overnight, after a nationwide manhunt, one of two fugitives is dead as the other will be extradited to alabama after being apprehended following a police chase. kelly cobiella reporting from ukraine after deadly strike on a school building as we enter day 76 of the war. two massive blazes have merged into the largest wildfire burning in america right now. are firefighters any closer to con tinge it in the high indiana? and the story of "wedding crashers" stealing card boxes

and other gifts right in plain sight. and queen elizabeth is skipping an event she hasn't missed in 60 years. we'll explain on this busy tuesday ahead. early "today" starts right now. good morning. ukrainians continue to flee russia's war. the department of homeland security approving six think thousand ukrainians to enter the u.s. it allows authorization for displaced ukrainians to fly to the u.s. and stay with americans who agree to sponsor them. russia's progress in the donbas region is incremental but brutal attacks continue to harm civilians. >> reporter: dozens are still buried under a mountain of rubble that used to be a school in eastern ukraine. rushs attacks making it dangerous to search for bodies.

ukrainian officials say as many as 90 people were taking shelter in the school's basement when a russian missile hit this weekend. a senior u.s. defense official says russian progress is still limited, including strikes in the south in odesa. and the last ukrainian evacuees from mariupol's besieged steel plant are now in the relative safety of ukrainian territory. >> they crushed our city, my. >> reporter: elsewhere in mariupol ceremonies for russia's victory day holiday. pro-russian officials laying flowers, lighting an eternal flame. but the somber event not going to plan in poland where protesters pelted the russian ambassador with red paint chanting fascist and murderer. back in ukraine over two months of war taking a toll. how were you injured? this ukrainian fighter whose

identity we were asked to protect is a father and worked at a telecom company. he was pulling people from bombed homes on the front line when russian forces opened fire. what did you see? i saw shelling of civilian houses. they don't look at what the targets are, military or civilian, he you said. they flatten everything to the ground. that fighter told me as soon as he is well he is going back to the front line. like so many i talked to here, he said he sees no quick end to this war. >> kelly, thank you. strong winds monday helped fuel massive wildfires in the southwest. crews battled new mexico's blaze which has burned nearly 200,000 acres and is just 50% contained. nbc's steve patterson has the late rest i firefighters in new mexico in a tess rit battle against the largest wildfire in the country. extreme heat and high winds helped fuel two fires merging into a massive one.

it's burned nearly 300 structures forcing many to evacuate their homes. >> it's our parents, grandparents. they are from there. it's been hard. >> reporter: now it's feared more will have to flee as the fire jumped a marriage major highway on sunday. >> extreme temperatures is extremely concerning and i need as many people out of the evacuated areas as possible safely. >> reporter: residents near the los alamos nuclear lab facility warned they may have to leave their homes with the fire three miles away. others forced to watch helplessly as columns of smoke and fire spreads towards their homes. >> scary blowing right towards all of our properties up here. >> reporter: they are using specialized water tankers known

as super scoopers to douse swaths of the forest. every single super scooper in north america is currently in northern new mexico to fight the fires. staind high winds have grounded aircraft making the mission more complicated. at least 14 major wildfires burning in new mexico and arizona and this is just the beginning of fire season. >> what we heard is it might take months before they can get it out. >> our thanks to steve patterson for that report. now to the growing tensions over the future of abortion rights. the protests growing more passionate and personal by the day. a group of demonstrators matched to the home of supreme court justice samuel alito overnight. he is the third to have demonstrations outside their properties. chris pallone joins us live. congress is taking steps to offer the court more personal protection? >> they are. with these protests now taking place in justices' neighborhoods lawmakers are taking steps to

offer extra protection as protesters were demonstrating outside of justice samuel alito's virginia home last night the senate voted to extend security to supreme court justices immediate family members. that bill now goes to the house. protests have taken place in the neighborhoods of three conservative justices. they have been peaceful and it's unclear whether anyone was home during the demonstrations. democrats are trying to extend the abortion protections of roe v. wade as a federal law. they don't have enough votes to pass it, but will hold a senate vote tomorrow anyway to get all members on the record. the senate's top republican slammed the effort. >> just gives americans yet another reminder that the radicals are running the show. >> we need to make sure that every single voter understands that the republican party and mitch mcconnell does not believe that their daughters, that their mothers, that their sisters have rights to make fundamental life and to death decisions.

>> reporter: so far this year ten states enacted measures to restrict abortion rights while eight have made changes that expand access. monday officials in new york and chicago announced additional funding for abortion providers and organizers. both aim to help boost access, particularly for lower income communities. the supreme court of course is expected to hand down its final decision in this case next month, and we could see a patchwork of abortion policies take effect in states across the country. francis. >> chris pallone, thank you. the manhunt for a former corrections officer and murder suspect in alabama has come to a tragic end. after more than a week on the run vicky nguyen and kasie hunt were captured and taken into custody monday. u.s. marshals apprehended the fugitives in evansville, indiana, 270 miles north of the lauderdale county jail. >> the u.s. marshals were in pursuit of a black ford pickup.

i think f ford 150. casey white was driving that week. vicky white was a passenger. the pickup truck wrecked. >> after they were captured both casey white and vicky white were taken to a local hospital where vicky white died. vicky suffered a self-inflicted gunshot after the crash. an autopsy is expected to be performed today. casey white was injured in the crash but is expected to survive. officials say the two had a quote special relationship for at least the past two years. casey white is expected to be returned to alabama to face a capital murder charge in a 2020 death. the omicron subvariant is going through a fifth wave in the pandemic. covid cases trending upward with the northeast getting hit

especially hard. positivity rates are back over 20% in several new york city neighborhoods. despite the rise in cases, fewer people are ending up in the hospital thanks to vaccinations. meanwhile, several big names are reporting breakthrough cases. "the late show with stephen colbert" is off the air this week after the host experienced a recurrence of symptoms. and nbc's savannah guthrie is also recovering from a bout of covid. now to the weather and the places where the heat is on threatening records and nbc meteorologist michelle grossman has the details to break it down here. >> a lot happen. yeah, we are looking at temperatures in the 90s, some spots into the 100s. that heat is fueling the fires in the southwest as well as fueling some severe storms in the midwest and western texas. let's take a look at the temperatures because we are looking at 90s on the map here, records being broken today, they were broken yesterday, also over the weekend. 92 in st. louis. that could break a record of 91. 93 kansas city. and then tomorrow kind of

expands. 90s from new mexico all the way to ohio. so toledo 87 degrees tomorrow, 89 is the record there. may break, may not. omaha 94 degrees. the heat will stay on. not quite as hot but really warm. so kansas city by thursday you're 91 degrees into the 80s friday and saturday. that's a little bit of relief for you. st. louis temperatures in the 90s on thuday asrs in florida we are looking at 70s and 80s. we will look towards today 'forecast and where we expect severe weather. >> michelle, thank you. a piece of pop art history sells for an eye-popping price. get this. andy warhol's silk screen at

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in today's quick hits, nobody putting baby in the corner jennifer gray is reprising her role the sequel comes out next year and will include muse frikt original 1987 picture. >> dave chapelle's special will not appear on netflix. it says it's not due to the assault. they just never had any plans to release it taco bell is bringing together doja cat and dolly

parton on may 19th and an important consumer alert. wayne farms siis recalling chicn products between may 10-2022 and april 9, 2023 have been added to the recall britain's queen elizabeth will not attend the annual opening of parliament. she is suffering from episodic mobility issues. prince charles will step in and deliver the traditional queen's speech for her this is only the first time she's missed the ceremony. the previous two were 1959 and 1963 both those times because she was pregnant florida's ron desantis is taking a stand against communism. students will be required to learn of the effects of

communism. desantis is approvaling $25 million for the freedom tower. a massachusetts woman accused batali of groeping and kissing her. he has pleaded not guilty. if coni if convicted he could serve two and a half years are you guilty of sneaking a snack on the sly 33% of women say they sneak a snack. about 66% say they hide their snack from their spouse. >> none ofthis says anything about it being wrong about

stealing, sneaking the snacks from your kids because they get all the good ones right there, the kids the. >> not just for halloween. >> a lot of you up right now, you know what we're talking about. >> a

right now at 4:30, an urgent plea to conserve water. the new plan south bay leaders are considering to help you reduce your everyday water usage, and the consequences you may face if you don't comply. plus new calls for added security amid a heated battle over abortion protections. the bipartisan legislation now aimed at ensuring family members of supreme court justices are protected as proest iters gather outside their homes. this is "today in the bay." >> tuesday morning is here. >> it is here. it's good to be here, too. i'm kris sa