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 attacks on kyiv have been

relentless. so much so a curfew has been imposed through tomorrow morning. attacks like this are widespread and have led to more than three million fleeing their homes. this morning, president volodymyr zelenskyy will address the u.s. congress and is expected to ask for more assistance from the u.s. including a no-fly zone. something the biden administration is hesitant to do. laura podesta has the latest on all of this from new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the white house is hesitant because engaging with russian fighters and shooting down planes could potentially be the start of world war iii. still, zelenskyy is going to try to persuade congress that the u.s. can do more. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will virtually address congress today. >> our friend, volodymyr zelenskyy -- >> reporter: yesterday he spoke to canada's parliament asking lawmakers to picture what it would be like if the fighting was taking place in their cities.

>> can you imagine hearing you, your children, hear all these severe explosions, bombing of airport, bombing of ottawa airport? >> reporter: he repeated his call for a no-fly zone, something he's expected to do again today. but the west has refused out of fear for an all-out war as nato pilots would be directly engaged with the russians. kyiv came under deadly shelling on tuesday. the city's mayor pleaded for residents to shelter but said many want to fight. >> everyone understands don't want to leave, want to defend, defend our city. >> reporter: in a surprise move, the prime ministers of poland, the czech republic, and slovenia visited the embattled capital. >> we know that you are fighting not only for your homes, for your freedom, for your security, but also for others. >> reporter: after zelenskyy addresses congress in just a few

hours, biden will speak, and he's expected to announce an additional $800 million in security assistance to ukraine bringing the total in the last week alone to $1 billion. anne-marie? >> laura podesta in new york. thank you. be sure to stay tuned to cbs news later on this morning. we will bring you president zelenskyy's address as a a specl report. that is this morning at 9:00 a.m. the white house says president biden will travel to europe next week to meet with nato allies about the war in ukraine. mr. biden will take part in a historic meeting on march 24th in brussels of all 30 nato countries. the white house says that the president will discuss the continuing response to the russian invasion and reaffirm the u.s. commitment to nato. canada announced that its prime minister, justin trudeau, will also be there. the united nations now says more than three million people have fled ukraine since the invasion began. about half of them are children.

millions are still trapped inside the war zone, including babies being born into a world of chaos. charlie d'agata has that story. >> 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. [ crying ] >> i think he's hungry. >> reporter: heka and gerhard'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, you have to go. >> it's horrible. horrible. and -- we want to take 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 c 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 a time. "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 happened this time. maybe, i don't know. we risk our live for him, and that's it. >> that was charlie d'agata reporting.

now the journalist who was arrested after interrupting a russian newscast with an antiwar sign has appeared in public after being released from custody. that doesn't mean she is free from trouble. debora patta has the story. >> reporter: an extraordinary act of defiance in a country where there is zero tolerance for criticism of russia's war on ukraine. marina ovsyannikova, an editor for the state run channel one, bursting on to 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, before the channel switched to a different report. in a video posted on line before her demonstration, she explained she was ashamed she let the russian people be, quote, zombie-fied. she was arrested and appeared in court 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 have seen with many dissidents harm finds them later in life when putin's thugs exact their revenge. >> reporter: debora patta, cbs news, london. russia is hitting back against the u.s. by sanctioning more than a dozen high-level americans. among those the kremlin sanctioned, president joe biden, secretary of state antony blinken, defense secretary lloyd

austin, joint chiefs chair general mark milley, hillary clinton, and press secretary jen psaki. psaki told reporters, quote, none of us have bank accounts we won't be able to access, so we will forge ahead. and pfizer is asking the fda for emergency use authorization of an additional covid booster shot for seniors. the fourth dose of the vaccine is intended to provide maximum protection for people 65 and over. on sunday, pfizer's ceo told cbs' "face the nation" that protection from a third vaccine dose works well to fight hospitalizations and death, but is not that good at preventing infection. and the white house says vice president kamala harris' husband, doug emhoff, has tested positive for covid. in a tweet, harris said that her husband is doing fine. earlier in the day, emhoff took part in an event at a washington, d.c., park. harris has tested negative but is curtailing her schedule bcause of her husband's positive test. both harris and emhoff are fully

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there's been an arrest in the case of a stabbing attack at a new york city museum, and what's included in the latest spending bill. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." "the washington post" reports president biden signed a budget bill providing $13.6 billion in military, economic, and humanitarian aid to ukraine. it was part of a $1.5 trillion measure to fund the government through september. the bill does not include any money to fight the pandemic, though. the white house had asked for more than $22 billion for vaccines and treatments, but that amount was lowered and eventually cut out altogether.

and our new york station wcbs says a man suspected of stabbing two workers at the museum of modern art was arrested. police say 60-year-old gary cabana stabbed two employees behind a reception desk saturday after he was denied entrance because his membership was revoked. their injuries were not life threatening. authorities say cabana was taken into custody yesterday, sleeping on a bench at a philadelphia bus terminal after he allegedly set a hotel room on fire. and the "seattle times" says a washington state jury awarded the families of victims of a crane collapse $150 million. heavy winds toppled the 300-foot crane as it was being dismantled from the roof of a google building under construction in seattle. two construction workers and two people on the ground were killed. three people were hurt. the jury found the construction companies negligent. still to come, a new luxury amenity. a hotel room comes with its own full-size indoor pool. we will tell you where it is.

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accused of shooting multiple homeless people in new york city and d.c. in the upper left of the video you can see a swarm of police surround and trap 30-year-old gerald brevard iii yesterday morning at a gas station in d.c. they say that he's the man who killed two homeless people and wounded three others over the span of nine days. another journalist has lost his life while covering the war in ukraine. fox camera operator pierre zakrzewski who was no stranger to covering war zones was killed after the vehicle he was in was -- was traveling in, rather, was attacked outside of kyiv on monday. the correspondent who was with him was injured and is still hospitalized. the ukrainian journalist who was working with the team was also killed. this comes a day after journalist and filmmaker brent renaud was shot dead by russian troops. he was the first american journalist killed in the conflict. florida police have released their final report into the death of actor bob saget. the report concluded that a

skull fracture would have stunned him and he would have experienced dizziness. the medical examiner said he most likely hit his head on something hard covered by something soft such as a carpeted. saget was found unresponsive in his hotel room just over two months ago. turning back the clocks could soon be a thing of the past. the u.s. senate has unanimously passed a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent across the u.s. senators from both parties made the case that staying on daylight saving time year round could cut energy consumption and have positive effects on both public health and the economy. the bill is now headed to the house for approval. coming up only on "cbs mornings," country music star carly pierce will stop by the times square studio to announce the nominees for this year's cmt music awards. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." ♪ "cbs morning news." ♪

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our top stori our top stories this morning -- russia has stepped up its bombardment of the ukrainian capital of kyiv and launched new attacks on the port city of mariupol. more than three million people have fled the country now. president biden will travel to brussels next week to meet with nato allies about the war. and this morning, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will deliver a virtual address to congress. he's expected to ask for more u.s. assistance including a no-fly zone. cbs news will have live coverage beginning at 9:00 a.m. tuesday was equal pay day in america, a day to raise awareness about the gender pay gap. today, 49 states have legal protections to assure that women make the same as their male counterparts.

the only state without such a law is mississippi. as danya bacchus tells us, this month lawmakers hope to change that. it's past time -- >> reporter: it's still not easy for dr. laverne gentry to talk about her fight for equal pay. >> i need to get my tissue because it might get emotional. >> reporter: she was a professor at jackson state university in mississippi when she noticed the discrimination. >> i knew that there were males who started with me and even some who started after me who were making significant more. >> reporter: with no state equal pay protections in mississippi, dr. gentry filed a federal lawsuit and won. that was in 2009. more than a decade later mississippi still has no equal pay law leaving no recourse for employees being paid less for the same work based on sex. >> it's time we have an equal pay statute here. >> reporter: mississippi representative angela cockerham

is the author of house bill 770, one of two the state legislature is considering. >> i think that it will be so beneficial to so many citizens and residents here in the state of mississippi. >> reporter: not everyone agrees. >> both of these bills would do harm. >> reporter: cassandra welchlin is the executive director of the mississippi black women's round table. she says the bills do not protect women of color or against retaliation and allow employers to use past wages as a reason for paying unfair salaries. >> mississippi has to pass an equal pay, a good equal pay law, not just an equal pay law. >> reporter: gentry will be watching. she's hoping legislation will move women in the state a step closer to equal pay. danya bacchus, cbs news. coming up on "cbs mornings," david begnaud has the story of a young woman who was disfigured in a dog attack and her long road to recovery. plus, in "changing the game," we'll meet one of the pioneers behind the moderna

covid vaccine as we mark women's history month. only on "cbs mornings," country music star carly pierce will stop by the times square studio to announce the nominees for this year's cmt music awards. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ♪ ♪