good morning, america. battle zone. the new images from ukraine overnight. russian forces shelling cities, targeting critical infrastructure. the new promise of a partial ceasefire. will it hold? president zelenskyy's new message to his people. his talk with president biden and congress. what he's saying they need right now to fend off the russian attack. new warning from the state department telling all u.s. citizens to depart russia immediately as president putin threatened ukraine's statehood and likened sanctions to a declaration of war. the americans caught in the middle. wnba star brittney griner arrested in russia on drug charges. could she be a political pawn?

seeking safety. 1.5 ukrainians fleeing. the startling scene at this bridge. secretary of state blinken in neighboring moldova, offering support and visiting a welcome center in poland. as more businesses move to isolate russia. could cryptocurrency play a role in this? deadly tornado. a twister outside des moines, iowa, killing at least six people. the magnitude of the damage this morning. ready to fly. covid restrictions easing across most of the country, setting the stage for a vacation boom. the travel mom with advice on how to save. and cheers for coach k., his final home game at duke. celebrities in the stands. >> ladies and gentlemen, your head coach, mike krzyzewski. >> the sweet send-off overnight. good morning, america.

happy to have gio benitez back with us at the desk. russia is advancing in the southern part of ukraine. the city of mariupol under siege, although there's another reported attempt at a partial ceasefire, but reports that ceasefire may not be holding yet again this morning. u.s. citizens in russia facing an upgraded warning from the state department to get out now. this as the national security council lashes out at russia for restricting press freedom and spreading disinformation in an effort to propagate lies. more western businesses cut ties with russia. notably mastercard and visa suspending service in the country, and as the fighting rages on, ukraine says the next round of talks with russia will be held tomorrow. let's get the latest on the ground this morning in ukraine. abc's matt gutman joins us from lviv. matt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit.

you mention those possible talks. they come as ukrainian authorities are saying russia has already broken two humanitarian ceasefires in mariupol. the latest one just this morning. it was an opportunity to get citizens out as vladimir putin is threatening the existence of the ukrainian state. saying he could continue to target civilian infrastructure, roads, power, water, internet and u.s. officials are saying these kinds of attacks are only going to increase. this morning pleas for help from the key port city of mariupol, the scene of a ferocious russian onslaught and for the second consecutive day an attempt at a cease fire just two hours long to allow civilians to flee. the toll of war in that city, unimaginable. this 18-month-old hit by shrapnel. his mother's boyfriend carrying him into the hospital. they tried to save him, but can't.

his mother, marina, collapsing into her boyfriend's arms and sobbing. why, why, why. near kyiv this image, hundreds waiting under a destroyed bridge for their moment to scamper to safety. critical infrastructure in ukraine increasingly targeted. and this morning, new video near kyiv as civilians try to flee at the top of the screen. you can see what appears to be a rocket-propelled grenade firing. it explodes. that man is wounded and you can even hear the howling of the dog in the distance. vladimir putin threatening to strip ukraine of its statehood. calling sanctions similar to a declaration of war. u.s. secretary of state blinken meeting with his ukrainian counterpart on the border with poland to discuss continuing support for the besieged nation. president zelenskyy speaking to 300 members of congress and hill staff in an hour-long video call saturday, pleading for more lethal and military aid and assistance to establish a no-fly

zone over his country. overnight, zelenskyy in a new video telling civilians in his country to go on the offensive. [speaking foreign language] to fight any way they can. underscoring the russian attacks on residential buildings, schools and kindergartens. day after day, the lviv station, the first stop for safety for the traumatized fleeing the war. this little boy crying out mama. the tunnels so packed, refugees could only shuffle forward. they're being evacuated in tour buses, city buses, vans. this elderly woman called me over. she wants a no-fly zone over ukraine. it was too much for her. her grandson had to stay and wanted to talk to us. >> could you go back to your house to try to get what you need? >> house is now destroyed. we don't have anything. we must start a new life. >> reporter: now it appears,

whit, that russian forces are bogged down in and outside kyiv. that as a short time ago president zelenskyy announcing russian forces are preparing to besiege the biggest port city in ukraine, that is odesa. if that happens, it would mean that almost every major city in the eastern half of this country has been occupied or encircled by russian forces. whit? >> major questions about how long the ukrainians could hold the russians back. matt gutman for us, thank you. now to washington as members of congress and president biden spoke by phone with ukraine's president. maryalice parks joins us from capitol hill with more on what volodymyr zelenskyy is asking for. maryalice, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. lawmakers told us after the call that zelenskyy seemed calm, but made a passionate plea for more aid. specifically he's asking for the u.s. and western allies to ban russian oil. now several members of congress from both sides of the aisle have already been calling on the white house to do that, and zelenskyy made his case again for a no-fly zone over ukraine to be enforced, but he said if

western allies are not willing to do that, then he should send planes. he told the lawmakers close the skies or give us planes. he's specifically asking for planes the ukrainian military would know how to fly. the white house telling us they are working with poland on this and looking into possibly repaying poland if they transfer planes to ukraine. we know zelenskyy was calling on visa and mastercard to suspend services in russia. hours after his call with lawmakers, those companies said they would. last night like you said, president biden has been asking congress for more funding and aid to ukraine. there's a sense of urgency among lawmakers up here, not only to provide that funding and look for additional ways to help. several lawmakers told us they're worried about zelenskyy's personal safety. big picture, gio, clearly all of them are inspired by his leadership. >> absolutely.

maryalice parks at the capital. maryalice, thank you. we'll turn to the plight of u.s. basketball player brittney griner. the two-time wnba all star under arrest in russia, facing a drug charge. now the timing of her arrest is raising questions this morning. now abc's zohreen shah joins us with more from los angeles. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, gio. secretary blinken speaking out about this recent incident this morning just hours ago saying any time an american is detained anywhere in the world they stand ready to help. all this coming as the state department is urging american citizens to get out of russia. this morning the u.s. state department telling all u.s. citizens to depart russia immediately amid heightened tensions. it's an increasingly urgent message with american officials saying they're severely limited on helping u.s. citizens who choose to remain in russia. wnba star and two-time gold medalist brittney griner caught in the crosshairs of those tensions. the state department saying they're aware of her arrest.

video released by russian customs showing a woman appearing to be the 6'9" woman going through airport security near moscow. a statement beneath the video saying they found vape cartridges containing cannabis in her luggage, which could lead to up to ten years in prison in russia. griner was in russia playing. her agent saying they can confirm as we work to get her home, her mental and physical health remain our primary concern. it's unclear if the move by russia was retaliatory and how long griner has been detained. a russian statement claims her arrest occurred sometime in february. her case sparking an outcry on social media with many using #freebrittney for griner. overnight griner's high school basketball coach telling brittney to stay strong. >> now that you have thousands of people rooting for you and praying for you, don't give up.

>> reporter: two other americans are also being held in american jails. former marines trevor reed and paul whelan have been behind bars for years. their families and american officials saying their charges were fabricated, a part of what's called hostage diplomacy. eva? >> zohreen, thank you. joining us is bill taylor former u.s. ambassador to ukraine who is now a vice president of the united states institute for peace. thank you so much for being with us this morning. i want to start by asking you, what sense do you have that there is any discussion of a resolution going on in diplomatic back channels right now? >> eva, it's not obvious. it might not be obvious. it's not obvious there are back channels going on. we know, of course, yesterday that the israeli prime minister was in moscow having a conversation with president putin. i understand from my contacts in ukraine they didn't get very far.

the israeli prime minister did check in with president zelenskyy after that discussion, but the indications are from ukraine that there was not progress made. there apparently will be another round of this discussion between the ukrainians and the russians on the border with belarus tomorrow. those have not provided benefits. they have not resulted in agreements. as you have reported, there are attempts at humanitarian corridors out of mariupol and other places. as you also reported, those have broken down when the russians violated them. this is to say the diplomatic efforts are coming up empty. >> now we hear president putin is warning ukraine it may lose its statehood and compares western sanctions to a declaration of war. how concerning is this heightened rhetoric we're now hearing? >> eva, on the statehood question, ukraine is a state.

it's an independent sovereign nation. it has been for 30 years, and it has been a people. it's been a nation for longer than russia has been a nation. it's not for president putin to decide, and the current government, the zelenskyy government, is legitimately elected. he was elected in 2019 overwhelmingly. he has done a great job. as you reported, again, he is leading his nation. his nation is sovereign. if at some point he has to move from kyiv to another part of ukraine to maintain continuity, there are parts of ukraine where the russians would have a very hard time getting to and occupying, and president zelenskyy and his government will continue to be the legitimate government. the united states and europe will continue to support president zelenskyy and his legitimate government from the outside. they will continue to resist. this is not an insurgency. we're talking about a legitimate government that the

international community, the world, recognizes. that will continue and the resistance will continue. as you reported, president zelenskyy has urged -- didn't need to urge. the ukrainian people are fighting back dramatically, violently, valiantly. they will continue to do that. the ukrainian nation will continue no matter what president putin says. >> the question is how long can they hold out and how many lives will be lost in the fighting crosshairs. mr. taylor, thank you for being with us. whit? now to the worsening refugee crisis. the united nations saying more than 1.5 million people have fled ukraine since the war started. world leaders are trying to ramp up and organization relief efforts. abc's marcus moore is live in poland with more. marcus, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning.

the head of the refugee agency says this refugee crisis is the fastest growing crisis in europe since world war ii, and overnight we watched as a stream of families arrived here at this train station, and this morning, they are charting their next steps. rc tees ng up its bombardment in ukraine. america's top diplomat touring the neighboring countries of ukraine. on a stop in moldova secretary of state blinken praising the countries for taking in the refugees. >> we admire the generosity, the hospitality, the willingness of you are helping people in distress. >> reporter: visiting a polish welcome center where some 3,000 refugees are taking shelter. >> we are taking action together to support ukrainians and to punish russia for what it's doing.

>> reporter: in one week since russia's invasion of ukraine more than 1.5 million people have fled the country according to the u.n. more than half of those refugees entering poland. all day we have seen a steady stream of families coming here, going to the tent and they go into poland. the president said these refugees would be welcome with open arms. we travelled to the polish country side and met this man, using his wedding venue to house refugees. >> for now it's 21 families. if don't do that, where will these families go. >> reporter:fu pr out, more humanitarian relief groups coming in. samaritan's purse setting up an emergency field hospital. >> here in ukraine we know there's a surgical need and trauma need. we have doctors and nurses that come all over the world that want to love their neighbor and to serve those who are hurting. >> reporter: so many are hurting across the region here and the families who we met said they simply want peace and for the

fighting to stop in their country. as we have met people leaving, gio, we've also seen so many going into the country, into ukraine, to be closer to family and joining the fight. gio? >> impossible to not be affected by those images. marcus moore in poland. marcus, thank you. tune in to "this week" later. george stephanopoulos speaks to the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. linda thomas-greenfield. plus marco rubio on the latest efforts to support ukraine. eva? airbnb reservations in ukraine are soaring, even though no guests are showing up. it's part of a campaign to funnel money to the ukrainians who are under attack. airbnb saying more than 60,000 nights have already been booked, generating about $2 million. the company says americans have been responsible for more than half of those bookings. kamala harris, the nation's first black vice president will be in alabama today to mark the 57th anniversary of bloody

sunday in selma, alabama. it's the day white alabama state troopers beat and teargassed hundreds of civil rights protesters. it was a turning points in the history of the civil rights movement helping to galvanize support for the passage of the voting rights act. gio? scenes of devastation in iowa from a deadly tornado. let's get to rob with more on that. rob, you've been following this all morning. >> we talked about it yesterday, but honestly this was much worse than we anticipated. last night and yesterday evening around 4:00, 4:30 is when the first tornado touched down in southwest iowa and moved across much of the state. another one touching down south of des moines. look at all the storm reports across much of the midwest. in iowa itself, those two tornados traveling for nearly a four-hour period proved to be terrifying and deadly. overnight rescue workers combing through debris searching for survivors. >> oh my god. >> reporter: after a massive

tornado with at least ef-3 strength tore through iowa, just southwest of des moines. >> we can confirm six fatalities including four adults and two children under the age of 5. there were also four adults injured. three in serious condition. one that was transferred to des moines hospital with life-threatening injuries. >> reporter: drone footage capturing the magnitude of the damage, roofs ripped right off. over 25 homes completely destroyed. nothing but debris left where homes once stood. >> this is the worse anyone has seen in a long time. >> reporter: another fatality in lucas county. the storm moved in and hail pummelling the area. windshields cracking. >> it is a whiteout here. >> reporter: in south dakota white-out conditions. some vehicles struggling to stay on the road, others spinning out. this man struggling to keep his footing in the whipping winds. those winds will expand across

parts of the great lakes and into the northeast as the low makes its way into the northeast. it's becoming more of a warm sector here. mostly rain here and temperatures ahead of it will be pretty good to above average, especially south of washington, d.c. we have another severe weather threat we'll talk about in a few minutes. lisa: good sunday morning, you can see a lot of sunshine here. some patchy frost in the valley making it a chilly start, slightly warmer today. looking at the warming trend getting going monday and tuesday. heist today at the coast are cool in the mid 50's half moon bay, look for 62 in oakland with mid-60's out toward inland valleys. accuweather 7 day forecast, the national weather service will send out a team to see just how strong the tornado was, probably an ef-3 if not an ef-4. >> devastating. >> rob, thank you. turning to a milestone in

sports. the final home game for duke university's basketball coach, coach k. as he's known stepping down after a career that brought the blue devils five national titles. zachary kiesch has more. >> reporter: coach k.'s final home game at duke -- >> let's hear it for your head coach, mike krzyzewski. >> reporter: -- was almost perfect. fans who camped out for weeks packed into a sold-out cameron indoor stadium for an iconic matchup against rival north carolina, and the tickets weren't cheap. >> scoops it up and in. >> reporter: from the beginning this was undeniably different. a standing ovation from the cameron crazies, followed by a show of support. 96 of his former players lined the court. coach k. wasn't able to hide those emotions as he took it all in for the last time. the floor called coach k.'s court was the home of countless

memories that will go down in college basketball history. >> one second. it's good. >> i've been the luckiest guy in the world. this has been mine for 42 years, but it's duke's forever. >> reporter: coach krzyzewski tried to prepare his team like it was just another game, but the secret was out. >> the rebound to love. he gets wrestled to the court. >> reporter: duke's star freshman paolo banchero provided a steady hand dropping 23 points. but the tarheels always had a match. >> love with a beautiful find. >> reporter: in the end, duke fell short, but only in the box score. >> today was unacceptable, but the season has been very acceptable. i love what we're going to do from learning what happened today as we move forward. thank you.

this has been so darn good. i appreciate it. >> reporter: more than four decades on the bench, it's truly the end of an era. you got to wonder what kind of impact all the festivities had on those players. the blue devils head into post-season play at the barclays center. whit? >> what a legendary career. zachary kiesch, thank you so much. we appreciate it. right back here with more "gma" after this. stay with us. your home... for adventure. your home... for romance. your home for big savings. [ laughs ] hey, mom, have you seen m-- ew. because when you bundle home and auto with progressive, your home is a savings paradise. bundles progressive. your home for savings.

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saying the fire is now 30% contained. also, an amtrak derailment in maryland disrupting service between new york and washington, d.c. 20 coal cars derailed just north of baltimore early saturday morning. amtrak hopes to have service back to normal by monday. no injuries reported. while you may not be able to make it to the moon just yet, your name can go to the moon and back. nasa will be sending a flash drive filled with names of anyone who signs up to circle the moon when the orion capsule launches later this year. go to the nasa website. enter your name. it is free. i got my boarding pass. take a like. >> i wonder what that translates to when you cash that in. >> right? we start this half hour with the role cryptocurrency may be playing in the war in ukraine, possibly benefitting one side more than the other. deirdre bolton has more. >> reporter: this morning, as visa and mastercard suspend their services in russia, and

sanctions placed on the economy take hold, many are turning to cryptocurrency. >> we're watching history being made in real time here. >> reporter: now that their currency has collapsed, ordinary russians are using crypto as a life line. while other american tech companies and european ones are pushing to isolate russia after its invasion of ukraine, many are asking if russian oligarchs could evade sanctions handed down. >> if somebody is sending bitcoin outside of russia in order to evade u.s. sanctions, chances are they bought that bitcoin at an exchange and that has their name. while technically it could be used to evade sanctions, it's not a great way to do it. >> reporter: previously iran and north korea have used digital networks to limit the effects of

sanctions. most experts believe ukraine is receiving the bigger crypto benefit more than russia is in a position to abuse it. >> on one hand it's the ukrainian government raising war effort money. >> reporter: one area where crypto's benefit is clear, raising money for humanitarian aid. just this week, ukraine's government says it received more than $42 million in donations. >> we're seeing pledges of millions of dollars of cryptocurrency projects that have been pledged to us. >> reporter: save the children has been accepting crypto donations since 2014, but the range is varied now, accounting for the crypto world's expansion. >> what's fascinating about some of the emerging currency types they're nfts. we're getting inquiries from artists wanting to create an nft to benefit save the children's response in ukraine. >> reporter: as for the big picture takeaway, the significance of the moment stands out. >> you're crowd sourcing a

humanitarian effort in real time.crypto. >> ukraine ranks fourth in the world in terms of crypto adoption according to the research company chain analysis. fascinating news. especially with this humanitarian aid getting through. >> just broad questions about the financial markets and what this conflict is going to mean for the world. deidre, thank you. we appreciate it. more on ukraine, the two men at the center of the conflict president volodymyr zelenskyy and president vladimir putin are subjects of a new abc news and hulu documentary out this morning. take a look. >> there was a sense that putin could be an ally. it was in that context that barbara walters sat down with him for one of the really truly extraordinary interviews he's ever given. >> when you became president, there was some apprehension because you had been with the kgb. they described you in somewhat scary terms. how would you describe yourself?

>> translator: we have a saying. you should judge about someone not by what he says about himself, but by what he does. >> i'm going to ask you a terrible question. did you ever order anyone killed? >> translator: no. in fact, my work was more intellectual, political information gathering, analysis and so forth. thank god, nothing like that happened to me. >> i've seen too many movies. >> did you come away convinced that putin is committed to an alliance with an united states? >> there may be voices from the past who say don't trust him. this is still the old russia. it's not the impression you get. >> i think his talent seemed to be this nature. he would be what the other side wants him to be. >> zelenskyy, in order to appease his mother, ended up studying to be a lawyer, which was not a degree that came in handy because his heart was with comedy. >> at a young age he finds

himself in front of the camera in kind of a "saturday night live" show in ukraine. >> what's problem? [speaking foreign language] >> that law degree came into play as he started to construct his own entertainment empire. >> the russian people know him. the belarussian people know him. the ukrainian people know him well. it's always it seems got himself aiming for something higher. >> really is fascinating. the special uses footage from over the years of both putin and zelenskyy. "two men at war" streaming right now on hulu. >> absolutely fascinating. we will be watching that. time for the weather and rob marciano. you're following more severe storms today. >> we're getting into mid march. this is the time of year where severe storms pop up. we're resetting the stage here. this is part of the system that went through yesterday. another piece of upper level energy comes through and triggers the atmosphere again

from dallas to little rock to memphis. a lot of these will start late in the day later through this evening, and then last during the nighttime hours. that's always kind of a frightening thing. damaging winds, large hail and certainly with yesterday, tornados possible also. ahead of this thing is where we're seeing the record warmth south of d.c. temperatures will be in the 70s and 80s into charlotte. new york city after a little rain will get close to 70 today and over 70 tomorrow. don't get used to that. temperatures will drop rapidly after that. we're still in winter like weather for sure. that's a check of what's soon it soon it will be st. patrick's day, a big holiday for gio.

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thanks so much for watching abc news this morning. we're always on goodmorningamerica.com. we'll have much more later with "this week" with george stephanopoulos. we want to leave you now with some of the most moving images we've seen so far from the war in ukraine. ♪ [speaking foreign language] ♪ >> nothing can scare me more. >> nothing can scare you more than what's already happening? >> no. >> nothing can scare you more than what's already happening? >> no.

>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. >> good morning, everybody. today is the first mardi gras festival at the crossing in san francisco. the outdoor space will feature dancers, stilt walkers and live entertainment including a brass band. there will be several food veppeddors. kids can enjoy an arts and

crafts stations. everybody is invited to wear vibe rapt costumes in celebration of the holiday. the event starts at 11 he clock. another race, the lunar new year run hosted by the chinatown ymca in addition to the 5-k, there is also a virtual event to include people who can't make it today. organizers say the year of the tiger represents the community and its power to fight through challenging times. the race starts at 8:00 this morning in chinatown. runners and walkers will make their way toward pier 39 and back to chinatown. lisa, it should be a nice day for that as well. >> at about 3:00 we should see temperatures approaching 60 in the city. can you see the fog out there? there is a bit of marine layer, 35 santa clara. it is freezing in many of our inland valleys this morning. how about the delta there? 4 it -- 42 in concord. 38 in santa rosa. 39 in napa. overall we were much colder

feeling like winter this morning, a little bit of spring on the way today. upper elevation winds will continue to allow the atmosphere to warm a little bit today. 62 over in oakland. look for 63 in san jose. numbers in the mid 60's for our warmest incompetent land valleys and tomorrow really the warming trend gets going taking us through tuesday and still above average and dry throughout the week. liz: lisa, thank you. this week is next. we will see you at 9:00 for another news update. in new york city, ♪ ♪ there's always something new to discover. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ come be a part of it. plan your next vacation at iloveny.com

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>> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. war in ukraine. nearly two weeks in, russian forces unleash a relentless assault on cities, causing massive casualties. citizen soldiers bear arms to defend kyiv. >> we're in it with ukraine. one way or another. >> a mass exodus. more than 1.5 million refugees. >> the number is likely to increase in the days and weeks to come. >> president zelenskyy stands firm with a new plea to congress. >> how long can you hang on? [speaking foreign language] >> will you ever leave kyiv? >> no. >> as vladimir putin calls the west sanctions a declaration of