a day after declaring victory in what would be russia's first major city captured in the 58-day war vladimir putin continues to face fierce resistance inside the besieged capital mariupol. newly revealed audio of the january 6th capitol insurrection refutes house republican leader mccarthy's denial that he would recommend former president trump step down after the riots. we'll play it and let you decide this earth day our anne thompson takes a look at the quality of the air we breathe and which americans are most at

risk caught in the middle in the battle between florida's governor and the mouse house it is the residence who may be on the hook for the million dollar debt bomb who are the top two people on the planet you don't want to be punched by? i'm guessing mike tyson may be one. >> good morning, i'm cori coffin >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera it's day 58 and the fierce battle continues over the port city of mariupol y ukrainian troops are still surrounded in a factory and they refuse to back down. and there are still 120,000 citizens blocked from leaving the city which has been running low on food and medicine for weeks. raf, what do we know this hour about what's happening in mariupol >> frances, we all saw vladimir putin say he saw no need for his

forces to storm that steel plant where ukrainian troops are holed up, but despite that order from the russian president, russian troops continue assaulting that plant. that is according to the ukrainian military the situation for those ukrainian troops and the civilians trapped in the tunnels underneath that plant almost unimaginable at this point they're desperately low on food, water and ammunition to keep on fighting the british intelligence says the reason putin is not storming that plant is he knows he can't do so without losing a huge number of troops but he needs those soldiers to continue fighting along the enormous fronts in the east the mariupol city council says they made a grim discovery yesterday, a mass grave in a town about 10 miles west of the city they're saying there could be potentially thousands of bodies in that grave. satellite images taken by the american company, maxar, appear

to show at least 200 new graves dug in one site alone in the last week of marchch, so france this may be just a small taste of the horrors we're yet to find >> rafff, president biden announced more military aid for ukraine. what impact could this have on the front line >> yeah, the president was keen to stress this package was tailored for what ukrainians need he's sending 72 howitzers and 144,000 rounds of ammunition that ammunition supply will last about three weeks or so. that is a very important stop gap for ukrainians as this fighting turns to the east they're also sending 121 drones,

kamikaze drones, which the ukrainians have been using with great effect against russian tanks. >> raf, thank you. >> along with that military aid president bidenologist announced a new way for ukrainian refugees to enter the u.s the new program will require ukrainians to have a sponsor in the united states such as a family or ngo. advocates worry, though, the new plan will mean more paperwork and time which many refugees simply do not have prch an on lean porter will open monday allowing sponsors to register. >> this program will be fast, it will be stream lined and ensure the united states honors its commitment to go to the people of ukraine and need not go through our southern border. >> on average more than a thousand eucainian refugees entered through mexico last week ukrainians are exempt from title 42 that's the policy closing the border to most asylum seekers due to covid, and that ruling has blocked a million and a half

migrants florida is one step closer to repealing the special district the measure would take effect on june 1st, 2023 now heads to governor ron desantis for a signature. he called on the legislature to back the session during special session this week. it comes when he criticized the state's so-called don't say gay bill tax officials and legislatures say local taxpayers would owe more than $1 billion in bond debt >> mike tyson captured on video getting into a physical altercation with another passenger on a plane the boxing legend was reportedly being harassed in his seat on a flight out of san francisco international airport. nbc's emily ikeda as more on the incident >> reporter: aflight onboard a jet blue flight to san francisco on wednesdaych the video shows

the man throwing the punches is former heavyweight champ mike tyson. jet blue declined to comment but a statement says unfortunately mr. tyson had an incident on a flight with an aggressive passenger who began harassing him and threw a water bottle at him while he was in his seat both tyson and the passenger seen with a bloody forehead were detained, but san francisco police say the man provided minimal details of the incident and refused to cooperate further. nbc news has not been able to identify him for comment >> this is classic for what we see on a plane when we were not able to get to an event, sometimes we just can't get there fast enough and it escalates so quickly that it gets way, way out of hand. earlier that day tyson attended a 4/2 rally in san francisco. >> you hear about me in the paper doing crazy stuff. >> reporter: but this week's

incident reminiscent of the retired boxer's controversial past the altercation the same day the faa made permanent the zero-tolerance policy designed to curb unruly behavior on flights. back to you. >> okay, emily, thank you. dangerous weather conditions could explode the size of arizona's wildfires. thousands have already evacuated and fires have destroyed dozens of homes here's nbc's miguel almaguer with more. exploding across more than 30 square miles fanned by epic and relentless wins flagstaff's tunnel fire showing no mercy as thousands flee the flames and dozens of structures are lost. >> all that i've seen except for one were all burned to the ground >> reporter: with crews fighting a losing battle and facing a ballooning fire the inferno is poised to race into more forest land >> forecast is just for

continued winds for the nebs few days this fire season is going to be long, long and longer. >> reporter: as nine major wildfires torch arizona and new mexico, 50-mile an hour winds across the region are kicking fire season off to a fast and furious start. the acreage burned nationally so far already 30% higher than average. >> i cried driving away because you just don't know. you don't know if you're going to come home to anything >> reporter: and in arizona with plenty of fuel in this fire's path, there is now a growing sense of misery in its wake. >> our thanks to miguel almaguer for that report. >> and these wildfires are creating hazardous air quality conditions for tens of millions of americans nbc's anne thompson explains >> reporter: wildfires in america, bigger, more frequent and now threatening our very

health making the air we breathe more dangerous, spelled out in a report from the american lung association. it finds 137 million americans, more than 40%, live in places with unhealthy levels of soot and smog >> we're seeing too much pollution from cars, trucks, powerplants and factories as well as wildfires adversely affecting our health >> reporter: four out of the top five cities with unhealthy soot pollution are in california where wildfires burned a record number of acres in 2020. fires can release a toxic chemical soot linked to increases in asthma, heart attack, stroke and lung cancer >> you wouldn't want to breathe in the incinerated products of a computer or a battery, and so when you look at it that way it's not surprising that breathing in those kinds of particulates is really bad for your health. >> reporter: particularly at risk people of color who are 3.6

times more likely than white people to live in a county with unhealthy air. climate change is playing a role >> climate change is driving the conditions that create wildfires in the west as well as the hot temperatures that lead to more smog in our cities >> reporter: and there is some good news. the air is improving in states like ohio, new jersey, and here in new york where efforts to control pollutants are working i'm anne thompson in new yoro y. >> anne, thank you on the heels of those two reports where to from here on earth day? let's ask nbc meteorologist bill karins >> good morning, a good earth day to you a chance of fires, a blizzard developing and also some severe storms so we have 21 million people under wind alerts, either high wind warnings in the purple which go from mexico to nebraska and the fire danger is very

strong the critical risk area today from roswell to north texas into areas of kansas. and as far as what we're going to deal with this afternoon with severe weather into this evening, a little weather strip from panhandle oklahoma right now kansas and nebraska isolated tornados and large hail. so this storm is going to have a little of erything that's aev day today. and my apologies to everyone in montana, north dakota and wyoming. huge snowstorm coming your way this weekend, too. >> got a feel for it okay, bill new audio reveals house republican leader kevin mccarthy considered asking then president trump to resign in the wake of the january 6th insurrection we've got details in just 60 seconds.

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breaking overnight, new bombshell audio recording of a phone call between republican house minority leader kevin mccarthy telling congresswoman liz cheney he would recommend president trump resign just hours after mccarthy denied a "the new york times" report of the conversation the revelations appear in a new book called "this will not pass" by new york times reporters. this contradicts his denial. >> i'm here. thanks, kevin. i guess there's a question when we were talking about the 25th amendment resolution and you asked, you know, what happens if it gets thereafter you're gone, is there any chance -- are you hearing he might resign? is there any reason to think that might happen?

>> i've had a few discussions. my gut tells me no i'm seriously thinking of having a conversation with him tonight. i haven't talked to him in a couple think he'd ever back away, but what i think i'm going to do is i'm going to call him this is what i think i think there's a chance it'll pass the senate even though he's gone now, i haven't had a discussion that if he did resign what happened now this is one personal feel i have i do not want to get in any conversations about -- any

discussion i would have with him is i think this would pass and it is my recommendation we should move on i think that would be my take, but i don't think he would take it but i don't know >> nbc news has reached out to mccarthy and cheney's offices for comment on the tape of the call and the reporters who wrote the book told mado there's more to come. >> the president bears responsibility for wednesday's attack on congress by mob rioters. >> but a week later he reversed course telling reporters he didn't believe the former president provoked the riot. leader mccarthy met with then president trump in mar-a-lago to repair their relationship. still to come why larry nasa's victims are skieeng $130 million from the fbi what goes on it... usually. ♪♪

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stretcher. the seminole county sheriff's department now saying the bride was behind it. police confronted her and the groom that night >> bride and groom >> yes >> you're the bride and groom? >> yes, sir. >> okay, a couple questions for you. >> yes, sir. >> apparently supposedly your food had cannabis inside of when your guests ate it did you guys authorize that? >> i have no idea. >> i just need a yes or no, man. did you guys authorize it for the catering company to have cannabis placed in the food, edibles whatever it might be >> no, sir >> the 42-year-old bride is now facing felony charges for allegedly lacing the food at her wedding with marijuana you guys with catering >> police collected food on scene to test. >> might be transporting more people to the hospital because of this. >> reporter: according to the incident report from police the evidence collected include chocolate covered strawberries

and pudding shots. of the 30 to 40 attendants several reported feeling ill to police miranda cady tell our affiliate west she was there >> my heart was racing >> reporter: she said another guest suspected it >> like are we stoned right now and we absolutely were, we were high as a kite all of us out of ourminds >> reporter: the bride's caterer also arrested, both facing the charges of reckless tampering, culpable negligence and delivery of marijuana police telling us the investigation is still ongoing they reached out to both women and the groom for comment and did not immediately hear back. >> i think people just want an explanation. so many of my friends who wouldn't me speaking with you, but i think it's so important that people stand up for what's right, and up you have to respect other peoples free will and boundaries and option to have a choice in something like that >> thanks to isa gutierrez for that report.

still so many questions, right. >> did they think it was going to be a fun surprise because it certainly was not >> man, again so many questions. wish we were inside eith

right now at 4:30, a rash of car break-ins in one east bay neighborhood. now residents are cleaning up the mess. the steps they're taking to try to catch the culprit. >> and mike tyson returns to the spotlight after a fight on a plane after this visit to the bay area. the potential legal action after this video surfaced showing him punching a fellow passenger on a flight. >> plus, a major change for a bay area festival, the gilroy garlic festival no more. the reason