30-minute heads up for when these people will be coming out of that deeply-contested battered territory of mariupol. until then, as mentioned, we are stillsee seeing quite a few civilians arriving minute by minute. the world will be nervously watching for any updates and this comes as russian forces step up attacks elsewhere in the country including one in odesa. nbc s matt bradley, thank you very much. we will have more on the war in ukraine later in the show. also, still ahead, covid infections are rising once again from coast to coast. as new, as two new sub variants are emerging outside the united states. plus, a far right extremist group wanted to protect a texas congressman during the capital attack. now the january 6th committee is trying to find out why. those stories and a check of the weather when we come back. d a ce weather when we come back.