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Easter putin, signs that accepteding missiles to kill civilians in ukraine. >> that is an important thing. that he would respect that day, but not at all. what is your reaction to high level american representatives of the biden administration being in ukraine over the weekend? and the message they brought? as well as deliverables? >> absolutely. very strong messages, and very strong actions that stand behind those messages. in fact, ukraine was asking for top officials to come and visit ukraine...

>> reporter: we are emerging from an extraordinary war time presidential press conference that was both theatrical and relatively set from russian missiles. president zelenskyy summoned the media deep underground to attend a slickly produced event, in one of kyivs metro stations. there, on one of the platforms, even with the train flying past, took questions on the state of the war, for about two hours. at times he was emotional, especially notably when discussing missile strikes on the city of ...

Causing chaos. i think the ukrainians need to get on the same page with the west very, very quickly. because it also shocked the foreign journalists there. >> what was that. and just -- what your talking about with president zelensky, i said the image that mass media create is that we have troops on the roads an mobilization that is not the case. we dont need this panic. hes blaming the media for being hyperbolic. why is he not only the same page as the biden administration in terms of their rhe...

Long and let him get away with it, what are we going to do now? >> its a great question. i dont want to relit late yesterday and i wish we could but we cant, but thats what i was talking about being a war time leader. we are going to find out the temper of and what kind of individual joe biden is as a war time leader. because thats what this is. what happened yesterday the things should have happened but they didnt. im going to judge everything from today requesting forward. -- going forward. th...

You look at his language and you cant accept that language. i wouldnt accept it tell the president not to accept it you need to are doublely hard and double down on what he said and pushing back on it if thats where you want to go. thats what i was talking about being a world leader and the president now being a war time president. because this is a war that will effect all of us, and he needs to understand that its not a local issue anymore. >> steve: absolutely. the president is going to be sp...

Their homeland the u.s. telling american citizens to get out of ukraine and now russia tom llamas on the ground in a shaken country. the war-time president volodymyr zelenskyy tells his people to stand and fight. his rise from comedian to commander of a nation under siege also just breaking, new york states mask mandate for school students finally set to end and the new normal our series about this new phase in the covid pandemic tonight our investigation into why americans with long covid a...

This televised speech announced war, and then he threatened the united states and all the western countries, he said a couple of words for those who would be tempted to intervene, russia will respond immediately and you will have consequences that you never have had before in your history. what does this mean going forward in a few months a few years for the united states? >> well, ainsley, look, this is one of those what i said about the president being a leader of the free world now and is he ...

Western brands pulling out of the country. this shopper says, "this is the first time ive seen anything like this. it feels like were lined up to buy salt or bread in war time." and tonight, many russian journalists are fearing for their safety. some have already fled the country this week. with todays legislation, others are now packing up and getting ready to go. norah. >> odonnell: roxana saberi in london. well, there are worries about the war in ukraine that sent stocks on a tailspin today d...

And shattered because of the beam that he is facing. ukrainian people and president zelenskyy who is resolute. and when you look at both of them, it reminds me of a napoleonic material as to one. in war time morale counts, will counts and you are seeing that with president zelenskyy. and seeing that with the ukrainian people. you asked a great question how too we resolve this? well, its going to be hard question to answer. the first thing i would say is president biden needs to realize now he is...

Reopening, maybe eventually biden gets credit for that, the political question becomes do they need to, as you put it, gloat more or now were in war time, be steady and sober as she goes? >> when youre in war, i think its a different situation i was talking to you about december about this different world were in now, people are focused on that but people do read these numbers and they feel it. the whole thing, the labor department says they have really low unemployment, people feel low unemploy...