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increasingly unsettled world where long-standing principles are at risk. >> that was vice president kamala harris delivering a commencement speech at west point saturday praising the roughly 950 graduating cadets for their noble sacrifice in serving the country. joining us now on set, lindsay riser. you visited a family whose three daughters went to war but one never made it home tell us about their story. >> the family made international headlines when their daughters were serving at the start of the iraq war. the family never imagined they would be deployed and they were and tragedy struck. now they are channeling their grief to try to help other
his birthday, easter as we speak, i have been persecuted on a level that likes of which the world has never seen, even worse, even worse than the late grea jesus. i know many people are saying, we're very similar [laughter] or both very tall, very popular, and both white americans >> all, right before we go a quick programming note starting tomorrow, estee journalist ana cabrera jones the msnbc reports lined up with her premiere of ann cabrera reports at 10 am eastern. and will kick off coverage a ten, followed by the rest of the msnbc reports lineup until -- that 4 pm eastern. watch i miss msnbc reports o weekdays beginning at 10 a eastern, only on msnbc that wraps up for this hour. i'm lindsay riser. yazmine we'll be back next saturday and sunday at 2 p eastern. and simone starts right now.
>> katie, we should mention yesterday that the house passed a bill that prevents people from punishing -- it does not look like it is going to go anywhere. katie? >> lindsay riser, thank you. we have more on how they have been trying to spin the story on a ten year old dictum after they reported it was true. a person who's running for governor will join me to discuss. moving on now to the january six investigation, the committee has confirmed that they will hold a key primetime public hearing on thursday focusing on donald trump tasha in zoriana action on january six. we are also learning more about patrick burn. he is the former ceo of overstock dot com. he testified before the committee for more than eight hours yesterday. he was, quote, on heinous in an
this is the reality facing a lot of people, hallie. >> lindsay riser live for us. thank you. >> inflation and the economy will be key issues in the midterms and today nbc news is getting the first look at the message and some of them that the democrats will be putting out and the dnc is at stake in a post-roe america. >> republicans are celebrating ending a woman's right to choose. >> this is a moment for incredible celebration. >> what a great victory, and they're not done yet. mike pence wants to ban abortion in every state. mitch mcconnell says a national abortion ban is possible. >> joining us now, nbc white house correspondent mike memoli. a new poll shows 67% of democrats see abortion as the most important problem in the country. do you think this will be a core issue in the midterms? >> well, obviously, hallie, president biden has been taking some heat in his party because he said that this should be a voting issue, right? we see in midterm elections that typically part of the reason the
>> it's not russell. >> it's not russell. >> it's not russell. you could not have shocked me any more. everything i had known my whole life was just gone. this whole time i thought, this guy had done it and it wasn't him. it wasn't him. >> good morning, everybody, lindsay riser live from world headquarters in new york, where we are watching and waiting for vice president kamala harris to address the deteriorating situation at the ukrainian border. we saw secretary of state antony blinken walk in. they are introducing the vice president. she is expected to give a message about what's going on currently in this situation as the president just said yesterday, they have intelligence an attack is imminent, an invasion on ukraine is imminent. we are waiting to hear to watch vice president horizon walk up to this podium.
crisis as ukrainians race to european borders. millions could become refugees looking for new, safe homes. plus, new reaction from around the globe as putin faces new level of sanctions that hit him, directly. we are also tracking other headlines in morning. back home in washington, kimberly guilfoyle meets with the committee. what went wrong and what's next. good morning, it is saturday, february 26th. i'm lindsay riser. i want to show you how major happenedmarks in new york city are lit up in solidarity of the ukrainian building in blue and yellow. the world trade center and one world trade on the right. we have a team of reporters, empire state on the right. reporters following us from you krein to moscow to brussels and d.c. this morning the fight is on for the capital, street fighting has
arms gets the evading troops, video in the last 15 minutes just people in kyiv making molotov cocktails on the street. back here at home, the first primary in the 2022 election, just two days away, how a restrictive voting law has already made a big difference in tuesday's races in texas. welcome, everybody, into another hour of msnbc reports, and our special coverage of the russian invasion of ukraine. i'm lindsay riser, following the latest from ukraine to poland, to belgium, texas. breaking this morning, russian forces have now entered ukraine 's second largest city of kharkiv. they are still trying to overtake the capital of kyiv. flames lit up the night sky there on the outskirts of kyiv, you see, and ukrainian forces and newly recruited volunteers appear to be holding back russian troops for now. president zelenskyy, urging ukrainians to keep fighting, also denying russian reports that he called on his forces to lay down their arms.
confident that they'll get this confirmation? >> reporter: they are feeling confident. part of the calculation that president biden made when he was deciding his nominee was whether or not he felt they could ultimately make it through and get confirmed to the supreme court? we know that president biden, this is something he was preparing for and discussing altar way back to his transition phase. keep in mind that jackson simply needs majority in order to get confirmed. democrats have 50 seats on the senate, plus vice president kamala harris is a tie-breaking vote. that enough right there is enough to get jackson confirmed. as we know, president biden values bipartisan. he wants to get some republican votes and tout her nomination as a bipartisan win. as you mentioned lindsay, just eight months ago, some republicans voted for jackson to confirm her to the seat she holds now. those senators were republicans
our leaders are dame. >> yesterday, i caught up with secretary mike pompeo as well, who also came under scrutiny when he referred to vladimir putin as savvy, and said he had enormous respect for the russian leader here. yesterday, he was quite clear in his repudiation of the russian dictator as well. of course, these images we are all burying witnessed you are now undeniable. lindsey? >> van, thank you. now joining, me miles taylor, former chief of staff of the department of homeland security during the trump administration, and executive director of the new america movement, also with me msnbc political analyst and democratic pollster. so, good morning to both of you. miles, we have trump condemning the assault. but why do you think he continues to praise putin when the rest of the world is trying to isolate him? >> well, lindsay, his backpedalling is simply not believable. this is the same donald trump, who during this administration refused to punish putin when we bring him options to hold the