this comes months after er it's tuesday, february 22nd, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." threat of war. russian president vladimir putin ordered troops into russian-backed regions of ukraine. how the u.s. and the rest of the world plan to respond. hate crimes trial. jury deliberations are under way for three men convicted of killing ahmaud arbery. what social media posts reveal about the defendants. living with covid. england drops all pandemic restrictions. the concern now as people try to return to normal life. [ speaking foreign language ] well good morning and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well good morning and good to be hopes seem to be slipping away with the prospects of war higher than ever.

today the u.s. and its european allies are expected to announce harsh new guidelines. the move comes after russia president vladimir putin lead troops into ukraine. it's unclear if russian troops have actually crossed the border. the united nations security council held an emergency meeting last night. no action was taken, but the u.s. and other countries condemned moscow. laura podesta is in new york with more on all of this. laura, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. they agreed that what rush is doing is in clear violation of international law and they believe the best tactic now moving forward is discussion and negotiation. the standoff between nato and russia over ukraine has moved closer to becoming a full-scale war. on monday russia president

vladimir putin signed a decree recognizing two eastern ukrainian regions as independent states. putin later ordered troops saying they were needed to maintain order. >> he calls them peacekeepers. this is nonsense. we know what they really are. >> reporter: the u.n. security council convened for an emergency meeting in new york last night. russia's actions were denounced by several council members including u.s. ambassador linda thomas greenfield. >> this move by president putin is clearly the basis for russia's attempt to create a pretext for a further invasion of ukraine. >> reporter: the council's russian delegates said the kremlin was taking steps to prevent a bloodbath in ukraine. diplomats here at the u.n. say the risk of a major conflict is real and they're urging all sides involved to show restraint. president biden signed an executive order blocking trade and investment with the

break-away republics. he revealed to cbs news new sanctions against russia will be unveiled today. in a televised speech putin blamed the crisis of nato saying it encroached on land that has long been part of russia, and ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy that, quote, we're not afraid of anyone or anything. we don't owe anything, and we won't give anything to anyone. ukraine's foreign minister is set to arrive in washington, d.c., today to meet with secretary of state antony blinken. that's according to the state department. >> laura podesta in new york. thank you so much, laura. millions of americans are waking up to bone-chilling temperatures thanks to major temperatures blasting states from montana to michigan. the high temperature will hover around zero degrees. rapid city will hit zero. cheyenne, wyoming, will hit 4

degrees, and it will be 11 in denver. there was a 16 -car pileup in fargo yesterday. nearby highways were shut down. president biden has started interviewing several candidates on his short list. that's according to a cbs source familiar with the process. mr. biden has promised to replace a black woman with retiring justice stephen breyer. the decision is set to be made by the end of the month with the senate to confirm the nominee. a jury in georgia will begin a second day of deliberations today in the federal hate crimes trial of three men convicted of killing 25-year-old ahmaud arbery. as janet shamlian reports, the verdict could come on the two-year anniversary of ashbury's death. >> reporter: the pursuit of ahmaud arbery that led to his

murder two years ago this week was not racially motivated but a result of the belief he was involved in criminal activity. that was the message during closing arguments from lawyers for the three defendants. the men have already been convicted of arbery's murder in state court. the federal case hinges on whether the men were motivated specifically because the 25-year-old was black. prosecutor telling the jury travis and gregory mcmichael and william roddie bryan were driven by racial assumptions, racial resentment, and racial anger. 20 witnesses testified, and text messages and social media posts were introduced to establish a history of racist view, some repeatedly using the n-word. legal analyst joe tamburino. >> so the text messages and facebook posts are relevant even though they happened over the past number of years? >> yes, they are. what it does is gives an idea whether or not these three individuals have racial

animosity toward black individuals. >> reporter: the mcmichaels tried to enter a plea deal before trial, but the judge rejected it after the arbery family opposed it. >> this has been very draining. i'm thankful it's almost over. >> reporter: all three men have already been sentenced to life in prison after their murder charges. the federal sentence carries a maximum life sentence as well. the jury started deliberating on monday but ended the day without a verdict. the arbery family is hoping for a verdict by wednesday. that's the two-year anniversary of ahmaud arbery's death. janet shamlian, cbs news, brunswick, georgia. turning now to the pandemic and some positive signs that we're continuing to move in the right direction. the seven-day average of daily new cases in the u.s. has fallen to just over 1,000. that's according to the cdc. while still high, it's the lowest we've seen since early december and significantly less than the peak of omicron. meanwhile in england all

remaining covid restrictions are being scrapped including people who test positive remain self-isolated. england has the immunity to get back to normal. >> it is a reminder that this virus has not gone away, but because of the efforts we've made as a country over the last two years we can now deal with it in a very different way, moving it from government restrictions to personal responsibility. >> some scientists are warning the british government that lifting all restrictions could make it difficult to monitor and track covid. and an american doctor who helped provide free health care to millions of people in poverty around the world has died. 62-year-old dr. paul farmer was the co-founder of the boston-based nonprofit group partners in health. the organization says that he unexpectedly died in his sleep yesterday in rwanda where he was teaching. it does work in africa, eastern

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president vladimir putin ordered russian troops into two ukraine after recognizing their independence. the u.s. and its european allies are expected to issue strong new sanctions against russia today. and president biden has started interviewing several candidates on his short list of supreme court nominees, according to a cbs news source familiar with the process. mr. biden ha has promised to nominate black woman to replace retiring justice stephen breyer. the decision is expected to be made by the end of the month. and florida's state house is scheduled to take up the

so-called don't say gay bill today. it bans classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity. wendy gillette takes a look at what it could mean if it's enacted. >> reporter: lgbtq advocates protested over the weekend in naples, florida, as the state house of representatives prepares to take up a controversial parental rights and education bill. opponents have labeled it the don't say gay bill. >> don't silence gay people's lives, lgbtq lives. >> reporter: florida house bill number 1557 states that a school district may not encourage classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in primary grade levels or in a manner that's not age-appropriate or developdevelopment children kindergarten through third grade florida state senator is responsible for the senate version of the bill. he said the school should concentrate on core skills.

>> we want you to teach them to read and do math and do science. we're not interested in the social engineering to be done by the school system. >> it would force kids back into the proverbial closet. >> scott galvin is the executive direct over safe schools south florida. he says a proposed amendment could lead to school's outing lgbtq students to their parents. the school had allowed schools to withhold parental notification if a reasonably allowed disclosure would lead to abandonment or neglect. >> if it's included, why is it going to have a chilling effect? >> it forces kids to stay quiet at school, to not be their authentic selves. >> reporter: a recent study who found their schools to be lgbtq affirming had 30% lower odds of

being bullied in the past year. wendy gillette, cbs news, new york. coming up on "cbs mornings," how people looking for love online are having their hearts and money stolen in the rising number of romance scams. >> plus, we'll hear from 12-time "jeopardy!" champion austin rogers about his secrets for answering the quiz show's tough questions and his new book on pug trivia. and we'll talk with actor joseph gordon-levitt about his new role as controversial cofounder and so-called bad boy of tech travis kalanick. that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com reat day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com