this morning new reports from local ukrainian officials that russian soldiers are rounding up thousands of civilians and placing them in so-called filtration camps as bombings in cities including mariupol grow more savage each day. >> it is extremely important that we prevent this conflict becoming a full-fledged war between nato and russia. from politicians to praying for a peaceful solution to the war. as over 10 million ukrainians have been displaced. breaking overnight, supreme

court justice clarence thomas hospitalized with flu-like symptoms as the senate prepares to begin the questioning of judge ketanji brown jackson. a number of shootings in different cities over the weekend kept police very busy. in one incident 28 people hurt including children, and at least one death. and an inspiring moment on ice. and the celebration that followed to inspire you as we begin a new week "early today" starts right now >> good morning. i'm cori coffin. >> grlad you could be with us i'm frances rivera new details this morning on president biden's trip to europe to address the war in ukraine. the white house confirming that the president will participate in a nato summit in brussels on thursday and hold a bilateral meeting with poland's president on friday. the trip will not include travel into ukraine this comes as the united nations reports that at least 900 civilians have been killed since the invasion began and 10 million people have been displaced within ukraine or fled

their country altogether those numbers are likely higher as the attacks grow more intense. nbc's gabe gutierrez kicks off our coverage >> reporter: the brutality of the russian onslaught on mariupol grows more dire by the hour [ explosion the heart-stopping sound of shelling every few seconds [ explosion people lining up for supplies. cooking what little food they have in the streets. a dead body on a bench and days after a theater was leveled yet another rescue operation is under way as ukrainian authorities say russia bombed an art school with about 400 people taking shelter i inside ukraine's president zelenskyy saying the assault on mariupol will go down in the history of war crimes the city council there says that russian troops have rounded up thousands of residents and sent them to so-called filtration camps to be processed before being deported to russia nbc news can't verify that but meanwhile, russians are

seeing an entirely different story on state tv, claiming evacuees are arriving in russia willingly. also ukraine's deputy prime minister citing intelligence reports says there are signs the russians are preparing to capture the humanitarian corridor near the ravaged city of kharkiv with land mines this woman just escaped from that region, terrified during the bombing she was trapped in her basement for hours with her two children. no water, no electricity and she had to leave her husband behind "i want the world to see how many people they have killed," she says in this security footage obtained by the "new york times" and not verified by nbc news, what appear to be russian soldiers storm an parliament building earlier this month outside kyiv the "times" reports they took up sniper positions in the building and held some residents hostage. but more signs of resistance defiant ukrainians protesting in russian-controlled kherson

still, for the second straight day russia's ministry of defense says it used hypersonic missiles in combat. the so-called dagger weapons that fly up to ten times the speed of sound and that analysts say mark an escalation of the war since the missiles can evade air defense systems. >> it is extremely important that we prevent this conflict becoming a full-fledged war between nato and russia. ♪ >> reporter: as many in this country pray for an end to the bloodshed, a solemn tribute. ukrainians kneeling on the side of the road, honoring one of their fallen soldiers. >> and our thanks to gabe gutierrez for that report. we talked a lot about that besieged city of mariupol. well, this morning russia set a deadline, demanding that the ukrainian military lay down their arms and leave the southeastern city. but ukraine is defying that order. nbc's molly hunter joins us live from volodets, ukraine molly, what more do we know about the situation in mariupol

right now? >> reporter: cori, frances, good morning. as you just heard in gabe gutierrez's package the situation is growing more and more dire by the hour. and ukraine is not just defying russia's offer, they are flatly rejecting the russian offer to lay down arms, to stop defending one of their most strategic cities this is a city in the southeast of the country it is right near the black sea it is a strategic port city. they will not under any conditions stop defending it, according to the deputy prime minister now, under the proposal that russia laid out, essentially they said they would stop attacking, they would allow fighters to leave, they would then demine the roads getting out and then they would allow humanitarian aid to get in over the last three weeks, though, the sides have been actively negotiating to agree upon temporary cease-fires on a daily basis to allow that to happen so the idea that this would be a more permanent cease-fire, ukraine is absolutely saying no way. >> and molly, many experts have thought that russia would quickly overpower ukraine's

mille military but this invasion nearing the one-month mark what does that tell us about the state of russia's forces >> reporter: yeah, so what we're hearing over the weekend and this kind of shocking number says it all is ukrainians are claiming to have killed six russian generals and dozens of senior officials that is unbelievably surprising in the last just months of fighting what that means, though, according to western intelligence assessments is that russia's going to i awar of attrition, a scorched earth policy they are starving out cities like mariupol. and what's happening because of that is they are indiscriminately firing and bombing in civilian centers. the question going forward, though, is what does president vladimir putin do if it appears like he is failing, like his troops are stalled on the ground does he then kind of back off or does he get kind of even more desperate and start shelling these city centers even more aggressively, which is what we're seeing >> okay. molly for us in volovets, ukraine. molly, be safe thank you. breaking news now.

supreme court justice clarence thomas is in the hospital battling an infection and flu-like symptoms. the court said in a statement that the 73-year-old justice was admitted on friday and has been receiving intravenous antibiotics adding that he could be released in a day or two. the court says thomas will participate in any cases he misses by using briefs and transcripts. and it is history on the hill today as confirmation hearings get under way for judge ketanji brown jackson. president biden's first nominee for the supreme court will deliver an opening statement and then spend two days answering questions from the senate judiciary committee. nbc's ali vitali has a preview >> reporter: president joe biden's first supreme court nominee, judge ketanji brown jackson, begins confirmation hearings in front of the senate judiciary committee. four jam-packed days on the hill with jackson facing lawmakers' questions tuesday and wednesday. if confirmed, jackson would be the first black woman to sit on the nation's highest court she's already met with dozens of senators, earning bipartisan praise >> her credentials and the

breadth of her experience are impressive >> reporter: her resume, scrutinized now in the new light of a lifetime nomination, is already known to senators, who voted to confirm her to her current role on the d.c. court just last year >> three previous times she came through with flying colors and bipartisan support >> reporter: though she could be confirmed simply by all 50 democrats backing her, the white house hoping bipartisanship prevails again senate minority leader mitch mcconnell leaving that door open >> i haven't made a final decision as to how i'm going to vote >> reporter: other republicans, though, seizing on her time on the u.s. sentencing commission >> there are some concerns that people have about her being perceived as soft on crime >> reporter: the white house hopes recent endorsements from some chiefs of police and bipartisan attorneys general could counter that criticism >> our thanks to ali vitali for that report. a fun day at an annual parade in belgium ended in tragedy when a car plowed into a group of carnival performers on saturday it happened in a town south of brussels at least six people were killed

and ten others were injured according to reuters the mayor of a nearby town said around 150 people were gathering for the parade when the car plowed through the crowd and kept on going. police caught up with the car and arrested the driver and another person back here in the u.s., arkansas state police are investigating a shooting that left one person dead and 28 others hurt. it happened outside a car show in dumas on saturday investigators believe this shooting started as a gunfight between two people one person has been arrested, and officials are still looking for two more suspects. four people were shot and wounded after a gunman opened fire at a popular arts and tech festival in austin, texas. according to authorities, all four were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries the suspect is now in police custody. this happened as the city hosts its first in-person south by southwest festival in two years due to the pandemic. in 2019 there were multiple shootings as the festival drew to a close nail-biters and upsets as

the men's ncaa tournament nears the sweet 16 >> nowhere to go >> did a nice job sliding his feet >> for the tie >> the horned frogs were a thorn in the side of arizona but tcu had no answer for benedict metherin in the o.t arizona beats tcu 85-80. >> earlier in the day duke found themselves down late to michigan state but the blue devils closed the game out on a 20-6 run coach k's team lives to play another day as duke beats the spartans 85-76 and down goes number 2 auburn. it was all about the u in greenville led the charge with 21 points as miami eliminates the tigers 79-61. and the 2 seeds weren't any safer in the women's tournament. >> the number 2 baylor bears were held to just four first

quarter points on their home court. it was the tensing coyotes, south dakota upset baylor 61-47. jensen played spoiler for 2 seed iowa she led cratewoman 19 points one last chance for the hawkeyes comes up short at the rim. the upset is complete. the creighton blue jays advance with a hard win fought -- hard-fought win i should say, 64-62. >> time now to turn to your weather and bill karins. how are we starting the week especially after a lot of us had this really mild weekend >> yeah, cori, frances, great to talk to you guys it was a pretty nice end to the weekend in most places now our attention as we're officially in spring goes to severe weather we're going to have a multiday severe weather threat and this could actually be a tornado outbreak possible late tonight and through the day tomorrow some serious concerns in the areas at risk. let's first talk about who we're concerned with for today the storm hasn't even formed yet

or even started. that will happen later on today. we'll watch these storms popping up almost over the top of wichita falls and san antonio. and then they will sweep through the rest of the state of texas we could see some strong tornadoes during the day today and then tomorrow we look at we have a stronger area of tornadoes that could be possible, maybe some lopping track tornadoes. this area's already in a moderate risk from baton rouge to hattiesburg to jackson, mississippi all of those areas, make sure you have plans in place to kee cold there's not a lot of snow in colorado but you'll see some flakes in denver and we also have a flood threat with this and flash flood threat we'll talk who's at risk for that coming up with the same storm. >> all right, bill, thank you. today is national single

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live bountifully. now to an inspirational send-off a minnesota town showed up in a big way for a teen's final peewee hockey game our jose diaz-balart has more on what made this the surprise of a lifetime >> reporter: it was the night last month 13-year-old owen nye will never forget. look at that the fans all there to honor the minnesota teen number 88, playing hockey for the last time as a member of the st. paul capitals peewee league. for owen and his hockey coach

dad chris the send-off was the surprise of a lifetime >> it was incredible and overwhelming >> reporter: owen, how did you feel when you saw that >> i was overwhelmed with joy. >> reporter: it was a joy the family once only dared to dream about. that's because owen was born early and had a serious medical condition that put harmful pressure on his brain. in fact, doctors only gave him a 10% chance of surviving. and co them through >> i told my wife, i said i just have this peace inside that everything's going to be okay. we just had to learn to result of, trust in god that he had a plan for owen. >> owen! owen >> reporter: their little boy defied the odds. owen's positive outlook on life energizing everyone around him his teammates and others call it the owen factor. >> my favorite thing about owen is that he always makes you want to do your absolute best whenever you're with him >> he's just the nice -- like

one of the pienicest people youl probably meet ever >> reporter: but with some lingering health issues owen won't be competing at the more intense and physical next level. that's why team manager scott mcmahon hatched the plan for the special farewell >> you know, he's been an inspiration for all of us. so this was just our opportunity as a community to say you know what, owen thank you. >> reporter: on the big night fans held signs reading o-dog. and st. paul's mayor officially named it owen ny e-de day. what message would you like to leave your teammates >> just keep trying. keep going >> owen, i love you. i'm proud of you you're an amazing human being. and i learn so much from you and you inspire me every single day. >> one thousand percent. our thanks to jose diaz-balart for that report. i love that it's been called the owen factor. we could all use a little or a lot of that. >> especially on a monday. and i also heard the team

retired his number 88, which is fantastic. >> so well deserved. thank you so much for watching "early today" and starting your week off with us i'm frances rivera >> and i'm cori coffin make it a great day. have a wonderful start to your week stay safe out there. we leave you with a beautiful look at the cherry blossoms in washington, d.c.

any use of chemical weapons will be a blatant and brutal violation of international law, the ban on the use of chemical weapons. at the same time we know that russia has used the chemical agents in europe before against their own opponents. >> concern over chemical weapons as the war rages on in ukraine, now entering its 26th day with over 10 million people fleeing their homes since russia started the war. reporter ellison barber gets up close with the children who