that's coming up in just under a minute. >> quickly approaching 7:00. we're going to be back at 7:25 with a live local news update. >> don't forget to join us for our midday forecast coming up at 11:00. we'll see you then. have a great morning. the "today" show coming up next. ♪♪ good morning. on the attack. russia pounding ukraine's capital with a new round of air strikes overnight, hitting civilian targets. this morning the leaders of three european nations visiting a remarkable show of solidarity for ukraine. president zelenskyy imploring the world for more support and preparing to take his message directly to the united states with a virtual address to congress. while in moscow, a protester who openly defied vladimir putin on air is detained by russian authorities overnight.

we're live with complete coverage. breaking news, in custody, a suspect now being held by d.c. police after a massive man hunt for a potential serial killer preying on the homeless in the nation's capital and new york. the very latest straight ahead. dose of reality. even as covid mandates are lifted, health officials warning americans to expect yet another rise in cases as the debate over the need for a fourth vaccine dose intensifies. in the cross-hairs, a line of destructive storms sweep through the south. >> we got hail. >> with more severe weather on the way, we've got everything you need to know. those stories plus, deporting anna. the convicted con artist and focus of a hit netflix series possibly sent back to germany overnight. our one-on-one with her attorney just ahead. and i beg your parton? country queen dolly parton respectfully bows out as a

nominee for the rock and roll hall of fame. the praise that classy move is getting from fans, and the exciting album dolly says she's now inspired to make. today, tuesday, march 15, 2022. ♪♪ >> from nbc news this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hey everybody. welcome to "today." it's 7:00 a.m. on the west coast. we are so happy that you are joining us on this tuesday morning. how about our dolly parton? another reason to love this woman. >> we didn't need one, we already had a few thousand. why she said no thank you to the rock 'n roll hall of fame. >> much more on that coming up. first on this tuesday morning, breaking news. a busy tuesday morning. a suspect is now in custody in convection attacks on at least five homeless men here in new

york and washington, d.c. we've got details just coming in. we'll have them for you in a live report. >> and this on the heels of another suspect being apprehended for that shocking stabbing of two employees at new york's famed museum of modern art. that man was picked up at a philadelphia bus station overnight. >> we start with the latest out of ukraine. the country's president saying in a new video posted overnight. ukraine is inflicting devastating losses on the invading russian troops and he's also urging russians to fight against their own government in moscow. >> and some russians have done just that. this image of a protester storming the set of a popular russian newscast is going viral. the woman holding that sign that said no war, reportedly an employee of that news station. we're covering all of this. we've got it all covered. we're going to begin with nbc's richard engel who joins us live from kyiv. good morning to you. good morning, hoda.

yesterday we were in front of an apartment building that russia attacked on the outskirts of kyiv. that is no longer the case. this is one of several sites right in the heart of the city that russia attacked overnight. but despite all of this, three prime ministers from poland, the czech republic and slovenia are coming here today in person to kyiv to meet with president zelenskyy to show solidarity even as russia is carrying out attacks on cities all across this country. the southern city of mariupol looks almost post-apocalyptic. columns of smoke rising from dozens of fires. russia has been firing into the captive city of 400,000, like shooting at hostages. a few packed cars were able to get out through a humanitarian corridor. while overnight in kyiv, there were more apparently random attacks. missiles fired at the city,

hitting a subway situation. this morning here, volunteers were sweeping up in the collective spirit. no one called them. they just came from the neighborhood to help. this strike hit a subway station in central kyiv. the russians are no longer just picking off targets on the outskirts of the city, but now hitting the commercial and register of the city. up above, the station is extensively damaged. but these subways were dug during soviet times to be deep in case the united states back then attacked with nuclear weapons. now the shelter is in use again, and under attack by russia. alina, who used to sell cakes she bakes at home, is on the platform with her daughter anna. she heard the explosion hit the station and all the glass falling. "before we used to think how good it was to sleep in our beds, she says." now we just thank god to wake up in a subway car, tanya says

she's always sick. she's been down here over a week. russia's attacks hardly seem targeted at all. just lethal harassing strikes on civilians. in part because the russians aren't getting any closer. ukrainian resistance has slowed down russia's advance to a near halt the killer convoy outside of kyiv is stuck dead by the road no fuel. a senior u.s. military official tells nbc news russia's advance is disorganized, poorly coordinated, and that weapons systems are failing because of operator error ukraine's president zelenskyy speaking in russian, called on russian troops to surrender and for the russian people to rise up before their country becomes as closed and repressive as north korea. but beware of the russian army on its back foot while troops aren't advancing quickly or at all, russia is relying on long range artillery, rockets and missiles to rain

fire on kharkiv and kyiv and because the incoming fire is seeming to fall at random now in the center of kyiv, the mayor of this city starting tonight is implementing a 36-hour blanket curfew advising people not to leave their houses at all. >> richard engel for us there in kyiv thank you. meanwhile as the fighting intensifies, more and more ukrainians are grabbing what they can and trying to get out the refugee crisis there is worsening. nbc's kelly cobiella from poland, along its border with ukraine. kelly, good morning to you. >> reporter: craig, good morning. at this train station, the trains from ukraine are arriving ever couple of hours and they are packed standing room only the humanitarian response is expanding, even as some families risk going back to ukraine nearly three weeks after russian bombs started falling on ukraine, tens of thousands determined to stay at the

beginning of the invasion are making the dangerous trek out. >> three days ago, our village started bomb -- >> bombing lots of bombing. >> yes >> reporter: 20-year-old paulina fled kyiv with her three little sisters. >> when it started, i say i didn't want to go from ukraine from kyiv, because i hoped that it will be for a week. but just now i understand that it is for longer >> reporter: the u.n. says more than 2.8 million people have now fled ukraine humanitarian operations are expanding in romania, hungary and moldova. this polish border crossing was barren three weeks ago today a vast tent city of volunteers and international aid groups

>> we need additional schools, school capacity, hospitals, health care, welfare system. >> reporter: across europe and beyond, offers of help at a school in italy. two refugee children welcomed with cheers. kids waving ukrainian flags. 10-year-old igor told me he misses school. his family now returning to ukraine. >> you want to go home >> yeah. >> you miss home >> yeah. i want play with dog -- dogs and cats and play games with friends. yeah. >> reporter: his mom says they fled the black sea port of odesa a week ago do you worry you'll have to come back out again >> translator: i don't think about bad things, she says i believe everything will be fine >> reporter: more than 1.8 million people from ukraine have now come into poland alone, but

the offers of help are also growing. more than 140,000 people in germany are hosting ukrainian families and in the uk, more than 40,000 people signed up to be hosts for refugees in a single day craig? >> that image at the school, kelly cobiella, that was powerful thank you. >> let's move to a remarkable act of defiance that played out live on a popular russian tv station. a woman rushing into view holding a sign that read no war. urging viewers not to believe propaganda about russia's invasion of ukraine. nbc's senior washington correspondent hallie jackson joins us with more good morning >> good morning to you and just this morning the kremlin is responding to that extraordinary on-air protest calling it in their words hooliganism. we're talking about a moment that has now gone vira with now questions about what will happen to the woman at the center of it all it happened monday during

russia's main evening news broadcast. with millions watching, a protester holding a sign that read no war showed up suddenly behind the news reader interrupting the newscast. telling viewers in russian not to believe the station's propaganda the short, on-camera protest happening on the widely watched russian state-owned network channel 1. the woman was identified as maria, according to an independent russia human rights group which says she was detained after the protest. it is not clear where she is now. she appears to be the same woman in this prerecorded statement released by the same group before the on air protest. the woman saying in part she's aloud to tell lies from the television screen, wearing a blue and yellow necklace to represent the ukrainian flag the woman in the video says her father is ukrainian and her mother russian she called russia an aggressor and asked fellow russians to

join anti-war protests to end the conflict only we have the power to stop all this madness, the woman said go to the protests don't be afraid of anything. they can't imprison us all ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy responding to the on-air protest responding with a message of his own saying i' thankful to those russians who don't stop trying to deliver the truth, who are fighting against disinformation and personally to that woman who went in the studio of channel 1 with an anti-war poster. former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfall calling it unprecedented. >> this is not supposed to happen in authoritarian regimes. >> reporter: earlier this month the kremlin made it a crime for people to spread fake news the punishment up to 15 years in prison. >> i think it sends a very inspirational signal that there are people willing to risk years in jail to try to stop putin's war inside russia. >> reporter: and the dissent is being met with a crackdown.

one human rights group estimates nearly 15,000 proteste ers have been arrested so far and a russian investigative news site reported this month mor than 150 journalists from around the world have left russia since the invasion started hoda >> her comment was powerful -- they can't arrest us all hallie jackson, thank you. a suspect taken into custody in the nation's capital overnight in connection with that string of attacks targeting homeless people in new york and washington, d.c. garrett haake has the latest on this good morning >> reporter: good morning. it was just last night when d.c.'s mayor offered a $70,000 reward for information in this case and the district's police chief offered a message for the killer -- we're coming for you now his department made an arrest overnight in a string of shootings that shook two major cities and left two people dead. breaking news this morning, a suspect in custody after a manhunt spanning two cities over

the suspected shootings of five homeless men d.c. police telling nbc news the suspect was taken into custody early this morning in southeast washington the search involved both new york and d.c. police departments after multiple attacks in both cities the most recent attacks coming over the weekend where the gunman is suspected of shooting two men in new york city this disturbing video capturing one of those attacks with the gunman walking up to a sleeping man, kicking him multiple times before firing at point-blank range. the attacker is also suspected of shooting three other homeless men across washington, d.c at least two of the shootings have been fatal. how confident are you that it's only these five people who have been shot by this person >> we're confident these the are five cases linked. >> reporter: police also releasing this surveillance video from earlier this month. though the suspect is off the streets, the attack highlighting just how vulnerable those experiencing homelessness can be.

>> that basic protection so many of us take for granted of having a door that locks when we go to sleep at night is not available for people sleeping on the streets. >> reporter: all of it comes amid a violent crime wave across new york city and washington, d.c. murders up 10% in the big apple compared to the same month last year while homicides in the nation's capital have been on the ride for the last five years, with the city on pace t continue that troubling trend this year. d.c. police say the suspect is being questioned this morning by homicide detectives. and in a tweet announcing the arrests, they thanked the public for sending in so many tips. craig? >> garrett haake, thank you. >> 7:15. sheinelle jones joins us you are talking about the pandemic >> a lot of people are buzzing about this one this morning. even as mask mandates and other safety requirements are dropped nationwide, new data from the cdc suggests covid cases could ramp up again. in fact, they're already spiking across europe and china, and now there's growing debate over the

need for a fourth vaccine shot nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer with the story. good morning. >> reporter: the ceo of pfizer says much like the flu shot, covid-19 boosters could be needed every year. while the president of moderna says only immunocompromised or older adults will need a fourth saying covid infections are not expected to stay this low forever. dose, the opinions and indications for covid are not done >> reporter: down but not out. this morning the white house saying covid infections are not expected to stay this low forever. the cdc says an even more transmissible version of omicron, the ba.2 variant, has been circulating in the u.s. for some time. that variant may be partly responsible for a recent rise in cases abroad but whether everyone will need a fourth shot is an open questionr shot is necessary. >> the protection we'r pfizer's ceo albert bourla telling cbs a second booster

shot is necessary. >> the protection that you are getting from the third, it is good enough, actually quite good for hospitalizations and death but it doesn't last very long. >> reporter: while the president of moderna says a fourth dose would benefit everyone, it might not be necessary for those who are young and healthy, echoing remarks made by dr. fauci. >> i don't think you are going to be hearing, if you do, any kind of recommendations that would be across the board for everyone. >> reporter: and even as mask mandates across the nation fade away, data from the cdc's wastewater monitoring program suggests the current low level of cases may not last. the number of monitoring sites with rising covid cases is nearly twice what it was in february, when the omicron wave was receding >> it is a very useful tool in terms of potentially predicting when we might see a bump in cases.

>> reporter: with infections on the rise again in china, where the so-called stealth omicron variant is fuelling that nation's worst outbreak in two years, the debate in this country growing over whether or not to get yet another booster to fight a virus that is not going away any time soon the cdc says its wastewater surveillance system is able to detect the virus as it sheds from the body even before tests can pick it up, but it's a new technology and experts say it is not clear how closely it correlates to serious infections and deaths. sheinelle? >> thank you, miguel. >> 7:18. how about we check out our weather. we havehave dylan in this mornig >> great news in the weather department because the temperatures are warming up. this is always a good location for the jet stream farther to the north, allowing the warmer temperatures to pump in from the south. and we have a bermuda high which brings in the southwesterly winds and all of this orange color indicates where temperatures will be above average.

so we are looking for really nice temperatures to even continue through the weekend into next week as well so let's take a look at some of the numbers where we could see a high of 50 in chicago. that's close to average. but you go to st. louis and it is 68. cincinnati is 66 today nashville is 68 degrees and going into tomorrow, chicago gets up to 68 degrees, close to 70 in the lower 70s in st. louis and cincinnati philadelphia close to 70 degrees. and dropping off a little but then jump right back up. cincinnati 71 thursday, 66 friday elkins, west virginia 71 by friday raleigh 77, close to 80 degrees. these are numbers that will make it feel more spring-like going forward. that's a look at the weather across the country we'll look at your forecast in the next 30 seconds.

. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. let's take a look at storm ranger as we watch rain quickly move through the bay area for our morning commute. it is starting to clear much of the north bay, but we still have the showers in san francisco, down the peninsula, as well as the east bay, and just now starting to make it into the south bay. this will be clearing as we go into the next couple of hours. our temperatures headed for the upper 60s. more sunshine and low 70s for the end of the week and another chance of rain in our saturday forecast. and that's your latest that's your latest forecast. thank you. coming up -- where is anna sorokin. inside the new mystery surrounding the convicted con artist whose story is told in a hit netflix series why her own attorney is telling us even he doesn't know where

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managers and 62 staff members could receive pink slips. >> good morning, everyone. the fed starts it's two-day meeting today with an interest rate hike likely tomorrow. folks who work at twitter are doing something unusual today, getting ready to go to work at the office. twitter is back to the office voluntarily starting today. you can stay at home forever if you wish, but the ceo says the office promotes company culture. >> and if you are commuting, it's a soggy one out there. we've got rain in the works. >> yeah, we are seeing rain passing through and it's starting to clear san francisco, but it's moving into much of the east bay, as well as the peninsula, down to the south bay. just starting to make its way into san jose. it's a very soggy and slow commute through oakland. as we take a look at this cool shot at the golden gate bridge, you can see the fog rolling across the golden gate bridge in parts of the north bay where we are seeing rain clearing out. the rest of the day is looking clearer with temperatures reaching into the upper 60s for

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>> if anyone can, he could. we're going tell you how his wife gisele is reacting to her husband's big news. >> headlines at 7:30. breaking overnight. police arrest ad man in a philadelphia bus terminal who was wanted in a weekend stabbing of two employees at the museum of modern art in new york. officers found 56-year-old gary cabana sleeping on a bench. police say he set his hotel on fire and fled earlier that night. he is awaiting extradition to new york. the two moma employees are said to be in stable condition. a florida judge permanently blocked the release of some of the records related to bob saget's death. the decision nearly a month after saget's family filed a lawsuit to keep the records under seal citing privacy concerns. the comedian was found dead in his hotel room in january. the medical examiner determined his death was accidental, most likely due to head trauma. yesterday, his family released a statement saying they are grateful and pleased this issue has been resolved. >> skies over austin, texas last night.

some residents there unnerved by a cluster of lights hovering a few hundred feet in the air. this is what they saw. that giant qr code left people wondering what was going on. turns out it was 400 drones. it was part of an elaborate marketing stunt to promote the paramount plus series "halo" the show based on a wildly popular video game. the show premiered in the south by southwest festival earlier in the day. >> were people scanning the code? of course, you had to. let's move now to a twist in the anna sorokin saga. the fake heiress convicted of stealing millions from new new yorkers. she's also the subject of the popular netflix series "inventing anna." she was set to be released from a detention center monday afternoon, but this morning her exact whereabouts appear to be a mystery. >> nbc's steve patterson has the latest on this legal drama. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. it's the question so many are asking, including her own

attorney -- where in the world is anna sorokin. we spoke to the lawyer representing the con artist in her criminal appeal why he has not heard from her and where she may be. this morning the world's most infamous impostor may be forced to reinvent herself yet again. this time halfway across the world. >> it is a 50/50 shot whether she's here or gone. >> reporter: anna sorokin may have been deported back to germany overnight from a detention center in upstate new york. her criminal attorney says her status is unclear, but since he hasn't been able to contact sorkin, she says it is possible she's already across the atlantic. >> i think there is equal chance she's here just as much as she may be gone. it is just hard to say since we got can't a definitive answer from anybody at the facility. >> i do not have time for this. i do not have time for you. >> reporter: she was arrested in 2017 for defrauding banks and

upscale new york businesses after living for years as fake heiress anna delvey. she conned her way through manhattan's elite by racking up high priced dining travel and hotel bills and never paying. in 2019, she was convicted on eight counts and sentenced up to 12 years in prison. >> you have no clue what it's like for me! i'm a boss! >> reporter: her saga recently thrust into the public spotlight again with the release of the netflix series "inventing anna." >> give me back that money, please. released from prison last year on good behavior. six weeks later she was picked up by immigration agents for overstaying hrt visa. she spent the last year in the ice detention center fighting to stay in the states. recently gave a pod cast from behind bars. >> i'm just trying to make the best out of it. i don't understand how this is supposed to correct anybody.

>> reporter: and on the betrayal of her character on netflix, where she was reportedly paid $320,000 as a consultant. >> it was tough to watch it. some pieces, i had to look away. it's so hard to, like, to see how people perceive you. so i'm like is that how i come across? or is this a fictionalized version of me? in that podcast interview she said she's working on a book and documentary about her experience and that she's been getting a lot of fan mail since the series aired. we reached out to i.c.e. officials about her status but have not heard back yet. >> has people talking. steve, thank you. up next, with air travel picking up, tom costello is checking out what one airline is doing to improve safety when you fly. >> good morning. i'm tom costello on board a delta airlines mock up with a behind the scenes look at flight training.

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and summer getaways, we're getting you a behind-the-scenes look at the training some flight attendants are getting today >> tom costello took a trip to delta's flight training attendant academy. you looked great coming down that slide, buddy. >> i heard you laughing at my form but i made it. i made it in one piece bottom line here, as you know, flight attendants are on the front line of everything that happens midair -- medical emergencies n-flight emergencies, and bad even dangerous behavior so flight attendant training is constantly adapting and every 18 months a refresher course. they are the first faces you see when you board a plane and the k last when you walk off >> release seat belts, leave everything >> reporter: but their jobs today are high-stakes, the training intense from a water landing.

>> we've got an injured passenger floating in the water. >> reporter: to a heart attack at delta airlines headquarters in atlanta, every new flight attendant goes through six weeks of both classroom and hands-on training >> grab ankles, heads down, stay low. >> reporter: with simulators that shake and roll. >> stay seated >> reporter: recreating the chaos of a crash landing or emergency evacuation. for new trainees it can be intimidating >> customers are counting on you. we're here to save lives and you can do it. i believe in you. >> reporter: jasmine smith is an instructor the faa requires you to evacuate a plane completely in 90 seconds. you have to be on your game. >> absolutely. the goal is to get those customers off the aircraft as quickly as possible, especially in an emergency. >> reporter: that means memorizing configuration for nine different planes and how to operate 16 different door and window variations.

how do you open this in an emergency. >> i look outside, make sure everything looks good. i'm going to pull up on this handle and i'll let it go. it's going to take over. >> reporter: it is not a heavy lift you have the automatic doors helping you. the commands must be concise and clear. leave everything leave your carry-ones behind and get out. the key is to kick your feet and arms out and slide down and let these guys catch you at the bottom thankfully crashes and emergency landings are extremely rare. >> continue for one minute >> reporter: but nearly every flight attendant has dealt with a medical emergency. >> within seconds, less than a minute, i would say i somehow jumped over the cart in the aisle. we paged for nurses. the whole crew sprang into action immediately that's what we do. >> reporter: and now an intense focus on dealing with hostile, even violent passengers. >> cranberry vodka, i asked for it earlier >> yes, ma'am, i do understand i could get you a water possibly

instead though >> reporter: delta is hiring 430 flight attendants this year, already 30,000 have applied this year if somebody says i want do this because i want to travel, that may not be enough. >> that alone is not enough. this is a people business. and to really care about others, that comes across very naturally and organically. you can't fake that. >> so, tom, spring break is upon us a lot of folks might be traveling with their families for the first time in a while. any advice >> so they say if you are bringing kids, bring the snacks. don't forget that. bring a book bring a tablet i found something new i hadn't known before when passengers come on board a plane, the flight attendants are always looking for abps, able-bodied passengers they're trying to spot people in advance that they know they can rely on in an emergency, maybe to help open an evacuation door, maybe to help them in the event that you have a disabled passenger or a violent

passenger. so those abps they are always watching for and you may think they are smiling and taking a look at the cabin and all of us. the truth is they are also scanning everybody on board constantly so they know who is going to be there in the event of an emergency. >> we just learned something new too. tom costello abp. >> makes sense. >> now i know what they are thinking when they see us board. not them >> no. >> how about a check of the weather? >> we did have some really severe storms that moved through texas yesterday. fortunately in a rural area, but we still saw quite a bit of damage look at the storm damage from the gusty winds that we saw, also hail damage with reports of golf ball sized hail and you can see it falling from the sky. just golf balls falling from the sky. incredible to see it from that perspective. obviously that causes a lot of damage as well today a threat of more severe storms likely down across parts

of florida into the southeast. this area of low pressure continues to pump up the moisture and bring some of those heavier downpours. this will move into the carolinas as we go into tomorrow we could see as much as two, three inches of rain but, again, it's the severe weather threat especially down across florida today. we could once again see more hail some damaging winds. small risk of tornadoes. as we go into tomorrow, as the good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are seeing scattered showers moving through, but by 9:00 to 10:00, starting to see the last little bit of this rain clearing parts of the bay area and heading out. we will be left with clouds today and some peeks of sunshine, especially for this afternoon into the evening. our temperatures reach into the upper 60s and then we'll see low 70s in the forecast for tomorrow. by the end of the week we'll see highs reaching about 70 degrees and another chance of rain again on saturday. >> and that's your latest

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look at us we're back with carson yet another example of why dolly parton is one of our favorites >> good morning. in a move that touched fans, the queen of country announced she's taking her name out of the running for the rock & roll hall of fame. joe fryer has more good morning. >> good morning. dolly parton is already in the country music hall of fame is a kennedy center honoree and even presented with lifetime achievement awards from the country music association and the recording academy. so it's no wonder this lates announcement from the country icon is rocking the music world. ♪

♪ working 9:00 to 5:00 ♪ >> for decades dolly parton has worked well beyond 9:00 to 5:00 making music history every stiletto strutting step of the way. ♪ jolene ♪ >> spanning nearly 50 solo studio albums with a lengthy list of accomplishments. this morning the queen of country says she's declining her nomination to the rock & roll hall of fame in an instagram post parton road even though i'm flattered and grateful to be nominated, i don't feel that i have earned that right so i must respectfully bow out parton was one of 17 potential inductees alongside rapper eminem, hip-hop group a tribe called quest, lionel richie and pat benatar.

she spoke about it last weekend to "headline news. >> i never thought of myself as being in rock and roll >> reporter: this is not the first time parton has turned down a major honor last year the self-described backwoods barbie asked tennessee lawmakers to drop a bill that would have cemented her legacy in statue form at the capstate' capitol. >> i don't work for those awards it would be nice but i'm not test decision garnered swift reaction online with many calling the move gracious. dolly's many appearances on "today," she's certainly rocked the plaza. ♪ and even wished hoda a rocking birthday >> that's right, hoda, this one's for you. ♪ because it's birthday time ♪ >> reporter: now her rejection comes with a bedaddaled lining

of sorts parton plans to record a hopefully great rock and roll album at some point in the future a sign the music of dolly parton will still rock on the rock hall of fame inductees will be announced in may as for dolly, she says she hopes the organization is willing to consider her for the honor again, quote, if i'm ever worthy by the way, when i sat down with her back in 2020, she told me beyond all of the awards and accolades, it is her charitable efforts she prizes most. back to you. >> she's more than worthy. i just everything about that woman. >> she's the best. >> yeah. >> there are some purists who think the rock and roll hall of fame should be just rock and roll lots of people think it should be more diverse. and whitney houston is in. notorious b.i.g. jay-z is in. coming up, we know tampa fans are excited to welcome back tom brady to the nfl, but what about his wife is she excited we'll have an answer after your local news and weather

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as we take a look live right now, we can see it's in san francisco, parts of the peninsula, now moving into the south bay. but it has for the most part cleared the north bay and that clearing trend will continue for the rest of the bay area going into this afternoon. our temperatures reach into the upper 60s today. we do see some dryer conditions for the next couple of days. this weekend we'll be watching out for more scattered showers moving in on saturday, and on sunday spring officially begins and we'll see temperatures in the mid-60s. a little bit warmer early next week. >> sounds good. thank you so much. thank you for joining us as well. another local news update is coming up in about half an hour. also join us for our midday news at 11:00. have a great tuesday morning.

it is 8:00 on "today." coming up -- devastated. ukrainian cities in ruin as russian forces attacked the capital in kyiv, where this morning the leaders of three european nations are visiting in a remarkable show of solidarity. plus, a look at the teachers keeping classes going amid all the chaos. we're live with the latest then family first. our sit down with a true trail blazer when it comes to adoption >> what did you love the most about being a mom?

>> i loved the curiosity, you know, the challenges >> her unbelievable strength and resiliency and the incredible story behind her family plus, staying safe with crime on the rise in communities across the country we've got some simple steps for you and your family, from carjackings to securing your possessions. the tips you do not want to miss and my oh meyers seth meyers is live in studio 1a with a sneak peak of his new children's book. the late-night host is having some fun with the topic of fear. so get ready to laugh. today, tuesday, march 15, 2022 ♪ >> at the "today show" from dallas, texas. >> from with west hartford, connecticut. >> west virginia >> sending love to my grandma, "today's" biggest fan. >> shout out belmont university in nashville.

>> celebrating -- >> my 10th birthday! >> from columbia, missouri. >> i'm turning 50 today. >> 50 looks so good on you we're so happy to see you. what a beautiful crowd outside we're going outside in a little bit. it is tuesday morning, we're so happy you are starting with us savannah is taking this week off for some much-needed r & r let's get right to your news at 8:00 we're going to begin with three things to watch in ukraine the red cross says the situation in the besieged city of mariupol is now extreme russian forces continue to bomb that city around the clock hundreds of thousands have been trapped inside for two weeks with little food or water. a convoy of a few hundred cars was able to evacuate yesterday meantime, in a defiant show of support, the prime ministers of poland, slovakia and the czech republic arrived in kyiv this morning to meet with ukraine's president. and that protester who held up an anti-war sign during russia's main state-run newscast

yesterday, she's been detained the kremlin calling the incident hooliganism. the human rights office has called on russia to ensure her safety. meanwhile, as millions of ukrainian children flee the only home they've ever known, their teachers are doing everything they can to keep classrooms going from afar, offering their students much more than just a lesson plan. nbc's molly hunter is in lviv, ukraine for us once again with some stories of hope molly, good morning to you >> reporter: craig, good morning. that is what we all need, some stories of hope. the lives of so many children up ended, destroyed in the last three weeks. according to the u.n., 1.5 million children have fled the country. that is one child every second but teachers, no matter where they are, as they always do, are answering the calls of their students take a look. there are many ways to fight across ukraine, teachers are galvanizing their own kind of war effort when did you and your other

teachers decide, okay, we need to get the kids back into learning >> we just understood that we had a lot of energy to do something for the world, just to be involved in a common victory. >> reporter: 23-year-old teacher oleksandra from kyiv says the harsh realities right now won't stop her from bringing art and ukrainian language to her young students. >> today, a few of my kids during the lesson, they just went to the window and said, sorry, we have to go to the shelter. it's not a normal lesson it's not normal. >> reporter: according to a ukrainian government estimate, 379 schools have been damaged during the invasion. 59 completely destroyed by bombing and shelling nbc's matt bradley visited this high school, it was destroyed earlier this month no children were inside. svetlana taught there for 27 years. where will you go now? where will you teach now

>> reporter: she says, i will stay, i will protect my children olena, a literature and ukrainian language teacher seen here before the war is staying in the capital i cannot serve in the army she says, but i can teach students and 5,000 miles away, this dance teacher is doing her part, too nastia is in chicago, but her students are in ukraine. >> if they can just forget about the reality for 45 minutes, that's what we're going to do. >> reporter: nastia was born in ukraine and moved to the u.s. when she was 4 she helped teach at least five sessions so far and will keep it going so long as kids keep showing up >> if you wouldn't know what situation they are in, you would never ever believe it. that's the resilience of ukrainian kids to be able to show up and participate in dance and smile. they bring us laughter all the time >> reporter: oleksandra says

she's not focusing on her normal curriculum even for her youngest children, she's including media literacy, trying to help them understand and make sense of all the information they're getting. back to you. >> molly hunter, we needed that one this morning molly hunt neer in lviv, thank . the coast guard is trying again today to refloat a massive container ship that ran aground in the bay sunday night officials say it is not blocking traffic and that no injuries or damage have been reported. the ship is owned by the same company that owns the "ever given" that got stuck in the suez canal last year the latest on tom brady's sudden return to the nfl the star quarterback officially unretired. he's back with the bucs. he'll be 45 when the new season starts by far the oldest player in the league but fans and even tom's wife do not seem to mind nbc's sam brock joins us from

raymond james stadium in tampa good morning >> good morning. one of the reasons they don't mind is after parting ways with the patriots in 2019, the first thing tom brady did was deliver one of these babies here to the tampa bay bucs a ring, their first in decade. the brady effect undeniable. tom brady is back. and tampa bay's fan base could not be happier who is your favorite player? >> tom brady >> you didn't have to think about that. >> nope. >> reporter: days after announcing his return to football, bucs fans are stocking up, buying brady jerseys, autographs, even socks with the qb's face on them. >> i think he could play up to 50 if he wants to. >> reporter: who's to say he won't? >> that's right. nobody knows >> reporter: zeke melendez and his grandson traveled from california to soak up all things brady. >> wherever brady goes, i go and when he retires for sure, i thought i don't have a quarterback. >> reporter: that's no longer an issue. the 44-year-old once again

taking snaps under center for the bucs the three-time mvp also stoking the fire on an intriguing nfl off season rich eisen weighing in on peacock. >> and aaron rodgers is coming back to green bay. and yeah, russell wilson is going over to denver but tom's coming back for year 23, and that just makes it that much more interesting. >> reporter: brady's announcement last month that he was calling it quits was maybe the first clue the seven-time super bowl champ might return. in the lengthy instagram post, brady didn't actually use the word retire and days later keeping the door open. >> you never say never and, you know, at the same time i know that i'm very -- i feel very good about my decisions >> reporter: now, a wave of players that family members are reacting to online brady's wife gisele writing "here we go again, let's go lovie. let's go bucs. titan's pro bowl wide receiver aj brown writing i told y'all.

the game of football will have to walk away from him because he doesn't have to power to do so on his own up next for brady's bucs, free agency and the draft, and they are certainly a much more attractive destination now back to you. >> was that a real ring, by the way? a real super bowl ring you had >> it's not that it's a paper weight, but it sure looks like a real ring >> just wondering. >> fooled you. let's get to the morning boost. we all know what mondays feel like dragging yourself out of the weekend and got to face another day or five days of work or school 4-year-old landry king had a major case of the mondays. he headed to meet the school bus in andover, kansas, and -- >> oh, no. >> wait, i can't do it i can't do it. the dramatic pree sschooler leas back in the driveway he has done this before. the bus aide comes down to fetch him. with a few words of encouragement, there he goes on the bus.

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i spent a day with a former nypd detective to learn ways to help you avoid being a target of violence a spate of recent violent crimes caught on tape in philadelphia, this man pulls a woman out of her car and takes off, leading to a wild chase that ends on foot where police finally arrest him in chicago, two men approach a woman and push her up against a wall police say they stole her belongings and ran off in san jose, california, this man breaks a window, snatches purse and takes off in a getaway car. fbi data shows tha assaults and vehicle theft have increased from 2014 to 2020. so, how can you protect yourself in every-day scenarios i enlist the help of former nypd detective mike sapriconi, now the president of squad security. here we are in a shopping center what do we need to be aware of >> you want to be in a place close to the location you're going. >> and park next to a lamp post,

especially in the winter when it gets dark earlier. i feel a common time you are vulnerable is just getting back from the store and distracted putting things in your car. what do we need to know here >> pay attention look at your surrounds put things in your car quick as possible. check around, make sure there's nobody else watching you, observing. >> what if someone comes up and wants my purse. >> give it to them >> no fighting. >> don't fight never fight. give them your purse >> reporter: what should i do about my car keys? >> i would put them in your pocket, along with your phone, on your person if they snatch your purse, at least you still have a way to get out of here with your car. >> reporter: cities across the country have reported spikes in carjackings. watch this in broad daylight in new york city. carjackings up last year 55% in new york, 63% in minneapolis, and 85% in philadelphia. some experts say part of reason carjackings are increasing is to do with the fact that cars are more secure now than ever before you have probably seen it in the

movies -- thieves starting your car like this. but nowadays, cars rely on key fobs, that makes it harder for keys to get away, unless they have this. remember to keep your car doors locked, even while driving make sure your windows are up high enough that someone can't reach in let's say i'm stopped and some people come up and try to carjack me what do i need to know >> always give them your car unless you have children in the back seat or something, give them the car >> reporter: it's cold out a lot of people like to warm up the car before they get in or they'll leave it running because they're going in the store quick. what is a i? >> definitely not. there's no value to do that. when the thief sees the smoke coming, it's like a smoke alarm to them saying there's a cash, let's take it. >> reporter: as for public transit, mike says stay vinl le vigilant he says the risk starts when you enter. be careful on the stairs, an easy place for pickpockets to snatch your valuables from behind >> vicky, i just got your phone.

your bag was wide open you weren't paying attention, it was so easy for me to grab your phone out of your bag. wh >> reporter: what should i do? >> be aware, move your purse to the front. >> a lot of people walk with earbuds in >> bad idea. it takes away one of your senses >> reporter: avoid the temptation to stand near the track and pay attention to anyone coming into your personal space. people have a tendency, they want to see when the train is coming they want to get close to the edge what do you say about that >> step aside. always step back stay six feet away from the yellow the yellow is there for a reason. >> reporter: when stepping on board, get on board with a conductor. we get on the train, where is the safest place to sit? >> i would say the middle. if you're sitting by the door, somebody could be lingering, snatch your bag. >> what if there's no seats? >> hold the pole in the middle of the train and put your purse

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some rain along the pacific northwest coast. that's what's going on around the country. now here's a peek out your window. i'm meteorologist kari hall. it's still raining in san francisco, heading down peninsula as well as parts of the east bay into the south bay. this is all part of a quick-moving cold front that's going to bring in some slightly cooler temperatures today and bring us about a tenth of an inch of rain. we are going to see more dry conditions in the forecast for the end of the week. we'll also have another quick-moving and weak storm system set to move this on saturday. then we officially welcome in spring on sunday. forecast >> guess what time it is. >> the best time of the show >> it is. >> let's go, carson. >> former president barack obama, his latest project is bringing him around the world for a new searries headed to netflix, it's titled "our great national parks."

each episode will look at the national parks and wild spaces we have a sneak peek at the trailer. >> around the world, the more isolated the national park, the more unusual its creatures and the more extraordinary their behaviors. when humanity started to protect these wild places, we did not realize how important they would become they are a haven for endangered species and hotbed for scientific research. >> the photography looks amazing. >> amazing >> that's up your alley. >> yeah. >> i'm not saying he stole earth odyssey can dylan dreyer -- >> how dare. >> you know how earth odyssey and national parks are never in the show at same time? our great national parks starts streaming on netflix april 13th. next up, "encanto. play the music the record smashing soundtrack

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alongside patrick from her own wedding day writing, wow, how time flies, my boy is married. i love you always and forever. >> beautiful >> also got us thinking how crazy that that little boy grew up to be -- [ laughter ] >> -- one of the stars of the "today" show 2021 halloween look at our little boy, all grown up >> i know it >> our hair and makeup team, i tell you. >> dwayne johnson, the rock has serious fueling up before he hits the gym muscles like that don't run on coffee and granola bars, but have you ever wondered what is in one of the rock's meals before he works out? here is a pre-workout breakfast. sirloin steak, egg whites, oatmeal, papaya. five slices of english muffins and peanut butter and jelly, of course an energy drink look at that meal. >> that's amazing. >> reminds me of michael phelps when he was swimming straight ahead, it's either an extra late night or a very

early morning for our friend, seth meyers. can't wait to chat with him about his first-ever children's book first up, your local news. a very good morning to you. 8:26. i'm laura garcia. jury selection resumes today ahead of the trial of former executive ramish balwani. he is charged with the same crimes as elizabeth holmes for allegedly misleading investors. he'll be sentenced in september after jurors convicted her in january. testimony may begin as soon as tomorrow. the rain started today. kari has the forecast for us. >> it was great to see, although most of us didn't have a lot of

rain, it moved through fairly quickly and is already starting to clear some of the spots in parts of the north bay while still moving through the east bay. the clearing trend will continue. our temperatures head for the upper 60s. tomorrow, a mix of sun and clouds, reaching the low 70s. highs near 70 degrees for the rest of the week and another chance of rain in the forecast for saturday. sunday is when we officially welcome in spring and our highs reach into the mid-60s and low 70s by early next week while san francisco will also have some mild weather. looking forward to spring. thanks, kari. thanks for joining us. another local news update in half an hour.

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♪ 8:30 now it's a tuesday morning 15th of march, 2022. some camera time for our smiling and waving rolling spring break crowd. we love the spring breakers.

>> this is fun >> coming up this half hour, we have got a heck of a lot a special story close to your heart. >> i met this incredible woman, you guys, her name is marjorie margolise. in 1970, she became the first single woman to adopt an international child. she didn't stop there. she adopted another child. then she married a man with several children, and they had two biological children. in her home, guys, 11 children in all she was elected to congress. she is super cool. i can't wait for you to meet her. she is amazing. >> that's like the international "brady bunch." >> exactly. >> can't wait to hear that discussion also ahead, a comedy king out to impress a different crowd with his latest project. seth meyers is joining us live in studio for a chat about his first children's book, fatherhood, and more. >> looking forward to that and then we have adam richmond here we are going to cook '80s food. what's your favorite meal from the '80s >> how about a sloppy joe?

>> yeah. >> slop, sloppy joe. couldn't resist. a few minutes from now in the "3rd hour of today," we have an oscar winner stopping by. we'll chat with holly hunter live in studio she is going to talk about the return of mr. mayor and what it's like to work with ted danson and tina fey. cool speaking of academy-award winning stars, another one joining us tomorrow. ann hathaway will be here. she has a new series based on the rise and fall of the multibillion-dollar startup wework. >> before we do anything else, how about one final check of the weather? >> go dylan, go dylan. >> we've got a nice forecast for you. >> nobody was into that. we have a nice forecast for you. let's take a look at it. we are going to see a good amount of sunshine in the northeast. temperatures will begin warming up as well it also will feel like spring through the plains some strong storms on the gulf coast in northern florida and we have some rain moving into the pacific northwest.

it translates to mountain snow, more mountain snow tomorrow, expect temperatures in the 60s and 70s and some of those strong storms move into the carolinas as well. that's what's going on around the country. now here's a peek out your window. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we started the day with some light rain moving through, but the trend will be for that rain to move out by late morning into the afternoon. tomorrow we're looking at high temperatures back up to about 70 degrees and a mix of sun and clouds through the end of the week. we'll also have another chance of some quick-moving showers by saturday, highs only up to about 60 degrees as that cold front moving through. we won't officially begin spring on sunday. temperatures warm up early next week with our temperatures in the san francisco in the low 60s. we -- could we give a little plug to "off the rails?" >> yeah. >> representing.

>> jam samuel jackson on the shw >> represent. >> your car friends? >> yeah. how sweet, y'all. >> the best kind of friends. cool thanks for this awesome crow for coming out and partying with us coming up, she opened up her heart, her home. she says there is always more love she navigated her own career and i guarantee what she says may stay with us but first, this is "today" on nbc. it's taken a lot to get to this moment. dreams are on the line. you got this. it all, comes down, to this. [ everyone cheers ]

we're back with more of our celebration of women's history month. >> this morning, hoda kotb is sharing th conversation with the first unmarried american to adopt an international child in 1970. >> that is just the beginning of her story. marjorie margolies is a remarkable woman she would go on to raise 11 children, take in a family of

vietnamese refugees for 25 years. somehow in that chaos she managed to become an emmy-winning journalist, a congresswoman, and the founder of women's campaign international. she also happens to be chelsea clinton's mother-in-law. in her memoir, "how are the children" she opens up about the life lessons of raising a village in your own backyard >> met her in korea, 1970. stuck out her hand, said how do you do that was the only thing she knew how to say. >> reporter: in 1970, marjorie margolies was a successful tv reporter when an assignment brought her to korea to do a series on adoption she came home with a story of her own, a 7-year-old daughter. >> you were the first single female to adopt internationally in the united states of america. >> correct. >> reporter: that's a big deal. >> i don't know. i knew i wanted to parent.

i didn't know if and when i would marry. i also knew that i had done all these stories on hard-to-place kids and i thought, hmm, that's something that i could do, nd i realized the challenges. >> reporter: somehow marjorie made it work because three years later covering a story in vietnam, marjorie brought home holly. she was a firecracker? >> holly was impossible. she smoked she was 6 years old. she was a pickpocket >> she smoked when she was 6 smoked cigarettes? >> yes. >> reporter: here you are, this intrepid reporter. you have two young children you are caring for your plate is way full but it wasn't full enough. >> people say you can't do it all and you can't do it with the same intensity i didn't do it well, i just did it >> reporter: i realized that's your thing you do things because your gut tells you to do them soon marjorie's gut was telling her her heart was big enough for more

way more in 1975, she married a congressman who had four daughters of his own they went on to have two biological children. even with eight children running around, when asked to take in a family of refugees, marjorie had one answer let's do it. >> vietnamese refugees were coming in and we were called, as a family of five, they lived with us for 25 years. >> reporter: wait. i need a minute to sit with that wow. what was dinnertime like at your house when the whole kit and caboodle were there? >> i can tell you, if we ever had guests, you know, holly would walk in and say are we going to adopt any of these people it was fun >> reporter: and in the middle of it all, marjorie ran for congress and won she served as a congresswoman from pennsylvania for two years, and she made it all work your home was described as a magic circus. >> oh, gosh. >> reporter: is that about right? >> at the circus part, that's right.

magical is a little bit of an exaggeration. >> reporter: but even in a magic circus there can be devastating heartbreak in 2016, her beloved holly whom she adopted from vietnam passed away from cancer. she was just 48. >> there is nothing like losing a child. people who say time will heal, sometimes it does, but sometimes it really doesn't. she was amazing and left an incredible kind of legacy and time to remember >> reporter: for now marjorie spends as much time as she can with holly's two children, two of 21 grandchildren she can call hers, as well as sharing some of those grandparenting duties with former president bill clinton and former secretary of state hillary clinton. her son mark is married to their daughter chelsea what did you love the most about being a mom? >> i loved the curiosity, you know, the challenges

i got myself to the point that i was not going to feel guilty being at work and not being with kids or being with kids and not being at work. that i was going to reconcile that and understand that that's what made me, i think, a better mother what does adoption mean? >> that means you have a family forever and nobody can take it away >> ever? >> no. >> okay. that was incredible. >> that's a lot. that's a movie. >> it shows you that whenever you think you've given all the love you have, there is more you know how we think, well, that's all the room we have? she just totally opened my eyes. she is an amazing human being, a great mom, a great-grandma and an incredible person. >> remarkable nuggets of wisdom, too. life she is like, yeah, it was a circus. >> can you imagine what dinner was like at the house?

yeah, we got it done marjorie margolies' memoir "and how are the children." she is working every day as an advocate. she hasn't stopped >> a great story. >> really cool. >> she has a memoir out. >> speaking of great reads, look who is up early or up late we're not sure seth meyers host of the late night himself, he is here to tell us about his first ever children's book.

♪ welcome back from "snl" to late night, seth meyers is a comedy genius. he never shies away from a challenge. now, he is releasing his very first ever children's book it's called "i'm not scared, you're scared. it's about a fearful bear and his best friend, the brave rabbit, and when the rabbit gets into troub day.

what is this beautiful animated piece of your book >> well, i didn't have anything to do with that. i want to give a shout out to rob who did the art. that's the much harder part about doing one of these books, drawing it >> you write comedy all the time you write sketches and skits compare the writing process you do when you have a real big event coming up compared to this children's book. >> it's equally hard because kids are terrible liars. so if they don't like a book, they can't fake it at least the adults will politely tell you something you did was bad, was better than that so i knew my kids would read it. i told them the story before i started writing it it was important to write a story that kids would be engaged with. >> fear is the premise kids are afraid of things. why did you pick that? why was that your concept? >> first of all, when you become a parent you experience fear in a way you never did before. >> like how? >> you have people in your life that you are responsible for and you love more than you thought

you could love another thing you are worried for them then you watch them process fear, and there are things they are afraid of that you want them to not be afraid of because it's irrational other things you are super happy they're afraid of. i think it's wrong to tell your kids don't be afraid of anything >> yeah. to be afraid of everything so it's -- this book is about finding the middle. >> in real life, forget the book -- >> i am a terrified bear i am afraid all the time i am lucky that i am married to a fearless rabbit, which is my wife and together i think also if you have anxiety about your kids, it's impossible for them to not learn that and you don't want them to be anxious fear is just a conversation to have with the kids maybe this will help you have that conversation. if not, it's a good story about a bear and rabbit. >> if your kids have four books

to choose from and this is one of those four, which book -- and you know their favorites -- which book do they choose first? >> they love a richard scary book, like the cars and trucks and things that go and that book is -- it's a tough book to get through because there's like a billion cars, and they have seven follow-up questions about each car i want the parents to know i tried to write this book so there is no follow-up questions. i tried to answer all the questions within the text. i am very angry with children's book authors who have left questions for me to answer do your job. >> do you do voices when you read >>y n't like it. >> what? >> yeah, they don't like it. i feel like it's a passive/aggressive criticism of me as an actor or maybe they just love this voice. it was like when i started "snl" i did sketches and at one point loren said you should do update. i feel like that's what my kids have done to me.

you should just be you. that's the only one that is at all palatable to watch >> i like your long hair are you growing it out >> look, you know, the spring coming. >> i am kind of digging it. >> fun. >> you are on this book tour how do you go about this right now? >> sadly, it's all with zoom i am doing a virtual event with judy blume tonight one of my heroes, one of my first people who taught me to love reading. it will still be special to talk to her >> we are so happy tha you have this book. >> i love to give this to you. who do i get the money from? the producers? i have been told by other authors don't give a book to hoda expecting that the money -- let's deal with it off camera. >> you are so bad. goodbye. we are going to talk more with seth in the fourth hour. again, the book is called "i'm not scared, you're scared." >> get the money by now. two hours from now. >> you can find more on our

website today.com/shop and catch seth right here on nbc. carson well, carson is cooking, making sloppy joes. i don't know where he is it's going to be good. don't leave. we have adam richmond with us he has sloppy joes and onion

we're back at 8:51 with "today" food and celebrity chef adam richmond, host of "the food that built america. now he is out with a new show, biting in the most memorable foods of an iconic decade called "adam eats the '80s. adam, i think of the '80s beef stroganoff was a meal my mother made >> classic >> that was kind of a fancier meal, but it sort of encapsulated '80s food we are going to make a classic

in a minute. tell me about the show. >> you nailed it we looked through one of the most dynamic decades through the prism of food. everyone has been fashion and fads and big shoulder pads and big hair and leg warmers and jennifer beal off the shoulder. >> "flashdance." >> what was the food there was hot pockets, there was the proliferation of the microwave. >> that's it you nailed it. you had kids had agency because we had latchkey kids because two parents were working reagan saying you could advertise directly to children so you had a proliferation of sugared cereals. >> you didn't eat eggs because of nancy reagan and your brain on drugs >> exactly you had mike waves so latchkey kids could cook. and ranchers carryin over massive debt into the '80s. beef became more expensive chicken started appearing on the food menus and people started getting european flavors in there. >> what did you bring today? >> this is my version of another '80s classic, sloppy joes. >> you saw this on the lunch

menu, sloppy joes. >> you like it >> yeah. if only. start cooking while we talk. is this a chili? >> no, it's essentially similar. not different than taco meat we have ground beef, oil browning in there. add the onion first. we'll sweat that a little pinch of salt and stir that when the onions start getting translucent, we will add in. 80/20 chuck. you can do turkey or ground chorizo. you can do a combination break it up there. when the meat starts to brown i guess roughly five minutes we will move on we have cumin. we have, obviously, you want to add a little bit of chili powder, add a little bit of pepper all the great flavors in taco seasonings we have some that's cooked down. it's simmering away here how comfortable are you at smashing garlic? >> i'm do it, but how do you do

it like that? the flat part? >> you want to make sure it's stable and press >> mine is more violent than that how much do you have to break it down >> just that much. break it with your hands the larger pieces will prevent it from burning. >> remember hamburger helper >> they had great spices or not so much? >> definitely not. i will guess they didn't we have these spices drop it on in there. we want to make sure it browns but not burns. burnt garlic is an awful smell >> tell me how it is we have two minutes. >> we will put in a can of tomatoes and all of the juice and we want them to break up that's going to get that moisture now we have our corn chips so i had chili frito pie at the texas state fair blew me away so the sloppy joe mixture and we'll layer it on top of this. the best way is to dot it, spread it out. we have a pound --

>> you could eat this as a separate appetizer >> this is just joy, yeah. absolutely yeah, this - >> the time warp when you eat that you go back to the '80s, that flavor, right? >> we will put a little bit on the sandwich and top it with sliced avocado. >> fancy, pickled to onions. >> exactly you could buy them you could make them super easily. >> this is not the sloppy joe we had at elementary school. >> no. this is not your cafeteria sloppy joe >> my gosh >> we got to get to the onion ring. >> we have a minute. >> all right so simple. smoked paprika onion rings it may look like a lot of paprika, but it's actually infused in the egg, in the panko, in the flour. and when it cooks it gets a little sweeter >> best onion ring i have ever had. so thin, so crunchy. >> vidalia onions. super sweet. use the mandolin i like to use the guide because

you can see first of all you are always going to get a uniform slice and protect your fingers what you want to do with any breading station, one flour to egg, the other egg to bread crumb. if you don't, you'll end up -- >> best onion ring ever. >> it immediately falls apart. it's thick -- >> yeah. >> what kind of oil did you use? >> you want to make sure you use any kind of oil with a high smoke point. i prefer peanut. >> check out the show. it's fanta a very good morning to you. it is 8:56 right now. i'm laura garcia. cal's enrollment freeze is over before it started. state lawmakers have approved a bill to eliminate the freeze, which governor newsom signed

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this morning on the third hour of "today." the fight against alzheimer's. maria shriver hoping to unlock the mysteries of brain health. and horl hunter on the return of mr. marry. and judy greer. all that and we're talking spring toys from slime to scooters to bursting bubbles. that's all ahead. today, tuesday march 15,