. >> good to be with you i'm frances rivera here's what we know at this hour canada is accusing a russian airline on violating its airspace this comes just hours after canada joined the uk and european union in shutting their skies to russian planes. satellite images from sunday show hundreds of convoys heading toward ukraine's capital overnight a senior u.s. defense official pointed out they were 30 millimeters from kyiv their president says the ukrainian delegation has arrived near the border with belarus for a meeting, but it's unclear if talks will have an impact. nbc's tom llamas has more from ukraine. >> reporter: as ukraine tries to fend off missile attacks and relentless shelling, a possible shift between the two sides. ukraine and russia agreeing to hold negotiations on the border of belarus, their security guaranteed by russianal lye alexander luke schenn cove vladimir zelenskyy doubting the outcome, but hoping for peace. for now ukrainian soldiers managing to stop russian advances on kyiv, but new images appear to show growing russian ground forces pushing toward the capital. r

. >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera. >>> president biden was in the briefing room sunday meeting with his national security council and we learned overnight of a summit in the works with vladimir putin brie, what more do we know about this possible meeting with russia >> good morning, frances this was spearheaded by french president emmanuel macron who spoke with both biden and putin on sunday. the white house has agreed to the meeting only if russia does not move forward with an ichb vags in a statement overnight the white house press secretary said, quote, we are always ready for diplomacy, but she also added russia is ready for a full-scale assault very susan. she is convinced he is ready for an invasion on ukraine and antony blinken said the same thing on "meet the press." >> it seems like everything is happening. we're seeing false flag operations taking place in eastern ukraine. the provocations and justifications for russia to go in, all of this seems to be following the script that i laid out at the united nations security council and president biden talked to the nation

. >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera we begin with the latest efforts to pull europe back from the brink of war president biden was in "the situation room" sunday meeting with his national security council. as we learned overnight about a potential summit in the works with vladimir putin. nbc's brie jackson joins us now from washington, d.c and bree, good morning what more do we know about this possible meeting with russia >> reporter: good morning, frances. well, this latest diplomatic effort was spearheaded by french president emmanuel macron, who spoke with both president biden and president putin on monday. the white house has agreed to the summit in principle and only on the condition that russia does not move forward with an invasion in a statement overnight the white house press secretary said, "we are always ready for diplomacy. but she also added that russia appears to be preparing for a full-scale assault on ukraine very soon. president biden has said that he is convinced that putin has made the decision to invade ukraine and secretary of state blinken gave a very sim

frances rivera, what is going on with this weather?e haven't seen a storm like this in a while. stretches through so many states major winter storm wrecking havoc across the country snow and sleet causing crashes in the south some deadly. tornado in alabama leaving one person dead and injuring others texas is without power as the state deal was freezing temperatures downed power lines in tennessee with thousands without electricity. now to this story. >>> one of two men convicted of killing ahmaud arbery will not plead guilty lawyers for gregory mcmichael say they are ready for the trial to begin on monday and travis was convicted in 2020 earlier this week, the district judge rejected the plea deal terms which would call for a 30--year sentence for both men to be served as the state terms. >>> we are about an hour away from the opening ceremony in beijing. the 2022 winter games officially kickoff this morning tonight, look for big air here with the u.s. women in slopestyle qualifying and the mixed doubles curling team looks to slide ba

"early today" starts right now good morning i'm philip mena >> welcome to february i'm frances rivera president biden's search for a supreme court nominee kicks into high gear today. he's set to meet with vice president harris and leaders of the judiciary committee at the white house this afternoon to consult with them about replacing justice breyer nbc's brie jackson in d.c. with the latest good morning we'll know who he picks in just weeks. >> reporter: good morning, frances. that's right president biden says he'll announce his pick at the end of this month he does plan to nomthat the first black female to the supreme court. there are 13 potential candidates under consideration, more than the three judges who got the initial attention. according to the white house mr. biden is seeking advice about the vacancy from senate judiciary chairman dick durbin and ranking member chuck grassly at today's meeting he worked extensively with both lawmakers during his time up the senate the meeting comes on the heels with top leaders about the process. >> i am confident that the president will se

thank you for starting your week with "early today" and spending your day with us i'm frances riveraffin have a great presidents day. we'll see you back here tomorrow >>> breaking overnight, a possible meeting in the works between presidents biden and putin. but there must be no invasion as almost 190,000 russian soldiers are on ukraine's border. >>> queen elizabeth is battling covid at this hour how the 95-year-old monarch is doing. we'll have the latest. >>> the beijing olympic torch is being extinguished at an olympic games unlike any other >>> trump takes on twitter today the former president launches a new social media platform to take on those who sh

frances rivera is in new york with that and more frances, good morning. >> good morning, brian statey spurred by vaccine mandates a convoy of truckers are leading the protest in ottawa which paralyzed the city for a week. the mayor says the protests pose a serious danger and threat to the safety and security of residents. >>> over 60,000 homes in tennessee are in the dark after the winter storm crews worked to restore power most of the weekend. most of the outages in the memphis area officials expect to have 90% you can imagine, brian, lots of controversy online especially from diana supporters. a queen who is 95 years old and what a reign that is still ongoing. >> i think it is the longest reign by 20 years -- not even any other monarch close. i have to use the dpgoogle to fd that congratulations to the queen remarkable frances, thank you >> sure thing. >> 70 years as queen by the way, charles has been hold for a while. >>> still on deck, your morning rbi with hopefully good news on covid. trends you will see and hear on "worldwide exchange. >>> ford experiencing more production lin

frances rivera is in new york with those good morning, frances. >> brian, good morning we start withrsy in beijing the medal ceremony to award the russians the gold was delayed after a positive drug test from a russian skater international olympic committee said the delay was not caused by doping allegations nbc news reached out to the international skating union and russia committee and neither responded. team usa won silver. any decision could have a ripple effect. >>> and the family of bob saget releasing the cause of death he passed from the accidental blow to the head authorities believe he accidentally hit his head on something and did not think anything of it and went to sleep. the report found no alcohol or drugs in his system. >>> good news for team usa snowboarder chloe kim shreds into the history book. the first woman to win two gold medals in the halfpipe she posted a 94. beating spain and japan. >>> and the dollywood employee f tuition program will be extended to full-time and part-time and season employees typical of dolly parton. anything from cancer and natural dis di

. >>> welcome back let's get a check on the outside with frances rivera. >>> signs of chaos with multiplefic this is just the beginning the storm is expected to stretch 2,000 miles, impacting 21 states and 87 million americans bringing a mess of heavy snow and dangerous ice. >>> former yam coach flores has filed a federal lawsuit against the nfl. other teams alleging racial discrimination the nfl has what's called the rooney rule where every team must interview a minority candidate for top coaching positions. he announced the league is not handling them in good faith. he was allegedly fired by the dolphins after the season concluded. he alleges he was set up for a phony interview with the new york giants. according to the suit, new england patriots coach bill belichick texted flores three days before the interview telling him brian dday.ca da bo had already gotten the job he added diversity is everything we do and we will ensure that positive change is made. >>> coachella is jumping on the music craze. they grant owners lifetime passes to one weekend of the festival every year. coachella

frances rivera is in new york with the latest. >> hi, frank president biden is telling any americansll in ukraine to leave. he made the warning during the interview with nbc's lester holt the president said he would avoid troops going to russia saying it could spark a world war. according to a u.s. military assessment, russia could launch a full-scale invasion in 48 hours. >>> the deadline takes the stage today in new york city 3,000 city workers risk being fired if they do not get the covid-19 shot. workers protested during the week this comes as the indoor mask mandate was lifted which was put in place in december the governor said declines rates dropped the mandate. >>> and packers quarterback aaron rodgers was named the most valuable player for the fourth time he threw for over 4,000 yards and helped get the packers to the league best 13 wins, but not enough to get to the super bowl. that is going to the bengals and the rams this sunday at 6:30, frank on nbc a lot to watch >> a lot to watch. no problems staying home and watching this weekend. thanks, frances. >>> let's stick with

frances rivera has more. >> yes president macron met with president zelensky as the military surroundingkraine, he said he and putin made progress toward de-escalation. t >>> back here at home the divide appears to be deepening. yesterday senate minority leader mitch mcconnell publicly rejected the resolution censuring two figures, liz cheney and adam kinzinger, for their work on the 1/6 committee. he called t, quote, legitimate political discourse and trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after the legitimately certified election he also said it's not the rnc's job to single out members of the party who have different views. >>> and finally, did you see this, brian, another shocking early exit on the slopes for skier mikaela shiffrin she was knocked out of the slalom event wednesday, missing a gate only five seconds in her run. days earlier she crashed at a giant slalom event schifrin has won 47 world cup races in slalom, the most of any skier. she's expected to compete in three more events next week. we're looking at those images there. the side of the slope. she stayed ther

could really wreck havoc perhaps not just here in france, but actually could extend now to other countries in europe. tea. independent journalist luc rivera told. busy us that if politicians don't listen, this could turn into another vast yellow vest style movement, and effect to the outcome of april presidential vote. the government jo, my whole scared stiff of having a repeat of what the live through the show, the yellow face period. you know, they're afraid of it because it is not only to call that situation and the fact that people are fed up with these restrictions. it's also the price of gas, which was the origin of the yellow. it's the cost of life, which is crazy. is the inflation that makes it, that people get poor very quickly. and so this could mean havoc for government. do key fear off of mystery. my call is that with the elections in tomorrow, you could have the opposition attacking and surfing all the discontent of the people to re oust miss you. my home dice. wire to power and placing in from is very scared because of the election campaign, which is all fully now. russia's foreign minister says concerns expressed to british