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>> GOOD MORNING. I'M JOE
FRYER. DIMES IN WALK IN FOR
SAVANNAH SELLERS. IT'S ANOTHER
BUSY DAY OF NEWS WITH 2 MAJOR
STORIES WE'RE FOLLOWING THIS
MORNING. ONE OF THEM IN
WASHINGTON WHERE HISTORY IS
UNFOLDING DAY 2 OF SUPREME
COURT CONFIRMATION HEARINGS
ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY IN THE
SENATE THIS MORNING FOR JUDGE
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON IF
CONFIRMED, SHE WOULD BE THE
FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO SERVE ON
THE SUPREME COURT. FOR THIS
HISTORIC CHANCE TO JOIN THE
HIGHEST COURT. TO WORK WITH
BRILLIANT COLLEAGUES TO
INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS.
AND TO ENSURE. LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE. PRESIDENT BIDEN'S
NOMINEE FACES OPPOSITION FROM
REPUBLICANS FOR PROMISING
POINTED QUESTIONS FOR JACKSON
TODAY, PARTICULARLY HER RECORD
ON CRIMINAL CASES. WE HAVE
FULL COVERAGE OF WHAT WE CAN
EXPECT TODAY COMING UP IN JUST
A FEW MINUTES. THE OTHER MAJOR
STORY WE'RE FOLLOWING THIS
MORNING IS THE WAR IN UKRAINE
THIS MORNING. SEVERAL KEY
CITIES BOMB BE ON RECOGNITION
WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN WARNING
THAT RUSSIA COULD SOON
ESCALATE ITS ASSAULT WITH
CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
>> RUSSIAN FORCES ARE INCHING
CLOSER TO THE CENTER OF THE
COUNTRY'S CAPITAL KIEV. BUT
UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR
ZELENSKY SAYS HIS COUNTRY WILL
FIGHT TILL THE END. UKRAINE'S
ARMED FORCES SAY THEY'VE
RECLAIMED CONTROL OF THE CITY
30 MILES WEST OF THE CAPITAL.
ALL THIS AS THE REFUGEE CRISIS
GROWS. THE UN NOW SAYS MORE
THAN 3 AND A HALF MILLION
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FORCED FROM
THEIR HOMES, MOST OF THEM
WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
>> THE MOST DRAMATIC QUESTION
I HAD FOR MY KID IS WHY I
SHOULD SAY TO YOU THIS AND WHY
THEY WANT TO KILL US.
>> WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE THIS
MORNING. MILITARY ANALYST
COLONEL JACK JACOBS WILL HELP
US TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT
RUSSIA'S MILITARY PROGRESS AND
THE UKRAINIAN RESISTANCE. BUT
WE'RE GOING TO START IN
UKRAINE. BUT NBC NEWS FOREIGN
CORRESPONDENT MOLLY HUNTER IN
THE WESTERN CITY OF ALL OF
THAT SMILEY. GOOD TO HAVE YOU
WITH US. LET'S START WITH THE
HUMANITARIAN EFFORT. UKRAINE
SAYS.
>> EVACUATED A LITTLE MORE
THAN 8,000 PEOPLE ON MONDAY.
THAT INCLUDES ABOUT 3,000 FROM
HARD-HIT MARIO BILL. WHAT IS
THE SITUATION LIKE OVER THERE
RIGHT NOW.
>> JOE, GOOD MORNING. AND
3,000. NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE
NUMBERS THAT UKRAINIAN
OFFICIALS ARE HOPING TO SEE
COME OUT OF THAT BESIEGED
CITY. THERE ARE ESTIMATED
300,000 PEOPLE STILL INSIDE.
AND THIS, OF COURSE, IS THE
SOUTHEAST CITY WHICH HAS JUST
BEEN BESIEGED, HAS BEEN
STARVED OUT BY THE RUSSIANS.
NOW, THE ONLY WAY OUT ARE
THESE EVACUATION CORRIDORS
WHICH HAVE CONTINUALLY FAILED.
BUT YOU HAVE TO NOW GET IN
PRIVATE CARS TO GET TO 2
VILLAGES THAT ARE JUST ON THE
OUTSET, ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF
MARIUPOL BUSES ACTUALLY CAN'T
GET ANY MORE SEEMED TO GO
THROUGH ABOUT 1516,
CHECKPOINTS. GET TO THOSE 2
VILLAGES. AND THAT IS WHERE
YOU CAN GET ON BUSES, GO TO A
ANOTHER CITY CALLED BIRDIE AND
IT IS ALSO ON THE COAST IS
ALSO STRATEGIC BECOMING
INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS. THAT
IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE GETTING
THEIR FIRST A LOT OF MEDICAL
SUPPLIES MUCH NEEDED FOOD,
WATER THERE. THEN GETTING ON
BUSES AND GOING UP TO ZAP OR
REGION. JOE, AND THAT BRIDGE
IS WHERE BIG TRAIN STATION IS.
THAT IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE
GETTING ON THE TRAINS AND
HEADING WESTWARD TO LVIV ART
OF ALL OF THAT'S WHERE I AM.
AND LAST WEEK WHEN THOSE FIRST
TRAINS ARRIVED FROM ZACHARY
ASIA WITH RESIDENTS OF
MARIUPOL. THAT'S WHEN WE
STARTED TO GET FIRST-HAND
ACCOUNTS FROM PEOPLE WHO
ACTUALLY SURVIVED FOR THE LAST
3 WEEKS. JEFF.
>> I WANT ALSO ASK YOU ABOUT
THE SOUTHERN CITY, OF COURSE,
ON WHICH HAS BEEN CAPTURED BY
RUSSIAN FORCES YESTERDAY. WE
SELL RUSSIAN TROOPS TRY AND
DISPERSE UKRAINIAN PROTESTERS
WHO WERE RALLYING AGAINST THE
OCCUPATION. WHAT MORE CAN YOU
TELL US ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
THERE.
>> JOE. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THIS
IS AS YOU SAY, THE FIRST CITY
THAT RUSSIANS HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO TAKE OVER AND ACTUALLY
HOLDING CONTINUE TO OCCUPY
THERE WERE PROTESTS AT AS
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY DAYS IN
RECENT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS. AND THEY CAME OUT.
RUSSIAN FORCES CAME OUT WITH
STUN GRENADES AND GUNFIRE IN A
STATEMENT FROM OFFICIALS
THERE. THEY SAID RUSSIAN
SECURITY FORCES RAN UP,
STARTED THROWING STUN GRENADES
INTO THE CROWD AND SHOOTING
NOW ON THE VIDEO THAT WE HAVE
SEEN IN OUR TEAM IS VERIFIED.
WE HEARD LOUD BANGS AND WE
HEARD GUNFIRE AND WE SEE A LOT
OF CIVILIANS, AN ARMED RUNNING
FOR
>> AND I ALSO WANT TO ASK YOU
ABOUT LOOKING FORWARD. WE
HEARD LAST NIGHT UKRAINE'S
PRESIDENT ZELENSKY AGAIN
CALLING FOR A MEETING WITH
PRESIDENT PUTIN SAYING AND
HE'S OPEN TO DROPPING HIS
COUNTRY'S AMBITION TO JOIN
NATO. THAT'S A KEY RUSSIAN
DEMAND. SO AT THIS POINT HOW
LIKELY IS A MEETING BETWEEN
BOTH LEADERS, SOMETHING THAT
WILL ACTUALLY PERHAPS BRING
HOOTEN TO THE TABLE.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. AND
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME
PRESIDENT ZELENSKY HAS SAID
THIS OR ASKED FOR THIS
MEETING. WE HAVE HEARD HIM IN
MANY OF HIS LATE NIGHT SELFIE
ADDRESSES. BUT HE SAYS PUTIN
AND I NEED TO SIT DOWN AND
TALK. AND NOW WORD FROM 2 FT
JOURNALIST WITH SOURCES INSIDE
THE NEGOTIATING ROOM. THEY SAY
THAT MARIO PULL AS MANY
STICKING POINT IN THE
NEGOTIATIONS. RUSSIANS
OBVIOUSLY SEE, MARIO PAUL HAS
A HUGE STRATEGIC WIN. BUT WE
KNOW THE UKRAINIANS ARE NOT
BACKING DOWN. ACCORDING TO
DEFENSE OFFICIALS, THAT FROM
THE UK THIS MORNING. THE
UKRAINIANS ARE CONTINUING TO
PUT UP A VERY GOOD FIGHT.
FORCES ARE NOT BEING ABLE TO
CONTINUE TO ENCROACH ON THAT
CITY. BUT AS FAR AS WHAT WILL
GET. GLAD WE'RE PUTTING TO THE
TABLE. DMITRI PESKOV SPEAKING
RIGHT NOW IN MOSCOW. WE MAY
GET SOME INDICATION AFTER THAT
PRESS CONFERENCE. WHETHER OR
NOT ANYTHING HAS CHANGED, BUT
UP UNTIL NACHO. WE HAVE NO
INDICATION THAT VLADIMIR IS
SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING TO THE
TABLE WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKY.
>> ALL RIGHT. MOLLY HUNTER
REPORTING FROM UKRAINE. MOLLY,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> LET'S GET MORE ON THE
SITUATION IN UKRAINE. WITH NBC
NEWS MILITARY ANALYST COLONEL
JACK JACOBS. COLONEL, GOOD TO
HAVE YOU ON AGAIN. I WANT TO
START BY ASKING YOU ABOUT THE
UKRAINIAN MILITARIES LATEST
OPERATION REPORT FOR THOSE
UNFAMILIAR. THE REPORT CLAIMS
THAT RUSSIAN FORCES ON THE
GROUND HAVE FOOD AND
AMMUNITION STOCKPILES THAT
WILL LAST NO MORE THAN JUST 3
DAYS. HOWEVER, THE REPORT ALSO
SAYS THAT IN THE SKY RUSSIA'S
AVIATION PRESIDENT HAS
INCREASED OVER THE PAST 24
HOURS. SO KNOWING ALL THAT IS
IT FAIR TO SAY RUSSIA HAS HAD
MORE 6 AT 6 S IN THE SKIES,
THEN IT HAS ON THE GROUND.
>> WELL, IT HASN'T HAD VERY
MUCH SUCCESS ON THE GROUND BY
THEIR OWN STANDARDS. THEY
DIDN'T ACHIEVE THEIR
OBJECTIVES. THEY ACHIEVE
ANYTHING AS QUICKLY AS THEY
THOUGHT THEY WOULD. AND A LOT
OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE
COURAGE OF THE UKRAINIAN
PEOPLE. AND THE AND THE
ANTI-TANK AND ANTI-AIRCRAFT
WEAPONS THEY'VE RECEIVED FROM
THE WEST. BUT THE RUSSIANS
HAVE ALSO SUFFERED FROM AN
INABILITY TO USE THEIR
TACTICAL CAPABILITIES TO THE
FULLEST. THEY TEND TO STICK TO
THE ROADS. THEY'RE ALL IN
VEHICLES. THEY'RE EASY TO PICK
OFF. THEY DON'T HAVE SECURITY
ON THE FLANKS IT TO THE FRONT.
IT IS EASY FOR THE RUSSIANS TO
RESUPPLY. ON THE GROUND LESS
EASY IN THE AIR BECAUSE THEY
DO NOT HAVE TACTICAL AIR
SUPERIORITY. THERE IS AIR
PARITY AT BEST IN SOME AREAS.
AND THE UKRAINIANS HAVE GROUND
TO AIR ANY AIRCRAFT WEB
WEAPONS THAT ARE VERY, VERY
EFFECTIVE. BUT THE THE THE
RUSSIANS ARE HAVING A GREAT
DEAL OF TROUBLE USING THEIR
TACTICAL ADVANTAGE, THEIR
TACTICAL CAPABILITY TO GOOD
ADVANTAGE. AND AS LONG AS THE
UKRAINIANS CONTINUE TO HARASS
THE RUSSIAN FORMATIONS AND
TAKE THEIR TOLL IN LARGE
NUMBERS OF RUSSIAN KILLED AND
WOUNDED. THE STALEMATE MIGHT
CONTINUE AND THEN HEAR YOU'RE
SAYING THAT RUSSIA MAY BE
STRUGGLING. AND I KNOW
YESTERDAY PRESIDENT EXCUSE ME,
PRESIDENT BIDEN GAVE ONE OF
HIS STRONGEST WARNINGS YET.
>> THAT RUSSIAN PRESIDENT
VLADIMIR PUTIN MAY BE
CONSIDERING USE OF CHEMICAL OR
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS WARNING
AGAINST THAT. LET'S HEAR WHAT
HE SAID.
>> HIS BACK IS AGAINST THE
WALL AND HE'S NOW HE'S TALKING
ABOUT. NEW FALSE FLAGS. HE
SAID IN HE SAYS SINCE
ASSERTING THAT WE'D AMERICAN
BIOLOGICAL AS WELL AS CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN EUROPE SIMPLY NOT
WEAPONS IN EUROPE SIMPLY NOT
TRUE. I GUARANTEE YOU THEY'RE
ALSO SUGGESTING THAT UKRAINE
HAS BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL
WEAPONS IN UKRAINE. THAT'S A
CLEAR SIGN. HE'S CONSIDERING
USING BOTH OF THOSE.
>> SO HEARING THAT. DO YOU
THINK IT'S LIKELY PUTIN WILL
USE THESE KINDS OF WEAPONS IN
UKRAINE. AND HOW WOULD THAT
IMPACT THE WEST'S RESPONSE TO
THIS CONFLICT IF AT ALL.
>> WELL, WE DON'T KNOW IS IF
IT'S LIKELY, BUT IT'S
CERTAINLY DON'T FORGET, WE
HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF
LISTENING TO EVERYTHING WITH
THESE PEOPLE SAY BOTH ON THE
GROUND AND IN THE KREMLIN AND
WE HAVE SOME IDEA OF WHAT
THEIR OBJECTIVES ARE. BOTH
TACTICAL AND STRATEGIC. IF YOU
CONSIDER THE FACT THAT PUTIN
AS INDISCRIMINATELY SHELLED.
POPULATION AREAS IS NOT FOCUS
NECESSARILY AN UKRAINIAN
FORCES BUT INSTEAD USING
ARTILLERY. MISSILES AND OTHER
INDIRECT FIRE TO DESTROY THE
INFRASTRUCTURE OF UKRAINE. AND
TERRORIZE THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE
AND KILL LARGE NUMBERS OF
THEM. IF YOU CONSIDER THAT,
THEN THE CONCLUSION THAT YOU
WOULDN'T PUT ANYTHING PAST
PUTIN, INCLUDING THE USE OF
CHEMICAL WEAPONS. AND AS SOME
SUGGESTED SMALL YIELD TACTICAL
NUCLEAR WEAPONS. YOU WOULDN'T
PUT ANY OF THAT PAST THEM.
>> AND COLONEL, YOU'VE TALKED
A LOT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING
ON THE GROUND. I WANT TO GET
YOUR TAKE ON THE DIPLOMATIC
EFFORTS TO END THIS WAR
UKRAINE HAS SIGNALED A
WILLINGNESS TO MEET SOME OF
RUSSIA'S SECURITY DEMANDS,
INCLUDING THE IDEA OF BECOMING
A NEUTRAL COUNTRY AND DROPPING
THAT BID TO JOIN NATO AS WE
HEARD AGAIN FROM PRESIDENT
ZELENSKY YESTERDAY. WHAT WILL
IT TAKE FOR PUTIN TO END THIS
CONFLICT.
>> WELL, I CAN SEE PUTIN
SITTING DOWN TO THE TABLE WITH
ANYBODY DOZENS. HE DOESN'T
EVEN SIT NEXT TO ANY OF HIS
ADVISORS. AS WE SAW THAT.
ICONIC PHOTOGRAPH OF HIM
SITTING AT THE END OF A VERY
LONG REFECTORY TABLE. HE'S NOT
GOING TO SIT DOWN WITH ANYBODY
AND.
>> THE THERE'S BEEN A
SUGGESTION THAT.
>> THERE IS A WAY TO HAVE A
NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT WERE
PROBABLY A LONG WAY FROM THAT.
>> BUT IT WOULD INCLUDE.
THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY
HAPPENED. THAT IS AN ASSERTION
BY UKRAINE, THAT IT'S NOT
GOING TO JOIN NATO. BUT IT'S
ALSO GOING TO INCLUDE GIVING
UP UKRAINE'S GIVING UP THE
EASTERN PROVINCES AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY THE SEACOAST ON
THE BLACK SEA WHICH RUSSIA
DESPERATELY WANTS, BUT I DON'T
SEE ANY OF THAT HAPPENING
ANYTIME SOON.
>> IMPORTANT ANALYSIS. COLONEL
JACK JACOBS, THANKS SO MUCH.
THE FLOW OF REFUGEES INTO
EASTERN EUROPE IS SHOWING NO
SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN MORE
THAN 3 AND A HALF MILLION
UKRAINIANS HAVE NOW LEFT THEIR
HOMES FOR COUNTRIES IN EASTERN
EUROPE.
>> AND THE MASS EXODUS IS
PUTTING A SIZABLE STRAIN ON
TOLL IN THAT COUNTRY ALONE IS
WELCOME. MORE THAN 2 MILLION
REFUGEES SINCE THE WAR BEGAN.
FOR MORE ON THE REFUGEE
SITUATION. LET'S GO TO NBC
NEWS SENIOR NATIONAL
CORRESPONDENT JAY GRAY JOINS
US NOW FROM A TOWN NEAR THE
POLISH BORDER. JAY, GOOD
MORNING TO THE TOWN. IS SEEING
HUGE FLOWS OF REFUGEES BECAUSE
IT SERVES AS A MAJOR
TRANSPORTATION CENTER THAT
THEN HELPS GET REFUGEES TO
OTHER PARTS OF EUROPE. WALK US
THROUGH WHAT THE SITUATION IS
LIKE WHERE YOU'RE AT RIGHT
NOW.
>> YEAH, JOE, YOU'RE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WHERE THE
TRAIN STATION, ABOUT 3 MILES
FROM THE ACTUAL BORDER
CROSSING IN THE FIRST REAL
TRAIN STATION INSIDE POLAND.
IF YOU'RE COMING FROM WESTERN
UKRAINE AND YOU CAN SEE NOT
PACKED RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S
PEOPLE ARE FLOWING WAIT TO SEE
FAMILIES COMING THROUGH IN
THIS AREA GETS FULL AND THEN
IT WILL. GET ON TRAINS OR
BUSES IN AND HEAD OUT. AND AND
IT DROPS OFF AGAIN AND THEN
RUNS BACK TO AGAIN. BUT YOU
CAN SEE IS AS YOU LOOK ALONG,
IT GIVES US KIND OF A SNAPSHOT
OF WHAT HAPPENS HERE. PEOPLE
MIGHT TAKE ITS PEOPLE
CONSULTING WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT HERE AND MOST
IMPORTANT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE
HOT SUE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING
THAT THEY CAN HAVE THAT THEY
HAVEN'T HAD PERHAPS FOR 2 OR 3
DAYS AS THEY TRIED TO MAKE THE
JOURNEY HERE GETTING HERE. A
LOT MORE DIFFICULT. WE TALK
ABOUT THAT. WE KNOW THAT RIGHT
NOW THERE ARE MORE THAN
7 MILLION PEOPLE IN UKRAINE
WHO ARE HOMELESS. THEY DON'T
HAVE A HOME ANYMORE. MANY OF
THEM DON'T HAVE A COMMUNITY.
IT'S IT'S BEEN TAKEN AWAY BY
WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THIS WAR,
BUT THEY CAN'T GET TO THE
BORDER. AND SO THAT'S A REAL
STRUGGLE THAT MANY ARE DEALING
WITH AT THIS POINT. BUT AGAIN,
THEY COME THROUGH HERE AND
IT'S VERY FRIENDS. IF THEY
THEY DON'T STAY VERY LONG
BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT TO MOVE
ELSEWHERE. AND AS YOU TALKED
ABOUT COMING INTO ALL THIS,
JOE FOR THE MOST PART WHEN IT
COMES TO LONG-TERM REFUGEES.
IT IS ABOUT WE'VE TALKED WITH
THE MAYOR OF WARSAW SAYS HIS
COMMUNITY, HIS CITY, THE
BIGGEST IN POLAND AS A SENIOR
POPULATION RISE OF 19% BY
REFUGEES. ALSO THERE ARE 19%
MORE PEOPLE IN WARSAW JUST TO
BE IN REFUGEES THAT HAVE SHOWN
UP THERE. HE SAYS ALL OF THE
CITY SERVICES RIGHT NOW. BEEN
DEDICATED TO THOSE REFUGEES
AND THEN HE'S GOT TO FIND OF
BALANCING POINT WHERE HE CAN
START TO TAKE CARE OF HIS CITY
AGAIN. AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO
GET MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE
UN HAS SET A LOT OF THOSE
7 MILLION ARE EXPECTED TO HEAD
THIS WAY AND THAT NUMBER OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS IS
EXPECTED TO GROW.
>> YEAH. I MEAN, JAY THAT CITY
ALONE WARSAW HAS WELCOMED MORE
THAN 300,000 UKRAINIAN
REFUGEES SINCE THE WAR BROKE
OUT THE MAYOR. YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT HE'S SAID THAT THE
STRUGGLE TO HELP MORE
REFUGEES. IS THERE ANYTHING
THAT ACTUALLY BE DONE TRYING
TO REDIRECT REFUGEES TO OTHER
CITIES ARE OTHER COUNTRIES.
WHERE DOES IT SEEM LIKE MANY
UKRAINIANS ARE STILL HEADING
TO THE CAPITAL.
>> WELL, I THINK MANY ARE
HEADED THAT WAY. BUT WHAT
THEY'VE DONE NOT ONLY AT THE
WAR SO TRAIN STATION. BUT HERE
AS WELL. HE'S MADE MORE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO GET
ELSEWHERE. TICKETS ARE PEOPLE.
SO THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE. BUT
THEY ADDED ROUTES GOING TO
GERMANY GOING TO THE CZECH
REPUBLIC. WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE
FLOODING INTO WHO WANT TO TAKE
PEOPLE TO SPAIN. WE'VE SEEN
ORGANIZATIONS COMING IN SAYING
THEY'LL TAKE PEOPLE TO THE
FINLAND, TO THE UK. AND AND SO
THE BROADER EUROPEAN UNION IS
GETTING INVOLVED HERE AND
TRYING TO HELP A WHAT POLAND
SAYING IS WE NEED TO HELP NOW
THAT THAT WAITING IS IS NOT AN
OPTION BECAUSE THEY KNOW SO
MANY MORE ARE ON THE WAY.
>> JAY GRAY CONTINUED TO SHINE
A LIGHT ON THE SUCCESSES AND
THE STRUGGLES HAPPENING THERE
ALONG THE BORDER IN POLAND.
JAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT. WE WANT TO TURN
NOW TO THE OTHER BIG STORY
WE'RE COVERING THIS MORNING.
IT IS A HISTORIC WEEK ON
CAPITOL HILL AS THE SUPREME
COURT CONFIRMATION HEARINGS
FOR JUDGE KETANJI BROWN
JACKSON RESUME. LATER THIS
MORNING. JUDGE JACKSON WILL
FACE A LONG DAY OF QUESTIONING
FROM SENATE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PUTTING HER
ONE STEP CLOSER TO MAKING
HISTORY AS THE FIRST BLACK
WOMAN ON THE SUPREME COURT.
JACKSON DELIVERED A POWERFUL
AND PERSONAL OPENING STATEMENT
YESTERDAY DETAILING HER LONG
AND IMPRESSIVE CAREER WHILE
ACKNOWLEDGING THE MAGNITUDE OF
THIS MOMENT.
>> MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME.
>> THAT UNLIKE THE MANY
BARRIERS THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO
FACE GROWING UP MY PATH WAS
CLEAR. SO THAT IF I WORKED
HARD AND I BELIEVED IN MYSELF
IN AMERICA. I COULD DO
ANYTHING OR BE ANYTHING. I
WANTED TO BE. IF I AM
CONFIRMED I COMMIT TO YOU THAT
I WILL WORK PRODUCTIVELY TO
SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE
CONSTITUTION. I KNOW THAT MY
ROLE AS A JUDGE IS LIMITED
ONE. THAT THE CONSTITUTION
EMPOWERS ME ONLY TO DECIDE
CASES AND CONTROVERSIES THAT
ARE PROPERLY PRESENTED. AND I
KNOW THAT MY JUDICIAL ROLE IS
FURTHER CONSTRAINED BY CAREFUL
ADHERENCE TO PRECEDENT.
>> THE 22 SENATORS ON THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. WILL EACH
HAVE 30 MINUTES TO QUESTION
JUDGE JACKSON JOINING US NOW
WITH A PREVIEW IS NBC NEWS
CAPITOL HILL CORRESPONDENT
ALI. BUT ALI, GOOD MORNING,
ALI. TODAY WILL BE A VERY LONG
DAY. I'M SURE YOU'VE HAD YOUR
COFFEE BUT YES, I HOPE YOU'VE
HAD YOUR FIRST SET THE SCENE
FOR US. WHAT JUDGE JACKSON AND
SENATORS SAY IN THEIR OPENING
STATEMENTS.
>> YEAH. FIRST OF ALL, MY
FRIEND. THERE IS NEVER ENOUGH
COFFEE AND DEFINITELY NOT WHEN
WE'RE HEADING INTO THE QUEUE
IN A PORTION OF THE
CONFIRMATION HEARINGS THAT
WE'RE ABOUT TO START TODAY. WE
HEARD YESTERDAY THAT WAS A
REALLY GOOD PREVIEW, BOTH FROM
JESS JACKSON HERSELF BUT ALSO
FROM THE SENATORS WHO WERE
SITTING ON THE DAIS. WHAT WE
HEARD FROM REPUBLICANS I THINK
IS THE THING THAT WE'RE GOING
TO REALLY SEIZE ON TODAY. THE
WAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY
TO PIECE TOGETHER HER RECORD,
SOME OF THEM TRYING TO PAINTED
AS ONE THAT SOFT ON CRIME THE
ADMINISTRATION AND THE JUDGE
HERSELF GOING TO DO THE WORK
TO REBUT THAT. WE SAW SOME
PRETTY BOTTLES OF THAT
YESTERDAY. BUT THEN ALSO
TRYING TO APPLY THEIR LARGER
STRATEGY OF THE MID TERMS
TRYING TO PAINT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION AND DEMOCRATS
AS SOFT ON CRIME, THAT KIND OF
FITS SQUARELY WITH WHAT
THEY'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE
JUDGE HERE AND YOU CAN LISTEN,
FOR EXAMPLE, TO SOME OF THE
WAYS THAT THIS MANIFESTED
YESTERDAY. FIRST, YOU'LL HEAR
FROM SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM
TALKING ABOUT THE LONG SHADOW
THAT WAS CAST BY THE 2018
JUDGE KAVANAUGH HEARINGS.
THAT'S SOMETHING REPUBLICANS
IN VOTING MULTIPLE TIMES. AND
THEN OF COURSE WE'LL HEAR FROM
SENATOR TED CRUZ. TAKE A
LISTEN TO THAT.
>> WE'RE THE BENEFICIARY OF
REPUBLICAN NOMINEES AND THEIR
LIVES TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. AND
IT DIDN'T WORK. SO I'M HOPING
THAT WE CAN HAVE A HEARING.
THIS RESPECTFUL.
>> THIS INFORMATIVE THIS
CHALLENGE. LAW AFTER LAW AFTER
LAW THAT THEY CAN'T GET
THROUGH THE DEMOCRATIC
PROCESS. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
DECIDED IT'S MUCH SIMPLER. TO
CONVINCE 5 LAWYERS IN BLACK
ROBES, THEN TO TRY TO CONVINCE
300, 30 MILLION AMERICANS.
>> SO FEW THINGS HERE. ONE
REPUBLICAN SENATOR YESTERDAY
SAID THAT THEY WANTED THIS TO
BE THOROUGH. BUT CIVIL. THAT'S
IMPORTANT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
THE WAYS THEY'RE HARKENING
BACK TO THE KAVANAUGH HEARING
AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE SAW
JUDGE JACKSON DO AND HER
VALIDATORS REALLY HER FRIEND
LISA FAIRFAX. AND THEN ALSO
JUDGE GRIFFITH WHO WORK OR
INTRODUCE ERS YESTERDAY IN
FRONT OF THE HEARING
PREVENTING A LOT OF THE
CRITICISMS THAT SHE MIGHT GET
FROM REPUBLICANS, GRIFFIN
HIMSELF AS A CONSERVATIVE
LAWYER AND YOU HEARD JACKSON
THERE YESTERDAY SAYING THAT
SHE IS SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES
THAT SHE SHOULD BE LIMITED AND
SHE'S CONSTRAINED BY THE
CONSTITUTION. THOSE KINDS OF
PRE BOTTLES WILL HIT DIRECTLY
AT REPUBLICANS WHO ARE GOING
TO TRY TO PAY INTEREST SOME
KIND OF ACTIVIST JUDGE OR
RUBBER STAMP FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION. THAT'S
SOMETHING WE ALREADY HEARD
YESTERDAY. WE'RE DEFINITELY
HEAR MORE OF THAT TODAY.
YASSER ALI, ALL THAT LAYS THE
GROUNDWORK FOR TODAY, THE 22
SENATORS ON THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE WILL EACH BE ABLE TO
QUESTION JUDGE JACKSON.
>> FOR 30 MINUTES. AND THAT'S
JUST ROUND ONE AND THERE'S
AFTER THAT. SO TODAY. WHICH
SENATORS ARE YOU KEEPING AN
EYE I KNOW. I'M WHAT ARE THE
ISSUES YOU THINK ARE GOING TO
COME UP IN THIS FIRST DAY OF
QUESTIONING.
>> YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. EACH
SENATOR GETS 30 AND THEN
THERE'S ANOTHER ROUND OF
QUESTIONS TOMORROW. LOOK, THE
GOAL FOR THE SOURCES THAT I'VE
SPOKEN TO ON THE COMMITTEE.
THAT SORT OF BEEN GUIDING
JACKSON THROUGH THIS PROCESS
IS TO KEEP THIS AS LOW KEY AS
POSSIBLE. YOU'VE SEEN THEM
REPEATEDLY TRY TO ELEVATE THIS
OUT OF THE PARTISAN AND INTO
THE BIOGRAPHICAL INTO HER
RECORD, INTO HER
QUALIFICATIONS. SO FAR THEY
HAVE LARGELY BEEN ABLE TO DO
THAT FEW OF THE PEOPLE THAT
I'M WATCHING, THOUGH. JOSH
HAWLEY IS A KEY PERSON HERE.
HE'S SOMEONE WHO IS TRYING TO
MAKE HAY OVER THE ISSUE OF
BEING SOFT ON CRIME THROUGH
THE LENS OF SOME OF HER
SENTENCING FOR CHILD OFFENDERS
THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY BY
MULTIPLE NON-PARTISAN FACT
CHECKERS AS WELL AS EVEN SOME
CONSERVATIVE PROSECUTORS WHO
SAID THAT THEY PROBABLY
WOULD'VE DONE THE SAME THING
IN THAT SITUATION HAULING
NEVER THE LESS LIKELY A PRESS
THAT LINE OF QUESTIONING. AND
THEN OF COURSE, WE'RE ALSO
GOING HEAR FROM OTHER
REPUBLICANS WHO WANT TO GET A
BETTER SENSE OF HER JUDICIAL
VIEW THE WAY THAT SHE DECIDES
CASES, THE WAY THAT SHE HAS
THOUGHT THESE THINGS THROUGH
IN THE PAST. SHE'S NOT GOING
TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO KEY
ISSUES. JUDGES. DON'T DO THAT.
AND OF COURSE, IN THE PAST
THEY'VE BEEN ASKED. BUT
THERE'S PRECEDENT FOR THEM TO
SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
SPEAK TO THINGS THAT WILL COME
IN FROM THE COURT
NEVERTHELESS, TODAY COULD BE A
DAY WITH FIREWORKS, BUT
LARGELY THE GOAL FOR DEMOCRATS
IN THE NOMINEE IS TO MAKE IT
NOT THAT WAY. IMPORTANT
ANALYSIS, AS ALWAYS, ALI,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> LET'S BRING IN A LOT TODAY
JOHNSON. SHE IS A PROFESSOR OF
LAW AT COLUMBIA. PROFESSOR
JOHNSON, GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH
US. SO FIRST, LET'S START WITH
WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY. WHAT
STOOD OUT TO YOU DURING THE
OPENING STATEMENTS.
>> YEAH, YOU REALLY FELT THAT
HISTORY OF THE MOMENT AND WE
FELT IN THE INTRODUCTIONS AND
OF COURSE IN HER OPENING
STATEMENT. I WAS SURPRISED BY
HOW MOVED I WAS PEOPLE TALKING
IN ABSTRACT TERMS ABOUT THINGS
SEE. ROLE IT'S REALLY WATCHING
HER FAMILY AND WATCHING HER
SITUATE HERSELF IN THE HISTORY
OF HER FAMILY, THE MEANING OF
HER NAME. WHAT IT IT MEANT
THAT HER PARENTS CAME FROM A
SEGREGATED BACKGROUND YET SHE
WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS THE CHILD
5 ARE CIVIL RIGHTS. YOU KNOW,
ACTUALIZE ATION OUR AMERICAN
DREAM. SO THAT REALLY STRUCK
ME IN THE OPENING STATEMENTS
JUST THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE MOMENT MADE REAL. AND
YOU'VE TOUCHED ON THIS. BUT IT
WENT TO JACKSON'S NOMINATION
INTO THE U.S. HISTORICAL
CONTEXT FOR US IN THE CONTEXT
OF OUR DEMOCRACY. YEAH. AND I
THINK SHE DID THAT IN A COUPLE
OF WAYS. I MEAN, ONE, OF
COURSE SHE WOULD BE THE FIRST
BLACK WOMAN ON THE COURT, THE
FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR HALL ON
THE COURT THAT HAVEN'T DONE
THAT WOMEN AT AND THEN I JUST
THINK THAT THE THAT YOU TALKED
ABOUT WAS THE HISTORY OF OUR
DEMOCRACY. MORE BROADLY. SHE
TALKED ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS
ACTS. YOU TALKED ABOUT
CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY. IT WAS
THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN A LOWER
COURT JUDGE WOULD AND ARGUED
BROWN VERSUS BOARD OF
EDUCATION, THE THURGOOD
MARSHALL. SO SHE REALLY
SITUATED HERSELF IN THAT IDEA.
WE'RE NOW ACTUALLY LIVES IN
OUR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY WE HAVE
THIS KIND OF REPRESENTATION ON
COURT. AND THOUGHT THAT WAS
VERY PROFOUND BEAUTIFULLY,
DONE.
>> FRIENDS ARE JOHNSON. LET'S
LOOK AHEAD TO THE DAY. WHAT
ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO IS
THE QUESTION GETS UNDERWAY.
WHAT ARE THE ISSUES YOU EXPECT
SENATORS, ESPECIALLY SOME OF
THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHO
MAY TRY TO CHALLENGE THE
JUDGE. WHAT YOU THINK ARE
GOING TO YES.
>> YEAH. I MEAN, YESTERDAY I
THINK YOU SAW A PREVIEW. I
MEAN, YOU SAW YESTERDAY.
>> BUT DEMOCRATS WERE REALLY
EMPHASIZING THE BREADTH OF HER
ROLE AS A TRIAL JUDGE FOR SO
MANY SO LONG, YOU KNOW, FOR 7,
8, YEARS. THE FACT THAT SHE'S
RARELY BROAD IN PRIVATE
PRACTICE IT'S A PUBLIC
DEFENDER OR KNOWLEDGE OF THE
CONSTITUTION. AND OF COURSE,
BUT SHE CLERKED FOR JUSTICE
BREYER. SHE BROUGHT THAT UP.
HE'S A PRAGMATIC NO FOR HIS
INTEGRITY AND HIS ABILITY AND
SHE REALLY CAST HERSELF IN THE
MOLD OF THAT ICE. EXPECT THOSE
THEMES ABOUT PRAGMATISM TO
REPEAT THEMSELVES AND THEN THE
EAST SIDE OF THE REPUBLICANS
AND I THINK THAT WHAT THEY
WILL EMPHASIZE ARE THE YEARS
HOUSE. HER JUDICIAL
METHODOLOGY WILL BE. THEY
TALKED ABOUT LIBERAL
CONSTITUTIONAL WE'LL TALK
ABOUT CRIME WHICH YOU'VE
ALREADY MENTIONED IN YOUR
SEGMENT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A
FAIR CHARACTERIZATION OF HER
OVERALL RECORD 5 IS SOMETHING
I DO EXPECT THEM TO ASK ABOUT.
BUT I ALSO EXPECT TO SPEND A
LOT OF TIME ON THE POLITICS.
IT'S HARD TO SAY WHETHER I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HEAD,
BUT IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE, SO
THIS IS FRAMED WITHIN A LARGER
POLITICAL CONTEXT IN WHICH.
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THE AND
NOT JUST ABOUT KETANJI BROWN
JACKSON. SO I THINK YOU'LL SEE
THAT IN PLACE.
>> WELL, PROFESSOR JONATHAN,
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THAT
LARGE CONTACTS ON A VERY BIG
DAY. THANKS SO MUCH.
>> COMING UP ON MORNING NEWS
NOW PATH OF DESTRUCTION. PARTS
OF THE SOUTH REELING FROM
TORNADOES AND FLOODING WITH
10 MILLION PEOPLE AT RISK. FOR
MORE. WE'LL TELL YOU ONE OF
THE AREAS BRACING FOR THE
WORST. PLUS SWEET RELIEF. IF
YOU REACH FOR SOME CHOCOLATE,
WHEN YOU'RE FEELING DOWN
YOU'RE NOT ALONE. THE LINK
WITH THOSE SWEET TREATS AND
YOUR MENTAL HEALTH NEXT IN OUR WEEKLY CHECK INS.
WEEKLY CHECK INS.
♪ >> FIRE IS AND BOUNDS. YOU SEE
>> WELCOME BACK. MORE OF OUR
COVERAGE ON THE WAR IN
UKRAINE. COMING UP, INCLUDING
THE CIVILIANS JOINING THE
FIGHT AGAINST RUSSIA THROUGH
HACKING. BUT FIRST, HERE ARE
SOME OF THE OTHER MAJOR
STORIES MAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE GOT MORE SEVERE STORMS
ON THE WAY IN THE SOUTH THAT
IT COULD IMPACT MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS THIS MORNING.
SEVERAL TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN
IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
YESTERDAY LEAVING BEHIND A
PATH OF DESTRUCTION IN ITS
WAKE. THE REGION IS NOT OUT OF
THE WOODS YET. AND SEVERE
WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO HIT THE
AREA AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THE SEA NEWS CORRESPONDENT
MORGAN CHESKY JOINS US NOW
FROM JACKSBORO, TEXAS, WHICH
IS NORTH OF FORT WORTH GOOD
MORNING TO YOU, MORGAN.
>> MORNING. AND A FRIGHTENING
NIGHT FOR SO MANY TEXAS
TORNADO WATCHES AND WARNINGS
STRETCHING FOR HUNDREDS OF
MILES ACROSS THE STATE. AND
TODAY WE'RE GETTING OUR FIRST
GLIMPSE AT SOME OF THE IN
FRONT OF JACKSBORO ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL. HARD TO BELIEVE THAT
THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS INSIDE
THIS BUILDING WHEN A SUSPECTED
TORNADO STRUCK RIGHT AROUND
03:30PM, IN THE AFTERNOON
ESPECIALLY SHEARING OFF ONE
SIDE OF THE SCHOOL.
FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS
SERIOUSLY AND WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION
THAT STRETCHES ALL ACROSS THE
STATE.
>> SEVERE STORMS SLAMMING
TEXAS MOVING OUR NORTH. BUT IT
CROSSING THE ROAD WITH
TORNADOES. HEAVY WINDS AND
RAIN AND EVEN SNOW FALLING
ACROSS THE STATE POINTED OUT
ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW JUST
OUTSIDE AUSTIN IN ROUND ROCK A
CONFIRMED TORNADO TEARING
ACROSS HIGHWAY. I 35 DURING
RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. SITTING
SHOPPERS RUNNING TO TAKE COVER
INSIDE THIS WALMART.
>> AND RIPPING OFF THE SIDE OF
A BANK. IT WAS MOVING CARS. IT
WAS TIPPING OVER TREES. YOU
CAN SEE THIS TORNADO RIPPING
THROUGH ELGIN A SUBURB NEAR
AUSTIN TOSSING A RED TRUCK ON
ITS SIDE BEFORE IT'S FLIPPED
AGAIN AND THEN SOMEHOW DRIVES
AWAY ON THE GROUND. SOME HOMES
NOW COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED.
ANOTHER CONFIRMED TWISTER
HITTING THE TOWN OF DEWEY.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE
SURVEILLANCE CAMERA FOOTAGE
SHOWING A GARAGE DECIMATED BY
THE STORM. THE 2 FAMILY SAYS
THEY WERE TAKING COVER INSIDE
THEIR KITCHEN I JUST END RANCH
JOINS THE BATHROOM. BUT THE
NEW LAW CAME DOWN.
>> AND FELL OVER ON ME.
RESCUERS DIGGING THEM OUT FROM
UNDER DEBRIS BASED FIRE
DEPARTMENT RESCUE GAME HERE.
WE WOULD STILL BE
>> AND IN JACKSBORO, A
POTENTIAL TORNADO LIKELY
TEARING THROUGH THE CITY JUST
HIT MY HOUSE FEEL LIKE IS
RISING UP THINGS WAS LOCAL
OFFICIALS SAY AROUND 80 HOMES
WERE DESTROYED. MANY OF OUR
HOMES HAVE BEEN TOTALLY DEMAND
ARE DEMOLISHED.
>> AND FAMILIES HAVE
>> REMOVE FROM THEIR THEIR
PLACES OF RESIDENCE. THE
TORNADO DAMAGING THE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND RIPPING
OFF THE ROOF FROM THE LOCAL
HIGH SCHOOL'S GYMNASIUM AS
STUDENTS HUDDLED INSIDE IN
STORM SHELTERS OUTSIDE CARS IN
THE PARKING LOT THROWN UPSIDE
THE TORNADO PASSED OVER US.
>> I NEVER WANT TO THAT AGAIN.
>> AND AGAIN. NEARLY 20
SUSPECTED TORNADOES REPORTED
ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT SAYING IT
IS A MIRACLE. THERE HAS BEEN
NO REPORTS OF ANY SERIOUS
INJURIES OR DEATHS AT THIS
TIME. WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO
YOU.
>> THANKS, MORGAN. REALLY
TERRIFYING IMAGES. THANKS FOR
THAT. WITHOUT WE DO WANT TO
GET A CHECK OF MORNING NEWS
NOW. WEATHER.
>> NBC NEWS METEOROLOGIST BILL
KARINS JOINS US NOW FOR THE
LATEST UPDATE ON THE TORNADO
BILL. GOOD MORNING.
>> YEAH, GOOD MORNING. IT IS A
MIRACLE. I MEAN, THESE WERE
SOME STRONG TORNADOES AND ALL.
WE HAD 20 REPORTS OF
TORNADOES. MOST OF THOSE RAIN
BETWEEN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA
IN LUFKIN, TEXAS. RIGHT NEAR
AUSTIN WHERE YOU SAW THE ONE
OF THE BROADCAST ACROSS THE
HIGHWAY AND THEN NUMEROUS
TORNADOES NEAR BRYAN, TEXAS
ALSO. SO THAT WAS ALL BETWEEN
AROUND 05:00PM AT ABOUT
11:00PM LAST NIGHT. SINCE THEN
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY CONFIRMED
TORNADOES. WE STILL DO HAVE
SOME TORNADO WATCHES THAT ARE
OUT FROM THE HOUSTON AREA TO
MONROE LOUISIANA AND ACTUALLY
HOUSTON RIGHT NOW IS A VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO
GO THROUGH THE CITY. YOU ARE
UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING AT THIS TIME FOR
STRONG WINDS. NO TORNADO
WARNINGS AT THIS TIME. BUT
THIS WILL ALL REGENERATE WITH
THE HEATING OF THE DAY. THIS
LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE
THROUGH LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN
THAT RED BULL'S EYE AREA. THAT
IS WHERE WE HAVE A MODERATE
RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. THAT
IS THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR NOT
JUST TORNADOES BUT STRONG
TORNADOES THAT ARE ON THE
GROUND FOR A LONG PERIOD OF
TIME. SO ANYWHERE FROM
LAFAYETTE JUST SOUTH OF
ALEXANDRIA. MACOMB JACKSON
MERIDIAN WAYNESBORO. MAKE SURE
YOU HAVE YOUR PLAN TO KEEP
YOUR FAMILY SAFE IN CASE A
TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED FOR
YOUR AGAIN, A VERY DANGEROUS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VERY
SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY, MAYBE
EVEN POTENTIALLY WORSE AND
THEN ON WEDNESDAY, THIS LINE
WILL MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THE
SOUTHEAST. IT WILL NOT SEVERE
WIND DAMAGE WILL BE THE
BIGGEST THREAT. WE SHOULDN'T
HAVE AS MANY TORNADOS THEY
SHOULD BE MORE ISOLATED IN
NATURE. BUT FROM RALEIGH TO
CHARLOTTE TO JUST SOUTH OF
ATLANTA. SAVANNAH CHARLESTON A
LOT OF OUR BIG SOUTHEAST
CITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THAT
RISK. AND IF THAT WASN'T
ENOUGH, THIS IS SUCH A
SLOW-MOVING STORM THAT FLASH
FLOODING IS GOING TO BE A BIG
PROBLEM. WE ALREADY HAVE FLASH
FLOOD WARNINGS IN THE MAROON
COLOR. 16 MILLION PEOPLE AND
FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND WE DO
HAVE THE POSSIBILITY FOR
SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING
FROM MONROE TO GREENVILLE. THE
NORTHERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI'S
OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
MISSISSIPPI. THE TORNADO
THREAT, THE NORTHERN HALF OF
THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT IN
LATE TONIGHT. THIS HAS TO
TUSCALOOSA AND BIRMINGHAM AND
THE POSSIBILITY OF AN
ADDITIONAL 5 TO 6 INCHES OF
RAIN ON TOP OF WHAT YOU
ALREADY HAVE SEEN. ONCE AGAIN,
ALL EYES WILL BE ON LOUISIANA
AND MISSISSIPPI GUYS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND
POTENTIALLY DEADLY AFTERNOON.
AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. WE KNOW
YOU'LL KEEP AN EYE ON A BILL.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT
UPDATE. WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> WE'RE MORE THAN 2 WHOLE
YEARS INTO THE PANDEMIC. AND
WHILE MANY HAVE RETURNED TO
SOME SEMBLANCE OF A NORMAL
LIFE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES
AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD
CASES ARE ONCE AGAIN BEGINNING
TO RISE. LET'S BRING IN DOCTOR
AMISH. FOR MORE ON THIS. HE'S
A SENIOR SCHOLAR JOHNS HOPKINS
CENTER FOR HEALTH SECURITY.
DOCTOR DODGY. GOOD TO HAVE YOU
WITH US. LET'S START OVERSEAS.
ENGLAND IS ROLLING OUT ITS
SECOND BOOSTER SHOT FOR THOSE
WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO
COVID. THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE
BOTH OVER 75 AND WITH WEAKENED
IMMUNE SYSTEMS. OF COURSE,
THIS COMES AS THE OMICRON
SUBVARIANT CONTINUES TO SPREAD
ACROSS EUROPE. SO HOW MIGHT
THESE BOOSTERS HELP FIGHT THAT
VARIANT. AND COULD THIS BE A
SIGN OF THINGS TO COME HERE IN
THE U.S..
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE 4
DOSES MAY BE MOST BENEFICIAL.
IT'S GOING TO BE IN HIGH-RISK
POPULATIONS, NOT THE ENTIRE
POPULATION OF PEOPLE THAT
MAYBE HAVE HAD SOME TIME SINCE
THEIR BOOSTER SOMETIMES US ARE
AND THEIR PROTECTION AGAINST
SEVERE DISEASE. THIS FALL.
THAT'S WHERE I THINK 4TH DOSES
MAY MAKE SENSE AND THAT MAY BE
WHERE WE SEE UNITED STATES FOR
THOSE IS THE RECOMMENDED NOT
TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT TO
PEOPLE THAT ARE ELDERLY
IMMUNOCOMPROMISED, HIGH-RISK
CONDITIONS. THAT'S LIKELY TO
BE THE JUST TO PROVIDE MORE
PROTECTION AGAINST SEVERE
DISEASE, WHICH IS WHAT REALLY
MATTERS.
>> AND DOCTOR, AN FDA ADVISORY
PANEL IS SET TO MEET IN A FEW
WEEKS TO DISCUSS THE COUNTRY'S
VACCINE STRATEGY. WE KNOW
THERE'S BEEN MIXED MESSAGING
ON THE BEST APPROACHES. SO
WHAT ARE OFFICIALS DEBATING
EXACTLY. ESPECIALLY AS THE
VACCINATION RATE DECLINES.
>> WHAT THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY
ARTICULATE IS WHAT THE GOALS
ARE WITH COVID-19. ARE WE
TRYING TO STOP ALL INFECTIONS
OR STOP SEVERE DISEASE,
HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH,
ESPECIALLY WITH THESE FIRST
GENERATION VACCINES. SO THAT'S
NUMBER ONE. NUMBER 2 IS WHAT
THAT IS. THE OPTIMAL STRATEGY.
WHO SHOULD BE BOOSTING HOW
FREQUENTLY SHOULD THEY BE
BOOSTED ONE OF THE THRESHOLD
FOR CHANGING THE STRAIN IN THE
VACCINE. REMEMBER THE VACCINE
ARE USING IT AGAINST THE
ANCESTRAL WUHAN STRAIN AND NOW
WERE SEVERAL VARIANTS AND IT'S
STILL HOLDING UP WELL AGAINST
SERIOUS DISEASE BUT INFECTIONS
AND BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS
ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON. SO
THAT'S ALSO PART OF IT. AND
THEN THEY ALSO THINK ABOUT
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH SECOND
GENERATION VACCINES. THAT MAY
BE A MORE UNIVERSAL OR
DIFFERENT THAN THE MRNA AND
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE.
AND WHAT ABOUT FULL FDA
APPROVAL FOR THE J AND J
VACCINE AND OTHER VACCINES
THAT MIGHT BE COMING THROUGH.
THE FDA SAYS A LOT TO DISCUSS
AND DOCTOR, I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT ONE OF THE WORRIES IF WE
DO SEE ANOTHER SURGE IN CASES
YESTERDAY. WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY JEN PSAKI SAID THE
ADMINISTRATION.
>> HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT A LACK
OF COVID FUNDING. LET'S WATCH.
>> OUR CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS
THAT. WE ARE GOING TO RUN OUT
OF MONEY TO PROVIDE THE TYPES
OF VACCINES BOOSTERS
TREATMENTS TO THE
IMMUNOCOMPROMISED.
>> AND OTHERS FOR FREE OF
CHARGE.
>> CONCERN WE'VE SEEN ECHO
NUMEROUS TIMES BY DOCTORS ON
THIS SHOW. SO WHAT'S AT STAKE
HERE IF THE U.S. DOES NOT COME
UP WITH MORE FUNDING FOR
COVID.
>> THE REASON WHY WE'RE
HANDLING COVID SO MUCH BETTER
NOW IS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A
WHOLE SLEW OF MEDICAL
COUNTERMEASURES, MONOCLONAL
ANTIBODIES ANTIVIRAL VACCINES.
MANY WHICH ARE ONLY AVAILABLE
UNDER EMERGENCY USE
AUTHORIZATION. SO THAT MEANS
IT'S NOT A COMMERCIAL MARKET.
THAT MEANS IT'S THE GOVERNMENT
THAT IS THE EXCLUSIVE BUYER
AND THE EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO UTILIZE THESE TOOLS IN THE
ABSENCE OF A COMMERCIAL
MARKET. THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS
FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE
WHERE WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY OF
THE ADVANTAGES THAT WE'VE
ACCRUED OVER 2 YEARS. SO I
THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF
CONGRESS BEING VERY ACTIVE AND
GOING BACK INTO THAT PANIC AND
NEGLECT CYCLE THAT THEY OFTEN
DO WITH PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCIES. LET SOMETHING
RECEIVE THEY THEY THEY LOSE
THEIR PRIORITY. ALL RIGHT.
DOCTOR EMISSION IS ALWAYS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE
IT.
>> AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR OUR
WEEKLY MENTAL HEALTH CHECK AN
ADMITTEDLY IT'S MY FAVORITE
SEGMENT ON THE SHOW. SO I'M
EXCITED WHERE WE TALK THROUGH
SOME OF THE BIGGEST MENTAL
HEALTH HEADLINES. JUST WANT TO
TAKE A MOMENT TO PAUSE. TAKE A
DEEP BREATH. WE HAD A LOT OF
NEW SO FAR THIS MORNING AND
REFLECT ON OUR EMOTIONAL
WELL-BEING. LET'S BRING IN
BOARD CERTIFIED TAKE HIKERS.
DOCTOR SUE VARMA TO HELP US
UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE
HEADLINES WE'VE BEEN SEEING
LATELY. SO.
>> DOCTOR
>> GOOD MORNING. YEAH.
MORNING. AND SO LET'S YES,
THANKS FOR JOINING US. SO OF
MARCH MADNESS WHAT SOME PEOPLE
MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT MARCH IS
NOT JUST IN TIME FOR SPORTS,
BUT IT'S ALSO GAMBLING
AWARENESS MONTH. AND
RIGHTFULLY SO CONSIDERING THE
MAGNITUDE OF THE NCAA
BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. SO HOW
DOES GAMBLING AFFECT MENTAL
HEALTH AND WHAT CAN WE DO IF
SOMEONE WE KNOW OR LOVE IS
STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION,
ESPECIALLY DURING SUCH AN
INTENSE MONTH IN TIME.
>> ABSOLUTELY. AND I LOVE THE
FACT THAT YOU'RE RECOGNIZING
IT AS AN ADDICTION AND THAT WE
ARE DOING SO AND PUTTING IT IN
THE STATE CATEGORY AS OTHER
BEHAVIORAL ADDICTION. AND
THERE'S A LOSS OF CONTROL OVER
OUR BEHAVIOR. THERE'S THE MEN
AND THE APPLICATION WITH
GAMBLING. THERE'S A LOT OF
SHAME AND SECRECY IN LINE
THAT'S GOING ON AND GAMBLING
ADDICTIONS OFTEN COLOCAR WITH
OTHER BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS OR
CHEMICAL ADDICTION. IN IN
ADDITION TO DEPRESSION AND
ANXIETY PEOPLE WITH GAMBLING
ADDICTIONS ARE AT HIGHER RISK
FOR SUICIDE AS WELL. I THINK
IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT FAMILY
MEMBERS NOT OSTRACIZE, NOT
ALIENATE FOLKS WHO ARE DEALING
WITH A GAMBLING ADDICTIONS AND
REALLY BRING THEM INTO THE
FOLD OF THE FAMILY AND SAY,
HEY, LET'S GET HELP THEIR
HOTLINE HOTLINES GOING TO BE
ABLE TO BASE SOMETIMES. BUT IF
PATIENTS LIKE WITH FAMILY
FAMILY COUNSELING AND ALL THE
SUPER BENEFICIAL WITH GAMBLING
ADDICTION.
>> WE'RE GOING TO OFFER SOME
OF THAT INFORMATION HERE
COMING UP IN JUST A LITTLE BIT
THAT FOR THOSE WHO ARE
WONDERING IF THEY NEED TO SEEK
HELP OR HELP SOMEONE GET HELP.
I WANT TO ASK ABOUT ANOTHER
CONSEQUENCE OF THE COVID
PANDEMIC. THAT'S A SPIKE IN
POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION. A NEW
STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN SAYS THE NUMBER OF
MOTHERS EXPERIENCING
POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION TRIPLED
WHEN THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. SO
WHY DID WE SEE SUCH A DRAMATIC
SPIKE FOR WOMEN AND HOW CAN WE
START BREAKING THE STIGMA
SURROUNDING POSTPARTUM
DEPRESSION.
>> THE POST PARTUM DEPRESSION
DURING THE PANDEMIC. REALLY
EXPOSE A LOT OF ALLEN JUST
THAT WOMEN AND FAMILIES FACE
EVERYTHING FROM LACK OF
AFFORDABLE CHILD CARE GET
FAMILY LEAVE WOMEN WERE SO
MUCH MORE ISOLATED DURING THE
TIME NOT BEING ABLE TO SAY I'M
A CAREGIVER OR A LOVED ONE IN
2 REGULAR PRENATAL
APPOINTMENTS OFTEN NOT BEING
ABLE TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL IN
THE DELIVERY ROOM, PERHAPS
EVEN JUST ONE PARKER AND NOT
HAVING A LOT OF THE SERVICE
SAYS BEING LEFT AT WITH A
NEWBORN MAY BE OTHER CHILDREN
AND NOT GETTING THE PARTNER
SUPPORT. IF SOMEBODY WAS
WORKING OUT BY THE HOUSE AND
THEIR CHARRED JOBS BEING
MARGINALIZED. SO WE DID SEE AN
INCREASE FROM ANYWHERE FROM
ONE AND WOMEN PRIOR TO THE
PANDEMIC THINK POSTPARTUM
DEPRESSION TO ONE IN 3.
>> AND BRIEFLY DOCTOR, WE WANT
TO END ON A SWEET NOTE TO THE
NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS
ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS A THING
DID NOT TUMORS BOUGHT NEARLY
3. THEY'RE 37 BILLION DOLLARS
WORTH OF CHOCOLATE IN 2021 A
RECORD. I KNOW I WAS ONE OF
THEM AND EXPERTS SAY THAT
RECORD MAY ACTUALLY BE BROKEN
AGAIN THIS YEAR. SO KNOWING
THAT WHY AND HOW TO CHOCOLATE
AND SWEETS GIVE SUCH AN IMPACT
TO OUR MENTAL HEALTH. AND ARE
THERE ANY DOWNSIDES TO RELYING
ON SWEETS FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
FIRST.
>> YEAH. YOU KNOW, RELYING ON
MENTAL HEALTH FOODS AND SMALL
AMOUNTS DARK CHOCOLATE BUT SAY
BE BENEFICIAL FOR THEM AT THE
RIGHT. THE HOUSE. I THINK THE
GOAL HOW A MENTOR ME NOT GOING
TO MEDDLE IN SMALL AMOUNTS.
THE PROBLEM COMES WHEN WE
START TO RELY UPON THEM AS A
SOURCE OF COMFORT, WHICH A LOT
OF PEOPLE THAT, LOOK, WE'RE
ISOLATED WHERE HOME. WE'RE
DOING A LOT MORE ONLINE
SHOPPING AND WE'RE FEELING
DEPRIVED IN A LOT OF WAY OF
STIMULATION AND IT IS A QUICK
WOULD BOOST OR SO. AGAIN, IF
YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH
LIMITED AND KEEP IT TO DOCTOR
SUE VARMA, THANKS SO MUCH.
>> AND IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU
KNOW IS STRUGGLING WITH
GAMBLING PLEASE CALL THE
NATIONAL PROBLEM. GAMBLING
HELPLINE NETWORK 1, 805 TO 2,
5, 7, 0, 0,
>> ALL RIGHT. COMING UP, WAR
THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD.
WE RETURN HOW THE RUSSIAN
INVASION IS IMPACTED. SOME OF
THE YOUNGEST UKRAINE. PLUS,
HACK ATTACK. HOW ENGINEERS ARE
JOINING THE FIGHT AGAINST
RUSSIA WITHOUT LEAVING THEIR
HOME. YOU'RE WATCHING MORNING NEWS NOW.
NEWS NOW.
♪
>> THIS IS HOW SO MANY TOWNS
EDITION.
>> JUST MOMENTS AGO. RUSSIAN
OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI
NAVALNY WAS FOUND GUILTY OF
FRAUD BY A COURT IN MOSCOW, A
MOVE THAT HE CLAIMS IS
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. FOR
MORE ON THAT AND THE OTHER
INTERNATIONAL STORIES MAKING
HEADLINES THIS MORNING. WE'RE
JOINED BY NBC NEWS FOREIGN
CORRESPONDENT JANIS MACKEY
FRAYER. GOOD MORNING, JANICE.
>> WELL, GOOD MORNING, GUYS.
ALEXI NAVALNY, PERHAPS THE
KREMLIN'S BIGGEST CRITIC HAS
BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF LARGE
SCALE FRAUD BY A RUSSIAN
COURT. NOW, THIS COULD ADD
ANOTHER 13 YEARS TO HIS
CURRENT SENTENCE. HE'S ALREADY
SERVING 2 AND A HALF YEARS AT
A PRISON CROWD OUTSIDE OF
MOSCOW FOR PAROLE VIOLATIONS
ON CHARGES HE SAID WERE
FABRICATED TO KEEP HIM FROM
BEING POLITICALLY ACTIVE NOW.
HE IS A VERY VOCAL CRITIC OF
VLADIMIR BUT NAVALNY TODAY
APPEARED UNFAZED BY THIS
VERDICT. AND EARLIER THIS
MONTH HE SAID THAT HE WILL
NEVER RENOUNCE HIS WORDS OR
DEEDS. SOME SCUFFLES AT POLISH
BORDER WITH BELARUS BETWEEN
TRUCK DRIVERS AND PROTESTERS
TRYING TO STOP THEM. THE
PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR
A FEW DAYS TRYING TO BLOCK
FOOD MEDICINE AND OTHER GOODS
FROM GETTING INTO BELARUS
BELARUS. WE KNOW IS SIDING
WITH RUSSIA AND THE CONCERN OF
THE PROTESTERS IS THAT THE
SUPPLIES ARE GOING TO BE USED
AGAINST UKRAINE IN THE WAR.
THE TRUCKS WERE BACKED UP 25
MILES WITH THE PROTESTERS
MOSTLY UKRAINIANS AND BELARUS.
HE YELLING SHAME AT THE
DRIVERS AND FINALLY, DID YOU
KNOW THAT JAPAN AND RUSSIA ARE
HAVE UNRESOLVED WORLD WAR 2
HOSTILITIES. THERE'S STILL A
DISPUTE OVER THE KURIL ISLANDS
BETTER OFF THE COAST OF
HOKKAIDO. THAT'S THE NORTHERN
PART OF JAPAN. THESE ARE
ISLANDS THAT JAPAN CALLS THE
NORTHERN TERRITORIES 56
ISLANDS IN THE ARCHIPELAGO
COVERING 6,000 SQUARE MILES
AND THERE HAD BEEN TALKS
TOWARD A PEACE TREATY BETWEEN
THE 2 COUNTRIES BOUGHT THE
TALKS HAVE BEEN CALLED OFF
RUSSIA STORMED IT WAS A
REACTION TO TOKYO'S DECISION
TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA
OVER ITS INVASION OF UKRAINE.
AND THAT'S A LOOK AT YOUR
HEADLINES TODAY. JANICE, THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
>> NOW SINCE THE WAR STARTED
UNICEF SAYS ONE CHILD IS LEFT
UKRAINE. EVERY SECOND. THAT
MEANS MORE THAN ONE AND A HALF
MILLION KIDS HAVE FLED UKRAINE
IN LESS THAN 4 WEEKS OF AIR
FORCE TO SUDDENLY SAY GOODBYE
TO HOME AND FRIENDS WITH NO
SENSE OF WHEN OR IF THEY'LL BE
ABLE TO GO BACK. NBC NEWS
CORRESPONDENT ALLISON BARBER
BRINGS US SOME OF THEIR
STUART.
>> WHEN YOU WATCH CHILDREN
PLAYING IN THE MAKESHIFT
REFUGEE SHELTERS. NOW
SCATTERED ACROSS POLAND.
>> YOU SEE A LOT
>> TALK TO THE SAME AND YOU
GET THE SENSE THAT THEY LAUGH
AND PLAY.
>> NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE UNAWARE
OF THE HORRORS. THEY SURVIVE.
BUT BECAUSE IT IS THEIR WAY TO
SURVIVE. THOSE MOMENTS CAN
HELP.
>> WHAT IS MORE JUST SO THE
WORDS EVERYBODY'S IN THE BOX
HOLE AND THEY ARE THE FIGHT WE
SAW. SAW THE QUICK SCHOOLS.
AND THEN I DON'T REMEMBER ANY
OF IT.
>> AND WE WERE
>> IT'S HARD TO TALK ABOUT
SCARY THINGS. ISN'T IT'S THAT
GOING IN. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE
TO WORK HOUSING.
>> OVER 3 MILLION REFUGEES
HAVE FLED UKRAINE.
>> WHAT'S HER NAME? GOT AT THE
ANA.
>> UNICEF SAYS HALF ARE
CHILDREN. MIKE MCCURRY TO AND
HER SISTERS
>> ALL OF THIS STARTED. WHAT
WERE YOU NEXT? AND THE TEMPLES
AND BOMBING. I HAVE MY PLANS
FOR STOP THE BUT THAT STILL
WANT TO JUST TO BE AN YOU
CHANGED IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS US
ICE STARTING TO VALUE AS MUCH
AS I NEVER DID I WORRY ABOUT
EVERYONE NOW I WORRY ABOUT MY
RELATIVES, MY LOVED ONES.
>> WITH THE OLDER KIDS.
THERE'S A DETERMINATION.
>> AND ASSESS TO HELP.
>> LOT OF GROUND 10. I'VE GOT
ART IS YOU'RE JUST A KID TOO.
>> INSTEAD OF FUELING HATE.
GALVANIZING COMPASSION.
>> I MEAN, DO THAT. HOW DO YOU
FIND PIECES WITH FEDERAL
DOLLARS TO USE THEM IN WHAT
YOU HAVE FOR YOUR AND YOU TOOK
ME. WHAT DO YOU WANT OTHER
KIDS WHO MIGHT WATCH YOU CAN
GET SOME GOOD 30'S I WON I
WANT TO USE HAPPEN THIS AND I
WANT THEM TO LEAVE GOOD LIFE
AND CLEAR SAVES HIGH OVER
THEIR ELLISON BARBER, OF
>> AND IN UKRAINE EVERYDAY
CIVILIANS ARE FINDING
DIFFERENT WAYS TO JOIN THE WAR
EFFORT. NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT
ALI AROUZI INTRODUCES US TO A
MAN WHO IS USING HIS SOFTWARE
ENGINEERING SKILLS TO ATTACK
RUSSIAN COMPANIES ONLINE.
>> TAURUS SAYS HE CON FIGHT
THE RUSSIANS ON THE FRONT LINE
BUT ONLINE HE'S DOING ALL HE
CAN TO HURT THE INVADING
COUNTRIES, WAR EFFORT. I
REMEMBER DROPPED IT OR DO A
QUICK DUE TO HEALTH
>> IF DEFENDANT DO IT.
>> TARA SINCE CONCEAL HIS
IDENTITY AND USE A PSEUDONYM
FOR SECURITY REASONS SAYS HE
USED TO BE A SOFTWARE ENGINEER
BUT THE WAR PULLED HIM IN A
DIFFERENT DIRECTION. CYBER
HACKING.
>> WHAT WAS THE MOTIVATION FOR
YOU TO DO THIS ARE YOU TRYING
TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN WITH THE
WORK CAN REACH AND THE WORK TO
STOP IT. STOP HER FOR HIM.
PEOPLE CAN SUE GOALS TO 3
WOULD-BE TARGET AND HE SAYS
HIS OBJECTIVE IS TO OVERLOAD
RUSSIAN WEBSITES BY FLOODING
THEM WITH TRAFFIC MAKING IT
IMPOSSIBLE FOR SERVICE OF
RUSSIAN BUSINESSES AND MEDIA
OUTLETS TO CARRY ON WORKING TO
BE CLEAR, THIS TYPE OF ATTACK
IS A CRIME FOR INDIVIDUALS IN
THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA.
BUT RUSSIA HAS DEPLOYED
SIMILAR TACTICS IN THE PAST.
ACCORDING TO THE WHITE HOUSE,
TERRACE SAYS THAT THE CYBER
ATTACKS THAT HE AND OTHER
DIGITAL FIGHTERS CAN DOCK
STRIKE DEEP BLOWS TO THE
RUSSIAN ECONOMY AS THEY'VE
INCREASED IN FREQUENCY DURING
THE WAR. ACCORDING TO THE
CYBERSECURITY COMPANY, FOR US.
TELECOM SO DARK AND HOW MUCH
DAMAGE DOES THIS DO TO THE
RUSSIAN OPERATION OF THE FROM
AN INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE
COMPANIES THAT TARGETED HIS
RUSSIAN MEDIA FOR THAT. A LOT
OF FRESH AND SO USE IN THE
BRONX.
>> RAILWAY SITES.
>> A GOVERNMENTAL SIDES. IT'S
NOT JUST THE ECONOMY. HE'S OFF
TO THE RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA THAT HAS PROVED TO BE A HARDER
THAT HAS PROVED TO BE A HARDER
TARGET THE MACHINE TO RUSSIAN
PEOPLE AND THINK THAT WAS THE
MOMENT THAT THE MONTHS OF
SOMETIMES YOU'RE TELLING THEM
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AND
YOU'RE THERE, YOUR FAMILY
MEMBERS, BUT THEY'RE NOT
LISTENING TO YOU HAS BEEN
SAYING THAT THIS IS TARA SMITH
TO WESTERN UKRAINE. A FEW
YEARS AGO BUT SAYS HIS FAMILY,
LIKE SO MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD
TO RUN AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES
IN HARD-HIT AREAS. HIS
GRANDPARENTS FACED GRAVE
DANGERS OF LIVING AND OUR
KEITH. BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO
THAT TOOK A LOT OF PERSUASION
BUT FINALLY HE CONVINCED HIM
TO JOIN IN BECAUSE A HUGE
RELIEF SCREW LIKE ARE A NUMBER
BEFORE I WOULDN'T WANT THAT
TOO.
>> THANKS, ALI AROUZI FOR THAT
REPORT. AND COMING UP ON
MORNING NEWS NOW PLANS ON
HOLD. WHY SO MANY AMERICANS IN
THE MIDDLE OF RENOVATING THEIR
HOMES ARE NOW BEING FORCED TO
WAIT. PLUS GASOLINE ARTIST
DADDY YANKEE SAYS HE'S
RETIRING WARNED HIS LEGENDARY CAREER IN MUSIC
CAREER IN MUSIC
♪
>> NEWS IS HAPPENING.
>> THE COST OF GAS IS COMING
DOWN SLIGHTLY BUT IT'S STILL
FAR ABOVE WHERE IT WAS LAST
MONTH WHICH MIGHT BE FUELING A
SURGE IN FUEL THEFT. NBC NEWS
CORRESPONDENT JESSE KIRSCH
REPORTS FROM L A. AS HIGH GAS
PRICES CONTINUE TO STAYING
NATIONWIDE. SOME PEOPLE
APPARENTLY AREN'T PAYING A
CENT AT THE PUMP. ONE OF
GERMAN ESPECIALLY KEEN.
>> BECAUSE EVERY TIME THEY
WILL COME AND THEY WILL OPEN
THE DISPENSER. AND IT WILL
SOON GET SOME OF FROM THERE.
ONE DALLAS AREA GAS STATION
SAYS THIEVES APPEARING TO BE
CAPTURED ON CAMERA HERE HAVE
STOLEN OVER $23,000 OF DIESEL
IN RECENT MONTHS.
>> A NORTH CAROLINA PUMPS AS
IT WAS ALSO HIT LIKE A MORE
CONTROL.
>> BY BUS. THE POPE WAS THE
BYPASS. IT GOING TO BE AT THE
MODEL UP TO THE BIGGEST ON
PHILLY.
>> TRIPLE A SAYS THE HEISTS
ARE PART OF A GROWING TREND
ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH
THIEVES, EVEN DRILLING INTO
CARS WITH NEWER GAS TANKS,
WHICH YOU CAN'T SITE IN FROM
AS EASILY. THE REASON FOR THAT
LIKELY IS JUST BECAUSE GAS
PRICES ARE SO EXPENSIVE OVER
THE PAST WEEK. AAA SAYS THE
NATIONAL AVERAGE PRICE OF GAS
HAS DIPPED SLIGHTLY. BUT THE
AVERAGE PRICE OF REGULAR IS
STILL UP MORE THAN $0.70 A
GALLON FROM JUST A MONTH AGO.
AND IN STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA,
IT'S STILL CLIMBING HALF A TANK.
>> $76. HAS THAT FEEL
>> TRIPLE A SAYS RIGHT NOW THE
AVERAGE GAS PRICES IN
CALIFORNIA ARE THE MOST
EXPENSIVE IN THE COUNTRY HERE
IN LOS ANGELES. IT CAN COST
YOU EVEN MORE TO FILL UP TO
TAKE. PLUS, WE COULD SEE THOSE
PRICES GO UP AGAIN IN THE DAYS
AHEAD.
>> OUTSIDE SAN FRANCISCO. MORE
THAN 500 WORKERS ARE STRIKING
AT A CHEVRON REFINERY. CHEVRON
SAYS IT'S PREPARED TO KEEP UP
NORMAL OPERATIONS. BUT TRIPLE
A SAYS A SHUTDOWN COULD
STRANGLE CALIFORNIA'S GAS
SUPPLY SIDE HERE TRYING YOU
KNOW. LESSEN THE BURDEN ON OUR
WORKERS FAMILIES. IT'S THE
SAME PLIGHT OF ALL. A BLUE
COLLAR WORKERS. THE
EYE-POPPING GAS PRICES ARE
SENDING MORE PEOPLE INTO THE
ELECTRIC VEHICLE MARKET EDMOND
SAYS SEARCHES FOR HYBRID AND
ELECTRIC CARS ARE UP 84% SINCE
LAST MONTH.
>> I'M JUST I'M IN LOVE WITH
IT, ESPECIALLY NOW AS I DRIVE
PAST GAS STATIONS. SOME STATES
ARE TRYING TO HELP BY PUMPING
THE BRAKES ON THEIR GAS TAXES.
>> MARYLAND IN GEORGIA'S
GOVERNORS HAVE ALREADY SIGNED
SUSPENSIONS INTO LAW. WE'RE
DOING OUR PART TO LESSEN THE
IMPACT ON YOUR WALLET. THANKS
TO JESSE KIRSCH FOR THAT
REPORT.
>> TURNING NOW TO SUPPLY CHAIN
DELAYS WHICH ARE CAUSING A
SERIOUS HEADACHE FOR PEOPLE
TRYING TO RENOVATE THEIR
CNBC'S DIANA OLICK EXPLAINS
ONE HOLDUP CAN CAUSE A MAJOR
DOMINO EFFECT.
>> ROBERT WILL COST BOUGHT HIS
BETHESDA MARYLAND PROPERTY
JUST BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT.
>> FROM THERE. IT JUST KIND OF
FELL HE EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT
14 MONTHS TO BUILD HIS NEW
HOME. IT'S NOW 24 MONTHS AND
NOT DONE YET.
>> THE PROJECT HAS BEEN
PLAGUED BY SUPPLY CHAIN DELAYS
EVERYTHING FROM BASIC
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS TO
APPLIANCES DOORS. SOMEWHAT
CORRIDORS TOOK FOREVER TO AND
THE DELAYS JUST BUILD ON EACH
OTHER BECAUSE WITH DOORS
AREN'T IN THE CAN'T TRIM. IF
THEY CAN'T TRIM AND THE CAMP
WITH THE FLOORING DOWNS LIKE
EVERYTHING IN CONSTRUCTION AS
A DOMINO EFFECT AND AS THE
DELAYS GO ON THE COSTS RISE.
THANKS TO INFLATION ACROSS
JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT
GOES INTO NOT JUST BUILDING A
HOME BUT FURNISHING IT FROM A
YEAR AGO. PRICES FOR WINDOW
AND FLOOR. COVERINGS ARE UP
11% LIVING AND DINING ROOM
FURNITURE UP 19% MAJOR
APPLIANCES UP 11% AND EVEN
CLOCKS LAMSON DECORATOR ITEMS
UP IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
WINSTON AND ELIZABETH
EGGLESTON ARE TRYING TO BUILD
A POOL AND AN EXTRA BACKYARD
HOUSE FOR WINSTON'S FATHER TO
LIVE IN. IT'S ALMOST BECOME
KIND OF COMICAL BECAUSE OF
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IT'S BEEN
HAPPENING. THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY
FUNNY, THOUGH, AS DELAY AFTER
DELAY PROLONGS THE PROJECT.
THEY'RE JUST THANKFUL. THEY
STARTED BEFORE PRICES WENT UP.
THE POOL THAT WE'RE PUTTING
HIM RIGHT NOW WOULD BE ALMOST
DOUBLE IN PRICE TODAY IF WE
WERE TO START THE PROJECT NOW.
SO.
>> YOU KNOW, AT LEAST AT LEAST
WE HAVE THAT BACK IN BETHESDA.
ROBERT WILL COFFEE STILL
WAITING ON HIS GARAGE DOORS
WHICH COST $2000 MORE THAN HE
EXPECTED. LATEST DELIVERY DATE
I HAVE NO IDEA. I LEVEL EVER
SHARED THANKS TO DIANA FOR
THAT REPORT.
>> DADDY YANKEE IS RETIRING
AFTER DECADES OF SMASH HITS IN
WORLDWIDE SUCCESS. TOP STORY ANCHOR TOM LLAMAS TAKES A LOOK
ANCHOR TOM LLAMAS TAKES A LOOK
BACK AT HIS ICONIC CAREER.
IT'S THE BEAT THAT LIT UP THE
EARLY 2 THOUSANDS WITH THE
CATCHY VERSE. YOU CAN'T HELP
BUT SING.
♪
THE SONG GASOLINA WOULD GO ON
TO DEFINE DADDY YANKEE'S
CAREER AND EVENTUALLY HELPED
CATAPULT TO GET ON INTO A
GLOBAL PHENOMENON. BUT ON
SUNDAY THE PUERTO RICAN RAPPER
DROPPING SOME NEWS TELLING HIS
MASSIVE FANBASE HE'S RETIRING
FROM MUSIC WHILE ANNOUNCING
THE RELEASE OF HIS FINAL ALBUM
LEGEND THAT HE AND A FAREWELL
TOUR AT THE HANDLE THEY SAY,
YOU KNOW THIS AND YET.
>> BUT I DON'T, THAT WILL COME
IN, YOU KNOW, LIKE BUT I
REALLY WANT BUT I DON'T. BUT
THAT THE I GET ON
>> SONGS LIKE ROBOT LEADING
HIM TO BE KNOWN AS THE KING OF
THE DAY AT DAWN WITH THE 45
YEAR-OLD SELLING MORE THAN
20 MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE
SEE WHAT IT WAS. HIS FEATURE
IN THE SMASH HIT THIS BOSS
EVIL THAT BROKE GLOBAL RECORDS
AND CEMENT A DADDY YANKEE INTO
THE HISTORY BOOKS. POSSE THE
VIDEO NOW WATCH MORE THAN
7 BILLION TIMES ON YOUTUBE.
SOON AFTER HE BECAME THE FIRST
LATIN ARTIST TO REACH NUMBER
ONE ON SPOTIFY. THE FIRST
LATIN URBAN ARTIST TO BE
INDUCTED INTO THE BILLBOARD
HALL OF FAME AND WAS NAMED ONE
OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD BY TIME MAGAZINE.
>> THAT A YANKEE IS.
>> ARGUABLY ONE OF THE
FOUNDERS OF BRING IT ON AND
WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE ARTISTS
THAT FIRST PUT THE MUSIC ON
THE MAP BUT ALL SCALE BUT TRUE
MUSIC TRAILBLAZER OFTEN
CREDITED WITH COINING THE TERM
CREDIT DON'T IN 1994 WHICH
FUSES AMERICAN HIP-HOP WITH
LATIN CARIBBEAN AND JAMAICAN
THIS IS A MAN WHO'S BEEN VERY
CAREFUL ABOUT KEEPING HIS
MUSIC VERY TOP LEVEL AND
KEEPING WHAT HE DOES A VERY
TOP LEVEL AND HE'S VERY AWARE
THAT HE'S AN EXAMPLE TO NEW
GENERATIONS AND AND ALSO
CASINO.
>> IONIA COUNTY. I'M MELISSA
NOT GOING PICK ON FAITH.
BROUGHT TO YOU ABOUT A BODY TO
HE LET MY OT SAID COME ON.
>> SO BY ME BY WHAT YOUR DADDY
YANKEE MAY BE THE RULES FOR
NOW, BUT HIS MUSIC, HIS VIDEOS
AND THE HOME IS NOWHERE NEAR
DISAPPEARING HAHA.
>> AND WE ALL WANT TO VISIT
HIS FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH EARLY
THANKS ALL OF US FOR THAT
REPORT. THAT DOES IT FOR THIS
HOUR. MORNING NEWS NOW, THE
NEWS CONTINUES RIGHT NOW.