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obviously mackey, a close of that is very close to a front line. and there is fighting going on in towns like close by. right, the way along that not area of the front lines. so it would not be inconceivable that such a large strike has happened. the russians saying that an american weapon system, the mars, was used in it. unless you forget though, that within the 24 hour period of this strike happening, russia was launching biologies of cruise missiles and chemicals, drones at the capital city at target here in the capital city. very few casualties, but a lot of damage done. but it's going to be very interesting to see just how the russians respond to this attack, because as i say, it's very rare that they admit that so many casualties that they've suffered so many casualties in an attack like this. ok, charles is from the conflict studies research center. he says russians like to use the death of its troops to justify further attacks on ukraine. we've seen a tax like this before. the only real difference that we're seeing at the moment is russia

travellers police prevented protesters from taking over the airport last week. senate goals president mackey sol toward the sight of a boss crash that killed 39 people. he visited some of the dozens of people injured when a bus feared into oncoming traffic after its tire burst. the president has declared 3 days of morning beginning on monday of sweden's prime minister oath christor son says the stockholm cannot accept all of turkey's demands in its bid to join nato will sweden and finland applied to join the alliance. when russia invaded ukraine, turkey for a nato member has so far refused to ratify their applications unless its demands are met. respond. a top ukrainian defense official says that soldiers are facing what she called a difficult situation on the front line of the east of the country. the deputy defense minister wrote on her telegram channel. ukrainian defenders are facing assault from russian government troops and mercenaries in the towns of sola dar and bach moot. this area of the dumbass front has seen some of the most vicious and prolonged fighting in the war. russian milit

a successful hit on the russian occupied town of mackey euchre. ah, on new year's eve in which the ukrainians claimed several 100 russian soldiers, mostly mobilized and mercenaries died. and the russians only so far related $89.00 . no, no, it is just definitely a propaganda attempt to as a see played while 11. now with you, quite frankly speaking on both sides, there is always in such conflicts and exaggeration of one's law over the other size losses and basically trying to hide the losses on your own side. but frankly, we haven't seen any dramatic footage from grammar doors that would prove russia's amazing, i would say, claim fantastic lame that 600 ukrainians died. that would have been visible, bab, definitely, i mean, you can't hide such a number of casualties nowadays, especially a new crime. a so i do think it is an attempt to play up russian success in the week quarter of an attack by ukraine, which really, really played very badly in rush. konstantin agger there. president joe biden is heading for the us border with mexico. as his adminis

joining us now from shanghai, nbc news's janis mackey frayer. day that so many people have waited for. the chance to be able to travel to china without being forced into long quarantines on arrival. for three years, china, has had some of the toughest covid controls of any country ending this part of it effectively reopens the country again to the world. at shanghai's airport today, people were streaming into the country which is something they haven't done since early 2020. families and friends were we uniting. we met parents who hadn't seen their kids in months or years because of these quarantines. scrapping them is like the final farewell to china's zero-covid policy which has cut off the country from the world and also battered the economy. we have thousands of people who are crossing from hong kong to mainland china and at the airport today, 18 international flights today alone coming from singapore, paris even san francisco. now, all of this is happening at a time when infections are surging here. 800 million people are going to be infect

janis mackey frayer has a look inside china's hospitals on the front line of the crisis. >> reporter:by a massive covid surge. hospital emergency rooms packed with patients who are mostly older, weak, and struggling. resources appearing to be stretched so thin, the sick often lying on lawn chairs, instead of hospital beds. they are here in the lobby, near the elevators, and the holways, they are running out of places to put people. the size and scope of covid infections remains unclear here, because of little credible information, and the way china's government counts covid deaths. there are too many, says this funeral provider, about demand. near one hospital, we've seen empty caskets stacked in an alley, officially china has recorded only 18 covid deaths during the past month. >> in the hospital, we are a little bit suspicious, we see the patients with complications and we know the icu and the hospitals are full of patients. >> reporter: covid has been barrelling through the country for weeks. after widespread protests in november, over lockdowns and testing, china abruptly dropped

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many travellers felice prevented protesters from taking over the airport. lastly, senegal president mackey sal toward the site of a bus crash that killed 39 people. and he visited some of the dozens of people injured when a bus veered into oncoming traffic after its higher verse. the president has declared 3 days of warning. starting on monday or firm indonesian president joker, we, dodo said on monday that his country would cooperate with neighboring malaysia to fight what he called the discrimination of palm. while he was speaking, after meeting malaysian prime minister on march abraham environmental, his blame palm oil plantations in both countries for the destruction of the rain forest and rare animal species. the united nations is holding a major conference in geneva to raise funding for reconstruction in pakistan after devastating floods last year. at one point, a 3rd of pakistan was under water experts a. the climate change played a role in the disaster which killed more than $1700.00 people and displaced millions, dw met, one family that lost everything and depends completely on ai

first footage from the scene of want to talk that had the city of mackey africa, she was damaged cause and the pop blocks. officials say at least one civilian a woman has been wounded. ukrainian force is reportedly also find dozens of nato supplied shells at the nearby city of golf car, wounding another civilian there. ortiz were mon causeway reports from the same. this strike by ukraine military in this purely residential area, took place just before 2 am. that's the time when the local residents were returning from religious services attributed to russian orthodox christmas. take a look at where the strike took place. the woman was sleeping in her bed at that point, and she survived purely miraculously, mom. my mother lives at this address. she's like, the department is completely destroyed. mom is in shock. diane mutual spoke, i was slipping at night. it made me jump. there was we swags. it was awful. everything crumbled. of course, the apartment is already ha, boarded up. this is this something that locals are used to doing hold the last 9 years as soon as the strike by ukrainian m

war in ukraine where the number of russian soldiers killed in a mess all attacked in the city of mackey africa, has risen to 89. thus, according to the russian defense ministry, you said that ukrainian forces use u. s. supplied high mars and rockets to target the russian army positions parties, mark garcia as well. the death toll has risen from 63 previously to now at 89. it is increased as rescue as emergency services. the military cleared away, the rubble of this building was struck. one minutes after midnight on the new year's day. moscow time, the russian military has come out and said that in all 6 high mars rockets were launched at this building. 2 of them were shot down for impacted this building that compromised the structural integrity of the building. the building collapsed. many of the soldiers who emerged from the rubble who survived the initial attack. they ran back into the damage sections of the building to try and dig out their friends, and many of them were killed again when, when other ne solves struck home. we've also learned the reason, the presumable reason for all

our friend janis mackey frayer is in china with details >> reporter: it's the biggest, most importantoliday of the year in china, the chinese new year there are fireworks and lion dances, loads of food, and red decorations. it's also called the lunar new year, and for days after it's the spring festival. the dates change according to the phases of the moon for 2023, the new year began on january 22nd ♪ for two weeks, there is no school or online classes they learn and history and cultural traditions around the chinese new year >> my favorite part is making clothes for new year >> reporter: what's your favorite food? >> dumplings >> reporter: food is super important to the new year. when relatives young and old get together over feasts sometimes families mike hundreds of dumplings >> you have to make sure they're sealed well. >> reporter: and guess what? the lunar new year isn't just in china. it's celebrated in south korea, singapore, vietnam, and other countries in asia and in the u.s. too did you know that each year is represented by one of the 12 animals of the chinese zodiac? like

the shelter in the front line city of mackey africa with us made rocket artillery. moscow say the ukrainian launches were destroyed by return fire national authorities now investigating the details of the mass killing of the troops. as always, you can find all the latest news updates on our website r t dot com. thank you for joining us here on our teams national. ah ah ah ah, in 1834 france invaded algeria and straight away the french.

they saying that they attract units of russians in mackey. and they said that up to 10 units, what they described was, various military equipment was destroyed in that attack. no mention of any kind of dest toll lay in there would say that the human loss is still being calculated, but seems to be the 1st kind of recognition official statement. the coincides by these allegations made by the russians. i think what's surprising and is rare is that this is an admission by russian forces of the seemingly quite a large attack. this is not normal procedure. interestingly, earlier there was a statement put out on a telegram channel saying that it was part of the strategic communications direct church for the ukrainian forces. and they saying that up to 400 russian soldiers were killed in this attack and 300 injured. so it's very difficult impossible, in fact for us to verify these kind of numbers, but just to put it in context. obviously mackie of close on that because very close to a front line. and there is fighting going on in towns like close by,

it happened about 220 kilometers southeast of the capital decor. president mackey. sol visited the site and declared 3 days of morning. a. ty, ones defense ministry says 28 chinese aircraft have crossed into its air defense identification zone. beijing confirmed what it called combat drills, surround the island, which it considers a breakaway province in december tie, pe reported the largest ever chinese incursion into its ear. defense son were u. s. president joe biden is on his 1st official visit to mexico. he'll be meeting president's andries manuel lopez abra door with migration and drug trafficking likely to be high on the agenda. later that will be joined by canadian prime minister just and trudeau for the north american leaders. summers. theresa bo explains how president biden's visit aims to improve relations between the us and mexico. this is the 1st time that joe biden as president travel to latin america the 1st time that asked rapid and he comes to mexico and there's lots of issues on the agenda to be discussed. that would tense relations since i'm getting when we look forwa

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happened near the town of caffeine that's about 220 kilometers southeast of the capitol. president mackey sal has visited the site and declared 3 days of morning. he has promised to hold a government meeting to discuss road safety. vote counting is underway and benny's parliamentary election, where opposition parties were on the ballot for the 1st time since 2015, but voter turnout for sunday's vote was low. was upper digit supports from cotton 75 year old. he says he acquit casts how ballot with only the future of our grandchildren on our mind, leaving me don't very good me then. i want a better future for al yields jobs for them so they can have a prosperous life. but for many voters, this election is much more than just about jobs. they say it's also about the future of the countries democracy. bonanza position is back on the ballot. after being excluded from the 2019 parliamentary vote, i moved that lead to violent protest. president patricia delores says the election validates the countries to what critic credentials oh, you're welcome to some local news. i think we are definitely le

the soldiers were killed when the kids on the bones, the shelter in the front line, city of mackey africa with us. major rocket on hillary. moscow says the ukrainian launches were destroyed by return fire national authorities now investigating the details of the mass killing of the troops. as always, you can find all the latest news updates on our website, r t dot com. thank you for joining us here on our teams. national. ah, in 1898. the island of went to rico became a u. s. colony, but still retained its own cultural identity. we can speak in favor of in the pantry, be thrown into prison today, close to half its population with moreover, residence in puerto rico, have new representation in congress and con, vote and u. s. presidential elections like okay, you're gonna make you american citizens, which you didn't ask for, even if we were office citizenship with had, and we would prefer our wrong when one say, gotta was in his twenties, he chose to fight for his homelands independence. we felt that we could generate more of a spirit of resistance rather than of submissive accept or realit

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. >> let's bring in from beijing, foreign correspondent, janis mackey frayer.conspiracy theories and in the united states, we heard early on, the chinese, they released covid to damage the united states, to hurt its economy, kill its people. couldn't have gotten it more wrong. this is a pandemic that just continues to haunt the chinese themselves. talk about the latest news and how it continues to frustrate china, and bring instability to the country. >> reporter: the agony of the pandemic has come full circle, back to china and tearing through this country at a rate not seen in many places. an epidemiologist at hong kong university told me yesterday that currently this variant has an r factor of 15 or 16. that means for every one person who is positive for covid, they infect 15 or 16 other people. and in the world's most populated country, that means a very intense covid wave. the figures that were released on saturday came as a bit of a surprise. china had been criticized, even by the world health organization for not sharing enough data about covid deaths. s

nbc's asia correspondent janis mackey frayer is in beijing with more good morning >> reporter: craig, are dying. it's a sad situation over five days, we spent several hours at a time at multiple hospitals and funeral homes around shanghai and saw how the world's largest covid wave is targeting the most vulnerable. this morning, a covid crisis showing little mercy at hospital emergency rooms patients are crammed into hallways, stairwells, lobbies, and the sick keep coming >> day and night there is a constant stream. >> reporter: beds are usually full here, says this woman caring for her mother. overcrowded and overstretched, yet no shortage of despair the abrupt end of china's zero-covid policy unleashed a wave of infection here on a population that wasn't ready after shanghai endured a brutal lockdown earlier this year, scores of people are dying bodies taken for cremation after families are given ten-minute time slots to say good-bye under pressure to share data, china's authorities reported nearly 60,000 covid-related deaths in 1 month. that's at hospitals alone. staggering 900 mill

what did you do with joe mackey? writer and comedian joe trevino. she knows more about the economy than the president of the united states. fox news contributor -- [applause] and a judge recently ordered his kids to pay him child support. actor, writer and comedian -- well, well, well. very buggy. what do you think, emily. do you agree with me that this bug plan is more about control? they say it's about nutrition what do you think? >> absolutely. it's about putting a band-aid over a hemorrhaging amputated arm which is, if we just add larva meal worms to the kids' diet everything will be okay while refusing to acknowledge the source of the issue. there has been no international by-in whatsoever on commercial fishing, on pollution come out of india and china. there are a lot of things destroying the planet a whole lot faster than americans eating meat. so i see this, to your point, yes, control, and also a shell game with what's really important. when i travel i don't mind eating anything as long as it's customary. if somebody tells me, we eat this a

mackey was nice to see them back. let's do it again. >>> it is 6:26. big announcement could come from microsoft. what we are hearing about a potential job cuts this morning? >>> from cbs bay area news, this is the morning edition. >>> welcome back in at 6:29. a tragedy in ukraine, helicopter crash killed at least 18 people, including the country's interior minister. an emergency services helicopter, with nine aboard went down in a fiery crash early this morning. it happened near a kindergarten and residential area , along with the dead, 29 people were injured, including several children. investigators and emergency crews are on scene. it is not clear what caused the helicopter to crash. >>> vallejo police are searching for adverse killed a man last night. police got to the scene and found the victim there. first responders rush him to the hospital, where he later died. >>> contra costa county leaders are paving the way for residents to be eligible for disaster relief funding. the board of supervisors ratified a local emergency proclamation to help thos

that is stevie mackey, he is a famous vocal coach works with jennifer lopez.avid foster, that you just saw . david foster is a legendary producer. he has won several grammys working with whitney houston, and i got to work with him. his wife, catherine, you remember her from american idol. we did some voice lessons first, then we did a song. i had the nerve to make a video. it was great fun. i cannot wait for you to see it. >> did we get a preview? >> this was hard to do. >> do we get a preview? >> do we get a preview? >> no, you don't get a preview. you have to wait . the preview is me sitting here telling you all about it. stomach i am my own hype man today. i am so excited about this piece. also, i am really grateful that people like david, catherine, stevie, gave up a saturday. when i am up on saturdays, do we want to work? the answer is no. they gave up here saturday and came to work with me. i am very excited about it. i think it turned out really well. >> i'm sure you were fantastic. i look forward to you opening up with catherine, this one as well as i

is mackey is a calm guy. he is not very loud.eft that out, it fires you up. >> with the red and gold report, i am vern glenn. >> i we are going to the playoffs with brock party. this is incredible. >> i saw the celebration they were talking about. i was like, okay, you got it. >> he came in , that was good stuff. >> everybody knows who he is now. >>> when what the buck? need money? file your taxes today at jackson hewitt. you could get up to 3,500 bucks the same day with a no fee refund advance loan. buck yeah. file your taxes today at jackson hewitt. >>> welcome back, it is 5:48. let's talk about the money watch report. microsoft is the newest tech company that will announce layoffs. the washington state-based company is planning to slash 5% of its global workforce. that is around 11,000 ways. twitter, meda, and amazon are among the tech companies to announce layoffs in recent months. microsoft declined to comment on the report saying they do not comment on rumor. >>> a new gallup poll found 40% of americans say they skipped or

to the general staff of ukraine and on forces, they saying that they attract units of russians in mackey. and they said that up to 10 units, what they describe was various military equipment was destroyed in that attack. no mention of any kind of death toll lay in there would say that the human loss is still being calculated. it seems to be the 1st kind of recognition official statement. the coincides by these allegations made by the russians. i think what's surprising and is rare is that this is an admission by russian forces of seemingly quite a large attack. this is not normal procedure under the brazilians have gathered the villa bill negroes stadium and some pulse to pay their respects to pele. the football legend started his career there, and the city is holding a 24 hour week to bid farewell there he will. on tuesday, his coffee will be carried in a procession through the streets before his varies in a private ceremony. hello. died on thursday. the age of 82, after suffering from columbia county i thought we are going to ask all federations all over the world, 211 countries to nam

it happened to the town of mackey of co. ukrainian military has taken responsibility for the attack, but as not confirmed how many people were killed. thousands of mortars are falling past the coffin of late football legend pallets of pay their last respects these a life pitches. among them was the fee for president johnny infant tina. the stars wake is on the way a stadium in santos, where he spent most of his professional career. ah, it's already the forces of demolish 3 palestinian homes in a village. and janine, in the occupied westbank, they belong to the families of 2 palestinians, accused of killing us ray, the officer last year. the surgeon covert 19 infections in china is causing global alarm. and increasing number of countries are now imposing due restrictions on travelers from their cases went up after the government relax. it's strict rules. last month caterina you reports from beijing. before the pandemic, australia was a popular destination. the chinese travelers and they are expected to return soon. as china prepared to open its borders for the 1st time in almost 3 yea

janis mackey frayer is live in beijing with the latest on this.ovid has played there? we saw a lot of backlash. >> reporter: steven, as china begins to reopen, streets and cities like beijing are getting busy again, but sadly so too are the hospitals with china's own experts bracing for 800 million people to be infected with covid by spring. now, that speech by xi jingping also made a subtle reference to protests against the zero covid policy here when he talked of divergent opinions being normal in a big country. he's urged unity for this news phase of china's approach which he hasn't really talked about publicly after praising the zero covid policy for years. officials continue to downplay the severity of covid, despite what one doctor described to me as the medical reality which is emergency rooms that are overcrowded. we want to several option ers where i saw mostly elderly people lying on gurneys, cots, lawn chairs in lobbies because there just wasn't enough room for people. and government figures are no guide for the scope of the covid surge

nbc's asian corresponden janis mackey frayer is in beijing.ing to you. >> reporter: sheinelle, good morning. as china begins to reopen, streets and cities like beijing are getting busy again but, sadly, so, too, are the hospitals with china's own experts bracing for 800 million people to be infected with covid by spring and infections in rural areas yet to peak. this morning, china is being overwhelmed by a massive covid surge. hospital emergency rooms packed with patients who are mostly older, weak and struggling resources appearing to be stretched so thin, the sick often lying on lawn chairs instead of hospital beds they have beds in the lobby near the elevators and the hallways, running out of places to put people the size and scope of covid infections remains unclear here because of little credible information and the way china's government counts covid deaths there are too many, says this funeral provider, about demand near one hospital we have seen empty caskets stacked in an alley. officially china has recorde only 18 covid deaths durin

in the early hours of sunday, dozens more were injured in the crash. cellulose president mackey. saul is declared 3 days of morning starting monday and will convene, convene a government council to discuss road safety measures. when ali goads have been in vote counting has started in the parliamentary election, where opposition parties did get to be on the ballot this time. they were banned from the previous vote or exclusion in 2019 let a violent protest against present patrice talon and damage the country's image as of a bastion of democracy in the region. but turn out for sunday's vote was muted. i might address reports from cotton. no servant, 5 year old, the cynthia acquit, casts her ballot with only the future of our grandchildren on our mind. giving me thought very good me then i want a better future for our youths jobs for them so they can have a prosperous life. but for many voters, this election is much more than just about jobs. they say it's also about the future of the countries to what chrissy remains of position is broken. the ballot after being excluded from the turn t

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janis mackey frayer is in beijing. >> reporter: resources are stretched so thin, patients are advised to bring their own beds. it's going to get worse with china's own experts saying 800 million people would be infected by spring. >> reporter: in this country, an omicron subvariant is becoming the dominant strain. >> it's a smarter variant at infecting and breaking through walls of immunity. >> reporter: and the latest cdc data shows that this new variant makes up about 40% of covid cases sequenced here in the u.s. the good news is though that it's not yet leading to spikes in hospitalizations or deaths. savannah. >> dasha burns, thank you very much. >>> 7:15 more to get to good morning to craig. >> good morning to you some new details are emerging about the snowplowing accident that landed actor jeremy renner in the hospital with some serious injuries the marvel star now posting a selfie and a message of thanks to fans as he continues to recover. nbc's erin mclaughlin joins us with more on this story. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, craig. many were relieved to see th

janis mackey frayer has more. good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning to you. a day a lot of people here have been waiting for. me included. to be able to travel into china without long quarantines on arrival. for three years china had some of the toughest covid controls of any country ending this part of it effectively reopens china to the world. this morning for the first time since the start of the pandemic travelers are streaming into china. arriving, reuniting, now that borders are open. for this family, ending a three-year wait for this. >> a great time for us to come back before chinese new year. >> reporter: scrapping quarantines for every passenger a last step in dismantling china's zero covid regime that cut off the country from the world and battered china's economy. now thousands are crossing from hong kong to the main lined. in shanghai, 18 international flights from singapore, paris, san francisco. >> we are very happy that we can travel this year. >> reporter: since march 2020, traveling to china used to mean a surreal mix of hazmat suits, disinf