>>> TONIGHT THE
OUTRAGE OVER
>>> TONIGHT THE
OUTRAGE OVER VLADIMIR
PUTIN'S SURPRISE VISIT
TO OCCUPIED UKRAINE.
PRESIDENT PUTIN
TOURING THE CITY
A PROTEST IS NOW
SCHEDULED OUTSIDE THE
NEW YORK CITY
COURTHOUSE TOMORROW.
>>> THE MEGADEAL TO
SAVE A GLOBAL BANK.
THE RUSH TO PUSH IT
THROUGH BEFORE MARKETS
OPEN TOMORROW.
WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR
MONEY.
>>> STATE OF EMERGENCY
DECLARED IN MIAMI
BEACH OVER WILD SPRING
BREAKERS AFTER HARD
PARTYING TURNS VIOLENT
>> AS THE LONGEST OF
LONG SHOTS, FAIRLEIGH
DICKINSON UNIVERSITY
TAKES ITS SHOT AT THE
SWEET 16 TONIGHT.
>> Announcer: THIS
IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS"
WITH KATE SNOW.
>>> GOOD EVENING.
IT WAS A SURPRISE
VISIT.
THE CLOSEST RUSSIAN
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR
PUTIN HAS EVER BEEN TO
THE FRONT LINES SINCE
THE INVASION OF
UKRAINE.
THESE ARE IMAGES OF
PRESIDENT PUTIN
VISITING THE CITY OF
MARIUPOL, A CITY HIS
FORCES DECIMATED IN
THE BATTLE TO TAKE
CONTROL OF IT LAST
SPRING.
THE FIGHT FOR MARIUPOL
GAVE US SOME OF THE
MOST SEARING IMAGES OF
THE WAR.
A THEATER TOTALLY
DESTROYED BY RUSSIAN
MISSILES.
INSIDE THOUSANDS OF
CIVILIANS SEEKING
SHELTER, MANY BELIEVED
TO HAVE BEEN KILLED.
YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS
IMAGE, A PREGNANT
WOMAN BEING
TRANSPORTED FROM A
MATERNITY WARD THERE,
THE HOSPITAL BLOWN
OUT.
SHE AND HER BABY LATER
DIED.
IT IS NOT HARD TO
IMAGINE THE OUTRAGE OF
UKRAINIANS SEEING
IMAGES OF PUTIN
TOURING THE CITY.
IT IS WORTH NOTING THE
ONLY IMAGES OF HIM
OUTSIDE ARE UNDER
COVER OF DARKNESS.
MATT BRADLEY STARTS US
OFF FROM KYIV TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: THIS
WEEKEND VLADIMIR PUTIN
IS TAKING A VICTORY
LAP, TOURING THE WAR
RAVAGED CITY OF
MARIUPOL THOUGHT TO BE
THE RUSSIAN
PRESIDENT'S FIRST TRIP
TO A RECENTLY RUSSIAN
OCCUPIED UKRAINIAN
CITY SINCE THE WAR
BEGAN MORE THAN A YEAR
AGO.
DRIVING HIMSELF
THROUGH THE STREETS,
EVEN STOPPING IN TO
RESIDENTS' HOMES.
A SLAP IN THE FACE FOR
UKRAINE.
MARIUPOL HAD BEEN A
SYMBOL OF UKRAINIAN
RESISTANCE.
IT'S WHERE THOUSANDS
OF UKRAINIAN TROOPS
AND THEIR FAMILIES
ENDURED WEEKS OF
RUSSIAN ATTACKS WHILE
HOLED UP UNDER A STEEL
FOUNDRY AND WHERE
RUSSIAN MISSILES
KILLED PERHAPS
THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS
SEEKING REFUGE IN A
THEATER A YEAR AGO,
THOUGHT TO BE THE
LARGEST SINGLE LOSS OF
CIVILIAN LIFE IN THE
WAR.
UKRAINIAN LEADERS WERE
OUTRAGED.
THE CRIMINAL ALWAYS
RETURNS TO THE CRIME
SCENE TWEETED AN
ADVISER TO UKRAINE'S
PRESIDENT.
YESTERDAY IT WAS
CRIMEA.
THE PENINSULA PUTIN
ILLEGALLY ANNEXED IN
2014.
THE PROVOCATIVE PHOTO
OPS JUST AFTER THE
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
COURT ISSUED AN ARREST
WARRANT FOR PUTIN
ACCUSING HIM OF WAR
CRIMES.
SPECIFICALLY THE
KIDNAPPING AND
DEPORTATION OF
UKRAINIAN CHILDREN TO
RUSSIA SOME FROM
MARIUPOL WHERE MANY
UKRAINIANS BELIEVE
THEY ARE BEING BRAIN
WASHED.
>> TEACHING THEM TO
HATE ALL UKRAINIANS,
TO HATE THEIR PARENTS.
>> Reporter: RUSSIA'S
GOVERNMENT ANGRILY
DENOUNCED THE CHARGES
AND INSIST THEY ARE
SAVING THE CHILDREN
FROM THE DANGERS OF
WAR.
STILL, THE COURT'S
ACCUSATIONS COULD
DEEPEN HIS ISOLATION,
BUT PUTIN STILL HAS
POWERFUL FRIENDS.
TOMORROW HE'LL GET A
VISIT FROM CHINESE
LEADER XI JINPING IN
MOSCOW.
THE PAIR SAY THEIR
RELATIONSHIP HAS NO
LIMITS AND XI EVEN
PROPOSED A PEACE PLAN
TO END THE WAR, BUT IT
WAS REJECTED BY KYIV
FOR FAVORING MOSCOW.
>> MATT JOINS US NOW
FROM KYIV.
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT
FROM XI'S VISIT TO
MOSCOW TOMORROW?
>> Reporter: WELL,
THAT IS A BIG
QUESTION, KATE.
U.S. INTELLIGENCE
BELIEVES CHINA MAY BE
CONSIDERING OFFERING
WEAPONS TO RUSSIA AND
IF THEY DO THAT WOULD
BE A BIG BOOST TO
VL
PREPARING TO HAVE
HUNDREDS OF OFFICERS
READY TO DEPLOY AS
NEEDED.
KATE?
>> GARRETT HAAKE FOR
US, THANK YOU.
>>> THERE ARE MAJOR
MOVES TONIGHT IN THE
RACE TO CONTAIN THE
GLOBAL BANKING CRISIS.
SWISS BANKING GIANT
UBS BOUGHT ITS RIVAL
CREDIT SUISSE TODAY IN
A MULTI BILLION DOLLAR
DEAL.
THE EMERGENCY RESCUE
COMES AFTER TWO
AMERICAN BANKS FAILED.
HERE'S WHAT THIS COULD
MEAN FOR YOUR MONEY.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT
AN HISTORIC DEAL
BROKERED BY THE SWISS
GOVERNMENT.
BANKING GIANT UBS
AGREEING TO BUY RIVAL
BANK CREDIT SUISSE FOR
$3.2 BILLION, JUST A
FRACTION OF THE
$8 BILLION IT WAS
WORTH FRIDAY.
>> THE TAKE OVER OF
CREDIT SUISSE BY UBS
IS THE BEST SOLUTION
FOR RESTORING THE
CONFIDENCE THAT HAS
BEEN LACKING IN
FINANCIAL MARKETS
RECENTLY.
>> Reporter: THE
DECISION AIMED AT
STABILIZING GLOBAL
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
>> IF UBS HADN'T TAKEN
OVER CREDIT SUISSE IT
WOULD HAVE LED TO
ANOTHER CRISIS OF
CONFIDENCE IN THE
BANKING SECTOR AND
THAT AFFECTS ALL
AMERICANS.
IT AFFECTS THE STOCK
MARKET OF COURSE BUT
AMERICANS ARE MOSTLY
CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR
BANK ACCOUNTS AND
THEIR MONEY IN THE
BANK.
IT WOULD HAVE LED TO
MORE CONCERNS THEIR
MONEY WASN'T SAFE WHEN
IT ACTUALLY IS.
>> Reporter: THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION
PRAISING THE DECISION
AS IT TRIES TO RESTORE
AMERICANS' CONFIDENCE,
SAYING IN A STATEMENT,
THE U.S. FINANCIAL
SYSTEM IS RESILIENT.
THE MOVE COMES JUST
OVER A WEEK AFTER
SILICON VALLEY BANK
BECAME THE BIGGEST
U.S. BANK TO
FAIL SINCE THE 2008
FINANCIAL CRISIS.
THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
REPORTING THE BANK'S
RISKY PRACTICES WERE
ON THE FEDERAL
RESERVE'S RADAR FOR
MORE THAN A YEAR, AND
IT WAS ISSUED SIX
CITATIONS IN 2021.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
NOW CALLING FOR MORE
REFORM.
SENATOR ELIZABETH
WARREN TODAY
ANNOUNCING A PROBE
INTO THE SILICON
VALLEY AND SIGNATURE
BANK COLLAPSES.
>> WE NEED
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OUR
REGULATORS, WHO
CLEARLY FELL DOWN ON
THE JOB.
>> ALI JOINS US NOW.
SENATOR WARREN IS
NOT ALONE IN CALLING
FOR AN INVESTIGATION,
RIGHT?
>> Reporter: THAT'S
RIGHT.
SEVERAL CONGRESSIONAL
JESSE KIRSCH, NBC
NEWS, COLUMBUS, OHIO.
>> FEELS LIKE
EVERYBODY IS WATCHING.
>>> STILL AHEAD
TONIGHT A REALLY
>>> WE'VE REPORTED
BEFORE ON THE DANGERS
OF PREGNANCY
ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN
OF COLOR.
TONIGHT A NEW STUDY
WITH STARTLING
FINDINGS THAT WEALTHY
BLACK WOMEN ARE DYING
IN CHILD BIRTH AT
RATES FAR GREATER THAN
ALL WHITE WOMEN.
REHEMA ELLIS TAKES A
CLOSER LOOK AT WHY.
>> Reporter: THIS IS
HOW AZIZA CLARK AND
HER HUSBAND JASON
LOOKED IN THE EARLY
WEEKS OF HER
PREGNANCY.
>> IT WAS A PICTURE OF
ABSOLUTE JOY.
>> Reporter: BUT FOR
THESE TWO HIGHLY
SUCCESSFUL NEW JERSEY
LAWYERS, JOY SOON
TURNED TO FEAR.
>> WE WERE VERY, VERY
WORRIED ABOUT MAKING
SURE THAT WE HAD ALL
THE INFORMATION THAT
WE HAD THE VERY BEST
DOCTORS THAT WE COULD
FIND.
>> Reporter: IN HER
FIRST TRIMESTER AZIZA
SAYS SHE WAS
EXHAUSTED.
WHEN SHE TOLD HER
DOCTOR SHE WAS
CONCERNED ABOUT
ANEMIA, THE RESPONSE?
>> OF COURSE YOU'RE
TIRED.
YOU'RE PREGNANT.
AND ME, THIS IS MY
FIRST CHILD.
>> Reporter: BUT THIS
VERY ATHLETIC
41-YEAR-OLD SAYS IT
GOT WORSE.
BY HER SEVENTH MONTH
SHE COULD BARELY HOLD
HER HEAD UP AND
DEMANDED A BLOOD TEST.
THE RESULTS?
SHE WAS DANGEROUSLY
ANEMIC AND HAD TO HAVE
INFUSIONS.
>> IT FELT LIKE MY
THROAT DROPPED INTO MY
STOMACH, BECAUSE IT
WAS THERE AND CONCRETE
THAT I WASN'T
IMAGINING THIS.
>> Reporter: AFTER 27
HOURS OF LABOR,
DOCTORS ABRUPTLY
DECIDED ON AN
EMERGENCY C-SECTION.
HER SON WAS BORN
HEALTHY, BUT SHE
PASSED OUT AND SPENT
ABOUT EIGHT DAYS IN
THE HOSPITAL
RECOVERING.
>> IT WAS TRAUMATIC.
>> Reporter: AND SHE
IS NOT ALONE.
A GROUNDBREAKING STUDY
REVEALS A DISTURBING
HISTORY OF UNEQUAL
CARE.
RESEARCHERS ANALYZED
NEARLY ALL PREGNANCIES
IN CALIFORNIA OVER A
NINE-YEAR PERIOD.
FOR THE FIRST TIME
FACTORING IN BOTH RACE
AND INCOME.
THE FINDINGS?
MONEY DIDN'T MATTER IN
MATERNAL HEALTH CARE.
AND DURING CHILD
BIRTH, EVEN THE
RICHEST BLACK WOMEN
ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE
THAN THE POOREST WHITE
WOMEN.
>> TAKE IT AS AN
OPPORTUNITY.
>> Reporter: DR.
CAMILLA PHILIPS IS NOT
SURPRISED.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?
>> THIS IS ABOUT
RACISM.
WE ARE STILL DEALING
WITH INSTITUTIONS,
PEOPLE, AND THEIR
BIASSES.
>> Reporter: SOME
PEOPLE WOULD SAY
THAT'S DRAMATIC.
HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT
IT'S RACISM WHEN BLACK
WOMEN ARE GOING TO THE
SAME HOSPITALS THAT
WHITE WOMEN ARE GOING
TO IN LARGE MEASURE
AND THEY'RE RECEIVING
THE SAME KIND OF CARE,
AREN'T THEY?
>> SO I WOULD ARGUE
THAT WOMEN OF COLOR
AND IN PARTICULAR
BLACK WOMEN ARE NOT
RECEIVING THE SAME
TYPE OF CARE, EVEN IN
THE SAME INSTITUTIONS.
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS
SOME DOCTORS OFTEN
DON'T TAKE BLACK
WOMEN'S CONCERNS ABOUT
THEIR HEALTH AS
SERIOUSLY AS WHITE
WOMEN'S.
THEY'RE NOT LISTENING,
PARTICULARLY TO WOMEN
OF COLOR.
>> PARTICULARLY WOMEN
OF COLOR.
THERE ARE TERMS THAT
OFTEN MAKE IT INTO THE
CHART AS IT RELATES TO
BLACK WOMEN --
DIFFICULT,
CHALLENGING,
DISRUPTIVE.
>> Reporter: THAT
MEANS EARLY WARNING
SIGNS CAN BE MISSED,
WHICH COULD LEAD TO
NEGATIVE OUTCOMES.
SO WHAT CAN PREGNANT
BLACK WOMEN DO RIGHT
NOW?
EXPERTS SAY, IDENTIFY
YOUR RISK FACTORS WITH
YOUR DOCTOR.
BRING SOMEONE WITH YOU
TO YOUR OB-GYN
APPOINTMENTS, AND TAKE
NOTES.
AZIZA DID ALL THAT AND
STILL SAYS --
>> MY ADVICE FOR BLACK
WOMEN WHO ARE
PREGNANT, MAKE SURE
YOUR VOICE IS HEARD.
>> Reporter: A
POWERFUL MESSAGE WHEN
STARTING A FAMILY.
RACE MATTERS.
REHEMA ELLIS, NBC
NEWS, NEW JERSEY.
>> POWERFUL STORY.
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK,
BROTHERLY LOVE.
THE HERO KID GIVING
HIS BIG BROTHER A
SECOND CHANCE AT L
>>> THERE IS GOOD NEWS
TONIGHT ABOUT THE
SPECIAL BOND BETWEEN
BROTHERS AND A LITTLE
BOY GIVING HIS BIG
BROTHER THE GIFT OF
LIFE.
♪ LET'S GO PRESTON ♪
>> Reporter:
13-YEAR-OLD PRESTON
PIPKINS LOVES PLAYING
BASKETBALL AND
SPENDING TIME WITH HIS
KID BROTHER CAMERON
WHO'S BEEN RIGHT BY
HIS SIDE, SUPPORTING
PRESTON DURING A
GRUELING BATTLE WITH
LEUKEMIA AFTER HIS
DIAGNOSIS LAST
SEPTEMBER.
BUT WHEN CHEMO
TREATMENTS ALONE
STOPPED WORKING, MOM
RACHEL AND DAD JAVONTE
POSTED PRESTON'S PLEA
ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> I'M ON MY SECOND
ROUND OF CHEMO AT
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN
DALLAS.
SOON I WILL NEED A
BONE MARROW
TRANSPLANT.
>> Reporter: FINDING A
BONE MARROW DONOR, A
MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR
MULTI RACIAL PATIENTS,
SO JUST IN CASE,
CAMERON GOT TESTED.
>> THEY LET US KNOW
THAT CAMERON WAS A
100% MATCH, COMPLETE
MATCH.
>> Reporter: WELCOME
NEWS, SINCE THERE WERE
NO MATCHES IN THE
REGISTRY.
>> NICE.
DID YOU GET THAT?
>> Reporter: MOM AND
DAD ALWAYS KNEW THEIR
BOYS SHARED A SPECIAL
BOND, BUT NEVER
EXPECTED THIS POWERFUL
MOMENT LAST MONTH
BETWEEN THE TWO.
>> JUST BECAUSE I GOT
A SHOT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT I SAVED YOU.
>> YEAH IT DOES.
YOU'RE GIVING BONE
MARROW FROM YOUR BODY
TO MY BODY BECAUSE MY
BONE MARROW IS MESSED
UP, IT HAS CANCER,
RIGHT?
YOURS DOESN'T.
>> Reporter: YOU CAN
SEE PRESTON CALMLY AND
CLEARLY EXPLAINING TO
7-YEAR-OLD CAMERON
JUST HOW MUCH GETTING
HIS BONE MARROW MEANT
AND CALLING HIM A
HERO.
>> YOU SAVED ME.
>> NO, YOU SAVED ME.
>> WHAT DID YOU DO?
>> I GAVE A SHOT.
>> YOU'RE A REAL-LIFE
SUPER HERO.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> MOM RACHEL WAS
RECORDING THE WHOLE
THING
>> I JUST KNEW IT WAS
A SPECIAL MOMENT
>> I WAS AMAZED AT THE
FACT THAT HE TOOK THE
TIME TO REALLY BREAK
IT DOWN TO HIM.
>> YOU WANT TO HOLD
ON?
>> Reporter: SO FAR
PRESTON'S PROCEDURE
HAS BEEN A BIG
SUCCESS.
HE IS RECOVERING,
HOPING TO FINALLY GO
HOME THIS WEEK AND SO
GRATEFUL FOR HIS
LITTLE BROTHER'S
BRAVERY.
>> HE IS ENTERTAINING
ME AND HAS HELPED ME
WHENEVER I DON'T FEEL
SO GOOD.
>> HE'S JUST A GOOD
LITTLE BROTHER.
>> WE WISH PRESTON ALL
THE BEST FOR A QUICK
RECOVERY.
THAT IS "NBC NIGHTLY
NEWS" ON THIS SUNDAY.
I'M KATE SNOW.
FOR ALL OF US HERE AT
NBC NEWS STAY SAFE AND
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
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