ken dilanian, nbc news, miami. >>> we have more to tell you about. up next, tiger woods on his masters comeback and why the fabled chorus will be more difficult than ever. oh, wow barbara corcoran! good morning. sorry, but we don't need any business help now. we're gigillionaires. what? we're gigillionaires now. i don't get it test test test test test test test test test test test test test test yeah, my bowling team. i like it. there's money in puns. do business like a gigillionaire >>> a big announcement from tiger woods. the golf legend planning to play this week in the masters, his first major event since surviving an suv crash a little more than a year ago kerry sanders is in augusta. >> reporter: tiger woods teeing up what could be another incredible comeback. >> as i feel right now i will be back to play. >> reporter: the masters is where the word's best comes to play tiger has won here a remarkable five times but a horrific car crash last year nearly led to the amputation of his right leg. >> it's been a tough, tough year >> reporter: tiger w

ken dilanian, nbc news, miami. >>> we have more to tell you about. up next, tiger woods on his masters comeback and why the fabled chorus will be more difficult than ever. >>> a big announcement from tiger woods. the golf legend planning to play this week in the masters, his first major event since surviving an suv crash a little more than a year ago kerry sanders is in augusta. >> reporter: tiger woods teeing up what could be another incredible comeback. >> as i feel right now i will be back to play. >> reporter: the masters is where the word's best comes to play tiger has won here a remarkable five times but a horrific car crash last year nearly led to the amputation of his right leg. >> it's been a tough, tough year >> reporter: tiger was bedridden for three months, then began rehab. today he was back out on the course here. >> i don't have any qualms about what i can do physically from a golf standpoint. it's now walking is the hard part. >> reporter: walking, an especially difficult challenge here the course is an undulating four-mile walk the e

ken dilanian is with us. ken, this is just part of a broader set of sanctions that are going to be announced today and throughout the next couple of days. >> that's right, jose. i think what's really interesting about this is that when you talk to u.s. officials about the sanctions and the oligarchs, what they have always said is the oligarchs, it's pretty easy for them to get around sanctions. they use intermediaries and proxies and llcs and put the money in companies that aren't tied to them. and that's the end of it. well, here's the justice department coming along saying, those days are over. we are now going after that behavior, because in many instances, that behavior violates american law. so they can charge these people with money laundering. and they can seize their assets. they've always been able to do that, but they hadn't put the resources into it. so now they're doing that, jose. and it's a significant development. i would also say on the bot net, in 2020, microsoft took down a major russian bot

joining us now is nbc news national security correspondent ken dilanian. n, good to see you. >> good to see you, hallie. you know, a recent reputable russian poll found that vladimir putin's approval rating is 83%. and that might be a little inflated, but we asked the question why is that and why do most russians appear to support this war? and it turns out they've been fed a diet of propaganda not just recently but for years. take a look. for those watching television news in russia there is no war in ukraine, only a special military operation designed to root out nazis, and it's all going according to plan. those pictures of bombed-out cities? the ukrainians did it to themselves, russian state media insists. it sounds bizarre to western ears, but experts say many if not most russians believe it. >> it's quite terrifying the effect that this propaganda is having on ordinary russians. >> reporter: alexei kovalev is an award-winning investigative reporter at medusa a russian independent news site. he left moscow in early march as vladimir putin's government

billions of taxpayer dollars stolen to pay for luxury items as ken dilanian reports many of the thieves may never see justice. >> reporter: authorities call it an astonishing haul. luxury homes, private jet flights, $100,000 ferrari all bought they say by people who scammed taxpayermoney set asid for covid relief a trillion dollars in government programs designed to keep struggling businesses afloat during the pandemic. >> the money being stolen, yes it's being converted into lamborghinis, ferraris and aston martins. >>> and to support high-flying lifestyles authorities claim she spent more than $5,000 at this hotel and brazenly brag about it on social media. court records say she intends to plead guilty despite billions las the justice department says just over 178 people have been convicted so far. the ceo of risk solutions tracks fraud for state agencies he says even the most brazen lies went unchecked with the government not required banks to independently verify loans >> they were told not to they were told to get those loans out and suspend processes. >> how long do you think it d

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. >> nbc's ken dilanian, thank you so much for that report. we are rolling into the fourth hour now. it's just past 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. pacific. good morning to our west coast viewers. we're now just an hour away from a big u.n. security council meeting as the international community tries to confront russia over the horrific atrocities in ukraine. president zelenskyy will address the meeting virtually one day after visiting bucha, where some of the mass killings reportedly took place. on monday, we heard the outrage from the international community. today, countries are taking actions, spain, germany, france, sweden, italy, denmark, all expelling russian diplomats from their countries in the past 24 hours. just a short time ago, the kremlin said the expulsions were regrettable, shortsighted, and would lead to a reciprocal response from moscow. >> as the world saw the aim images out of bucha, president zelenskyy traveled to bucha on monday in a convoy of military and police vehicles. after witnessing the devastation there, h