emories. hilton. good morning, america. to our viewers in the west, attacks intensify. new satellite images showing russian forces closing in on kyiv, just 15 miles away from the capital centre. with several cities under siege ukrainian officials saying the mayor of one city was kidnapped by russian troops. now growing concerns about russia's possible use of chemical weapons. president biden's response as the u.s. imposes new sanctions on russians with ties to the kremlin. we're live in the war zone. humanitarian crisis. more than 2.5 million people have fled ukraine, overwhelming eastern european countries. the u.s. organization stepping in to help as a family of four arrives in north dakota to

escape the violence and how two american college students are helping refugees find places to stay. new this morning, winter weather alert. 75 million in the path of the major storm targeting the gulf coast up to maine. overnight, tens of thousands without power in the south as snow causes slick streets and accidents. teams working into the night to clear the roads. now 18 states on alert for tornadoes, heavy snow, rain and damaging winds. rob marciano tracking it all. heated debate. the growing bans on classroom speech from critical race theory to the holocaust as florida's so-called don't say gay bill heads to the governor's desk. what parents on both sides of the issue are saying now. cutting costs. with inflation and rising gas prices straining budgets, we're sharing tips on saving money from the apps helping you find carpool options to what you need to look out for at the

supermarket to know if you're paying more for less. championship weekend. the top men's and women's college basketball teams vying for titles trying to punch their tickets to the big dance. fans going crazy with march madness just days away. >> it's awesome, baby, with a capital "a." good morning, america. great to have you with us on a busy saturday. we have a lot to cover here. more than 75 million americans under alert for rough winter weather this weekend. heavy snow already pummeling the south. rob marciano has the timing and the track still ahead. but we begin with the war in ukraine. the violence escalating right now. there are reports that there are talks happening as we come on the air, french president emmanuel macron and chancellor olaf scholz of germany with vladimir putin. we will have more on that as we get it. the situation in ukraine

becoming more dire by the minute. as russian attacks on cities intensify, forces edging closer to kyiv. abc's maggie rulli is in lviv with the latest. maggie, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, janai, good morning. we've been getting reports of shellings and bombings happening overnight in many cities across the country and now this morning there's news that president putin is meeting with the leaders of france and germany. those leaders desperately trying to negotiate some kind of peace but, janai, first so many ukrainians, the thousands of people that show up at this train station every day, these talks can feel like they're happening too late. this morning, local officials calling russia's widening attacks on key ukrainian cities an armageddon. in the south in mariupol, the mayor saying his city is being shelled every 30 minutes claiming thousands have now been killed. in the capital of kyiv, new satellite images showing russian military units closing in. now close to nine miles of the city's center and firing

artillery towards residential areas. heavy fighting in the east leaving this town in ruins. this family trapped in their basement for more than ten days as buildings fell around them. overnight shelling in the strategic stronghold of mykolaiv, the region's governor sitting down with us moments after his city came under fire. >> i have been shot -- bombed in a rocket attack. we have damages in the private secretary, the damages in electricity. heat, gas. all right letting them know what's going on on the ground realtime but fears for his family. ukrainian officials claiming this video shows the kidnapping of melitopol's mayor by russian troops. president zelenskyy in a newly released video demanding russia release the mayor and praising the ukrainian

resistance and the members of his community. and now new fears of false flags. russia doubling down on fake claims about chemical weapons being developed by ukraine with help from the u.s. it's believed in an attempt to justify russia's own use in warfare. a senior u.s. official telling abc news the russians are now bringing hazmat suits into ukraine. >> russia has a track record of falsely accusing other countries of the very violations that russia itself is perpetrating. >> reporter: president biden declining to say if a russian chemical attack in ukraine would be met with a u.s. military response. >> i'm not going to speak about the intelligence, but russia would pay a severe price if they use chemicals. >> reporter: despite these escalating dangers, kim like so many ukrainians tells us he can't leave the city. these are his people and his land. how confident are you that you and your town and ukrainian troops can really fight russia right now? >> we have no choice. we have to fight and defend our

land, and i'm truly sure we will win this war. >> reporter: guy, so many americans are asking how they can help but secretary blinken is once again urging all americans to not come here to ukraine to fight. he's saying that russia has announced they'll consider all foreign fighters as missionaries essentially meaning they will have no right and russia will follow no rule of war. guys. >> maggie rulli for us there in ukraine. turning to president biden's new warning to putin, the president saying russia will pay a severe price if it uses chemical or biological weapons in ukraine. maryalice parks joins us from the white house this morning. good morning to you, maryalice. >> reporter: eva, good morning, overnight a senior white house staffer confirmed to me that, of course, the white house is actively preparing for all possible situations like this. as you said, president biden yesterday told reporters that russia would pay a severe price if it were to use chemical or biological weapons. but president biden did not elaborate on what exactly that price might be. now, the white house has tried to avoid talking about

hypotheticals. they do insist that they have more sanctions that they could still utilize even though we know they've already brought these historic economic punishments. just yesterday the treasury department announced even more sanctions against some members of russia's parliament, even more families associated with the kremlin. the big question is, would a move like this, the use of chemical or biological weapons by putin, compel the u.s. or nato to respond militarily to send troops? president biden reiterated yesterday that he does not want to send american forces to engage directly with russians in ukraine saying that that would be world war iii. i am told they are working actively to get more weapons across the border into ukraine every day and that they expect even more security assistance will be green-lit soon, whit. >> all right. maryalice, thank you. let's bring in abc news military contributor general robert abrams, a former commander of u.s. forces in korea. general abrams, good morning to you. it's good to have you. let's start with repeated

reports of false flag operations. russia now accusing ukraine and the u.s. of a plot involving biological weapons, an allegation both countries deny. we've seen this misinformation. what does this tell you about putin's playbook and what we can expect? >> whit, good morning. when we say playbook, right out of the russian playbook, it means russia making up a story to justify future actions. we've seen this repeatedly in the last 20 years with russia. we saw it to justify their unlawful invasion of georgia in 2008. we saw it in 2014 when they seized crimea and portions of eastern ukraine in the donbas. we saw it a week before the beginning of this war, these false allegations, so this is, indeed, right out of putin's

playbook, and i have no doubt that there are some indicators and warnings that there is potential use by president putin if the war continues to not go his way, he's got a track record of using chemical weapons. he gave bashar assad the green light in 2013 to use it on his own people in syria and then in the last couple of years attempted assassinations of alexei navalny and a former kgb and uk double agent, so it is certainly possible, and it's feasible, and it fits putin's pattern. >> now, general, we heard president biden warning of a severe price if russia uses chemical weapons. the white house not giving specifics, but what could a u.s. response actually look like? >> well, i think first off they were smart to not reveal what sort of options they have prepared, but i think we should expect to see even more severe sanctions, diplomatic sanctions,

we'll see absolute the strongest condemnation in the united nations security council and in the united nations, and we'll see a complete display of the facts as soon as we can get them in the information space to lay responsibility at the feet of the person who is responsible, vladimir putin. >> i want to ask you about something else, the satellite images that show a large russian convoy, the tanks and equipment outside kyiv disperse and then reposition. how much of this is an attempt by the russians to reduce their own casualties, which they've seen large numbers of, or is this also part of the next phase of their attack on the capital city? >> whit, it's the former. this is -- that russian convoy has been a tactical disaster, and those russian soldiers are merely fighting for their lives because the ukrainian defense forces have absolutely shredded that logistics convoy, and i think they're just -- they're

fighting and fleeing fortheir lives right now. >> still the question remains, how long can ukraine hold out? general abrams, thank you so much for your time this morning. we appreciate it. >> janai. as russian forces widen their assault, desperate ukrainians are fleeing the violence by the millions. we have seen the images. abc's victor oquendo is on the ground in poland with the worsening humanitarian crisis and those who are trying to help refugees. victor, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, janai. this warehouse is now being run by the miami-based global empowerment mission. this organization has brought in everything from food to water to medical supplies, and it's all being distributed to refugees as they cross the border or to local aid groups, and you've also got these two trucks behind me, they'll actually be going inside ukraine. this organization has been here on the ground since the beginning of the invasion, and as the crisis only worsens, they know they'll be here for the long haul. this morning, eastern europe overwhelmed with refugees fleeing ukraine as russia's

relentless attacks ravage villages and cities. more than 2.5 million people have fled ukraine since the conflict began making the day's long journey to nearby countries like romania, moldova and poland. >> yeah, so i came here with my parents because there was so many explosions and like there was bombing every time, so we had to leave and had no choice. >> reporter: 1 million of those who have fled are children. aid workers warning they are at risk of hypothermia and hunger as temperatures plummet this weekend. the mayor of warsaw, poland's largest city, pleading for international help. by next week the 1.4 million people who have arrived in poland will likely surpass the population of warsaw itself. the refugees, mostly women and children, now homeless, hungry and many don't speak the language here. >> i feel empty. like it's horrible what's happening now like to all those

families. >> reporter: u.s. organizations on the ground to help. the global empowerment mission collecting and distributing supplies including food, water, blankets, even these precharged battery packs for cell phones. what are you finding are the biggest needs for people who are fleeing ukraine? >> battery packs, for example, right, so you have people in bunkers right now everywhere literally hiding and hiding. their phones are dead. they have no power, nothing. they can't reach their families. one person has a cell phone like i'm here, can you come get me? imagine how dangerous that is. >> reporter: inside the warehouse we met andrey, a ukrainian truck driver. once his family safely crossed into poland, he stayed in the region. now he's coordinating and driving these supplies into ukraine himself to help those who need it most. >> i have like believing that we will stay, like we will stand for our country, and we will win, you know, because we have support, and we are not alone. providg ter: gem is helping recr

refuge to their original home or to stay with friends and family. this is one of the first refugees who arrived in the u.s. landing in fargo, north dakota, escaping the horrors of their hometown to the arms of their friends, the nelson family. >> we were worried because this has been such a long journey that we can't believe we're finally here. this was just unbelievable. >> reporter: now, this truck, it's about a quarter of the way full. there's a good amount of food inside here. you've got vegetables, some tomatoes, some beans, boxes of pasta as well. the concern is that as the threat of chemical warfare increases, so will the number of ukrainians fleeing for safety. eva. >> and all things that they will need. ocasio-cortez -- victor oquendo there from poland. let's switch gears and check in with rob marciano. the big storm working its way up the east coast this weekend. >> hey, good morning again, eva. tens of thousands are without power in parts of georgia and

florida now under a tornado watch as millions across the east coast continue to brace through the storm. take a look at what it left behind in memphis, tennessee. that city pummeled with a daily record snowfall. beal street normally packed on the weekends completely empty as it blew in. this storm already unleashing severe thunderstorms and heavy snow across several states and now pushing into the northeast where the effects will be felt throughout the day. parts of mississippi getting more snow than they typically see this time of year and this warning, hundreds of flights have already been canceled and, whit, while it feels like we're still stuck in the winter, the good news is that this storm will move on out of here by the end of the weekend. >> we'll look forward too that. this is just getting starting, elwyn. thank you. >> rob, what can we expect? >> this will only intensify as the day goes along and that threat will continue for the next several hours as well.

here's where all the winter alerts are and tornado watch in through florida and now that watch, severe weather watches expanded into the carolinas too but the winter storm warnings all the way into northern parts of georgia, so this is impressive. that low treks up to the north. the violent storms push to the east and i think savannah to charleston, wilmington, raleigh, norfolk, not just a tornado threat but for damaging straight-line winds especially as we go past the lunch hour. lexington, kentucky, seeing under 5 inches of snow there. can you believe that? nashville saw 5. memphis about 3 so the entire state of tennessee really getting it. western pennsylvania also getting a bit of snow with this system and a lot of us will see that as the rain transitions to snow but the rain heavy at times along the i-95 corridor. starting to see that outside of new york city. boston, i think you stay mostly rain but heavy snow outside of new york and through albany and parts of new england. could see several inches in some cases a coating to a foot of

snow and big-time deep freeze that we'll talk more about in aa good saturday morning to you. aa look at the fog here from our sutro tower camera, and we also are looking at that dense fog advisory. about nine o'clock right along the coast a few showers will visit probably the north bay and just the shoreline tonight and then we'll wake up to maybe a few left area left over areas of patchy drizzle. otherwise today in the mid-60s in fremont. it'll be sunny here and warmer in the south bay, but cool only the upper 50s in the city. a lot of cities celebrating st. patrick's day today with trades and tomorrow and it will be cold in chicago where they dye the river green as they march down columbus drive. >> speaking of st. patrick's day, i thought i would get lucky and see you in studio this weekend but that darn winter storm, rob. >> no. >> i guess better luck next weekend.

miss you, friend. >> yeah, you're lucky. i like that, thank you, janai. >> yeah. >> all right, rob, well now to college basketball championship weekend. the top men's and women's teams all vying for a spot in the big bracket. abc's andrew dymburt is in the barclays center with the big upset and all the highlights from overnight with the acc championship hours away. good morning, andrew. >> reporter: good morning, janai. unfortunately, my miami hurricanes lost last night so they won't be in the acc tournament tonight. as for the big dance itself, march madness, this is really the first time in nearly two years that we're getting the full experience talking fans, host cities and as we get ready for march madness prepare for some drama and even a little bit of heartbreak. from upsets -- >> hoosiers move on. >> reporter: -- to cinderellas. >> dominate the top seed. >> reporter: the big dunks. bracket busters. >> got another. >> reporter: and buzzer beaters. march madness has arrived.

>> a one-hand flush. >> reporter: which teams will get into the big dance and who will be left out? we'll have to wait and see how it all shakes out with conference tournaments wrapping up today before the final. 68 team ncaa tournament fields for men and women are announced tomorrow night. so far the lead-up has not disappointed. top seeds illinois and favorite auburn upset and knocked out of their conference tournament. and the uab blazers got the victory in this triple overtime thriller. on the women's side, norfolk state hitting this shot in the dying embers of their conference semifinal. one more win, and they are in. this year, millions of americans are taking their shot. the american gaming association estimates nearly $10 billion was gambled on march madness last year alone, and with more states legalizing sports wagering, that number could go up even more this go around. for the tournament

expect newcomers like the lancers who advance to the dance after winning the big south conference and legends of ole, duke has all but locked up an invite to the tournament. for mike krzyzewski, it'll be his last. coach k looking to cut down the net as champion one more time before ending his storybook career. >> it's crazy, you know, how -- how did that happen? you know, how was it here? >> reporter: and how is this for a big win? longtime espn college basketball broadcaster dick vitale says he's cancer-free posting on twitter, i feel like a coach playing for the final four. my march madness starts with a "w," baby. so because of the pandemic this is really the first time since 2019 we're getting that march madness feel. that means mascots. tonight these two teams, we got the hokie bird and the blue devil, going at it to try to win the acc and move on to the march madness tournament. by the way, i'm sure they both are filling out brackets and the blue devil has duke going all the way. hokie bird having virginia tech going all the way. your odds of getting a perfect

bracket, 1 in 120 billion, janai. >> holy cow. andrew, we were really impressed when you popped up with those mascots behind you. >> squad goals. >> yeah, squad goals. thank you, andrew. watch all the action of the acc championship game starting at 8:30 eastern tonight on espn. >> i never won, so i'm going to throw the money away once again this year. all part of the experience. >> it is fun. >> it is. it is. >> coming up on "gma," the so-called don't say gay bill, just one of a rising number of proposed classroom bans limiting what can be taught in schools. we'll have that. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ irresistibly smooth chocolate. to put the world on pause. lindor. made to melt you.

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noon until 4:00. musicians include piano all-stars. donations will be collected -- collected for the world central kitchen. lisa, let's get a check on today's forecast. >> with the fog at the coast. you can see it clearly here. we have 40's from the city down through san jose but 30's in santa clara. today is cooler except here in the south bay. 50's downtown. >> thanks for joining us.

are you kidding me? >> this little quirk runs in our family. >> welcome back to "gma." that's the new pixar movie "turning red" about a 13-year-old girl balancing family, school and puberty with the tendency to turn into a red panda when she gets riled up. i understand, right? "turning red" streaming now on disney plus. >> i've seen that with you from time to time. >> red panda, yeah. >> i would like to have a little tail, though. i think that would be quite entertaining. we were just talking about that. we have some other stories we need to follow this morning, a lot of big headlines happening right now. a deadly crash in washington, d.c. after a driver lost control of his car and plowed through

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many are still vowing to fight it back. abc's alex presha has that story. >> reporter: there is a wave of new legislation limiting how schools can teach about history and diversity. [ crowd chanting ] one of the latest bills likely to soon become law is out of florida called the parental rights and education bill better known to critics as the don't say gay bill. it prohibits a school district from encouraging classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in primary grade levels and lets a parent sue a school district that breaks the law. >> i'm the proud parent of a florida public school fifth grader and i know a few things about fighting for parental rights. >> reporter: todd and jeff are florida's first legally married same-sex couple and are concerned about the impact this would have on their 12-year-old son blake. >> well, i was just in tallahassee. i was there actually in the room when they voted on it in the senate and the first thing when i told them it had passed there was a look of concern and he asked, will i be able to talk about my family.

>> i fear for our children to feel like they are singled out or don't feel comfortable to discuss their families. >> reporter: but other parents like jennifer tillman support the bill. >> children are only children for a very small amount of time and if we start them younger and younger on these conversations of sexuality, then we're going down a rabbit hole. >> reporter: governor ron desantis agrees. >> we're going to make sure that parents are able to send their kid to kindergarten without having some of this stuff injected into their school curriculum. >> reporter: for so many this is deeply personal. >> after taking 30 years of just wanting to make him and my mom proud. >> reporter: that includes florida's first openly gay senator shevrin jones who spoke to young people from the lgbtq community about it. >> all they're looking for is support so the reason i took it personal wasn't for me but for those young people because i saw myself in them. >> reporter: this debate over

free speech in schools is happening all over the nation. in tennessee a school board banned "maus." graphovbo the ust fh ade curriculum. south carolina introduced bills banning schools from teaching critical race theory. at least 122 similar bills targeting classroom speech have been introduced since january of last year. the state of georgia this week introducing a bill similar to florida's that would prohibit inappropriate classroom discussion of gender identity and sexual orientation. once signed the parental rights education bill would take effect july 1st. >> this is not the end. we will continue to fight these fights. we fought for adoption, we fought for marriage equality. we will fight for this again. >> reporter: and even if passed, even if signed, critics plan to challenge the legislation in court. meanwhile, there is another florida bill dubbed the stop woke act which would limit how race is talked about and taught in the workplace and in schools. the battle over that, whit, is just heating up. >> all right, alex presha in

washington, thank you. let's get another check of the weather. rob marciano, it's a bit of weather whiplash this morning for us. we saw the rain already in alex's shot and some places getting snow. >> reporter: yeah, whit, we're getting rain here but it will turn to snow in the next few hours. we have a severe weather threat everodgetting a piece of the so action. a number of storm reports across northern florida and the low itself is going up across the carolinas and i think later on this morning we'll probably see not only a tornado threat there but likely some damaging winds all the way up through raleigh and the hampton roads area. we also are watching storms that are coming into the west. here's video out of steamboat springs, colorado, this is the same storm that dropped snow across the midsection. two feet in the last ten days and another couple of storms are coming into the pacific northwest. we're still in this drought. we've had a pretty slow middle part of the winter and so anything we can get here in the cascades and northern sierra we will take up to a foot possible. that's a check on what's happening nationally.good mornin

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>> reporter: this morning, alec baldwin filing a complaint against the producers of "rust" trying to make the case he is not responsible for halyna hutchins' death claiming others are. baldwin's court filing claiming he intended to find out who is in charge of the guns on this movie and get him some shooting lessons and that he trained with the armorer hannah gutierrez reed around 90 minutes when he arrived on set. >> alec baldwin is saying he didn't do anything wrong, that he wasn't responsible, that he wasn't the one who was supposed to check the gun and, in fact, that he was told that he wasn't the one who was supposed to do that. >> reporter: the filing also claiming reed did not instruct baldwin to check the gun himself. in fact, she told baldwin it was her job to check the gun, not his. lawyers for the movie's armorer hannah gutierrez reed saying back in february that she was not called in to conduct a safety inspection and check with baldwin. baldwin's filing also lays out

texts between him and halyna hutchins' husband talking about his exclusive interview on "gma." >> someone is responsible for what happened, and i can't say who that is, but i know it's not me. >> it sounds like that really set matt hutchins off because if you read matt hutchins' lawsuit, it is directly implicating alec baldwin in 15 safety and protocol violations. no ambiguity about it. >> reporter: and matt hutchins' team telling us the personal texts between the men are irrelevant to his arbitration demands and that alec baldwin once again is trying to avoid liability and accountability for his reckless actions before and on october 21st that resulted in the death of halyna hutchins as demonstrated by today's arbitration demand for indemnification from the "rust" production company. baldwin's claim also says the cast might be willing to return to finish the film as a tribute

to halyna, but when her husband filed a wrongful death lawsuit it kept the film from finishing. matt's statement says, quote, the only action that ended the film's production was baldwin's killing of halyna hutchins. eva. zohreen shah for us there. coming up on "gma," the best apps for carpooling and saving on guess. and shrinkflation, how companies keep their prices the same but sell you a smaller product. we'll show you how to keep an eye out for it coming up. keep v e eye out for it. his girlfriend just caught the bouquet, so he's checking in on that ring fund. oh, that photographer? he's looking for something a little more zen, so he's thinking, “i'll open a yoga studio.” and as for the father of the bride? he's checking to see if he's on track to do this all over again...and again. digital tools so impressive, you just can't stop banking. what would you like the power to do? some people have minor joint pain, plus have high blood pressure.

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becky worley has the story. good morning to you, becky. >> reporter: eva, good morning. you may have had a carpool routine precovid. maybe you did it for the environment or to avoid the hassle of driving in traffic, but with gas prices at all-time highs, the financial drive to find a post-covid carpool buddy is higher than ever. driving solo has become an expensive habit. this week the national average price of a gallon of gas jumped to $4.33 according to aaa. but the logistics of finding a carpool partner can be a deal breaker. enter driving app waze. here's how it works. waze carpool is a stand-alone app you download, enter your commute route and times then it finds others with a similar commute. it's kind of like tinder for carpoolers. it even shows you the cheapest gas prices at stations along your route and about gas -- >> waze users all the time are

updating gas prices at gas stations so you have access to all of that information right in the app. >> reporter: another app for parents taking kids to school or sports is the app carpool kids. jonathan originally developed it to help manage his own family's carpool needs. >> you would sign up and create a carpool and in the app a carpool is just a group of you and your friends and the kids who are going to be taking part in events you want to carpool too. >> reporter: jill bender's sons play lacrosse, so using the carpool's app organizes all of their travel to and from practice and games. >> it saves me a lot of headache because they're all on different teams with different schedules and i wouldn't be able to do it all myself. >> reporter: katie is a mom in jill's carpool and says it's necessary and helps everyone save money. >> gas prices are over $4 here and we're traveling -- we're driving really long distances to some of these games and it's a lot more efficient to have one car taking five kids than five cars. >> reporter: all good options to

defray costs in this time of crazy gas prices. now, while covid infection rates are lower, tips to carpool safety, wear a mask, sit in different rows if you can and either keep the windows cracked or put the car's ventilation system on the nonrecycled air mode to keep fresh air coming in at all times. whit. >> great tips, becky, thanks so much. now to your money. consumer prices have seen the biggest increases in 40 years and now some companies are falling into a trend called shrinkflation. instead of giving people sticker shock by raising prices directly, they're just shrinking the amount of product in the same package. americans feeling the financial squeeze from gas prices soaring 38% over last year to the cost of food up nearly 8%. now experts warning about product downsizing known as shrinkflation. >> just in the past three months i have found, you know, a dozen

items that have shrunk. that is far more than usual. that's amazing. >> reporter: consumer advocate edgar dworsky tracks items on his website offering less product at the same price. >> fuel your grind with gatorade's proven formula. >> reporter: like this gatorade bottle downsized from 32 to 28 ounces. charmin ultra soft megarolls. >> it's two times more absorbent so you can use less. >> reporter: dropping from 264 to 244 sheets per roll dworsky says. >> they just lost 20 sheets in an 18-pack. that's like losing a roll and a half. >> reporter: shrinkflation hitting everyday items from snacks to fast food. burger king trimming its chicken nugget meals from ten pieces to eight. saying it's the first shift in piece count since inception. pepsico, the parent company of gatorade, telling media outlets the new bottle is easier to grab and a little bit more expensive. procter & gamble, the parent company of charmin,

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players arriving and heading to the field to get ready for their first spring training game starting on thursday. one hitch though with the fast start after the long wait, there seems to be a shortage of housing. cubs outfielder clint frazier posting, at this point i'm going to be living with some baseball fans during spring training the way housing is looking. sounds like he's got lots of offers. >> yep. >> we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ >> building a better bay area. moving forward. finding solutions. this abc 7 news. >> good morning, everybody. happening today, dublin's annual st. patrick's day celebration will be held for the first time in three years. the parade kicks off at 9:30 this morning at dublin boulevard and amador plaza road, ends at

the dublin senior center. the festival follows at 10:00 at civic center plaza. the festival runs today and tomorrow from 10:00 until 5:00. organizers expect a big turnout for today's thing patrick's day parade in san francisco. >> what would life be without the parade? >> the 170th annual st. patrick's day parade is making a comeback two years of delays. mayor breed declared irish-american friendship day in the county. today's parade starts at the corner of second and market street. lisa, let's get a check on the forecast for all of this. >> you have to bring the jacket, for sure. things are changing with all of this fog, certainly cool out there. 50's downtown. 46 in mountain view. as we look at our exploratorium

camera, numbers are still chilly, 30's in petaluma, fairfield. the fog, three miles visibility at the coast. otherwise, we are looking at cold numbers in the north bay. the south bay is a little bit milder. today, increasing clouds. sun. some sprinkles tonight. >>s, lisa.

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good morning, america. it's our second hour, dangerous winter storm on the move. heavy rain, strong winds, and intense snow pummelling the east coast. 18 states waking up on alert. rob marciano is tracking it all. russian troops widening their attacks, closing in on kyiv, concern growing over potential use of chemical weapons as ukrainian officials say one city's mayor has been kidnapped. we're on the ground in ukraine. and as the number of fleeing ukrainians climbs to more than 2.5 million, two harvard students are helping match refugees with people around the

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