blackburn, cbs news, new york. this is the cbs "overnight news." good evening. thanks for watching. tonight, russian forces are intensifying air striking and the shelling of cities across ukraine. their targets reportedly include civilians. the u.s. secretary of state said russia's actions could constitute a war crime. this video, just west of kyiv, where people ran for their lives to escape attacks. mortar fire also claimed the lives of a mother and 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 anti-war protests and crackdowns. more than 4600 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. the temporary cease-fire that should have allowed the safe evacuation of as many as 200,000 residents 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 hospital 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 the

shelling. emergency teams do everything they can, but the little boy can't be saved. his mother breaks down in tears in disbelief, almost collapsing in grief. and then kisses her child goodbye. russia's offensive has advanced ever closer to the capital itself. residents are digging in, preparing for the worst. volunteers provide hot drinks and stew. last week, this 25-year-old was a drummer. now he's making molotov cocktails. what help do you want from america? >> we need shotguns from them, and people. the army here. >> you want weapons? >> yes. >> reporter: you see barricades like this all over the city. they're very basic. just railroad ties, old tires, some fencing, anything to provide some defense. and look at this line of men, by the thousands, who may have never raised a rifle, ready to

fight. and here's why -- this is irpin, roughly 15 miles outside the capital. [ explosion ] incoming missiles send men, women, and children scrambling to get away, even as explosions ring out. >> charlie d'agata once again showing us the harsh realities of war. charlie, going back to mariupol, a cease-fire collapsed two days in a row. is another attempt even possible? >> reporter: jericka, you have to hope so. the cease-fire has been agreed upon. it has for the past couple of days, and a humanitarian corridor. they're 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. >> and charlie, 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

was a different sentiment. many people didn't think what we're seeing was truly possible. >> oh, jericka, they know it's coming now and they are preparing for it. men are arming themselves. those barricades you have seen throughout the city. they are grimly determined and serious about what is to happen. the volunteers are all pitching in, in terms of trying to get food and molotov cocktails to the frontline. so they are all digging in, and they really feel like it's a matter of days before russian forces are encroaching on this city. >> 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. natalie, it looks like it's under consideration. >> reporter: that's right, jericka. the secretary of state said he's 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 support for ukraine. rotter rob portman with senator sheheen, are asking the administration find a way to expedite the transfer of aircraft to ukraine. which needs russian made migs their pilots are trained to fly. >> slovakia, romania, and poland, they have indicated thus that 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 from us if they give up their migs, then over time, they could get more advanced aircraft from us. >> reporter: if 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 tension? >> 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 a solidarity with ukraine, but also to make sure that american dollars aren't supporting the russian war machine in any way. >> reporter: senate majority leader chuck schumer also said today that he's hopeful that $10 billion package of humanitarian and defense assistance that can passed by congress as soon as this week, jericka. >> natalie brand for us at the white house tonight. thank you. se swreer weather, including tornados, threatens arkansas and parts of missouri. seven people were killed saturday southwest of des moine. 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, aged 5 and 2. >> i've never been so scared in my life. that is scary stuff, scary stuff. >> reporter: the deadliest tornado to hit the state in nearly 14 years, ripped homes off their foundations, damaged powerlines and tore through miles of land southwest of des moines. according to the national weather service, the damage is consistent with an ef-3 category. that's wind speeds 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 naon over the weekend.uch of the and hundreds have flood their homes in florida's pan handle, where wildfires have burned more than 10,000 acres of dry land damaged from hurricanes. lilia luciano, cbs news.

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this is the cbs "overnight news." i'm jericka duncan in new york. thanks for staying with us. as the russian invasion of ukraine continues to rage on, another round of peace talks are scheduled for today. two previous sessions failed to secure a cease-fire that would have allowed civilians to evacuate from cities under attack. secretary of state antony blinken says the u.s. is in active discussions to step up sanctions against russia by banning the import of russian oil. russian president vladamir putin clls the sanctions against him regime an act of war, and has put his nuclear forces on high alert.

so is a nuclear war even a possibility? senior contributor ted koppel has a look at what might come next. >> translator: nobody is going to attack the ukrainian people. >> reporter: sometimes in weighing what russian officials are saying now or what they may be saying next week -- >> a lot of fake news. a lot of fake factories that produce those news. >> reporter: it helps to take a look at what they were saying just a few days ago. >> translator: we have no plans, no intentions to attack ukraine. >> translator: we want no wars. >> translator: do we want it? war or not? of course not. >> reporter: they lied. >> there are no strikes on civilian infrastructure. >> reporter: no one can possibly know for sure what's next, but we have turned to four people whose life experience and accumulated expertise gives their opinions special weight. >> people are being fired for

speaking against the war. my niece just got arrested in the center of moscow. she was just walking, and because she's young, police assumed she must be protesting against the war. >> reporter: her great grandfather was nikita khrushchev, and she defected, that was the term in those days, when russia was known as the soviet union. she's now a professor of international affairs at the new school in new york. but still has close ties to the country where she was born. >> putin's numbers are up. 31% from 60. >> can we trust those polls? >> oh, yes. it's not a kremlin. . >> reporter: but i suspect when the bodies come back, it will be in the dark of night and there won't be anybody there to photograph it. >> absolutely. and there is already information that they are burning those bodies. >> really?

>> yep. so it's really quite stalin-esque time right now. >> he's not getting the movement out of the military in ukraine. he's not making the progress he thought. i believe he's going to turn to cyber. >> reporter: keith alexander was a four-star general when he ran the nsa, the national security agency. few americans know more about cyber warfare or of vladamir putin or how he may retaliate than general alexander does. >> i believe he's going to hit europe and the united states with that cyber. and i believe those attack also go across a wide spectrum. >> reporter: can you put it in terms of what the average citizen is going to experience? >> the average person is going to look at what's happening to their bank, what's happening to their power company or their credit cards or the distribution of goods, whether it's oil and gas or supplies to their stores. all of that could be impacted by

cyber attacks. >> in terms of thinking about modern war, it's not just about conquest, it's what we call hybrid war, information war, influence operations, propaganda, cyber, attacks that can be the use of criminal groups, for example. >> reporter: fiona hill worked at the trump white house in the national security council, where she served as senior director for europe and russia. in a sense, you're saying that we are already engaged in world war iii. >> exactly. while many average american family, particularly in the heartland, have had their sons and daughters in afghanistan and iraq and syria, and deployed overseas, we're going to have to think the other part of this, as well. it's not just the families of americans who have been in harm's way. it may be all of us right now. >> the reality is that cyber is

today a weapon of war. without question, it can be used to paralyze another country. >> reporter: it's hard to think of nip with more government experience than leon panetta. once chairman of the house budget committee, white house chief of staff, secretary of defense, cia director. >> attackers could also seek to disable or degrade critical military systems and communication networks. >> reporter: and one of the earliest voices warning of the dangers of cyber warfare. >> these kinds of attacks could be a cyber pearl harbor. >> reporter: when you hear vladamir putin warning about consequences, the likes of which the world has never seen before, everyone immediately assumes that he's talking about nuclear warfare. could he be talking about cyber far ware? >> i don't think there's any question he could be talking about cyber warfare. you know, cyber as a weapon,

means that you don't have to deploy your air force or boots on the ground. you can simply sit at a computer and deploy a very sophisticated virus that can take down our electric grid system, take down our financial systems or government systems or banking systems. >> reporter: joe biden has repeatedly emphasized that no u.s. troops will be sent to ukraine. >> our forces are not and will not be engaged in a conflict with russia in ukraine. >> reporter: at the same time, the president has warned putin against attacking any one of the 30 nations which are members of nato. >> the united states and our allies will defend every inch of territory that is nato territory with the full force of our collective power. every single inch. >> what's proof positive right now, this is not theoretical,

this could be next week or next month, that vladamir putin orders russian troops into one of those baltic states. do we risk nuclear war to respond to that? >> it's a dangerous moment. nobody can deny that. we're dealing with somebody who might very well resort to some kind of nuclear weapon or worse. we have drawn a line, and i think if we fail to stand by that line, it would deeply undermine our credibility to ourselves and to the world. >> he wants us to think and to believe, because he's been explicit about it, that the nuclear option is on the table, because he has put his nuclear forces on high alert. so he wants us to know that he's thinking about. this because one of the things about vladamir putin, if he has

an instrument, no matter how cruel and unusual or terrifying that instrument may be, he wants us to think that he would use it. so we have to address this issue seriously, not be intimidated, because that's exactly what he wants. not to be scared and to fall back. >> my fear is he's prepared to go as far as he need toss go. that's why i hope it excludes nato countries, but we really at this point cannot exclude that possibility. >> and that would mean we're at the brink of nuclear war. >> it would mean that we are exactly at that world war iii that we've been talking about for the last three months and so eagerly trying to avoid. so that's also a sign that he's playing, and i hope he's only playing, but playing a very, very dangerous game. >> if he uses nuclear weapons, i think that's the end of his regime. i think he understands that. i believe the alternative he will use is he will threaten the

nuclear, he will use cyber. and i believe we're going to push back in both those areas. we have the ability to do the same thing against him. the issue will be, i believe ours will be more focussed to go after him than the russia people. >> the russian people are accustomed to enduring pain. but the american people, quite frankly, are not. so when it comes to those exchanges of cyber attacks, depriving us of what we need for our daily lives, that's what the russians have been doing forever. we are accustomed to having what we want, when we want it. >> yeah, so you bring out a great point. and on the surface, what you say makes sense. what happens when that's disturbed? i believe we will grumble. it's almost like what happened in world war ii. it will wake the american

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the war in ukraine has led to a worldwide conversation about leadership. john dickerson shares his thoughts. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: before volodymyr zelenskyy became president in ukraine, he played one on tv. since the russian invasion, zelenskyy has become a president actors across the world would rush to portray. against russian claims he fled his country, zelenskyy was defiant. refused a u.s offer of escape. i need ammunition, not a ride, he said. this may be the last time you see me, he told the leaders of the european union. his appeal for support was so moving, they increased their sanctions on russia significantly.

his commitment to a nation that has been free for just 30 years refreshed the resolution of democracies that are much older. ukrainians stood before tanks. ukrainians mobbed russian vehicles. ukrainians returned to their country to take up arms. we are watch bing what victor frankl identified as last time evil was in europe. he wrote, everything can be taken from a man, but one thing. the last of the human freedoms. to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances. to choose one's own way. but vladamir putin has tried to snuff out, but he has instead illuminated on the world stage. ukrainians are not squatters on some stray soviet scrap. they are human. and we are watching them and their leader make the basic

choice that defines what it means to be human. this is cbs news flash. i'm bradley black burn in new york. russian forces are intensifying the shelling of key ukrainian cities. there are reports of more civilian casualties, and in mariupol, an evacuation of 200,000 people was stopped because of the danger. meanwhile, russia's vladamir putin spoke to several world leaders by phone a said the fighting will continue unless kyiv surrenders. and in washington, speaker nancy pelosi says $10 billion in aid to ukraine will be part of a spending bill this week. it will include humanitarian and military assistance. the biden administration is also considering a ban on russian oil imports. oil prices are ady at

hit more ne, downld thebs app on yh l it's monday, march 7th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, cease-fire announced. new efforts are under way to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people u russia continues to stage attacks across the country. refugee crisis. as men stay behind to fight, women are facing their own battles navigating rubble, cold temperatures, and chaotic crowds on their way to safety. circling the beltway. the so-called people's convoy reaches the nation's capital to protest vaccine mandates in the u.s. well, good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with breaking developments in the war between russia and ukraine. overnight russia a