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your national champions. busy tuesday ahead "early today" starts right now >> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm steven romo. >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera outrage growing around the world as more evidence of war crime. president biden calling for a war crimes trial for vladimir putin. >> remember i got criticized for calling putin a war criminal the truth of the matter you saw what happened in bucha he is the war criminal >> reporter: ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy expected to address the united nations council for the first time today. and a warning to viewers some of the images from ukraine may be disturbing president zelenskyy wants the world to see what happens in towns like bucha >> reporter: frances, good morning. that's right you could see the horror etched onto president zelenskyy's face

as he toured bucha where the streets are littered with the bodies of civilians, some of them with their hands tied behind their backs, allegedly shot at close range. now, this was one of the first trips president swu lzelenskyy made outside of kyiv he wantsthe whole world to kno what happens there, and interestingly he wants the russian people to know what happened there in one of his addresses he switched to russian and he spoke directly to the mothers of russian soldiers saying i don't know how you raised your sons to be looters, and i don't know how you raised them to be murderers. now, frances, one of the awful questions here is how much higher will the eventualal death toll be in bucha, and how much higher will it be in other areas around kyiv where the russians recently pulled out of francis? >> yeah, and there is images just like this to follow coming out of that. i want to ask you about the

stories for russia's retreat only raises more concern for areas like moreariupol still un siege. >> that's right. under siege since the early days of the war ukraine's prime minister deputy says there will be another attempt at a humanitarian corridor to get civilians out of the city today we've seen time and time again these agreements come and collapse at the last minute when the russians violate them. under today's plans citizens can leave mariupol in their own cars what makes this tricky is there's very little gas in the city after weeks and weeks of siege. the red cross says it tried to send a team into the city last night to develop aid, but they were stopped by russian forces they were held in a town nearby. they were eventually released, which is a good sign, but it doesn't solve the underlying problem, which is how to get aid to the thousands and thousands

trapped in mariupol. one of the questions now is will they deploy to mariupol and other areas in the east? >> just layers and layers there. police in california have arrested a suspect in the mass shooting that left 6 dead and 12 hurt 26-year-old dandrae martin has been charged with assault with a firearm. the da's office say they expect to make more arrests in this case because several shooters are believed to be involved. our jay gray has more on that ongoing investigation. >> reporter: after six people were killed, 12 others injured in a massacre in downtown sacramento, police now say they've arrested a suspect in that killing spree 26-year-old dandrae martin has been charged with assault and illegal firearm possession >> it is important to me we do

this right and get justice for those families >> reporter: investigators say they've recovered hundreds of pieces of evidence from the scene including a stolen handgun. and officers continue to review social media posts from witnesses including this video of a fight just before the deadly massacre. it's still not clear if the two incidents are related as police continue to search for multiple suspects >> because this was senseless. this wasn't no one shot. if you was down there with bullets everywhere, i mean that was a massacre >> reporter: while this community struggles in the wake of the senseless tragedy, jay gray, nbc news >> airlines are having a tough time getting back to normal as more delays and cancellations strands passengers across the country. how it hit a snag with more passengers than there are free

seats. >> reporter: for spring break families the timing could not be worse. after 10,000 delayed or canceled flights over the weekend >> i don't think there's a chance of us getting a flight with this many people waiting. >> reporter: the airlines say they're slowly recovering after bed weather and air traffic delays rippled across the system making matters worse spirit canceled another 30% of its flights, jet blue 13%. while southwest mostly back to normal after canceling 10% of its flights on sunday. the most affected airports, dallas, orlando, boston and tampa. meanwhile alaska airlines still affected by a pilot shortage and labor dispute. >> they said they have pilots coming, but there weren't any, and it would have been better if they were more honest up front >> reporter: the melt down in the southeast comes as americans return from the pandemic flying again in near record numbers >> the delta ceo >> they're ready to go and

expect as much time as they can manage at home they expect as much money as they can fixing up their houses and gardens. >> reporter: but across all airlines there simply aren't as many seats as there were before the pandemic and budget airlines often don't have the staff to recover quickly when whether throws schedules into chaos. that means if your flight is canceled, it could take day tuesday find an open seat. >> you're telling me you're going to give me a $200 voucher it's not going to cut it especially when i have to pay $500 for a room. judge ketanji brown jackson set to make history this week. if confirmed she'll be the first black woman to serve on the high court. nbc's brie jackson is live with more it seemed yesterday went basically as expected.

>> reporter: good morning, steve. there was lots of drama but little impact on the proceedings. senator majority leader chuck schumer had to break a deadlock. a final confirmation vote is expected on friday, and there's not much chance of a deadlock on this one with three republicans now backing judge jackson. senators lisa murkowski and mitt romney announced their support yesterday joining senator susan collins. when senator murkowski was asked about her decision the alaska native lamented. >> don't you think that we should try to -- try to make the decisions on what is right overall. but we're strapped into it we're so -- we're so divided now. we are to that point where it's

almost automatic >> meanwhile former president barack obama will return to the white house for the first time since leaving office he'll join his number two, president biden, to celebrate the success of the affordable care act now, that big event will take place in the rose garden this afternoon. steven >> all right, brie, thanks for that update. it was down to the wire in new orleans with the national championship at stake. >> and harris steals it, gives it up, up and in >> north carolina was up by as much as 16 in the first half, but kansas stormed back in the second outscoring unc by 18 points in the stretch. down 3 and comes up short, kansas is the national champions with 72-69 win the jayhawks completed the largest come back win in title

history. it's the fourth time kansas has won amen's basketball chich p championship and a first since 2008 the u.n. is urging world leaders to recommit to climate promises to avoid disaster a new climate change report found greenhouse gas emissions need to stop rising by 2025 and then be slashed by more than 40% by 2030. that's in order to curb irreparable damage and a key to stopping increasing global warming the world's top climate scientists say we need adopt a plant based lifestyle. let's turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> good morning, guys. and large hail, no reports of tornados we had a funnel cloud reported last night mostly hail we've been dealing

with and wind damage currently watching the strongest of the storms head through the streets. watching the storms sweep through louisiana in the early morning hours here, mississippi during the am, and towards the pm hours georgia and south carolina all of our friends from charleston to savannah, panama city and pensacola all at risk of seeing some severe weather today. wind damage is the biggest thing, large hail and isolated tornados, maybe a few strong tornados then as we go through tomorrow's threat the first storm sweeps off the east coast and this is a second cold front coming down warm and windy ahead of this and tomorrow evening from atlanta to chattanooga to birmingham 30 million people at risk and then we finally end our severe weather threat this week as the cold front and storm system sweeps off the each coast. down to wilmington will be at

risk for anothers gets a bit of today. and rainfall is going to be a big issue with these storms, too. two stoorms in a short period of time with soggy ground is never good >> thank you, bill well, tiger woods teed off for practice at augusta national in georgia trying to see if he's good to go in the masters tournament coming up later this week woods is also set to hold a press conference today but what had the golf world buzzing is what tiger had on his feet he was spotted in foot joy golf shoes. it's a pretty big step away from the nikes he usually wears in a statement nike said they're

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welcome back in new york city mayor eric adams is launching a billboard campaign in florida. it's against the state's controversial so-called don't say gay law. >> the digital bill boards will encourage people to come to new york, and they'll be up in florida cities including fort lauderdale dale, jackson, tampa and west palm beach. during a press conference announcing the launch adams called the legislation, quote, the latest shameful culture war targeting the lgbtq plus community. how the law is affecting the sunshine state >> the so-called happiest place on earth plunging into the middle of a culture war.

florida's republican governor ron desantis targeting disney, the state's largest single site employer >> the mayor treated on a pedestal this one corporation is treated differently than everybody else now in the legislature you see a movement to reevaluate those special privileges >> reporter: the governor angry add disney's opposition to the new parental rights legislation also known as the don't say gay law. in a statement disney says our goal as a company is for this law to be repealed in the legislature or struck down in the courts it's all amid the backdrop of cultural political battles over the law and issues of representation, which conservatives hope to make a central issue of the upcoming mid-term election. desantis fund-raising off the

fight. republican matt gates saying i'll trap this rodent. desantis suggesting a repeal of disney's special status established by 1967 law. it created a unique self-governing district around the 43 square miles encompassing disney world, an area twice the size of manhattan. as a result disney effectively has its own security force and building, zoning and fire departments. this dispute comes after protests and a walkout by some disney cast members when the company did little to oppose a bill before it was signed. disney's ceo apologizing to employees last month in a letter writing you needed me to be a stronger ally in the fight for equal rights, and i let you down as for the escalating feud, maryland's republican governor criticizing desantis calling it a crazy fight. >> we have a thing called

freedom of speech. >> and our thanks to kerry sanders for that report. for the kids going there they have no idea they're there for the rides. thanks for

if you're not passionate or you're looking for a purpose, this is now the time. >> right now at 4:30, calls for peace and accountability. families gathered to remember the lives lost in the mass shooting in sacramento overnight. the changes the community is pleading for and the arrest made in this case. >> plus in just a few hours, ukrainian president zelenskyy is set to address the united nations security council. the war crimes he's accused russia of making. >> and we are moving you forward the way one bay area businessman is using his love of tech to help his business boom,