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guthrie, who was expected to captain the roses at the commonwealth games later this year, representedfor now. good evening. it's been a rather wet day for some western parts of the uk sitting under an active weather front, but that will push eastwards through the night and start to peter out. but there will be further rain at times over the coming few days, breezy weather, but with the winds coming up from the south, it should be, for most, relatively mild. this is the cloud band associated with today's rain. it will, as i say, continue to peter out and push eastwards, but still some snow over the hills here and some heavier bursts of rain for a time, not that much rain getting its way further eastwards, just a band of cloudier weather, damp weather, and actually where it clears away from northern ireland and northwest scotland, some dense fog will form and some frost, a frosty night here. but for most, with the cloud and the breeze and some rain, it will be relatively mild. but quite grey and misty, particularly over the hills first thing. the dense fog patches further north and west

it's been a couple of days since england's netball captain serena guthrie announced her pregnancy andiant career in which guthrie won 110 england caps and played at three world cups and two commonwealth games. she's been talking tojohn watson. i had always intended to retire this year. to have a family. in terms of, you know, falling pregnant. it is earlier than we had planned but, you know, these things happen. sometimes life happens and it was an amazing surprise to kind of know that we were going to be entering parenthood a little bit earlier than expected. so, yeah, that is how it all started for me. in terms of this kind of process and rolling my retirement forward just a little bit earlier so was always the plan to retire at the commonwealth games but the early pregnancy news has meant i is what i have older that forward. you have so much to offer in the game when you think about your recently you are still instrumental, really, there's performances for england. what was really behind the decision to retire at the end of the season anyway? i am not your average athlete in terms

guthrie. got a boost? >> i think you are going to get into this one.g out monday in denver so he wouldn't get to see the beautiful sign she had made for him. this is what happened when her whole family was invited back for last night's game. >> sorry about monday but we >> thank you thank you. >> that's really sweet made up, right >> oh my goodness. >> hope you have a good time tonight. >> thank you thank you. >> that's really sweet >> sweet as ever she was overwhelmed. totally overcomed. she signed an autograph for her and posed for a picture. >> she'll have that the rest of her life. >> turning disappointment into something so incredible. >> makes it even better. >> steph curry, you know, he's not just wasn't of the best on the court. stories over the years about steph curry doing things like that off the court just the classiest. >> up next vicky nguyen is standing by to help us make the most of our spring break vacations from scoring last minute deals, rules for flying vicky has everything we need to know after this. know after this. when it comes

museum in tulsa next to it's going to be the bob dylan center and who was woody guthrie and woody guthrie the famous folk singer who wrote this land is your land? kind of wandering, you know troubadour of the insult sang dust bowl ballads about the horrors of when the dust bowl hit, oklahoma, texas, new mexico and elsewhere and there's a lot of you know, dylan one of his first original compositions was called song for woody. so he was a kind of an error, you know, and he actually left him minnesota bob dylan when he was young and went to the hospital to sit and play to what he got three. woody's own songs what about bob dylan is so special? um he does things his way. it's the triumph of the individual. over the forces of society he sings with the voice how he wants to he writes what he wants to he's unsued most of the time by what's supposed to be in or what's supposed to be out liberals think he's a liberal. yeah, he pops not really political. i mean he has a conservative side to him, you know, his father was quite conservative. his father had to work in electronic shops and in the minds

no, are we edited a book on witty guthrie together? we found a long lost manuscript of woody guthrie. and we called the house of earth. and it was a bit of a literary find and actually i found it, but we were trying to get money for the guthrie's music for kids for after school music programs. so johnny's involvement with it allowed my publisher harper collins to put some money into it and went to this school fund and the bookcare number 10 on the best seller list of for fiction in the new york times when he got through he's been dead forever. so it had a little bit of a nice run. i wrote a cover story of depth for vanity fair where i'm attributing editor. we went on a boat from porter now we went from what we went to puerto rico, but we left the bahamas to puerto rico and i rode along. along essay about them i once did a story a cover story on them for george magazine if you remember that so i've known him over a period of time but his mother died in this divorce that he got in with the amber heard. it's just gone. he's you know swimm

and england netball captain serena guthrie has retired from the sport after announcing she's pregnantld as well, but it will be turning more unsettled thanks to low pressure. we will see stronger winds returning and also outbreaks of rain, some of it heavy on friday. now, we've got high pressure to the east of us, low pressure to the west. that's drawing up the mild air from the south, a couple of nuisance weather fronts which will bring thicker cloud at times. it was a rather cloudy start to thursday, but into the afternoon, start to see some sunshine for northern ireland after that cold start. a bit of sunshine for western scotland, eastern and south east england, too. it will be very mild here, 14—15 celsius, even double figures further north and west. now, as we head into thursday evening and overnight, we see some showery rain spread out from the south across england and wales, that will push northwards into parts of northern ireland and into scotland. and with more cloud, more breeze around, the winds coming in from the south, it's going to be a mild one for all of us, including

england netball captain serena guthrie has retired from the sport after announcing she is pregnant.h a knee injury, according to his manager, brendan rogers. the club's joint top scorer was just coming back to full fitness after a hamstring issue, but took a knock during their victory over leeds at the weekend. england women will play the defending european champions, the netherlands, in a warm—up match at elland road before the home tournament begins this summer. england manger sarina wiegman won the 2017 euros with her home country, the netherlands. the lionesses will also take on belgium injune at molinuex. now, the fastest growing sport in britain is women and girls�* football. but despite that, only 63% of schools in england offer girls�* football in pe, and only &0% of schools offer extracurricular football for girls. the fa want to change that — as part of their "let girls play" campain, they've held the "biggest ever football session" trying to make sure girls get the same opportunities as boys to participate in football. earlier, i spoke to kelly simmons — director of the w

world, including reports from nbc news's stephanie ruhle, tom llamas and more, and also savannah guthrie is in washington, d.c. she'll have an exclusive interview with vice president kamala harris. it starts at 7:00 a.m. right after "today in the bay." >>> now to the latest out of ukraine, the war now entering its seventh day and just confirmed, ukrainian leaders say 2,000 civilians have been killed since the fighting started. it comes as ukraine's second largest city is continuing to be bombarded by russian missiles. this new video shows the regional headquarters of the ministry of internal affairs up in flames. no information has been released on possible casualties. >> scott mcgrew has been monitoring the latest out of the war-torn country and the russians say they want to meet again. >> that's developing just in the last few hours. you remember the russians and ukrainians had been talking a few days ago on the border with belarus. now, those talks went nowhere, but it does seem like talks are positive. the problem with the talks, though, were russians were asking for the demilitariza

savannah guthrie is in dc with an exclusive interview with vice president kamala harris. >>> good morning talkin talking tough. >> the badly miscalculated a remarkable bipartisan show of support. >> thank you but how far are they willing to go to stop putin's siege our live interview with kamala harris just ahead. >> breaking overnight, under fire russia ratchets up its assault by key ukrainian cities. direct attacks on civilian targets. this morning, a first-hand look it at the growing toll and the unfolding. we'll talk live with a member of ukraine's parliament begging for assistance >> striking out, major league baseball cancelling games and delays opening day after owners and players fail to reach a deal to end the lockout what will it take to save the snn the very latest straight ahead. saying thanks. bob saget's wife posting her appreciation to fans overnight this has made this a bit easier. >> she is still coming to terms with her grief and where the investigation into his death goes from here >> all that plus back to work. the queen carries out her first royal do you think yisz in

. >>> today show host savannah guthrie appeared on the tonight show. and jimmy fallon got to address one of the controversies. >> this was the start of the year. hoda did that polar plunge. if you watched, and people were quickly talking about this. she didn't quite do the plunge. take a look. >> that was a polar dip. you saw her dip her head in the water. that's it. while her co-host went in full dive. >> i'm going to ask your audience. ladies and gentlemen, did i do a polar plunge? wait, what? >> she thought she had them on her side. nope! all right. so you know what? should we count it? >> no. i don't think so. >> she said today on the show, watch and see next year. >> that's what i figured. she is going to jump in and swim. >> she said we have to watch and see. we'll be watching next year. >> she did it. >>> it's wednesday. there is reason to wag that tail. it is national puppy day. we'll tell you the top names people are using to make sure their pet is top dog. >>> and happening now for you, if you plan on enjoying a nice trip to yosemite, right n

england netball captain serena guthrie has announced her retirement.es as they try to retain their commonwealth title in birmingham this summer. however, she's revealed she's pregnant and will no longer compete. it marks the end of an illustrious 15—year career in which she won 110 england caps. she says, "being a mum is an amazing new chapter in my life and i'm really excited about what that's going to bring to me." no medals from the winter paralympics today, however, hope gordan has made history becoming the first british para—nordic skier. she finished 17th in qualifying in the women's sprint event, with the top 12 going through to the semi—finals. despite not qualifying, she says she's proud of her achievement. it's cool that i'm the first goal, but i _ it's cool that i'm the first goal, but i think_ it's cool that i'm the first goal, but i think the thing for me is that i am _ but i think the thing for me is that i am not _ but i think the thing for me is that i am not the only and not the last. i am not the only and not the last. i think_ i am n

. >> and an interview savannah guthrie did on the "today" show with long-time ukrainian expert. this is her first interview i know of and she was asked about the no-fly zone and why the u.s. is reluctant. >> i think the administration and nato do need look at the possibility of a no-fly zone for humanitarian purposes. >> they say you're having a direct confrontation to russia. >> that is a real concern but i also think we cannot let putin set the terms of this debate. >> a strong pushback from the pentagon and other experts is they have enough drones and surface-to-air missiles. they can accomplish what they need to accomplish much safer without f 16s and migs and the u.s. should not be involved. >> i think there's multiple concerns. the first thing is in order to set up a no-fly zone it's necessary to destroy air defense systems, russian air defense systems on the ground because you don't want to put american pilots at are risk of being shut down. that means conflict just at the front end. it's a matter of taking out russian equipment and personnel manning the equipment on the

ambassador to ukraine said to my colleague savannah guthrie about vladimir putin's calculus with regardwe've seen is that putin is not yet on a path to an off ramp and that he will double down. and the ukrainian people are the ones that are going to pay the price, but so are the russian people and i think that's important to remember. >> given russia's military footing right now, admiral, do you agree with that assessment, that putin is going to in fact double down? >> unfortunately i do. and we've seen his play book. it called syria, craig, where he just unleashed the dogs of war and started pounding building after building. go look at photos of the city of aleppo after the russians took it apart. he is frustrated, his commanders are frustrated. they are verging into war criminal behavior by indiscriminately bombing and shelling residential areas. just breaking shortly ago, a russian attack that attacked a maternity ward. these are war crimes. unfortunately i think that's the tool they're going to reach for because they've been frustrated by their own logistic failure, their command an

. >> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefellerza. >>> and good morning everyone. welcome to "today," it is good to have you with us on wednesday morning. if you are a nerd like me who is really into the "endurance" expedition. this is great. >> as ship wrecks go. this is phenomenal. lot more on that coming up. >> a busy morning. including the crisis in ukraine. >> yeah. vice president harris is traveling to poland this morning for meetings with its president and the prime minister of canada who is also in the region and this comes as a potential division rises among nato allies. the u.s. rejected poland's offer to send jets to ukraine via a u.s. air base. >> also breaking this morning, new concerns that radioactive substances could be released from the chernobyl nuclear plant. ukrainian officials saying power has been shut off at the plant days after it was seized by russian forces. >> also overnight another increase in gas prices. take a look just how much they have gone up this week alone. $4.25 a gallon this morning. up 25 cent

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefellergood morning everybody. welcome to "today." it is 7:00 a.m. on the west coast. we're glad you're with us on this saturday morning. >> we got to sing with jimmy fallon. we'll get to that in a little bit. we want to start with the breaking news out of new orleans, a deadly tornado tearing through just east of the lower ninth ward, an area known for being hit hard by hurricane katrina that happened nearly 17 years ago. >> one of several tornadoes reported in the last 24 hours as a major storm system makes its way across the south. and yet another round of severe weather is expected today. we have it all covered, including al's full forecast and the president of st. bere narcotic parish will join us live. we'll start with nbc's sam brock on the ground. sam, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, hoda, good morning. one confirmed fatality so far. frankly it is a miracle that that number is not higher given the extent of the damage. that used to be a church behind me. there were homes here. ca

guthrie.ble stretching from wichita all the way down to central texas on tuesday. wednesday, that moves to the east, paducah, memphis, tuscaloosa, jackson, all the way down to new orleans. all those hazards, high winds, hail, and tornadoes all possible early next week. for today, damp start to the day in the east. beautiful weather down through the gulf. fire danger making its way through the plains because of the dry conditions, breezy conditions, snow showers around the great lakes, and today into tomorrow, record highs throughout much of the west. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>> around the bay, out towards the east, walnut creek breaking out the sunshine, 48 degrees, one location that should be seeing highs climbing into the 70s later today. san jose, low 70s, 62 san francisco, 66 in oakland. get ready for big changes midway through the weekend. tomorrow should be a dry day, maybe not quite as warm. look what happens sunday.

here is savannah guthrie. >> good morning.s have been pressuring the administration in recent days to take that very step. as a new way to punish vladimir putin and russia over the war in ukraine. of course a lot of americans will recognize right away that this will impact gas prices which are already skyrocketing. the nat gas average hit an all-time dollar high overnight. $4.17 a gallon. gas prices already on the rise and that is only going in one direction. kristen welker, the president clearly under pressure not just from ukrainian officials but lawmakers in both parties. and we're also hearing this morning that the uk and the eu are also taking some steps. >> they are, savannah. that's right. to that last point first. that uk and eu announcing they are going to phase out russian oil over time. what president biden is announcing is a ban on russian oil. these are some of the most punitive measures that we will have seen from the united states and from its european allies to date. because this really is going hit at the hear

i'm savannah guthrie here with lester holt. and just moments from now, president joe biden will enter the house chamber to give his first official state of the union address. and it comes at a moment when the world is in crisis and on the precipice. russia has invaded its neighbor ukraine, shattering peace in europe and unleashing a massive assault, growing more brutal by the day. we're on the ground in ukraine tonight as the world waits for what message president biden will deliver to americans, to ukrainians, and to moscow tonight. >> as always, issues here at home to grapple with. you have the pandemic, rising inflation hitting americans hard. any moment we expect the sergeant at arms to announce the president's arrival. a big difference from last year is the size of the crowd. all members of congress were invited to attend tonight's address and masks are optional, something we've not seen since the start of the pandemic. everyone was required to provide a pcr test prior to entry. the fencing that went up around the capitol

>> reporter: the former cdc director sat down with savannah guthrie, as well as hoda kotb and says this new development is what he would consider disappointing. he said it's not alarming, but rather disappointing. we're learning information from the new york state department of health. this information comes from those health records for covid cases in children and teens in new york between december 13th and january 30th. now, the vaccine's effectiveness dropped from 68% to 12% in children ages 5-11, when the omicron variant began. so according to the new data, it was gathered by those health officials, the vaccine still prevents severe illness in children, and it happened with the vaccine effectiveness dropping 68%, but researchers learned the vaccine offers no protection against getting the virus, even a month after full immunization. researchers are pointing to just how much of the vaccine children receive. as it stands now, young children get about one-third of the dose that the older children and adults receive. take a listen as dr. richard besser reacts to the recent findings. >>

"today's" show host savannah guthrie and hoda kotb appeared on jimmy fallon and addressed a controversythe start of the year, hoda did a polar plunge but people on the internet quickly pointed out it didn't really count. i want you to take a look and be the judge yourself. >> i remember that. she said, look, since my hair is wet, i did it. that's hoda on the right there. they appeared to only dip her head in the water. while her cohost jenna bush hager went full dive. i'm going to ask the audience, did i do a polar plunge? >> what do you think? was it more of a polar dip? i think it was a dip. >> yeah, it was a dip. the thing is, knowing her, she'll probably do it again. >> it looked like a hair commercial. put your hair in, come back out. >> it was cold, though. >> that's more than most of us want to do, right? even in san francisco, you know what, i'll dip my toes in a little bit. >> if that. pool today? >> it's still going to be warm today and we know the middle to end of march it's not supposed to be this warm. we had temperatures yesterday in the upper 80s in the north bay. we're a

here is lester holt and savannah guthrie. >> good morning, everyone. we are coming on the hair to bring you live coverage of the confirmation hearings for supreme court hearing ketanji brown jackson. president biden's pick to replace retiring justice stephen breyer. this is a historic moment we are seeing play out on capitol hill. she is the first black woman to ever than nominated to the supreme court. if confirmed, she will be the first black female justice in the court's more than 200-year history. yesterday, introducing herself to the committee, to the nation and today they get down to business. >> we are taking a peek inside that hearing room as senators are filtering to take their seats. the first chance for the senators to question the judge publicly. a clear party line as kped. some republicans used their opening statements yesterday to pay judge jackson soft on crime and democrats say her background as a trial judge and former public defender is an asset that will be a critical addition to the court. the judge, herself, gave a very personal op

here is lester holt and savannah guthrie. >> good morning, everyone.e coming on the hair to bring you live coverage of the confirmation hearings for supreme court hearing ketanji brown jackson. president biden's pick to replace retiring justice stephen breyer. this is a historic moment we are seeing play out on capitol hill. she is the first black woman to ever than nominated to the supreme court. if confirmed, she will be the first black female justice in the court's more than 200-year

yes, he did have a chance to sit down with both hoda kotb as well as savannah guthrie, and he says the that have been released are disappointing. he's saying they're not alarming, but rather disappointing. so according to new data guard by health officials in the state of new york at the height of the omicron variant, they found that the vaccine still prevented severe illness in children, again this information comes from health records, for covid cases in children and teens in new york between december 13th and january 30th. well, the vaccine's effectiveness dropped from 68% to 12% in children 5-11 when the omicron variant began. but researchers are also learning the vaccine offers no protection against getting the virus even within a month after full immunization. now, right now researchers are looking at how much of the vaccine children receive. as it stands now, young children get less than the average dose of adults, about one-third of adults. listen to dr. richard besser react to the recent findings. >> i would not use the term alarming. i would use the term disappointing. the re

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he's a chemical and biological weapons expert at mr. guthrie festival. it. let's make it clear what we're actually talking about here. if russia was to deploy chemical weapons, what would they be? how would they be deployed? and what would their effect was? he looked at what has happened in the more recent past say in syria, but also the allegations that were made. but whenever shown to be proven in chechnya, these aren't likely to be the classical battlefield weapons over a large area of the syria pattern of recent years. was to use as a toxic material such as chlorine easily available for industrial processes and for things like water, sanitation, or these are very effective against an unprotected civilian population. and it creates terror. and that was the purpose of using them in syria by the syrian. i'm forces them. why? when russia do the 3 other banks really against more that much, i couldn't majors mobilize the might very, the air force across the granting defenses or how would it enable them to, to reach victory. i think they, if they were to be use

guthrie. it's important we be thinking about all tools, that we have available to us to make more spectrum available and so we appreciate the focus there. i think for us when we think about spectrum access it's about certainty. our companies make investment os about $30 billion per year in license access spectrum. having that certainty is critical. when we look at different spectrum sharing arrangements, one of the challenges the cprs framework is a complexity. it's more complex. we think about things like the power level second be used. and so for us i think the market tells the story. if you look at theou cbrs auctin and compare, in comparison to the sea been auction by above it are the 3.45 band right below you see the market valued that greater certainty that you had exclusive use spectrum. to a value of about four to one when you're just for the amount of spectrum. the reason is -- >> i think by time has expired so i yield back. he was about to gavel me. i heard him. >> thank you, mr. gut

. >>> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live in studio 1-a and rockefeller. >> good morning, welcome to "today,". this was not your typical oscars. >> always talking about on the morning after the oscars. no one predicted that stunning moment that will smith slapped chris rock after the comedian made a joke about his wife, jada pinkett smith. it caught everybody in the room off guard. it went viral instantly and 40 minutes later will smith was back before the camera this time to accept the oscar for best actor. that incident took the spotlight away from some ground breaking wins including "coda" took home best picture, an historic oscars' first. anchor joe fryer. >> people at home wondering if it is real or if it was a joke. will smith slapping chris rock and a short time later smith r smith took the stage took the stage again when he wo he won the first oscar of his the first oscar of his career. career it all started with a joke b >> it started as a joke chris y presenter ch rocket directing at smith's rist jada pinkett wife. smith >> g.i.

from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1-a in rockefeller. >> welcome to today, it is a thursday morning, it is st. patrick's day day. we are happy you are joining us. savannah is taking a few days off to get some rnr. >> a lot of folks who are ready to cut lose after two years of delayed celebrations. >> not just here, i have seen greens on the streets here. the party is underway on the streets of dublin, ireland. we'll have much more coming up. >> weather is always a concern on big parade day. how is it looking at the celebration you could be attending? mr. roker is standing by with the full forecast. >>> the latest out of ukraine and russia's relentless bombings over many cities over night. many of the targets housing civilians, including a theater where hundreds were hunkering inside. after the president zelenskyy making an appeal to the president and he spoke one-on-one with lester holt. we do begin with our coverage with richard engel, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, we are now on the edges of kyiv and each stations have been

guthrie: thank you, madam speaker. i'm proud to be here today.ked with my colleague, diana degette. we had hearings on the cost of diabetes, all the supply chain. we said this is something we can work on together. and we did work on it together. and most of those provisions are in a bipartisan h.r. 19, the lower cost more cures act. i'm fighting for my constituents to have lower insulin costs. but i think more importantly i'm fighting for my constituents to deliver a cure for diabetes. experts say it's not impossible to have a cure for diabetes in the next decade. we need to continue to push policies that promote innovation not slow it down. so the lower cost, more cures act would help patients including seniors afford monthly insulin prescriptions. i encourage the majority to come back with more cures, with h.r. 19, more cures, less cost act. let's work together instead of just the rhetoric that we just heard from our respective leader. let's work together and do it in a bipartisan way. the way we tried to do it in the energy and commerce commit

this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today." it is 7:00 a.m. on the west coast. look at our peacock team. >> we're rooting for them because they're the sweet heart of the tournament and we're legally required to root for the peadock in all circumstances. >>> we're going to begin with the war in ukraine and the emergency summit under way in brussels. president biden joined other nato leaders for the traditional class photo, as they call it, as the start of this high stakes day-long meeting. >> what is next for nato? about 40,000 nato troops are deployed around ukraine right now, double the size since before russia's invasion, an assault now entering its second month. >> ukrainian forces managed to gain ground against russian troops attempting to take over kyiv. managing to push them back about 15 miles. >> we've got complete coverage from ukraine's capital and the nato summit in brussels. >> we have coverage, that's where we start with nbc's kristen welker. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. the s

i am one of those children that guthrie as a baby -- that got raped as a baby.m so upset that she can let those criminals get out sooner than they are supposed to. they don't pay the price they are some stupid -- they are supposed to pay. if she has to pick, she is going to be on the supreme court for at least 34 years. do we want somebody like her to be on the supreme court for 34 years, who has allowed criminals to get away early, doing the terrible things they did? whether they are child pornographers, drug kingpins, dealing with people dying over the place because they are overdosing. she did not care about those victims from the drug kingpin because there was nobody alive to complain. host: our last call in this segment of the "washington journal." but we will return to your calls on judge jackson before the hearing, a little before 9:00 a.m. eastern. first, we turn our attention back to the russia-ukraine conflict. president biden's nato meeting is today. that conversation with jamil jaffer of george mason university's national security institute. stick ar

. >> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from the studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning everybody. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. it is good to have you with us. >> it sure is. a lot of breaking news out of ukraine this morning, including a russian cease fire offer to help evacuate desperate refugee. but ukrainian leaders are slamming that idea saying it would lead citizens straight to russia or its ally, belarus. >> in the meantime russian forces are gaining new territory pushing north and north east of kyiv. but many are being met by heavy resistance from ukrainian forces, as well as civilians. some directly facing the on coming troops. >> as for the economic impact. beyond government sanctions, more companies are suspending goods and services in russia. netflix, fedex and tiktok joining the growing numbers of businesses pulling out of the region. >> all of this as gas prices in the u.s. quick approach an all-time high. this morning's average $4.07. that's up 6 cents in a single day. 46 cents i

. ♪♪ >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefellerza. >>> hey, guys, welcome to "today." it is 7:00 a.m. on the west coast on this tuesday morning. we're so happy that you're joining us. savannah is on assignment. basketball fans are raving. they say the game of march madness was the one of last night. if you missed it, you missed a lot. >> instant classic. the uconn women needed two overtimes to put abe n.c. state and reach their 14th straight final four. let that sink in for a moment. 14 straight. we're going to have more highlights. we'll also lay out the rest of the field coming up. >>> in the meantime, more extreme weather conditions expected across the country today, after the blinding white out conditions in pennsylvania that led to that fatal pile up. al says you can expect more bitter cold in some areas today and possibly some severe storms in the south. his full forecast in a bit. >> also this morning, president biden is standing by his statements about vladimir putin, now refusing to walk back those comments suggesting the

. ♪♪ >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller>> and welcome to "today" on this friday morning. thank you so much for starting it with us. >> good morning to you. we know a lot of basketball fans are enjoying the early march madness upsets. >> take a look. this was a scene on the small new jersey campus of the st. peters university. as those mighty peacocks toppled kentucky. kentucky one of the most storied programs in the history of college basketball. >> another highlight of the first round. that pair of indiana cheerleaders who used their talents to rescue a ball. look at this. after it became stuck in the backboard and delayed the game. they are going to join us live in a bit. >> that was the play of the day. meanwhile a tornado watched across parts of the south this morning. 21 million people under enhanced risk for severe storms heading into the weekend arrival of spring. al is standing by. >> our top story once again, the war in ukraine. overnight russian forces targeting even more civilian sites, including dozens of health

. ♪♪ >>> from nbc news this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller>> welcome to "today." it is 7:00 a.m. on the west coast. so good to have you with us on a monday morning. the ncaa tournament does not disappoint. >> the saint peters peacocks, everybody whose bracket got busted which is everybody, we have to look at what we have. there they are. we still have them, they just got by the squeaker tonight. i'll root for them. we will have a lot more on the tournament in a bit. but we start with a pretty busy week ahead. >> that's right, including the series of potential storms across central and southern united states. it starts today. al is at the ready. with all of the details straight ahead. >> also getting under way today the confirmation hearing for ketanji brown jackson, the supreme court nominee of president biden and we will bring you live coverage. >>> in the meantime the president travels to brussels to attend a nato summit on the war in ukraine and we learned he will visit poland where millions of refugees have fled since the invasion began.

friday, march 4, 2022 today, friday, march 4, 2022 >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning everybody welcome to "today. it is good to have you with us on a friday morning. i bet those tickets are selling fast. >> coach k, 42 years there it is going to be an epic night saturday. >> hard to imagine basketball without him. okay we're going to start a course this morning with the news and a terrible headline to wake up to europe's largest nuclear plant located inside ukraine taking heavy shelling from russian forces, sparking a fire and causing major concerns overnight over radiation leaks. >> that fire is out now. one official warned as it was burning, if it blew up, it would be ten times larger than chernobyl. >> comes as russian troops are now advancing on several fronts in ukraine, gaining ground in the northeast and the south. and income the main goal to capture the capital city of kyiv. >> in the meantime in the west the war is having a direct effect on gas prices experts say we could see $5 a g

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning. so happy you are joining us on a wednesday morning. savannah is off today. and that was music to my ears. the whole daylight saving time. >> people have been complaining about it for years and it would seem as if this time lawmakers were listening. if you are a fan of more sunlight at the end of the day. there is news from washington. the senate in a rare, get this, unanimous vote passing a bill to make daylight saving time pemplt. we'll have details and when that change could actually happen. >> bipartisanship at its best here. in the meantime all eyes on the federal reserve expected to raise interest rates by a quarter point later today in response to record high inflation. and it could be just the first of a series of rate hikes this year. >> also fighting is intensifying in ukraine with new russian bombings in kyiv and other cities. meanwhile today president biden set to announce an additional 800 million dollars in assistance to ukraine. >> first congress

. ♪♪ >>> from nbc news, this is "today," with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller>>> welcome to "today." it is a tuesday morning. it is 7:00 a.m. on the west coast. and we got to get right to the overnight headlines from ukraine, a massive convoy of russian tanks and military vehicles pushing closer to kyiv, stretching some 40 miles. nearly twice as long as originally thought. we've also seen a new series of explosions across several other major cities. >> and in the meantime in russia a remarkable display of defiance on the russia streets. growing protests against the war with more than 400 people detained overnight. as russia faces new sanctions and several companies announce they will stop doing business with the country. >> and the growing refugee crisis. thousands more attempting to join the more than 500,000 ukrainians who have already fled the country. >> and all of it will be front and center in tonight's state of the union address. the president set to address the war along with challenges at home from the pandemic to record inflation. >> correspondents sp

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hi, everybody, welcome to "today." it is a thursday morning. we're glad to have you with us, craig's up early with us because hoda and jenna are taking their show on the road. >> hoda went to her beloved new orleans, i'm going to check in with them in a little bit. >>> the top diplomats from ukraine and russia have just wrapped up a meeting in turkey. this is the highest level talks between the two nations since the invasion began, and that meeting taking place as heartbreaking images of a maternity hospital shelling in ukraine, it's making headlines around the world. >>> also this morning, six humanitarian corridors have been established there allowing for ukraine's citizens to evacuate cities where the heaviest of the fighting is taking place. although officials there say not all of the cease fires are being honored. >> in the meantime, russian president vladimir putin is addressing his nation this morning, focusing on the russian economy now in free fall.

. >>> from nbc news, in "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefellerza. >>> hey guys welcome to "today," monday morning, so happy you are joining us this morning. craig is in early. savannah is going to enjoy this week just to chill out. and i think a lot of people were sitting in front of the tv watching a little basketball. >> your hokeys had a good weekend. >> hokey hokey high-tech bp birks. you got to it do. >> acc champs. >> beating duke by lom 20. >> much more on march madness coming up as you get ready to fill out your brackets. >> speaking of triumphant returns, how about this news from tom brady. the star quarterback changed his mind, reversing his decision to retire saying he will be back with the buccaneers for his 23rd nfl season. >>> also new details on a string of attacks here in new york and in washington, d.c. police releasing this image of the suspect overnight who they say is targeting the homeless in both cities. we'll have the latest on that manhunt in a moment. >>> major headlines out of ukraine after a brutal weekend of heavy figh

today, wednesday, march 30, 2022 ♪ >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hodaotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning. welcome to "today." good to have you with us on a wednesday mo alert for another possible tornado outcome from some of the same areas from last week's storms. al is standing by. >>> and looking for the second booster shot can get it today. there are signs that many are hesitant despite growing concerns over a new covid variant here in the u.s. dr. richard besser to answer your questions in a bit. >> the war in ukraine. despite russia reduces activity in certain areas, there is major skepticism on what a that means. president biden taking a we'll see approach as new satellite images out of mariupol reveal dramatic before and after shots how the city has been devastating. covering it all with richard engel in eastern ukraine. >> reporter: ukraine accuses russia this morning of playing a trick. saying russian promises after negotiations in istanbul to reduce is a ploy for time to rearm and consolidate forces. president zelen

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi, everybody, welcome to "today." we're so happy that you are joining us on a thursday morning, and again, as we've been saying, each day another busy morning, a lot to get to as the fighting in ukraine gets to its second week. >> russian forces overtook the southern city of kherson. it sits a few hundred miles from kyiv and it's seen as strategically important. >> as for that convoy of tanks it has made little discernible progress. the british ministry of defense saying the delay is due to staunch ukrainian resistance, mechanical breakdowns and delays. >> in the subway stations underneath kyiv there are still as many as 1,500 people just hunkering down there, sheltering there, most of them women and children, and the new images emerging overnight show conditions that they're facing. >> we've got it all covered across the region beginning in kyiv with nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel. hey, richard. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. russia is continuing its off

. ♪♪ >> from nbc news this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller>>> hey everybody. welcome to "today." it's 7:00 a.m. on the west coast. we are so happy that you are joining us on this tuesday morning. how about our dolly parton? another reason to love this woman. >> we didn't need one, we already had a few thousand. why she said no thank you to the rock 'n roll hall of fame. >> much more on that coming up. first on this tuesday morning, breaking news. a busy tuesday morning. a suspect is now in custody in convection attacks on at least five homeless men here in new york and washington, d.c. we've got details just coming in. we'll have them for you in a live report. >> and this on the heels of another suspect being apprehended for that shocking stabbing of two employees at new york's famed museum of modern art. that man was picked up at a philadelphia bus station overnight. >> we start with the latest out of ukraine. the country's president saying in a new video posted overnight. ukraine is inflicting devastating losses on the invading russian troo

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza: good morning, good morning, it's a thursday morning. we're so happy you're joining us, we're always talking about the women's soccer team and now the men. >> happy to congratulate them haven't been in the world cup in about a decade and now they're headed straight there. >> congratulations. we do have a lot of overnight headlines to get to including chris rock breaking his silence on stage in boston. it's his first public appearance since the oscars. we're going to hear what he had to say including how he responded to some outbursts in the crowd. miguel almaguer was actually at one of those shows. >>> then are gas prices about to get a little lower? the biden administration weighing a plan this morning to release millions of barrels from the country's strategic oil reserve, how soon that might happen and the relief it could bring coming up. >>> yeah, but we do start with that extreme weather, 23 reports of tornados across five states in the south in just the last