>> willie simmons: no one else can compare with us. plantation, where the blues supposed to been born. there's no one else can tell you that in his district is the home of b.b. king. can tell you that he represents the area where fannie lou hamer came from. where jerry butler was born. go on and name others. the staple singers. when we talk about the heritage and the culture and what comes out of the delta, that's all within this little district that i represent. so mississippi delta has that pride. >> anthony: 46 miles southeast is greenwood. a town with a lot of history. most of it of the not good variety. known unfortunately as much for byron de la beckwith, and tom brady's infamous speech after brown v. the board of education as anything else, fairly or not, it's hard to get past that. during all the years of cruelty and struggle from 1933 on, through it all and until today, this place, lusco's, was a beloved institution. once a grocery store, it turned restaurant to the moneyed class, serving them in discreet quarters in the back

the huge machines that can do this are built in cabinets in germany's east by the nile simmons company. managing director klaus claire and his team sell the equipment worth millions of euros all over the world before the russian invasion of ukraine, around 15 percent of their orders came from russia. but with the u sanctions that came to an end hook with the shopping in the short term, we completely changed our strategy. our main markets are now north america, europe, and much more strongly in germany. again, we're used to export 80 percent of our products that's shifted significantly. now it's more like $5050.00 without the slightest volara yahoo to complete. but the real challenge can be seen outside in front of the workshop. these huge boxes contain finished machines worth almost 10000000 euros. the 2nd half of an order from a russian client inside the manager checks more boxes. it's uncertain when, or even if anything will be allowed to go to russia again. not necessarily. we now had the problem that the machines for the order for russia had been standing here in the assembly hall

best-selling author witchel simmons will join us. today's explosion and fire in the sunset district underscores the dangers of being a firefighter. but as our media partner the san francisco standard uncovered, a new cancer screening test has revealed an additional health risk. we will talk with a reporter to see what is being done about it. but first, the bay area is reversing a longtime trend. the first time in 11 years, the average home in the san francisco metro area is selling for less than its asking price. joining us to discuss this, whether the signals rough times ahead, is redfin chief economist darrell fairweather. welcome back to the show. >> thank you for having me. kristen: this is big news. for the first time in 11 years, homes are averaging less than asking area how much below asking? >> just slightly below asking. it is a big change because it used to be a barria home seller could put their house on the market and expect a dozen people lined up to make an offer. now things are different. you're lucky to get even one o

i'm on an exercise and it's really for her to pass at nile simmons. they now want to try to re purpose the multi $1000000.00 machines that can no longer be delivered to russia. so that they can be used in other applications, perhaps by customers in the ation industry. now to some of the other global business stories making news. instagram and facebook are rolling out a paid subscription model. the company says it will unveil a so called blue badge as a way to boost post son as a token of authenticity. after nearly 20 years of defending a free service model, mehta is switching gears. the company says the service is largely aimed at content providers. the war in ukraine caused the german a g, d p, in nearly 2.5 percent last year. according to the german institute for economic research, that's equivalent to 100000000000 euros. one of the reasons that europe's industrial power house has been heavily effected is because germany was previously heavily dependent on russian energy exports. in the face of western sanctions, over the warren ukraine, russian aut

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keir simmons is with us from moscow coming up. he'll have russia's reaction and word on what a top official is doing at the kremlin today, and also why the u.s. is worried about that. let us start with our reporters fanned out from europe to eastern washington, d.c., joining me now is white house continue, kristen welker, in poland, mike memoli in washington, and chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell, and kristen welker, chief white house correspondent, i should say. the president was in poland a year ago, and he was warning that putin cannot remain in power. i know we're sending more aid to ukraine today. what is his message going to be when he gets to where you are? >> reporter: i think you're going to see him build on the message he laid out today in kyiv standing shoulder to shoulder with president zelenskyy which is that the united states stand with ukraine and will be with ukraine for as long as it takes. he announced the military aid you talked about, half a billion dollars, and he really tried to make the poi

joining me live from crimea is nbc news chief international correspondent, keir simmons.reporter: we traveled into crimea on the bridge behind me there. that is the same bridge that was targeted and blown up back in october and president putin described as terrorism, understood scoring how important this place is to him. we wanted to come and talk to people here and find out what they thought. president putin's warplanes targeting the besieged town. russia is destroying ukraine's defenses there, president zelenskyy said overnight. again, calling for western combat aircraft. his other main objective is taking back crimea. in october, an explosion rocked the bridge. putin blamed special services. kyiv never admitted responsibility. we crossed into crimea by train across ukraine's nationally recognized border. this is where the explosion hit the bridge last october around this time in the morning. the bridge was fully reopened just last week. inside, the territory is teeming with russian soldiers and if ukraine plans to take it back with force, many civilians will be caught

keir simmons made his way to belarus, the key russian ally that sits on ukraine's border, where tensions are rising as russian president vladimir putin ramps up his new offensive. >> reporter: this is another side of the ukrainian border russia's side. we're inside belarus, russia's critical ally where tonight there are fears in the west that russia's new offensive in ukraine might include sending troops from here and that's ukraine just across the border there. you can see how heavily fortified it is the ukrainians clearly taking no chances. that's ukraine right there. we're looking at ukraine. how tense is this border "very tense," this border guard tells me. belarus wanted us to see their special forces, showing off their capabilities they want peace, they say, despite supporting russia. you're ready to fight? if you need to fight you're ready to fight? "of course," he tells me "we'll tear you with our teeth. among them military equipment. chinese-made troop carriers after touring europe china's most senior diplomat will be in moscow for talks the u.s. accusing china of considering su

pushing for more sanctions against russia but are the ones already in place having an impact keir simmons went inside neighboring georgia to find out how russia is getting around them. >> reporter: if you want to know how the russian economy is surviving amid punishing western sanctions, you might come here. we're just across the border in georgia, and it's lined with trucks president putin's supply line. right here, they're going from turkey to russia to moscow he's carrying xerox printer ink, he says since putin's invasion and unprecedented western sanctions, satellite images along with international trade data shows this mountain pass becoming much busier. that's not surprising. at the outset of the war, russia dropped most import restrictions on things like cars. the russian border is about 25 miles that way, but the police tell us they've closed the road because of an avalanche risk business has stopped but only temporarily >> hello >> reporter: then hidden in the snow, a stunning discovery two brand-new american ram pickups. american cars, american trucks. "it was never driven," he

simmons that's captain said he said i'll come aboard pull it down if you don't said bump and simmons said i'll shoot you full holes if you set foot and of course, he's talking a lot here. but simmons he can't get out of the harbor if he doesn't have his paperwork signed. so he eventually the flag and relents and gets his paperwork and sails on. well, of course, there's no message a bottle in this story. but the next season he's out with his grandbabies on the lake and sailing his mother in law as well. and they go out of oswego and they go to try to get into the saint lawrence and they get turned away by a big storm. this is july. and normally this doesn't. and they get pushed around the point where they try to make it into sag harbor, but they strand and go on bull rock point. and at that point, the daughters, they know they're safe but they say we need to get help. papa, why don't we throw a bottle overboard? so they write one. ethel the granddaughter actually writes, hurry, we're breaking up and there's women aboard and they throw it in the water. but of course, the people the tow

simmons are now trying to rebuild the expense of machinery that was slated for russia. so they can be used for a new order. this way. the machines can still be sold to other customers while europe is betting on sanctions, russia is weapon, ising oil and gas. in august 2022 put in stop delivering natural gas to the north stream. one pipeline, at the time, one megawatt hour of gas cost, $350.00 euros in germany. before the war. the price was between $10.20 heroes. since then, miler than expected. winter temperatures relaxed prices to day one, megawatt hour of gas costs 50 years. that's good news over all. but for energy intensive businesses, it's still far too high. oh, when the price of electric energy threatens the company's existence. i other than that, it's a very demanding time for us. everything we're permanently in battle mode. come small. businesses have to find new ways to survive. is it no, am i and we're still in the middle of a fossil fuel war and the price is a very, very high. the high energy costs are a huge concern for this company, director more than 15 p

keir simmons reports now from moscow. >> reporter: president putin and president biden agreed on just one word today -- war. putin, who calls his invasion of ukraine a special military operation, today branding it a war with the west, a war for russia's survival, saying the west, not russia, caused the conflict >> translator: they started the war, and we used the force in order to stop it >> reporter: his state of the union address uncompromising, suspending russia's cooperation in the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty with the u.s never once mentioning president biden by name, nor that surprise visit to kyiv 24 hours ago, which pro-kremlin commentators here argue shows ukraine's government is a tool of the west. >> translator: the elites of the west are not hiding their goals. they want to turn a local conflict into a phase of global conflict >> reporter: the audience applauded 53 times and gave him 4 standing ovations. but tonight outside moscow's world-famous bolshoi theater, we replayed putin saying the west started the war. >> you don't want to talk about politics? >> i

>> keir simmons, thank you. >>> another major story we're following tonight, a powerful new earthquake striking turkey and syria two weeks after the massive quake that killed nearly 45,000 people across the region. the latest 6.3 magnitude quake killed at least three people and injured more than 200 in turkey, and there are reports of casualties in syria as well. search crews are once again surveying the damage and looking for survivors who may be trapped in the rubble. >>> back home authorities in the los angeles area announcing an arrest in a crime that has left the community shocked. the fatal shooting of a catholic bishop. investigators giving an update a short time ago. miguel almaguer has late details. and miguel, what are authorities saying that the motive might be here? >> reporter: well, lester, good evening. the sheriff says the suspect in this case, 65-year-old carlos medina, believes the bishop, david o'connell, owed him money and that it's possible a dispute over cash for handiwork could be a factor in this shocking murder. the 69-year-old bishop was killed saturday in a h

first i want to go to moscow with keir simmons and see if there's any reaction.ternoon where you are after this surprise visit from president biden to ukraine. >> reporter: there's no reaction. russian television isn't showing it so far. russian television is showing a 24-hour clock ticking down the time to a speech, a symbolic speech set to be made by president trump tomorrow. one of the extraordinary things about the pictures we're seeing is it does look as if the white house and the office of the ukrainian president have managed to pull this off without the kremlin having any idea this was going to take place. it's possible president trump is learning of this trip just as we are now. we are seeing some o you're going to have to call it trolling by russian officials already. the spokeswoman for the russian foreign ministry on her telegram channel posting a picture of the two presidents in an orthodox setting and asking which one of them is orthodox, raising questions why they would be there when night over them are orthodox, clearly trying to laugh about it, if

while andrew simmons is live for us outside shall headquarters in london. these profits are going to be great for the shareholders than not going to make a lot of people very happy. are they a certainly not as a coral solved process right across the country are ordinary people who really are finding it hard to find enough money for their energy bills right now. seeing these profits the highest in shells, history, a 115 years, a double of what they were the year before. and it also the question on everyone's lips is, what about the windfall tax? why has this impacted shell more and other energy companies with their results? yet to be published. so at what is being asked is this the energy windfall tax was introduced by richey sooner or as prime minister when i was around 25 percent or it was seen to be very ineffective. i was since in the autumn statement raised to 35 percent, but there are so many loopholes to this tax and which includes the fact that it only applies to the actual exploration of oil and the whole process of getting oil and gas processed and

what we just witnessed on video for the world to see, to tarry. nicholas stefan simmons now brings defense secretary says the u. k. isn't ruling outstanding fighter jets ukraine. adding to uncertainty over keys request. france is also allowing for the possibility while the u. s. and germany have rule this out of this comes as ukrainian authorities report a new russian missile strike on the eastern city of crime, a toss lease. at least 3 people were killed in 20 others wounded in the attack, which destroyed an apartment building damage. 7 others keys request for war planes followed berlin's long debated decision to supply ukraine with advanced leopard to tax. now, germany's defense minister has acknowledged that he's his army, could use a few more tanks of its own fast and deadly. the leopard too, could be a game changer in ukraine. germany says it will deliver 14 of them by the end of march for ukrainian forces to use on the battlefield. defense minister forest historian, visiting the base from which the tanks will come, said the decision to st. leopard carries a cost with islam as already

did appear stefan simmons in washington dc. there. let's move on to the latest on the earthquakes, which are now known to have killed more than 29000 people in turkey. and syria. by rescue, as in turkey, are still trying to locate any remaining survivors that are reports in some areas that looting. and so la undressed a hampering the efforts of emergency chose oh, the moments of prayer for lives. cut short as hopes of finding survivors fade attention turns to burying the dead in hot province. skulls a lay to rest in mass graves. as more bodies continue to arrive on the streets of untouchable, there were concerns over security and civil unrest. a shop saluted an atm ransacked is a big deal. if people take diapers, food and drinks from supermarkets, it's normal. there's been no help for days. but some people are strange, they take a cooker or a coffee machine, ela market that we watch. our houses are vehicles of looters, loot houses and unfortunately there's nothing to say. yeah, we're devastated, upset up or what we are experiencing is

we're joined by keir simmons.ichard's cataloging of the russian missteps and disasters over the course of the last year. i think it is worth reminding ourselves that, occasionally,we're guilty of optimism by us here in the west. there is a desire on the western side for the people they're supporting, the ukrainians, to win, but there is also concern about how strong the position relatively of vladimir putin still is. he still has a lot of money in the bank. he still has troops to draw on. he still seems to be able to find his way around export controls of things like semiconductor chips and restock his army. so talk to us a little bit about the position that he is in as he faces the prospect of another year, perhaps another two years of this war, and how solid is he even in terms of his own -- the group of people that are around him, does he face challenges from them? >> reporter: yeah, it is a truism of conflict. you can't know how the conflict plays out. you don't know what the next year in ukraine will look lik

i want to get to nbc's chief international correspondent, keir simmons, joining me now from moscow. keir, this arrival in kyiv by president biden comes on what is now noon, midday in kyiv and comes a day before president putin is scheduled to deliver his own key speech on this week, on the one-year anniversary. ahead of what's likely to be a spring offensive, the americans sort of front-loading weapons and other munitions to try to help the ukrainian people in advance of what's anticipated to be a very ugly spring, as the war effort by the russians picks up. >> reporter: that's right, peter. this is going to be a week of symbolism and defiance, both across the west and also here in russia. actually, russian television has now got a countdown clock for that speech by president putin, clearly building to a climax, if you like, tomorrow. we don't know what president putin is going to say. i will say one thing, peter, another extraordinary aspect of this trip by president biden to ukraine is it does appear the russians had no idea that the white house and the ukrainian president's offic

so -- now we will move i believe director simmons is here with us. to guide us through the hsh permanent housing shelter and hi joan and problem solving implementation. welcome. >> thank you chair williams. good morning. noel simmons chief deputy director with homelessness and supportive housing noise to see you all today. thanks for manage the slides. the next one. so -- i will start i got about 20 dense low packed slide updates to provide you all this morning in 25 minutes i apologize i will speak quickly but hsh is responsible for giving a significant part of the prop c funds i'm excited report on our progress. our annual spending plan is 260 million dollars. mousing, shelter and prevention the areas i will report on today. despite the revenue uncertainty with prop shsh has not paused or slowed down on implementation of prop c funded promise. moving full steam ahead. the vast majority of funds in the plan are committed but necessity the department had to stagger the roll out of the programs and service. and as a result not all funds will be extend

joining us from moscow is nbc's keir simmons. what's the reaction so far there in moscow?, jose, there's a lot more fury towards the west than diplomacy with the west hear in moscow. fury about the vice president's announcement that the u.s. considers what russia has been doing in ukraine as crimes against humanity, fury that the u.s. officials suggesting that ukraine should be supported to try to target crimea, and i think as president putin prepares that major address tomorrow, i think you'll see him as angry as ever. i do think it's interesting that this communication was made just a few hours before president biden made his way to ukraine with the russians that something would be happening. what does that tell us? it perhaps offers us a glimpse that there is some kind of connection that can still be made that the russians are still calculating, clearly it would be an extraordinary escalation for the russians to target an men president. i don't think the kremlin would want to do that, and i think that's what the u.s. was relying on when it sent that message just to try

keir simmons, thank you.>> shifting from the optics in moscow to the ones in washington, d.c., i want to bring back msnbc senior political analyst matthew dowd. matthew, the president is facing a couple of big challenges as he heads into the 2024 campaign, the first to show he has the energy to be present. everyone is talking about his age. we should mention he decided to take that ten-hour train ride to get to kyiv today. it's a pretty grueling schedule he has. the second challenge is to show he's fulfilled the promises he made in 2020, one of which was to rebuild international alliances, reposition the u.s. as the global defender of democracy. he talked about that this morning. >> for all the disagreement we have in our congress with some issues, there is significant agreement on the support for ukraine. this is so much larger than just ukraine. it's about freedom and democracy in europe, freedom and democracy at large. >> do you think this trip has the possibility to help him achieve the two goals of showi

nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons has more from moscow and correspondent richardl this activity landing in moscow? >> reporter: badly, honestly. we do know the kremlin was told just a few hours before about president biden's trip to ukraine. the national security adviser saying that they were advising russia for deconfliction purposes. we're not entirely sure what the kremlin exactly was told, but very likely president putin saw it properly for the first time on russian television. it began to appear on russian tv just a short time after it began to appear on american television. the kremlin saying he was busy working on that speech for tomorrow. i suspect that speech will be angrier than ever. you can certainly expect no compromise from president putin who is likely to reiterate his determination to keep going to try to wear down the west, if you like. and i think president putin will see this now as a symbolic fight, as ukraine is symbolizing something crucial just as president biden does. of course, president putin a year ago would have liked to have been in ky

keir simmons will have the latest coming up at 7:00 right after "today in the bay." >>> happening todaye man police say terrified worshippers at a san francisco synagogue by firing a replica gun is scheduled to be back in court for a preliminary hearing. surveillance cameras captured that incident february 1st. dimitry mission last week pleaded not guilty to felony hate crime charges that could earn him ten years if he's convicted on all charges. he's being held without bail. >>> 6:36 right now, and gun violence is a growing problem across the country and here in the bay area. one county is declaring it a public health issue and asking for people to help put an end to the crisis. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live from antioch. contra costa county is forming a new gun violence prevention coalition. tell us about it. >> reporter: correct, laura and marcus. they're asking residents of contra costa county to apply to be part of this new coalition. it's a coalition that will target young people in the western part of the county like richmond and the eastern parts like antioch

thank you, keir simmons as always. it's a busy night. 10:40 or so in moscow.exclusive, andrea mitchell sitting down with vice president kamala harris on the sidelines of the big security conference. andrea joins me now from munich. the vice president is there to urge western allies, you got a chance to talk to her as well about support for ukraine. some signs it's waning a year into the war. what did she tell you? >> the point here is united. interestingly, this is the first time germany has not -- a united front, more than at any time, even with billions of dollars being spent, and a big, you know, a lot of pressure, as you know, on europe and the energy costs to europe, and inflation there. but also of course inflation here at home. and that's part of what i asked kamala harris today. about what you pointed out. support is slipping. it's pretty strong back home, but slipping in recently polls and we're going into the second year of a war of attrition with no end in. do you have concerns that the american people, problems at home, over the long haul as we're

erin mclaughlin is in ukraine's capital of kyiv, and nbc's keir simmons is in moscow where president putin just met with a top chinese diplomat today. tell us more about president biden's meeting with these critical nato allies as we're learning russia tested an intercontinental missile ahead of president biden's trip to kyiv. >> reporter: white house officials have been trying to down play some of the concerns about that icbm test by russia just ahead of president biden's trip to kyiv. they are saying that it was a failed test, but not really out of the ordinary, something that russia tests from time to time. u.s. officials saying they don't view it as an escalation that russia did inform the u.s. in advance of that test. we're getting that reaction as president biden has been meeting here in poland with those nato members from the bucharest nine. those group of allies that are right on russia's doorstep who came together after russia's initial invasion in 2014 of ukraine. president biden once again pledging staunch and ongoing support for those allies as well as for ukraine. he was

joining me now from moscow is nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons, keir, what can >> reporter: look, the tectonic plate of diplomacy, this is a meeting between close partners, belarus and russia. aleksandr lukashenko owes his presidency to president putin. when there were people in the streets in belarus, back in 2020, so they are very close. lukashenko is saying that he might be able to kind of help bring negotiations about, frankly that doesn't seem very likely. i'll tell you why. because to be honest, being here in russia, it's clear that people are really kind of hunkered down, if you like, for potentially a long war. the polling that there is suggests there is a lot of support for president putin, and people think russia is going in the right direction. i will tell you this, one russian who i met here just today who i know told me of getting a text message just this morning, being told his friend's son had died in ukraine, and the pain of that. but at the same time, saying don't assume that that necessarily means that that family is going to shift away from su

. >>> joining us from moscow is nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons. keir, china's foreign minister met with putin earlier today. what more do we know about that meeting? >> reporter: wang yi is china's top diplomat and he was there with president putin on camera in the beginning. it was interesting to watch. i think western capitals and in washington they'll be looking closely at what was said. it was notable that president putin in that -- in that early comments was repeating that president xi of china will come to russia, even though a date hasn't yet set. this has been talked about for some months now. they say they're in the early stages of discussing it, of planning it, but he wanted to make sure that everybody knew that that was going to happen, including china's top diplomat sitting opposite him and wang yi went on to talk about the solid relationship between china and russia, and also said something interesting, i thought, he said that from crisis comes opportunity. and people will look at that closely i think and ask whether china is thinking

we can go to andrew simmons who's joining us live now. so we were, i was going to ask you, if we were expecting big numbers, it looks from the pictures as though they might be, can you give us an idea of what the turn out is like andrew mark cool. i think you can see from the yeah, how big the turnout here is in paris, but it can be measured right across the country. because even in small provincial towns, a lot of people are taking to the streets are to make it quite clear that they don't accept this reform program on pensions. and on the retirement age, they want to see a complete review, if not a rejection in parliament of all of these reforms and the heat is ready, rising right now. everything is peaceful. it would seem that there is an intention to put more and more pressure on their strikes, as i say, right across the country. and we're now hearing that there will be a general day of action lot across the country on march, the 7th, a general strike, which will bring the whole country to a halt. and who is there any indication at all

richard engle, keir simmons, thanks to both of you. richard, stay safe. joining us now is leon panetta, former defense secretary, cia director, former white house chief of staff. leon, you've done it all. today was a pretty strong day followed up by a dramatic day yesterday. what would you say about the biden white house including what you saw so far? >> well, there's no question that the president has been on a historic trip. and a very historic time. and the trip is not only a total affirmation of the united states and the world leadership at a very critical time for the president to go to ukraine, to take a very risky trip. and then to stand up, not only saying that kyiv is still standing, but also in poland, that this is about freedom. and about democracy. i think he really has made very clear what a pivotal time this is. this is not just about the war in ukraine. it's about whether or not democracy is going to survive in the 21st century. and i think -- i think his ability to make that clear and to create this bond between our allies and ukraine is e

. >>> let's bring in keir simmons in moscow. sanctions right after invading ukraine last year. here we are a year later now. what impact really have those sanctions had on russia? >> reporter: well, aaron, the last year has many predicts wrong, by president putin in moscow that he would easily have his forces move into ukraine, that kyiv would be fall and he would be standing in kyiv like president biden was this week but with a different leader without president zelenskyy. he was wrong about that, but then on the other hand, western predictions that sanctions would really cause this economy to collapse, that hasn't turned out to be the case either. you can see behind me how busy the roads are here in moscow. the imf now predicting the russian economy will expand this year albeit by 0.3% so there are lots of questions about those sanctions, russia still able to sell its oil and energy to china and to india and we've seen a lot of the trade across the borders here that is helping the russian economy. so it is a real question, i t

nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons is following all of it from moscow for us.look, the u.s. we know has accused china of giving russia non-lethal military aid, of considering sending more weapons, beijing denies both. but this meeting today and some reports that xi may actually be planning a meeting with vladimir putin, what does that tell us about this relationship and where it's going, keir? >> well, you know, chris, i thought the meeting today between china's top diplomat and president putin was the most interesting thing today, much more interesting than that rally with president putin. of course there was the messaging that the relationship between china and russia is strong, but something that china's top diplomat said i thought was fascinating in that meeting. he said that from crisis comes opportunity. now, as american tries to understand what china is doing, think of it this way. manage yourself as that chinese diplomat in that meeting. what china wants to do, it wants to try to keep president putin in power, and the presidents to keep russia together

wonder whether in a year's time here talking about two years of conflict. >> richard engel and keir simmons. >>> this just in, u.s. northern command has just announced the recovery operations have now concluded in the search of the chinese surveillance balloon that was downed off the south carolina coast. and this morning, we're hearing from vice president harris in a brand-new exclusive interview with our very own andrea mitchell. >> why shoot first when we didn't have a policy in place? >> well, let's be clear, first of all, as it relates to the chinese balloon, we shot it down because it needed to be shot down because we were confident that it was used by china to spy on the american people. >> president, of course, reached out to china saying he expects to talk to president xi. they have said today that it was accidental that we're overreacting, that there can't this be kind of dialogue given our reaction, there shouldn't be this kind of dialogue. >> we will maintain the perspective that we have in terms of what should be the relationship between china and the united states. that is not

joining me now from crimea is nbc's chief international correspondent, keir simmons.ck out to you? >> reporter: lindsey, we entered crimea on the bridge behind me there, and that was the bridge that was targeted back in october and partially blown up. president putin described that as an account of terrorism underscoring how important this place is to him and how much the ukrainians would like to target it. so far we have been allowed to move freely without being questioned. this morning president putin's warplanes targeting the besieged down. russia is destroying the defenses there, zelenskyy said overnight. his ultimate objective is taking back crimea. in october an explosion rocked president putin's prized bridge to the peninsula, and kyiv never admitted responsibility. we crossed into crimea by train, across what is called ukraine's internationally recognized border. this is where the explosion hit the bridge last october at around this time in the morning. the bridge was fully reopened just last week, and inside the territory is teaming with russian soldiers, and

that's why this game was so special the jv team at phillip simmons high school in charleston was closing out its season earlier this month carson, the team's manager was on the bench. when suddenly, coach ryan mccauley waved him into the game. he's number three. there's carson's mom in the stands, anxiously watching it all. with his teammates by his side cheering him on, carson gets the ball and shoots. he shoots again! finally, sinking it! and bringing mary to tears. before jumping into her arms for a sideline celebration >> being in that spotlight for that moment was very special to him >> and unforgettable for teammates darryl and nathan >> when carson made that shot, it was -- i don't know, it was -- the energy, it just went through my body, went up to the crowd's body, the player's body >> it just hit us. i think i jumped higher than everybody. i ever did before. man, it was unbelievable >> reporter: coach mccauley says carson's dedication to the team inspires them all. >> carson has been there for the team from day one and he's a part of the team and he's just like everybody else >

named bisbee has a tongue that measures 3.7, 4 inches that's longer than a popsicle longer than gene simmons tongue. for this record, a dog's tongue as measured from the tip of the snout, his owners, jane erica johnson say they first met bisbee at an event or is being auctioned off to raise money for charity. johnson say when bisbee isn't tailing behind them, he spends most of his time chasing city workers. >> paris could soon lose its title of the world's biggest tourism destination. that's what a new report is suggesting. that report from the world travel and tourism council says the beijing will soon overtake the french capital as the number one destination for tourists. researchers look at a number of factors, including forecast for travelers spending according to the report, the value of paris's tourism and travel sector is about 36 billion dollars right aging is 33 billion. researchers expect that total for china, though, to more than double to 77 billion dollars. and that wraps up kron. 4 news tonight at 6. we'll see tonight at 8. have a good night and stay have a good night and stay

and your simmons is covering those protests in paris. that's where he's joining us from. so what was turn out like today, andrew when it looks to be quite big, the organizes claiming with at least half a 1000000 people have turned out here in paris. a lot of that is to do with the fact that the rail drivers have not gone on strike in this action to allow the trains to run, to get people in and out. furthermore, metro workers anata striking either so the subways are working at the general feeling here is boyd up is determined to take on a manual micron over these reforms are there is a feeling in the early se palace that they're going to ride out this storm. but it does appear, the storm is getting larger because this is the 4th round of action. there are many more rounds of action planned and it will culminates. it would seem as a culminate, but it will certainly have a major point in the action on march. the 7th, when the organizers in all of the union, so are all together on this that they'll be bringing a country to a halt or with a general strike in all areas are publ

these machines built at the nile simmons factory in the eastern german city of kenneth usually cost several $1000000.00 euros each. c, e o. class cramer cells, the systems around the world before the war and ukraine. many of his contracts came from russian companies, especially the railroad sector. the sanctions ended that practically over night. he suddenly had to find new contracts to retain his 350 employees given your own. if we're talking about roughly 10 to 15 percent of our revenue, we quickly are to change our entire strategy. our main markets now or north america and europe with a larger presence in germany again finished our gov. we don't invoke, we used to export 80 percent of our products. that's changed a lot. now it's more like 5050 log yahoo! from 3 from 3 of the real problem can be clearly seen outside of the factory on the company, crowns huge crates. lots of them, packed and weather proof, materials finished products worth nearly 10000000 euros. there. the 2nd half of an incomplete russian order inside the production manager is inspecting some more of the crates. the quest

and the industry to transition away from hydrocarbons under simmons has more. these extraordinary figures, some shells headquarters here in london. of course a chorus of outrage in the u. k. and elsewhere, and a bonanza for investors. that weiss, the amount of profit from 2021 ninty, $40000000000.00 an hour out of that tax has been paid. this is a special windfall tax on the u. k. of only around a 134000000 was projected 420225 shell initially. but now they're saying it's around about 500000000 for 2023. really. this is miniscule according to the labor opposition compared to what they really should be paying. and that's because of a whole series of, of loopholes which include the fact the only money paid on extraction of oil and gas is subject to the tax and not what you'd pay on the, for court, for petrol and diesel at. furthermore, it's, it's argued that shell is, is trying every way possible not to pay the tax, and also resisting it in several quarters. the opposition to all of this isn't just a political. it's also from the, all of these strikes that are ta

and who simmons is joining us. low live. it looks from those pictures that things are turning very ugly and certainly in parts of paris. well yes, over although won't have to put these things into context on the whole, the majority is peaceful. there is are 2 rounds of crowds here moving from the plus the republic in this direction to separate marches. now the numbers do seem to be very high, although it's hard to actually accurately gauge that at this stage, it has to be said though that well workers have not gone on strike. and also in the subways in the metro are also not going on strike. that's obviously relieve the situation in terms of freeflow people and of course is possibly going up. the numbers, monitoring the situation, perhaps more intensely than anyone else will be. the elisa palace up because the president emmanuel macaroni is under massive pression. now over this reform bill, he is watching to see if somehow there will be more action in the downward direction in terms of support for these protests and strikes

the jv team at phillip simmons high school in charleston was closing out its season earlier this months on the bench when suddenly, coach ryan mccauley waved him into the game he's number three. there's carson's mom in the stands, anxiously watching it all. with his teammates by his side cheering him on, carson gets the ball and shoots. he shoots again! finally, sinking it! and bringing mary to tears before jumping into her arms for a sideline celebration >> being in that spotlight for that moment was very special to him. >> and unforgettable for teammates darryl and nathan. >> when carson made that shot, it was -- i don't know, it was energy, just went up through my bed, went to the crowd body, went to the players' body. >> it just hit us. i think i jumped higher than i ever did before. man, it was unbelievable >> reporter: coach mccauley says carson's dedication to the team inspires them all. >> carson has been there for the team from day one and he's a part of the team and he's just like everybody else >> reporter: its a message carson's family says is about a lot more than just a g