the russia's war in ukraine enters day 65. the new rocket attacks on kyiv as president biden pushes for over $30 billion more in aid for the besieged nation. one vaccine for children 5 and under. when public hearings will get under way for the capitol riot investigation the california mega drought of the the wakeup call.

how many hours of sleep we should be getting each night if you're up watching us "early today" you might have missed the mark happy friday it's april 29th. and "early today" starts right now. >> good morning, and thanks for waking up with us. i'm vanita nar >> the nfl draft got under way >> with the first pick in the 2022 nfl draft, the jacksonville jaguars select travon walker >> last year they took a quarterback first overall. and they look to boost their defense with travon walker he is the first defensive player taken at number one since 2017 and the jets got some defense

with amar'e gardner. and the steelers took the first qb of the draft at number 20, keeping kenny pickett in pittsburgh it is the latest the first quarterback's gone in the draft in 25 year morndderna has asked the fdo approve its vaccine for kids under 6. stephanie gosk has what you need to know. >> reporter: a year and a half after the first covid-19 vaccine for adults was authorized, moderna says it has a version for children ages 6 months through 5 years old. >> we see excellent level of a

anti-body in these children. >> reporter: 25% of the adult toes t dose. the company says it is 37% effective for those 2-5. >> there was no severe disease or hospitalizations observed within the trial, but we did see some infections. >> reporter: ann rodriguez enrolled her twin 4-year-olds in part to protect vulnerable adults in the family >> it was important for us to get our kids vaccinated as soon as we could. >> reporter: but a majority of parents of young children appear much more tentative. >> i'm not sure. >> i think it's not necessity moment >> reporter: only 28% of kids ages 5-11 have gotten two doses of th of the vaccine

the cdc says 75% of children have contracted covid. they recommend even children infected with omicron should be vaccinated >> number one, we don't know how long infection-induced immunity will last. it can present against future variants >> reporter: and now after a long wait, the youngest among us may soon get that protection pfizer will also likely ask for an emergency use authorization in the spring. the dosage is less than moderna, but the course is three so hots instead of two president biden is asking congress to approve $33 billion in new aid for ukraine it would include $20 billion in military supplies and $3 billion for humanitarian aid the package is meant to help ukraine for five months. another sign the white house is expecting a long conflict. the challenge now is how quickly

can this get passed as congress as ukraine urgently pleads for more help. we're joined live by raf sanchez. >> reporter: at this hour, a glimmer of hope for the women and children stuck in what remains of that steel plant in mariupol president zelenskyy's office says an operation is planned for today to get civilians out that has not been independently confi confirmed by nbc news. the russian side has reneged time and time again. but this is the best news we have heard for those civilian thi in this weeks-long surge there is no word on werehether e

soldiers will be evacuated under this plan. we do know a u.n. team moved to be in place in case the green light came up for them to head no mariupol. there were strikes overnight in kyiv, while the secretary-general was there. ukrainian government says this was a heinous act of barbarism and message from the kremlin republicans are being investi investigated by the january 6 committee. there are several hearings on deck joining us is brie jackson what can you tell us about >> well, the house committee that's investigating the january

6 insurrection says it's planning to hold eight public hearings starting on june 9th. that's about six weeks away. according to axios they deposed almost 900 people and collected over 102,000 documents >> it's to be presented in the context that there were multiple lines of effort involving multiple players at the highest level of our government to overturn the election. there is ample evidence of criminality, including criminality of the former president. >> and committee members say former trump lawyer rudy giuliani and donald trump jr. are on the short list for interviews no word on when that might happen, and they say republican house members who refused the first invite to appear will be getting a second invite, that could be as soon as today. and there could be new interview

requests for some republican members of the senate. oklahoma is set to ban abortion almost completely the state legislature passed a bill outlying the procedure within six weeks of pregnancy. that's before most know they are pregnant it will allow private citizens to sue providers or any one helping to facilitate an aborti. while speaking with reporters, the president said he would be making a decision about debt reduction in the next couple weeks it would be lower than $50,000 which is lower than what senate democrats were hoping for. the size of any loan forgiveness would likely be tied to individual income. turning now to severe

weather hitting the plains hi, michelle >> we're tracking severe weather this afternoon into the night time hours we've opi we've been quiet for a while could see hail up to three inches winds over 60 miles per hour that includes you, concordia, wichita looking at slight risk, stretching to northern texas as we go throughout tomorrow we will see the threat move to the east now we're including chicago, evansville, paducah your rainfall forecast is going tobe a big thing we're we're looking at training rainstorms the rain extends no the great lakes and mississippi valley

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this is a lake north of los angeles sitting at 53% capacity. to give you some perspective, in good times, the water should be nearly to the top of that dam. california's natural rae sources sent, wade crowfoot says the snowpack in the sierra nevada mountains says it all. what do the last measurements tell you >> the last measurements are pretty grim. we have a lot less snowpack hthn in the past. more of it is absorbing into dry soils or into the air. >> reporter: a weather alert to 6 million californians, severely limited non-essential water use, impacting parched farmlands and american american dinner tables >> tomatoes won't be grown in

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twists and turns in the south bay baby kidnapping case. new revelations about the suspects who police say are behind the bizarre crime and new reaction from the baby's family this morning. also, a teacher strike is looming in the east bay, and it will impact when kids go to class. we'll tell you what the demands are that the teachers are making. plus -- >> there has to be consequences. there has to be. >> parents are demanding action after a violent attack in the north bay. the injury two teens had, and who parents believe is behind the