. i will show you what we mean. and we won't pick when you know, we begin this right across the front. violent guys bleed out. this almost incomprehensible frozen army on the 21st century, they lack sufficient janet gets. they like i facts. the electron markets. yeah like a means of transport casualties of the nearest hospital. meanwhile, lviv is full of ngos. vardy, there living the life of riley. and you can blame them? they're not allowed outside lviv. again, it off to believe me. sentiments of the country, i'll show you this is true. the problem is that most reporters here are in an echo chamber. they are in lviv. the driver, around they see soldiers and jack was where it get it out. what about the hospitals? then hospitals? why the hospitals on the frontline struggling? why is the ukrainian military suffering? i'll tell you why. because the hospitals icons of the country don't get beyond lviv. you're off to believe me, -- >> carnal, i respect your fashion. i respect your passion. no, no, no, i would offer solutions. so i want to help you. you said people are bleeding on this fine lines. i get you, i believe you, okay. so then what's the solution? would you need? >> one of the solutions issues organizations like mine. we are not for profit. i don't get to make money out of this. but at, least reach into country to my knowledge, or one of the few organizations and country with americans. i do ask your viewers to check us out. the multi group.com. if you're kind enough to donate, that's great, that help us. but gillis line jeopardy. we were doing, as was shaking stuff loose for warehouses. voila also got contacts and poland, germany, and we can ensure that the stuff gets in the hands of units that media. and primarily, because we've elevated bond with, we focus on special patients units were in the fight. again, it off to leave me. we are obviously documents us turning the stuff over. so, it's a no lose situation for the u.s. government. incumbents of lee, you're just pounding the head against the wall by not looking at resources that are available in country to ensure equitable distribution. i just want to -- >> let me out. understand where you're saying, because on eisman time with jose andrés, as the same retape in bureaucracy is was going supplies for food, right? and water, and those sorts of things. it exists with that. and his organization is able to get through that. the government bureaucracy. so again, you're suggesting, suarez helping people on the front lines to get through all the red tape, at the time it takes a very valuable time forgetting that equipment to people who needed the most. >> yeah, that's correct. there's one other organization that is an ngo. the most out group was not an ngo, because we do dreadful things like train ukrainians defend themselves, which involve weapons training, which means that, we can't be registered. by, the ukraine freedom alliance, allows the viewers, it's one organization that i know. we work with them to get units that need it. if you feel about uncomfortable contributing money town organization that does include non-straining, come back i will take care and other stuff that we do, then by all means, please look at the ukraine freedom alliance. again i'm philander son has that extraordinary human being. i guarantee you, every penny donated to the organization goes to the good. and sadly, you cannot say that across the board. and again, you're off to believe me, don. as the mommy casualties they're treating. right now. >> i get, it you guys on the grounds. >> these unsure hospitals have foresaw says, they have equal stacked up. meanwhile, or begging and stealing to get vehicles do gives giannis on the frontline so they can evacuee there on casualties. it's not like they're doing bad things with these vehicles. again, go to lviv, going poker and in these and you hospitals, but if i was a donor to one of those large organizations, i would be a little upset that any of the frontline, and you are at all, it's not just u.s. g, it's across the board. the mining. there's 126,000 kilometers, square kilometers of this country that ukrainian governments have said is uninhabitable from unexploded ordinance. where the demanding a jobs? they fled the country. they'll baghdadi. along with the awesome to see on the one or two. you're off to believe me, start asking around. >> no, we believe you. the reason i said earlier -- >> don, emil. with only organization right now are focusing on helping the ukrainian government with the mining. at a meeting today with emoji, there are very grateful. we have volunteers and extraordinary ghana's asian in south africa was backing us for this. lastly green government, as coming casualties they taking. civilians, not just military, a lot of civilians and occupied areas because russians have littered this area with cluster munitions. >> i understand, listen, i respect your fashion, these i wanted you to get to the solution sooner, because i know this, we have learned that time together. so not being, route i just know that as we get to the break out some point. i want you to get your point across in the time that we have allotted. so you've got on a long time, but appreciated. oh you side, i think it's very valid, and there's lots of things i need to be done to get the help to where it is needed the most. i don't know if you have a cnn impact or world full screen that we can put up, but collect they're gonna's a shuns virologist missions. also go to cnn.com/impact, you can find on our economic interviewed as well. thank you colonel, be safe, we're gonna be back, because when you're more but this, thanks so much, okay? 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>> seems like it's being sold exact same way that's been sold this entire time, which is, a very cleaned up sanitized version of what we're all seeing. this being saw doesn't victory for liberation of ukraine. the mission that there were no massacres. if there are vázquez, the poppy nazis. to these people are with getting awarded medals to. >> how many that russian soldiers will, take julio, before prince ask for accountability from vladimir putin? >> i really don't think we should count on that, for several reasons. one is that, there was no mask movement in the u.s. when the body backside coming home from iraq. people, especially branch allows children, don't want to think that their children have died in vain. they want to believe that they are heroes, that the defense on thing. and, that inadvertently, feeds to the government message that this war, whatever was being bought, it is necessary. and that was in the society that is pretty much free, and russia, people are scared. their approach that, when families are told about distance being killed, that they're being told on threatened by the russian military to not on speak about a child's death. on plaintiff management. and, you know, these are sons coming from very depressed and economically underserved regions of russia, where this is really the only way up and out for many of these young men. and, between that, and the fear and the propaganda. i think people really believe that their sons are dying for something. and they don't think, that they think they will die in vain. they are too afraid to speak up. and because as lonely economic opportunity in these regions, they're all the more reluctant to speak up about it. so, i wouldn't expect any kind of mass movement. there's also a society that is really come to devalue human life. , and feel that their lives and worth much of anything >> putin praising this brigade that help bucha for, quote, protecting russia sovereignty and national interest. the sending a signal that these worms are happening with this blessing? you just said it's dehumanizing. the value human life. but it was this message? i don't understand? >> the message from the government all along is that, what happened and we chose a provocation. that was a false flag operation to humiliate russia. and that either these things didn't happen, or they happened and were -- any number of versions of what happened floating out there these are ukrainians going, russians russian schooling nazis, these were fake bodies and dummies scattered around the streets but on top of that, i think this is a message of defiance from putin, saying, we don't care what you say about us. if you say their war criminals, whistle where the metals. and will sow doubt as to what they did over there. in one ball to your pressure, your moral pressure. we want our troops to fight ruthlessly until subjugate the population. >> julia, thank you. i'll see you soon. appreciate it. >> thanks don. >> he's only black republican senator. tonight he's railing against critical race theory. with senator tim scott saying about it. that's next. that's next. . it was just a lot of fun. just to talk to my parentsts about it and to send it t to my grandparents and be like, hey this person we're all related to look at this crazy stuff they did in arizona 100 years ago. it actually gives you a picture of their life, so you get to feel like you're walking the same path they did. ♪ ♪ the mosquitoes are just all over the quiet please. okay. wow! 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[ applause ] to fix that, we should demand that parents have access to their child's kcurriculum. >> let's discuss with ana navarro and cnn political analyst natasha alfred are both here. hi, everyone. senator scott digging in on critical race theory. kids notsorers oppressors, what did you think of his speech? >> interesting and powerful because it's hard to argue with tim scott because tim scott is a black man who grew up in the south. so when he says this is what i live and you can call me this and do this and that, it's hard to argue with somebody's lived experience. i also thought it was interesting he was doing it and is or used to be lhallowed groud for republicans. he's not doing it at mar-a-lago or cpac but at the regan library. he kept bringing up abraham lincoln and ronald reagan. i'm not sure either of them can get past a republican primary in today's republican party. it sounded to me like the speech of somebody that wanted to go further than the senate. that being said, i am disappointed that he didn't speak more about the need to read "beloved" by tony morrison and didn't read "the cage bird sings" by maya angelou and learning the history of emmet teal to put in the context the reaction of george floyd's death. this idea that people want to make little white children feel oppressed is a manufactured outrage. and it's being used by some to erase the teaching of history. and that is where i think tim scott's voice needs to be raised. >> natasha, glenn youngkin won the race in virginia on the campaign of parental rights. is the playbook trade and true at this point? are democrats doing to fight back here? >> well, don, it's a winning strategy. when you look at all of the bills that have been introduced to essentially silence the teaching of real history, they have identical language. these bills are trying to silence any talk of white privilege and what they do, which is really, really strategic is they constantly bring up mlk, dr. martin looloourt luther king junior which i wish they would stop and use the line about color blindness. this is not what dr. king necessarily stood for ignorance, he stood for us knowing the truth of what is going on in this country and in fact, some argue that's why he died because he was speaking about the truth. so you can turn a blind eye to the issue. kids are going to see what is happening in this country and it's a question whether we empower them with a historical complex to understand it or allow them to stay ignorignoran >> there is a difference judging by content of character and skin. the two are not synonymous and do not mean the same thing, natasha. >> yeah, unfortunately, we have a generation that will not be able to tell the difference if you remove these conversations from the classroom or if you create legislation that has a chilling effect for teachers, right? who fear if they have certain conversations they will be punished and that is the entire intent is to chill that conversation and it's unfortunate it keeps happening. it's history repeating itself, which means we never learn from it. >> quick response, anna, please. >> i don't know that it's such a trade and true and it will get tested, right? it will get tested in november, a trade and true formula because it's not actually being implemented. it not just a theory and campaign slogan and we're seeing teachers quit and math books, math, math books be banned because of crt and offensive content. we are seeing a war against disneyworld and in the meantime, people like me in florida are sitting here going well, we need access to home insurance. we need access to affordable housing. we need something to be done about the condo laws so that buildings don't collapse and kill the people trapped in there and our state government is so busy legislating and waging manufactured wars against mickey mouse and disneyworld and against "beloverd" and maya angelou but the needs of floridians isn't being met. i'm not sure if five more months of this will be as good as republicans think it was. >> we'll see. >> this is is always effective because it's personal, right? it worked during segregation. it is a tactic that is meant to divide and it's meant to play to people's fears, that's what they are doing. >> thank you both. appreciate it. we'll be right back. are you taking a statin drug to reduce cholesterol? it can also deplete your coq10 levels. i recommend considering qunol coq10 along with your statin medi. the brand i trust is qunol (music throughout) this is "don lemon tonight." ukraine saying it's intercepted russian communications declaring their military's intent to level a steel plant sheltering hundreds of civilians. that's in mariupol,