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Being on the show this morning. >> thank you. over the weekend thousands of protesters brought the capital of canada to a standstill. dozens of trucks and other vehicles could be seen blocking the downtown area of ottawa as protesters rallied against vaccine mandates, masks and lock downs. >> that seems like an interesting way to spend your weekend. >> the demonstrations were initially aimed at pushback against vaccine mandates for truck drivers crossing the u.s./canada border, but the movement escalated into an expression of disapproval with the canadian government's covid-19 policies. offi...

Dallas airport in washington yesterday carrying classified materials, removed from the embassy in kyiv. secretary of defense lloyd austin is heading to brussels, and eastern europe tomorrow to meet with defense officials. this as the pentagon spokesperson said it's quote, entirely possible that putin could invade with little to no warning. meanwhile, in ukraine's capital this weekend thousands took to the streets in a unity march pledging to resist if russia invades. in just a moment we'll be joined live by nbc news richard engel who is in eastern ukraine near the russian border. he reports to...

Virus. >> i have said before, i'm not going to shut down the economy. i'm going to shut down the virus. >> lawrence: good job with that one, joe. nearly a full year into new administration and things are only getting worse. under biden's daily covid cases are surged among their highest levels in the pandemic with nearly 500,000 cases a day. so, what is the administration plan to combat the surge? to push more of the same failed policies? more masks? more mandates? how about more vaccines? the biden team is already floating the idea of a fourth shot saying quote it is conceivable in the future ...

Deadline. now union heads are sounding the alarm about what staffing shortages could mean for quickly putting out fires or for saving lives. joining me now with the latest on the ground in new york city is nbc's kathy park. kathy, we have 20,000 unvaccinated, 9,000 not showing up for work today. what's the effect on staffing, firehouses, trash collection, which can very quickly become a problem in the city? >> reporter: hey, garrett, yeah, so union leaders for days now have been warning of the potential staffing crisis come monday when this vaccine mandate officially takes hold. but the mayor ...

Meltdown could happen again. one-tenth of the flights have been canceled. >> so over the weekend thousands of passengers were stranded at airports for hours trying to get to their final destinations. cnn's nick valencia is live outside of jackson hartfield jackson. >> this is a mess. over the weekend nearly 2,000 flights were canceled and that continued for southwest and the passengers on monday. we're just about 300 flights were canceled and as you mentioned, the airline is making no guarantees that they'll be able to stop the cascading cancellations. earlier their coo said they just aren't w...