Heavy fighting rages at Mariupol steel plant as the UN renews push to evacuate civilians

Heavy fighting rages at Mariupol steel plant as the UN renews push to evacuate civilians

Russian efforts to seize the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol are meeting fierce resistance Thursday, as Ukrainian fighters continue their last-ditch stand in the port city. This as the United Nations announced a new operation to evacuate some of the 100,000 people still trapped in Mariupol. Nick Schifrin reports again from Kyiv.

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