"early today" starts right now >>> good morning i'm vinita nair. >> and i'm frances rivera. we begin this day now 35 of the war in ukraine today's peace talks bringing a shred of hope for the war torn nation but ukraine and russia remain skeptical including the biden administration ukraine addressed biden's promises >> we'll see i don't read anything into it until we see what their actions are. >> now to nbc's gabe gutierrez who was onviv with more. good morning >> reporter: vinita and frances, good morning those concessions by the russians during the peace talks yesterday were met with widespread skepticism around the world. the russians saying they would drastically reduce military action in and around kyiv as well as the northern city of chernihiv, and the ukrainians meanwhile saying they would consider giving up their nato ambitions and being a neutral nation, but this would all have to go before a referendum before the ukrainian people and that could take some time still that concession by the russians has been seen widely by military analysts as potentially being a way

. >> good morning and happy friday i'm vinita nair. >> good to be with you i'm frances rivera the academy awards was last night and, man, one moment in particular has everyone talking. we'll talk about the physical confrontation between will smith and chris rochlkt it happened after chris rock told a joke about jada smith being bald and g.i. jane. the joke didn't sit well with jada's husband will smith. take a look. >> oh, wow wow. will smith just smacked the [ bleep ] out of me. >> out your [ bleep ] mouth. >> wow, dude. >> yes. >> it was a g.i. jane joke. >> keep my wife's name out of your [ bleep ] mouth. >> i'm going to. >> moments later smith came back to the stage after winning for best actor and in his speech talked about being a defender of his family. >> i'm being called on in my life to love people and to protect people and to be a river to my people i want to apologize to the academy. i want to apologize to all of my fellow nominees. >> reaction this morning is rampant. look here. the "daily news. the new york "daily news," fresh hit of bel air, and the "new york post" went wit

i'm vinita nair. >> i'm frances rivera.nd the award for the most dramatic moment at the oscars goes to will smith with chris rock in a supporting role. the slap that stole the academy awards and what will smith said later in his best actor speech plus all the big winners. >>> president biden reaffirms that the u.s. is not seeking regime change in russia after denouncing vladimir putin and his latest in hard-hit mariupol. >> with sinking poll numbers for the president, the administration is proposing a new tax increase that could hit high earners up to 20%. >>

a busy tuesday ahead "early today" starts right now >>> good morning i'm vinita nair. >> i'm frances rivera. in a video posted to his telegram channel ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy saying the country is inflicting devastating losses on in vading russian troops. he added the russian army has lost more in ukraine than the long and bloody czechen wars holding a sign saying no war and telling the viewers not to believe the station's propaganda according to "the new york times" the moment went viral online despite the kremlin's efforts to block dissent on the internet we turn now to nbc's molly hunter live in lviv. and peace talks are set to resume today after that technical pause on monday. what can we expect >> reporter: yeah, that's right. and that's relative good news. the people watching those peace talks closely, reading the tea leaves say there's actually clearly mow runway to have those discussions. according to the ukrainian side the previous three rounds have really focused on the humanitariansation apparently now what's on the table is cease-fire, securing russian tro

i'm vinita nair. >> i'm francis rivera. powerful winds whipped across louisiana overnight. possible tornado damage seen here in the town of big branch a twister touched down in the same area just one week ago. now there are numerous reports of downed trees and power lines. in new orleans tourists on boshen street were sent scrambling wind gust reached up to 60 miles per hour and a tornado was spotted northeast of the city, i the big easy is also facing a flooding risk >> there are more than 150,000 power outages being reported this morning many of those ipmississippi and alabama where there's been multiple sightings of tornados. this all comes after two ef-2 tornados sent several people to the hospital on wednesday. nbc meteorologist bills has been up all night tracking the severe weather is it over is it done in. >> i think we're past it but still not done it doesn't look like any of those were the big huge ones, the ones that take out a whole town we haven't had any reports of fatalities gar we see the blue dots was high wind reports or wind damage so here's what we're lo

"early today" starts right now good morning and thanks for waking up with us, i'm vinita nair. >> glad you're with us, i'm frances riff ver have a. >>> the moment that stole the show and changed the tone of the entire night at the academy awards award-winning actor will smith getting physical with fellow actor and comedian chris rock. the contentious moment happened late into the ceremony when comedian chris rock told a joke about actress jada pinkett smith starring in "g.i. jane 2" apparently because her head is shaved she has spoken in the past about experiencing hair loss due to alopecia the joke didn't sit well with husband will smith, who walked on stage and slapped chris, take a look [ laughter ] >> oh, wow wow! will smith just smacked the [ bleep ] out of me. [ laughter ] >> keep my wife's name out your [ bleep ]ing mouth. >> wow, dude >> yeah. >> it was a "g.i. jane" joke. >> keep my wife's name out your [ bleep ] mouth! >> i'm going to. >> the whole tone of the ceremony shifted after that moment smith came back to the stage after winning best actor for his role in "king richar

first interest rate hikes since 2019 >>> thanks for being with us fry francis rivera >> and i'm vinita nair we begin with breaking news in west texas the department of safety confirmed a head-on collision between a pickup truck and a van. the van was carrying members of the university southwest men and women's golf teams a spokesperson for the dps said there were fatalities in both vehicles which caught fire but they're unsure how many people have died. coach tyler james was among those killed in the crash. we'll have much more on this breaking news story throughout the morning. >>> russia's attack on ukraine growing more intense now 21 days into the invasion. the kremlin's forces increasing bombing on the capital of kyiv which is now under extended curfew and 27 people were evacuated and at least two were injured after shelling caused an apartment building to collapse this morning. we turn to nbc's molly hunter who's live in lviv, and, molly, despite the dangers of traveling to kyiv three european prime ministers made the trip to visit with prime minister zelenskyy. >> reporter: yeah, it w

can i get a little nair on that? >> [indiscernible] and we're going to repurpose that job [indiscernible] into something more comprehensive going forward. deputy chief serrano is in charge. >> commissioner nakajo: okay. anything you want to add, chief serrano [indiscernible] now back to support services? anything you want to add, chief serrano? >> actually, i'm meeting with captain stuttgart, and i have met with water department supervisors and directors, and they will be including me in all these meetings that will be coming up for that awss for the emergency -- the efws now. >> commissioner nakajo: chief nicholson, being incorporated within support services, appreciate it, chief serrano being brought up to date. who is david meyerson [indiscernible]? i see p.u.c. is that staff of p.u.c.? >> that is correct, yes. >> commissioner nakajo: and i'm almost done, chief serrano. on the bottom of this, is captain [indiscernible] wong, does he manage this when you were running that shop? >> yes, captain vince wong is the cap

i'm vanita nair. >>> the russian defense ministry says it fired hypersonic missiles describing a ukrainian arms warehouse. nbc news has yet to independently verifying this. black smoke rising over the previously untouched city of lviv, russian forces hit an aircraft facility and a new statement from the uk defense ministry saying russia failed to achieve its objectives and has been surprised by the "scale and ferocity" of ukrainian resistance, russian forces appear to be increasingly targeting civilians. drone footage of the destruction brought to an apartment complex in kyiv after it was reportedly hit by a russian missile and now a warning, the images of mariupol and southern ukraine are a glimpse into the depravity of war, dead bodies awaiting burial and makeshift crosses after a residential area came under attack, as president biden warns china's president xi there will be consequences if beijing provides material support to russia, as 6.5 million people inside ukraine have been displaced since russia's assault began days ago on top of the 3.2 million refugees who already fled ukraine

marine and mish nair to ukraine along with six other americans. >> you enrolled after 9/11 imagining did you ever imagine yourself witnesses a war in ukraine, in europe? >> no. it's totally different. this does not compare to a slow simmering insurgency. it doesn't even compare to what we saw with isis because you're talking about -- the sheer amount of missiles being launched across the country, the ability of the russians to reach out across hundreds and hundreds of kilometers and kill from that kind of distance. >> mattie, another member of sky's medical team is a travel nurse from missouri, hear to help and willing to put her life on the line to do it as she's done before in iraq. >> yeah, it worries me a little. but i just have a heart for these people. i really want to help them. i don't see my life more valuable than their life. >> ukrainian officials made clear this is not a calling for adventurers or weekend warriors. it is service against a massive and ruthless invading army, and thousands have already answered the call. >> the training that the ukrainian military is able t

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can i get a little nair on that? >> [indiscernible] and we're going to repurpose that job [indiscernible] into something more comprehensive going forward. deputy chief serrano is in charge. >> commissioner nakajo: okay. anything you want to add, chief serrano [indiscernible] now back to support services? anything you want to add, chief serrano? >> actually, i'm meeting with captain stuttgart, and i have met with water department supervisors and directors, and they will be including me in all these meetings that will be coming up for that awss for the emergency -- the efws now. >> commissioner nakajo: chief nicholson, being incorporated within support services, appreciate it, chief serrano being brought up to date. who is david meyerson [indiscernible]? i see p.u.c. is that staff of p.u.c.? >> that is correct, yes. >> commissioner nakajo: and i'm almost done, chief serrano. on the bottom of this, is captain [indiscernible] wong, does he manage this when you were running that shop? >> yes, captain vince wong is the cap

is a strategy they are going to have to follow because we have put our foot in it from an inflation nairtandpoint and the putting our foot in it started two years ago when we decided to shut down the economy. we busted up the supply chain. we pumped money in at the top to insure there was demand but without supply. making inflation the inevitable outcome and the, and i don't see any other way to pull that out of the system. we all thought inflation was dead, dead and permanently dead. we found out if you do enough bad things in the management of the economy that in fact it can come roaring back. i don't see any other way to take it back out. neil: so if you just use the quarter point every fed meeting math by year-end we would be at around 2% for the fed funds rate and the argument is to go to historical norms, you have to be kind of around where even the inflation rate is. i seriously doubt even by then we would be at a 2% inflation rate. it would have to go much higher still, right? >> yeah, you think so. look, you can convince yourself that the, that the energy price spike that is in

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nair just failing. and start talking about nuke cheer war, which is the most pathetic sign of weakness. i mean, this is not only awakened europe, this is also exposed vladimir putin in a way that he never imagined this invasion would expose him. >> joe, all those factors that you mentioned are contributing to what intelligence officials have told u.s. officials in the government is meanting a very dangerous picture of the state that putin is in right now. his war is not on time. he's facing resistance, he is surrounding himself with a smaller codry of advisers u.s. officials describe as "yes men." they are worried he is not getting access to credible information. when you don't get access to credible information, that can lead us to a dangerous place. >> like donald trump, serious, he got rid of all of his top advisers and nobody can tell him the truth. >> exactly. what results from that you start reading things that aren't exactly there that's why u.s. officials are being very careful with some ideas g

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