it's friday, may the 6th this morning we're live in ukraine with new details surrounding intelligence that is said to have been provided to the ukrainian military by the u.s. all to take out a key russian warship. troubling news from the cdc predicting an upswing in covid in the coming weeks. we'll take you aboard the aircraft where one passenger thought it was a good idea to

use the emergency exit door at chicago's o'hare and the latest in the attempts to free brittney griner from russian confinement "early today" starts right now >> thanks for joining us, i'm steve romo >> i'm frances rivera. the united states may have played a role in a major military setback for russia. u.s. intelligence may have helped ukraine sink the russian warship, moskva. they helped confirm the location but was not in the decision to strike overnight, the first lady departed for a five-day trip to slovakia she will be spending her mother's day weekend meeting with aid workers jay, russia appears to be intensifying its attack ahead of a symbolic victory day on may

9th. >> reporter: no question about that they continue to batter the city of mariupol to the east. and that's become a flash point for the fight between ukraine and russia we continue to see attacks from not only the ground but the air and missiles fired from ships out in the sea as well so it is a multi-faceted attack that continues really around the clock in that city a steel plant in the center of the area has become a makeshift bunker, not only for ukrainian army and marines, but also for citizens who are there and trying to stay safe. 200 to 300 right there in the plant itself, including about 30 children now we have good news from the region this morning, the u.n. trying to carry outi its third rescue effort. they are able to get people out, but they are quick to point out that has devolved several times

in the past due to intense fighting one other word about mariupol. we have reports from the defense ministry here in ukraine that the russians occupying the area are cleaning the streets of debris and what used to be a battlefield is being cleared away perhaps, they believe, for troops that are occupying that region to celebrate victory day on the 9th, monday so we'll continue to watch that. >> all right, jay. thank you. on the covid front, the cdc predicts covid hospitalizations and death also spike in the next couple weeks all due to a new omicron sub variant quickly spreading throughout the country. the news comes during the same week the u.s. marks more than 1 million covid-related deaths susan mcginnis has more. >> reporter: more than two years after the first cases of coronavirus appeared, americans now facing the grimmest milestone yet, 1 million u.s.

deaths >> the deaths are unthinkable. >> reporter: now leaving no american untouched >> i just miss everything about him. >> reporter: secretary of state blinken one of those testing positive after the correspondents dinner. the cdc projs ects new hospitalizations and death also rise in the coming weeks and higher prices from everything from fuel to food price at the pump up to an average of $4.25 a gallon. russia's war in ukraine also a culprit. >> the major exporters of food, of wheat, all of that has been interrupted. >> reporter: some manufacturers practicing shrinkflation

the highest inflation in 40 years causing the federal reserve to hike a key interest rate >> we need to do everything we can to restore stable prices >> reporter: a mixed bag for consumers who will shell out more to pay off credit cards, take out mortgages, auto loans and more the fed's fight against inflation is fueling volatility on wall street it was the worst day for markets in two years the dow plunged over 1,000 points, wiping out thursday's gains. and the nasdaq dropped 5% with big tech taking the biggest hit. now it's all eyes on today's april jobs report. what can we expect from the treasury today >> reporter: good morning, frances. today's jobs report is the next ingredient in wall street's cocktail of volatility. now economists expect to see

400,000 jobs added with unemployment unemployment ticking down to 3.5% the question is whether wages can outpace inflation. meanwhile, president biden is focussing on the positive. he's hitting the road for kentucky to highlight a bill that would boost tech manufacturing in the u.s and earlier this week he touted his administration's progress on paying dou paying down the nation's balance sheet. >> we're on track to cut the deficit by another $1.5 trillion by the end of this fiscal year the biggest decline in a single year ever in american history for the first time since 2016, the treasury department is planning to pay down the national debt issued to the public this quarter, and for all

the talk republicans make about deficits, it didn't happen a single quarter under my predecessor, not once. >> reporter: much of that historic cut to the deficit is due to the windd down of pandemi spending we'll find out more in today's jobs report due out at 8:30 a.m. eastern. back to you. >> more of the ups and the many downs our economy these days thank you, brie. a second day of emotional testimony from amber heard miguel almaguer has the latest >> i couldn't, i couldn't breathe. >> reporter: detailing disturbing allegations of physical, verbal and mental abuse. >> my head was bashing against the back of the bar. i remember trying to get up so i could breathe, so i could tell him that he was really hurting me >> reporter: the sordid and

salacious defamation trial now putting johnny depp's ex-wife amber heard on the stand to describe her view of their toxic relationship >> i was ashamed of the names we called each other. it was awful >> reporter: testifying for a second day, the actress said depp's drug use triggered fights, and she says he passed out on hotel rooms or sitting in chairs after consuming cocktails of drugs behind the scenes at their red carpet appearances, the couple accusing each other of mental torment and bloody physical attacks. >> ms. heard would get upset, angry and argumentative and violent. >> reporter: depp's $50 million defamation suit counsel tired by heard's $100 million claim comes after the actress wrote a 2018 op ed about surviving domestic

abuse, though never naming depp. >> i never struck ms. heard. >> reporter: depp says heard's allegations cost him his career. heard countering her life was destroyed by depp. after days of damaging testimony, an explosive hollywood drama that no one wants a role in. miguel almaguer, nbc news. the wnba season tipped off as teams show there had support for brittney griner. they will have her initials on her jerseys and her number on the courts the defending champion chicago sky start their request for a repeat against the sparks. we're tracking powerful storms headed east michelle grossman has the latest for us hi, michelle >> we're looking at day six of severe weather we've had a severe weather

threat every day this month. we're going to have another one tomorrow let's take a look at the threat today 38 million at risk stretching from the gulf coast to the mid atlantic, and we're looking at an enhanced risk once again, stretching from alabama to parts of the carolinas and virginia we're looking at damaging winds, also hail and the threat of a few tornados heavy rain is going to be a big one, too we're going to watch this area of high pressure move off to the east bringing soaking rains. that severe risk from louisiana to virginia. and starting out cool from d.c. to new york city showers continue atros the southeast, and we are looking at mother's day90s, even

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a two-time olympic gold medallist, three-time all-american basketball player and has been in russian detention for nearly three months now the u.s. state department says she's wrongfully detained, a change in her case classification >> we're going to continue to unde un undertake efforts to provide appropriate support to her >> reporter: her case now overseen by a state department office all this comes less than a week after former marine trevor reed was released in a u.s. prisoner exchange >> brittney griner was classified as wrongfully detained, and it took our son a year to get that classification even though the government flew all the facts. >> reporter: reed's family spoke out during a rally >> we're so glad it only took them a short time to classify

ms. greeiner detained. >> reporter: the family of paul whelan also joined he's still detained in russia on espionage charges he denies along with griner. griner, who played for a russian team off season was recorded here in february russian officials allege she carried illegal vape cartridges with cannabis oil. since being detained, many say griner, a lgbt plus black woman hasn't received the same attention as her white counterparts this seen all 12 wnba courts will hang her jersey number. the classification for her case did not just happen but was the outcome of a lot of work including from sheila jackson

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>> we want to thank all you mothers out there, too we're going to celebrate you let's see how the weather's going to look. happy mother's day, michelle >> happy mother's day to you, too. starting out the weekend a little wet in some spots we're looking at wet weather in the northeast. you definitely need the umbrella it's going to be cool. southern heat, temperatures in the 90s. some spots over 100 degrees, later on this weekend into next week looking for a chance of rain and snow into the mountain west the and we love these cities it's going to be a cool one, looking pretty good in flowerville, florida sunflower, arizona, 82 and feeling like summer as we head toward the end of the weekend in the southern plains temperatures 100 degrees on sunday in san antonio. back to you guys >> okay, michelle, thank you coming up, one m'san

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all right, who could have guessed it the number of unruly passengers on planes has plummeted after the mask mandate was lifted. for the final week after a judge voided the mandate, the faa reported 4.4 unruly passengers per 10,000 flights, the next week it was down nearly 60%. speaking of unruly a man on an early morning flight from san diego to chicago has been arrested after he opened an

emergency exit door on a plane and slid down the wing passengers on board were shocked. chris coffee of wmaq has that story. >> reporter: it's not every day you see a plane passenger exit out of the emergency door, but united said that happened as a plane taxied to a gated o'hare >> i think everybody was a little surprised and kind of doing, did we really see what we really saw so that was kind of my experience >> reporter: maryellen eggleston is a director for our sister station and was on board and took their video which shows the open emergency door. >> i just saw him as he was exiting out. and that was, that was it. i guess he landed on the wing and fell to the, jumped down to the tarmac or slid down to the tarmac >> reporter: even emergency dispatchers sounded stunned on the radio. >> he jumped off of a plane?

>> he opened the door. >> reporter: united says its ground crew stopped the individual the plane then arrived at the gate and passengers deplaned safely >> there was no real risk of an accident here. it certainly is a sign that behavior is deteriorating in ways very scary. >> reporter: eggleston says the flight crew handled the situation well >> there was no panic. there was no worry i felt like we were in good hands. >> reporter: but what a way to begin her trip to illinois to celebrate mother's day chicago police say they arrived at the scene and placed the man into custody they say charges are pending a$ap rocky dropped his new single feature the soon-to-be mother of his child, rihanna ♪ ♪ he also proposes to her in the video. so lots to celebrate when it

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right you know at 4:30, another san jose police officer accused of misbehaving on the job. more troubling allegations, you'll see only on nbc bay area. plus the exclusive new details about that woman at the center of a kidnapping scandal. what we've learned about her past. this is "today in the bay." here we go, friday morning. good friday morning to you all out there. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm kris sanchez. watch us live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. >> let's get you start