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>> GOOD MORNING. I'M JOE
FRYER. AND I'M SAVANNAH
SELLERS WE'RE FOLLOWING 2
MAJOR HEADLINES FOR YOU THIS
MORNING. ONE OF THEM, THE WAR
IN UKRAINE WHERE TODAY THE
FIGHTING HAS INTENSIFIED IN
THE KEY PORT CITY OF MARIUPOL
US DEFENSE OFFICIALS SAY
RUSSIA IS NOW FIRING FROM
SHIPS. WHILE ALL OF THIS IS
HAPPENING UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT
SAYS ABOUT 100,000 CIVILIANS
ARE STILL TRAPPED IN THE
BESIEGED CITY WITHOUT FOOD,
WATER OR ELECTRICITY AT THE
SAME TIME. EACH SIDE IS
GAINING SOME GROUND RUSSIAN
FORCES ARE INCHING CLOSER TO
THE CENTER OF KIEV. BUT
UKRAINE SAYS IT'S COUNTER
ATTACKS HAVE WORKED TO TAKE
BACK TERRITORY JUST WEST OF
THE CAPITAL. ALL OF THIS,
THOUGH, COMING AT A TERRIBLE
COST UKRAINE. OFFICIALS CLAIM
BUT 15,000 RUSSIAN TROOPS HAVE
BEEN KILLED IN THE FIGHTING SO
FAR.
>> THIS IS NOT THE WALL
BETWEEN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA.
THEY SAY THE WALL BETWEEN
LIGHT AND OXEN US BETWEEN
GOODNESS AND TO EVOKE.
DETERMINED TO IT LAND.
>> TODAY. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS
SET TO LEAVE FOR BRUSSELS TO
MEET WITH NATO LEADERS IN A
HIGH STAKES EMERGENCY SUMMIT.
THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO
ANNOUNCE NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST
RUSSIA AND SEVERAL SOURCES
TELL NBC NEWS THE PRESIDENT
COULD ALSO ANNOUNCE MORE US
TROOP INCREASES IN NATO
TERRITORY.
>> NOW TO THE OTHER BIG STORY
WE'RE FOLLOWING THIS MORNING
IN WASHINGTON WHERE DAY 3 OF
THE HISTORIC SUPREME COURT
CONFIRMATION HEARINGS IS SET
TO GET UNDERWAY. JUDGE KETANJI
BROWN JACKSON WILL BE BACK IN
THE HOT SEAT VYING TO BECOME
THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ON THE
NATION'S HIGHEST COURT.
YESTERDAY JUDGE JACKSON
DEFENDED HER RECORD DURING THE
FIRST ROUND OF QUESTIONING,
WHICH AT TIMES TURNED
CONTENTIOUS REPUBLICAN ZEROED
IN ON HER BACKGROUND AS A
FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER TRIED
TO PAINT HER AS SOFT ON CRIME.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE
HIGHLANDS.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE
CAN LOOK AT MY RECORD AND SAY
THAT IT IS POINTING IN ONE
DIRECTION OR ANOTHER. YOU SAY THIS DOES NOT SIGNAL A HEINOUS
THIS DOES NOT SIGNAL A HEINOUS
OR AGREES US CHILD OFFENSE.
HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT. WHAT
WORD WOULD YOU USE OF ITS NOT
HEINOUS OR EGREGIOUS. WHAT HOW
WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT. ALL OF
THE OFFENSES ARE EGREGIOUS.
BUT THE GUIDELINES, AS YOU
POINTED OUT. ARE BEING
DEPARTED FROM EVEN WITH
RESPECT TO THE GOVERNMENT'S
RECOMMENDATION BY HIM
QUESTIONING YOUR DISCRETION,
YOUR JUDGMENT. THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT I'M DOING.
>> 3 WITH THIS BOOK THAT IS BEING TALKED WITH KIDS. THE
BEING TALKED WITH KIDS. THE
BABIES ARE RACIST. I DO NOT
BELIEVE THAT ANY CHILD. SHOULD
BE MADE TO FEEL AS THOUGH
THERE RACIST OR THOUGH, THEY
ARE. NOT VALUED OR THOUGH
THEY'RE LESS THEN THAT THEY'RE
VICTIMS THAT THEIR OPPRESSORS.
DO YOU AGREE WITH JUSTICE
KAVANAUGH.
>> THAT ROE V WADE IS SETTLED
AS A PRECEDENT OF ROE.
>> AND CASEY ARE THE SETTLED
LAW OF. THE SUPREME COURT
CONCERNING THE RIGHT TO
TERMINATE. PREGNANCY. I
BELIEVE THAT JUDGES ARE NOT
POLICYMAKERS,
>> WE HAVE.
>> A CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO
DECIDE ONLY CASES AND
CONTROVERSIES THAT ARE
PRESENTED BEFORE US.
>> WE'VE GOT TEAM COVERAGE
THIS MORNING CIVIL RIGHTS
ATTORNEY AND FORMER PROSECUTOR
DAVID HENDERSON WILL JOIN US
WITH HIS ANALYSIS OF THE
HEARING SO FAR. BUT FIRST
LET'S GO TO NBC NEWS CAPITOL
HILL CORRESPONDENT ALI. BUT
ALI, SO. ALI, LET'S TALK ABOUT
SOME OF THAT CONTENTIOUS
QUESTIONING YESTERDAY. WHAT
WAS THE GENERAL FEELING ON HOW
JUDGE JACKSON HANDLE IT. AND
CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE SOME
SIMILAR TOPICS COME UP AGAIN
TODAY.
>> WELL, I WAS TALKING TO HER
TEAM, THE TEAM FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE THAT LEADING HER THROUGH
THIS PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE
DAY YESTERDAY. JOE, THEY FEEL
LIKE IT WENT WELL. AND LOOK,
SHE HELD HER OVER HOURS AND
HOURS OF QUESTIONING WHAT YOU
HEARD FROM REPUBLICANS WAS A
LOT OF WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE
GOING TO HEAR ATTACKS AROUND
CRIME ATTACKS AROUND JUDICIAL
ACTIVISM AND WHAT THE JUDGE
DID WAS CONTINUE TO BLUNT.
THAT WILL GET INTO HOW SHE DID
THAT. BUT I THINK THE LARGER
THEME THERE IS SOMEONE WHO
COVERS BOTH THIS HEARING. BUT
THEN ALSO THE LARGER POLITICAL
CLIMATE ON CAPITOL HILL IS THE
NARRATIVE THAT REPUBLICANS
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO USE
NATIONALLY AHEAD OF THE
MIDTERMS IS THAT DEMOCRATS AND
BIDEN ARE SOFT ON CRIME. THIS
WAS A REALLY MICRO EXAMPLE OF
THAT THESE HEARINGS BECAUSE
REALLY ALL THE SENATORS WHO
WALKED INTO THAT ROOM AS YESES
ON KETANJI BROWN JACKSON ARE
WALKING OUT AS YESES AND MOST
OF THE PEOPLE WHO WALKED IN
SNOWS ARE PROBABLY WALKING OUT
AS KNOWS WHAT THIS REALLY WAS
WAS US. BOTH SIDES PRETTY
ENTRENCHED. AND EACH OF THEM
GOING BY THEIR OWN PERMISSION
STRUCTURES TO SCORE THE POINTS
THAT THEY NEEDED TO SCORE FOR
DEMOCRATS. IT WAS LARGELY
BLOCKED WITH BLOCKING IT
HAPPEN FOR THE NOMINEE. SOME
OF THEM DID GET INTO SOME OF
THEIR MORE PET ISSUES. FOR
EXAMPLE, DARK MONEY ANTITRUST
ISSUES. WE DID HEAR THEM RUN
THE GAMUT AS THEY WERE TALKING
WITH HER YESTERDAY FOR
REPUBLICANS. THERE IS A LITTLE
BIT OF A DIFFERENT GAME BEING
PLAYED HERE, WHICH IS THAT
THEY ARE QUESTIONING
IMPRESSING A DEMOCRATIC
NOMINATED PERSON TO THE
SUPREME COURT IN THE SAME WAY
WE WATCH DEMOCRATS TRY TO
SCORE THOSE POINTS IN THE
TRUMP ERA. THAT IS SORT OF
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE FOR
REPUBLICANS. SO THAT NATIONAL
NARRATIVE OF SOFT ON CRIME
BEING APPLIED HERE IN THE SAME
WAY THAT WE'RE EVEN TALKING
ABOUT CULTURE WARS AND A LOT
OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE
SEE PLAY OUT ON THE NATIONAL
STAGE. I WILL SAY, THOUGH,
GUYS, AS I WAS IN THE ROOM
YESTERDAY. I WAS IN THERE WITH
LINDSEY GRAHAM WAS QUESTIONING
JUDGE JACKSON. IT CAME AT A
MOMENT WHERE THEY HAD SORT OF
BEEN A LULL. WE HAVE BEEN AT
THIS FOR A LITTLE BIT, A
LITTLE WHILE AND ANYONE WHO
WAS MAYBE ZONING OUT OR
LOOKING DOWN THEIR HEADS.
IMMEDIATELY SNAPPED TO
ATTENTION WHEN LINDSEY GRAHAM
WENT THROUGH THIS LINE OF
QUESTIONING EARLY ON ASKING
JUDGE JACKSON ISSUE COULD RATE
HOW FAITHFUL SHE WAS ON A
SCALE OF ONE TO 10, IT WAS
JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF ONE OF
THOSE MORE TENSE MOMENTS IN
THAT HERE. AND YOU SAW A LOT
OF THE CLIP THAT YOU PLAYED.
TED CRUZ AS WELL. POINT OUT,
THAT'S REALLY ONE MOMENT WHERE
THEY WENT TO HARVARD TOGETHER.
THEY SERVE ON THE HARVARD LAW
REVIEW TOGETHER. TED CRUZ
REFERENCE THAT THE START OF
HIS QUESTIONING. IT WAS REALLY
THE ONLY MOMENT THE SIDE JUDGE
JACKSON SEEM PALPABLY
FRUSTRATED THROUGHOUT THOSE
HOURS AND HOURS OF
QUESTIONING. SO ALI, QUICKLY,
WE HEARD A LOT FROM JUDGE
JACKSON YESTERDAY TALKING
ABOUT IMPARTIALITY AND
REPUBLICAN SENATORS PRESSED.
RON, SOME OF THE POLICY ISSUES
THAT RESONATE WITH THE BASE
CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
TRANSGENDER RIGHTS QUICKLY.
HOW DID SHE RESPOND TO SOME OF
THOSE QUESTIONS. YEAH. IT WAS
THE SAME REFRAIN OVER AND OVER
AGAIN. I DON'T LET HER SAY,
SEE YOU GUYS CAN HEAR.
>> I BELIEVE THAT JUDGES ARE
NOT POLICYMAKERS, WE HAVE.
>> A CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO
DECIDE ONLY CASES AND
CONTROVERSIES THAT ARE
PRESENTED BEFORE US AND WITHIN
THAT FRAMEWORK. JUDGES.
EXERCISE THEIR TOO. INTERPRET
THE LAW AND NOT MAKE THE LAW.
>> THAT WAS THEIR FRIEND THAT
WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN
WHEN REPUBLICANS AND OTHERS
QUESTIONED HER ABOUT THE WAY
THAT SHE VIEWS THE ROLE OF THE
COURTS. HER ROLE AS A JUSTICE
EVEN ON SOME OF THOSE MORE KEY
ISSUES. WE'VE GOT INTO
QUESTIONS OF SENTENCING. THE
REFRAIN SEEM TO PRETTY MUCH
ALWAYS BE. AND I'M
PARAPHRASING. HEY, GUYS, I
DON'T MAKE THE LOT. YOU DO
JUDGES JOBS OR JUST TO
INTERPRET IT. THAT WAS A
CONSISTENT ANSWER YESTERDAY.
ALL RIGHT, ALI, THE TALLY OF
SPEND HER BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY
AND I'M SURE NO PLACE BETTER
HAPPY BIRTHDAY. ALI.
>> NOW FOR MORE ON THE
CONFIRMATION HEARINGS. LET'S
BRING IN DAVID HENDERSON. HE'S
A CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY AND
FORMER PROSECUTOR. GOOD
MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING
DURING HIS CONFIRMATION
HEARINGS.
>> WHAT IS SAID IS OFTEN AS
IMPORTANT AS HOW IT SAID THIS
SORT OF TEST OF TEMPERAMENT AS
WELL. HOW DO YOU THINK JUDGE
JACKSON'S DOING SO FAR IN BOTH
THOSE REGARDS.
>> I THINK JUST JACKSON'S
DOING A GREAT JOB SO FAR SOME.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT'S
REALLY HARD TO KEEP YOUR COOL
WHEN SHE'S BEING ASKED SOME OF
THE QUESTIONS THAT SHE'S BEING
ASKED. I THINK THE WAY THEY'RE
QUESTIONING HER TAKES
ADVANTAGE OF HER INTELLIGENCE
AND ALMOST CALL IT LEGAL TO
CONSUME BECAUSE SHE'S SMART
ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THEY'RE ASKING IN THE CONTEXT
IN WHICH ARE ASKING IN. BUT
THEY'RE NOT MAKING THAT
COMPLETELY CLEAR FOR THE
PUBLIC IN THAT REGARD. I THINK
THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
HER ASKING HER QUESTIONS,
IMPLYING THINGS THAT
ABSOLUTELY ARE NOT TO LIKE,
FOR EXAMPLE, THAT SHE IS
PEOPLE WHO SEVERELY ABUSED
CHILDREN. BUT I THINK SHE'S
HANDING THE QUESTIONS VERY
WELL GIVEN HOW LONG THE
QUESTIONS YESTERDAY THAT
WASN'T BEAT DOWN OF A HEARING,
BUT SHE STAYED STRONG TO THE
VERY END. YOU KNOW, ASK YOU
ABOUT THAT SOFT ON CRIME
THEREOF IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT
FIRST, THE TOPIC OF MARRIAGE
CAME UP DURING THE HEARING.
>> SPECIFICALLY THE OBERGEFELL
DECISION THAT LEGALIZED IT
NATIONWIDE. FIRST I WANT TO
PLAY SOME OF THAT EXCHANGE
BETWEEN SENATOR JOHN CORNYN
AND JUDGE JACKSON YESTERDAY
AND WE'LL TALK ON THE OTHER
SIDE.
>> ISN'T THAT A PARENT THAT
WHEN THE SUPREME COURT BESIDES
THAT SOMETHING THAT IS NOT
EVEN IN THE CONSTITUTION. IS A
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT AND NO STATE
CAN PASSING A LAW. CONFLICTS
WITH THE SUPREME COURT. DID.
PARTICULARLY IN AN AREA WHERE
PEOPLE HAVE SINCERELY HELD
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. DOESN'T
THAT NECESSARILY CREATE A
CONFLICT BETWEEN WHAT PEOPLE
MAY BELIEVE AS A MATTER OF
THERE. RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE OR
FAITH AND WHAT. THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT SAYS IS THE LAW OF
THE LAND.
>> WELL, SENATOR, THAT IS THE NATURE OF A RIGHT WHEN THERE
NATURE OF A RIGHT WHEN THERE
IS A RIGHT. IT MEANS THAT
THERE ARE LIMITATIONS ON
REGULATION. EVEN IF.
>> PEOPLE.
>> REGULATING PURSUANT TO
THEIR SINCERELY HELD RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS.
>> AGREE WITH MARRIAGE IS NOT
MENTIONED IN THE CONSTITUTION.
IS IT. IT IS NOT MENTIONED
DIRECTLY NOW RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
IN IS MENTIONED IN THE FIRST
AMENDMENT EXPLICITLY CORRECT.
IT IS.
>> SO WALK US THROUGH WHAT YOU
SEE IN THIS BACK AND FORTH
HERE. THE ARGUMENT HERE AND
HOW THIS MIGHT APPLY TO FUTURE
DECISIONS BY THE COURT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. IT'S IMPORTANT
TO KEEP IN MIND HOW WE GOT TO
THIS POINT. AND SENATOR CORNYN
BEGAN BY ASKING ABOUT THE JETS
GOT DECISION. THAT WAS A
DECISION WHERE THE SUPREME
COURT SAID, YOU KNOW YOUR
SLAVE YOU ARE FREE. BUT YOU
KNOW WHAT, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY
RIGHTS LITERALLY. THIS IS THE
QUOTE. BUT PEOPLE HAVE NO
RIGHTS WHICH WHITE PEOPLE
INBOUND TO OBSERVE AND
THEREFORE HE WAS DETERMINED BE
A SLEIGH THAT LED TO PLESSY V
FERGUSON WERE DETERMINED THAT
SEPARATE BUT EQUAL IS LAWFUL.
THEN IT GETS INTERESTING PIVOT
TO A BIRD. ALWAYS NORMALLY
WOULD BE TO BROWN V BOARD OF
EDUCATION. THE CASE. IT
REVERSED THIS FINDING IT
SEPARATE. BUT EQUAL IS LAWFUL.
AND SO WHAT THEY'RE REALLY
DOING IS ATTACKING THE 4TH
AMENDMENT WHICH SAYS NO ONE
CAN BE DEPRIVED OF LIFE,
LIBERTY OR PROPERTY WITHOUT
DUE PROCESS OF LAW AND THE
QUESTION BECOMES WHAT DOES DUE
PROCESS MEAN? ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT PROCEDURE OR PEOPLE'S
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS LIKE THE
RIGHT TO MARRY THE PERSON WHOM
THEY CHOOSE. AND IN THIS
REGARD, WE HEAR THIS ATTACK
OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND
THAT'S PART OF WHAT SENATOR
CLINTON IS GETTING AT.
>> QUICKLY. I DO WANT TO GO
BACK TO THAT POINT I MENTIONED
A SECOND AGO, WE JUST HAVE A
FEW SECONDS TO ABOUT ONE OF
THE BIG CRITICISMS AS YOU
MENTION FROM REPUBLICANS ON
JUDGE JACKSON IS THAT SHE'S
SOFT ON CRIME. WALK US THROUGH
WHAT QUESTIONS LOOKED LIKE ON
THAT POINT AND HOW SHE HANDLED
THEM.
>> BUT FOR THE MOST PART,
THESE QUESTIONS RELATED TO
SENTENCING ON CASES INVOLVING
CHILD AND WHAT THE JUDGE MADE
CLEAR IS THAT SHE ACTUALLY
LISTENS TO VICTIMS ON THESE
CASES. SHE CAREFULLY CONSIDERS
ALL THE INFORMATION IS
PRESENTED TO HER AND SHE TRIES
TO MAKE INTELLIGENT DECISIONS
ABOUT HOW PEOPLE SHOULD BE
PUNISHED REGARD TO THESE
CRIMES. THAT'S WHAT JUDGES
SHOULD DO. I KNOW BECAUSE I
USED TO PROSECUTE CRIMES
AGAINST CHILDREN. MOST JUDGES
WON'T DO IT. BUT SHE
DEMONSTRATED IS THAT SHE DOES,
WHICH MEANS THAT SHE'S NOT
ONLY WISE, BUT SHE'S ALSO
COMPASSIONATE CARING PERSON
WHICH IS ON THE BENCH.
>> DAVID, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR TIME. AN ANALYSIS
THIS MORNING.
>> LET'S NOT FOCUS ON OUR
OTHER TOP STORY, THE WAR IN
UKRAINE THIS MORNING.
UKRAINE'S DEPUTY PRIME
MINISTER SAYS 9 CIVILIAN
EVACUATION ROUTES HAVE OPENED
WITH THE HUMANITARIAN
SITUATION IN THE BESIEGED CITY
OF MARIUPOL FRONT AND CENTER.
NBC NEWS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
HOLLY HUNTER IS A MOVIE FOR US
THIS MORNING. SOMALI PRESIDENT
LET ZELINSKY SAID ABOUT 7,000
PEOPLE MANAGED TO GET OUT OF
MARIUPOL YESTERDAY, BUT A
100,000 CIVILIANS STILL REMAIN
THERE. ZELENSKY ALSO ACCUSED
RUSSIA OF CAPTURING A
HUMANITARIAN AID CONVOY WEST
OF THE CITY. WHAT MORE CAN YOU
TELL US ABOUT THAT IN JUST HOW DESPERATE IS THE SITUATION
DESPERATE IS THE SITUATION
THERE RIGHT NOW.
>> JOE, GOOD MORNING. THAT'S
RIGHT. THAT WAS THE LENS
PRESIDENT ZELENSKY CLAIM WE
DON'T HAVE INDEPENDENT
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT CONVOY
COMING OUT OF THE CITY. BUT
THE BIG PICTURE IS THAT THE
WORSE AND THE MORE FRUSTRATED
THE RUSSIAN TROOPS GOT ON THE
GROUND. THE MORE STALL THEY
GET, THE MORE FOR US. SAID
THERE WITH OUR LACK OF
PROGRESS. THE WORSE IT'S GOING
CIVILIANS INSIDE CITY CENTERS
AND NOWHERE IS MORE DIRE.
NOWHERE IS GETTING HAMMERED
HARDER THAN THE CENTER OF
MARIO PRESIDENT ZELENSKY SAYS
ABOUT A 100,000 PEOPLE ARE
INSIDE. AS YOU MENTIONED,
7,000 OUT YESTERDAY. AND WE DO
KNOW THAT THERE ARE
HUMANITARIAN QUARTERS
OPERATING TODAY THEY OPERATE
IN MARIO PULL SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENTLY IN ORDER TO GET
OUT OF THE CITY. WE HAVE TO
GET IN A PRIVATE CAR YOU HAVE
TO GET TO FRIENDS. RELATIVES,
PRIVATE CAR IN A CONVOY. THE
IDEA IS SAFETY IN NUMBERS TO
GET TO VILLAGES ON THE
OUTSKIRTS OF MARIUPOL. THAT IS
WHERE THAT BUSES AS PART OF A
GREATER HUMANITARIAN CORRIDOR
WILL PICK PEOPLE UP, TAKE THEM
TO BERDYANSK, WHICH IS ANOTHER
STRATEGIC TOWN ON THE COAST AS
WELL. AND UP TO ZAP BREEZES
AFTER EASY. YOU GUYS IS WHERE
PEOPLE COME FOR TRAINS TO THE
WEST. BUT IT'S A REALLY LONG
KIND OF JOURNEY OUT. LOTS OF
CHECKPOINTS AND DANGEROUS
CHECKPOINTS ON THAT WAY OUT OF
SOMALI THIS TIME YESTERDAY WE
TALKED ABOUT THOSE PROTESTS IN
THE CITY OF HER SON, WHICH WAS
CAPTURED BY RUSSIAN FORCES.
>> NOW WE'RE HEARING FROM
UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS THAT
PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO RUN OUT
OF FOOD AND OUT OF MEDICAL
SUPPLIES. JUST HOW CONCERNED
ARE THEY ABOUT A POTENTIAL
HUMANITARIAN DISASTER. THERE.
>> VERY SAID THIS WAS THE
FIRST CITY THAT RUSSIAN TROOPS
OCCUPIED AS WE'VE BEEN
DISCUSSING. THE PROBLEM IS, IS
THAT RUSSIA DOESN'T HAVE THE
TROOPS TO HOLD IT. SO IT IS
BETWEEN YOU MARIO PULL AN
ODESSA ON THE BLACK SEA BELT
THAT RUSSIA WANTS TO AND THEY
HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MOVE ON
FROM AREA WHERE THEY HAVE NOT
BEEN ABLE TO PUT THE TROOPS
THAT THEY NEED IT IN TO MAKE A
LATE INTO CURSE AND ACTUALLY
HOLD IT TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
PERSON IS THAT PEOPLE ARE
PROTESTING.
>> ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY AND
THE WAY THAT THE RUSSIAN
TROOPS THERE ON THE GROUND.
ARE WE ACTING LIKE WE SAW
YESTERDAY ARE ATTACKING THOSE
CROWDS ARE SPRAYING THOSE
CROWDS WITH AND WE DO KNOW
THAT ACCORDING TO THE CITY
OFFICIALS THERE THEY ARE
RUNNING OUT OF WATER, FOOD OUT
OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND NOW
OUT OF FUEL.
>> AND MOLLY UKRAINE'S
GOVERNMENT SAYS ITS FORCES
HAVE REGAINED CONTROL OF IT
KEEPS A BIRD MOCKERY. THE
PENTAGON SAID IT WAS NOT A
POSITION TO CONFIRM THAT
CLAIM. BUT ARE WE SEEING A
CHANGE IN MILITARY STRATEGY
FROM UKRAINIANS RIGHT NOW.
>> YEAH, I'M PART OF IT. IS
THAT THE RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE
STALLED ARE FAILING AT THEIR
ORIGINAL OBJECTIVES. BUT PART
OF THE STORY AND PART OF THE
REALLY STRONG NARRATIVE HERE
IS THAT UKRAINIAN TROOPS ARE
DOING WELL. THEY HAVE
RECAPTURED A SUBURB TO THE
WEST OF KYIV. IT'S CALLED
MAKARIV IS BETWEEN KIEV AND
THAT HOMER. IT IS ON THE
STRATEGIC ROUTE WEST OUT OF
THE CAPITAL CITY. GUYS,
ACCORDING TO UK DEFENSE
OFFICIALS THIS MORNING THEY
SAY THIS IS NOT EXCUSE ME.
THEY SAY THE RUSSIANS ARE IN A
ROOM REGROUPING PAUSE BEFORE
LAUNCHING A BIGGER OFFENSIVE.
SO MAYBE THIS IS A THIS BRIEF
MOMENT WHERE UKRAINIAN TROOPS
TO SEIZE IS REAL SUCCESS. BUT
PART OF THE NARRATIVE IS THAT
THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, CAPTURING
AN AIRPORT IN CURSE AND THEY
ARE HOLDING OFF RUSSIAN TROOPS
AND NICOLAY AND THEY ARE
CAPTURING STRATEGIC SUBURBS
OUT OF THE CAPITAL.
>> PENTAGON SAYING TROOPS
GOING MORE ON OFFENSE. MOLLY
HUNTER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR REPORT.
>> NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERT
JASON BAHR TO JOINS US NOW FOR
MORE ON THE SITUATION IN
UKRAINE. HE'S THE NATIONAL
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE
ASSOCIATION OF THE U.S. NAVY.
JASON, GOOD MORNING. THANKS
FOR BEING WITH US. SO LET'S
START WITH THAT SITUATION AND
MARIUPOL UKRAINIANS.
>> HAVE BEEN, OF COURSE,
INTENT ON MAINTAINING CONTROL
OF THE CITY. EVEN AS RUSSIAN
FORCES ESSENTIALLY REDUCED TO
RUBBLE. LIKE WE SAID EARLIER,
SHOOTING FROM SHIPS. NOW, DO
YOU THINK MARIUPOL REPRESENTS
ALMOST A SYMBOLIC LOCATION AT
THIS POINT FOR UKRAINIANS TO
THE FRIEND RATHER THAN JUST A
STRATEGIC ONE.
>> YEAH. MOST DEFINITELY IT'S
A BECOME MORE OF
REPRESENTATIVE. BUT IN
ADDITION TO THAT, THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT CITY RUSSIA TO
ATTEMPT TO CONTROL ESTABLISHES
THEIR LAND, BRIDGE WITH
CRIMEA. IT'S ALSO A CITY
THAT'S BEEN BACK AND FORTH
OVER THE LAST 8 YEARS. SO IT'S
VERY IN THE EAST FOR SUPPLIES
AND FOR REALLY CONTROL THE SEA
PORT ON THE BLACK SEA. SO MARY
ABUL FOR THE UKRAINIAN. THIS
IS A PLACE WHERE THEY WANT TO
MAKE A STAND AND SHOW THAT
THEY CAN DEFEAT THE RUSSIAN A
SORT OF MILITARY ADVANCES
THEY'VE DONE PRETTY WELL. BUT
THEY'RE GOING TO NEED SUPPLIES
TO INCLUDE FOOD AND
HUMANITARIAN AID IN THERE TO
REALLY. CONTINUE WHAT IS
ESSENTIALLY BECOME A SEIZURE
OR STARVATION SORT OF EFFORT
BY RUSSIA'S MILITARY. VERY SAD
TO SAY, YEAH, IT REALLY IS TO
FOOD. NO WATER, NO
ELECTRICITY.
>> ALL RIGHT. JASON, A
PENTAGON OFFICIAL SAID
YESTERDAY THAT RUSSIA'S COMBAT
POWER IN UKRAINE HAS DIPPED
BELOW 90% AND NOT ESSENTIALLY
REFLECTS THESE HEAVY
CASUALTIES. THE RUSSIAN ARMY
HAS SUFFERED SINCE INVADING
UKRAINE. IS THERE A POINT YOU
THINK THE RUSSIAN MILITARY
WOULD BE RENDERED UNABLE TO
CONTINUE ITS INVASION BETWEEN
THOSE CASUALTIES. LACK OF
FUEL, LACK OF FOOD THEMSELVES.
AND COULD ANY OF THAT LEAD TO
A BREAKTHROUGH IN PEACE TALKS.
>> YES, CERTAINLY ON THE WAY
TO KIND OF GET FLY TO MIR
PUTIN TO THE PEACE TALKS TABLE
IS TO INCREASE THE SORT
OPPRESSION THAT THE RUSSIAN
MILITARY IS GOING THROUGH
THIS. A LOT OF DEFECTIONS.
THEY'VE HAD EQUIPMENT
PROBLEMS. THEY HAVE SUPPLY
PROBLEMS OF OF A FORCE THAT
HAS A LOW MORALE AT THIS
POINT. SOME VERY DIFFICULT
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THEY'RE
OPEN TO END THE HOSTILITIES
THE ENTIRE TIME. SO THAT IS
ALL COMPOUNDING. IT IS VERY
DIFFICULT FOR MILITARY,
ESPECIALLY IN ONE CASE LIKE
THIS WHERE VLADIMIR PUTIN A
SORT OF THROWING EVERY MEASURE
HE CAN AT THIS SITUATION TO
ACTUALLY PULL BACK AND
RETREAT. SO REALLY THERE TO
FACE SAVING SORT SITUATION,
WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE
DESPERATION THE ATTEMPT TO
BOMB A CIVILIAN CITIES. IT
MAKES IT A VERY, VERY TOUGH
TIME RIGHT NOW FOR THE
UKRAINIAN FORCES. WHAT THEY
NEED MOST BECAUSE I'VE SHOWN
THE SPIRIT AND THE WILL IS THE
EQUIPMENT. AND AGAIN, THE FOOD
IN THE HUMANITARIAN AID TO
BREAK THE ACTUAL WILL OF THE
RUSSIAN ARMY. I THINK THEY'RE
CLOSE, BUT THESE THINGS CAN
LAST FOR A LONG TIME. WE'VE
SEEN SIEGES AND MILITARIES
STALL OUT AND STILL MANY FREE
FOR REALLY MONTHS, SOMETIMES
YEARS.
>> ALL RIGHT. JASON BEARDSLEY,
AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> YOU KNOW, WORLD LEADERS ARE
STEPPING IN TO HELP UKRAINIAN
REFUGEES FLEEING THE HORRORS
OF THE RUSSIAN INVASION. BUT
NEIGHBORING COUNTRY SAY
THEY'RE ALSO FEELING THE
PRESSURE IS THE STEADY FLOW OF
PEOPLE CROSSING THEIR BORDERS
CONTINUES TO GROW. MORE THAN
2 MILLION REFUGEES HAVE
ALREADY MADE THEIR WAY TO
POLAND. THAT'S WHERE PRESIDENT
BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO DISCUSS
THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
UNFOLDING ACROSS EASTERN
EUROPE FOLLOWING THAT
EXTRAORDINARY NATO SUMMIT. BUT
OFFICIALS IN POLAND SAY CITIES
LIKE WARSAW ARE STRETCHED.
THIN HOUSING IS BECOMING
SCARCE AND HOSPITALS HAVE
REACHED CAPACITY. NBC NEWS
SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT
JAY GRAY IS ON THE ROAD RIGHT
NOW BETWEEN THE BORDER AND
WARSAW. JAY, GOOD MORNING TO
YOU. WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING TO
SEE WHEN YOU GET TO WARSAW,
HOW DO YOU THINK THAT'S GOING
TO COMPARE WITH SOME OF THE
CITY'S YOU BEEN REPORTING FROM
ON THE BOARD.
♪
>> YEAH, I THINK IT WILL BE A
MUCH DIFFERENT SCENARIO. JOE,
GOOD TO TALK TO YOU THIS
MORNING. I THINK WE'LL SEE A
MORE ORGANIZATION THE BORDER
TOWNS ARE SMALL AND THEY'RE
OVERRUN BY HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS A WEEK TRYING TO GET
FROM UKRAINE INTO PARTS OF
POLAND LIKE COURSE. WE KNOW
THAT THEY'VE BEEN STRETCHED TO
THEIR LIMITS AND THAT IT'S
GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR
MORE PEOPLE TO STAY
PERMANENTLY, BUT THEY DO HAVE.
SET UP WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME
AND GET A COUPLE OF NIGHTS.
REST AND MOVE ON. I WANT TO
SHOW YOU JUST FOR A SECOND. WE
CAN'T PRETEND TO KNOW WHAT
THESE FAMILIES THEY'RE MAKING
THIS ESCAPE FOR MORE IN THE
POLL. AND BUT WE CAN AT LEAST
SHOW YOU WHAT THEY'RE SEEING
ON THIS TRIP AND FOR MANY WHEN
THEY LOOK OUT THE SIDE WINDOW
OF A VAN LIKE THIS ONE, A BUS
OR A TRAIN. WHAT THEY'RE AN
AREA THAT'S SO UNFAMILIAR. A
PLACE THAT MOST OF NEVER BEEN
AND DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HOME
WHEN THEY SEE THE SIGNS ALONG
THE ROAD THERE IN A LANGUAGE
THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND.
THEY DON'T SPEAK. AND SO
THAT'S DIFFERENT. AND THEY SEE
THIS ROAD. JOE STRETCHING OUT
AND JUST CONTINUALLY TAKING
THEM FURTHER AND FURTHER FROM
THE HOME THAT THEY MAY NEVER
SEE AGAIN. SO MAKING THIS TRIP
TO WARSAW FOR MANY, IT IS SO
DIFFICULT NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY
BUT EMOTIONALLY AS AS THEY TRY
TO MOVE INTO THE CAPITAL CITY
AND FIND SOME HELP. BUT AS YOU
MENTIONED, HELP, THERE IS IS
GROWING MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND
DAY BY DAY BECAUSE THEY AGAIN
HAVE JUST BEEN PUSHED TO THE
OUTER EDGES OF WHAT THEY CAN
DO AND MORE. SO YEAH, IT MAY
LOOK LIKE YOUR AVERAGE ROAD
FOR THESE FAMILIES. IT IS
ANYTHING BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, J
WILL I HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
EXPECTED TO UNVEIL ITS PLAN TO
TRY AND EXPEDITE THE
RESETTLEMENT OF UKRAINE
REFUGEES TO THE U.S. AS EARLY
AS THIS WEEK.
>> WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISER JAKE SULLIVAN
HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT THAT
DEBT.
>> HE WILL ANNOUNCE FURTHER
AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO A
COORDINATED HUMANITARIAN
RESPONSE TO EASE THE SUFFERING
OF CIVILIANS INSIDE UKRAINE
AND TO RESPOND TO THE GROWING
FLOW OF REFUGEES.
>> SO JAY, DO WE KNOW WHO IS
EXPECTED TO QUALIFY FOR THIS
RESETTLEMENT PLAN.
♪
>> YEAH, I THINK HE'S GOING
MAKE IT EASIER FOR THOSE WHO
HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS IN POLAND
TO BRING THEM BACK INTO THE
STATES WITH THEM. WE'RE ALSO
TALKING ABOUT THOSE THAT ARE
MOST VULNERABLE POLAND, THAT
SPECIFICALLY THE WHITE HOUSE'S
SAID ACTIVISTS JOURNALISTS AND
MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY
TO GET THEM INTO A PLACE WHERE
THEY ARE SAFE. IT'S GOING TO
BE DIFFICULT. THE THEY'VE
THEY'VE GOT TO WORK THROUGH
SOME THINGS TO TO CLEAR UP
SOME OF THE VISA REQUIREMENTS
AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WE
DO EXPECT TO HEAR FROM THE
WHITE MAYBE AS EARLY AS THIS
WEEK. EXPEDITED PROCESS FOR
THOSE WHO ARE IN THE MOST
DANGER.
>> JAY GRAY ON THE ROAD TO
WARSAW. THANKS TO TECHNOLOGY,
TAKING OF A LAW TAKING US
ALONG WITH THEM FOR A FEW
MINUTES. THANK YOU, JP SHE ATE
IT.
>> COMING UP ON MORNING NEWS
NOW GETTING CANDID WITH THE
U.S. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION.
>> THE REALITY IS WE'RE
THERE'S A LOT OF FATIGUE, LOT
OF FRUSTRATION OVER WHAT WAS 2
YEARS. BUT I REALLY DO BELIEVE
OUR SCHOOLS ARE PLACES THAT
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
>> WHEN WE COME BACK, MY
CONVERSATION WITH MIGUEL
CARDONA ABOUT A MYRIAD OF
CONTROVERSIES IN THE
CLASSROOM, INCLUDING MASK
MANDATES CRITICAL RACE THEORY
AND THE SO-CALLED DON'T SAY
BILL. PLUS A STAGGERING SPIKE
DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE
PANDEMIC WHAT RESEARCHERS ARE
SAYING ABOUT THE INCREASE IN
ALCOHOL-RELATED DEATHS. THAT
AND MORE MEDICAL HEADLINES IN
OUR WEEKLY CHECK.
COVERAGE ON THE WAR IN UKRAINE
COMING UP, INCLUDING THE U.S.
TROOPS TAKING PART IN THE
BIGGEST NATO MILITARY TRAINING
EXERCISE SINCE THE END OF THE
COLD WAR. BUT FIRST, HERE ARE
SOME OF THE OTHER STORIES
MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING.
RIGHT NOW.
>> AT LEAST ONE PERSON IS DEAD
THIS MORNING AFTER A TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTHERN
LOUISIANA LAST NIGHT. NEW
ORLEANS TOOK A DIRECT HIT FROM
THE STORM WHICH TORE THROUGH
THE SAME NEIGHBORHOODS
DEVASTATED BY HURRICANE
KATRINA. IN 2000, 5 OFFICIALS
NOW SURVEYING THE DAMAGE
HOPING TO FIND SURVIVORS. NBC
NEWS CORRESPONDENT SAM BROCK
JOINS US FROM ERA BE WHERE
THEY ARE JUST BEGINNING TO
ASSESS THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND
BY THE STORM. SAM, GOOD
MORNING.
>> JOE. GOOD MORNING. RIGHT
NOW WE'RE ABOUT 15 MINUTES
SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS.
YOU MENTION KATRINA IN 2005.
CERTAINLY LESS THAN 7 MONTHS
AGO. HURRICANE IDA ALSO
SWEEPING FOR THIS AREA. AS YOU
LOOK BEHIND ME THAT USED TO BE
A CHURCH, JOE. THERE WERE
HOMES BACK HERE. OBVIOUSLY
THOSE ARE WIPED OUT CARS
FLIPPED OVER POWER LINES.
MANGLED SO MANY PEOPLE THIS
MORNING WAKING UP WITH NO
POWER. WE TALKED TO A 46
YEAR-OLD MAN WHO USED HIS BODY
AS A SHIELD AS BRICKS WERE
FLYING TO GUARD HIS WIFE AND
HIS SON JUST ONE OF THE MANY
SURVIVAL STORIES WE'RE
LEARNING ABOUT THIS MORNING.
>> WITH STREETS IN SHAMBLES. I
HEARD LIKE.
>> LIKE A WIND OF NEVER HEARD
BEFORE THIS MORNING. DARKNESS
BLANKETING BLOCKS AS NEW
ORLEANS ONCE AGAIN STARING
INTO THE FACE OF A DEADLY
NATURAL DISASTER. THEIR TOES.
YOU CAN SEE IT. OK, FOLKS. GET
TO YOUR SAFE PLACE OUR
AFFILIATE WDSU WARNING
RESIDENTS TO TAKE COVER AS A
TERRIFYING BLACK FUNNEL CLOUD
FORMED OVER THE CITY ON LIVE
TELEVISION FOR MORE THAN 5
MINUTES. THE TWISTER TEARING
THROUGH THE LOWER 9TH WARD. A
NEARBY ERREBHIE THOSE WHO
SURVIVE THE ORDEAL JUST
GRATEFUL MY HUSBAND WAS LYING
ON TOP OF ME. AMAZON. AND I
JUST CAN'T THING AND AS GOOD A
START THE DAMAGE GOING FOR AS
FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE WITH
LIVES COMPLETELY UPENDED IN
JUST MINUTES. NEIGHBORS
DESPERATELY SEARCHED THE
STREETS FOR A MISSING PET A
SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS GO
DOOR TO DOOR AND CAR TO WHEN
CHECKING ON THIS COMMUNITY
THAT HAS ALREADY ENDURED THE
WRATH OF KATRINA IN 2005
HURRICANE IDA LAST YEAR AND
NOW ANOTHER TORNADO, THE
STORMS SHEER FORCE ENOUGH TO
YANK THIS HOME OFF ITS
FOUNDATION. I'M GOING TO SAY
ANYWHERE APPROXIMATELY 50 TO
60 FEET. IT COMES ONE DAY
AFTER NEARLY 30 TWISTERS
TERRORIZED TEXAS, RIPPING THE
ROOF RIGHT OFF OF A SCHOOL
WHERE HUNDREDS OF KIDS HUNGER
FOR SAFETY CLAIMING A LIFE AND
INJURING DOZENS MORE TORNADOES
POPPING UP IN ALABAMA,
MISSISSIPPI AND OF COURSE HERE
IN LOUISIANA WHERE IN HARD-HIT
ERREBHIE TONY. BUT ALI DID
WHATEVER HE COULD TO PROTECT
HIS FAMILY WHEN THEY NOW RIGHT
THERE, THE 46 YEAR-OLD AS
INSULATION HANGING FROM A
BEDROOM AND BRICKS EVERYWHERE.
BUT HE SAYS NOTHING WAS GOING
TO HAPPEN TO HIS WIFE AND SON.
MY GRANDMA I RELATE ON THE
FLOOR.
>> WAIT FOR THE PASSOVER. JUST
LET US MAKE IT 30 S THE ONLY
THING I WAS GOING THROUGH MY
MIND.
>> ONCE THAT TORNADO PASSED
TONY PICKED HIMSELF UP. PUT
HIS BOOTS BACK ON WHAT OUTSIDE
GOT A NEIGHBOR INNOCENT OUT
FROM DEBRIS, THEN WENT TO THE
NEXT HOUSE. RESCUED ANOTHER
NEIGHBOR AS WELL. GUYS, AS YOU
LOOK AROUND ME RIGHT NOW, IT'S
NOT JUST THE CHURCH, THE HOMES
THAT SORT OF INFRASTRUCTURE,
POWER LINES AS WELL. THIS IS A
LIGHT DANGLING RIGHT ABOVE ME.
IT LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE A
SCENE MIGHT BE AFTER A
HURRICANE AS WELL. THAT'S HOW
STRONG THE POWERFUL WINDS
WHERE WE KNOW THERE ARE SURVEY
TEAMS GOING TO BE OUT HERE
THIS MORNING. LOOKING AT THE
DAMAGE. WE SHOULD HAVE AN
UPDATE PRETTY SOON. THE
GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA. HE'S
ALSO HERE. I'M TOLD THAT
THEY'RE TAKING A FLYOVER THIS
MORNING GOING TO GET MORE
INFORMATION ON WHAT THEY WILL
BRING THAT OUR 2 GUESTS AND
BROCK, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT'S A LOOK AT WHAT
HAPPENED. LET'S LOOK AHEAD AND
GET A CHECK OF YOUR MORNING
NEWS NOW WHETHER MEANS BILL
KAREN'S JOINS US NOW WITH THE
LATEST UPDATES. HEY, BILL,
GOOD MORNING.
>> YEAH, GOOD MORNING. JUST A
NIGHTMARE SCENARIO WITH A
STRONG TORNADO GOING THROUGH A
HIGHLY DENSELY POPULATED AREA
AT 45 MILES PER HOUR AT
SUNSET. I MEAN, IT'S JUST A
HORRIBLE COMBINATION. YOU
KNOW, THE THE FACT THAT WE HAD
LIVE TOWER CAMERAS LIKE THIS
ONE. JUST SHOWING THAT LOOK
LIKE A MULTIPLE VORTEX TORNADO
YOU THE MAIN TORNADO IN THE
MIDDLE THERE. AND THEN ON THE
RIGHT WAS KIND OF A LITTLE
ANOTHER SPIN OFF THE SIDE OF
IT. IT LOOKS TO BE SOMEWHERE
IN THE RANGE OF MAYBE A 120 TO
MAYBE A 150 MILES PER HOUR AND
WITH THE SUN COMES UP, WE'LL
SEE EXACTLY HOW BAD IT WAS. SO
LET ME GO AND SHOW YOU THE
TIMELINE OF ALL OF THIS. SO WE
KNEW THAT THIS STORM WAS
COMING THROUGH. WE KNEW WE HAD
THE CHANCE FOR SOME
SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES. NEW
ORLEANS AT ABOUT 06:00PM THE
STORM STARTED OF HIS HEAD INTO
THE AREA DOWNTOWN THOSE WAS
NOT UNDER A TORNADO WARNING
ORIGINALLY AT 7 O'CLOCK. THE
STORM THAT DID PRODUCE THE
TORNADO WAS TO THE SOUTH OF
NEW ORLEANS. ALL RIGHT. JOHN
LAFAYETTE, IT WAS AT 7 O'CLOCK
THAT THE FIRST TORNADO WARNING
WAS ISSUED IN GOOD AGAIN.
MOVING AT 45 MILES PER HOUR.
THEN AT ABOUT 7.19, THE
TORNADO WARNING WAS OFFICIALLY
ISSUED FOR NEW ORLEANS
DOWNTOWN AREA BE TARRYTOWN AND
THEN 5 MINUTES LATER THAT
STORM PRODUCED THE TORNADO. SO
THE TORNADO SIRENS WERE GOING
OFF. THE ALERT ARE GOING OFF
ON PEOPLE'S PHONES 5 MINUTES
BEFORE THE TORNADO HIT. SO
THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF
NOTICE, BUT THEY HAD ENOUGH
NOTICE TO GET TO THEIR SAFE
ROOMS AND THEN THE ENHANCED
FUJITA SCALE. I BELIEVE THIS
WILL BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ATF
2 OR 3 EF 0 EF ONE TYPICALLY
GET SOME SHINGLES, SOME ROOF
DAMAGE. YOU GET SOME BARK THAT
MAY BE STRIPPED FROM A TREE
AND THAT'S THE EXTENT OF IT.
BUT IF YOU GET ANY OF TOO
LATE. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD IN
NEW ORLEANS. THAT'S WHEN ROOFS
TORN OFF AND WAS BLOWN AWAY
AND TREES UPROOTED AS FAR AS
TOTALS GO. 26 TORNADO REPORTS
YESTERDAY. IT WASN'T JUST THE
NEW ORLEANS AREA. A BUNCH OF
TORNADOES IN CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI. THANKFULLY, WE
HAVE NO MORE TORNADO WATCHES.
WE STILL A COUPLE STRONG
STORMS AROUND PANAMA CITY AND
TALLAHASSEE ALBANY, GEORGIA
BUT NO TORNADO WATCHES. BUT
LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON, GUYS,
WE STILL HAVE 30 MILLION
PEOPLE AT RISK. MOSTLY IN THE
SOUTHEAST FROM WIND DAMAGE.
ISOLATED TORNADOES IN THE OHIO
VALLEY. WE WILL SEE A CHANCE
OF SOME HAIL, BUT WE WILL NOT
HAVE A TORNADO OUTBREAK TODAY
LIKE WE'VE HAD THE LAST 2
DAYS.
>> THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD
NEWS. BOTH PARENTS, THANK YOU
SO MUCH. NOW STUDENTS IN
GRADES K THROUGH 12 HAVE GONE
THROUGH A LOT OVER THE PAST
COUPLE YEARS BETWEEN COVID
RESTRICTIONS EVER CHANGING
MASK MANDATES DEBATES NOW OVER
CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND THE
NEWLY INTRODUCED DON'T SAY
BILL IN FLORIDA. ALL THESE
HEAVY TOPICS ARE IMPACTING
STUDENTS MENTAL HEALTH. I SAT
DOWN FOR A ONE-ON-ONE WITH
SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, MIGUEL
CARDONA TO DISCUSS ALL THIS
AND MORE. HERE'S WHAT HE HAD
TO SAY.
>> I THINK WE STILL DON'T
KNOW, OF COURSE, THE FULL
IMPACT OF COVID IN SO MANY
FACETS OF LIFE, INCLUDING IN
THE CLASSROOM. BUT I MEAN,
SOME INDICATIONS SO FAR ARE
NOT GOOD. SEVERAL NEW STUDIES
SHOW THAT ABOUT A 3RD OF
CHILDREN AND THE YOUNGEST
GRADES HAVE FALLEN SEVERELY
BEHIND IN READING FIRST AND
SECOND GRADERS ARE NEEDING TO
RE-LEARN KINDERGARTEN
CURRICULUM HOW CONCERNED
SHOULD WE BE ABOUT THIS AND IS
IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE THAT UP.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW IT IT'S
CLEAR THE IMPACT OF PANDEMIC
WILL STILL SEE EFFECTS OF FOR
YEARS TO COME. WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING OUR
SCHOOLS BACK BETTER THAN THEY
WERE BEFORE. YOU KNOW, THE
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
130 BILLION DOLLARS. THEY'RE
OUT THERE. NOT EVERY STATE HAS
THEIR MONEY. HOW ARE WE MAKING
SURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS HAVE
ADDITIONAL HOURS FOR SCHOOL OR
A GOOD SUMMER PROGRAMMING FOR
SMALLER CLASS SIZES SO THAT
THEY CAN GET THAT ATTENTION
THAT THEY NEED. BUT I ALSO
WANT TO FOCUS ON THE SOCIAL
EMOTIONAL YEAH. STUDENTS WERE
BEHIND A FOR FOR A YEAR AND
PREVENTED THEIR ABILITY TO
ENGAGE WITH ONE ANOTHER. SO AS
WE'RE THINKING ABOUT CATCHING
STUDENTS UP. WE SHOULD ALSO BE
THINKING ABOUT HOW TO MAKE
SURE THAT IT DOES
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS ARE BEING
DEVELOPED APPROPRIATELY AND
THAT THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES
TO ENGAGE WITH ONE ANOTHER.
>> SO ARE PARENTS WHO WATCHED
UP CLOSE WHAT THEY FELT THEIR
CHILD WAS OR MAYBE WASN'T
LEARNING. MAYBE THEY FELT THAT
BURDEN ON THEMSELVES TO
ESSENTIALLY ACT AS TEACHER AND
FELT THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY
DID A GOOD JOB OR NOT. HOW
WOULD YOU REASSURE THEM ABOUT
THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION MOVING
FORWARD. YOU KNOW, PARENTS.
>> WE'RE LIKE MIRACLE WORKS
OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS. YOU
KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD
CONVERSATIONS WITH PARENTS IN
MY VISITS TO DIFFERENT STATES.
THEY HAD TO WORK FULL TIME
THAT TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN,
ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER ONES
WITH SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY NEED
THAT SUPPORT. SO PARENTS HAVE
THE RIGHT TO ASK A LOT OF
QUESTIONS AND TO BE ENGAGED IN
WHAT SCHOOLS LOOK LIKE. WE
NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB MAKING
SURE THAT THE PARENT'S VOICE
IS PART OF HOW WE'RE THINKING
ABOUT THESE FUNDS TO IMPROVE
SCHOOLS. YOU'VE CONDEMNED THE
DON'T SAY BILL AND YOU SAID
SCHOOLS RECEIVING FEDERAL
FUNDING MUST ALLOW FEDERAL
CIVIL RIGHTS LAW, INCLUDING
TITLE NINE'S PROTECTIONS
AGAINST DISCRIMINATION BASED
ON ORIENTATION AND GENDER
IDENTITY GIVEN THE USE OF
THAT. DO YOU BELIEVE THIS BILL
MAKES A LOT. WHAT DO YOU
THINK? WE'RE AT HAD A CHANCE
TO TALK TO FLORIDA, STUDENTS,
PARENTS AND TEACHERS. AND ONE
PARENT. JENNIFER SAID IT BEST.
STOP USING MY CHILD AS A
POLITICAL. BUT EVERYONE ON THE
CALL AND THESE ARE FLORIDIANS
SAID THE INTENT HERE IS TO
PICK ON AND MARGINALIZE AN
ALREADY VULNERABLE GROUP. AND
IT'S BULLYING. I HEARD A
TEACHER. TELL ME A TEACHER WHO
IS. I CAN'T EVEN PUT UP A
FAMILY PICTURE IN MY
CLASSROOM. NOW FOR FEAR THAT
MY CHILDREN WILL BE TARGETED.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE 2 MOMS
THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. YOU
KNOW, YOU COULD VAIL IT AS A
PARENTS RIGHTS BILL, IF YOU
WANT TO GET PARENTS RIGHT AS
PARENTS TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO
SPEND 7 BILLION DOLLARS.
THAT'S SITTING THERE THAT OUR
STUDENTS NEED FOR THE MENTAL
HEALTH SUPPORT. LET'S GET OUR
PARENTS ENGAGE IN THAT
CONVERSATION IN FLORIDA. I DO
BELIEVE PARENTS NEED MORE
RIGHT. I DO BELIEVE PARENTS
NEED TO HAVE MORE VOICE. BUT
LET'S NOT MASQUERADE WHAT
WE'RE DOING IS MARGINALIZING A
GROUP THAT NEEDS OUR SUPPORT.
BUT IT'S BIGGER THAN FLORIDA.
IT'S THERE'S OVER A DOZEN
STATES THAT ARE DOING
SOMETHING SIMILAR. AND I
REALLY FEEL IT'S MY
RESPONSIBILITY AS SECRETARY OF
EDUCATION TO LET THE STUDENTS
KNOW THAT WE'RE BEHIND THEM
THAT WILL STAND BEHIND THEM.
THEIR FAMILIES. THE TEACHERS.
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A
GOOD EXPERIENCE AND THAT
THEY'RE NOT BEING MARGINALIZED
BEFORE THEY WALK INTO THE
CLASSROOM BY DOING WHAT WHAT
WILL YOU DO ABOUT THIS. AND AS
YOU MENTIONED, ROLLING AND
POTENTIALLY DOZENS OF STATES
WE ENGAGE WITH THOSE FAMILIES
LIFTING UP THEIR VOICE USING
MY POSITION TO TO TALK ABOUT
THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUSION
MAKING SURE WE'RE GOING AFTER
STATES THAT ARE DOING THINGS
THAT ARE PUSHING STUDENTS
ASIDE. WE DO HAVE THE OFFICE
CIVIL RIGHTS. BUT WE ALSO HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT
TO THEM CHALLENGE WHAT THEY'RE
DOING, REACH OUT TO THEIR
STATE LEADERS, A LEGISLATIVE
LEADERS AND WORK WITH OUR
ALLIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO
MAKE SURE WE'RE BRINGING
ATTENTION TO SUPPORT STUDENTS.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT CRITICAL
RACE THEORY IN CLASSROOMS.
CRITICAL RACE THEORY. CRT HAS
BECOME THIS BUZZWORD ACROSS
THE COUNTRY. WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT THE APPROACH TO RACE IN
THE CLASSROOM AND THE
PARTICULAR.
>> LIGHTNING ROD THAT THIS
THEORY HAS BECOME ITS MY AS MY
OPINION, THAT THESE ARE
GENERATED TO BE THE BULLY TO
CREATE DIVISION. IN OUR
SCHOOLS. SO TO MEAN THOSE ARE
FABRICATED TO TRY TO. DETRACT
FROM THE CONVERSATION ABOUT
SCHOOLS ARE OPEN, HOW WE HAVE
MORE MONEY TO TO SUPPORT OUR
STUDENTS. I WANT THE
PERSPECTIVES OF PEOPLE THAT
DON'T AGREE WITH ME. THAT'S
WHAT MAKES A BETTER SCHOOL.
AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES A BETTER
COMMUNITY WHEN ALL PEOPLE FEEL
HEARD BUT AT THE END OF THE
DAY, WE'RE GONNA FIGHT FOR
WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR STUDENTS
AND THAT INCLUDES IN THIS CASE
MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE
LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF
OUR COUNTRY AND THAT THEY SEE
PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE THEM IN
THE MATERIALS THAT THEY'RE
READING. WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT.
>> THE EXTREMITIES THAT THAT
THIS HAS GONE TO IN SOME
PLACES. THE TOTAL
POLITICIZATION OF SCHOOL BOARD
RACES EVENT. I MEAN, PARENTS
FUNDING RACES LIKE SUPER PACS.
WHAT WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN
YOU SEE THAT IN OUR EDUCATION
SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. I THINK AS A
COUNTRY WE'VE EXPERIENCED
TRAUMA TOGETHER AND YOU'RE NOT
SEEING NOT ONLY IN BOARD
MEETINGS. ARE YOU SEEING AT
THE REALITY IS WE'RE THERE'S A
LOT OF FATIGUE, LOT OF
FRUSTRATION OVER WHAT WAS
MISSED OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS.
BUT I REALLY DO BELIEVE
SCHOOLS ARE PLACES THAT BRING
PEOPLE TOGETHER. I BELIEVE
THAT PARENTS SHOULD HAVE A
RIGHT TO GO TO A BOARD MEETING
TO EXPRESS HOW THEY FEEL
CIVILITY MUST PREVAIL.
>> BUT DEMOCRACY IS THAT IT'S
COMING TOGETHER WITH DIFFERENT
IDEAS. AND I THINK THAT'S SUCH
AN IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY THAT WE MUST PRESERVE
IT EVEN WHEN IT'S UNDER
ATTACK. IN SOME PLACES. LET'S
TALK JUST QUICKLY ABOUT
MASKING IN CLASSROOMS. HOW DO
YOU FEEL ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT
WITH THE LATEST CDC GUIDANCE.
>> I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE OFF
RAMPING CAREFULLY. WE CAN'T BE
PARALYZED BY THE PANDEMIC. WE
CAN, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE
DISPROPORTIONALITY OF IMPACT.
>> WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS
OPEN. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU
WEAR CATCHING OUR BEEN GIVING
THEM MORE OPPORTUNITIES. SO
FOR ME, IT'S IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT. BUT AT THE SAME
TIME IN THE SAME BREATH. I'M
GOING TO TELL YOU WE'RE NOT
OUT OF THE WOODS. THERE ARE
SOME STUDENTS WHO ARE
IMMUNOCOMPROMISED THE STUDENT
WITH DISABILITIES THAT MAY BE
A VERY FRAGILE THAT WE MUST
CONTINUE TO PROTECT. WE JUST
TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF HEAVY
STUFF LEARNING LOSS, DON'T SAY
BILL CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
>> THE PANDEMIC.
>> ALL OF THIS HAS JUST HIT
ALL OF US SO HARD AND ALL
INDICATIONS ARE THAT STUDENTS
ARE NOT DOING WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO DO ABOUT THE MENTAL
HEALTH OF STUDENTS AFTER YEARS
OF BEING APART AFTER YEARS OF
MISSING LIFE MILESTONES FOR
THE LAST 2 YEARS. I WAS
WORRIED ABOUT COVID FOR THE
NEXT 2 YEARS. I'M WORRIED
ABOUT WE CAN GO BACK TO WHAT
IT WAS BEFORE WHERE.
>> WE WERE IN BUILDING OUR
SCHOOLS WITH ENOUGH MENTAL
HEALTH SUPPORTS WHEN YOU HAVE
THE FUNDING RIGHT NOW. WE DO
HAVE MORE FUNDS TO GET THIS
GOING. BUT IT'S GOING REQUIRE
MORE THAN AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
FUNDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
SUSTAINED THE MENTAL HEALTH
SUPPORTS THAT. WE KNOW OUR
STUDENTS NEED.
>> AND THAT SAME VEIN. I ALSO
ASKED THE SECRETARY ABOUT THE
FACT THAT COLLEGE ENROLLMENT
RATES ARE DROPPING. HE SAID
THEY ARE. THAT'S TRUE AND HE'S
CONCERNED ABOUT IT. HE SAID
WHAT HE WANTS TO DO IS
INVOLVED HIGH SCHOOLS AND DO
SO QUICKLY SO THAT THERE'S
MORE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES,
MORE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
EXPOSURE EARLIER ON IN THAT
TIME PERIOD. SO I THINK THERE
IS A SOLUTION TO THAT. YEAH.
HE ACTUALLY SAYS THAT FOR HIM,
IT'S GOING TO BE RE IMAGINING
EDUCATION AS A WHOLE. AND I
SAID, WELL, HOW AND AND ARE
YOU REALLY GOING TO THAT. HE
SAID YES, I'M TALKING
INTERNSHIPS AND HIGH SCHOOL
REALLY BRINGING THAT SPECIAL
RIGHT AWAY AND HE SAYS HE HAS
A PLAN WHERE THAT'S WHAT IS
REALLY GOING TO BE DOING AND
IT'S A HUGE FOCUS FOR HIM
RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT.
SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON
SPAN IS ACTUALLY A GOOD
INTERVIEW. YEAH, RIGHT. IT'S
TIME NOW FOR OUR WEEKLY
CHECKUP, NBC NEWS MEDICAL
SENIOR MEDICAL WITH MEDICAL IN
MANY TIMES IN THE INTRO HERE
BECAUSE YOU ARE THIS IS SO
FIRST SOMEONE HAVING A HEART
ATTACK. WE THINK OF CHEST
PAIN, RIGHT. BUT THERE ARE 2
OTHER SYMPTOMS. I GUESS WE
SHOULD BE KEEPING AN EYE ON,
RIGHT. THAT'S THE MOST COMMON
THING PEOPLE THINK ABOUT WITH
A HEART ATTACK, CHEST PAIN AND
IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
SYMPTOMS. BECAUSE TIME IS
MUSCLE, AS WE SAY, THE QUICKIE
TAKING CARE OF THE BETTER YOUR
HEART'S GOING TO BE. BUT WE'RE
FINDING OUT TO OTHER SYMPTOMS
ARE MORE IMPORTANT, PERHAPS
ESPECIALLY FOR SURVIVAL
SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND
FATIGUE THINGS.
>> PEOPLE TYPICALLY DON'T
THINK ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO
HEART ATTACK AND WHAT WE FOUND
OUT WHO SYMPTOMS TEND TO BE
MORE COMMON IN WOMEN THAN IN
MEN. AND WHAT THEY FOUND OUT
IS THAT PEOPLE WHO HAD THOSE
SYMPTOMS ENDED UP HAVING LESS
SURVIVAL FROM THEIR HEART
ATTACKS THAN PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T
HAVE THE SYMPTOMS. SO SO WHAT
A DOCTOR'S ORDERS OR DOCTOR'S
ORDERS OR SIMPLY TO UNDERSTAND
THAT HEART ATTACKS ARE MORE
THAN JUST CHEST PAIN THIS
FATIGUE THE SHORTNESS OF
BREATH. THOSE ARE IMPORTANT
THINGS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, YOUR
BODY. WHAT I ALWAYS TELL
PATIENTS IS IF YOU THINK
SOMETHING IS WRONG, GET IT
CHECKED OUT. I WOULD MUCH
RATHER YOU COME IN AND TELL ME
AND ME TELL YOU, EVERYTHING'S
FINE WE'RE ALL WASTING OUR
TIME THAT YOU NOT COME IN. YOU
HAVE A HEART ATTACK AND
HEARTS. NEVER GOING TO BE GOOD
AGAIN. ONE MORNING SHOW ANCHOR
WITH ASTHMA HE DOES.
>> I COULD SEE HEY, THAT'S
TRUE. ALL RIGHT. ONE FOR YOU
ON THE PANDEMIC. OF COURSE, OF
A STRESSFUL FOR EVERYBODY. BUT
NOW WE HAVE THIS NEW STUDY.
PEOPLE STARTED DRINKING MORE
THAN USUAL. I THINK WE KNOW
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT
QUITE A BIT. BUT THERE'S A
TROUBLING NEW STOP THAT SHOWS.
>> THE RISE IN ALCOHOL
CONSUMPTION DURING THE FIRST
YEAR, THE PANDEMIC. WHAT CAN
YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS. ONE OF
THESE ALCOHOL RELATED DEATHS
ENDED UP SPIKING 25% DURING
THE PANDEMIC. IF YOU LOOK AT
THE GRAPH IS PRETTY DRAMATIC.
IT GOES UP MARCH OF 2021 THE
PANDEMIC STARTED. AND YOU CAN
SEE IT GOING UP. UNFORTUNATELY
THAT INCREASE WAS HIGHEST IN
THOSE 35 TO 44 YEAR-OLD AND
THE REASON BEHIND THESE DEATHS
WERE A COUPLE LOWER ALCOHOL
LIVER DISEASE, WHICH WE KNOW
HAPPENS, BUT ALSO ALCOHOL
RELATED OPIOID OVERDOSE. IN
OTHER WORDS, THEY END
OVERDOSING ON OPIOIDS AT THE
SAME TIME THEY'RE TAKING
ALCOHOL. SO UNDER DOCTOR'S
ORDERS OR DOCTOR'S ORDERS ARE
ESSENTIALLY ESPECIALLY AS
WE'VE BEEN LIVING THROUGH THE
PANDEMIC ASSESS AND REASSESS
YOUR OWN DRINKING SAYS LOOK AT
YOUR DRINKING TO SEE WHAT'S
GOING ON. IF YOU NEED TO CUT
BACK ON THAT AND OTHER
GUIDELINES. THE GUIDELINES ARE
RIGHT THERE 2 DRINKS OR LESS A
DAY FOR MEN, ONE FOR WOMEN.
AND THAT'S NOT AN AVERAGE.
THAT'S A DAILY AMOUNT. SO YOU
CAN'T SAY I'M GOING TO SAY
THOSE 2 DRINKS ON THE WEEKEND.
BEEN THAT WILL NOT DO IT. YOU
START TALKING THE DAILY
AVERAGE JUST BE CAREFUL.
>> KEEP IN MIND SOME PEOPLE
MIGHT BE THINKING LINED
BAKING. THESE THAT ALL RIGHT.
SO THE GOOD NEWS IS IT IS
SPRING. THE BAD NEWS IS
CRITTERS COME OUT DURING
SPRING, INCLUDING WORRIES
DISEASES LIKE THE HEARTLAND
VIRUS. WHAT ARE THE TIPS YOU
SHOULD BE KEEPING AN EYE OUT.
WHAT YOU NEED YOU THE MOST
WERE SO THIS IS THE LONE STAR
TICKS. AND THERE'S A LOT OF
TICKS WE KNOW ABOUT LYME
DISEASE ANOTHER TAKES, BUT THE
LAST ARE TAKING PARTICULAR IS
THE ONE THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT
AND THEY FOUND A MEMORY
UNIVERSITY LOOKED AND I FOUND
HIM IN THE 6 STATES. YOU CAN
SEE RIGHT THERE. AND THE
PROBLEM IS WITH HEARTLAND
VIRUS. IT IS A SERIOUS BUYERS.
IT'S RARE, BUT IT SOMETIMES
CAN BE DEADLY AND THAT'S THE
BIG CONCERN. SO WHAT DO YOU
DO? WHAT ARE DOCTORS ORDERS
WILL REALIZE THAT SPRINGTIME
IS TIC TIME. THIS IS WHAT
TAKES COME OUT AND THEY
FLOURISH. AND SO YOU WANT TO
BE CAREFUL. SO CHECK YOURSELF,
CHECK YOUR WHOLE FAMILY FOR
TECHS ANYTIME YOU OUTSIDE.
EVEN IF YOU'RE OUT IN THE
YARD, JUST COME BACK AND CHECK
YOURSELF, BUT CHECK YOUR
FAMILY PETS, TOO, BECAUSE THEY
CAN BRING TAKES IN THE HOUSE
AS WELL AS BE CAREFUL AND
THERE'S ACTUALLY A TICK
ENCOUNTER CENTER. YOU CAN GO
TO ANY TICK ENCOUNTER CENTER.
IF YOU GET A TICK, YOU CAN
TAKE A PICTURE OF IT. SO I'M A
LITTLE SURVEY AS TO HOW LONG
IT'S BEEN AND WHERE YOU THINK
YOU GOT IT. AND THEY'LL TELL
YOU WHETHER IT'S DANGEROUS.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. AND
THAT'S PRETTY EASY TO REMOVE,
RIGHT. I MEAN, YES, YOU HAVE
TO MOVE IN CAREFULLY. BUT THE
REASON OR MOVIES HAVE TO GO
DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND PULL
HIM OUT. DON'T SQUISH THE BODY
PART BECAUSE.
>> THAT'S NOT GOOD. ALRIGHT.
NOT YOU HEARD IT WHEN SMART TO
HAVE IT REMOVED FROM A BECAUSE
THEY'RE GOING TO ALWAYS. THANK
YOU SO MUCH YOU. THANK GREAT
TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
>> ALL RIGHT. COMING UP ON
MORNING NEWS NOW INVESTIGATING
A TRAGEDY AFTER THE BREAKING
DEVELOPMENTS ON THAT DEADLY
PLANE CRASH IN CHINA AS CREWS
RECOVER. ONE OF THE PLANE'S
BLACK BOXES. ALSO, THERE ARE
SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE
VICTIMS OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE.
A LIFESAVING MISSION FOR
CHILDREN WITH CANCER NOW BEING
CARED FOR HERE IN AMERICA. ♪
ON NBC NEWS NOW.
>> WELCOME BACK. INVESTIGATORS
IN CHINA LOOKING INTO MONDAY'S
FATAL PLANE CRASH SAY THEY
HAVE NOW RECOVERED ONE OF THE
AIRCRAFT'S BLACK BOXES AS THEY
TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW AND WHY
ONE OF THE WORLD'S SAFEST
PLANES WENT DOWN. NBC NEWS
CORRESPONDENT TOM COSTELLO
JOINS US NOW WITH A UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE. LOOK AT THAT ON
THE JETLINER'S FINAL MOMENTS.
HE IS IN A COCKPIT SIMULATOR
IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND. HEY,
TOM, GOOD
>> YES, SAVANNAH, GOOD
MORNING. SO THIS IS IN FACT A
7.37 800 SIMULATOR. THAT'S THE
EXACT SAME PLANE THAT CRASHED
IN CHINA. CHINESE AUTHORITIES
NOW SAY THAT WHEN THE PLANE
WAS PLUMMETING TO THE GROUND.
CONTROLLERS NOTICED THEY
RADIOED THAT THE PLANE THEY
GOT NO RESPONSE THEY GOT NO
MAYDAY. NOW THIS MORNING WE
MAY BE ONE STEP CLOSER TO
FINDING OUT WHAT HAPPENED,
>> BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING
THAT COULD HELP CRACK THE
MYSTERY OF THAT SHOCKING FATAL
CRASH. CHINESE STATE MEDIA
REPORTS SEARCH TEAMS ON THE
MOUNTAIN HAVE FOUND ONE OF THE
PLANE'S 2 BLACK BOXES AT THE
CRASH SITE THAT BOX COULD HOLD
CRUCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE
CENTRAL MYSTERY. WHY DID ONE
OF THE WORLD'S SAFEST
PASSENGER PLANES, A BOEING
7.37 800 CRUISING AT 29,000
FEET SUDDENLY GOING TO A SHARP
FATAL NOSE DIVE. THE LAST
SECONDS CAUGHT ON CAMERA
HITTING THE GROUND IN LESS
THAN 2 MINUTES. NEW VIDEO THIS
MORNING SHOWS A DEPRESSION IN
THE GROUND APPARENTLY CAUSED
BY THE PLANE'S IMPACT. SO
WE'RE 29,000 FEET. AND THIS IS
NORMAL CRUISING ALTITUDE THAT
DREAM ARROW IN MARYLAND.
RETIRED AIRLINE CAPTAIN MARK
WEISS RECREATED THE FINAL
MOMENTS INSIDE THE COCKPIT.
WE'RE GOING DOWN AT 6,000 FEET
A MINUTE HAVE ABSOLUTELY LOOK
AT YOUR AIR SPEED ABOUT COMING
BACK WITH THE TRIALS.
>> BUT LOOK AT THIS COMING
DOWN AND THEY CAME DOWN ALMOST
STRAIGHT DOWN LIKE THAT. LOOK
AT THAT. AND IT'S GETTING
FASTER AND FASTER. IS THIS
PLAYING OUT OF CONTROL NOW.
YEAH, IT WOULD BE SAYING,
LOOK, CAPTAIN WAS FORCED TO
PULL THE NOSE UP. BUT THE
PLANE WAS PUSHING 500 MILES
PER HOUR. CAN YOU PULL OUT OR
IS IT TOO LATE I'VE GOT A
PEOPLE. HE'S THE MOUNTAINS.
>> I
>> VETERAN US. INVESTIGATORS
SAY THE CRASH RAISES MANY
QUESTIONS. ONE WAS THE
AIRPLANE LAST MAINTAINED. HOW
DID IT FLY ON ITS PREVIOUS
FLIGHTS. WHAT WAS THE
EXPERIENCE OF THE FLIGHT CREW.
WE STILL CAN'T REALLY RULE OUT
AN INTENTIONAL ACT HERE AND
COULD THE PLANE HAVE SUFFERED
A CATASTROPHIC DECOMPRESSION,
A 29,000 FEET PUTTING IT INTO
A FATAL DIVE. THE COST 132
LIVES 3 YEARS AFTER 2 DEADLY
CRASHES INVOLVING THE 7.37 MAX
BOEING SAYS IT IS FULLY
COOPERATING WITH CHINESE
AUTHORITIES ON THIS LATEST
TRAGEDY INVOLVING A DIFFERENT
COULD HAVE MANY SECONDS. WE
HAD.
>> YOU COULDN'T PULL THIS OUT.
YOU JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
STRENGTH.
>> SO, TOM, WE JUST HEARD THAT
THERE SAW HIM TRY TO HAUL UP.
BUT THERE WAS THIS INDICATION
THAT IN THE FINAL SECONDS OF
THE PLANE DID PULL UP SOMEHOW
WHAT EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THAT.
>> YES. SO THERE WAS DATA
SUGGESTING THAT AT 7500 FEET
OR SO. THE PLANE CAME BACK UP
AND THEN WENT DOWN A LOT OF
EXPERTS, INCLUDING CAPTAIN
WEISS ARE A LITTLE SKEPTICAL
ABOUT THAT DATA BECAUSE YOU
SAW HE COULDN'T PULL THE NOSE
UP ON THIS PLANE. THE G FORCES
WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST TO TRY TO
COOL SO I LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
SKEPTICAL ABOUT THAT DATA,
BUT, YOU KNOW, REALLY THERE'S
ALSO A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER
SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE
INTENTIONALLY CRASHED THIS
PLANE. WE SIMPLY DON'T KNOW
TOO MANY QUESTIONS AND THOSE
BLACK BOXES ARE GOING TO BE
CRITICAL TO MANY QUESTIONS.
AND OF COURSE, A LOT OF
FAMILIES THAT WANT ANSWERS.
TOM COSTELLO, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> A KNIFE. WIELDING MAN
KILLED SEVERAL PEOPLE IN
SOUTHERN ISRAEL BEFORE HE WAS
KILLED BY AN ARMED BYSTANDER.
NBC NEWS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
JANIS MACKEY FRAYER JOINS US
NOW WITH MORE ON THAT AND THE
OTHER STORIES MAKING HEADLINES
ACROSS THE GLOBE THIS MORNING.
HEY, JANICE.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING. 3 PEOPLE
ARE DEAD AND 2 ARE SERIOUSLY
WOUNDED AFTER A KNIFE ATTACK
IN THE SOUTHERN ISRAELI CITY
OF SHEVA. POLICE SAY THAT IT
WAS A TERROR ATTACK. MOTIVATED
BY NATIONALISM. THEY SAY A MAN
CAREENED HIS CAR INTO A
CYCLIST, THEN STABBED 4 PEOPLE
VIDEO APPEARED TO SHOW ARMED
BYSTANDERS. THEN SHOOTING THE
MAN AT THE SCENE. HE WAS
REPORTEDLY FROM NEARBY BETTER
WHEN TOWN CANADA'S RULING
LIBERAL PARTY HAS REACHED A
DEAL WITH THE NDP, THE NEW
DEMOCRATS THAT COULD KEEP THE
MINORITY GOVERNMENT IN POWER
UNTIL 2025. NOW, THIS IS A
RARE THING BECAUSE MINORITY
GOVERNMENTS, THEY'RE TYPICALLY
ONLY LAST A COUPLE OF YEARS
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE THEM
POLITICALLY INEFFECTIVE AS
CANADIAN, I CAN SAY THAT DEAL
BETWEEN JUSTIN TRUDEAU AND
JAZZ MEET SEEING DOES AGREE ON
THINGS LIKE DENTAL CARE FOR
LOW-INCOME CANADIANS, WHICH IS
SEEN AS A GOOD THING AND
PHASING OUT FINANCING FOR
FOSSIL FUELS. AND FINALLY THE
ROYALS HAVE ARRIVED IN
JAMAICA, THE DUKE AND DUCHESS
OF CAMBRIDGE ARE CONTINUING
THEIR TOUR OF CENTRAL AMERICA
AND THE CARIBBEAN. IT ISN'T
WITHOUT SOME CONTROVERSY,
THOUGH THERE WERE PROTESTERS
IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF
KINGSTON FOR BOYS SING THEIR
OPPOSITION TO RETAINING TIES
TO THE BRITISH CROWN WILLIAM
AND KATE WILL SPEND 2 DAYS IN
JAMAICA AND THEY'RE EXPECTED
TO TOUR TRENCH TOWN, WHICH IS
WHERE REGGAE LEGEND BOB MARLEY
THROUGHOUT.
>> THAT IS A LOOK AT YOUR
MORNING HEADLINES. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. DENTIST.
>> AT THE NATO SUMMIT IN
BRUSSELS TOMORROW. PRESIDENT
BIDEN COULD ANNOUNCE A PLAN TO
PERMANENTLY. KEEP US TROOPS
DEPLOYED TO COUNTRIES AROUND
UKRAINE. AMERICA IS ALREADY
TAKING PART IN THE LARGEST
NATO MILITARY TRAINING
EXERCISE SINCE THE END OF THE
COLD WAR. NBC NEWS
CORRESPONDENT COURTNEY QB HAS
THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT FROM
NORWAY.
>> TROOPS FROM NATO. COUNTRIES
ARE DESCENDING ACROSS EUROPE.
30,000 ARE NOW IN A REMOTE
COASTAL CORNER OF NORWAY.
NEARLY 200 MILES ABOVE THE
ARCTIC CIRCLE TODAY SCENARIO.
>> NO WAY BEING ATTACKED BY
ANOTHER NATION. NATO RESPONDS
INVOKING ARTICLE 5 OF THE 1949
TREATY STATING AN ATTACK ON
ONE OF NATO'S 30 MEMBERS IS AN
ATTACK ON ALL THE FIRST AND
ONLY TIME IT WAS EVER INVOKED
WAS 9.11 ON HAND FOR TODAY'S
EXERCISES TROOPS FROM 27
COUNTRIES SIMULATED ATTACKS
COMING FROM AIR, LAND AND SEA.
THIS IS COLD RESPONSE 22 A
MILITARY EXERCISE WHERE NATO
PARTNERS MUST WORK TOGETHER IN
FRIGID CONDITIONS IN THE
CONTINENTAL. YOU KNOW, 40
STATES, WHETHER IT'S NOT AS
EXTREME HERE IN THE HIGH NORTH
SOUTH. GETTING A TAX PAYERS.
REALLY NICE BECAUSE THERE'S A
LOT TO LEARN. THAT'S FOR SURE.
TODAY'S DRILLS WERE PLANNED
MONTHS BEFORE RUSSIA'S
INVASION OF UKRAINE. IT'S
NAIVE TO THINK THAT IT'S NOT
ON PEOPLE'S MINDS. SO
ABSOLUTELY THEIR TRACK AND AND
AND SO ARE WE. BUT THE
EXERCISE IS COMPLETELY
SEPARATE THE DANGERS OF
OPERATING IN THIS TYPE OF
HARSH ENVIRONMENT EVIDENT LAST
WEEK WHEN AN OSPREY CRASHED
DURING A TRAINING EXERCISE,
KILLING THE 4 US MARINES ON
BOARD. THEY KNOW THEIR BEST
FRIENDS FOR.
>> REMAINS ARE ON THEIR WAY
BACK TO THE U.S. AND THE
FAMILIES ARE AGREEMENT HERE.
THE CHALLENGE AS ALWAYS IS TO
STAY FOCUSED ON THE TRADING ON
THE MISSION AT HAND. A MISSION
PREPARING THEM FOR REAL WORLD
SCENARIOS. AND AS THE WAR
UNFOLDS IN EUROPE, THE STAKES
FEEL EVEN HIGHER.
>> COURTNEY QB, NBC NEWS BAR
TOUGHEST NORWAY.
>> NOW FOR SOME UKRAINIAN
CHILDREN. THE BEST HOPE OF
SURVIVING BOTH THE WAR AND
CANCER IS HERE IN THE U.S.
SAINT JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH
HOSPITAL SAYS SOME 600
CHILDREN WITH CANCER HAVE
ESCAPED THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND
BE SEEING A SENIOR NATIONAL
CORRESPONDENT KERRY SANDERS
HAS A LOOK AT THE LIFE SAVING
MISSION.
>> IT'S ESTIMATED MORE THAN
600 CHILDREN WITH CANCER HAVE
NOW ESCAPED WAR TORN UKRAINE 4
OF THEM ARRIVING HERE AT SAINT
JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH
HOSPITAL IN MEMPHIS,
TENNESSEE.
>> UKRAINIAN CHILDREN WHO
ESCAPED THE BOMBS AND BULLETS
BUT NOT WHAT THREATEN THEIR
LIVES BEFORE PUTIN ATTACKED 2
BOYS, 2 GIRLS AS YOUNG AS 18
MONTHS AS OLD AS 8 YEARS EACH
CANCERS WITH EXPEDITED HELP
FROM THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT
AT SAINT JUDE'S RESEARCH
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN MEMPHIS
AT CANCER DIAGNOSIS FOR FAMILY
IS ALREADY A LIFE CHANGING
THING AND THEN A WAR HITS AND
I WERE HITS EXACTLY. DOCTOR
ASSIGNED A GLUE MIX AS IT WAS
A FAST P 72 HOURS. SHE ARRIVED
IN POLAND WORK WITH LOCAL
DOCTORS TO IDENTIFY CHILD
CANCER PATIENTS STRONG ENOUGH
TO HANDLE THE LONG TRIP TO THE
U.S..
>> NOBODY CAN PROMISE A CHILD
OR FAMILY THAT THEY'RE GOING
TO SURVIVE THIS CANCER. BUT
WHAT DID THERE WHAT ARE THEIR
LIKELIHOOD IS NOW VERSUS WHAT
THEY WERE FACING LOVE FOR SURE
IF THEY HAD REMAINED IN
UKRAINE WHERE THEY COULD NOT
CONTINUE CANCER DIRECTED
THERAPY. THEY WOULD HAVE DIED
FROM THE DISEASE. SO THIS IS
AT THE VERY LEAST, A HOPE.
>> FOR A DIFFERENT OUTCOME.
>> DOCTORS AT SAINT JUDE SAY
THE 4 WHO ARRIVED HERE ARE NOW
BEING MONITORED CLOSELY FOR
INFECTIONS. A PROBLEM MADE
MORE LIKELY IN A WAR ZONE.
>> HAVE BEEN SOME DELAYS IN
TREATMENT AS THESE CHILDREN
LOVE THEIR HOSPITALS DURING
THE WAR TO TRY TO FIND A
PLACE. YOU THINK MAKES THEM. I
HOPE NOT. I HOPE NOT. AS THESE
CHILDREN ARE RIFE FIGHTING
CANCER. DO YOU THINK THAT
PUTIN HAS ANY IDEA WHAT HE'S
DOING.
>> I WOULD BET NOT SAINT JUDE
SAYS FOR THE 4 CHILDREN NOW
HERE, THE RACE AWAY FROM A WAR
ZONE IS OVER. NOW THE MARATHON
BATTLE AGAINST CANCER RESUMES.
OF THE 4 CHILDREN WHO ESCAPED
AND ARE NOW HERE.
>> THEY'RE WITH THEIR MOTHERS,
THEIR SIBLINGS ONLY ONE WAS
ABLE TO COME WITH THEIR
FATHER. THE OTHER 3 FATHERS
REQUIRED TO STAY BEHIND TO
FIGHT FOR UKRAINE AGAINST
RUSSIA.
>> ALL RIGHT. KERRY SANDERS,
THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMING UP,
SKATEBOARDING LEGEND TONY HAWK
ONCE AGAIN PROVING HIS GOAT
STATUS IS BACK ON THE BOARD.
JUST 2 WEEKS AFTER BREAKING
HIS LEG MORE ON HIS INCREDIBLE
RECOVERY NEXT ON MORNING NEWS
NOW.
♪
>> NOW TONIGHT, JOSHUA JOHNSON
>> TONY HAWK IS PROVING WHY TO
MANY HE'S THE GREATEST
SKATEBOARDER OF ALL TIME.
YEAH. HE'S JUST COME BACK FROM
A POTENTIALLY A LIFE CHANGING
INJURY IN RECORD TIME. NBC
NEWS NOW ANCHOR TOM HAS THE
STORY.
>> I KNOW WHEN YOU SKATE AWAY
FROM THIS AREA.
>> TONY HAWK, RIGHT WHERE HE
BELONGS BOUNCING BACK FROM A
BONE CRUSHING WIPED OUT.
WHITING A SKATEBOARD. EXACTLY
2 WEEKS AFTER BREAKING HIS LEG
AND EVEN RETURNING TO THE HALF
PIPE WHERE IT HAPPENED. THIS
IS RIGHT HERE. YEAH. THIS IS
WHERE IT IS GOING TO LEAD HIS
BROKEN ON MARCH 7TH. THE 53
YEAR-OLD HAVE BEEN TWIST A
MOVIE KNOWS WELL, WHEN HE CAME
CRASHING MY FIRST COUPLE
ATTEMPTS DOING IT FROM THAT.
HE'LL DROP.
>> WHAT I MISS THE GRAB A
LITTLE BIT. THE OTHER. I
DIDN'T REALLY ALLOWED ENOUGH
HAWK SUFFERING A BROKEN FEMUR
SHARING THIS X-RAY ON
INSTAGRAM AND WRITING.
>> I'VE SAID MANY TIMES THAT
WON'T STOP STATING UNTIL I AM
PHYSICALLY UNABLE A BROKEN LEG
WITH PLENTY OF HARDWARE WILL
PROBABLY BE THE BIGGEST TEST
OF THAT CREED. BUT FEELS LIKE.
>> IN YOUR LEGS? A SETBACK
PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY JUST 9
DAYS LATER. THE SKATEBOARDING
LEGEND WALKING ON HIS OWN
WITHOUT CRUTCHES. THE 10 TIME
X GAMES, GOLD MEDALIST WHO
BECAME THE FIRST PERSON TO WIN
A 900 SKATEBOARDING TRICK IN
1999. WITH MINING US WHY HE
SAID TO BE ONE OF THE TOUGHEST
IN THE SPORT. THE WORLD FAMOUS
TONY HAWK. HE JOINED US AT THE
OLYMPICS AS AN NBC
COMMENTATOR. THIS GUY WAS ONE
OF MY HERO. SO COOL TO BE NEXT
TO HIM HERE IN TOKYO AS THE
SPORT. HE HELPED SHAPE WAS
BROUGHT TO THE WORLD'S BIGGEST
STAGE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
>> I THINK THAT THERE WAS
INTEREST IN SKATEBOARDING THE
OLYMPICS EARLY ON AND THE EX
KATE INDUSTRY WASN'T ORGANIZED
ENOUGH DIDN'T MEET ALL THE
CRITERIA TO ACTUALLY QUALIFY.
AND NOW HERE WE ARE TALKING
HOPING TO WALK ACROSS THE
STAGE 20 PRESENT AT THE OSCARS
THIS SUNDAY AND SAYS HE DOES
PLAN TO SKATE AT HIS WEEKEND.
JAM EVENT IN VEGAS IN MAY. BUT
FOR NOW, A HE'S JUST GRATEFUL
TO BE BACK ON THE BOARD.
>> OUR THANKS TO TIMELY. I
MUST FOR THAT REPORT. THAT
DOES IT FOR THIS HOUR OF
MORNING NEWS NOW THE NEWS
CONTINUES RIGHT NOW.