STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep.
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UKRAINIAN CHORUS DUMKA OF NEW YORK: (Singing in non-English language).
INSKEEP: "Saturday Night Live" usually starts the show with a comedy sketch. This weekend, no laughs. The cold open, as it's called, featured instead a group called the Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York. Candles on stage were arranged to spell out Kyiv as they sang.
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KATE MCKINNON AND CECILY STRONG: Live from New York, it's Saturday night.
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