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Residential buildings do not. like this one. there has been a push in new york and the city council in the past to do that, but it is extensive. landlords have complained about how much that would cost to upgrade. there are no discussions about whether that needs to be pushed through. also, there are no fire escapes on this building. updated buildings now have internal stairwells, that we can see these older buildings what happens when residents are faced with that smoke and fire. many had to wa...

>> welcome back to dateline. the walton boys had made it out of the west gate mall which was still a scene of terror. but their mother, katherine, and her three girls, were still trapped inside, and then, a man holding a gun approached them. the next moments would be critical. here is kate snow with the conclusion of our story. >> for more than four hours, katherine walton, her girls, and the kenyan woman helping them, huddled in a hiding space barely bigger than a bathtub closed off from the ou...

Members of opec which limits all supplies so it is not clear how much progress will be made on that front. some breaking news. we hear that the international committee of the red cross president has arrived in ukraine. he is in kyiv on a planned five—day visit to ukraine, so we have just had that news coming through as well. he is calling for greater humanitarian access and greater humanitarian access and greater protection of civilians. and there are a number of areas that are effectively enc...

Havent met very many refugees or many people from mariupol because the city has been blocked. on march 15th the first convoy of humanitarian -- sorry, excuse me, of civilian cars were able to escape, 4,000 cars in that first convoy. this is not a humanitarian corridor, the humanitarian corridor there in mariupol have failed every single day because the russians have not let humanitarian aid in, have attacked any kind of buses that have been attempting to go evacuate people. so the only way peopl...

Neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain performance. more brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think bigger. the city of mariupol, one of the epicenters in russias punishing assault on civilians. thousands of people remain trapped there. but, those who managed to escape share their experiences with nbcs mary hunter. >> for 16 days, the russians have besieged, and starved out, the city of mariupol. from above, it is unrecognizable. 80, to 90% of the buildings, destroyed, according to c...

Russian push in the western part of the country. the city occupied so far, peaceful protests there but also a development. >> theres reason to believe, john, today, russian forces used some sort of force to suppress the protest. occupied for two weeks. the population protesting the population on and off and according to videos we see out of the city, theres been another protest. people wrapped in flags, initially expressing their dissatisfaction but you can hear gunfire. you can hear explosions....

Devastating effect. and we should warn you that what youre about to see may be disturbing. from the sky, mariupol looks like a ghost town, but trapped inside, at least 100,000 civilians without food or water, as russia intensifies its efforts to pound the city into submission. in chernihiv, russian bombs obliterated this bridge, cutting off the main escape route for civilians fleeing the horror. and in the countrys second-largest city of kharkiv, the historical center came under attack. and, yet...

"it could have been me," she sobbed. for those still trapped inside, a desperate run for it, this car driving at break-neck speed as it comes under constant gunfire. and here, at this childrens hospital in kyiv, we met 13-year-old volva, brought here after the car he was escaping in with his parents was shot at by russian forces. i see you have a big scar. wow. you were shot in your face? "a bullet hit he here," he tells us. "my back has a big wound. two bullet were removed. one is still inside....

Humanitarian corridor for today. i mean, weve been here before and nothing has transpired so if youre trapped inside, how can you even take their word that you can get out safely? >> russians understand whats keeping us doing that, because our hands are tied by civilians, by children. we will be fighting much, much more fierce if we have this chance to let them out. russians are independent. they expect our position will be weakened because of this. hopefully we can withstand it. we want to crea...

Their conscience is in a bad way. our main interest is what the russian people think about this situation. as for evidence of apparent russian atrocities, the kremlin calls those provocations and fakes. whenever russia is accused of anything, be it the poisonings in salisbury or, in this case, atrocities in ukraine, the reaction from the authorities is much the same — deny everything and point the finger back. because the kremlin has total control of the media here, its able to persuade many r...