JOSE DIAZ-BALART. >>> TONIGHT, THE PROSPECT OF >>> TONIGHT, THE PROSPECT OF PEACE IN UKRAINE SHATTERED ONCE AGAIN, A TEMPORARY CEASE-FIRE TO EVACUATE TWO CITIES BROKEN. RUSSIA WRAPPING UP IT'S TAX ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS UKRAINE TAKES DOWN SOME OF ITS AIRCRAFT. >>> VLADMIR PUTIN'S WARNING, THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT COMPARING SANCTIONS TO A DECLARATION OF WAR, WHILE UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT CALLS ON HIS COUNTRYMEN TO GO ON THE OFFENSIVE AND APPEALS DIRECTLY TO THE U.S. CONGRESS. >>> DEFIANCE, THE BRAVE UKRANIANS PROTESTING IN THE
STREETS IN A CITY CONTROLLED BY STREETS IN A CITY CONTROLLED BY RUSSIA, EVEN MARCHING TOWARDS SOLDIERS AS THEY FIRE. >>> CHILDREN FLEEING FOR THEIR LIVES, ALMOST HALF A MILLION AND COUNTING, WE ARE THERE FOR THE EMOTIONAL REUNIONS. >>> MASTER CARD SHUTTING DOWN SERVICE IN RUSSIA. AMERICANS JOINING THE FIGHT, VOLUNTEERS FROM THE U.S. PREPARING TO BATTLE RUSSIA. >> WAS THERE A MOMENT YOU DECIDED TO GO AND FIGHT IN UKRAINE? >> THE MOMENT I FOUND OUT YOU COULD. >>> SOARING PRICES SET TO HIT A NEW RECORD IN DAYS. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PAY MORE TO PUNISH RUSSIA? >> 100%. BE WILLING TO PAY EXTRA. >> Reporter: AND MORE THAN JUST A FLOWER, A SYMBOL OF HOPE UNITING MUCH OF THE WORLD BEHIND UKRAINE. >> Announcer: THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH JOSE DIAZ-BALART. >>> GOOD EVENING. THE DAY STARTED WITH A CEASE-FIRE IN UKRAINE BUT IS ENDING WITH WAR AND RHETORIC ONLY ESCALATING. PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN RATCHETED UP HIS WARNINGS TO NATO AND THE U.S. SAYING IF ANYONE CREATES A NO-FLY ZONE, THEY WILL BE CONSIDERED PART OF THE CONFLICT. THE U.S. ADVISING ALL AMERICANS TO LEAVE RUSSIA, AND MOSCOW SENT THIS PLANE TO EVACUATE ITS DIPLOMATS FROM WASHINGTON. PERHAPS THE MOST JARRING DEVELOPMENT OF THE DAY HAPPENED HERE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF MARIUPOL. POPULATION OF NEARLY HALF A MILLION PEOPLE, ALMOST AS MANY AS ATLANTA. IT IS UNDER BRUTAL ASSAULT BY RUSSIA. TODAY, A TEMPORARY CEASE-FIRE WAS DECLARED AND THEN IT WAS BROKEN. WE HAVE ALL THIS COVERED FOR YOU TONIGHT.
WE BEGIN WITH MATT BRADLEY WE BEGIN WITH MATT BRADLEY INSIDE UKRAINE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT IN UKRAINE, PEACE NEVER HAD A CHANCE. OVERNIGHT, RUSSIANS AND UKRANIANS AGREEING TO A PARTIAL CEASE-FIRE, ALLOWING CIVILIANS IN THE DEVASTATED CITY OF MARIUPOL TO FLEE, BUT HOURS LATER, WHEN WE WERE PREPARING TO LEAVE, THEY STARTED TO SHELL THE EVACUATION CORRIDORS ACCORDING TO THE MAYOR, THERE WAS NO CEASE-FIRE. RUSSIA SAYS THE UKRANIANS BROKE THE DEAL. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY CALLING HIS CITIZENS TO GO ON THE OFFENSIVE. THIS WOMAN'S 18 MONTH OLD SON WAS KILLED YESTERDAY. THE DOCTORS COULDN'T SAVE HIM, SHE WAILED, ASKING OVER AND OVER AGAIN WHY. PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN SUFFERED DAYS WITHOUT HEAT, WATER AND ELECTRICITY. AND FACE DEVASTATING RUSSIAN BOMBARDMENT ON CIVILIAN TARGETS ACCORDING TO UKRAINE, A CHARGE RUSSIA DENIES. OUTGUNNED, OUTMANNED, UKRANIANS ARE STILL FIGHTING TEN DAYS IN. TAKING OUT A RUSSIAN HELICOPTER AND SHOOTING DOWN A RUSSIAN JET
NORTH OF KYIV, KILLING ONE OF NORTH OF KYIV, KILLING ONE OF ITS PILOTS. RUSSIA'S SPRAWLING 40 MILE CONVOY OF ARMORED VEHICLES FAILING TO ADVANCE, STALLED OUTSIDE KYIV NEARLY A WEEK. AS CIVILIANS OVERCOME OBSTACLES LIKE THIS DESTROYED BRIDGE TO GET TO SAFETY. ZELENSKYY ADMONISHING NATO FOR NOT IMPLEMENTING A FLIGHT BAN. STARTING TODAY, EVERYONE THAT DIES WILL DIE BECAUSE OF YOU AS WELL, HE SAID BECAUSE OF YOUR WEAKNESS, BECAUSE OF YOUR DISUNITY. U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN WARNING A NO-FLY ZONE COULD PUT NATO FORCES IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH RUSSIA, BUT RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT IS DOUBLING DOWN, TELLING FLIGHT ATTENDANTS THAT A NO-FLY ZONE AND WESTERN SANCTIONS ARE A DECLARATION OF WAR. ANY MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION WILL BE CONSIDERED BY US AS PARTICIPATION OF THAT COUNTRY IN THE MILITARY ACTION, HE SAID. UKRAINE MUST BE DEMILITARIZED AND DENAZIFIED. THAT'S THE ONLY MESSAGE THEY'LL HEAR ABOUT PUTIN'S WAR. A NEW LAW WITH A 15 YEAR PUNISHMENT ON WHOEVER SPREADS FAKE NEWS ABOUT THE INVASION. INDEPENDENT MEDIA OUTLETS ARE CLOSING AND BEING SHUT DOWN. STAFF AT THE RUSSIAN NETWORK TV RAID WALKED OFF SET, LEAVING OLD FOOTAGE OF SWAN LAKE, WHAT THE SOVIET UNION BROADCAST IN TIMES OF STRIFE. A CHILLING REMINDER HOW PUTIN'S NEW RUSSIA IS LOOKING MORE LIKE THE OLD. >> MATT BRADLEY JOINS US. THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT ANOTHER NUCLEAR PLANT TONIGHT. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, JOSE. AFTER THE CLOSE CALL WITH THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT THURSDAY NIGHT, PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY WARNED U.S. LAWMAKERS THE RUSSIANS ARE CLOSING IN ON YET ANOTHER NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. THIS ONE A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE WEST. JOSE? >> MATT BRADLEY IN UKRAINE. >>> IF MARIUPOL WAS THE FOCUS OF ATTACKS, SOME 250 MILES IN HERSON, DEFIANCE BY UKRANIANS. THE CITY WAS THE FIRST TO FALL AND IS NOW UNDER RUSSIA'S CONTROL, BUT PEOPLE RISKED THEIR LIVES TO TAKE TO THE STREETS. ERIN McLAUGHLIN HAS MORE FROM INSIDE UKRAINE. >> Reporter: IN HERSON, UKRAINE DEFIANCE, RESIDENTS WOKE UP UNDER RUSSIAN OCCUPATION AND TOOK TO THE STREETS. GO HOME, THERE'S NO VODKA HERE, THIS MAN SAYS. REMEMBER, HERSON IS UKRAINE. THEY FIRST GATHERED BY THE HUNDREDS, AS WORD SPREAD, THOUSANDS. LASHING OUT AGAINST RUSSIAN OCCUPIERS. THEN GUNSHOTS. RUSSIAN TROOPS FIRING INTO THE AIR. THIS WOMAN DRAPED IN HER COUNTRY'S COLORS STANDS FIRM. WE ARE NOT AFRAID. WE ARE TOGETHER, SHE SAYS. SIMILAR SCENES IN NEARBY TOWN, ALSO NOW OCCUPIED BY RUSSIAN FORCES. A CROWD OF ANGRY PEOPLE BEARING DOWN ON ARMED RUSSIAN TROOPS. EARLIER THIS WEEK IN HERSON, THE RUSSIAN MILITARY INVADED, SOON OVERWHELMING UKRANIAN FORCES. FROM THE OUTSET, PEOPLE RESISTED, FILMING FROM WINDOWS, GOING TOE TO TOE WITH A RUSSIAN SOLDIER. YOU ARE OCCUPIERS, FASCISTS, SHE SAYS. THE CITY'S NEW RULES POSTED ON THE MAYOR'S FACEBOOK, INCLUDING
A STRICT CURFEW. A STRICT CURFEW. A MAXIMUM OF TWO PEOPLE ALLOWED ON THE STREETS TOGETHER AT ANY TIME. >> WE ARE NOT FOLLOWING RUSSIAN INSTRUCTIONS. WE ARE PEOPLE UNDER INVASION. >> Reporter: FEARING RUSSIAN REPRISAL, THIS RESIDENT WANTS TO BE KNOWN AS JIMMY. HE SAYS HE'S DEDICATED TO DOCUMENTING THE OCCUPATION, COVERTLY FILMING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE STREETS. THE FIRST CITY TO FALL. WHAT EXAMPLE ARE YOU SETTING? >> WE HAVE NO OTHER WAY TO ESCAPE THE SITUATION. WE CAN'T EVACUATE. WE ARE FIGHTING FROM WITHIN WITH OUR BARE HANDS, WITH NO WEAPONS, WITH PHONES IN OUR HANDS AND WITH OUR FLAGS. >> Reporter: IN HERSON AND ELSEWHERE, RUSSIAN FIREPOWER BEING CONFRONTED BY THE UKRANIAN SPIRIT. >> AS THE ONSLAUGHT INTENSIFIES, MORE UKRANIANS ARE FLEEING FOR
THEIR LIVES. THEIR LIVES. THIS WEEK WE HAVE SHOWN YOU THEIR DESPERATE RACE TO GET TO TRAINS AND OUT OF PLACES LIKE KYIV. MANY ARE NOW ARRIVING ACROSS THE BORDER IN POLAND. OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF THEM ARE CHILDREN. KELLY COBIELLA IS THERE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THOUSANDS MORE CHILDREN ARE FAR FROM HOME, FLEEING BY TRAIN, BUS, ON FOOT. SOME TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND, LEAVING FATHERS AND GRANDFATHERS BEHIND. MORE THAN 600,000 CHILDREN ALREADY DISPLACED BY WAR. OKSANA'S 14-YEAR-OLD SON WAS LIVING WITH FAMILY IN UKRAINE WHILE SHE WORKED IN POLAND. THE FAMILY NOW REUNITED. IT WAS REALLY BAD THERE, HER SON SAYS. EVERYONE WANTS TO GET THEIR CHILD OUT IF THEY CAN, OKSANA TELLS ME. U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLING ENVISITED THE POLISH UKRANIAN BORDER. MEETING WITH REFUGEES AT AN ABANDONED SHOPPING MALL. THE NUMBER OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN IN SHELTERS NOW SKYROCKETING. I AM GRATEFUL TO BE IN POLAND SHE TELLS ME BECAUSE MY CHILDREN CAN BE CHILDREN A LITTLE WHILE LONGER. ACROSS UKRAINE'S BORDER, A VAST VOLUNTEER ARMY IS PROVIDING FOOD AND COMFORT, HANDING OUT TOYS IN POLAND. THROWING A SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR A SIX-YEAR-OLD REFUGEE IN ROMANIA. AND HELPING MORE THAN 100 ORPHANS FLEE UKRAINE THROUGH MULDOVA, ALL OF THEM NOW SAFE IN GERMANY. REFUGEES OFTEN EXHAUSTED AND TRAUMATIZED BY WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND. I HEARD PISTOLS FIRING AND EXPLOSIONS, THE 11-YEAR-OLD TOLD ME. I WAS REALLY SCARED. IN THE MORNING, MY MOM SAID PLEASE PACK, WE HAVE TO LEAVE. IN UKRAINE, THE FIRST SHIPMENT OF AID FROM UNICEF GETTING THROUGH, MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND FIRST AID KITS, WITH 17,000 BLANKETS ON THE WAY. ON THE BORDER, THERE'S NO END TO THE FLOW OF REFUGEES. ALREADY MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION ESCAPING THE WAR ZONE, AND FOR MANY HERE, HARD TO THINK OF THE FUTURE. WHAT WILL YOU DO LONG TERM? >> I DON'T KNOW. I JUST WANTED TO HAVE MY KIDS. THAT'S WHY NOW I DON'T KNOW. I FEEL MY KIDS ARE SAFE. >> Reporter: SHE AND HER TWO-YEAR-OLD SON FLED ODESSA, THE CITY NOW BRACED FOR A RUSSIAN ATTACK. FOR THE WAR TO STOP, SHE TELLS ME, SO WE CAN GO HOME. >> AND KELLY JOINS US ACROSS THE BORDER IN POLAND WHERE VOLUNTEERS ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO HELP REFUGEES COMING IN. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, JOSE. SOME OF THE VOLUNTEER GROUPS NOW SAY THEY ARE OVERWHELMED AND NEED MORE GOVERNMENT HELP. JOSE? >> KELLY COBIELLA, THANK YOU. >>> TODAY PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY USED A VIDEO CALL TO MAKE A DIRECT APPEAL TO THE U.S. CONGRESS FOR MORE AID. SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
KELLY O'DONNELL JOINS ME WITH KELLY O'DONNELL JOINS ME WITH MORE ABOUT THE UNUSUAL MEETING. >> Reporter: JOSE, IT WAS ABOUT 300 LAWMAKERS FROM THE SENATE AND HOUSE WHO DIALED IN AND SOURCES I SPOKE TO CALLED PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY'S ACCOUNT GRIPPING AND POWERFUL AS HE DESCRIBED ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS. LAWMAKERS POSTED IMAGES TAKEN DURING THE VIDEO CALL AS ZELENSKYY ASKED FOR HELP TO SECURE THE SKIES, INCLUDING AIRCRAFT THAT UKRANIAN PILOTS ARE TRAINED TO FLY. THAT MEANS MIGS, WHICH POLAND
HAS AND THE U.S. COULD HELP TO HAS AND THE U.S. COULD HELP TO NEGOTIATE. ZELENSKYY URGED THE U.S. TO STOP BUYING RUSSIAN OIL AND BLOCK USE OF VISA AND MASTER CARD IN RUSSIA. LATE TODAY, BOTH COMPANIES ANNOUNCED THEY ARE SUSPENDING SERVICE THERE. AFTER NEARLY AN HOUR, DOZENS OF LAWMAKERS UNMUTED SPEAKING TOGETHER TO ASK FOR MORE HELP. THE WHITE HOUSE WANTS THEM TO
APPROVE ANOTHER 10 BILLION IN APPROVE ANOTHER 10 BILLION IN AID. >> IF THE U.S. AND ALLIES STOP BUYING RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS, PRICES WOULD GO UP, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY NEARING RECORD HIGHS. WOULD YOU BE BE WILLING TO PAY MORE AT THE PUMP TO PUNISH RUSSIA? GADI SCHWARTZ HAS MORE. >> Reporter: AT GAS STATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, PRICES ARE SHOOTING UP HIGHER AND FASTER THAN IN MORE THAN A DECADE. BREAKING RECORDS IN CALIFORNIA. $5, $6, PREMIUM AS HIGH AS JAW DROPPING 7.55. >> STICKER SHOCK. WONDER WHAT'S NEXT, YOU KNOW. IF IT'S GOING TO BE 7 NOW, GOING TO BE 9 PRETTY SOON. >> Reporter: THE NATIONAL AVERAGE HOVERING UNDER $4 A GALLON, DESPITE PART OF A GLOBAL
RIPPLE EFFECT STEMMING FROM WAR RIPPLE EFFECT STEMMING FROM WAR WITH A PRICE HIKE EVERY DAY SINCE RUSSIAN FORCES INVADED UKRAINE, UP 38 CENTS AND EXPECTED TO GO HIGHER. >> HOW MUCH HIGHER CAN PRICES GO? >> CERTAINLY IN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY QUICKLY IN THE NEXT 72 HOURS, COULD SEE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE BREAK THE ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH. >> Reporter: U.S. SANCTIONS HAVE AVOIDED DIRECTLY TARGETING CRUDE OIL EXPORTS, FEARING A GLOBAL ENERGY CRUNCH. IN WASHINGTON, CALLS FOR FULL
EMBARGO, BACKED BY A POLL THAT EMBARGO, BACKED BY A POLL THAT FOUND 80% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT ALL OUT BAN ON RUSSIAN OIL. ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY MORE FOR GAS IF IT MEANS MORE RESTRICTIONS ON RUSSIA? >> PERSONALLY, I WOULD HONESTLY. I FEEL LIKE IT IS JUST A LITTLE PRICE I NEED TO PAY. >> I WOULD RATHER SUPPORT UKRAINE IN WHATEVER WE CAN, IF THAT MEANS GAS PRICES HIKE UP, I WOULD PAY IT. >> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY WHATEVER THE OUTCOME, EXPECT PRICES UP MORE THAN JUST THE PUMP. >> ANYTHING, GROCERIES, LUMBER,
ANYTHING BEING SHIPPED BY SEMI ANYTHING BEING SHIPPED BY SEMI TRUCK IS GOING TO GET HIT. >> LOOK AT THE PRICES BEHIND YOU. HOW MUCH COULD THIS END UP COSTING FAMILIES IN THE U.S.? >> Reporter: YOU SEE THE PRICES, IT IS MIND BOGGLING.
HOPEFULLY PEOPLE CAN FIND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE CAN FIND CHEAPER PRICES. EXPERTS SAY THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, THE AVERAGE AMERICAN FAMILY MAY BE SPENDING A THOUSAND MORE IN GAS THAN THEY DID LAST YEAR, JOSE. >> GADI SCHWARTZ IN LOS ANGELES. THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, AMERICANS RISKING IT ALL, VOLUNTEERING TO FIGHT FOR UKRAINE.
WE TALK TO SOME. WE TALK TO SOME. >>> AND THE SKYROCKETING COST OF Healthier brain. Better life. >>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS REPEATEDLY SAID AMERICAN TROOPS WON'T BE INVOLVED IN THE WAR IN UKRAINE, BUT THAT HASN'T STOPPED AMERICAN CIVILIANS AS MANY AS 3,000 BY ONE ESTIMATE TO FIGHT. EMILIE IKEDA SPOKE WITH THEM. >> Reporter: AS UKRAINE IS SHELLED AND BOMBED, THE COUNTRY'S DESPERATE CALL FOR VOLUNTEER FIGHTERS GROWS LOUDER. AMONG THOSE WILLING TO GO IN, AMERICANS. LIKE VOLUNTEER FIGHTERS. NEW JERSEY CARPENTER ANDREW BENNETT. >> WAS THERE A MOMENT YOU DECIDED TO GO TRY TO FIGHT IN UKRAINE, HELP UKRAINE? >> YEAH, THE MOMENT I FOUND OUT YOU COULD. >> HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU WERE TO GET INJURED? >> I WILL FIGURE IT OUT WHEN I GET THERE. >> Reporter: WITH NO BACKUP OR SAFETY NET FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, RISKS ARE ENORMOUS. NEVERTHELESS, HE IS READY AND WILLING TO BE PART OF THE BRAVEST ARMED FORCES, JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL LEGION OF TERRITORIAL DEFENSE, WHICH HAS BALLOONED TO 16,000 VOLUNTEERS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE SAYS PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. THEY ARRIVED TO DEFEND FREEDOM AND LIFE. WE WERE THERE AS BENNETT BEGAN PAPERWORK AT THE UKRANIAN CONSULATE IN NEW YORK. THE FORM ADVISING PEOPLE TO BE FULLY SELF EQUIPPED WITH UNIFORM AND PERSONAL PROTECTION. AND REMINDER IT IS ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS. IT ASKS APPLICANTS TO SPECIFY THE JOB, MILITARY COMBAT EXPERIENCE. VOLUNTEERS COULD BE CHOSEN TO GO AT ANY TIME, AND AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE. BENNETT HOPES HIS WILLINGNESS IS
ENOUGH. WHY NOW? >> I AM NOT MARRIED, I HAVE NO KIDS, GETTING UP IN AGE, STILL ABLE BODIED. >> Reporter: FOR MANY VOLUNTEERS LIKE ANDREW BENNETT, THEY HAVE NO TIES TO THE EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY, YET FEEL COMPELLED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS THE STATE DEPARTMENT URGES AMERICANS TO AVOID UKRAINE. THE EXTREME DANGER THERE NOT LOST ON MARINE COMBAT VETERAN, FATHER OF FOUR, DENNIS DIAZ.
>> IF I WERE TO DIE OVER THERE >> IF I WERE TO DIE OVER THERE IN UKRAINE, THEN GUESS WHAT, MY CHILDREN WILL KNOW THAT I PAID THE HIGHEST PRICE TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR WHAT'S RIGHT. >> Reporter: UNSHAKEABLE DETERMINATION TO INSPIRE UKRAINE'S DESPERATE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. EMILIE IKEDA, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK. >>> COMING UP, WHY IT WILL COST YOU A LOT MORE TO TRAVEL THESE >>> POPULAR SPRING BREAK >>> POPULAR SPRING BREAK DESTINATIONS WILL COST A LOT
MORE, AND THAT'S IF YOU CAN GET MORE, AND THAT'S IF YOU CAN GET A RESERVATION. KERRY SANDERS ON SKYROCKETING DEMAND AND HOW YOU CAN STILL FIND A DEAL. >> Reporter: THE DAVENPORT FAMILY HAS BEEN COOPED UP FOR 23
MONTHS. THIS SPRING, THEY'RE FINALLY HEADED ON VACATION. ALL 18 OF THEM TO DISNEYWORLD. >> I FEEL LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE, KIND OF EMOTIONAL, RELIEF GOING AND WHEN OUR KIDS CAN GET WITH THEIR COUSINS. >> Reporter: HOTEL BOOKINGS REVEAL THIS MONTH MUCH OF AMERICA WILL BE ON VACATION AND SHELLING OUT TOP DOLLAR. FOR THOSE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE KEPT THEIR JOBS DURING THE PANDEMIC, SAVINGS ACCOUNTS HAVE SWELLED A MIND BOGGLING $3.7 TRILLION. MONEY THAT'S NOW BURNING A HOLE IN AMERICANS' POCKETS. ON FLORIDA'S ROSE MARY BEACH, ROOMS AT THE PEARL HOTEL START AT $460. FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH, ALMOST EVERY ROOM BOOKED. >> THERE'S THAT DEMAND THAT'S OUT THERE, MORE HOTELS ARE OPEN, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO GET TO THE BEACH. >> PEOPLE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF THE PANDEMIC? >> SICK AND TIRED OF THE PANDEMIC. >> Reporter: HOTELS, RENTAL CARS, AIR FARES SKYROCKETING. AIRLINE TICKETS EXPECTED TO CLIMB 7% A MONTH FOR THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS.
NOT SEEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND NOT SEEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND COULD PUSH PRICES HIGHER. >> THE WAR SHOWING NO SIGN OF STOPPING SOON, IT IS MORE LIKELY OIL WILL STAY AT OR ABOVE $100 A BARREL, THAT WILL BE FELT IN THE FORM OF HIGHER TICKET PRICES.
>> Reporter: THIS FAMILY OPTING >> Reporter: THIS FAMILY OPTING TO DRIVE FROM NEW YORK TO PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA. >> 3,000 JUST TO FLY AND RENT A CAR. >> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY THERE ARE DEALS TO SNAG THIS SPRING BREAK, WITH MANY AMERICANS FLYING TO EUROPE, CANCELLING TRIPS NERVOUS BECAUSE OF WAR. >> IF DEMAND STAYS SOFT, YOU COULD SEE AIRLINES STARTING TO SLASH THE PRICE TO SELL MANY OF THOSE FLIGHTS FOR SPRING AND SUMMER. >> Reporter: NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO, THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW. IF YOU WAIT, DO YOU GET A BETTER DEAL? >> NOT NECESSARILY. IT IS ALWAYS BOOK EARLY. >> Reporter: BOOK EARLY AND THIS SPRING BREAK EXPECT CROWDS. KERRY SANDERS, NBC NEWS, ROSE MARY BEACH, FLORIDA. >>> STILL AHEAD, FLOWER POWER. THE BEAUTIFUL WAY THE WORLD IS
SHOWING ITS SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE. >>> BACK TO OUR TOP STORY AND >>> BACK TO OUR TOP STORY AND THE MOVEMENT TAKING ROOT AND BLOOMING ACROSS THE GLOBE TO SHOW SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT FOR
THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE. THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE. AMID THE DARKNESS OF WAR, A GLOBAL SYMBOL OF SOLIDARITY HAS EMERGED. SUNFLOWERS REPRESENTING UNITY WITH UKRAINE. THE NATION'S OFFICIAL FLOWER TAKING A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE DESPERATE TO HELP UKRANIANS UNDER ATTACK.
LIKE AT THIS FARM IN BOYNTON LIKE AT THIS FARM IN BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA. THIS WEEKEND DONATING PROFITS FROM ALL SUNFLOWER SALES TO THE GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION HELPING UKRANIAN REFUGEES. >> WE FEEL HOW MUCH THOSE PEOPLE ARE HURTING AND STRUGGLING WITH, WANT TO DO OUR PART AS FARMERS TO HELP THEM. >> PRAYERS AND PROTESTS BY THOSE DETERMINED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. >> WANT TO SHOW LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.IPRAYERS AND P THOSE DETERMINED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. >> WANT TO SHOW LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.DETERMINED TO >> WANT TO SHOW LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE. WE COME HERE IN PEACE TO SHOW THAT. >> THE MOVEMENT, SEWING SUPPORT IN VIRGINIA WITH FREE SEED PACKETS. >> JUST ONE STEP TO SAY HEY, WE ARE THINKING OF YOU, WE'RE KIND OF IN THIS TOGETHER.
>> TOGETHER ACROSS OCEANS, TOO. >> TOGETHER ACROSS OCEANS, TOO.
CROWDS PUTTING SUNFLOWERS AT THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN LONDON, A RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN LONDON, A SILENT PLEA FOR PEACE. WORLDWIDE, A SIGN OF HOPE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO MANY POSTING PICTURES, HEART FELT MESSAGES, ECHOING ACROSS THE INTERNET, LIKE SUNFLOWERS IN SUPPORT OF UKRAINE AND PRAYING FOR PEACE. THE FLOWERS, A SOURCE OF COMFORT. IT IS IN THE ARTWORK STUDENTS MADE FOR THEIR UKRANIAN TEACHER AT A MISSOURI SCHOOL. >> TRYING TO SHOW HER THAT WE LOVE AND SUPPORT HER.
>> ACROSS THE MILES, SIGNS OF >> ACROSS THE MILES, SIGNS OF STRENGTH AND LOYALTY TO LET UKRANIANS NEAR AND FAR KNOW THEY ARE NOT ALONE. >> I THINK EVERY SINGLE SUNFLOWER IN MY SCHOOL REPRESENTS LOVE AND SUPPORT. IT WAS A SHOWER OF SUNFLOWERS. IT WAS A SHOWER OF LOVE. >> THAT'S "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS SATURDAY. I AM JOSE DIAZ-BALART FROM NEW YORK. THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF
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