Melania Trump secures CEASEFIRE for Ukrainian town

. GRIFF: A HERO, INDEED. CHANLEY PAINTER, THANK YOU VERY. MUCH. >>> FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP HAS. BROKERED A CEASEFIRE IN N ONE OF. THE TOWNS ON THE FRONT LINES OF. UKRAINE WHERE RESIDENTS ARE IN. URGENT NEED OF MEDICAL CARE, FOOD AND CLEAN WATER. IN A WHITE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE, SHE SAID, QUOTE, IT WAS. ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT WITHOUT MY. INTERVENTION, THE TO BRING --. THE PROBABILITY TO BRING. HUMANITARIAN SAID AND EVACUATE. THE ELDERLY WOULD BE ABLE POM.

PRESIDENT TRUMP -- IMPOSSIBLE. PRESIDENT TRUMP PRAISING THE. FIRST LADY'S EFFORTS. >> I THINK SHE'S DONE A GREAT. JOB. SHE'S INTO SAVING BABIES AND. BRINGING THEM BACK HOME TO THEIR. PARENTS, AND SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO. DO SOMETHING THAT'S GREAT. SHE'S BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON. IT. SHE WANTS TO SEE BABIES COMING. BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES BETWEEN. RUSSIA AND UKRAINE. THEY WORKED A CEASEFIRE --. GRIFF: JOINING US NOW, MARK WE. CANMAN, CONCERN BECKMAN -- MARK. BECKMAN. IT'S SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU.

YOU'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE. FIRST LADY ON JUST REMARKABLE --. I'VE NEVER IN MY LIFETIME SEEN A. FIRST LADY WITH SUCH A IMPACTFUL. EFFORT WHEN IT COMES TO NOT ONLY. IN THIS CASE THIS KERRSON. PROVINCE TOWN ON THE FRONT. LINES, IT'S TRAPPED. THE ELDERLY CAN'T GET AID IN AND. CAN'T GET OUT, BUT ALSO GOING. BACK THE LAST SUMMER WHEN SHE. BROKERED A BACK CHANNELING WITH. PUTIN TO RELEASE UKRAINIAN. CHILDREN.

HOW DUDS SHE DO IT? >> IT'S AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT IN. TIME. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR FIRST. LADY WITH IMMENSE PRIDE. SHE IS COMPLETELY REVAMPING THE. ROLE OF FIRST LADY FROM SOMEBODY. BUILDING POLICY AWARENESS INTO. ACTION ORIENTED. SHE'S SAVING LIVES. YESTERDAY SHE BROKERED, SINGLE. HANDED SINGLE-HANDEDLY BROKERED. A -- BROKERED A CEASEFIRE. BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE UKRAINE. THE RUSSIAN MILITARY CAME OUT.

AND ANNOUNCED THAT THEY'RE GOING. TO EXPAND THE CEASE CEASEFIRE. TWO DAYS LONGER AND WITHIN A. BROADER REGION IN KERR --. KERRSON. PUT TOGETHER THE FIRST CEASEFIRE. THAT WILL SAVE A CITY, AS YOU. MENTIONED, ELDERLY PEOPLE. IT'S THE FIRST TIME TOWARDS. EVERLASTING PEACE E WITHIN THIS. WAR-TORN REGION. GRIFF WE'VE NEVER HAD A FIRST. LADY WHO COULD BACK CHANNEL AND. DEAL WITH ONE OF OUR GREATEST.

ADVERSARIES, PUTINING. >> WHAT SHE'S DONE IS. INCREDIBLE. BY LEVERAGING THE STRONG. RELATIONSHIPS THAT SHE FOSTERED. TO OVER SIX UNIQUE MOMENTS IN. TIME FOR THE REUNIFICATION OF. UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIAN CHILDREN, 34 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN REUNIFIED. BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS OF OUR. FIRST LADY. BY LEVERAGING THOSE. RELATIONSHIPS, SHE WAS ABLE TO. BRING EVERYBODY TO THE TABLE AND. NEGOTIATE THIS CEASEFIRE. SHE FIRST LEARNED ABILITY ITIT,N. FACT, DURING THE UNITED NATIONS. GENERAL ASSEMBLY, HER EVENT.

FOSTERING THE FUTURE TOGETHER. WHERE SHE HAS 60 NATIONS AS. MEMBERS OF THIS UNIFIED MISSION. TO EMPOWER CHILDREN IN EDUCATION. AND TECHNOLOGY. GRIFF: AND HER EFFORTS IN THE. CASE OF A LESH KEY, SHE'S RAISED. THE POPE'S ATTENTION. TELL ME ABOUT THAT. >> YEAH, IT'S INTERESTING. SO THE FIRST LADY WAS BROUGHT IN. AN INTERMEDIARY BY BOTH. PRESIDENT PUTIN AND PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY, GOING BACK, LIKE I.

SAID, OVER A MONTH AGO. SHE STARTED THE WORK, AND SHE'S. BEEN NEGOTIATING ALL THE WAY. THROUGH. AS A RESULT OF HER. PARTICIPATION, I GUESS SHE. CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE. POPE, WHICH IS GREAT. AND A FEW DAYS AGO HE STEPPED IN. AND SUPPORTED HER EFFORTS AS. WELL WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, VERY. NICE. BUT ULTIMATELY, IT WASAS THE FIT. LADY THAT INITIATED THE PROCESS, MANAGED THE ENTIRE NEGOTIATION. AND THEN YESTERDAY IT WAS AN. AMAZING MOMENT, GRIFF, WHERE. AMERICA, RUSSIA AND UKRAINE ALL. TOGETHER, AMERICA THROUGH VIDEO, ALL THREE OF US WERE TOGETHER.

SIGNING THESE CONTRACTS. GRIFF: YOU SAID THE WORK THAT. REALLY GRABBED ME THERE, AND. THAT IS SHE INITIATED THE. PROCESS. AS HER CLOSE ADVISER, WHAT HAS. IT BEEN LIKE IN TAKE US BEHIND. THE SCENES TO BE9 WITH THE FIRST. LADY THAT LOOKS AT A PROBLEM. LIKE THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND. SAYS, I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING. ABOUT IT, MARC, LET'S DO THIS. >> THE FIRST LADY CONSTANTLY. PUTS CHILDREN AND WOMEN AND NOW. THE ELDERLY ABOVE POLITICAL. IDEOLOGY, ABOVE WAR, E.

GEOPOLITICS, GEOGRAPHY, BACKGROUND, RACE, RELIGION. SHE KNOWS THAT AS PEOPLE IT'S. OUR MISSION -- AND WE SHOULD ALL. COME TOGETHER IN A MORAL. OBLIGATORY WAY -- TO PUT. CHILDREN, WOMEN AND THE ELDERLY. ABOVE THESE DIFFERENCES THAT WE. HAVE. SHE SPOKE ABOUT IT WHEN SHE. ADDRESSED THE UNITED NATIONS. SECURITY COUNCIL, SHE SPEAKS. ABOUT IT REGULARLY, AND SHE DID. IT IN THIS INSTANCE TOO. GRIFF: WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE. MISSION IN. >> WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE. SOME FUN THINGS HAPPENING.

WITH FOSTERING THE FUTURE, WE. HAVE 26 SCHOOLS FROM COAST TO. COAST THAT HAVE 100 FOSTER CARE. KIDS, AMERICAN FOSTER CARE KIDS. IN COLLEGE TODAY. AND IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, YOU'RE. GOING TO SEE BIG THINGS. HAPPENING, GROUND BREAKING AGAIN. WITHIN THE NCAA COMMUNITY. GRIFF: WELL, BRING IT TO US. HERE, WE WILL GIVE IT ATTENTION. BECAUSE IT IS REMARKABLE. THIS FIRST LADY, MELANIA TRUMP, HAS MADE HER MARK.