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Found themselves in danger and three of them at least have been killed. >> clarissa ward, please stay safe. thank you for that update. amid these heightened tensions the u.s. state department began more urgently pushing americans in russia to leave immediately. this weekend wnba player brittney griner of the mercury was detained over alleged drug charges. secretary of state blinken says he can't go into detail about the case but the u.s. is always working to get americans out of russian prisons. joining me from moldova, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken. thanks for joining us. you say r...

Hitting schools, hospitals, residences. they are destroying critical infrastructure that supplies millions across ukraine with drinking water and electricity and with gas to keep from freezing to death, buses, cars, ambulances being shelled. yesterday russian strikes in kyiv struck the capital's main television and radio tower and destroyed the holocaust memorial. the parking garages outside of kyiv were hit and partially collapsed. these are not military targets. they are places where civilians work and families live. kharkiv is one of the largest russian-speaking cities in europe. it's fewer...

Covered in some sprinkles of snow, basically. >> yeah. >> and even -- you can see residents living on both sides of this battle front and people are going back and forth with groceries, water, and they're just kind of moving really quickly. >> let me ask you about the people you met there because we heard from president zelenskyy, his interview with matthew chance, that they need more air cover. ukraine needs support from the u.s., from the west. he says that ukraine going directly at -- i've got to interrupt this conversation. let's go to the secretary of state with a statement. >> the assaul...

This is secretary of state antony blinken moments ago address the u.n. human rights council on russia's continuing invasion of ukraine. have a listen. >> -- pleas to rejoin the u.n. human rights council. more than at any other point in the history, the principles at the heart of this council's work and the entire united nations are being challenged. as we meet, russia is carrying out a premeditated, unprovoked and unjustified attack on ukraine. violating international law, flouting the core principles of international peace and security, and creating a human rights and humanitarian crisis. rep...

Notably, i want to get your thoughts on this, something that senator marco rubio posted last night about the russian leader. he said something is off with vladimir putin. and it would be a mistake to think that putin would act the same way he did five years ago. do you think something is different about vladimir putin now? >> right. i mean, you don't have to be a psycho-analyst to understand that putin is getting worse. his actions are getting more reckless, more bloody, more evil. and that's clear because of what we see on our tv screens. the syria example is really relevant here. because in ...