people are heading back to the office and out with friends across the city. prop a ensures that muni delivers you there quickly and safely. with less wait time and fewer delays. and a focus on health and safety in every neighborhood through zero emissions fleets. best of all, prop a won t raise your taxes. vote yes on prop a for fast, safe, reliable transit. a very good day for all of you in msnbc headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news out of ukraine. just hours ago, first lady jill biden made a surprise trip crossing over the slovakian border into the war zone in ukraine. doctor biden met with ukrainian first lady olena zelenskyy in a mother s day show of solidarity for all the woman fleeing russia s invasion. the first lady saying why she thought it was important to make this trip. i thought it was important to show the ukrainian people that this war has to stop. this war has been brutal. people of the united states, and the pe
about five hours from what russia s defense ministry calls a ceasefire offer in the port city of mariupol. but ukraine fightered holed up there say it s really just a demand for surrender and they will not give up. russian media released drone video of the steel factory. ukraine says hundreds of civilians are taking shelter there as well. marine commander says about 500 wounded service members are also there, left to rot without medical care. russia s assault on mariupol is a key part of its offensive in ukraine s industrial heartland known as the donbas. moscow says it wants to liberate the region from ukrainian nationalists. new video shows some of the damage of a shopping center and grocery store in luhansk. the camera pans across the street, another building destroyed by strikes. and farther to the north in kha kharkiv, graphic video which we also need to show you. russian shelling killed at least three people and wounded 16 others. ukraine s president says incoming fire
similarly, the financial times reports that russian missile strikes on lviv has led to the death of seven people. the metro leads on the introduction of half price railfares it means some off peak fares are drastically reduced. the telegraph says ministers are being told to ensure their civil service staff return back to the office to help end the work from home culture. and the sun reports on the death of one of cristiano ronaldo s twins during birth. sad twins during birth. news. but us begin our chat. karen, sad news. but us begin our chat. karen, you can kick us off with these scottish times. the lead story is the next phase of the war has be gone so says president zelensky. yes. this is president zelensky saying that russia has launched the second phase of its invasion of ukraine. shelling coming from the donbas. president zelensky says the battle has begun for the donbas today. there are attacks all across ukraine today including in the western city of lviv which is b
ukraine claims credit for sinking russia s battleship. what that means for the ongoing war and potential response from vladimir putin. meanwhile, a new warning from russia to the u.s. about its involvement in the war. the european union takes a step closer to banning russian oil as putin admits for the first time the sanctions are hurtis hinge country. we are following a number of stories, including a new way to check for covid. how breath tests could reshape the way we track the virus. elon musk has a big plan for twitter if he can find a way to buy it. how the social media giant is responding to the multi-billion dollar offer and what it could mean for free speech. and the january 6th rioter whose lawyer said he was following president trump s orders was found guilty yesterday of all six charges against him. with us for the morning we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico jonathan lemire. former aide to the george w. bush white ho
we ll be taking you live to the west midlands this hour that s where the labour leader sir keir starmer is set to launch the party s local election campaign, alongside his deputy leader angela rayner. elections are taking place in 107 local authorities across england on the 2nd of may. with labourfar ahead in national opinion polls, many conservatives are likely braced for a bad night on 2 may. voters will go to the polls to choose councillors in more than 100 local authorities, as well as 11 mayors, 37 police and crime commissioners, and london assembly members. the labour launch comes after the leaders of the conservatives and liberal demoracts kicked off their campaigns last week. these off their campaigns last week. are the live pictures again these are the live pictures once again from the west midlands where the labour deputy leader angela rayner is addressing the crowd. before i pass on to keir starmer let me say this, i know that some would listen to my speech today