oh, what a night the oscars unlike any other as will smith defends that honor. his wife's honor when striking presenter and comedian chris rock the fallout on what smith said when he won best actor plus all the oer history-making moments from the academy awards. real drama on the world stage as fallout from president biden's nine words from a speech on russia's putin continues to reverberate. our gabe gutierrez is live in lviv. midnight came for the cinderella at the ball with the

men's final four set, and the women's getting closer as well. inflation is hitting every american in the pocketbook the administration is proposing a new 20-cent tax. also men's soccer is one step closer to a comeback at the world cup. a busy monday ahead. "early today" starts right now >> good morning and thanks for starting your workweek with us i'm vanita fair. >> i'm frances woodward. drama at the oscars and the physical confrontation between two superstars it has become the most talked about moment in the show it happened late in the ceremony when comedian chris rock told a joke about actress jada pinkett 2. she's spoken in the past about experiencing hair loss due to alopecia it didn't sit well with jada's husband will submit who walked onstage and slapped chris, take a look

>> oh, wow wow. will smith just smacked the [ bleep ] out of me. [ laughter ] >> i don't want your wife's name out of your [ bleep ] mouth! >> wow, dude it was a g.i. jane joke. >> keep my wife's name out of your [ bleep ] mouth >> i'm going to. >> and the whole tone of the night changed at that very moment with building anticipation to the best actor award that could bring smith back to the stage and the mic. a short time later, will smith won the oscar for best actor in a leading role for "king richard" and talked about being a defender of his family. >> i'm being called on in my life -- to love people and to protect people. and to be a river to my people

i want to apologize to the academy, i want to apologize to all my fellow nominees >> an emotional will there this year's oscars was hosted by wanda sykes, amy schumer, regna hall ariana dubose won best actress for a supporting role for "west side story," making her the first queer black woman to do so actor troy coetzer became the first deaf man to win an academy award for i do coda. jane campion won for "power of the dog. jessica chastain won best actress for "the eyes of tammy fay. "dune" took home six awards including best cinematography. "coda" won three awards, including best picture, making it the first film produced by a streaming service to win in the category. the war in ukraine in its second month and russia's indiscriminate attacks on civilians are growing across the

country. president biden again using strong words against russian president vladimir putin during a speech, ending his three-day trip in poland >> we will have a different future, a brighter future rooted in democracy and principle, hope and light, of decency and dignity, freedom and possibilities. for god's sake, this man cannot remain in power. >> this statement caused administration officials and lawmakers to stress that the president did not mean he was signalling for a regime change in russia. secretary of state antony blinker further clarified the comments while speaking to reporters in jerusalem >> we do not have a strategy of regime change in russia or anywhere else, for may heart matter. >> live to lviv, ukraine, where nbc's gabe gutierrez is on the ground lviv has been a relatively safe haven but russia has ramped up attacks there, gabe? >> reporter: that's right, frances. the air strikes came just as president biden was in

neighboring poland two separate locations, at least four missiles, five people injured, no one killed the raging fire and billowing smoke shattered the relative calm of western ukraine. people scrambling for bomb shelters after the air strike just a few miles from the lviv city center. it appears to be a targeted strike behindme is a fuel depot you can see the flames and black smoke. it is an ominous sight here in western ukraine, so close to the polish border. local officials say at least five people were injured this man lives nearby. >> it's just surprising. because there's no enemy, military objects. >> reporter: we heard another smaller explosion just over that hill right now we heard at least one other boom in addition to the fuel depot, ukrainian officials say a military factory was hit no one killed. lviv's mayor calling them a greeting to president biden as he visited neighboring poland.

russia had said gas scaling back, refocusing on the eastern region of donbas now this while ukraine's president zelenskyy, visibly irritated, asked why western nations would not provide even a fraction of their military hardware and wondered whether they were afraid of moscow as the fighting rages across ukraine, organizations such as the claims conference are rushing to evacuate some of the most vulnerable, including holocaust survivors. there are some 10,000 of them in ukraine. shelling killed a 96-year-old days ago in kharkiv. k iia is stay starring at home n lviv she was just a young girl in world war ii "so horrible to experience that, now to experience the same at yeah years old," she says. putin says he's trying to

de-nazify ukraine. to that you say what "she's a killer, a murderer," she says "he's killing his own brothers." she's defiantly staying in her own apartment, but there's increasing concerns in other parts of this country, frances, especially the southern city of mariupol russian forces continue to close in the fighting is intensifying and humanitarian buses are having an even harder time reaching the region. now a fresh round of peace talks is scheduled in turkey this week frances? >> certainly watching the outcome of that one closely, gabe, thank you. down to the wire as teams in women's and men's hoops punch their tickets to the final four. >> 3 on the shot clock the drive inside -- and one. >> texas kept the matchup close with one seed stanford, but the defending champions proved too much to handle the cardinals pulled away late and advance to the final four 59-50.

ten seed creighton busted brackets with wins over iowa and iowa state, but no match for south carolina coach dawn staley has her team in the final four, south carolina takes it 80-50. two more teams can punch their ticket is to the final four in minneapolis. uconn has made 15 straight final four appearances. the shoe fell off in the cinderella run for the team. north carolina advances to its 21st final four, the most in men's tournament history unc wins it 69-49. and kansas outscored an upstart miami team by 32 points in the second half to blow away the hushes rock chock and the jaywalks walking in their first final four since 2018, 76-50 a bluebloods final four is set for new orleans. duke and north carolina matchup in the ncaa for the first time

ever. time to turn to nbc meteorologist bill kerins. i'll ask you about prediction forth the frigid temperatures. how long is this sticking around >> we should talk about my brackets i had kansas and villanova i had kansas winning in the finals over gonzaga, which didn't happen. i still have a chance to win my pool, so there is that in life yeah, a lot of people complaining this weekend, the great lakes wasn't pretty, the ohio valley, a lot of snow, it was cold now that it's all pushed right into the heart of the busy and populated i-95 corridor, midwinter-like chill out there this morning the windchills are just ridiculous for this time of year, especially in northern portions of new england where now negative 5 at saranac lake, typically one of the coldest spots in new england new york city windchill is 19. it is 16 in boston so yeah, it's full gear for the kids, hats, gloves and during the day today, the high temperatures will be about 20 to 30 degrees colder than

they should be this time of year new york city will only have a high temperature in the low 30s which if it happens will be the coldest ever for this date so what we call that is a record low high temperature yeah, that will spin your mind a little bit trying to figure that out. one more really cold morning on tuesday, then it will begin to warm up through the middle week. again, this is a very unusual long-duration chill for this region of the country. the rest of the nation, we'll talk more about this coast-to-coast storm coming up it's going t1 degrees on warm, southerly winds. a huge contrast to highs below freezing today in new york i'd like to tell you it's going to warm up a lot on the east coast in the weeks ahead, but

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a 9-year-old ceo named demetrius davis is initiating real change after creating a plush doll line to inspire young boys of color to think positively about themselves. little "d" and his mother launched the company brown boy joy to help a new generation of brown boys across the country. bianca velasquez tells us about his newfound business and ongoing impact. >> my name's demetrius davis i'm 9. and i'm from ohio. >> my name is luciana gilmore, and i am the creative director. >> and i'm the ceo. >> yes

>> if you could describe to me once you gotthe idea, what kin of was going through your head when you launched the dolls specifically and what it came to in designing that? >> when you think about children and creative play, you think about, what are they seeing? that's the foundation. we walked into stores and there was nothing on the shelves that looked like my son brown and black boys are going to stores, and they aren't seen. and in 2020, a lot of things came up that he would normally not see. one of the big things was what was going on with george floyd >> i didn't think it was right i just want brown boys to know they're special and smart and shouldn't think anything different. i wanted it to be a hoodie, timber land's jeans. >> i wanted to say, let's make them smart that's the narrative we want to send, our brown boys are smart, intelligent, creative. little "d" is like, we're fine just how we are, we don't have

to dress different, boys should be able to wear a hoodie and not be characterized as being a criminal or a bad person. >> we were at this g and t festival and selling our doll. this little kid, he said, this looks just like me >> "d" said, "this is us." it's part of the design, we wanted the plush to speak positive affirmations. he speaks positive affirmation in little "d's" boys. >> brown boy, you are smart. brown boy, your life matters i pray for everything that's happened in our lives and the impact we've been getting. i really believe you can achieve in whatever you build. just know it's going to come to life, it's going to find itself. >> thoseinterested in my frien doll can head to www.ourbrownboyjoy.com

open layers of that. how kids can benefit i love every bit of it. >> also the importance of supportive parents. >> that's the example right there. >> thank you so much for watching "early today. i'm vinita nair. >> i'm frances rivera. coming up, m

and the award for the most dramatic moment at the oscars goes to will smith with chris rock in a supporting role. the slap that stole the academy awards and what will smith said later in his best actor speech plus all the big winners. president biden reaffirms that the u.s. is not seeking regime change in russia after denouncing vladimir putin and his latest in hard-hit mariupol. >> with sinking poll numbers for the president, the administration is proposing a new tax increase that could hit high earners up to 20%. >>