facility just 15 miles from the polish border on sunday. and local reports say a it's not just the u.s. adding patriot missiles. germany and the netherlands are deploying them too. the airport we visited is also used as a way station for weapons going to ukraine. today we saw what appeared to be a convoy of trucks leaving the airport, heading for the border. the u.s. is bringing in more than just weapons. there are now 100,000 u.s. troops operating in europe for the first time since 2005. including those at the site of the patriot batteries. major general gregory brady is in charge of the army's missile defense systems throughout europe. >> we saw two patriot missile systems today. how would you describe their state of readiness? >> well, we always are maintaining a high level of readiness. they are here ready to defend against any type of aerial

threats that could threaten nato territories. >> reporter: ready for anything and always on alert. >> they just told us we had to go. this humvee just pulled up and said it's time to leave. >> that was our exclusive tonight with american soldiers here. we're also learning more tonight about the fate of a russian state tv employee who staged a bold on-air protest against putin's war. she appeared in a moscow courtroom today. here's cbs's debora patta. >> reporter: an extraordinary act of defiance in a country where there is zero tolerance for criticism of russia's war on uk crain. marina ovsyannikova, an editor nor russia's state-run channel 1, bursting onto the set of the nightly newscast shouting "stop the war. no to war." and holding a sign saying "don't believe propaganda. they are lying to you here," bfore the channel switched to a different report. in a video posted online before her demonstration, she explained

she was ashamed she'd let the russian people be, quote, zombieified. ovsyannikova was promptly arrested and appeared in court today where she was fined $280 for an illegal protest. speaking outside the court she said she was exhausted and needed to rest after being questioned for over 14 hours with no legal assistance. there are fears she could still face more serious charges at a later stage. it's not the first time russians have spoken out against the war. there have been widespread protests across the country with as many as 15,000 police arrests. earlier this month the kremlin passed a law that carries up to 15 years in prison for spreading any views on the military it deems false. >> we've seen with many dissidents harm finds them later in life, when putin's thugs exact their revenge.

>> reporter: debora patta, cbs news, london.

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>> reporter: the sound of new life below ground drowns out the air raid sirens and explosions above. a basement serving as a bomb shelter nursery for 21 surrogate babies. when the war broke out, it became too risky for their biological parents to come and get them. [ baby crying ] >> i think he's hungry. >> reporter: heka and gerhard gottschoddt's journey from germany to pick up their son leonard meant braving a 12-hour train ride straight into the war zone. you must have thought when the war started you have a son here, we have to go. >> it's horrible. horrible. and -- but we want to earlier took him home where he is safe. >> reporter: under ukrainian law biological parents have to be present in order to claim their

nationality and citizenship, which leaves these babies in a sort of legal limbo. of course there is a more pressing and urgent concern. if this war worsens, how can these babies be kept safe? for now it's down to this small team of nannies. antonina says staff sleep for an hour at i atime. "it's very scary here," she says. "looking after these defenseless babies, we can only hope it's over soon." it may be over soon for leonard and his parents after the long train ride back to the polish border. >> i think i can later tell him what it's happened this time. maybe. i don't know. we risked our lives for him. >> reporter: the surrogacy industry in ukraine is thought to be one of the biggest in the world. it's one of the few countries to offer surrogacy to foreigners including americans. by some estimates there may be

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from around the world people have all come together to support ukraine. and last night in new york city the opera world took center stage to show their support through the power of music. here's cbs's jimaxeld. eporter: iard t gu was gngnetpolitanra house int >> reporter:buialski is a 24-year-old from the coastal city of berdyansk, now occupied by russian troops. not just any 24-year-old but a bass baritone in the met's young artist program, who led the chorus in the ukrainian national

anthem. the concert was the idea of the met's general manager, peter gelb. >> we're not canceling russian art. we want to cancel putin. >> is that the maximum on the ch chorus? >> reporter: who's taken a strong stand, severing the met's ties with supporters of vladimir putin, including popular diva anna netrebko, a personal friend. >> no matter how great an artist she is, once putin started murdering the ukrainians it was clear that we couldn't possibly continue with her. >> reporter: the concert was broadcast in ukraine, where buialskyi's mother and grandmother are, with no heat, no electricity, and spotty cell phone service. what happens when she's not able to answer? >> it's heartbreaking, you know. >> reporter: last night vlad and 200 of his friends tried to mend those hearts with a call of love they didn't need a phoneo

ma. jim news nyork. >> and that is the "overnight news" for this wednesday. reporting from the border of poland and ukraine, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm tom hanson in new york. peace talks between russia and ukraine are set to continue shortly after several days of talks with no breakthroughs. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says peace talks are sounding more realistic but more time is needed. meanwhile, russian attacks on ukraine's capital, kyiv, and other cities around the country are growing more aggressive, forcing more than 3 million people to flee as refugees, according to the u.n. and at 9:00 a.m. eastern ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will speak to congress. he's expected to renew his calls

for a no-fly zone over ukraine as well as more fighter jets for the ukrainian military. you can watch that speech right here on cbs. for more news download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news" with norah o'donnell. reporting tonight from the border of ukraine and poland. good evening and thank you for joining us from the border of ukraine and poland. tonight, the third week of the war brought more bombs and destruction and more deaths and despair. russia's bombardment of kyiv picked up with near-constant shelling and airstrikes of residential buildings. tomorrow ukrainian president zelenskyy will make a direct appeal to congress for more support. there's also some sad news

tonight that more journalists have been killed. fox news announced that cameraman pierre zakrzewski was killed during yesterday's attack that injured reporter benjamin hall, who remains hospitalized tonight. and oleksandra kuvshynova, a local ukrainian journalist working with the fox news crew, was also killed in the same attack. she was just 24 years old. well, the number of refugees fleeing ukraine has now topped 3 million, pushing humanitarian aid efforts in neighboring countries like where we are to the breaking point. and tonight the growing list of companies suspending operations in russia, including our own parent company, paramount. we have a lot of news to get to tonight. but first, cbs's chris livesay joins us from ukraine's third largest city of odesa. good evening, chris. >> reporter: good evening, norah. a 35-hour curfew's in effect in kyiv until thursday morning. this after renewed shelling struck the capital and across

the country. it's a war without rest for the living or the dead. ♪ the air raid sirens interrupt a funeral for ukrainian soldiers in the city of lviv, but now, almost threeing weeks since russia's invasion began, these mourners hardly flinch. many now numb to the relentless death and destruction. in ukraine's second largest city of kharkiv more than 600 buildings have been crushed by shelling since the start of the war. schools, nurseries, hospitals and homes. this woman can barely be rescued before russian jets come back to haunt her. and today kyiv was once again hit, killing at least four people inside their apartments. >> hi. nice to meet you. >> reporter: the latest violence making it even more stunning that the prime ministers from poland, the czech republic, and slovenia are risking their lives to meet ukraine's president in the capital.

a bold show of support for the independence of ukraine, a country that continues to defy the odds and blunt russia's offensive, despite setbacks. this video from the russian defense ministry is said to show destroyed ukrainian military vehicles in the kherson region and russian soldiers with captured western-made weapons. but in the coastal city of mykolaiv ukraine is repelling fierce nightly onslauts and has captured some weapons of its own. ukraine isn't just defeating russians in battle. it is capturing their armored vehicles and turning them against them. this one was clearly captured by force. and then swiftly put to the frontlines in the information war. the local governor, vitaly kim, shows off the spoils in a video that's gone viral and helped galvanize a local resistance he credits with slowing and

possibly stopping the russians on their rampage along ukraine's black sea coast. >> for now we're trying to regroup and to put them back because they have no supplies, no gas, no oil. they have -- they all demoralized. >> and how long will you have to fight the enemy? >> to the victory. or to the death. there's two ways only. >> reporter: and tonight a senior ukrainian aide says talks with russia over ending the war are, quote, very difficult but there's room for compromise. those peace talks continue tomorrow. norah? >> chris livesay, thank you. well, there's big news back home tonight. the white house announcing that president biden will head to europe to meet with nato leaders. and it comes as ukraine's president zelenskyy said today he understands that his country won't be able to join the nato alliance. cbs's weijia jiang reports from the white house. >> with vladimir putin's siege of ukraine intensifying, president biden will join a

historic meeting of all 30 nato countries in brussels next week to figure out how to stop the bloodshed. it's not clear whether he'll meet with the ukrainian president, who will virtually address congress tomorrow sxws expected to call for fighter jets and a no-fly zone over ukraine to stem the russian air assault. today zelenskyy made an emo emotional case to canada's parliament to, quote, please close the sky. >> thank you. >> reporter: but president biden, who signed leng slaigs delivering billions in military and humanitarian aid to ukraine, has said a no-fly zone could lead to an all-out war because nato pilots would directly engage with the russians. >> that's called world war iii. >> reporter: still, there are growing calls from lawmakers in both parties to send polish migs to bolster ukraine's air force. >> my concern is that we don't help them to control the

bombardments from the skies, that the russian military will dominate entirely. there's no time to waste. >> reporter: president zelenskyy is set to speak for about 50 minutes during that speech to congress, and almost all members are expected to attend. he hopes to apply direct pressure to lawmakers to push the white house to shift its position on those fighter jets, which at this point is unlikely. >> that will be extraordinary to watch. wake uppia jiang at theat russi staged aolon-air protest against putin's war. she appeared in a moscow courtroom today. theerz cbs's debora patta. >> reporter: an extraordinary act of defiance in a country where there is zero tolerance of criticism of russia's war on ukraine. marina ovsyannikova, an editor of russia's state-run channel 1, bursting onto the set of the nightly newscast shouting "stop

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undercover law enforcement group. >> reporter: a simulation of a worst case scenario. >> there is a hijacking. >> reporter: a mid-flight hijacking. exactly what federal air marshals are training to stop at this sprawling facility in new jersey. >> we are tasked with patrolling and securing the skies. >> reporter: and there are thousands of them flying in pairs daily. as they're always undercover, we cannot show you their faces. but chances are they've likely sat next to you on a flight, laying low. >> we are ready for anything. we are 100% trained, and know exactly how to deal with certain situations. >> reporter: these days that means unruly passengers. in december two air marshals broke their cover on this flight from d.c. to los angeles -- when a passenger became combative. >> what circumstances will an agency intervene and what things will they allow the flight crew to handle? >> if a situation gets to a point where it's an arrestable offense, an assault or something to a much higher gravity, then we will absolutely intervene.

>> reporter: future air marshals have to be precise in changing conditions. >> two seconds. >> reporter: training here in low-light scenarios with moving targets and even a replica of a first-class cabin layout. >> you may have upwards of 300 passengers on some of these aircraft. so the last thing that we want to have happen is one of our air marshals accidentally shoot an innocent person. we have some of the highest marksmanship standards out of any federal agency out there. >> reporter: federal air marshals, would you say they're the best shot in the biz? >> yes. >> reporter: their proof? a marksmanship score which measures accuracy. what's your accuracy? >> i am shooting at 287. >> 287 out of 300. >> yes. >> reporter: this recruit, who we cannot identify, had no previous law enforcement experience. >> i want something bigger than me. >> get back! get back! >> reporter: new hires slowed during the pandemic. >> drop the weapon! >> reporter: but this year three new graduating classes are kicking off an effort to fill the ranks.

the agency making it a priority to recruit from underrepresented groups. >> you know, sometimes situations where i feel like a female would be better suited to handle a situation. >> reporter: you will be the last line of defense on an aircraft should something go wrong. how does that feel? >> it's a big job. but it's an honor. >> reporter: now, these air marshals fly internationally, but they fly many more domestic flights these days because of the pandemic and the increase in unruly incidents. now, we pressed the agency to find out which routes were more common, and they wouldn't divulge that information. but they do confirm in using, quote, all available intelligence when determining where these agents will fly. >> that was errol barnett repoting. and the faa wants you to know that if you're interested in tranli ing training to be an air marshal they're hiring. the "overnight news" is back in two minutes.

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king. >> you're real serious. okay. >> okay, will. prepare. >> i see you are not playing around. just so you know, i'm not a tennis player. >> reporter: no, but will smith is a pretty good instructor. >> there you go. okay. okay. >> reporter: serving up tips -- >> no more flexing your knees. >> okay. >> reporter: it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye. >> and quips. >> are you distracted by my beauty? >> it's like the sunshine. you're just bringing the sunshine to the court. beautiful. beautiful. >> reporter: smith picked up a racket for his latest film, "king richard." in the oscar-nominated performance -- >> the most powerful, the most dangerous creature on this whole earth. >> reporter: -- he plays a father of venus and serena williams. >> it's a woman who know how to think. ain't nothing she can't do. y'all know how to think? >> yes, daddy.

>> reporter: determined to turn his daughters into champions on and off the court. for many people it didn't seem that richard williams knew what he was doing. >> he wasn't doing what people thought he was doing. he didn't give a damn about tennis. >> no, he didn't. >> he was -- he was trying to build his family. right? he was using tennis to cultivate his family, to cultivate values. >> you're not going to just be representing you. you're going to be representing every little black girl on earth. >> reporter: at 53 will smith knows a lot about value. he is a global superstar, selling millions of albums, billions at the box office, conquering the big screen -- >> i make this look good. >> reporter: -- small screen, and now is a best-selling author. make no mistake, this memoir is

not sugar-coated. >> my suffering helped me to become who i am. >> reporter: it's a candid confessional. of a boy from west philadelphia. >> you said that about yourself. "i was a weird kid with big ears." >> yes. >> what do you think made you a weird kid? >> i kind of lived in my imagination. i couldn't help but see things and why me were funny. >> reporter: but there was nothing funny about his life at home. smith had a very complicated relationship with his father. a veteran who ruled over the family with discipline, fear, and fists. at 9 smith saw his father beat his mother. >> and i didn't do anything. >> but as a little boy, will, what are you supposed to do? >> you know, the child mind doesn't work like that. i expected to be ia superhero. >> reporter: at one point when his parents separated smith says

he thought about taking his own life. >> and it was the only time in my life that i considered suicide. and it just was -- it was my fault. i don't know how kids do that in their mind. but you know, it was somehow my fault that my family was falling apart. >> reporter: as a child smith coped by being a class clown. his nickname started with a teacher. >> miss brown? >> miss brown gave me -- >> the name? >> she was calling me prince charming. prince charming. so that was the prince. and then i added the fresh. >> and it stayed. it stuck with you. >> it stuck hard. ♪ 'cause it's summertime ♪ >> so did his love of hip-hop. >> you said you did your first rap at 12. do you kind of remember what it was? ♪ at the age of 1 i had just begun zbhoets ♪ on my journey to the t-o-p ♪ ♪ and at the age of 2 everybody knew i was a hella fly, huh,

emcee ♪ i actually wrote the huh. >>ter time or place ♪ >> he would reach the top. and then some. ♪ to all the kids all across the land ♪ ♪ there's no need to argue, parents just don't understand ♪ >> reporter: first in rap. ♪ now this is a story ♪ >> reporter: then as the fresh prince of bel air. >> that girl was so dumb it took her an hour to cook minute rice. >> reporter: new to acting, smith would memorize the lines of the entire cast. something he now laughs about today. >> she was so ugly that freddie kruger used to have nightmares about her. >> do you look at that and go rookie mistake? >> i was like that dude's an awful actor. he's not going to amount to anything in this business. >> reporter: but he did. >> it's always crazy. >> reporter: let's go up to the house. >> all these years later the house is still fresh. so are the lyrics. ♪ in west philadelphia ♪ ♪ born and raised ♪ ♪ on the playground is where i

spent ♪ ♪ most of my my days ♪ ♪ chilling out maxing ♪ ♪ relaxing all cooling ♪ okay, gayle. >> smith could have stopped with a hot tv show. but that wasn't part of the plan. >> you were asked what do you want out of this career. and you said you want to be -- >> the biggest movie star in the world. >> reporter: smith's dream came true with a string of blockbusters. >> don't ever say i wasn't there for you. >> welcome to earth. you want to get your gun back, huh? >> i like this gun. >> i'm just saying, gayle. i mean, people make movies in a row. but if you're going to make three in a row, youboys, indepe in black. >> reporter: for smith fame takes a back seat to family. he's the father of three children. trey from his first wife cherese sampino. and jaden and willow with his wife of the past 25 years jaden pinkett smith. they are a power couple. many believe they have an

unconventional marriage. so how do you handle all the chatter, then, will about your marriage? >> i have decided that chatter about my life can be of a benefit to people. i think the chatter's a really -- chatter is the first stage to having a real conversation and being able to truly explore if some of the things in your heart are loving or poisonous. >> you both have talked very candidly, it's a very famous story, infidelity in the marriage and how you navigated that. >> there's never been infidelity in our marriage. >> never been infidelity? your marriage? >> never. jada and i talk about everything, and we have never surprised one another with anything ever. >> reporter: what may be surprising is how smith came to terms with the pain from his past. he made peace with his father when he was dying in 2016.

>> in those last moments with my father when i was able to forgive my father, i had a shocking realization that i was able to forgive myself. my father dying started a new phase of my life. >> reporter: and that new phase continues. with a mission to make a difference and build a legacy that is lasting and meaningful. >> so as we sit here today there are many people looking saying will smith is at the top of his game, will smith seems to have it all. what do you have left to do that you want to do? >> life has gotten really, really simple for me right now. right? i think i'm a better actor than i've ever been. and i think i'm going to -- you know, these next ten years of my career i think will be the top of my acting performances. but i also feel like i can help people. there's a teacher inside of me

that's trying to get out. i've learned how to be happy here. and i've learned how to create love here. and i want to -- i want

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buy a ballistic vest for a police k-9 that don't have one. >> reporter: ballistic vests help shield dogs' vital organs. but each one costs $1,200 or more, an expense that's out of reach for many police departments. so brady's k-9 fund has raised the money to send vests to 546 working dogs in 37 states. >> i donate k-9 vests because i want to protect the k-9s. >> reporter: brady says it means just as much to a dog's handler. >> it snaps in right here on the side. >> reporter: it's true for officer arin. turman who saw his partner ranger stabbed in november as they pursued a suspect. >> he has my back. i have his. i'd do anything for him and he would do anything for me, as he did that night. >> reporter: now brady has outfitted ranger and every other k-9 officer in sacramento. some of the hundreds of hard-working police dogs getting help from a remarkable young man. bradley blackburn, cbs news.

>> and that's the "overnight n news" for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online all the time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm catherine herridge. this is "cbs news flash." i'm tom hanson in new york. peace talks between russia and ukraine are set to continue shortly after several days of talks with no breakthroughs. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says peace talks are sounding more realistic but more time is needed. meanwhile, russian attacks on ukraines capital kyiv and other cities arou the country are growing more aggressive, forcing more than 3 million people to flee as refugees, according to the u.n. and at 9:00 a.m. eastern ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will speak to cox. he's expected to renew his calls

for a no-fly zone over ukraine as well as more fighter jets for the ukrainian military. you can watch that speech right here on cbs. for more news download the cbs newsal app on your cell phone or connecte tv. it's wednesday, march 16th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." capital curfew. people in kyiv are being ordered indoors as russia increases its bombing campaign there. what ukraine's president plans to say during his address to the u.s. congress today. heading overseas. president biden plans to visit with nato leaders in a major show of support for ukraine. and another covid booster.en officials to green light a fourth shot, and who would be well, good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green.

we begin with the war in ukraine. as russia ramps up bombing of the country's capital, russian