cdc that people ages 50 and older can get the second booster shot i just mentioned, so stay tuned for "today." so far, that's what's happening on "today in the bay." we will be back at 7:25 with a local news update. >> taking a live look at the golden gate bridge. good morning, face to face. a new round of talks between russia and ukraine overnight after the kremlin's pledge to scale back operations near kyiv. ukrainians cautiously optimistic. washington skeptical. >> we'll see. i don't read anything into it until i see what their actions are. >> this morning the fighting raging on and the humanitarian crisis deepens. more than 4 million refugees have now left ukraine. live with complete coverage. danger zone, tens of millions across the south in a path of severe moving storms a

potential tornados today. al has the full forecast. more than seven hours of then president trump's phone logs from january 6th reportedly missing. investigators now turning to his inner circle to fill in the time line with the committee to question trump's son-in-law. the latest live from capitol hill. green light the fda and cdc authorize a second covid vaccine booster for millions of americans, as a new strain becomes dominant in the u.s. so who should huhurry to get th extra dose? we'll ask the former head of the cdc. those stories plus oscars drama. the academy's board of governors weighing will smith's fate, with all eyes on chris rock preparing for his return to the stage tonight. and tiger sighting. reports of the golf star practicing at augusta national just one week before the masters and a year after his accident.

fans everywhere wondering if he's ready to roar back in a major way. today, wednesday, march 30, 2022 ♪ from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to "today." good to have you with us on a wednesday mo alert for another possible tornado outcome from some of the same areas from last week's storms. al is standing by. and looking for the second booster shot can get it today. there are signs that many are hesitant despite growing concerns over a new covid variant here in the u.s. dr. richard besser to answer your questions in a bit.

>> the war in ukraine. despite russia reduces activity in certain areas, there is major skepticism on what a that means. president biden taking a we'll see approach as new satellite images out of mariupol reveal dramatic before and after shots how the city has been devastating. covering it all with richard engel in eastern ukraine. >> reporter: ukraine accuses russia this morning of playing a trick. saying russian promises after negotiations in istanbul to reduce is a ploy for time to rearm and consolidate forces. president zelenskyy saying ukraine isn't letting its guard down. the signals we hear from the negotiations can be called positive, he says but they do not drown out the explosions of russian shell, adding ukraine isn't willing to surrender any

territory to russia. promises also can't grown out what russia is doing to the city of mariupol. satellite images show hoe russian strikes have leveled entire blocks. the pentagon also expressing deep skepticism about russia's s supposed trust building withdrawing around kyiv. >> we're not prepared to call this a retreat or even a withdraw. >> reporter: russia invaded ukraine over a month ago from three direction frameworks the north from belarus to kyiv and the east towards kharkiv and the south towards mariupol russia's northern front has been a disaster huge russian losses and logistical failures, including a 40 mile long convoy that ran out of gas the pentagon believes russia could now focus on the other fronts, while rebuilding forces around kyiv. this was a russian position. you could see the z that has become the mark of this war on the russian armored vehicle. and it seems that they were destroyed just as they were camping out in this area

you could see all of their equipment, clothing, flak jackets and food just left here, right at the back of this armored vehicle across ukraine now they are not bracing for a russian cease fire, not taking the russians word but preparing for more russian attacks. >> richard engel from kharkiv this morning let's focus more on the talks in turkey overnight. both sides sitting down for a second day in a row. today's senior international correspondent from istanbul turkey, keir simmons what's the latest? >> reporter: despite the continuing fighting that richard was talking about there, there does appear to have been some political progress in the building behind me there

ukraine proposing it could be neutral without any western bases on its territory, proposing a 15 year plan and new strategic framework for ukrainem that would involve western countries guaranteeing its safety the russians described that as constructive but i think notable that the russians did not themselves appear to make any political plans, any political proposal. >> what is the likelihood there will be a breakdown in discussions? >> reporter: there is talks of a meeting between if foreign minister of russia and ukraine and suggesting there could be a meeting between president zelenskyy and president putin. something russians have not said was possible up until now. context here it is possible to argue that this war, this conflict has been

raging since back in 2014 hot can cold so clearly one day talks is not going to solve all that. ukrainian officials we've spoken to here said give us more american weapons that is how we will negotiate. and hoda, you know, we just saw the ukrainian defense minister leave here in a convoy in army fatigues. >> thank you so much. also this morning, new details emerging now from the house investigation of the capitol siege, including reports of an unexplained 7-hour gap in former president trump's phone logs from that day january 6th this as a member of his family prepares to testify. nbc's garrett from capitol hill. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is shaping up to be a critical week for the january 6 committee. they are expecting to get testimony for the first time from a member of trump's true inner circle and they are trying to solve a mystery of what exactly the then

president did and did not do during the hours of attack itself the january 6 committee now pushing further than ever into donald trump's inner circle. expecting testimony thursday from trump's son-in-law and senior advisor jared kushner. >> we know there were a lot of trump family member who is tried to intercede to get donald trump to call off the dogs on january 6th. >> reporter: the critical interview amid a week of major developments in the investigation. the committee focusing on what the washington post reports was a 7-hour gap in mr. trump's january 6 call logs and white house diary. >> we have multiple points of evidence to try to fill in what was donald trump doing and perhaps greater importance, failing to do while the capitol was being attacked so we were able to put those pieces together even when we get incomplete records >> reporter: the post reporting that the gap covered the same period of time of the key

moments of the attack, as the rioters entered the capitol, and lawmakers, including vice president pence fled the building the committee would not comment but nbc news reported a set of call records turned over to the committee did know show any calls to or from trump on the afternoon of the riot. the full house now preparing to vote to hold two top trump aids in contempt of congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas. each claiming execute privilege. mr. trump in a statement responding republicans must get tough and smart and not let them get away with the crime of the century. this as a federal judge said monday, trump, quote, more likely than not committed a crime in his attempts to obstruct the vote on january 6th. the judge ordering john east man to turn over a ever more than a hundred e-mails he sought to shield from the committee. >> -- >> reporter: this is pretty extraordinary. in an interview with the right wing website out just yesterday mr. trump calls on vladimir putin to release this information hunter biden's business deals in ukraine. and --

of course led to his first impeachment. now he's asking putin to do it while putin is at war in ukraine. now the department of justice is investigating hunter biden but he's maintained there's been absolutely no wrong doing in his business deals >> garrett haake, thank you. a lot more to get to, including the ongoing battle against covid. the fda now giving a green light to a second booster of the pfizer and moderna vaccines for anybody over 50 and immunocompromised 12 and older >> reporter: it comes as the number of covid cases in the u.s. continues to drop about 30 thousand per day in the last week but the rate of decline slowed and health officials say the ba.2 variant is now the dominant strain in the u.s. and accounts

for 55% of all new cases joining us to walk through everything you need to know. dr. richard besser, former acting director of the cdc, pediatrician and president of robertwood johnson foundation. a second shot, booster shot. who should race to get it? and who should wait? >> this is one of those savannah i don't think anyone needs to race this is one where people should think thoughtfully if you are over 50 and have underlying medical conditions that put you at greater risk, things like diabetes or heart disease or lung disease, you are in a group you might benefit from getting that extra booster dose when you talk about cases going down, that is exciting news. so many of us have enjoyed the freedom we've had with that. but if you look across the ocean at europe and see what's happened there with the ba.2 variant, they saw a major peak and we're starting to see some

signals in the united states, the data that shows the ba.2 is the dominant variant but also some states that are starting to see not just the slowing of the decline but a slight increase in cases so i would encourage people to pay attention to what is going on in your own community if you start to see cases go up and in one of those risk groups, that is a time to think about getting a booster. in particular people who are over 65 and those who have medical conditions that put them at risk. >> is there any back -- is there any disadvantage to getting another booster? so if you don't have the underlying conditions? but if i just go ahead and get the booster. is there any reason not to do

potential downside, if you're in an area where it's really that >> well, you know, the vaccine is safe. the data that was used for this authorization comes out of several small study, one larger study out of israel. and it shows that it does provide some added protection. but there is a question in terms of how long does that protection last you know what i would say the potential downside is if you are in an area where it is really really low and you get the booster now and two, three months from now the rate goes up higher i don't know that you are going to have the same protection as if you wait a couple months. i would say pay attention what is going on locally. this is one of those situation where is talking to your doctor really matters and unfortunately in america there are tens of millions of people who don't have doctors to talk to. i really worry savannah if congress doesn't provide the administration with additional funds, that we're going to be in a situation where people who have insurance are getting vaccinated or access to drugs and treatment, and people who don't have insurance are going to be in a much more difficult situation. >> yeah. a great concern of course. and then real quick. as for ba.2, is it looking to be less virulent, less severe, but more contagious as we saw with omicron before it? >> well it is definitely looking to be more contagious. it doesn't look like it is anymore severe than omicron.

and the vaccines appear to be just as effective against this ba.2 as with -- as they were and are against the omicron strains. the big push on vaccination should be people who haven't had any vaccines, those who haven't had any boosters, before we do an all out major push for this next booster with each additional dose you get some protection but not as much protection as you do that first time around. so if you haven't gotten vaccinated, are it is not too late to do so. you will get some great protection. >> dr. besser, thank you as always appreciate it. 14 minutes past the hour weather is a big story welcome craig. >> hoda, savannah, welcome back. good morning to you as well. parts of the south under threat of severe storms today, including a new round of possible tornados. and we're also getting a look at some surveillance video of that powerful ef3 that ripped through jacksboro texas last week damaging this elementary school. that school reopened the first time on tuesday. let's head over to mr. roker for more on today's forecasts. more storms? >> yeah and some of those folks

who experienced it last week will be experiencing it again. a wide swath of tornado watches and now tornado warnings starting to pop up along the oklahoma/arkansas border they extend down into texas, those watches. here is what we've got warm, humid, tropical air is being pumped up. this is going to fuel the storms plus a strong upper level flow bringing it across and these storms are going to start getting that spin from that flow. and so here is what we're looking at 36 million people at risk for widespread wind damage, strong tornados likely. hail an inch or more and storm impacts. widespread winds, looking at extensive power outages, 75 miles per hour wind gusts possible intense, long-track storms nighttime tornados twice as deadly as the daytime version. and in fact the storm reports, tornado reports, wind damage reports from last week

and you can see the same areas are going to be looking at that again for today. tomorrow, stretching from new york to florida, 22 million people at risk for wind gust, tornados possible. this line of storms races to the east today, damaging winds, and down here to the south, this area here, this is where we look for some really intense tornados to possibly start to fire up those nighttime tornados during the day tomorrow it makes its way from boston down into florida where the strong storms rumbling into the mid atlantic then friday finally moves off. cold air and wind and snow flurries as the system moves through. but the rainfall amounts going to be heavy from chicago but heaviest into the lower mississippi river valley three plus inches or more. but the big problems are going to be the winds and those nighttime tornados

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drop the gun. green's attorney says she want the department to be held responsible and they're preparing legal action. >> reporter: i'm bab redell. the fda has authorized a second booster shot for the moderna and pfizer vaccines for anyone who is 50 years of age is older. you must, however, wait at least four months after your first booster shot. the cdc and health experts are still recommending that people receive that first booster shot if they haven't. but so far less than half of those who are eligible have. >> let's get a look at that forecast. going to feel very spring-like today? >> really nice out there but we're not going to see a lot of sunshine across much of the bay area. more clouds than we've seen the past few days with highs in the upper 60s. sunshine returns and then temperatures start to warm up and it's going to feel more like the end of spring, especially on saturday. there will be a slight drop in temperatures on sunday, with some breezy winds, then we start to warm back up again early next week. for san francisco it's upper 50s today, but then we do see 60s in

the rest of the forecast, with a really beautiful weekend ahead. >> it looks really nice. thank you so much. and thank you for joining us as well. i'll be back with another local news update in about half an hour. have a good wednesday morning.

>> we should see the horizon momentarily. there's o back now 7:30 how about this what a remarkable sight. just moments ago nasa astronaut mark vande hei returned to earth along with two russian cosmonauts, touchdown coming nearly a year on the international space station. of course in that year lot of drama between the united states and russia we have a lot more on that landing and what both sides are saying in our next hour. but what a beautiful sight that was. moments ago. >> back to your headlines. 7:30 now president biden signed into law

yesterday a bill to make lynching a federal hate crime, punishable by up to 0 years in prison the bill is named after a 14 year old boy abducted and shot in mississippi in 1955 the bill makes it possible to prosecute a crime as a lynching when a hate crime results in death or injury. congress first took up the legislation several decades ago but a bill never made it through both houses of congress until now. families of victims from the sandy hook school shooting have reject ad settlement offer from info wars host alex jones. jones offered each of the 13 plaintiffs a settlement of 120,000 dollars. he's accused of defaming them by asserting that the massacre never happen in november, connecticut judge found jones liable for damages a trial is planned for later this year to determine how much he shoul major controversy from the soccer world egypt failing to qualify for this year's world cup after th

morning is was egypt's mohammed salah distracted by laser points from the stands in the closing moments of the game. you can see all the green lights on hiss face there moments later, his kick sails over the crossbar. senegal would go on to win it. feoff fifa prohibits fans from using the lasers it is not likely the results of. >> they deserve a re.do metz move game will change >> they deserve a redo metz move onto the on going fall out from the drama at the oscars with will smith facing possible consequences for slapping chris rock on stage. >> the academy's board of governors set to meet. we could learn what punishment if anything could be handed down >> miguel am fair has the latest

from los angeles this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. seems most industry insiders agree the slap delivered by will smith likely won't have much of an impact on his career. he's apologized not only to chris rock but also to everyone else who was watching. but the academy could now levy its own punishment this morning the group at the helm of the oscars facing a critical decision. the board of governors set to soon meet will be reviewing the slap seen and heard around the world. the powerful committee of over 50 members has the authority to sanction or suspend will smith's membership they could even revoke his oscar for the attack on chris rock but even harvey weinstein and roman plansky kept their awards despite being kicked out of the academy. >> security here tonight is tighter than some of the faces. >> reporter: former host whoopi goldberg is a member. >> there are consequences, big consequences. >> reporter: after the shocking moment played out in front of a live television audience over over 60 million americans, 60 million more began viewing what happened online in a social

media sensation. jada pinkett smith posting tuesday "this is a season for healing. she was the target of rock's jockey. >> jada, i love you. g.i. jane 2, can't wait to see it. >> and hopefully discussed her struggles with hair loss two weeks ago. >> i don't give two craps what people feel about this bald head of mine. because guess what, i love it. >> reporter: after will smith apologized monday night calling his behavior unacceptable and inexcusable, chris rock has yet to make any public comment this week in boston, he's kicking off a series of sold out shows. his ticket sales exploding after the center stage saga and now in the spotlight a pod cast rock recorded earlier this year,

explaining that after a violent childhood fight, he resisted confrontation. >> as my shrink puts it to me, you have been scared to be angry ever since >> reporr:ayll eyes back on the comedian and what he'll say next >> overnight amy schumer weighed in >> amy schumer has commented writing on instagram that chris rock handled it all like the pro, but that the whole thing was so disturbing. she added so much pain in will smith, i'm still shocked -- i'm still in shock and saddened waiting for this sickening feeling to go away from what we all witnessed. schumer's post the latest sign that the fall out from the moment isn't going away any time soon back to you. >> miguel almaguer thank you. up next. who would have thought -- actually go to the airport. >> let's go. >> major -- under way across much of the country. some travelers in for quite the

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this morning, nbc's tom costello getting an exclusive look at delta's new terminal at los angeles international. this is the country's second busiest airport. we hardly recognize it, tom. >> reporter: i know. and a lot of people are thinking well yeah it is about time right? airports on both coasts and in the heartland are up grading in a big way. some airports stuck in the ' .0s and '80s this is the new airlines terminal at lax for delta. the busiest airline at this aerial exclusive looks behind the scenes and airports nationwide spending billions to improve your travel experience spring break and a notoriously beat up los angeles oject.ational is looking lik new bridges, new parking, new terminals. a new tram system coming soon. now delt airlines is preparing to open a brand new lax terminal

just as americans are putting catching a flight to the pandemic behind them and catching a flight to anywhere. delta's ceo says don't expect an empty middle seat. >> we'll see this month probably the strongest sales we have ever seen >> ever? >> ever. it's a massive amount of sales coming in the door. >> reporter: delta took advantage of the pandemic slowdown do speed up its lax construction project new ticket counters and kiosks 14 new tsa lanes a brand new concourse coming soon and new baggage sorting systems. and a big upgrade for anybody with club access an outside deck, retractable roof, a bar and look at the view the runway, hollywood, beverly hills, and bell air. l.a. airport's ceo justin erbaci first impressions matter. >> absolutely the first impression and last impression people get when they come to a city.

>> reporter: lax just one of many airport facelifts and redesigns nationwide denver international upgrading the great hall, new check-ins, in tsa checkpoints and expanded concourses and all three big apple airports a new terminal a at newark and an eventual air tram replacement. a new international terminal one at jfk airport and big upgrades to terminals 4, 6 and 8. perhaps the most needed and biggest airport overhaul, new york's laguardia airport a brand new terminal b for american, southwest, jet blue and united and delta gets a new terminal c. economists say airports that don't upgrade risk losing billions of investment dollars for their cities and regions is this something customers are for their cities and regions. is demanding? do they want a better travel experience a better airport experience. >> they deserve a better airport experience and so do our employees who have to work here all day long. >> reporter: i asked why are we seeing airline ticket prices

surge, up 40% in the last few weeks, he point outs jet fuel a lot more expensive oil prices are surging and the bottom line, passengers are surging back to the airports but there aren't as many airline seats as there were before the pandemic it is supply and demand. guys back to you. >> looks really good everybody in l.a. has a little work done. that time of the year. >> you alluded to this earlier laguardia for the better part of my life it was like an airport for a underdeveloped country it is like a 21th century airport. >> and they are not even done yet. open spaces. just fantastic. >> beautiful. >> that waterfall in the middle. >> i know the -- >> dancing unican corn -- >> -- >> but it's beautiful.

>> yeah. >> one of the great little secrets of jfk, twa, the old twa hotel. >> yes. >> there is a constellation plane. you can go in and there is a bar that you actually sit in the plane. >> that's cool. >> in an old economy. >> good. there you go we'll all be taking off. let's show you what's going on unfortunately second day in a row we're talk about wild fires and there is a lot of them going on out there durham, oklahoma to the west of oklahoma city and wild fires are starting to fire up in fact take a look right now. we've got four distinct areas across the country down through texas, back through the appalachians, down to florida. humidity. that is going cause a big we're talking anywhere from about 17 million people at risk for very strong winds, rapid

owinto the south. texas and into northern texas and oklahoma all with the possibility of strong winds low relative humidity. that is going cause a big problem. also warmer temperatures coming. you want 'em, you are finally going to get 'em chicago up to 65 degrees today 69 in cleveland down to nashville. 17 degrees above average and tomorrow we get in on the action new york city, thank you you're welcome new york city 68 d.c. 75. buffalo 68 but behind that front we're going to see cooler temperatures wawa wawa, we're looking at temperatures in the mid-50s. double nickels over the weekend in new york. upper-50 in cincinnati good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. today it's going to be on the cool side. we'll see more clouds rolling by. only peeks of sunshine. san francisco will reach into the upper 50s. going into tomorrow, partly cloudy, but the warming trend begins on friday and continues through saturday. on sunday, a quick-moving cold front moves through.

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tiger appears to be making enough progress to at least keep hopes alive that a major comeback could be in the works he could be back at the site of his greatest triumphs. according to the golf channel woods was out augusta national tuesday playing all 18 holes with his son charlie and pga tour pro justin thomas, woods' close friend who posted this video on instagram video on twitter showed woods private jet landing sending tiger fans into a frenzy playing the masters would be a monumental comeback even for a golfer whose career has been full of them golfing great is still recovering a year after a devastating crash outside l.a. his suv collided with a tree at nearly 75 miles an hour. >> we have a rollover with son trapped. >> reporter: the accident left his right leg so badly damaged, woods feared at one point it might have to be amputated. >> i'm lucky to be alive but also still have the limb.

>> reporter: woods returned last december to play a 36-hole exhibition with charlie at the pnc championship where the duo finished second. but woods has a history with the masters. 2019 it was the sight of a comeback for the ages. woods triumphing 14 years after his last win at augusta. experts say the most difficult bart of the preparation for woods may not be the golf but navigating the strenuous, hilly course itself. now the 46 year old currently listed on the entry field of the event has until next week to decide whether he'll compete for now fans are holding their breath and hoping. >> the official practice rounds at augusta run over two day, monday and tuesday the masters begins next thursday so tiger -- >> -- >> point of your story not so much the swinging and putting. the walking. for four days?

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a very good wednesday morning to you. it is 7:56 right now. i'm laura garcia. here's a look at what's happening now. >> reporter: good morning. i'm cierra johnson. on monday governor newsom issued an executive order calling for a stricter water conservation rule. the governor is directing the state water board to consider a ban on watering grass at businesses and institutions, as well as even watering those decorative grasses. he's also calling on local water agencies to go to what's called level 2 measures, meaning up to 20% of water cuts. >> we certainly could use some rain with all these cuts to water and droughts still lingering. >> at least for now temperatures are cooler, matching what we should see for this time in the

end of march. now, as we go into april, it looks like we only see a little bit of rain and it's actually missing the bay area, staying to the north, and also off towards the east. as we go through this seven-day forecast, it is all dry. still no chances of rain here. our temperatures will be warming up, hitting the upper 70s on saturday. next week it's slightly cooler on sunday and monday, but then we do see a warping trend beyond that stretch and we are going to see some nice weather for getting outside. keep in mind, we won't see as much sunshine today. mostly cloudy with highs in san francisco reaching the upper 50s. >> thanks so much. and thank you for joining us as well. we'll be back with another local news update in about half an hour or so and we hope you join us for our midday news at 11:00.

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♪♪ it is 8:00 on "today." coming up, signs of peace. the world watches amid new talks between russia and ukraine. the kremlin to scale back military operations around the capitol. president biden saying we'll see. we'r then, touching touchdown an american astronaut arriving back on earth for the first time in nearly a year returning home

with two russian cosmonauts just moments ago. finding common ground despite tensions on the world stage. a live report ahead. plus you're in the star student from georgia accepted to nearly 50 colleges she'll tell us where she's going and what she heaps to do with her future and top story. >> just want to manage expectations. >> tom cruise returns to the next chapter of "top gun." a sneak peak at where maverick is now and his new role. today, wednesday march 30, 2022. ♪ >> from ohio. >> my sweet 16. >> teachers on spring break. >> from colorado. >> love you nana. >> from massachusetts, today we turn 50. >> zurich, illinois. >> happy 18th birthday, joy. >> celebrating our 40th anniversary. >> from -- >> the "today show"!

>> wow teachers on spring break 80th girls with the 50th birthday good morning thank you for being with us. >> happy to soo you guys we'll be outside bundled up in a minute >> absolutely. let's get to the news this half hour with the headlines beginning with three things to watch in ukraine the u.s. and ukraine say they are skeptical of russia's game that it is reducing military activity near the capital kyiv there were new russian attacks in the area overnight. despite that ukraine's president zelenskyy said there were some positive signals coming out of talks that resumed yesterday in turkey between ukraine and russia and the u.n. says that more than four million refugees have now fled ukraine that is nearly 1/10 of the entire population. >> reporter: this morning an international space station. while here american astronaut who spent

nearly a year in space and two of his russian counterparts touched down in kazakhstan they have been together in the international space station. while here on earth russia and the u.s. have been at odds over the war in ukraine nbc's sam brock has more on that complicated situation. hey sam, good morning. >> hoda, good morning. what an incredible sight space might be the final front tear but right now one of the few positive ties binding the united states and russia in this perilous time in our collective history. minutes ago those three men touching down in a russian soyu capsule in a remote port of kazakhstan >> thank you very much my crew members. like my space brothers and space sister >> reporter: 250 miles above earth' >> 200 miles above the earth's surface is arguably the only space the u.s. and russia are still currently finding common ground overnight american astronaut >> undocking confirmed >> reporter: overnight, american astronau mark vande hei leaving the international space station after 355 consecutive days in

space, a new american record he returned with two russian cosmonauts aboard a russian soyu capsule. the return to earth coming weeks after russia's invasion of ukraine. prompting global condemnation and crippling sanctions on russian elites and businesses including their high-tech and aerospace industries but tensions on the ground so far have not seemed to undermine camaraderie and commitment to science on the space station >> we are one crew and i think like symbol of the friend >> reporter: b theead of russia's space agency has enflame ed relations with threats, recently suggesting russia could let the space station crash down earth prompting former space station commander scott kelly to strike back on twitter before heeding nasa's pleas not to fan the flames. >> astronauts separate the two,

what is happening in the world with relying on one another for survival >> in space, you recognize you're here, there is earth. we have stuff important to us. our emotional support, friendship, working together but also literally, you know, relying on each other for our lives. >> reporter: nasa's dependency on russia has significantly wayned in recent years, thanks to the expansion of commercial space flight with spacex now serving as a space agency's primary carrier the current iss agreement involving five space agencies expires in to 2024 so far russia has yet to extend its role in a statement to nbc news, nasa says it continues working with all our international partners now, earlier this month a trio of russian cosmonauts made headlines arriving at the international space station with yellow and blue on the space suits. yellow and blue of course the colors of the ukrainian flag now, the russian space agency denies any connection to

ukraine. but certainly it has led to plenty of speculation. hoda back that you. sam brock for us thank you. we turn to london now and tuesday's memorial service for prince philip, queen elizabeth making her first major public appearance since being diagnosed with covid and of course folks are still talking about the son who accompanied her and the grandson who was not there. northbound's kathy park joins us once again from buckingham palace kathy good morning >> hey craig good morning to you. hours before the service it was still unclear if the queen would attend but she was there along with 1800 guests. it was a much different scene from last year's funeral service for prince philip when the guest service was capped at 30 due to covid restrictions ♪ queen elizabeth making a grand entrance and returning for prince philip's memorial service. her first public appearance in months escorted by her second

son prince andrew. >> there were lots of different theories swirling around about what that message was, whether there was a message. one theory is that this was ther queen giving her stamp of approval to her disgraced son. >> reporter: despite concerns about the queen's health and mobility after canceling past engagements, the 95 year old rallied to pay tribute to her late husband in the same place they got married more than 70 years ago. she stood throughout the service singing and praying, at one point appearing tearful. >> i they lot of brits really found it quite an emotional scene. quite an emotional thing to be

seeing and a relief that she was able to carry out this duty >> reporter: but a conspicuous no show on tuesday, prince harry who will stay in america but will travel to the invictus games in april. >> people are wondering how many more big occasions like this are we going to see the queen at >> reporter: but this week, britain's longest reigning monarch back in the spotlight, showing the world her deep devotion to her prince now, the queen does have more public events on the calendar before her big platinum jubilee celebrations in june the royal experts say don't be surprised if she shares responsibilities with her son prince charles future king because of her age and health. craig, back to you. >> kathy park at buckingham palace thank you. news covered boost. >> i've got a little boost for you guys

it was a miraculous come back in denmark yesterday as soccer star christian erickson scored a goal on the exact same field where he nearly died nine months ago. >> -- pressure, erickson, the crowd would love a goal for him, and they get their wish. >> he got his too. last june the stadium fell silent erickson suffered cardiac arrest he collapsed and had to be revived with a defibrillator erickson was eventually fitted with a pacemaker he said that being chosen as captain and leading his team yesterday was extremely emotional. filled him with pride. and that goal was the cherry on top right there. >> what a moment. >> yeah. >> and talk about a segue as we from him being revived on the field to a remarkable and special story coming. >> we want to introduce you to a woman just 28 year old she was in the middle of a cross-country flight when her heart suddenly stopped and a fellow passenger, a doctor raced in and helped save her life. well, they are about to reunite here in our studio for the first time since those critical moments. and they have got a really important message to share but first these messages a painful, blistering rash

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and this morning a incredible story highlights the importance of cpr. >> brittany is with us and about to reunite with the doctor who saved her life at 35,000 feet. first nbc's kristen dahlgren joins was details of brittany's story. good morning. >> good morning. yeah brittany is just 28 so everything about the story is shocking including the fact there were at least three doctors on their way to a cardiology conference on the plane. but it was really something any of us could have done that saved her life. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a baccalaureate weekend in arizona. >> we were really looking forward it. >> reporter: but none of them could have predicted what would happen in the air. >> i closed my eyes and went to sleep and that is the last thing i remember until i woke up and i was like, in a stretcher by the plane going into an ambulance. zblfr she. >> she is 28, works out three days a week. >> i never had any health issues

ever growing up. >> but somewhere between newark an somewhere between newark and phoenix her heart stopped. luckily the doctor was on his way to a cardiology conference when he heard her friend scream. >> i found this person was for a completely unresponsive. slumped over immediately checked a pulse. there was no carotid pulls no radial pulse as well. at this pint i'm thinking maybe she's having a cardiac arrest. >> his wife who is also a doctor sprung into action he started cpr. >> about 90 seconds in she started moving there was a pulse. it was great. >> the plane diverted to oklahoma city. the doctor's wife holding brittany's hand. >> just a little flash of looking over on the plane and l. >> reporter: according to the doctor, cardiac arrest can happen to anyone but brittany's case is unusual 8% of cases occur in people

under 40 without early intervention, up to 90% of patients die before ever reaching the hospital >> where would you be if he hasn't been on that plane. >> i wouldn't be here. i got lucky there was multiple cardiologists on board at the end of the day anyone who knew cpr could have helped. >> >> reporter: and determined to make sure she's ready if it happens to anyone else. >> cpr is what saved my life so i definitely just want to have, it's an easy quick skill to learn >> brittany and her friends are signing up for a class together knowing just how important cpr is, guys. >> thank you kristen how are you feeling? and do you know what the source of the incident was? >> i'm feeling good. ever since what happened i

always felt fine i had some chest soreness. they say cpr is tolling on your body but i feel great and yeah. >> you're still waiting to find out. just run through all the tests and still trying to figure out how it could happen. >> going to a lot of different doctors. last week a neurologist and a whole brain scan and mri still and everything they said has been coming back pretty normal so we're still not sure what it could be. >> what was it like when you came to and realized this had happened to you? you are a young woman, having cardiac arrest 35,000 feet it is astonishing. >> so crazy. the only thing i remember is like taking a nap right before the flight and then i woke up and i was in a stretcher going into a an ambulance and my friend is telling me hey we had to stop the flight in oklahoma and we're going to the hospital. and i was like this is a dream i still can't believe it happened.

>> the idea there were doctors on board, doctors who were on the way to a conference. >> cardiologists >> and a cardiologist who happens to be here with us today. you haven't seen him in person since it happened. so we want to bring out dr. come on out, dr. chodry. how are you? >> we'd all be hugging you -- >> this is incredible. always that idea that they are going to say over the loud speaker we need doctors. how did you first come to realize there was an emergency on board >> two hours into the flight trying to take a nap and screams from the back. and i was like, you know, i think there is an emergency and 15 seconds later there was an emergency of an overhead emergency. we ran to the seat and we found brittany slumped over s u can have, no pulse at all. difficulty in assessing a pulse

so we laid her onto the island and checked her pulse again and she was having a cardiac arrest. >> so you knew you had to jump into action right away how much time did it take to revive her >> it took about 90 seconds. we were not keeping time but roughly so every two minutes we're trained to switch cpr. my wife is a dr., too. ready to take over when she started moving >> your wife is a doctor too. >> she's a doctor. >> can you believe >> three guardian angels on the flight what is it like to be sitting next to each other again. >> so crazy. because i know we met before but like i don't remember it and it is just like i'm so thankful thank you. >> yes, no worries the thing is, the important lesson is that anyone on the plane could have done the same, cpr. >> people are afraid i think to do cpr if they had the training, could i avoid, what if it is not need. >> what if i don't do it right. >> it is very understandable to be scared. thinking maybe i'd hurt them but

the american heart association states that the benefit of starting chest compressions far outweighs the risk to someone who doesn't need it. if someone is unresponsive you don't even need to be able to know how to check a pulse. if they are unresponsive you presume cardiac arrest and start cpr and call 911 >> i love you and your friends are taking the course and going to learn. >> talking to everyone i know. and even my boss yesterday is going to do a companywide thing as well and bring it to everyone's attention i'm definitely telling everyone they should definitely learn like doctor chodry was saying. anyone who knew cpr could have saved my life. >> how cool. you're sitting next to the guy that saved your life i can't get over this. >> and the other doctors on the plane, you still keep in touch with them as well. >> yeah. so one of the other doctors i'm also a cardiologist. i believe he was helping dr. chodry i realized his practice about 30 minutes away so i've been going to him because i figured he kind of saw what happened and he'd be a good source.

>> i love how she said thank you and you said no worries. just like it was wednesday in your life. wow. well thank you both for being here we really appreciate it. happy to see you >> thank you so much. >> all right let's head over to mr. roker and get a check of the weather this line of thunderstorms firing up. 36 million people at risk today. damaging wins, tornados, hail up to an inch and faculty looking for these wind damages to be a big problem. 75 miles per hour plus wind gusts. damage could extend hundreds of miles as the system makes its way to the east. and with strong tornados likely t risk for ef2 or stronger tornados is pretty good. in fact the problem we're also worried about, nighttime tornados with this situation and of course those are twice as deadly as the daytime version. storm reports from last tuesday, you can see just how much the folks have already gotten there, they see it again later today into tonight that's what's going on around

the country. here's what' good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are going to see a lot of clouds today, just some peeks of sunshine. we should get a little bit more sun heading into the evening. it might be a beautiful sunset. our temperatures today reach into the upper 60s and tomorrow, a mix of sun and clouds, the low 70s. it's going to warm up a little bit between friday and saturday, and then early next week, there's a slight cool down before we start big warming trends heading toward the end of next week. as we take a look at our seven-day forecast for san francisco, it's dry and windy on sunday. frz >> that's your latest weather. time for the best part of the morning. >> look who's here. >> try to make carson proud. >> yes all right. queue the kenny loggance music headed to the danger zone. "top gun: maverick" after being delayed for two years, the

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he's got a lot to reveal but first your local news. ♪ >> he was here until thursday. . good wednesday morning to you. it is 8:26 right now. i'm laura garcia. san jose's police chief defending the actions of his department calling a late-night officer-involved shooting. this is surveillance video of a fight inside a la victoria tacoria saturday morning. john green was in the restaurant when the fight started and that's when his attorney says he tried to disarm a gunman. san jose police chief says officers didn't know what green's role was when they saw him with a gun. they opened fire. green's attorney is preparing legal action to hold the san jose police department

responsible. switching gears, let's talk about that forecast. spring day today, but we don't need the sunglasses? >> we're going to see a lot of clouds, the sun peeking out every now and then. we can see the mostly cloudy start we have. it's going to be a little bit cooler as our highs reach into the mid-50s and this is about normal for this time in march as we'll see a mild and breezy day. we have a warm up trend heading into the weekend especially on saturday reaching 77 degrees. a touch cooler on sunday with some breezy winds, and we can see those temperatures going right back up for tuesday and really beyond that is when we're expecting more summer like temperatures. >> we'll look forward to that. thank you so much, kari. thank you for joining us as well. i'll be back with another local news update at about 8:55. see you then.

♪ welcome back it is 8:30 a wednesday morning. it is the 30th day of march, 2022 okay so it's chilly. so what. so what.

>> not as -- >> hang on a little longer, what's it going to be? >> 65, 66. >> heat wave >> we have a great half hoyer. hope everyone is fired up for this one, only ken burns is here with a great new documentary all about ben franklin it is a must watch lot of great stories including the founding father who they say actually invented dry humor. >> he was the one. >> he was the one funny founding father. >> the first standup comic. >> yeah. >> also going spend time with adriana brock. he's here is with all of the problem solving gadgets you need to add to your daily routine, everything from dry cleaning to keeping tabs on your earbuds also cleaning the earbuds. handy gadget for that. >> and a high school student who got into nearly 50 colleges. that's 48 more than me we're going to talk to this superstar about her wild college

application process if advice for other kids. >> after that on the third hour raven simone talking about her new show that gives us a peek into her life at home. >> and then coming up tomorrow we got a real page turner for you. several in fact. the top book picks for springtime. >> cool. >> yeah. >> and we have to mention. this is it. >> don't laugh. >> i'm not laughing. >> a new episode of our friend savannah's cooking show, "starting from scratch" is streaming today. and this topic, this recipe sounds crazy. >> this is incredible. i know we did grilled cheese and pancakes before and you probably thought that was easy. this is an amazing recipe. a mediterranean feast. this is my favorite kind of food chef ayesha nurdjaja is the restauranteur behind shuka here

in new york city we're making homemade hummus and -- oh yeah we are stepping it up. "starting from scratch." hope you watch it. starts at 11:00 a.m. guys it is delicious and easy. if i can do it literally anyone can do it. a baby could do it a newborn baby could make it >> -- >> mr. roker what you got. >> when bees get together they all swarm. >> they've got nothing on you. >> little sting there. anyway let's show what we're looking at for today for the weekend, friday, snow showers great lakes, mild out west stormy down florida. sunshine in between. saturday brisk and chilly around the northeast. florida, storms. warm saturday out west and sunday sunday, the chill continues around the great lakes, nice day, wet weather into the pacific northwest that's what's going on around the country. good wednesday morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. the weather that we are seeing today is actually what we should be for the end of march,

reaching into the upper 60s for santa rosa and concord, 63 in oakland, even slightly cooler than average for san francisco. then as we go through the seven-day forecast, it's about to warm up, low 70s tomorrow, more sunshine in the forecast, and upper 70s on saturday. there will be a slight cool down on sunday with breezy winds but the warm up continues early next week. up next we're psyched. the legendary ken burns with us in studio 1a for a chat about his new ben franklin documentary. and what he's cooking up next. it's always something. first this "today" on nbc.

we're back it is 8:36 with award winning film narrower and our pal ken burns. ready to captivate us yet again. he has a new project out >> a two part documentary that explores the life and work of one of american's founding

fathers, benjamin franklin here is a sneak peak. >> franklin is by far the most approachable of our founders he's not somebody made of stone like a george washington franklin was pretty simple in his moral code he was driven by a desire to pour forth benefits for the common good. but there is a lot in benjamin franklin that makes you flinch and we see franklin not as a perfect person, but somebody evolving to see if he could become more perfect. >> like our union. ken burns, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> ben franklin, where do you even start the founding father. you can't make it. >> he's the most amazing american of the 18th century greatest american writer of the 18th century successful businessman, a printer a publisher, greatest

diplomat in america. >> inventor. >> world class inventor and scientist discovering properties of electricity we still use studio positive, negative, battery charge, conductor. that is all him before he discovers politics and basically creates the united states. without the french help that he got, that he negotiated, there is no victory by george washington at york town. there are french soldiers next to him and french fleet blocking the british. no him, no us. >> you talk about, he sounds perfect when you describe him that way but when you talk about your subjects it is their imperfections that intrigue you.

>> you say complicated human beings, you are being redundant. his life was an abolitionist he spoke about family values you could say about discipline and self improvement but he had strained relationships with almost everyone in his family >> what do you mean? >> he left his wife debra, common law wife 15 of the last 17 years of her wife she had a stroke he wasn't there for the funeral. promoting education for women but didn't think his daughter needed it. hi son william, his best friend stays loyal to the crown and a complete part. and the son after the revolution tries to repair things, he refuses. so you have the guy who is this massive contradictions who is also perhaps the most accessible

of our founding fathers. everybody is static. they don't change. he changes all the time. so he offers a portal into our founding warts and all, it seems familiar to us. >> drilling down on the issue of slavery. as you said. he owned slaves. he was one of the architects of the three fifths compromise. >> right. >> but at the same time by the end of his life becomes an abolitionist. >> he started a school for black children in philadelphia and was surprise, surprised that black students were equally apt at learning and understanding things as white students and i think he began to shed the prejudices the thing about franklin is that he's all improving, always

trying to make himself better, like the union he was one of the architects of terrible compromises but there is no united states without the compromises. you don't get southern states to enjoy unless you say their slaves are three fifths of a person only for the -- so it is a strange devils bargain but we're here and now trying to make it better. >> always trying to improve himself. i found that so interesting. and live by. four rules be extremely frugal. endeavor to speak the truth. apply myself industriously and speak ill of no man. >> jefferson presents the first draft of the declaration and says we hold these truthing to be sacred and undeniable franklin is the editor in the committee and say no no. we hold these truths to be self evident. we're scientists we're looking. the sun comes up in the east and sets in the west let's make this self evident so that's franklin in a nutshell plus he's funny. >> -- cracked one line all the tirsme

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first of all, 49 yeses how did you decide to apply to so many schools in the first place. >> actually i didn't know i was going to apply to so many schools but once i got to opportunity to go to college fairs and get fee waivers from different schools, i took advantage of that opportunity. >> makenzie, you are amazing, and i understand that you applied to 51 schools. one you are still waiting on and only one turned you down and they are on line one by the way saying we were wrong, please makenzie come back but why do you think your application studio stood out what do you think was special about you? >> you are allowed to toot your own horn. >> i think my applications stood out because of my extracurricular activities and how involved i am in school from being my senior class president to the co-captain of the dance team to a varsity baseball manager, to vice president of the beta club, to members of all the national honors societies. i think my extracurriculars

really show them how well rounded i am. >> what's in the water at your house? what did your parents do to make >> well my parents are very supportive of all and everything that i do. so that's one. and they don't expect perfection out of me. but they do expect my best effort and that is all they can ask for. >> i heard there is a wall at your school, makenzie where they are taping up all your acceptances. it is must be a pretty long wall what's it like what do the other kids say this are they applaud of you >> we may friends are extremely proud of me. even the people in my grade.wh you only get one yes you have already chosen.

tell us which college and why you felt like that was the right fit for you. >> so i chose tuskegee university and i chose tuskegee because they really embraced me once i went on campus, got to spend time on campus but it really made me feel like i was at home away from home and it is really good for my major of animal science. they produce 70% of all black veterinarians, which is what i want to do so it is the best pick for me. >> makenzie you are on your way and then some. just so impressive i hope you can enjoy, relax your last two weeks of senior year. you know, slack off a little bit. >> yeah. skip class you're allowed you're already in college. >> you're in. >> yes, i'm totally enjoying the last couple months, enjoying the ride. >> you worked hard for it. good luck at tuskegee. keep in touch with us. thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> thank you makenzie. >> thank you for having me >> just incredible come on, roker is she amazing >> my gosh so impressive. what an impressive young woman let's meet some impressive folks

as well. maybe not as young but young at heart. time to celebrate birthdays with our friends at smucker's i like this. let's first off, happy 100th birthday to diane leber. a lucky lady from bell rose new york won the new york lottery with her husband and friends back in the 1980s. and paul holsinger from hampton virginia is 100, earned two bronze stars and a purple heart. we salute you, sir happy 100th to martha mccaul, a proud grandma. combined grand kids, and great wow. bill alexander of greenville, pennsylvania is 100. married to the love of his life nearly 70 years. rocco varca from pembrook pines florida. a world traveler 100 years old.

his ability to fix anything. happy 100th birthday to lily alexander, a loving grandma from detroit, michigan, her secret to long life? a cold beer every day. and finally a special shout out to these eight amazing women of brookdale, west palm beach living facility. their ages range from 100-106. they were all honored with a group birthday party and asked the secrets of longevity lot of them said scotch and vodka. -- told us it's a secret well played ladies well played. >> love the ladies from west palm beautiful, al. coming up on "hoda and jenna," joy bauer is back in studio a tiktok toast trend it will be your new favorite the third hour and jeff fox worthy stops by. >> did you know ben franklin was

one of 15 children i think i read that in a ken burns documentary note if i didn't, it's my first day back after a long weekend. isn't that amazing have a great day enjoy your local news and weather. >> was he really a very good wednesday morning to you, 8:56. i'm laura garcia. nurses at daly city seaten medical center are holding a one-day strike. they claim the hospital is not following staffing laws. a hospital spokesperson says today's strike is about demanding a 12% wage increase

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