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tom brady announced he is coming back for a record 23rd nfl season with the bucks. the dance card is full the brackets are set for 68 teams. a busy start to a new week "early today" starts right now good morning and thanks for joining us >> glad to be with you after a brutal -- a weekend of brutal attacks in ukraine, a small beacon of hope ukraine and russian officials are scheduled for another round of peace talks at 4:30 eastern time as ukraine says at least 35 were killed when russian missiles pounded a military base near the polish border. athgtser 135 thejured in air strikes. according to the video on the president's telegram channel, he v visitsed a hospital in kyiv.

and during public remarks, he doubled down on the need for a nato-enforced no-fly zone over the country. said it would help put an end to their siege. zelenskyy also argued that after the bombing, only about 15 miles from poland, the u.s. would be battling russia if a nato nation was hit. we turn to molly hunter live in lviv the russians struck a military base 20 miles from where you are. has the relative sense of safety changes there? >> reporter: that's right. this was a huge escalation over the weekend. this is the western most attack. when we talked to people in the west of the country, no one was surprised. it is a sprawling training facility troops have sent time there since 2015 the pentagon confirmed no

americans were killed. more than 130 were injured it's it the location that's making everyone jumpy. lviv has been the destination for people fleeing the violence of the east and the departure point for people leaving for poland or elsewhere in europe. so, talking to people yesterday, we said has this changed your risk calculation for staying in the country? and a lot of people said they woke up yesterday morning -- the morning after that attack feeling completely differently about whether they want to stay in the country >> i can just imagine that's the case the red cross has warned of a worst-case scenario for citizens in mariupol. is there any chance this will happen soon? >> reporter: the russians have besieged it. there's no heat, water, electricity.

the red cross and doctors without borders have staff inside and as you mentioned the icrg got information out from their staff and say it's worse than has been reported for the last 48 hours, we've been tracking a humanitarian aid convoy heading to maur opal. part of the fragile ceasefire agreements is aid goes in and civilians come out they've been working in some parts of the country they have failed every day in m m mariupol and you can bet this will be discussed at the peace talks in about an hour the latest on the convoy is it's about 50 miles from the city and everyone in ukraine is hoping that gets the badly needed essential supplies to the people of mariupol. >> even more dire to have progress in the peace talks, as you mentioned, about an hour and a half from now. is russia turning to china

>> they've confirmed the u.s. believes russia has asked china for military equipment and suistance. for more we turn to janice live in beijing top officials from the u.s. and china are set to meet today. what can we expect >> reporter: ukraine is set to dominate the agenda when jake sullivan meets with china's top diplomat those meetings will happen today in rome. they're the highest level attacks since beijing. things did not go well the last time these two men met in alaska the going into these talks with multiple reports that u.s. officials believe that russia has asked china for military assistance and equipment now, it isn't clear exactly what china would be looking for or why russia or what russia would be looking for or why they would

need weaponry three weeks into an invasion or how china has responded. but it does set the tone and give an added complexity because it isn't clear whether the u.s. is wanting to heat with china to see if they can leverage beijing's influence on moscow or whether they feel the need to give a warning to china about bailing russia out here's what jake sullivan had to say yesterday on "meet the press. >> we've made it clear, not just to beijing, but any country in the world that if they think they can basically bail russia out, they can give russia a work around to the sanctions we've imposed, they should have another thing coming because we will insure that neither china nor anyone else can compensate russia for these losses. >> so far china is complying with the western sanctions on russiato the

sanctions are taking on their economy, they are going to be counting on its ties with china. >> as if we needed anymore complexity right now thank you. an award-winning journalist was killed in ukraine over the weekend. he was shot by russian forces near kyiv. . >> reporter: in ukraine, a death in the line of duty. an award-winning american journalist shot dead by russian troops outside kyiv. his colleague was injured in the attack >> we crossed the check point and they started shooting at us. we turned around and kept shooting my friend is renaud and he's been shot and left behind. >> reporter: he was a seasoned reporter, covering afghanistan to africa, the middle east to mexico >> imagine being 16 years old and leaving home on your own, $8 in your pocket and you're trying

to make it from honduras to the united states. close to 2,000 miles >> reporter: with credits from "the new york times," npr, hbo and others and he won accolades wherever he went >> thank you this is a huge honor for us. >> reporter: the white house reacting to the breaking news. >> this is obviously shocking and horrifying >> reporter: the victim of another day of violence outside the ukrainian capitol where russian forces continue their relentless push towards kyiv they're preparing to go on the offensive against kyiv, he said. they're trying scare us. a once prosperous colleague lying in the rubble. nbc news, ukraine. well, if you are filling up for your morning commute today, brace yourself there is still no relief in sight from record-high gas prices as the war in ukraine

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38 in myrtle beach savannah, georgia down to 35 degrees. we're rapidly warming up this afternoon. we'll see temperatures in the 20s getting to the 50s and 60s from kentucky up to the northeast. 55 in new york today much warmer over the weekend and tomorrow we continue the push of warmth boston could be 62 and 70s in areas of virginia. we're almost there everytng's going to sthiar and northern new england, you get in the upper 40s it was a great ski weekend that was about the only thing good about the snow this weekend, guys, in the northeast. >> and we got to stay in and in

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crisis relief efforts. it's hard for any of us to truly understand what it's like living inside ukraine right now. 34-year-old decided to stay to take care of her parents she's been leaving voice mails and giving daily check ins, describing how her city is surviving. >> outside kyiv, it's really hell on earth. when i saw photos of killed family now i think safer to stay in kyiv. i'm okay today was rather loud, bomb, bomb even my house shaked hi, it's me. last night i heard aircraft so

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♪ it is monday, march 14th this morning russia is asking china for military aid if the chinese get involved on the side of russia, everything changes. we are live in beijing and ukraine. almost 600 civilians have been killed, according to the united nations and new details on the film maker and journalist killed while doing his job, covering the war remember oscar-winning actor from "the bi