captioning sponsored by cbs >> duncan: tonight: russia's rampage. the world watches in horror as moscow intensifies attacks on ukraine, frantic efforts to evacuate two cities fail, civilians targeted. this child hit by shrapnel, among the war's latest casualties, as russian forces advance on the capitol, cbs news is there. >> reporter: i'm charlie d'agata in kyiv where russian forces are stepping up their offensive and now advancing to the outskirts of the capitol itself. >> duncan: president zelensky pleads for more firepower to turn back the invaders. the latest on international efforts to help. >> we're talking with a polish friends right now about

what we might be able to do to back fill their needs. >> duncan: the fighting drives the biggest exodus in europe since world war ii. cbs morning's tony dokoupil is in poland. >> the one thing everybody wants, that no one can give, is a sense of when this could end. >> duncan: also tonight: deadly destruction. several people killed after tornadoes tear through iowa. plus, beltway protests. a trucker's convoy fuels gridlock in washington d.c. and later, weekend journal, ukrainians and russians unite, sharing the stage, hoping for peace. >> i think about my family each and every second. ♪ ♪ ♪ this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york, with jericka duncan. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> duncan: good evening and thanks for watching. tonight russian forces are intensifying air strikes and shelling of cities across ukraine. their targets reportedly include civilians. today, u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken said russia's

actions could constitute a war crime. this video, in the city just wed west of the capitol of kyiv where people ran to escape attack. mortar fire claimed the lives of a mother an two children. today ukraine's president urging resistance with russian forces closing in on kyiv. this airport near the city up in flames. and in russia new antiwar protests and crackdowns. more than 4,600 people arrested in over 60 cities. and tonight more sanctions targeting russia from global corporate giants. our coverage tonight begins with cbs' charlie d'agata in kyiv. >> reporter: there is no escape from mariupol, a temporary cease-fire that should have allowed the safe evacuation of as man as it00,000 res dents was shattered by renewed shelling for the second day in a row. both sides blaming each other

for opening fire. the southern port city has been the target of a sustained and merciless russian bombardment for days. the city's hospitals can't keep up with the amount of civilian casualties. a young man rushes into the emergency room cradling his 18 month old son injured in shelling. emergency teams do everything they can but the little boy can't be saved. his mother breaks down in tears and disbelief, almost collapsing in grief. and then kisses her child good bye. russia's offensive has gathered, advancing ever closer to the capitol itself. residents are digging in, preparing for the worst. volunteers provide hot drinks and stew. last week 25 year old stanislav was a drummer, now making molotov cocktails. what help do you want from america? >> from america we need shotguns actually from them, and people,

the army here. >> reporter: you want weapons. >> yes. >> reporter: you see barricades like this all over the city, they are very basic. railroad ties, old tires, some sensing. anything to provide some defense. and look at this line of men by the thousands who may have never raised a rifle, ready to strike and here's why. this is irpin, roughly 15 miles outside the capitol. incoming missiles send men, women and children scrambling to get away, even as explosions ring out. >> duncan: charlie d'agata once again showing us the harsh realities of war, charlie, going back to mariupol, a ceasefire collapsed two days in a row. is another attempt even possible? >> reporter: jericka, you have to hope so. because the ceasefire has been agreed upon. it has been for the past couple of days.

and a humanitarian corridor, they are just not adhering to it, one sign of hope, there are peace talks that are going to be taking place between ukrainian and russian delegations tomorrow. >> duncan: before you go if i could ask another quick question, where you are in kyiv, what are people on the ground saying who decided to stay? obviously two weeks ago there were different sentiments. many people didn't even think what we are seeing was truly possible. >> reporter: oh jericka, they know it's coming now. and they are preparing for it. men are arming themselves, barricades that you have seen throughout the city, they are grimly determined and serious about what is to happen. volunteers are all pitching in, in terms of trying to get food, molotov cocktails to the front lines, so they are all digging in, and they really feel like it's just a matter of days before russian forces are encroaching on the city. >> duncan: charlie d'agata in kyiv for us, thank you. today the biden administration responded to calls to supply ukraine with fighter jets.

cbs' natalie brand joins us from the white house. it looks like it is under consideration. >> reporter: that's right, jericka. the secretary of state said he is talking to nato, allies including poland, about this very issue. he also warned today that this conflict could go on for some time. >> stand with ukraine. >> reporter: from demonstrators to lawmakers... >> we now must do more. >> reporter: ...a collective cry for more defensive work for ukraine, senator rob portman along with senator jeanne shaheen are asking the administration to find a way to expedite the transfer of aircraft to ukraine which needs russian made migs their pilots are trained to fly. latvia, romania and poland indicated to us they would be willing to provide these airplanes to the ukrainians to be able to protect themselves. but they would like to have some guarantee to us that if they give up their migs, then over time they could get more

advanced aircraft from us. if for instance the polish government, a nato member wants to send fighter jets, does that get a green light from the u.s. or are you afraid that will escalate tensions? >> no, that gets a green light. >> reporter: but the administration and many lawmakers say a no-fly zone over ukraine is still a step too far. >> no fly zone, if people understood what it means, it means world war iii, it means starting world war iii. >> reporter: but an issue that is gaining steam on capitol hill: >> no russian oil. >> reporter: a ban on russian energy imports into the u.s.. >> i think there is strong support to show solidarity with ukraine, but also to make sure that american dollars aren't supporting the russian war machine in anyway. >> reporter: senate majority leader chuck schumer also said today that he is hopeful that the $10 billion package of

humanitarian and defense assistance can be passed by congress as soon as this week, jericka. >> duncan: natalie brand at the white house tonight, thank you. today border officials in poland estimate more than one million ukrainian refugees have crossed into that country. let's now go to cbs' christina ruffini who was there. >> reporter: as ukrainian men stay behind to defend their country, ukrainian women are fighting their own battle. navigating danger, rubble and chaos. >> it was scary. we got scared. before that we did not think we would leave. >> reporter: panicked crowds and freezing temperatures, hauling children, luggage, even the family dog. thousands of refugees have fled into surrounding countries. more than 100,000 to slovakia, almost 170,000 to hungary and more than 800,000 to poland. >> i want them to stop the war

and get back my normal life. i want to live in peace. >> reporter: the year old krustyna came to this border crossing with a mission, to pick up and deliver to car to the front, paid for with donations and filled with supplies. >> we have night vision, it is really hard to get now. >> reporter: since military-aged men can't leave ukraine, women are acting as couriers. >> this whole country, are fighting against enemy, united, like helping each other. >> reporter: the only thing that husbands say is to work and to believe. believe, that this will end, that they can win, and that their country and its people will be made whole. when we left her, her phone wasn't working, she literally asked us to point her in the direction of the border, but i spoke to her this morning, both she and the car arrived safely at their destination. >> duncan: that's great. cbs morning co-anchor tony dokoupil is also in poland near the country's border with ukraine, with more on the refugee crisis, i spoke with him earlier today.

>> reporter: good evening, jericka. we spent the day in medyka, poland on the ukrainian border, one of the bigger border crossings in the eastern part of the country. we came yesterday on the expectation based on reports from others including the u.n. secretary general, that the week ahead was going to be worse, marking a new phase in the war. and what we saw spending our time on the board are today suggests that is going to be true, people streamed in from literally dawn to literally dusk, by the hundreds, bus loads and then train loads one location up from where we were along the border. they came because they were fearful for their lives. and they came with a sense of relief upon arrival, but also deep worries because it was women, it was children, it was the elderly. there was food, there were places to stay, places to get warm. there is the beginning of a humanitarian relief effort here but the one thing that everybody wants that nobody could give is

a sense of when this will end, jericka. we will pick up that story and their stories tomorrow on cbs morning. >> duncan: tony dokoupil, we thank you for that. be sure to tune in to cbs mornings tomorrow, tony dokoupil will be an coming live from poland, part of cbs' continuing coverage of the war in ukraine. back here at home tonight, severe weather including tornadoes threatened parts of arkansas and missouri. seven people were killed saturday when twisters tore through iowa, striking towns southwest of des moines. cbs' lilia luciano has details. >> reporter: this massive tornado is one of three that ripped through madison county, iowa saturday, killing at least seven people. the youngest victims were brother and sister, age five and two. >> i have never been so scared in my life. it is scary stuff. >> reporter: the deadliest tornado to hit the state in nearly 14 years ripped homes off their foundation, damaged power lines and tore through miles of land southwest of des moines. according to the national

weather service, the damages are consistent with an ef3 category, that is wind speed of up to 165 miles per hour. governor kim reynolds toured the devastation. >> it was unimaginable, the destruction that we were able to witness on the brief tour that we just went through. >> reporter: a severe weather pattern has affected much of the nation over the weekend. and hundreds have thread their homes in florida's panhandle where wildfires have burned more than 10,000 acres of dry land damaged from hurricanes. lilia luciano, cbs news. >> duncan: today, the so-called people's convoy rolled out on to the beltway, the highway circling the nation's capitol. few traffic disruptions were reported as trucks and other vehicles rolled in. many protesting pandemic related mandates. well, today vice president kamala harris was in selma, alabama, marking 57 years since bloody sunday. that is the day when alabama state troopers beat and tear

gassed hundreds of people marching peacefully for voting rights including a young john lewis on the edmund pettus bridge. it was a turning point in the history of the civil rights movement, galvanizing support for the passage of the voting rights act of 1965. next on the cbs weekend news, russian and ukrainian dancers brought together by an unbreakable bond.

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>> across the country people are showing their support for ukraine but in some cases a backlash against russia is hitting american businesses hard. cbs' michael george has more.

>> reporter: backlash to the russian invasion of ukraine is leading to some misguided hostility in the u.s.. >> i will never support russia. >> the owner of san diego's pushkin russian restaurant says they've been getting distressing messages. >> someone said they would come by and blow up the restaurant and you know, this was going to be payback for what russians are doing in ukraine. >> reporter: owner ike gazaryan isn't even russian, he is armenian and many of the staff is ukrainian. new york's russian samovar restaurant says they lost 50% of their customers. the co-owner is ukrainian. >> we have nothing to do with the war, we want the war to end. >> reporter: many russian themed businesses including new york's iconic russian tea room are publicly stating they stand with ukraine and denounce the invasion hoping customers don't blame them for the actions of vladimir putin. at the same time people in the u.s. are finding ways to support ukraine.

♪ ♪ ♪ from ukraine's national anthem performed at the metropolitan opera, to rallies showing solidarity, to a line down the block at a ukrainian restaurant in new york. one texas company is working hard to keep up with the demand for ukrainian flags. >> at boston's brigham and women's hospital, oncology surgeon and ukrainian native dr. nelya melnitchouk filmed a training video to teach ukrainians how to treat the wounded within the smallest >> the smallest thing i could do, i wish i could do more. >> michael george, cbs news new york disuz technical issues meant the national anthem could not be played outloud on the speakers before the first ever major league soccer match in charlotte, north carolina. but no problems, fans handled it. ♪ were so gallantly streaming >> duncan: 74,000 voices raised in song, and the rockets red glare went off right on cue, on a down note the home team lost

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for peace. adam duxter from our minneapolis station wcco has tonight's weekend journal. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: for these dancers, swan lake is an escape. >> as soon as they are on stage, they are-- they bring that hope and happiness into people's hearts. >> both for the audience and for the troop, made up of russian and ukrainians. >> i know how hard it is for them. they dance literally with tears in their eyes. >> known until thursday as the russian ballet theater, named not after the nation, but the style of dance. >> each one of our cast and crew member has someone very important close to them in ukraine right now. >> now they say to show support for the ukrainian people, they are simply the r.b. theater. >> i thinking about my family each and every second with. >> arno is the jester on stage but off stage the last ten days

have been a whirlwind of worry for his family in kyiv. >> sometimes you get good news, sometimes bad news. you feel happy and mad and sad at the same time. >> reporter: whatever their country, they all say they're performing for peace. >> they work to live as one, as one organism. >> we are taking you from the we are taking you from the real world into our fairy tale for two and a half hours. you need it. we all need it. so let us do it. >> reporter: this show in minneapolis, a statement they hope the two countries can work together for good. adam duxter, cbs news, minneapolis. >> duncan: and that's the news for this sunday, coming up tonight on 60 minutes, scott pelley has more on the civilian refugee crisis, i'm jericka duncan in new york, have a great week. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh

access.wgbh.org live from the cbsn bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. and now, san francisco voters recalled three school board numbers in a landslide election, but will they still have a voice in picking their replacements? locals rallying for peace in ukraine while russia peppers residential areas with mortars and the disagreement tonight about how the west should respond. how a dispensary here is pitching in to help displaced ukrainians. in the case of a bay area college student who mysteriously vanished, a traffic incident. >> a lot of us are concerned that it is a superficial effort being done for show. >> taking a close look at the tenderloin state of emergency and what wilson walker uncovered after spending a week in that troubled neighborhood.

good evening. >> we begin with the search to replace three recalled school board members removed in an election that attracted nation wide attention. we are looking live at city hall tonight. the citizen group that organized the recall is not pushing for their own list of replacement. john ramos explains that some are worried that the push could fall on deaf ears. >> reporter: the voters of san francisco stage the first successful recall of elected officials and more than 100 years and now it is time to pick the replacements. they hope their voices will still be heard. >> 19 14. over 100 years ago and it is extremely unlikely it will work but somebody has to do it and somebody has to stand up for the kids. >> reporter: even the recall cofounders were surprised that it worked, but for them it does not stop there. now comes the task of