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And for our future. >> reporter: so a fiery debate, but perhaps failing to engage with a large section of the french electorate. you know, guys, commentators here talking with that this is not a hope election, that people are very cynical here at this point because of the war in ukraine, because of the issues of inflation and the pressures on people's pocketbooks. and many people will be voting without much enthusiasm for who they're voting for. >> nbc's keir simmonds. thank you very much for your reporting. ed luce, what are your thoughts on the french election as it stands right now? >> i ...

Likely, i think you could say, to be opposed to this action. the one man spoke to us in russian said that he was in favor of it, but i think don't underestimate how shocked the russians are. one more point before i leave you. at banks the dollars have run out in many parts of moscow. we are hearing from one of our producers here, joe, that the dollars have run out. what that tells you is that russians are really frightened for their economy, they're frightened for watching the ruble plunge in value. they're going to try to get dollars and they're not able to find them in some of the banks. tha...

President zelenskyy said there are injured soldiers in hospital and he called for a national -- he issued a national appeal for people to donate blood. >> keir simmonds, yesterday madeleine albright, the former secretary of state, wrote an invasion will leave russia diplomatically isolated, economically crippled and strategically vulnerable. that's been the clear-eyed assessment of most western diplomats, western leaders and western observers. this is an attack that does not make sense economically for russia, diplomatically for russia, and, quite frankly, in the long run militarily for russia...

The south. here in maripol there is an uneasy calm. people are clearly nervous. the government has imposed a state of emergency, calling it martial law. many people are lining up for gas, lining up at atms, crowding into supermarkets, but we have seen also more ukrainian troops and tanks pulled closer into the city. so for now it seems that the major urban centers in this country are still under government control and at this point in time the airstrikes carried out by russia and at least one helicopter strike have all been on military facilities. >> richard, stay with us. we want to turn to n...

not because of me. they're tired. >> welcome to "morning joe." it continues, mika. i heard it. i heard it throughout the weekend. i heard it -- i heard it on the sunday talk shows. i heard it around dinner tables with a lot of leaders in america all saying yeah we know trump is not going to win, but we know trump won't be there at the end, but. and i'm starting to hear from relatives and other people that are actually supporting donald trump, a real growing anger that their views are being dismissed when he's so far ahead in one poll after another poll. this weekend, at flurry of pol...