break right now at 5:00. former president donald trump once again claiming victory. what we know about his win in south carolina after defeating the state's former governor and set to go the gop. plus two years since the fighting in ukraine. how the bay area is responding

to today's anniversary. and the largest chinese new year's parade moments away in san francisco. the year of the dragon kicks in high gear. we begin with breaking news out of south carolina. nbc is projecting former president donald trump has won that state's primary. beating out nikki haley in her on home state. the dell kates are split between the winner and the winner of each congressional district. haley served as the state's governor from 2011 to 2017. she vow ready to stay in the race through super tuesday, march 5th. we will have more on that in just moments. the news at 5:00 starts

right now. thanks for joining us. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> it is the biggest new year's parade in the country and it's set to get under way moments from now, 14 minutes from now in san francisco. a live look at chinatown. oh, my goodness, i'm seeing all the pictures flood my social media. there are hundreds of thousands of people there. helped usher in the year of the dragon, and teams started work on the 19 parade floats back in october. sfpd will have uniformed and plain clothed officers on the route, and they are asking goers to be aload. the last time the year of the dragon was in 2012. >> dragon is the most powerful sign in the chinese zodiac. others are all animals. >> the dragon zrents luck,

wisdom, power. the parade gets under way in less than 15 minutes. everybody getting ready for that. hundreds of thousands of people down there. rob, they want to know if it's going to be as nice and clear. >> my job is easy. look at the conditions. san francisco, 70. are you kidding? it's february throughout? we have gorgeous conditions, the parade, and cooling in the 60s, heading to 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 tonight. mostly clear. and jacket weather, and temperatures looking really nice, and there's no rain in the forecast. a warm start to the weekend, and sharping tomorrow, change is around the corner, and increasing clouds and eventually, sunday night to monday, there is a chance that rain will start to make a comeback, and bigger changes from the seven-day forecast, cold, high temperatures, 40s and

50s and a chance for low snow levels. a look at the closer changes ahead. and a look at the forecast coming up in 12 minutes. news in the newsroom a 16-year-old is dead following an early morning shooting. police responded to a scene at 5:00 this morning in antioch. investigators say she was shot inside a vehicle. he was taken to the hospital. and the shooting was two miles from where they found the similar. so far no word on an alist. a ceremony today to mark two years of russia's full scale invasion with ukraine. the conflict that left more than 100,000 dead. kyiv, justin trudeau and italian

prime minister maloni was there. and the support of the ukrainian people across the u.s. ukrainian forces are facing dire ammunition changes. yesterday a group of 5 democratic senators met with zelenskyy. here is chuck schumer. we heard from so many f you don't get the aid, you lose the war. >> cross fingers, we are still together. >> vladimir putin says ukraine is not a country, but a long lost part of russia. they are calling for an end to america's involve in war. gia? >> the protesters want to shut dour the air force base, the largest military transport base

that provides weapons to israel and ukraine. >> our struggle here is an international struggle against war, against the genocide, and we're saying that this -- the yourself is the biggest exporters of military weapons in the world. it's not benefitting the people of the country. it's certainly not benefitting the palestinians and the people of ukraine. >> organizers say it's part of action against the u.s. war machine, and other groups are holding similar protests. >> activists in san francisco are hoping to drive home how important the need is. to commemorate the second anniversary of russia's invasion. it started at civic center plaz la. speakers and performers express outrage of russia's genocidal war on ukraine. the goal is to pass a bill to

provide military support to ukraine. >> impact here will impact everyone's lives. russia, if they succeed, it will not, but it would change everything in the world. >> organizers say ukrainians are fighting for human dignity and freedom. nbc news's richard engell might have more on the anniversary. catch the story on "nbc nightly news" after this news cast. a spokes person say the body of alexei navalny has been returned to his mother. this week, his mother issued a plea saying she was trying to return his body. russia's federal prison service says that he fell ill following a walk.

knall vanney was expected to run against putin, and yesterday, they issued hundreds of sanctions against russia in response. back to decision 2024, election day coming up in california. early voting under way. this is san francisco city hall today. voters can drop off a ballot or mail it in person. the voting center is open weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. you can drop by this weekend or next weekend. 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on tuesday, march 5th. the democrat katie porter hosted a meet and greet. event was co-hosted by the national union of health care workers that endorsed porter last year. adding they are spending millions of dollars spreading lies about her. >> i don't give a damn if it's

big bank, big oil, big farmer, big insurance, it's all the same, special interest playbook to intimidate american workers to tell american consumers if they got cheated, you must have missed something in the fine print, to tell retirees they should have saved a little more. >> here are the number for the race. adam schiff leads with 24% of likely voters. he is participating in the chinese new year parade tonight. porter and steve garvey are in a deadhead. 19% and 18% of the vote, and barbara lee trails in fourth place with an estimated 10% of the vote. the top two candidates with the most vote advance to the general election. point your camera phone to the qr code on your screen there.

and it will take to you an elections page on our website. a great resource for information, including how you can cast your ballot and the races to watch. a's fans showing up and showing out in oakland. coming up, we get reaction from this year's fan fest as the team eyes a big move to los angeles. we are enjoying spring temperatures. near 70 in san francisco. almost 80 in san bernardino. the economy is simply not working for millions of hard working families. they're working harder than ever and they still can't make enough to get by to afford food and medicine to even keep a roof over their heads. we need to build more housing that's truly affordable. we need to address this terrible epidemic of homelessness. we need to invest in good paying jobs, union jobs and investments in our future. this, this is why i'm running for the us senate. i'm adam schiff and i approve this message.

people gathers near oakland's square for fan fest. celebrating a's fans and oakland sports in general. >> the a's are once again not hosting a fan fest. but fan groups took it upon themselves to host their own. >> i think it's great. i'm glad that the people put it on for the fans. clearly, there are thousands of us still here. >> reporter: he came to oakland for fan fest. he sported a's gears and hopes there could be a message. >> they might want to stay here. because this is where the fans live and go to the games and support their teams. not, you know, in other cities like vegas or salt lake. >> reporter: the fan isn't hosting an official fan fest. the fan fest was organized by a

dive bar. >> i'm not surprised. this is oakland, the fan of the as, the ballers, the soul, the bay area panthers. this is what happens when you show people love. they show it right back. >> reporter: there was local food and vendors for a community feel. >> this is what we do it for, and the fact i know we have always been here in oakland, it's more amazing. the fans created all this. imagine if a professional team did it. >> and former a's plays were on hand. >> just mep as a player, the fans what they gave to me, the love they gave me when i was out here, i want to give back and be out here. >> reporter: some fans had a tough go after it with the effort to relocate. but they were feeling good about fan fast. >> it's good. to get oakland together, as a team, we have a good day. it's a beautiful day. it's awesome. >> reporter: in oakland, christy smith, nbc bay area news.

>> all right, well, shame on you if you didn't get out today. >> you had no excuse. >> the nicest weekend we had this year. it's been relentless with storms just over the weekend. had 70s in the bay area, and downtown san jose. not too late to enjoy the late day sunshine, and walnut creek, not too bad. east wind, with the high pressure giving us clear skieses and mild temperatures in the bay area, and temperatures, low 70s, and 72 in free mount. 70s down to morgan hill and san berdean. it will be mild by february standards, mid to upper 60 wz overcast skies, 68 in fair

fooerld. low 60 frz france to hayward, and you will see the reason whee are warm tomorrow, we have clouds coming in, they will be mid and high level clouds, and filtered sunshine at times, and the morning commute. barack to rain at times. rain at times and older air will push the weather system out. rain totals will not be as extreme as they were last week, and picking up a tenth of an inch of rain, and along the coast, peninsula, and quarter inch to half inch of rain. bigger story is the cooler their will come in, highs in the 50s and late next week, big drop in temperatures. look at the bottom of the screen there, highs that were in the 60s and 70s this weekend will be in 40s and 50s next friday and saturday. this has a potential for a big

know event. and the next weekend pattern sets up, could go 100% of average, and closer to the bay area, 6:00, that might mean snow in the local mountains too. we are watching it closely. you see the highs go from spring numbers to winter whiplash starting thursday. and significant rain will roll in thursday night into the weekend. more reasons to enjoy this weekend. we will be back into it this weekend. >> i am enjoying this weekend. thank you very much. the year of the dragon is officially here, and under way tonight in san francisco is a big parade. we have a titan in the entertainment industry leading it all. >> being from san francisco, i love the city so much. love the city so much. it's one othef b

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welcome back. another live look tonight in san francisco. check it out. the chinese new year parade just under way moments hay go. there they go, marching down market street i believe that is. hundreds of thousands of people you can see lining the streets and we have beautiful weather for it. it capped off three weeks of celebration for the lunar new year to usher in the year of the

dragon. >> a lot of red in the parade. >> yeah. this year's chinese new year grand marshall is none other than awkwafina. >> since i saw "crazy rich asians" in 2019, in six year, you have done more than a dozen films. you won a golden globe. you are one of the few asians who hosted "saturday night live" and you are now the grand marshall of the largest chinese new year's parade outside of asia? >> yeah, slif a tornado and it's going really fast, it's nice to stop sometimes and be grateful for everything. i appreciate the chaos. i'm so glad the result culminated to being in san

francisco. i love the city so much. >> my daughter, she's 7. she's a fan of yours. and your voice is like morgan freeman. the animated film, some of her favorite movies -- -- and we just saw "migration". >> this way. >> now you're in "kung fu panda 4." >> a shape shifter. >> what was it like when you got the call? >> it was surreal. i grew up watching "kung fu panda." i'm such a huge fan of jack black. i got the call, and it's great to be a part of something that we grew up, that you watched a lot, and yeah, it's -- i think it's just -- it's cool. i can't believe it's happened. >> is there going to be a "crazy rich asians 2"? is it happening? >> you know, i hear the gossip

and rumors and i'm like, really? that is how clueless i am. we all love john. i want to check out his restaurant later. we want it to happen. i don't know. >> so john chu, his dad is more famous than he is in the bay area. and his restaurant, one of the most famous chinese restaurants in the bay area. >> i have heard of it. when ween with on set, they were fielding, hey, chef -- yeah, that -- but i have not been. i really want to go. >> one last question, being a role model for asians and the asian community, what is it like for to you represent asians in the film industry? >> i mean, i guess represents asians, americans in the film industry is a great blessing of mine. it's fortunate for me to just exist in a landscape that really

didn't exit for me growing up, even if it will tell the younger generations that you can do whatever you want to do, in this country. yeah. >> thank you. we will see new a bit. >> thank you. nice to meet you. >> very nice. we're going to have continuing coverage of the chinese new year parade all weekend long. you can find information about road closures and the forecast on the app and the website. a strong stench in the east bay. coming um, what first responders say is behind t big stink and he

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going out tonight, it's going to be a nice one.

but it will be dropping off. >> yeah, cooler tomorrow. more clouds, and here is a look at highs tomorrow. san francisco was about 70 earlier today. tomorrow, low 60s. mid 60s, san jose. the clouds will lead eventually to a chance for rain adds as we get to monday. not big rain totals but cooler temperatures and lowers snow levels next weekend. >> enjoy the rest of the night. thanks for watching. >> we'll be back at 6:00. . tonight, former president donald trump is one step closer to the republican nomination nbc news projects trump will win tonight's south carolina primary, the former president beating nikki haley, his only republican rival. haley vowing to remain in the race, despite losing