erin mclaughlin, nbc news, chernihiv, ukraine. >> dangerous work for man and beast. that's "nightly news" for this tuesday thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night . >>> i'm raj mathai. next on nbc bay area news tonight after a gut wrenching 20 hours baby brandon is home tonight. but who kidnapped the 3-month-old and why? we have exclusive video and details. >> this suspect appeared at the residence with a baby carrier. we do believe this was planned. it wasn't some random act. >> we're piecing together how and where the baby was found and speak to the quick thinking good samaritan who called police. and our newsroom. >> my heart is overwhelming because this was a bad situation that turned good. >> also vice president harris tests positive for covid just days after her bay area visit.

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officials tell nbc news the biden administration is considering a new military aid package for ukraine, including artillery and ammunition president zelenskyy saying help isn't coming fast enough if we had access to weapons we need, we'd have ended this war, he said. all as russia reveals its first test launch of a new ballistic missile. putin saying it gives quote, food for thought to russia's enemies. though the pentagon says russia notified them in advance and that the test was routine and not a threat to the u.s. or its allies as russia intensifies its assault in the country's east, they're solidifying their occupation of the south. planning to introduce russian currency and appointing pro russian officials in cities where the mayor was kidnapped by russian forces and later released >> they don't want to live in russia it's understandable. we don't want to live in russia. >> sparking fear that russia plans to never leave the critical issue now for ukraine is will these new weapons from the west arrive in time howitzers have arrived and new weapons will arrive tomorrow >> thanks. >>

morgan radford, nbc news, los angeles. >>> and that's "nightly news" for this monday. thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other good night ♪ ♪ ~~ wait i'm wrong ~ ~ should have done better than this ~ ~ please i'll be strong ~ ~ i'm finding it hard to resist ~ ♪ ♪ ~ show me what i'm looking for~ ~ show me what i'm looking for~♪ ~ save me from being confused ~ ~ show me what i'm looking for~ ~ show me what i'm looking for~ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: give it up my banyon. [cheers and applause] this is show me what i'm looking for. what a connection that song was smart you look fabulous him to start there. >> thank you, thank you for singing a song by the way. that song really connects to me because i grew up in hawaii it's a small town in the middle of the ocean and i came out here and doing drag it takes three hours kelly, three hours of makeup. i remember sitting down to my floor is going to pandora and three hours and get a lot of music and in three hours. [laughs] the song came on and there was a line

erin mclaughlin, nbc news, chernihiv, ukraine. >> dangerous work for man and beast. that's "nightly news" for this tuesday thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> kelly: hi, hello, hello! [cheers and applause] welcome! welcome to "the kelly clarkson show," y'all! as we can see we are getting started a little differently today and that's because the fall has been really bad around l.a. and is doing a number on my allergies and my voice is gone, so hey. luckily, i know, i sound like a man, it's fine. we recorded some songs just in case a day like today pops up and it is here. i'm so glad we did that, by the way. so let's do a kelly-aoke special, this is radiohead's "exit music for a film." [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪♪ wake from your sleep ♪ ♪ the drying of your tears ♪ ♪ today we escape ♪ ♪ we escape ♪ ♪ and you can laugh ♪ ♪ a spineless laugh ♪ ♪ we hope your rules and wisdom choke you ♪ ♪ now ♪ ♪ we are one ♪ ♪ in everlasting

next on nbc bay area news tonight, a lot of wind causing a lot of problems. jeff's going to break down when's behind all these gusts and exactly how long it's going to last. also that five-alarm fire over the weekend, intense, this is at that home depot in san jose. we're learning new information about how the evacuation went down and how homes in the area were saved. >> i couldn't even scream for help because my throat was so burned. >> we're live on the scene. what we're uncovering about this investigation. >>> and putting the masks back on. we saw philadelphia reinstating its mask mandate. could we be doing the same thing here in the bay area? >>> and this is cool, rate-season snow in the

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with kate snow >>> good evening in ukraine tonight it is about what is about to happen and who is in charge that has the nation and the world fearing the worst. russia's vladimir putin has put a new general in charge of ukraine operations who is best known by his nickname the butcher of syria for the vicious way he conducted that war russian troops poised for a deadly new offense in eastern u.s. navy seal after 50 people died on a train station on friday jake sullivan revealed today that u.s. intelligence shows there were plans at the heist level of the russian government to target civilians and after a surprise visit by the british prime minister to ukraine this weekend the white house is weighing in on whether president biden will visit ukraine. we begin tonight with that. >> reporter: tonight a dangerous new phase of russia's invasion underway as putin's forces prepare for a fresh assault across the east these satellite images show an eight-mile column of russian tanks and artillery amassing near kharkiv. and in mariupol invading troops now cl

and on the "nightly news" podcast feed that's nbc "nightly news" for this saturday. kate snow will be here tomorrow night. i'm jose diaz-balart thank you for the privilege of your time. and good night test test. test. test test. test. test test. test. . test test. test. test. test. . many ♪♪ >>> we begin with breaking news out of san jose. a huge plume of smoke, maybe you have seen it coming from the home depot on blossom hill road. this is across from oak ridge mall. we can see it on our traffic cameras. you see it right there, it is huge. this video just into our newsroom now. let's take a look. this is a viewer walking into home depot, into the section that is burning. i can't say for certain, but i can see that the products in the foreground are paint-related products. i don't know if this is the paint section that's burning. that would explain the incredible smoke and the incredible flames, but this is what we're seeing right now as we have this viewer video giving us a walk into it. people are not running, they're not afraid. they're looking in. they can se

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news exclusive as students get the invitation of a lifetime. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening it's on. a new phase of the war in ukraine. ukraine's president tonight saying russia's battle for donbas is under way. its much anticipated attack deep in the ukraine's east after failing to take the capital, kyiv president zelenskyy declaring, "we will defend ourselves. the russians stepping up their aerial strikes today, even hitting targets in the far west city of lviv, killing at least seven people in a city once considered a safe haven. while in the port city of mariupol, a desperate battle rages tonight. the ukrainian military claiming its forces are still holding on in the face of a determined russian assault. the city in ruins. thousands still trapped without food or other essentials ukrainian fighters refusing russia's calls for their surrender. there's a lot to report from there tonight. we begin with matt bradley. >> reporter: late tonight, ukraine's president zelenskyy says russia's new assault against eastern ukraine has begun. the rus

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>>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening a veiled threat from vladimir putin to the west tonight as russian forces feel the bite of american-supplied weapons to ukraine putin vowing a lightning-fast response to outside interference and strategic threats to russia saying, we have all the tools for this during the conflict, putin has reminded the west of his advanced nuclear weapons capabilities undeterred, officials in the biden administration say they are preparing to send congress a request for additional ukraine aid, described as massive in scale. moscow, meantime, pulling the trigger on energy exports today cutting two nato allies off from russian oil and natural gas supplies it's a move that immediately sent energy prices higher that's where we begin tonight with nbc's tom costello >> reporter: vladimir putin's new threats have europe and the world on edge tonight. after moscow cut off poland and bulgaria, two nato allies, from natural gas and oil supplies after they refused to pay in rubles rather than the standard dollars and euros. speaking to russian l

the surprise wedding at 37,000 feet >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone the pentagon tonight warning americans against travel to ukraine after the death of a 22-year-old u.s. marine veteran who went there to join the fight. the mother of willy joseph cancel saying he wanted to go over because he believed in what ukraine was fighting for that fight this evening still focused in the east but u.s. officials say the russian advance there has been slow and uneven and taking longer than the russians had anticipated. the mayor of the besieged city of mariupol, which is so critical to the russian goal of dividing the country, believes more than 20,000 in that city alone have died since the beginning of the war. the russians once again looking over their shoulders turning some of their attention back to the capital. missiles striking in kyiv, a city where a major russian armored assault was successfully repelled several weeks ago. kelly cobiella is in eastern ukraine. >> reporter: after more than two months of war and countless ukrainians killed

tom costello, nbc news, washington >> tom costello, thank you. and joining us now is dr. ashish jha, white house coronavirus response coordinator dr. jha, why is this court ruling striking down the transportation mask requirement of such concern to the administration >> yeah, first of all, lester, thanks for having me here you know, there are two reasons. first of all, public health decisions should be made by public health scientists and that's what we had. we had the cdc and their scientists made a determination. and it was deeply disappointing to see a court step in and make it the second is it's really important that we reserve the authority of the cdc, the ability of the cdc to be able to reach out in public health crises like this one and protect the american people. >> i think a lot of people are wondering what is so unique about airplanes with their modern filtration systems when we're seeing mask requirements dropped elsewhere. >> yeah, it's a very good question. obviously it's true that airplanes do have good filtration and ventilation. there are a couple of thi

news resources and training nbc news correspondent is taking a look at some of this year's closer projects. >> what this fellowship means is an affirmation that the work and the story that we're telling is really important. >> reporter: he's the filmmaker behind the documentary "unseen." it follows a blind undocumented immigrant who dreams of becoming a social work oer it's one of the six dock men trays, a collaboration between nbc news academy and studios it's an opportunity that eric juhola calls a lifeline. >> these opportunities have been falling away over the last couple of years. the day i found out i got this fellowship was an incredible day. it meant that there's a light at the end of the tunnel. >> reporter: he's one of the creators behind the queer beat about lgbtq storytellers. >> there's a huge benefit. it actually helps to ensure that our humanity is captured. >> reporter: the selected projects cover a range of topics from battles over lay bar and a young activist following a fallout. the fellowship is also a way for craters to take hold of their own narrative like this woman

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. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone the further our cameras travel along the bloodied, gnarled path of the russian war machine, the more the apparent russian strategy reveals itself: destroy everything arriving at the kyiv suburb of borodyanka, it becomes clear there was no safe place and no regard for civilian lives. destroyed buildings in the kyiv suburb now sitting atop the remains of hundreds who may have taken shelter, their bodies still to be unearthed. tonight, the russian forces after leaving their grotesque calling card in places like this may be now heading to join in the destruction of mariupol where the mayor says more than 90% of the city's infrastructure has already been destroyed. today the white house announced more sanctions, including against some of vladimir putin's adult children and the head of nato offering a blunt reality check. the fighting, he said, could last many months or years richard engel has the latest from ukraine. >> reporter: their destroyed tanks are all that remains of russia's occupation of the tow

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nbc news can't independently verify those claims the kremlin has not commented. but earlier this week said it was scaling back military action in the area to focus elsewhere. >> they clearly didn't bring any specialists with them who have experience with nuclear power plants, with nuclear facilities, with radiation. they had no concern for their own personnel, their own soldiers >> reporter: ukrainian authorities say that before russian soldiers left chernobyl they stole computers and even coffee makers from the plant as well as looted a nearby hotel. lester >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> another major part of this war, the exodus of refugees more than 4 million ukrainians have made their way to neighboring countries. tonight how some are adjusting to every day life in exile in poland dasha burns is there >> reporter: this has long been a city of survival poland's architecture was spared the nazi's bombs in world war ii. now it's a city full of survivors, refugees fleeing today's war. >> i think that my life just stopped at the moment the war started. >> repor

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news resources and training nbc news correspondent easisa vutirez takes a closer look. >> this fellowship is a sense of affirmation that the work and the story we're telling is important. >> reporter: the filmmaker behind the documentary "unseen." it follows a blind, undocumented immigrant who dreams of becoming a social worker. it's one of the six documentary projects selected for nbc's second annual "original voices fellowship," a collaboration between nbcu academy and nbc news studios that supports and celebrates diverse stories and storytellers an opportunity that eric calls a lifeline. >> these opportunities have been falling away over the last couple of years. the day that i found out that i got this fellowship was an incredible day it meant that, wow, there's actually a light at the end of the tunnel now. >> reporter: this is one of the creatives behind "the queer beat," a story about lgbtq journalism. >> when lgbtq storytellers tell our own stories, there's a huge benefit. it actually helps to ensure that our humanity is captured >> reporter: the selected projects cover a range of

steve patterson, nbc news >>> republican leader kevin mccarthy is speaking out, now saying he never said former president trump should resign after last year's capitol attacks. the denial comes just days after audio tape of mccarthy talking about then-president trump was leaked vaughn hillyard has more >> reporter: republican leader kevin mccarthy speaking for the first time >> what they said we did, we never did it >> reporter: and denying he ever asked president trump to resign >> let me be very clear. i have never asked president trump to resign >> reporter: but audio recordings seem to suggest he was ready to do so here's the gop's top leader in the house speaking privately just days after the january 6th attacks. >> i think this will pass, and it would be my recommendation he should be gone >> reporter: mccarthy, in that leaked phone call, indicating he was ready to leave trump behind >> i've had it with this guy what he did is unacceptable nobody can defend that and nobody should defend it. >> reporter: but last night -- >> i've never asked the president to resign i never thought h

what to know before you fly. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening as our regular viewers know, we often caution before a particularly disturbing or graphic piece of video runs. tonight, let me warn you from the start, many of you will want to look away for our top story. it's about the unspeakable trail of horror retreating russian forces left behind in the kyiv suburb of bucha. bodies in the streets, evidence of summary executions, torture, mass graves filled with bodies, reports of rape. late tonight, ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy, saying more than 300 people were killed and tortured in bucha. moscow claims it's all staged, calling the images a provocation earlier today, president zelenskyy toured the carnage in bucha for himself saying it will be recognized by the world as genocide. and so tonight, while we may want to look away, it is becoming harder and harder to close our eyes to what's happening richard engle again leads our coverage from ukraine. >> reporter: when russian troops pulled out of the kyiv suburb of bucha, they exposed

nbc news has confirmed the former president and mccarthy spoke thursday night, and so far mr. trump is not upset. but neither man has commented publicly about what this means for their relationship or mccarthy's ambition to become house speaker. lester >> all right, kelly o'donnell at the white house tonight, thank you. >>> on this earth day president biden signed an executive order to protect forests from wildfires on federal lands. this comes as fire season strikes early and severely in the west where a number of fast moving blazes are out of control one of the most dangerous is in arizona. and miguel almaguer is there for us tonight >> reporter: overmatched and understaffed tonight firefighters across the west are on their heels. a series of destructive and fast moving infernos devouring homes. >> you could hear the fire coming it was so intense. >> reporter: facing extreme conditions the most dangerous fires today are whipped by winds. here in arizona where dozens of structures have been obliterated crews are struggling to stay ahead of the tunnel fire and are mopping up i

officials tell nbc news, 170,000 migrants are waiting in mexico, planning to cross the border when title 42 is scheduled to be lifted hmay 23rd >> we expect migration levels to increase >> reporter: earlier this week, a judge put a pause on lifting title 42 the administration will send additional medical supplies and personnel to the border, speed up case processing and crack t down on cartels. but republicans blaming president biden's border policies last year there was an all-teim record of 1.7 million border crossings. >> i've never seen the border more broken. it is not under operation control. it is out of control >> reporter: democrats rehamain deeply divided of the of the federal judge said they can not lift title 42 for the next 14 days >>> president biden is set to speak at the white house he is to ask congress for an additional aid program to last five months until the end of the fiscal year. they described the request as massive. the package is intended to fund u.s. military, economic and humanitarian assistance to ukraine. and after months of threats, the crem kremlin has cut

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. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone russian intentions are still difficult to sort out, but judging by their actions, kyiv is still very much in their sites tonight. while putin's forces pivot to the east, u.s. military officials say the tempo of russian air assaults has picked up over the last 24 hours and that the capital is very much under threat from air strikes. elsewhere, ukrainian troops say they continue to draw blood against the invaders this video of a russian tank burning recorded in slaboda, a village near kharkiv, which the ukrainians claim has been liberated. and there's word that the chernobyl nuclear plant is no longer in russian hands. troops pulling out today but only after some may have been exposed to the site's decades old radioactive soil richard engel reports from the front lines in eastern ukraine >> reporter: russia's military has suffered shocking setbacks in ukraine, some self inflicted. but today may be one of the biggest yet ukraine state nuclear company says two columns of russian troops left the chernobyl nu

joining us now is nbc news's maura barrett in oklahoma city. so some significant developments even just this afternoon here on this issue, maura. >> reporter: yeah, hallie. so this bill that you just mentioned essentially a near total ban in the sense that it criminalizes providers who conduct abortions. and basically, it's making it a felony once it's signed into law, and it could be punishable by up to ten years in prison and a maximum fine of $100,000. as you mentioned, this is just one of seven bills in the oklahoma state house. the other one that we've been monitoring would limit abortions except for in the case of the woman's life being at risk and would even limit it down to the fact if it was an exception around rape, incest or sexual assault as long as those incidences were reported to law enforcement. and we know how rare that is for women to report when something like that happens to them. so when we saw the protest at the state house today, women really speaking out against the fact that this is having a huge effect for women in okl

bay area. >>> this is an nbc news special report. here's lester holt. >> good day, everyone. we're coming on the air with breaking news, pice have arrested the suspected shooter from yesterday's brooklyn, new york subway attack, following a >> following a massive manhunt. the suspect is 62-year-old frank r. james. officials say the suspect put on a gas mask and set off a canister that filled a subway car with smoke before opening fire on passengers, injuring at least 23 people. ten of them hit by gunfire at the height of new york city's rush hour yesterday. let's bring in nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. what can you tell us? >> well, according to our affiliate wnbc in new york, the police were alerted through a tip to the crime stoppers system of a possible sighting of frank james in the east village of new york. a short time ago this afternoon, the police responded and an arrest was made at st. mark's and first avenue in that part of manhattan. the suspect was taken to the local precinct. and we're told by several law

>> reporter: gilbert gottfried, gone too soon at 67 kristen dahlgren, nbc news >> that's "nightly news" for this tuesday. thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night >>> right now on "nbc bay area news" tonight the manhunt continues for the gunman who opened fire on the new york city subway train. >> i saw maybe a 16-year-old kid, he was sitting on the step coming out of the train station and he had a bullet in his knee. >> that's sort of a terror that i haven't seen before since 9/11. >> ten people were shot, at least 13 others injured. we are live in brooklyn. we will be joined by nbc's chris pollone. ♪♪ >>> good evening. i'm raj mathai. tonight we are also talking about rising prices. why are we paying so much more for groceries, gas and ot goods? also, the star athlete accused of attempted

gadi schwartz, nbc news, san salvador >>> up next as we continue tonight, love and money. the new twist on an old scam in the time of cryptocurrency. test test. test. >>> we're back now with our series, crypto universe. as digital currency like bitcoin explodes, so are crimes tied to it federal authorities are now expanding their efforts to deal with it, including one scam costing americans millions here's pete williams >> reporter: steve belcher of denver recently divorced and single again found someone on a dating app who seemed like a good match after several weeks of messaging she mentioned bitcoin and a website he could use to invest in it. he didn't want to miss out on another hot prospect after failing to cash in on apple and google >> i was like, wow, if i would have got in earlier on these technologies and this business, you know, i would have done okay at this point in my life. >> reporter: so he started sending the website money and getting payouts as he watched the value of bitcoin skyrocket. he poured more and more in and the website showed his bundle ballooni

that is nbc nightly news for this sunday i'm kate snow. for all of us here, stay safe and have a great night. large out-of-state corporations have set their sights on california. they've written a ballot proposal to allow online sports betting. they tell us it will fund programs for the homeless, but read the fine print. 90% of the profits go to out-of-state corporations, leaving almost nothing for the homeless. no real jobs are created here. but the promise between our state and our sovereign tribes would be broken forever. these out-of-state corporations don't care about california. but we do. stand with us. [ gunfire ] >>> right now at 6:00, gunfire erupts in downtown sacramento, not far from the state capitol. >> my son has a wife, he has children. all that. and all that's gone! >> we're live in sacramento with the latest on the investigation and search for the shooter. >>> also, putting the city's drug problem on blast. the new bill board set to go up. >>> that new video from the war zone. our first look inside the mariupol

the golf legend comeback >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone the lines of history in the course of this nation's racial legacy intersected at the nation's capitol today. there we saw the first black woman vice president kamala harris presiding over the official senate confirmation vote of ketanji brown jackson to become the country's first black woman supreme court court justice. on a 53-47 vote. with all democrats and three republicans voting aye, jackson is set to replace justice stephen breyer later this year. the confirmation celebrated at the white house with a hug between jackson and president biden, captured in this photo. after the two watched the vote take place together a full circle moment for the president who vowed as the candidate to nominate a black woman to the court a moment almost upstaged by a curious delay. peter alexander reports. >> reporter: a shared embrace punctuated by an enduring moment president biden in the white house with judge ketanji brown jackson, celebrating the senate vote securing her historic place

nbc news has not been able to identify him for comment >> this is classic for what we see on a plane when we were not able to get to an event, sometimes we just can't get there fast enough and it escalates so quickly that it gets way, way out of hand. >>> earlier that day tyson attended a 4/2 rally in san francisco. >> you hear about me in the paper doing crazy stuff. >> reporter: but this week's incident reminiscent of the retired boxer's controversial past the altercation the same day the faa made permanent the zero-tolerance policy designed to curb unruly behavior on flights. back to you. >> okay, emily, thank you. dangerous weather conditions could explode the size of arizona's wildfires. thousands have already evacuated and fires have destroyed dozens of homes here's nbc's miguel almaguer with more. >>> exploding across more than 30 square miles fanned by epic and relentless wins flagstaff's tunnel fire showing no mercy as thousands flee the flames and dozens of structures are lost. >> all that i've seen except for one were all burned to the ground >> reporter: with crews fighti

catie beck, nbc news. >> that's "nightly news" for this tuesday thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other good night i'm mark and i live in vero beach, florida. my wife and i have three children. ruthann and i like to hike. we eat healthy. we exercise. i noticed i wasn't as sharp as i used to be. my wife introduced me to prevagen and so i said "yeah, i'll try it out." i noticed that i felt sharper, i felt like i was able to respond to things quicker. and i thought, yeah, it works for me. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. news tonight, a lot of confusion about the mask mandates for airports and public transportation after it was struck down. >> we were actually surprised. we hadn't heard the news when we flew out of tampa. >> why are some places the bay area keeping masking in place? we're cutting through the confusion. >>> the government is now no longer going to say you must, but i would say to you you should. >> also, if you are not sure if you should go maskless we have some valuable insight. >>> he is accused of burning a

ken dilanian, nbc news, miami. >>> we have more to tell you about. up next, tiger woods on his masters comeback and why the fabled chorus will be more difficult than ever. oh, wow barbara corcoran! good morning. sorry, but we don't need any business help now. we're gigillionaires. what? we're gigillionaires now. i don't get it test test test test test test test test test test test test test test yeah, my bowling team. i like it. there's money in puns. do business like a gigillionaire >>> a big announcement from tiger woods. the golf legend planning to play this week in the masters, his first major event since surviving an suv crash a little more than a year ago kerry sanders is in augusta. >> reporter: tiger woods teeing up what could be another incredible comeback. >> as i feel right now i will be back to play. >> reporter: the masters is where the word's best comes to play tiger has won here a remarkable five times but a horrific car crash last year nearly led to the amputation of his right leg. >> it's been a tough, tough year >> reporter: tiger w

electric vehicle while you drive. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone for both sides in ukraine tonight there's a lot riding on the battle for mariupol russia in desperate need of a big victory after a series of embarrassing setbacks in the war for ukraine a defeat would change the david and goliath narrative of its outmanned forces standing toe to toe with a giant russia war machine and so tonight in the war of information ukrainian officials say the battle isn't over, rejecting putin's claim of success in the critical port city ukrainian troops, they say, continue to fight back from their last stronghold inside that steel plant. tonight the larger russian plan for ukraine may be finally coming into focus as fears grow over the safety of civilians and what they have had to endure. matt bradley is in the war zone with the latest >> reporter: tonight all eyes on this steel mill in mariupol, ukraine's last stronghold surrounded by russian forces. a day after russian president vladimir putin declared victory over ukraine's president today

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. >> and when it comes to their consequences, nbc news has confirmed that president biden is expected to announce new sanctions on vladimir putin's family, specifically his two daughters. at the same time, the white house is planning to ban all new investment in russia. and step up sanctions on russian banks and government officials. the president is expected to speak about all of this at a 12:45 press conference this afternoon. the biden administration is also sending $100 million worth of javelin anti-tank missile systems to ukraine. >> and european ambassadors are set to meet later today as they negotiate a new package of sanctions. sources tell cnbc that they could target everything from jet fuel to luxury goods. and we learned tuesday that they will ban coal imports from russia. but members are still divided on whether to go further and ban imports of russian oil and natural gas because of the impacts on their own economies. >> and inside ukraine, investigators are hunting through the devastating towns around keefe owing gathering evidence of mass killings. and remember, the pict

joining us now, nbc news correspondent antonia hilton, live outside of jfk airport in new york and nbc news justice correspondent, pete williams. antonia, what has been the reaction from travelers you've spoken to today? >> good morning, jose. every traveler that we've spoken to this morning says that they are well aware of this change, that they knew that a judge struck down the mask mandate yesterday, but what has been different is the level of comfort and safety that these travelers feel. some feel that they are going to be wear n 695s, because they're worried about the risk of infection. and this is as omicron subvariant ba.2 continues to spread throughout new york and other cities. there are other folks who are excited, who are ready to rip the masks off, who say they want to go back to live from two years ago, to their regular traveler patterns. they say they're skprakd boosted and feel comfortable continuing on with their current plans. and across the board within those two groups, the message that everyone has received from this decision and from the announcements from these ai