>> and don't forgot as well that the "today" show has a team of international reporters. they are covering the very latest on the russian invasion of ukraine. they are set up in poland, different areas. taking track of all the i'm have been fleeing the war. we'll be back at 7:25 with a news update. the flood of ukrainians evacuating rising fast, hundreds of thousands fleeing in the last day alone while russia adds to the escalating tension with new nuclear threats. we're live in ukraine and moscow. breaking overnight, criminal conspiracy, the january 6th committee saying former president trump and his campaign

defrauded the american people suggesting in a new court document those attempts to overturn the election violated laws. we'll have the latest and what it all means for trump and his inner circle. turning the corner with cases and hospitalizations falling drastically, federal health officials outlined the new plan to deal with covid in america. >> if you look at the practicality of where we are, we are clearly going in the right direction. >> from testing to treatments, to tackling future variants, what's being done to keep the worst of the pandemic behind us. trouble for tiktok, state attorneys general launched a nationwide investigation of the wildly popular social media site. its focus, the possible harmful effects on the mental health of young users. and the question are the people behind the app ignoring the potential risks. those stories, plus,

controversy in the pool, transgender swimmer leah thomas speaking out from the center of a heated debate. what the record breaking college star is now sharing about her journey, her olympic goal and her message to people who say she's swimming with an unfair advantage. and adventures in baby-sitting. we know about the rise in gas and food prices, but now it's hitting parents where it really hurts. >> i've posted on craigslist. i've posted on next door. i've gone to facebook. >> the skyrocketing cost for a night away from your kids and where you can turn for a little help. today, thursday, march 3rd, 2022. from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi, everybody, welcome to "today." we're so happy that you are joining us on a thursday morning, and again, as we've

been saying, each day another busy morning, a lot to get to as the fighting in ukraine gets to its second week. >> russian forces overtook the southern city of kherson. it sits a few hundred miles from kyiv and it's seen as strategically important. >> as for that convoy of tanks it has made little discernible progress. the british ministry of defense saying the delay is due to staunch ukrainian resistance, mechanical breakdowns and delays. >> in the subway stations underneath kyiv there are still as many as 1,500 people just hunkering down there, sheltering there, most of them women and children, and the new images emerging overnight show conditions that they're facing. >> we've got it all covered across the region beginning in kyiv with nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel. hey, richard. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. russia is continuing its offensive against this country's cities, and the u.s. ambassador to the united nations is warning of potentially a much worse phase to come saying that russia has mobilized uniquely dangerous weapons including cluster munitions and so-called vacuum

bombs. both prohibited for use against civilians. russia is taking kharkiv apart, surrounding ukraine's second largest city and bombing it, killing dozens. a ukrainian activist was broadcasting to supporters how their donations are helping to keep the city going. but somehow despite a relentless campaign, the ukrainian government is still hanging on. further south, russian troops claim to have captured their first ukrainian city, a small one, kherson. ukrainian officials say the battles continue there and claim russian forces are looting the city. russian troops were told they'd be greeted as liberators, but nationwide ukrainians are resisting them with drones. u.s. supplied antitank weapons, and people power. in town after town, ukrainians

are standing up to convoys unarmed blocking the roads. daring the russians to fire on them. ukrainians blocked the road outside of zaporizhzhia and pleaded with russians not to fight near the biggest nuclear power plant in europe and risk catastrophe. others appeared to be having more fun. these ukrainians joyriding in an apparently abandoned russian tank, glory to ukraine they say. russian vehicles are getting stuck on the roads or running out of gas. ukraine's president zelenskyy

expressed sympathy for the russian soldiers. they are not warriors, he said. they are confused children and are being used. zelenskyy's chief adviser in the "new york times" wrote vladimir putin will not stop with ukraine. the kremlin wants to create a new russian empire, he wrote. ukraine is calling for a no-fly zone to stop russia's air campaign. it would be a major campaign, could see the u.s. or nato shooting down russian planes. the biden administration has ruled it out, while that massive russian convoy heading towards kyiv for now remains stalled outside the city, plagued by fuel shortages. and hoda, yesterday we brought you some images of children who had been moved down to a bomb shelter beneath a hospital here. we were back at that hospital this morning, the children we were with are all doing fine, but the hospital is now taking measures to evacuate some of the most vulnerable people, particularly cancer patients that have begun trying to get them out of this country. >> such heartbreaking images.

richard engel for us, thank you. >> we have more on the worsening toll of the invasion on the people of ukraine fleeing the country by the hundreds of thousands every single day. a rush to safety that's becoming more difficult and more dangerous as russian forces advance. nbc's tom llamas again for us in western ukraine. tom, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning to you. we are at one of the many check points spread out across western ukraine this morning. this is how so many towns and cities are protecting themselves. you can see there's guards here that have weapons. they're checking cars over there. they're looking for any type of russian spy, saboteurs, anything that looks suspicious, and they're not only protecting the people of this town, they're also protecting the hundreds of thousands of refugees who are stopping here before heading towards the border.

for many families, it's the last stop before getting out, lviv in western ukraine. it's here they can find one last hot meal, a place to sleep, and exchange stories of what they witnessed. >> they have ruined my city, destroyed many houses. they didn't launch rockets. they dropped bombs. many, thousand. >> like many mothers at this shelter, tanya is from the east where russian air strikes have destroyed school buildings in downtown kharkiv. neighborhoods reduced to rubble and in the capital, kyiv, the bombing has driven some 15,000 to shelter in metro stations including children and the elderly. >> i'm on the subway now, and it's terrible how many kids are there. we won't leave independent country. >> reporter: every day more people arrive in lviv. this baptist seminary is now housing dozens of families. >> i just want to stop this war and that's it. >> reporter: the kindness of strangers is keeping those families fed and clothed. at this shelter, most of the donations have poured in from the u.s. >> you don't know anybody here. >> we don't know no one here. >> these are strangers to you, and they took you in. >> yes.

>> that's pretty amazing. >> reporter: this family of four is heading for poland, but they can't stop thinking about the relatives they left behind in the rush to get out. >> there is no transportation to go and a lot of hate and it's dangerous so much, there hate everything. >> reporter: before leaving this shelter, we met tanya and her 5-month-old son alici, the youngest refugee we've encountered so far. when she looks down at her child, she remembers how far they've come but how far further they need to go. >> when you think about this war, what goes on in your head? >> reporter: she says she worries about the psychological effects this war will have on ukraine's little ones, but she also told me this war has revealed who the strongest creatures are in this battle, it's the mothers fighting to save their children. we have met so many brave mothers out here. we do have an update on the refugee crisis this morning, the u.n. now saying a million

ukrainians have fled from this country and they continue to believe that number is just going to go higher and higher, and a bit of good news now, the ukrainian rail company says they are allowing passengers on. they are no longer doing any type of commercial business. it's only refugees headed towards the west. we also can tell you several european countries are now letting ukrainian refugees board their trains as long as they have a ukrainian passport. all of this very good developments, but the rail company says there is still a major problem. they can't get trains into the east where they are needed the most but also where that fighting is most intense. savannah. >> tom llamas, keep telling these stories. thank you so much for being there, appreciate it. >> despite the toll on innocent civilians and the russian economy, vladimir putin's foreign minister is vowing to carry on the attacks even as the two sides hold talks. "today's" senior international correspondent keir simmons spoke to him overnight, and joins us from moscow.

>> reporter: i asked the russian foreign minister whether president putin is as erratic and isolated as people say and about those nuclear threats coming from the kremlin. he told me, quote, we don't have insane people. we're about to play you those comments, around president putin's billionaire friends. this morning reports of super yachts seized in germany, belongs to a russian billionaire close to president putin according to forbes. the wealthy oligarchs of russia under pressure, but how influential are they even president putin's ministers, his generals, and other world leaders are made to keep their distance. this morning nbc news put that question to putin's foreign minister >> minister, president putin is described by many in the west as erratic and isolated can you reassure people about president putin's reasoning? is he taking advice and when was the last time you were able to

advise him >> translator: president putin in the past weeks has provided detailed comments on our position that is the position of our leadership >> reporter: there are multiple indications the president told very few of his plans. presidential speeches like his new year address are highly produced but last week's televised declaration of war had unusually low production values. and days earlier he sat at a distance from his security council and humiliated russia's nervous looking equivalent of the cia director who stumbled when asked about russia's plans. closest to the president now, his bodyguards and the fsb, once the kgb. insiders tell us they would give their life for him the advice president putin receives never more important after he made multiple nuclear threats. >> can you reassure the world that russia would not fire a nuclear weapon in anger, would not fire a first strike? >> translator: we don't have

insane people. we have our military doctrine. they'll describe the parameters and conditions for flying nuclear weapons. it contains no escalation for deescalation point mind your president's statements mr. biden's statements when responding to a question whether there is any alternative to the sanctions from hell, he said the only alternative is a third world war, a nuclear war. >> reporter: and the deescalate policy is an alleged policy of the russians that they would threaten nuclear war in order to win a conventional war western officials, hoda, will say, no, that sergey lavrov appeared to say that is not russia's policy. >> keir simmons for us there in moscow thank you. another big story we're

following this morning has to do with the january 6th committee going farther than it has before in its investigation of former president donald trump lawmakers now saying they have evidence suggesting former president trump and his attorney committed crimes, including fraud after the 2020 election and in the lead up to the capitol riots. nbc's garrett haake is at the capitol with details on this story. good morning good morning, th committee really raising the stakes in their ongoing battle arguing for the first time in a legal filing overnight he may have committed a crime in that campaign to overturn the election results the committee is asking a federal judge to force a lawyer to turn over emails that they believe could prove mr. trump tried to defraud the united states this morning the january 6th committee saying for the first time that it believes former president donald trump committed crimes after the 2020 election writing in a new legal filing that it has reason to believe trump and his campaign, quote, engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the united states it comes during a dispute

between lawmakers and a trump attorney john eastman who has been refusing to turn over his emails, but the committee says eastman is not protected by attorney/client privilege because of an exception related to crime or fraud. >> we've amassed overwhelming evidence about a fake election >> reporter: saying trump and his team defrauded the united states by lying about the outcome of the 2020 election and alleging they pressured officials to change results. releasing excerpts of a deposition from an official describing trump's pressure on the justice department who testified, quote, he wanted us to say that it was corrupt the committee focusing on trump and eastman's pressure of vice president mike pence noting trump's tweet as rioters were at the capitol attacking pence and then afterwards eastman emailed a pence aide, quote, this siege is because you and your boss did not do what was necessary. trump recently doubled down on that pressure saying in a

statement this january that pence had a right to change the election, which the former vice president rejected. >> president trump is wrong. >> reporter: the committee itself isn't a prosecuting body, they can't file charges against anyone, but this file sends a message that they believe the justice department should. and eastman's attorney told nbc news overnight that his client has a responsibility to protect communications with his client mr. trump even at great personal risk and response and that they'll respond to this filing in due course. no word yet from the former president. >> garrett haake on the hill for us, thank you, garrett 7:16 now, a lot more to get to >> good morning, good morning to you as well. we turn to the pandemic now, and the new plan in place to fight covid. the white house task force unveiling several new steps as our nation continues to move forward. among the steps, more testing

and faster treatments. nbc national correspondent, miguel almaguer has the latest on this one. good morning. >> good morning, with all the metrics moving in the right direction, a drop in new cases, hospitalizations and deaths, the white house covid task force says we have reached a new moment in the pandemic, and with that new benchmark comes a new normal saying americans will need to this morning authorities believe our nation is transitioning from pandemic to endemic, holding their first briefing together in person in more than a year, the white house covid task force is outlining a new 96-page plan to move forward >> if you looked at the practicality of where we are, we are clearly going in the right direction. >> reporter: hoping americans feel safe returning to the office and filling downtown streets again, the covid plan calls for four main goals, still focused on vaccines, there will be more genomic sequencing for variants and in an effort to prevent shutdowns, next week americans can order additional free at-home testing kits and if

someone tests positive at a pharmacy or clinic, antiviral medications could be available on the spot. >> all of these efforts are with a vision for not just covid, but also to address any future infectious and non-infectious public health threat. >> reporter: with a plan in place for a new normal, some believe we could as early as this summer face a new variant and another surge, but today the country is on solid footing. >> i think it's up to us to really restore our prior lives, in its full dimension, and essentially that means not fearing -- for most of us not fearing infection. >> reporter: on a better road, the path forward is still divided. florida's governor admonishing high school students before a press conference >> you do not have to wear those masks. i mean, please take those off. honestly, it's not doing anything, and we've got to stop with this covid theater, if you want to wear it, fine, but this i mean, please take those of is ridiculous. >> this morning pandemic

frustration and exhaustion, the one thing most americans can agree on >> as for masks on airplanes, buses, and trains, the task force says it is constantly looking at cases and numbers for those new mandates for right now there is no plan to lift them, at least immediately. >> thank you. walter cronkite lifetime achievement award winner al roker joins the table. we are just bursting with pride. >> yes, we are. >> thank you. >> how was it? >> it was wonderful. it was a terrific honor. i thank you all for the kind words you said. >> we're going to have more kind words later in the show. >> look at these temperatures all across the country, we're talking coast to coast warmth. look at this, today, santa fe you're going to be 68 degrees, 15 degrees above normal. oklahoma city in the 70s, 77 in memphis, 79 in charlotte, the temperatures are about one to

two months ahead of schedule from may into april from the coast to coast i mean, we're talking really warm conditions, and then as we move into the weekend, temperatures still warming up getting up into the 60s in omaha, 60s in chicago. by saturday it's in the 60s. on saturday and sunday in cleveland, and that warmth makes its way to the east. look at this, new haven going to be touching 60 degrees by monday, philly in the low 70s. low 70s in d.c., and upper 60s on sunday in pittsburgh. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds ke some plan what can you do for me? so, it helps to have a wise friend and fierce defender in your corner. a friend like aarp. to help your money live as long as you do. the money you earn. the money you splurge. i'm going in. and the money you save. hey, i just bought that. huh, i just sold that. that's why the younger you are, the more you need aarp.

join today. we're seeing much differea. we're seeing some of the heavier rain moving across the north bay, but we're also picking up on some thunderstorms and small hail in parts of the east bay around union city and just to the east of heyward, also around san maymon, danville, concord and now picking up on some of the heavy rain and even lightning strikes and we'll continue to monitor that throughout the day. >> that's your latest weather. weather, guys. >> all right, thank you cronkite award winner, al >> is that weird >> very weird. >> coming up, a story you're going to want to see if you've got kids on tiktok the nationwide investigation being launched on the popular app's risk, the mental and physical well being. >> transgender swimmer leah thomas opening up about her

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>> plus. >> more on the epidemic phase of covid that is learning to live withterm the president proposed a plan with continuing the push for worldwide variant and moning to innew variants and preventing shutdowns before it's necessary and a test to treat initiative which would put more tests into local pharmacies, including so that if a person feels sick they can test on the spot and get treatment right then and there. >> time to get a look at the forecast for you with meteorologist kari hall. >> yeah, marcus, it's already a busy morning on storm ranger as we see the rain moving in. most that have rain is in the north bay and out ahead of that we're getting reports of heavy downpour, hail, thunderstorms as well as rainbows while other areas are barely seeing anything. we've seen the heavy rain around union city moving over towards 680. we've seen the lightning strikes coming down around concord as well as up around fairfield and vacaville this morning.

more lightning strikes than hail and those areas, as we're also getting some rain moving in. we'll be tracking them throughout the day. marius? >> thanks, we'll have another local update coming up in 30 minutes. i'll see you then.

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we turn now to potential trouble for tiktok. >> a group of state attorneys general announcing a new investigation into the popular social media site. the goal here to determine if it is harming the mental health of children nbc's senior washington correspondent, hallie jackson joins us now with more on this story. hey, hallie, good morning. >> reporter: hey, hoda, good morning. you know, we're talking about an app that has exploded in popularity in the last year. with what tiktok says are about a billion people around the world using it every month, but now at least eight states attorneys general want to know if tiktok is doing enough to protect younger users, all part of this bigger push we've been talking about to keep kids safe online tiktok under investigation this morning, at least eight state attorneys general now launching an inquiry into the social media app to look at whether the popular platform is harming its young users. >> this investigation of tiktok will focus on what tiktok knows about its platform, its algorithm, and its impact on young people whether it knows that it causes

harm to young people >> reporter: the coalition of ag's wants to know if tiktok, which is owned by the chinese company bytedance violated state consumer protection laws and wants to know more about the potential mental and physical risks to children using the platform. >> whether there's a harm to children with respect to anxiety or depression or suicidal ideation, or body image, and what tiktok did to engage young people. >> reporter: in response to the investigation, tiktok overnight telling nbc news, we care deeply about building an experience that helps to protect and support the well-being of our community and appreciate that the state attorneys general are focusing on the safety of younger users. this announcement the latest focused on protecting children online in november, a bipartisan group of state ag's investigated instagram digging into what they called the results harms of

extended engagement on the photo sharing app and whether its parent company, meta, formerly facebook, also violated consumer protection laws. at the time, a meta spokesperson telling nbc news the investigation was based on a deep misunderstanding of the facts adding the company leads the industry in supporting young users. the meta investigation coming just weeks after a facebook whistle-blower told congress the social media giant knew instagram was toxic, especially for the mental health of teen girls. that whistle-blower, frances haugen, a guest at tuesday's state of the union speech where president biden demanded more safety protection for kids. >> we must hold social media platforms accountable for the national experiment they're conducting on our children for profit [ applause ] >> that is the backdrop to what we're talking about now, this tiktok investigation which specifically focuses on the things the company does to try to boost the engagement of younger people on the app, like increasing the amount of time that they actually spend on tiktok hoda. >> all right, hallie jackson for

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back now, back now, 7:39 with in depth today. this morning an issue that has been dividing the sports world.

>> a transgender swimmer at the university of pennsylvania is in the midst of a record setting season, but some say she is swimming with unfair advantages. >> now she's speaking out in a new interview. >> nbc's stephanie gosk joins us with more on this. >> at the heart of this story are two issues people feel very passionate about, fairness in sports on one hand and the importance of acceptance and inclusion on the other, right there in the middle of it all is transgender swimmer leah thomas. it has not been an easy place to be, and now she's sharing her story with "sports illustrated." transgender swimmer leah thomas breaking barriers and records. >> leah thomas to the wall first, and that is a new ivy

league meet record. >> reporter: in a new article, "sports illustrated" calls the college senior the most controversial athlete in america. >> her story to her is about swimming it's about swimming as her authentic self >> reporter: thomas telling the magazine, i just want to show trans kids and younger trans athletes they're not alone, they don't have to choose between who they are and the sport they love. her presence has become a lightning rod in a bitter debate over transgender athletes in women's sports even her teammates are split, with some publicly coming out in support of her while others saying she has an unfair advantage. >> over the last half of the pool, nobody will touch leah thomas. >> reporter: the controversy has drawn in some of the biggest names in the sport. >> i believe that we all should feel comfortable with who we are in our own skin, but i think sports should all be played at an even playing field. >> reporter: thomas is eligible to compete under ncaa rules which require transgender athletes to complete at least one year of testosterone sue presentation treatments. the article describes her journey, a struggle that began in high school saying she felt disconnected from her body that feeling continued in college and led to depression as she swam for the men's team. but thomas eventually came out to her family, friends, and her

teammates. in may of 2019, she began hormone replacement therapy. >> i had a lot of uncertainty about my future in swimming, and whether or not i'd be able to keep swimming at all >> reporter: thomas says she immediately felt better, even though her race times slowed u penn welcomed her on the women's team. >> being in a swimsuit 20 hours a week has sort of helped me with accepting my body. >> reporter: it has also made her a target for nasty backlash and even threats >> has this last year been hard on her >> yeah, extremely >> reporter: those who question the fairness of her competing are afraid of backlash as well be treated with respect and dignity, but it's not transphobic to say i disagree hg thomas's response to that

argument, the very simple answer is that i'm not a man, she tells the magazine i'm a woman so i belong on the women's team as for her swimming future, thomas has her eye on the olympics. >> i think her overriding message here is that she wants to swim as who she is, and she wants to encourage other people to be who they are >> in february, usa swimming put forward new guidelines for trans female athletes that would have made thomas ineligible, but the ncaa ultimately decided the new rules would not affect this season. >> what's next for her after college? what are her goals >> the first thing is the ncaa championships. that comes up in a couple of weeks. then she has her eye on the olympics and usa swimming says if she qualifies under their new guidelines they would gladly welcome her on the team. >> thank you, stephanie. >> you're welcome. it is that time of the day we head over to mr. roker. >> you forgot his title. >> cronkite lifetime achievement award winner. >> let's put a -- >> just for today.

>> thank you, thank you. 2022 precipitation out west, it has been really, really dry. in fact, much of the west really rainfall and in fact, our record driest january, february for eureka, fresno, sacramento, san francisco and san jose that may be changing today some places haven't had rain in 50, 60 days. low pressure will start to push in that's going to bring some rain, anywhere from 1 to 2 inches of rain, especially down through southern california. that's good news, and the even better news is they'll get some snow, much needed snow in the sierra good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we've seen the rain moving through parts of the bay area this morning. it's been mainly in the north bay but we've had the more active weather with

thunderstorms as well as brief he have downpoirs. looking at the bigger picture the active weather will continue as the storm system arrives and brings down much colder temperature. we'll also have the tailing off as some low elevation snow on saturday and then we'll also have small hail possible at any point. >> that is your latest weather. guys? and that is your latest and that is your latest weather, guys. >> thank you, al coming up next, remember that large piece of space junk we told you about, the one on the collision course with the moon well, it's now 24 hours away, less than that even. >> kerry sanders standing by with the very latest he's also going to tell us why nasa is apparently very excited about what it could reveal we'll have that for you right after this felt overwhelming at times. but i never just found my way, i made it. so when i finished active therapy, i kept moving forward and did everything i could to protect myself from recurrence. verzenio is the first treatment in over 15 years to reduce the risk of recurrence for adults with hr-positive, her2-negative, node-positive,

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moon crash it's sort of unplanned, and yes, it will be out of this world it's an out of this world phenomenon straight out of the movies a large hunk of space junk about 40 feet long and 10 feet wide headed for a crash landing on the surface of the moon. >> this is really about the best place that a piece of junk like this could have gone >> reporter: space expert and amateur asteroid tracker bill gray was the first to spot the rogue flying hunk of metal initially concluding it was part of a spacex falcon rocket launched in 2015 but now, according to nasa, it's actually part of a chinese rocket launched a year earlier >> what does it tell us that you're trying to figure out what this space junk is because

essentially nobody's tracking it >> i don't actually expect necessarily that these objects will be tracked, but usually at the beginning somebody knows this is where we lost contact with it. >> this is kowalski confirming visual contact with debris. >> reporter: unlike some of hollywood's popular depictions of the dangers of space debris, this particular junk does not pose any serious threat to the moon or its orbit, but it will certainly leave a mark the impact will shoot moon dust for hundreds of miles in every direction, and carve out a brand new moon crater expected to be up to 60 plus feet across. nasa tells nbc news it could take weeks to months to identify the impact site calling it an exciting research opportunity. learning about space and the solar system is 9-year-old reagan deandrea's hobby. at first reagan wondered if the crash may affect tides here on earth. >> his first reaction was, well,

wait, what's going to happen to the water? is that going to affect the water? and i was like good question, buddy, i don't know. >> reporter: luckily nothing will change here on earth, and a little space junk will not stop reagan and his little sister vera from dreaming of someday going to space themselves. >> i know vera always has a saying that she likes to say, and what's that? >> i love you to the moon. >> i love you to the moon. >> reporter: unfortunately we will not be able to see this crash, but if you're curious how much space junk is out there, yes, there's an app for that it's actually designed to look at the constellations. you just hold it up like that, but then it also identifies the tens of thousands of pieces of space junk that's floating out there in low earth orbit >> what is that? >> tomorrow, the big event >> got junk. >> thank you, kerry, we

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. good morning. it is 7:56. i'm marcus washington. heroes what's happening now. >> i'm kris sanchez with more on the endemic phase of covid, that is learning to live with it. the president proposes a plan of four main points continuing to push worldwide vaccinations, monitoring new variants before shutdowns before they are necessary and have a test to treat initiative which would put more tests in a pharmacy including in a fern feels sick they can test on the spot and get treatment right then and there. >> and let's get a look at that forecast for you today. meteorologist kari hall has a look at that. >> yeah. we're seeing some very active weather this morning as this new round of rain comes in on storm

ranger. we've been tracking not only some widespread north bay rain but also some thunderstorms in parts of the south bay and the east bail. wanted to give you a close look at this storm that's been moving over union city and hayward as well as moving over towards the 238 and 580 interchange where we're seeing some lightning strikes in that area as well as in parts of contra costa county this morning just east of concord. some really heavy rain along with some small hail. this system will begin to bring us all kinds of weather and across the bay area, marcus, it's going to be much cooler. >> god to hear. thanks, kari. all right. we'll have another local news update coming up for you in 30 minutes right back here on "today knit bay."

it's 8:00 on "today. coming up, stepping up the assault. russia targeting major ukrainian cities as civilian casualt it's 8:00 on "today", coming up, stepping up the assault. russia targeting major ukrainian cities as civilian casualties grow. >> they didn't launch rockets, they dropped bombs. >> the refugee crisis getting worse with more than 1 million now fleeing ukraine. we are live in the region. plus, the baby-sitters snub. >> financially, it has burdened our family. >> the skyrocketing price of baby-sitters now breaking some families' budgets. why a night away just got a little more expensive and what you can do to make it better. and mary's moment, mary j. blige set to produce a new movie

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at 8:00. as the war in ukraine enters its second week, russian attacks are escalating, but the outgunned ukrainian forces remain defiant. tom llamas is in western ukraine. he's got the very latest for us. hey, tom, good morning. >> reporter: hey, hoda, good morning again to you. so where we are right now, they haven't seen fighting just yet, but there are reminders of the war everywhere you look, like this check point. we are tracking a lot of major headlines that have happened overnight throughout this country. let's start in the city of kharkiv. this is the second largest city in ukraine. we've been speaking to refugees for days who have described just a hellish landscape. that's how they describe their city, that it was once this beautiful city, but the nonstop bombing from the russians has completely destroyed everything. ukrainians, though, are still fighting there. we've also learned that the russians have taken their first city, the small city of kherson.

we've just been informed of that, and we're also seeing the ukrainian people standing up to the russians, blocking the road outside of a town that houses the largest nuclear power plant in all of europe and the refugee crisis is still growing. the u.n. now saying 1 million ukrainians have fled this country because of the war, and we've been telling you about the miles and miles of convoy, that massive convoy that's miles long of russian soldiers and troops. it's just outside kyiv. it apparently has stalled now for almost a couple of days, apparently they're having a fuel shortage. and we're actually tracking all of that because that's going to be a major moment in this war, once that convoy reaches the capital city. also, we've been following how the russian athletes have sort

of been banned from sporting events all over the world, and we're now learning that organizers of the paralympic games, the winter paralympic games have now banned both russia and belarus expelling their athletes. they were afraid there would be a global boycott if they let those athletes compete. that's the latest from where we are this morning, back to you in the studio. >> a lot of headlines there. tom llamas for us. >> with so many innocent children caught up in this war, parents in ukraine are trying to get their kids to safety. it's not just ukrainians. some american families also caught in the war zone. nbc's jesse kirsch has one florida family's harrowing story of survival. jesse, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, thankfully that family now safe, but we know there are many more children including orphans still trapped in that war zone, but for that one american family, they're able to breathe a little bit easier this morning after a scary journey. >> here i am. >> reporter: thi >> reporter: this morning 5 day old charlotte marina, mom and dad all safe in slovakia after a remarkable escape from ukraine. >> unable to be fully relieved until we're home to be honest. but we're safe now. >> reporter: amy and michael traveled from florida to kyiv for their daughter's birth by surrogate just days before russia's attack.

>> nobody locally was even really very concerned about it >> reporter: then early thursday in ukraine's capital, the couple jolted from bed. >> the windows were rattling. >> reporter: all of their plans changed. war had arrived before their baby girl. the kowalski's say their surrogate went into labor friday in the bomb shelter. >> was there a point between thursday and saturday where you two thought we may need to go without her? >> no. >> never. >> that was never an option. >> reporter: then saturday their baby girl arrived at last, about an hour after birth, the family forced to flee >> reporter: every turn of this story is just angels that were there and supported us, like i would never have imagined. >> reporter: one of the heroes along the way, marina, a ukrainian woman who's now the name sake for little charlotte marina >> she wouldn't be here if it wasn't for her. >> reporter: but other children are still in peril there are tens of thousands of

children in orphanages in ukraine. >> reporter: this video shows ukrainian orphans in a bomb shelter. >> in an orphanage with infants to 4 years old, and a third of those are disabled, down syndrome, have special medical needs. it makes it very difficult to try to move them. >> reporter: but there are glimmers of home one pittsburgh man telling nbc affiliate wpxi he and a priest rescued 22 orphans from kyiv >> the end game would really be get the kids to america. >> reporter: children still a beautiful symbol of love in an uncertain world. and this morning a great update from charlotte marina's mom. she tells me the little girl got a clean bill of health the family says they were also helping get another american family's newborn out, that baby girl i'm told also got the thumbs up from doctors there is a ukrainian refugee, a translator who the family says also got out with them and is safe again, for so many children potentially they are still at risk in orphanage organization

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and we are back with something that's impacting parents all across the country. >> we've talked about it for months, americans feeling the impacts of inflakes. it's happening at the grocery store and the gas pump if you do have little ones you're also likely getting hit with skyrocketing baby-sitting rates. >> blayne alexander joins us with a little bit more you got a new little one you know all about this, good morning. >> reporter: absolutely, savannah, i've got to say this was probably one of the most shocking parts of becoming a new parent is seeing how high these prices can get, and we're not

just talking about baby-sitting for a parents' night out or a date night, we're talking about after school care, full-time help at home, all of the prices are rising across the board and experts say that it's likely here to stay pandemics, the cost of child care is skyrocketing, up by as much as 11% in 2020, well above it's happening across the map in cities like new york and san francisco average rates are over $23 an hour for one child. in los angeles and seattle, more than 20 bucks an hour, and just below that for boston, d.c., raleigh, miami, and phoenix. why the climb in costs day care closures and parents working from home are sending the demand through the roof, and newcomers are flooding into the field bringing higher credentials and a higher price. >> why have we seen so many people flood into this child care profession? >> teachers and nurses didn't feel safe in their working environments, so as they're coming into the child care field and working for families one on one, they're able to charge a much higher rate because they're bringing this set of skills with them >> reporter: she says they have seen a spike in demand across

the board, baby-sitters, nannies and after school care. and for some families, paying the rising price of child care is out of the question driving more parents, especially women to leave the work force altogether natalie ormond was almost one of them >> financially it has burdened our family so that we can't have consistent care for our children >> reporter: she found a nanny s to help with her six kids, but can't afford to pay for as many hours as they need >> i've posted on craigslist i've posted on next door i've gone to facebook. there's probably five times more families asking for child care than there are providers >> reporter: that bidding war is beneficial for nannies like ashley harris. she recently raised her prices >> i was getting so many inquiries and, honestly, some of the parents rates superseded my

rates. >> experts say the prices are likely here to stay and long overdue. >> we're finally seeing care providers getting the hourly wages that will allow them to feed their own families and make a living wage doing what they do best >> reporter: so guys that's certainly one thing that a lot of people are looking at as a benefit. another thing is that there's so much conversation around this, and experts are hoping that that will help drum up support for employment subsidies, government subsidies to help kind of ease the blow for so many parents i asked an expert in the meantime what can parents do as they're trying to battle these rising costs try and find other families to split the cost with so a nanny share or baby-sitting share. the other thing she said is possibly look for retired people in your community. people who may have time to do this but won't necessarily need to charge as high of prices. but guys, as you all know, as i'm certainly finding out, it takes parents getting very creative to deal with child care around these times. >> thank you >> thank you, blayne >> thank you, blayne. >> thanks, blayne. >> all right, mr. roker, how

about a check of the weather >> i don't care about any of that >> you haven't had to pay a baby-sitter in a while. >> i haven't it's fantastic let's show you what we've got going on for today we are looking at a little clipper system bringing some snow across the upper midwest, also exiting the northeast that's going to bring a little snow to northern new england wet weather finally moving into parts of southern california, 70s and 80s there. we're looking at 80s through the central plains all the way to the southeastern atlantic states for the rest of the day today, rain and snow moving into northern california, pacific northwest. more record highs in the central part of the country, chillier here in the northeast and into the mid-atlantic states. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. take a look at storm ranger. we've had such a busy morning with some widespread north bay rain and some thunderstorms, small hail, as well as even some brief heavy downpours in parts of the east bay. we're seeing that from union city moving over toward hayward

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good morning. it is 8:26. i'm marcus washington. growing desperation as ukrainians rush to leave their country. more than a million have fled in just the last week, and we're listening some of those refugees arriving in the bay area. nonprofits are helping people get here, but they need more help. they need people to volunteer, families to donate time and money. stay up to date at nbcbayarea.com. want to get the latest on that forecast for you. meteorologist kari hall is tracking what we can expect today. some rain in our forecast.

>> yeah. it's been such a busy morning as we've been tracking this activity on storm ranger. he've also seen a line of some heavier rain as well as some lightning and semiautomatic hail moving through parts of the east bay and that activity does continue as we get a closer look. so expect it to be at times really changeable as we are going to see the possibility of more of this wet weather and the storms moving through over the next couple of days as this cold front brings in much colder temperatures. we'll see that continue through saturday and then we'll see our temperatures gradually warming up next week. marcus? >> thanks, kari. another local news update in half an hour. i'll meet you back here then.

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you're a cronkite award winner >> is this new >> i mean -- >> you look adorable adorable >> smoking jacket. >> that's me >> you're like on a different phase of your fashion journey. >> i was jumping because i was getting ready for tomorrow getting ready for tomorrow. >> okay. tomorrow, one republic ryan tedder will be right here live we're going to catch up with him. he'll share a fun friday performance of his band's newest hit. just ahead, from making that first cup of coffee from the dilemma over what to wear, we're going to help you save a few precious minutes in the morning. that means more sleep, less stress, raise your hands if you want to sign up for that. >> there's no need to be intimidated by the idea of a high intensity interval training >> how did you know that >> stephanie mansour is here to make it manageable, even for beginners, we'll have that, you can do a lot of great things for your health. >> from cardio to carbs, that's where the great tom colicchio comes in, "top chef" star making

pasta two ways, and we cannot wait. coming up in just a few minutes on the third hour, sheinelle is back, and she's going to share her visit to an incredible place where slime, yes, slime, is the star, and you won't believe how it's changing the lives of kids and adults as well >> cool. >> all right, but first a check of the weather from al. >> that's me, the grand fromage. still a chill in the air in the northeast, mid-atlantic states really warm down through the lower mississippi river valley, much needed rain through california, on saturday sunny strong storms firing up as you plains. then sunday, southeast, wet weather and strong storms from the central mississippi river valley into the northeast, and some much needed snow in the rockies. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. yes, much-needed rain moving in right now. we're tracking it on storm ranger. as we've seen the widespread rain in the north bay but also more active storms in parts of

the east bay, where there's a line of rain kind of sitting in the same spot. so, many other areas not seeing that activity, but we've had small hail, isolated lightning as well as some rainbows. we'll continue to see more active weather as the cold front moves in. and that is your latest and that is your latest weather. hey -- >> making your morning coffee from bed or how about making a salon worthy blowout >> for the day, faster than ever. >> and also best hair styles for berets coming up but first this is "today" on nbc.

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relationship with today. >> sweat it out. stephanie mansour is going to show us how to start a h.i.t. program, which actually carson knows what h.i.t. stands for it packs a lot of benefits into a quick workout. we're getting ready to feel the burn first this is "today" on nbc a quick rkout.wo

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>> high intensity interval training is the biggest thing for your workout buck. what we're doing is quick bursts of cardio mixed in with a couple of minutes of strength training. we alternate that for 20 minutes. that's as effective if not more effective than just doing 40 minutes of steady -- >> really? >> and you'll get the after burn you'll get the after burn, you'll be burning calories while you're sleeping. it's good for weight loss, speeding up the metabolism and toning. >> just 20 minutes a day is good enough >> yes, and we have our 31-day workout plan on today.com and i break down and give you all the exercise moves so we're not doing the same thing over and over again. >> 20 minutes of h.i.t. is better than 40 minutes of regular -- >> yes, you got it. >> what is wrong with me >> sold. >> you've given us each an exercise, and i think i get to go first so what is mine? >> yours is the grapevine. >> okay. >> you love this. >> i do, the '80s called. >> and people think of exercise as boring, and that's one thing -- >> grapevine is not boring. >> it's so fun step to the side, step back, jump, clap if you want lower impact -- i love that. >> watch this, stephanie, you can do a side stroll.

>> i love that >> go over a little like this. >> how fast to make it high intensity, what do you have to do >> we're going all out -- >> look at carson, he's rocking. >> throw in a little something >> we're going for about 60 seconds here, and you can eliminate this -- >> i have never seen carson do that >> i feel like i'm in like some bar in -- >> the grapevine is very hard to do >> yes >> this is the cardio burst. >> is this me? >> i'm ready. >> go hoda >> i've got a dress on. >> jump up >> i know, but that's okay, hoda i've got my sister who's 30, she does this version. my mom does just a backwards lunge with a knee lift, and yet we have other people who do a backwards leg lift with a knee lift. >> how hard do you have to go? >> ten on each side. >> and then we move on to cardio >> all right i'm ready. >> we're going to channel your

inner athlete. so be wide, get up on the balls pitter patter, fast, fast. >> let's go craig. >> you got a minute. we got to do it. >> come on let's go you got to be there. >> cardio. and the point is -- >> all right >> come on, carson. >> let's go. >> we're going to slow it down. >> just a fun fact, almost 10% of the global population has a lower back issue i'm one of them. here we go. >> what we're going to do is a modification here. upper body, let me see those biceps now we're going to do a chest press, squeeze together like you're squeezing paper, yes, and then open it up. if you want to step this up a little bit -- >> is this cardio or strength? >> this is strength. >> i can go just a little bit. >> that's the intense version. >> yep. >> but if you want to make the

low version, squeeze the arms together and eliminate the lower body we've got people on our start today facebook -- >> can you help with the pasta >> we've got grandmothers in this group who are losing weight, feeling healthier and regaining control of their health so these are great exercises >> carson's gone he went to the -- >> protein >> you are not carb loading. >> just getting ready. >> you earned that >> you earned that. >> what kind of cardio is this >> that was great. >> i love food i love food. yeah, work out, eat healthy. >> thank you >> 20 minutes. [ laughter ] >> 20 minutes of h.i.i.t figure out h.i.i.t. and stop walking for two hours. >> you can have two loops of that pasta >> steph, thank you. if you want to get -- 31-day exercise routine go, to our website, today.com >> after all that, you hungry?

>> i'm sweating. >> tom colicchio's ready he's whipping up two hearty pasta dishes, one for meat lovers, one for vegetarians. everybody wins, especially carson but first this is "today" on nbc. >> go carson wins, especially carson. but first this is "today"n nbc. o nbc. o did you know that renovating your kitchen and bathroom is one of the best ways to increase the value of your home? i'm mike holmes here with ivan from agm renovations america's number one kitchen and bathroom renovators thanks mike! we make kitchen and bathroom renovations easy for everyone. we quote and design each project and help customers select all finishes without having to leave their home! wow! agm are the only kitchen and bathroom renovations specialists i recommend. ♪ agmrenovations.com ♪ [announcer] call now and get $3,000 off!

okay talking about my cooking show. >> we are back at 8:50 with "today" food this morning we're joined by one of the all stars from bravo's emmy winning series "top chef" tom colicchio, you've been there from the beginning of "top chef". >> you're the lead judge, been there 19 seasons, just confirmed it you also are the mentor, you guide them through the various challenges and as a big frequent viewer of "top chef" i would say terrify most contestants because you're kind of inscrutable and mean >> 15 years later the chefs that come on the show now, they grew up watching the show. >> oh, wow. >> so they walk into the studio

and they can't believe it, and they're like oh, my god. >> that's how we are at "the voice," we have several singers who come on, i started watching this when i was 5. i'm 13 now. >> craft and hospitality is -- you're chef and owner, how are you things there >> we opened during the pandemic we took our private dining room, since parties weren't happening. we opened my first italian trattoria. this is a dish you would typically find in a lot of roman trattorias it's a beef dish we start off by searing -- >> what kind of beef is that >> this is just chuck, and actually, in the restaurant i use oxtail. >> there you go, perfect >> in the restaurant i use oxtail, but it's kind of hard to find, so i just thought i'd use beef for this. >> you sear the oxtail like that or braise it >> you're going to braise it but sear it first. >> crowd the pan >> no, opposite. you don't want to crowd the pan. do this in batches

>> that was a trick question >> you can let that go because we're going to move on over to here now we have our beef that's brown. after it's brown, i'm using a pressure cooker for this. >> why did you use the pressure cooker >> because it takes about a third of the time. >> okay. we add our aromatics, onions. >> is the pressure cooker like a one pot situation? >> we'll talk about that in a second. >> hold your horses. >> we let this cook down, and then we move on over, and then the aromatics once they're cooked would go in here as well as some stock. >> how long are you going to cook that beef >> 30 minutes. >> 30? >> beef stock. >> he said 30 minutes. >> how long do i brown it? >> brown it until it's brown cocoa powder >> oh, cocoa powder. >> chili crunch or use regular dried chilies. >> here you go chef. >> not yet >> now we close it >> we close it we cook it for a half an hour.

okay, so a half an hour. after it's done for a half hour, we open it up and add ou pine nuts, and our raisins, and we let that cook for another five minutes. >> you lost me on the raisins, do we have to have raisins >> no, you don't have to have raisins. >> i don't like raisins. >> when it's done, it comes out like this. it's really cooked down. >> looks great like a pulled rib. >> if you don't have a pressure cooker, you can do this in the dutch oven, but it's about three hours. >> and pressure cooker was 30 minutes, you put the pine nuts in there, how much longer after that >> the cavatelli we just cooked. we just add that. >> i thought those were beans. >> no, cavatelli when you're making pasta, you don't have to pour the sauce over top you have to cook the pasta with the sauce. >> that was already cooked. >> you want to do tv eating. >> but in the end you still have to let it cook some more and at the very end we add some parsley. >> this looks like such a yummy, homey, winter meal >> it looks like a rib meat.

>> what's this other pasta dish here >> the other dish -- >> yummy >> -- is a play on a bolognese, but i use mushrooms. there's vegetable stock, aromatic vegetables, whenever you cook mushrooms, do them in batches as well. there's kind of water in the bottom of the pan, it starts to steam because you overcrowded pan. >> you got all these different kinds of mushrooms. >> for this recipe i simply saute the mushrooms. i dice them, saute them, and then add carrots, celery, onions, and leek, saute that add everything back together. >> a little bit of vegetable stock. >> this is a golden foot >> that's cool we were talking about different pasta, when you go to the market, i feel like all pasta is supposed to be made fresh, when you watch tv, everybody makes fresh pasta. i was asking tom about rigatoni in a bag and he was saying that's not a bad thing. >> that's fine there's some that are much better. >> what about boxed pasta?

>> same thing, it's okay >> for mac and cheese for the kids it will pass. >> for mac and cheese for the kids whatever's in the box. >> next season is in houston, great food scene there. >> actually, it's an amazing food scene it's the fourth largest city in the country. it's probably the most diverse city in the country as well. and so we had a great time there. amazing food we had some great locations. it's going to be an exciting season, really is. >> when you spend so much of the restaurant industry too during the pandemic, so visit your restaurants, right >> visit your restaurants. if you're going to do takeout, directly contact the restaurant, those third parties they gouge us, so you know, support your restaurants. it's still tough out there things are getting better but omicron really crushed our industry, especially here in new york, and we're still getting -- we're still getting through. >> are the sitting outside boxes going to stay in the street? >> no. no. >> i like them. >> some are fancy, they have the air built in the streets are so small >> the only problem i have with

them is that you see them, it always reminds us of the pandemic. >> that's true, that's true. >> thanks for these recipes head to today.com/food and catch tonight's premier tonight in houston, season 19 on bravo. >> we're back with our third and fourth hours, but first your local news and weather. >> thank you, tom. >> thanks, tom good morning. it is 8:56. i'm marcus washington. in the midst of the crisis overseas, gas prices are climbing at home. russia is the world's second largest oil exporter, but right now, its exports are under a de facto ban and shippers refusing

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this morning on the third hour of "today," under siege. russia stepping up its attacks in ukraine seizing control of a key port city. more than 1 million ukrainians have now fled the country. we are live on the ground as the fighting rages on. plus, space junk, four tons of metal on a collision course with the moon. this isn't a movie. this is real. what to expect with impact less than 24 hours away. then later, man on a mission. the inspiring reason he spent a whole year breaking dozens of wild world records. and she