right now on "america this morning," can they be trusted? the new claims that russia is scaling back its attacks in part of ukraine and how the ukrainians are now responding and this morning the top official who says he would have been killed inside this building torn apart by a russian missile if he hadn't overslept that morning. settlement rejected. families of the sandy hook school shooting which left 20 first graders dead say no to a settlement offer from conspiracy theorist alex jones who tried to claim the shooting never happened. and that slap at the oscars. the time line for a decision on whether he'll be punished. scam alert. the new warning about spam text messages invading phones across america.

travel chaos. why one major airport is running low on jet fuel and the massive and ultimate cliffhanger. hear from the b.a.s.e. jumper whose parachute failed forcing him to cling to the side of a cliff. good wednesday morning, everyone. we begin with new hope in the peace talks between russia and ukraine. >> russia now says it will drastically scale back its military operations around ukraine's capital kyiv. >> but the biden administration is skeptical, and overnight we saw why. >> abc's em nguyen is here now with the very latest. em, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, andrew. while russia has agreed to reduce some military operations, it's clear right now there is no cease-fire. overnight, new explosions rocking the suburbs of kyiv long after russia pledged to scale back offensive operations in parts of ukraine including the capital. [ speaking foreign language ]

after wednesday's peace talks, russia said it will cut back military activity in the direction of kyiv and the northern city of chernihiv to increase mutual trust, but hours later more explosions. >> we've heard the repeated sound of artillery slamming into kyiv's suburbs. remember, russia has specifically not agreed to a cease-fire, so there's every chance they'll continue to bombard ukraine. >> reporter: the state department believes russia's plan to cut back is not a withdrawal plan but rather a repositioning. president biden also casting doubt on russia's statements. >> we'll see. i don't read anything into it until i see what their actions are. >> reporter: it comes amid new bloodshed in southern ukraine. at least 12 people were killed after officials say a russian missile hit this government building in mykolaiv. the regional governor says he overslept, otherwise he would have been up side the building at work. in the port city of mariupol,

new satellite images reveal the extent of the devastation including apartment building after apartment building destroyed and long lines forming outside a grocery store, people desperate for supplies. as for the peace talks, a russian negotiator acknowledged there's still a long way to go before reaching any deal with ukraine. andrew. >> all right, em, thank you. also in washington the family of a former u.s. marine who is being detained in russia plans to protest outside the white house today. trevor reed has been in russian custody since august. his parents fear he's contracted tuberculosis. they say president biden hasn't made good on a promise to meet with them in person. families of those killed in the sandy hook elementary school shooting rejected a settlement offer from radio host alex jones. jones offered to pay $120,000 per plaintiff to settle a lawsuit stemming from his claim that the shooting never happened. jones has been found liable for damages and faces a trial to determine how much he should pay.

the victims' families called jones' offer a desperate attempt to escape a public reckoning. 20 first graders and six staff members died in that shooting. the motion picture academy released a new statement on will smith's slap at the oscars. the acis promising to take appropriate action and says it's outraged by smith's actions. abc's derricke dennis has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, new indications will smith may face consequences for slapping chris rock at the oscars. >> oh, wow. >> reporter: today the board of governors for the academy of motion picture arts and sciences is expected to hold an emergency meeting where it will likely decide on whether to punish smith. >> nobody is okay with what happened. nobody, nobody, nobody. >> reporter: whoopi goldberg is on the board. she says she does not believe smith's oscar should be taken away from him, but on "the view" yesterday goldberg suggested smith does need to be punished. >> there are consequences. there are big consequences. >> there has to be. >> reporter: comedy legend

jim carrey also weighing in criticizing the standing ovation smith got when he accepted his oscar just minutes after assaulting rock. >> i was sickened. i felt lke hollywood is just spineless en masse. if you want to yell from the audience and disapprove or show a disapproval or say something on twitter or whatever, you know, you do not have the right to walk upon the stage and smack somebody in the face because they said words. >> reporter: both carey and goldberg also expressing concern for smith. >> the reason people got up and went over to him because -- is because i think a lot of people thought, oh, my god, is he having a break? do we need to get him out -- what do we need to do? >> reporter: smith's wife jada pinkett smith who was the subject of chris rock's joke that prompted the slap is now breaking her silence saying online, this is a season for healing, and i'm here for it. as for rock, the comedian has yet to comment publicly, but tonight he's set to perform two shows in boston. the cheapest ticket on stubhub

overnight, $720, and tikpik, a secondary market seller tweeting, we sold more tickets to see chris rock overnight than we did in the past month combined. and there's new data about how the slap impacted the oscars' rating sunday night. nielsen reports 600,000 people tuned in after the confrontation. derricke dennis, abc news, new york. >> derricke, thank you. the academy released another statement overnight saying it's upset and outraged and says any action it takes will likely take a few weeks. regulators have authorized a second covid booster shot for americans over 50. they say it is especially important for people over 65 and those over 50 with underlying health conditions to get another vaccine shot. it comes as the more contagious omicron subvariant becomes the dominant covid strain in the u.s. >> the risk of a second booster is incredibly low, but the benefit potentially is significant as we think about a new variant that might cause a

surge in the future. that will have real protective effect to those most vulnerable to severe illness and death. >> the cdc says adults who got the johnson & johnson vaccine and its boozer can now get pfizer and moderna boosters as long as it's been four months since their last shot. meanwhile, 21 states are now suing the biden administration to end the mask mandate on public transportation. the states claim the mandate exceeds the cdc's authority. the committee investigating the attack on the u.s. capitol is looking into a seven-hour gap in the white house phone logs that day. abc's jonathan karl reports calls through the white house ae nn, ard including one from but that was before the seven-hour gap. >> reporter: as for why those calls are not officially reflected in the record, we don't know for sure, but while president he was known to frequently make calls using a personal unofficial cell phone and also took calls that came in on the phones of his top aides.

>> our jonathan karl there in washington. the house committee is hoping to get some answers tomorrow when they interview trump's son-in-law, jared kushner. a warning from verizon this morning. do not respond to text messages that appear to come from your own number. there's been a spike in spam numbers that claim you can get a free gift by clicking on a link but it is a scam. they appear to come from your own number so he can't be blocked. verizon says, just delete the message. turning to weather, millions across the south are bracing for a tornado outbreak later today. here's your wednesday forecast. good morning. it's a stormy start to your wednesday from the heartland of des moines, iowa, down to northeast texas. could see a few tornadoes and damaging winds to start your day before the sun comes up. meantime, wednesday afternoon, evening, right here across the lower mississippi valley, including new orleans, we could see tornadoes that could be strong. make sure you have a way to

receive weather alerts. it's only been a week since new orleans got hit. another round of severe weather headed your way in i'm accuweather meteorologist kevin coskren. coming up, the new lawsuit over turbotax. also ahead, a nurse is convicted of accidentally giving a patntrong medication leading to her death. but should the nurse go to prison for it? the new push for clemency. and later, growing speculation about tiger woods and another potential masters comeback.

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matter. but to the community of nurses, it matters a lot. >> reporter: many medical professionals say the guilty verdict sets a dangerous precedent by criminalizing a medical mistake. the american nurses association says it's deeply distressed, adding it's completely unrealistic to think mistakes won't occur in health care. one nurse supporting vaught at the courthouse did not want her face shown on camera. >> i'm terrified that now i'm in a profession where, god forbid, i do make a mistake. >> reporter: the district attorney's office insists the verdict was not an indictment against the medical profession but rather the gross negligence shown by the nurse. but more than 100,000 people have now signed a petition calling for clemency for vaught. the family of her patient, charlene murphy, has not commented on the verdict but vaught says she recently saw murphy's grandson. >> he had the kindest things to say to me and about his grandmother, and he told me just to take care of myself.

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and i was like, okay, and when i got close and i saw the line out the door, i was shaking in my boots a little bit. >> experts blame the jet fuel shortage in part on the energy crunch caused by the war in ukraine. history was made in space overnight despite what's unfolding on earth between the u.s. and russia, astronauts from both countries came together as colleagues. here's abc's andrea fujii. >> undocking confirmed. >> reporter: this morning,omg f astrout maralng being up here, but i have just been having a blast. >> reporter: he along with two russian cosmonauts left the international space station boarding russia's soyuz space ship to land in kazakhstan this morning. they returned to a very different landscape than when vande hei left earth a year ago. tensions between the u.s. and

russia have escalated to new heights as the war in ukraine rages. but tuesday during the traditional change of command ceremony, the russian commander on the space station took a moment to reflect on those tensions. >> people have problem on earth, on orbit we are like -- we are not like -- we are one crew. >> reporter: and then this shared hug between the russian and the american as the commander handed over the symbolic space station key to the new commander thomas marshburn. weeks ago when the u.s. began sanctioning russia, tensions did reach space. the head of the russian space agency threatened to abandon vande hei, posting a video showing the cosmonauts waving good-bye to him. retired astronaut scott kelly fired back engaging in a social media war of words. >> i never thought i would ever hear anything so outrageous. >> reporter: but reflecting on her time in orbit, former astronaut cady coleman says up in space where you're from

doesn't matter. >> the fact that you're from one little place on that planet is a really nice -- it's a great sense of community. >> reporter: after landing this morning, vande hei travels back to nasa headquarters in houston. as for future russian-american spaceflights, a top russian official is expected to discuss that issue tomorrow. andrew, mona. >> andrea, thank you. in sports new speculation that tiger woods could be planning a comeback at the layed fu pcte unyesterday at au. the masters begin there one week from tomorrow. woods has won the tournament five times. he's been recovering from leg injuries suffered in a car crash last year. the nfl has changed its overtime rules again but only for the playoffs. both teams will now be the change was in response to the bills/chiefs game in january. and a scandal in soccer. senegal fans lit up the pitch in

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