impact. >> but mr. secretary, this is not stopping vladimir putin from a full scale invasion, you are estimating over 100,000 civilians dead, why is the world going to wait for this to happen? and do you believe putin will stop at ukraine? >> again, we are not waiting. we are acting. we are acting in unison and we are acting swiftly and we are doing everything that we can to deter him. if it doesn't deter putin from further adepression in the ukraine, there will be a very swift and severe response. s that --s that price that putin and the russian people will pay for a long, long time. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> soon hawaii only only have a mask man day. los angeles has new guidances that allows fully vaccinated people to remove their masks. and in new york city, this is new, the mayor tonight is

signaling they are wanting to get rid of the big apple's mask mandate all together and listen up target shoppers, they are announcing they are dropping the mask mandate, employees and shoppers will not be required to wear a mask in the local laws permit it. the worry of the long-time damages from coronavirus and how it leads to heart problems. >> reporter: last year, after a covid infection, dr. evelina grayver became a patient in her own heart program at northwell health. >> and i literally felt like i just ran a marathon, that my heart was just racing. >> good job! good job! >> reporter: dr. grayver is a marathon runner, but couldn't even make it up a flight of stairs. >> i decided to no longer play my own doctor, and actually seek medical help. >> reporter: grayver had long-haul covid. she was diagnosed with myocarditis, or heart inflammation. her heart was failing to pump

normally. that must have been extremely scary, to hear that your heart function had declined as a result of covid. >> it was very scary. because we know the risk with the myocarditis, of sudden cardiac death, my first night was the scary one. all i kept on thinking to myself was, "please, please let me just wake up in the morning." >> reporter: a large study from washington university found in the year after getting covid, patients were at increased risk for developing 20 cardiac problems, including stroke, heart attack, myocarditis, and irregular heart rhythms. even younger, healthier people were at risk, as were those who were not hospitalized for covid. do you worry that we're going to be seeing more and more cardiac problems down the road for millions of americans that have been exposed and infected? >> i do. i think the fact is that we are literally just beginning to scratch the surface of it all. >> reporter: study authors estimate covid infections have led to three million cases of heart disease in the u.s. dr. tara narula, cbs news, new york.

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even for a two-star general with decades of service, like dusty shultz. how hard is that transition? >> it's pretty tough. >> reporter: major general shultz speaks multiple languages, but there's one she's still trying to learn. >> in the military, we have our own terminology. i work in the g-357, and to most people, that doesn't mean much. >> o'donnell: yeah, i don't know what that means. >> but if i tell somebody, you know, i work in the operations center of the army, that means a lot. >> reporter: translating their skills to corporate language is only one of the issues service members face. what do you think will be the hardest part of transitioning to civilian life? >> taking off the uniform. and realizing that i have a new uniform, a new purpose. >> o'donnell: enter american corporate partners, an organization that works with veterans to find that purpose through a network of mentors. a study found 53% of veterans are unemployed for four months or longer after leaving the

military. the ones we talked to cite a lack of resources, underemployment, and not having a four-year degree, as some of the obstacles. >> i really thought it was going to be a little bit easier to be able to find a job. >> o'donnell: the group helped first sergeant manny morejonreyes. he served over 20 years as an aviation senior leader. >> i concentrated my career on giving everything to the military. most of job descriptions do require you to have some level of higher education. >> o'donnell: he says because he didn't have a four-year degree, his applications were overlooked, before t-mobile hired him as a human resources manager. why should private corporations want to hire veterans? >> a lot of veterans have soft skills that most of corporate america takes years to attain-- loyalty, integrity, honesty, and a great work ethic. >> they have the discipline. sometimes they have just these phenomenally exquisite skills, and, why are we not harnessing that? >> o'donnell: do you think the

corporate world is waking up to that? >> oh, yes. we still want to give the best of ourselves, and to be part of something bigger than ourselves. as we've talked about, just being-- being part of the team. there's a lot more news ahead. shoppers run for cover after a shooting inside a houston mall and driving to d.c. to make their point about covid mandates and for one florida driver, a bridge too far.

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>> o'donnell: the n.f.l. has never had a black majority owner of a football team, but that could soon change. as part of our black history month series, "cbs sunday morning's" lee cowan caught up with one bidder, byron allen, who has more on his mind than just football. >> i started rollerskating before i was walking. >> reporter: the man who wants to buy the devner broncos got his start at the rollercade roller rink in detroit, at the age of five. >> this is the first time i saw what being an entrepreneur looked like. >> reporter: and it must have left an impression. >> it left a huge impression. >> reporter: his grandparents started it in 1955. they built it themselves. >> make him feel welcome, would you-- byron allen! >> reporter: and while allen moved to l.a. and found fame as a teenager, appearing with johnny carson, hosting shows like "real people," the idea of a black-owned business never left him.

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>> reporter: lee cowan, cbs news, los angeles. this is cbs news flash, i'm tom hanson in new york. ukraine has impose marshall law as russia has started the invasion of the country. cbs captured the moment on camera. >> that sounded like a fighter jet overhead. >> explosions were heard in the border city, just after the russian president announced an offensive in the region on national tv. he told ukrainian forces to lay down their arms and go home. president biden condemned the attacks as unprovoked and unjustified, warning of severe consequences, in a few hours he is expected to meet with g-7

allies and address the nation. you can watch it here on cbs, i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new york. this is the "cbs overnight news". >> this is a cbs news special report, we are coming on the air because the war in ukraine has begun. just minuteran p announced a special military operation in eastern ukraine, explosions were heard in kyiv, and that is where we are tonight. and charlie, tell us what you are hearing and seeing? >> well, it's just few moments ago, we heard five loud explosions. three to begin with. and that sounded like a fighter

jet overhead, so, three to begin with, followed by two more. an invasion like that would start with air strikes. we have been told. and than those explosions earlier about 15, ten minutes ago and then what you just heard. >> that's right. >> five explosions that we have heard here in the capital, and then whatever that was flying overhead. >> yes, charlie dagata, as much of the team has been up through the night n ukraine, and let's turn to holly williams who is hearing reports of explosions there. holly, describe what you are hearing and seeing? >> reporter: yeah, we are hearing what sound like explosions. very loud thuds. i would say more than a dozen of them beginning at 5:05 in the morning. we cannot confirm what it is, but the thought is they are air

strikes. i'm 20 miles from the russian border and a very, very big center for russian military build up. in the speech that president putin aired on russian state tv a short time ago, he said that russia's plans do not include an occupation of ukraine, but he said that russia will seek to demilitarize ukraine and the clashes between the two mill toweries are inevitable. what it means at this point we don't know. >> holly williams, thank you, let's bring in face the magz moderator and chief foreign affairs correspondent, margaret brennan who has been talking with her sources and contacts all around the world and what you are learning? >> the only person that knows what happens next is vladimir putin. we though the u.s. officials have been on stand-by for hours and it looks like it's playing out exactly how it was predicted with the air strikes you are

talking about. and i'm told to pay attention to whether special forces show up in kyiv. it was surprising that putin in his address to the nation gave what appeared to be a pre-recorded speech. back in 2014, a war really has been, was under way and continues to be under way at a low boil, 14,000 people killed, but certainly the explosion and violence in recent days that we have seen has reignited that and really, norah, what it is according to the officials i speak to, is the plan to slowly strangle ukraine. and whether or not there's a full occupation is not clear. vladimir putin according to u.s. officials who have spoken to david martin, our correspondent and me, vladimir putin is prepared for that, but at a minimum, it seems he is trying

to project control, once again, through a mix of political, and military cohersion, the officials i have been reaching out to for the past few hours say at this moment, they don't see a diplomatic way out of this. we cannot say diplomacy is completely dead, it never really is, but no one at this point sees an off ramp. >> margaret, we may be witnessing now, what is the beginning of the bloodiest war in europe since world war ii, describe the dire numbers we are hearing. >> it's not just a story about ukraine. it's about potential destabilization in the center of the continent of europe. you are looking at u.s.s projections of upwards of 5 million refuges who according to the united states would likely

spill in to nato allied countries that border them. that means poland and romania, some of the countries where the u.s. has plussed up forces to help butress nato, 30 countries that have the collective defense agreement. ukraine is not one of them. no one is coming to defend ukraine. >> let's bring in the national security correspcorrespondent, martin, david, i know you are speaking with nato officials who are confirming this russian attack has gbegun. >> those explosions that you are na oicia of ukraine.nning of the and if it goes according to the way the u.s. officials believe it will go, this shelling whether it comes from balistic missiles or air strikes or

simply artillery will continue up until daybreak and then you will start to see ground operations you might see ground troops, carried by helicopters or jumping as paratroopers from planes, coming in to take key locations, cities, major intersections. and then, you would see tanks coming across the border in a classic invasion force going in to ukraine. whether or not that's how it plays out of course we will only know when the sun comes up. >> and of course the u.s. has deployed a limited number o troops to nate oh, countries and it has moved some around, but the president being clear we will not send u.s. troops in to ukraine to defend the people there. david martin, thank you. let's turn to holly williams again, bought holly, you have

spent so much time on the ground in ukraine, over the years, and i want to ask you about that, f yet today, he tried to callsa defend ourselves. whenou attack, you see our faces not our backs. but can ukraine defend itself? how quickly could it fall if the russians seize the capital? >> remember, we are talking about possibly the biggest land war that europe has seen since the second world war. but this country is already at war and has been against russian backed separatists for nearly eight years. it's a bloody conflict, more than 14,000 people have already been killed according to ukraine. we have been near and around the front line, if this is now a full blown russian invasion, u.s. officials have warned that

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prison -- >> donald trump's administration tackled a top national security priority, hunting those responsible for china's theft of hundreds of billions of dollars of years of intellectual appropriate. it reached deep in the halls of american academia. >> we thought we achieved the american dream until the nightmare happen. >> reporter: his nightmare began in 2020. the m.i.t. professor, was returning home from china when he, his wife, and his two children were stopped by federal agents at boston's logan airport. >> what were you thinking as this is was happening? >> i was very uneasy. they brought my entire family to

a separate area and we sat there for three hours. >> reporter: agents questioned him and demanded he turn over his cell phone and computer. then he was let go, and heard nothing until a year later. >> i was making coffee there until 6:30, i saw a group of people. >> reporter: chen's family was a victim of mau's regime, had a group of agents surrounding his house. what did they say? >> they said, are you chen? and i said, yes, they said, don't move. my wife was in her sleep and she told me she heard thepoli s thog >> rtehthe was drea? >> they were going to take me away in handcuffs. i was scared. >> reporter: he was locked up and released hours later he was accused of failing to disclose the ongoing affiliations with the people's republic of china,

as required in the 2017 energy department grant application. they made plain the stakes of the case. >> this was not just about greed, but about loyalty to china. >> there's no facts in what they said. >> let me ask you, for the record. have you ever been a spy for china? >> absolutely no, spying, i'm a u.s. citizen and so the answer is no. >> but the world renowned mechanical engineer faced up to 20 20 years in prison, one of two dozen charged under the china initiative. both of them, ethnic chinese. >> we are here today to say, enough is enough. >> former doj officials tell cbs news, the prosecutions were meant to send a message to deter the academic community from

hiding research ties that china could exploit. >> i felt it was an attack on all chinese americans in america, particularly in academia. >> reporter: they said the news of chen's arrest came as a massive jolt. >> i had to say, i need to know more. not because i didn't trust my colleague, but because the department of justice, we don't expect them to make a mistake. >> reporter: he immediately spotted the first mistake. prosecutors accused chen of personally pocketing $19 million from an m.i.t. collaboration with a chinese university. >> i know that that is not true because i know the money came to m.i.t. for the research. >> reporter: the collaboration was advertised on m.i.t.'s website, rife decided that the school would pay his legal fees. >> he was accused for doing something wrong for doing his job. so, i had to come to his help. >> reporter: the justice department denies bias in its

china initiative cases. >> we never investigator prosecute based on ethnic identity. >> reporter: but a year after it was filed, d.o.j.'s case against chen fell apart. documents reviewed by cbs news, revealed an energy department official told d.o.j. in early january, they have got it wrong. >> he never hid anything that he did from anybody. >> reporter: within weeks, prosecutors called chen's attorney, robert fisher to tell them that they had dismissed the indictment and his client was a free man. how often have you seen a full and outright dismissal like this? >> it's rare. >> reporter: what does it indicate? >> a major mistake was made. >> reporter: we have found that d.o.j. has dropped eight cases charged under the china initiative. they say the cases have had a chilling affect. >> we do have a problem with china. all i'm saying is, just going through universities and look

for chinese americans and doubting their loyalty to this nation, it's not the right approach. >> use a scalple, not a hammer. >> absolutely. >> reporter: chen has returned to m.i.t., haunted by his arrest. >> we try hard to go back to normal, also, i know i will never be the same again. >> six cases are pending agains three of them are u.s. citizens. cbs news. pass massachusetts

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italian towns have a significant draw back. no cell service, i mean, no cell service. we paid a visit to such a town to see how people -- >> reporter: this village in tuscany framed by cypress trees does not just appear tranquil. >> it's silence. >> it's beautiful. >> and the only thing you hear is people talking in the street. the ambient sounds here are that of conversation. and not on a cell phone signal? no service. >> no service. >> reporter: pretty typical? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: he grew up and wrote a guide book about the place. it's part of tuscany that is lesser known? >> yes, it's a hidden jewel. >> reporter: with a modern

it's noteworthy for the lack of power overhead. there's no cell phone service. the town butcher runs his business mostly by land line. >> no line at all, no bars at all. >> he does keep a mobile phone handy, but not for calls. >> you are playing a game. >> yes. >> this town is not alone. there are 91 municipalities aross the country that is struggling with cell service, in a country that is way behind technological times. italy ranks at the bottom of digital competitiveness. just behind latvia, czech republic and croatia. >> translator: for me, it's not a big sacrifice he told us. but for those that need to work or involved in long distance

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we are a little isolated. >> reporter: at the local inn, the onner felt that isolation she has a land line at reception and that was not very helpful last winter when she was sleeping up stairs with just her cell phone and heard a burglar. >> translator: i tried to call police from all corners of the room, she told us. sfwloo how hard was it to get a line that night on the phone? >> translator: 20 minutes. >> reporter: 20 minutes? >> translator: yes. >> reporter: the villager's mare told us there's not enough profit for the telecom companies to invest. this can be a public safety issue, a hazard. >> translator: we have a civil protection plan. for example, in december 2019, we had a seismic event, we tried

to reach residents but they were outside where there was no signal. so we had to send out the police with a megaphone. >> reporter: he is hopeful millions euros and new european union fund ing aimed at closing the digital divide can help italy. now the battle is to find a solution, he said, and then we have the battle of fighting for the timeline. it sounds like a very italian situation. >> translator: i would have said the same, he admitted. >> reporter: but while the practicality of this poses a challenge in a place with no cell phones ringing or dinging, residents told us they have found the joy of conversation in person. so, perhaps they are better connected after all.

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podcast, the takeout, this week i'm speaking to a democrat i cannic -- to a democratic congressman about his journey from the nfl to the halls of congress. cbs news flash, ukraine has imposed martial law as russia begins the military invasion of the country. cbs news captured the very moment on camera. >> that sounded like a fighter jet overhead. >> the u.s. confirmed missile strikes at key centers at the capital kyiv, just after russian president putin announced, that ukrainian forces should lay down arms and go home. president biden condemned the attacks as unprovoked interest unjustified, the president is

expected to meet with g-7 countries and addresses the nation. i'm tom hans , it's thursday, february 24th, 2022. there is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, russia attacks ukraine. the military invasion that had been talked about for weeks is now under way. explosions can be heard in the distance in the capital city of kyiv. witnesses also seeing flames miles away after russian president vladimir putin announced military operations in ukraine. this morning, president biden has vowed strong action as the u.s. and its allies promise to hold russia accountable. well, good morning, and good to be with you.i'