lead in the face. on november 24th meadows wrote thomas, "this is a fight of good versus evil." thomas replied, "thank you. needed that. this, plus a conversation with my best friend just now." it is unclear who ginni thomas was referring to. supreme court justice clarence thomas often refers to his wife this way. >> i love being here with my bride, virginia, who's a gift from god and my totally best friend in the whole world. >> reporter: ginni thomas recently acknowledged she had attended president trump's rally at the ellipse prior to the attack but says she left before mr. trump addressed the crowd. ginni thomas has publicly denied any conflict of interest between her activism and her husband's work. in the one case heard by the court tied to the january 6th insurrection they voted to release trump white house records to the committee. there was only one dissent -- justice clarence thomas. mark meadows had no comment, though his attorney did confirm

the content of the text messages. ginni thomas, she did not respond to multiple requests for comment today. and justice thomas, who has been hospitalized in recent days with an infection, he also did not respond to a request for comment made through the supreme court. >> bob, just extraordinary reporting, what you found out. i understand also that ginni thomas had some comments about the vice president of the united states. >> reporter: indeed. working with bob woodward we found she said "this is the end of america." it feels like vice president pence was betraying her. she said he disgusted her. and we also see the committee now really paying attention to the relationship between a spouse of a justice and a member of the executive branch. >> but it's still not clear what justice thomas knew. >> reporter: and that raises the question, will ginni thomas be issued a subpoena by the january 6th committee? we'll be watching that in the coming days. >> all right, robert costa, thank you. >> reporter: thank you. well, let's turn now to north korea, where leader kim jong un told state media he's preparing for a long confrontation with the u.s.

after launching north korea's largest ever intercontinental ballistic missile today. the missile test drew international condemnation and experts believe north korea is capable of hitting the east coast of the united states. cbs's david martin has more from the pentagon. >> reporter: for the first time since this launch more than four years ago north korea has tested a long-range missile capable of reaching the united states and raised concerns kim jong un could soon have an icbm armed with multiple nuclear warheads. the commander of american air defenses told congress the day may be coming when he can no longer shoot down incoming north korean missiles. >> i'm comfortable with where we are today. going forward, i do believe that they could exceed my capacity and capabilities. >> reporter: south korea responded with missile tests of its own. and president biden interrupted his nato summit to con fehr with japan's prime minister about the launch. it was fired on a lofted

trajectory that took it 3,700 miles into space and 670 miles into the sea of japan. higher and farther than any other north korean missile has flown. jeffrey lewis of the middlebury institute explains what would happen if it were fired on a normal trajectory. >> this missile would have traveled 12,000 kilometers, which is more than enough to get from pyongyang to d.c. >> reporter: the u.s. has invested billions of dollars in a missile defense system that can defend against north korean missiles, but not against missiles that can carry multiple warheads. >> what that gives north korea is the ability to overwhelm u.s. missile defenses. >> reporter: president biden stressed the need for diplomacy, but the hard facts are decades of negotiations and sanctions have not convinced north korea to give up its nuclear weapons. norah? >> reporter: david martin with that scary story tonight. thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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ecosystem. >> reporter: mayor eric adams announced the rule change just weeks before the start of the nba playoffs and baseball's opening day. >> we're talking about a small number of people that's having a major impact on our economy. >> reporter: some critics call it the kyrie carve-out, frustrating city workers who are still required to be vaccinated. the city's police union released a statement saying, "if the mandate isn't necessary for famous people, then it's not necessary for the cops who are protecting our city." meanwhile, the heads of the largest u.s. airlines are asking president biden to drop the mask requirements on planes, set to expire april 18th, citing now outdated regulations implemented in response to covid-19. >> if the mandates are lifted, i wouldn't be wearing a mask on a flight at all. i feel pretty safe on a flight without wearing a mask. >> reporter: well, kyrie irving could make his return here to the barclays center by this weekend. meanwhile, the uneven application of the vaccine mandate could invite even more lawsuits against new york city, where just last month more than

1,400 city employees were fired for being unvaccinated, norah. >> i can see why people are upset. mola lenghi, thank you. well, the senate today wrapped up four days of confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee ketanji brown jackson. hearing from legal experts called by both parties. jackson also held more face-to-face meetings with senators. the full senate is expected to vote on her confirmation sometime before easter. republican leader mitch mcconnell said today he's going to vote against judge jackson's confirmation. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." you're going to hear in the driver of that pickup truck who got tossed around by a tornado and the good news that he is celebrating tonight.

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public transit for three months and a pause in the state's diesel tax. all right. tonight there's a lucky twist in the story of a teenager who got caught in a texas tornado. remember this video? i mean, this red pickup truck getting tossed and landing on its wheels during monday's tornado. that truck was being driven by 16-year-old riley leon, who was heading home from a job interview when his world suddenly went upside down. >> i thought god would give me another chance because better things are going to come in the future. never let small things bring you down. >> isn't this incredible? his truck got banged up but leon got the job at whataburger. and guess what? he starts next week. if i lived there, i would be lining up to order from him. all right. up next, march madness is all in the family for this mother and son duo.

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the race that's been designed for you. march madness is back in action tonight, and the tournament is down to the sweet 16. well, one of those teams is purdue, who's led by sophomore sensation jaden ivey. the nba prospect was born into the game. krb's dan cbs's dana jacobson explains. >> reporter: jaden ivey is a standout guard at purdue. his mom niele, is head coach at the university of notre dame. >> since i can remember i always had a ball in my hand. >> reporter: niele was playing in the wnba when jaden was born. their lives ever since intertwined by basketball. niele serving as both coach and mom. >> i'm screaming, you know, just encouraging words because i know he can hear me. i'm just so proud because i know how hard he worked to get to

this point. >> reporter: jaden, by his mom's side when she was introduced as head coach at notre dame, her alma mater. >> i'm her biggest fan and, you know, her biggest supporter. i knew that was a special moment for her. i wish i, you know, could have spent more time with her at home. but you know, knew the work that she had to do. i think it's made, you know, the both of us better. >> reporter: like any mom, niele ivey still wonders if she did enough. >> he sacrificed a lot. sometimes i get emotional about it because i know it was hard for him. it was hard for him. i missed so much. and now i get a chance to see -- and he gets a chance to see like there's a reason why it was hard. >> reporter: he knows. >> he knows. >> reporter: they compete for not just the love of the game but also each other. dana jacobson, cbs news. >> and that is the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you the news contin os c backater for"cbs morngs" online anytime at cbsnews.com.

reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm tom hanson in new york. the ukrainian military says it's pushing russian troops further from ukraine's capital, kyiv, as the country braces for more fighting. the u.n. now reports 3.6 million people have fled the country as refugees and more than half of ukraine's children have been displaced. denver firefighters have extinguished a significant fire at broncos stadium. the flames broke out in a construction zone at empower field at mile high, engulfing some of the seats. no injuries were reported. and new yorkers will soon be able to hail a yellow cab through uber. the app announced the partnership after facing driver shortages due to covid. the rideshare giant says passengers will pay around the same as they woulds ddbs

nnecd tv.i'on, new lho york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening and thank you so much for joining us on this thursday night. it was a day of intense diplomacy for president biden and world leaders, with the president just wrapping up historic meetings in brussels. hours from now he will head to poland. the country taking in a majority of the 3.6 million refugees fleeing war-torn ukraine. president biden announced an additional $1 billion in humanitarian aid that will support people displaced within ukraine and help countries like poland handle the influx of pople crossing the borders. the president hinted in a press conference today that he will also visit refugees.

ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy addressed world leaders from kyiv and pleaded for more military aid including planes, tanks, rockets, air defense systems and other weapons. he told the alliance they were capable of preventing more deaths and that ukraine was defending om values." well, we've got a lot of news to get o'tonight and cbs's nancy cordes is going to start us off from brussels. good evening, nancy. >> good evening, norah. president biden set a new red line here in brussels today, threatening to take unspecified action if vladimir putin, as many fear, unleashes chemical or biological weapons in ukraine. >> we would respond. we would respond if he uses it. the nature of the response would depend on the nature of the use. >> reporter: president biden issued that warning between meetings with his fellow nato allies and his fellow g7 leaders and the leaders of european union nations. a diplomatic whirlwind designed to show unity in the face of what could become prolonged

russian brutality. >> if you're putin and you think that europe is going to crack in a month or six weeks or two months, why not -- they can take anything for another month. >> reporter: but speaking remotely, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy told the leaders he needs more than unit, he needs jets and 1% of nato's tanks. "you have at least 20,000 tanks," he said, adding "the worst thing during the war is not having clear answers to requests for help." >> we all listened very carefully to president zelenskyy. >> reporter: nato's secretary-general wouldn't commit to the tanks, but he said nato will give ukraine more equipment to help protect its citizens from a biological, chemical or nuclear attack. >> this could include detection, protection, and medical supplies as well as training for

decontamination and crisis management. >> reporter: as the leaders met, the u.s. announced it will take in 100,000 ukrainian refugees. but that's just a small fraction of the nearly 4 million ukrainians who have fled the deadly conflict so far. the white house also unveiled new sanctions on what it called key enablers of the invasion, including dozens of russian defense companies and more than 300 members of russia's lower parliament. the duma. >> sanctions never deter. >> reporter: the president admitted the crippling international sanctions imposed so far may be wrecking russia's economy but they haven't forced putin to change course. yet. >> we will sustain what we're doing not just next month, the following month, but for the remainder of this entire year. that's what will stop him. >> reporter: president biden heads closer to the invasion zone tomorrow with a visit to warsaw, poland just over 100

miles from the ukrainian border. there he will meet with refugees and with poland's president. and, norah, he suggested that he might be going somewhere else that he can't talk about right now for security reasons. >> intriguing. nancy cordes in brussels. thank you. we want to turn now to an exclusive cbs news and "washington post" investigation. tonight our chief election and campaign correspondent robert costa and bob woodward have uncovered text messages between the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas and president trump's top aide in which she repeatedly pushed to overturn the 2020 presidential election. here's cbs's robert costa. >> reporter: the stunning text messages detail an extraordinary relationship between ginni thomas and then white house chief of staff mark meadows. just after then president trump started his fight to overturn the 2020 election results. >> this is a major fraud on our nation.

we want the law to be used in a proper manner. so we'll be going to the u.s. supreme court. >> reporter: the texts are among more than 2,000 messages meadows provided to the january 6th committee. the first message from thomas came the day before joe biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election. "do not concede," she wrote. "it takes time for the army who is gathering for his back." thomas urged meadows to help the president stand firm. "the majority knows biden and the left is attempting the greatest heist of our history." the messages don't directly reference justice thomas or the supreme court but show how ginni thomas sought to guide the president's strategy to overturn the election, urging meadows to make trump's controversial attorney sidney powell the lead and the face. on november 24th meadows wrote thomas, "this is a fight of good versus evil." thomas replied, "thank you. needed that. this plus a conversation with my best friend just now."

it is unclear who ginni thomas was referring to. supreme court justice clarence thomas often refers to his wife this way. >> i love being here with my bride, virginia, who's a gift from god and my totally best friend in the whole world. >> reporter: ginni thomas recently acknowledged she had attended president trump's rally at the ellipse prior to the attack but says she left before mr. trump addressed the crowd. ginni thomas has publicly denied any conflict of interest between her activism and her husband's work. in the one case heard by the court tied to the january 6th insurrection they voted to release trump white house records to the committee. there was only one dissent. justice clarence thomas. mark meadows had no comment, though his attorney did confirm the content of the text messages. ginni thomas, she did not respond to multiple requests for comment today. and justice thomas, who's been hospitalized in recent days with an infection, he also did not respond to a request for comment

made through the supreme court. >> bob, just extraordinary reporting, what you found out. i understand also that ginni thomas had some comments about the vice president of the united states. >> reporter: indeed. working with bob woodward, we found she said that this is the end of america, it feels like vice president pence was betraying her. she said he disgusted her. and we also see the committee now really paying attention to the relationship between a spouse of a justice and a member of the executive branch. >> but it's still not clear what justice thomas knew. >> and that raises the question. will ginni thomas be issued a subpoena by the january 6th committee? we'll be watching that in the coming days. >> all right. robert costa, thank you. >> reporter: thank you. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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>> announcer: this is the cbs overnight news." i'm errol barnett in washington. thanks for staying with us. president biden is in poland today to visit u.s. troops helping the flood of ukrainian refugees fleeing the russian invasion. mr. biden spent yesterday in high-level meetings with nato, the g7, and european union allies. those allies agreeing to new sanctions on moscow and to send thousands more troops to nato's eastern flank. the president also announced the u.s. would take in 100,000 ukrainian refugees. meantime, inside the war zones ukrainians are standing their

ground against the russian onslaught. holly williams is about 100 miles west of the capital, kyiv. >> reporter: we were here when russia launched its first missiles and airstrikes a month ago today. but instead of a lightning invasion, russian forces appear to have stalled with ukraine claiming it's killed six russian generals and even destroyed a russian navy ship this morning. the human cost of this war, though, is horrifying. if vladimir putin thought he'd score an easy victory in ukraine, he knows better now. in just one month between 7,000 and 15,000 russian soldiers have been killed, according to a nato official. the ukrainians are still outgunned, yet in some places they're clawing back territory from the invaders. but the cost of this brutal invasion is being paid in the lives of civilians. the besieged city of mariupol has been laid to waste by putin's forces.

with more than 100,000 people still thought to be trapped inside. 15-year-old masha made it out of mariupol but had her right leg amputated after it was torn apart in a russian strike. her doctor says she's so traumatized she couldn't eat for days. >> it breaks my heart. hearts of all ukrainians and every free person on the planet. >> reporter: in a video message ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy, accused russia of trying to wipe ukrainians off the face of the earth. >> this is only the beginning for russia on the ukrainian land. >> reporter: in the city of zhytomyr serhei is sifting through the wreckage of his home. he spent 12 years building it for his family, he told us, but russian airstrikes destroyed it earlier this month, killing four in his neighborhood. one of them was serhei's daughter katya, who's left behind a 1-year-old daughter.

"i wish i'd died in her place," serhei told us. "the pain doesn't go away." who do you blame for this? >> [ speaking foreign language ]. >> reporter: "of course i blame putin," he said. "if i had him in my hands i'd butcher him like a goat." serhei says he'll raise his granddaughter and like other ukrainians he's determined to rebuild in the shattered city of kharkiv this week a cellist played in the rubble, creating beauty even amid the terror of this ugly war. this is a country where the will to survive and fight for freedom at any cost is simply staggering. in that video message president zelenskyy called on people all over the world to protest against russia's invasion. and he said that ukraine has not received the aircraft and modern air defense systems that it wants from its allies.

>> our holly williams in ukraine. closer to home now, spring break is in full bloom for million of college students, but the good times have turned violent in several cities including miami beach, where the city has declared a state of emergency. a midnight curfew's been extended through at least the weekend after a pair of shootings left at least five people wounded. manuel bojorquez is in miami beach. [ gunshots ] >> reporter: gunfire on the packed south beach street sent crowds of visitors and spring breakers running for cover. this was just one of two shootings that happened this past weekend. >> we've had five people shot on our streets in the middle of miami beach. there's nothing to discuss. this is a public safety emergency. >> reporter: this video shows officers in golf carts trapped by a crowd of partygoers. nine officers have been injured. dan gelber is the mayor of miami beach. >> i know it sounds unusual for a mayor of a destination city to say this, but we don't want

spring break. >> reporter: authorities have impounded 100 firearms over the last month, and it's not just in miami beach. there were at least ten mass shootings across the u.s. this past weekend alone. >> so we can't really just stop people from coming on to the city, but we can implement a curfew which makes them less likely to want to be here. >> reporter: the emergency declaration sets a curfew from midnight to 6:00 a.m. every night through monday and bars some alcohol sales after 6:00 p.m. wayne and alicia lanier are visiting from birmingham, alabama. >> us moms and dads, we understand that sometimes you have to implement punishment. curfew is the right thing to do. rem okay with it. cri critics. some in the business community who stand to lose money and others who say the city's actions unfairly target the largely black crowds. how do you respond to critics who say this is unfairly targeting young black visitors? >> well, it's targeting young people that are here and acting

in a way that they shouldn't. so it's obviously targeting behavior and nothing else. >> reporter: of the injured officers and five shooting victims none is set to have life-threatening injuries. that curfew will be lifted on monday, but the mayor said if necessary they will bring it back. back. >> that was manuel bojorquez - i had an important job and it wasn't just a job, it was keeping my brothers and sisters safe. and coming back, it felt like, kind of thrown away. it's like, you're useless, you know? "we don't really have a need you now because you can't really do anything for us." that's the way i felt. if it hadn't have been for wounded warrior project, i honestly don't know if i would be here. it was the comradery that i saw it was like, i got my family back again

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many people who live along california's central coast are very fond of the local sea otters. but the animal is now threatened by oil spills, disease, fishing gear and sharks. when a mother otter dies, its offspring have very little chance of survival. but there's one group rounding up these orphaned pups and nursing them back to health. jonathan vigliotti brings us this story. >> reporter: these sea otters at the monterey bay aquarium are more than just the star attraction. >> oh, yeah. they're very curious this morning. >> reporter: the curious bunch also plays a key role in nursing pups separated from their biological mothers in the turbulent pacific ocean. most pups would not survive if not for the aquarium's intervention. and here on the west coast where the species is threatened kevin connor with the aquarium says saving every otter pup is critical. >> when we bring in a pup that has been stranded, when it's ready to be with a mom, we pair

them with one of these exhibit sea otters. >> reporter: after a health check by an aquarium veterinarian, their new mothers go to work. >> what is their specific function here at the rehab center? >> their natural instincts equip them to be a better mom than any human being could ever be. so they help raise the pup. >> reporter: they'll only spend about a year being rehabbed. their surrogates familiar with humans will stay at the aquarium and beatith new pups. >> so these exhibit otters essentially prepare rehabbed otters to be reintroduced? >> yes. they prepare them for life in the wild. >> over half of the population growth that we saw in that 20-year period is actually because of the sea otters that we rescued and then rereleased back into this area. >> reporter: 30 miles north where jess fuji patrols as part of the aquarium's restoration project the growing number of sea otters is a sign of success.

>> but here we are and we've seen a number now of sea otters. it's almost hard to believe that they're threatened. >> here in elkhorn slew there's about 100 to 150 sea otters. it wasn't always densely populated. there were only 20 sea otters here. >> beyond elkhorn slew the habitat that stretches from oregon to mexico is still recovering from the deadly fur trade that reduced their population from 16,000 to only 50 by the early 1900s. today there are an estimated 3,000 sea otters. >> so their presence in estuaries and kelp forests plays fuji's rearcsal isn't justbout saving otters. the species is critical in gr some crabs, bring them backat to the surface and eat them as well as share with her pups. >> eating those crabs is helping protect the sea grass here.

>> exactly. by keeping the crab population under control they're helping other species like sea slugs help keep the sea grass healthy. >> reporter: our oceans play a critical role removing carbon from earth's atmosphere. about 25%. and studies have shown sea grass alone sequesters about 10% of what the ocean absorbs. >> i mean, when we talk about trees and their impact in absorbing co2, the same is certainly true for sea grass as well. they're very similar. >> yeah. so sea grass is known as a blue carbon. they're able to sequester that carbon and put it into the sediment that's under the sea floor, and that plays a really significant role in terms of global carbon sequestration. >> reporter: that makes sea otters a key puzzle piece in the fight against climate change. >> and that's kind of where the otter is an ally. some people around here call the otter a fuzzy climate warrior because just by being out there they help to keep these ecosystems healthy.

>> reporter: the monterey bay aquarium's sea otter recovery program is expanding. jess fuji is hoping to replicate the results of elkhorn slew in morro bay, an estuary 100 miles south. four sea otters have been released so far. >> looking forward, we're working with partners to really see is it possible to re-establish sea otters in areas where they're no longer present but they were in the past. >> reporter: so a success here but still a lot more work to do? >> yeah. a lot more work to do but we're very hopeful that we'll see a lot of benefits. >> reporter: i'm jonathan vigliotti in monterey. archaeologists in scotland say they've unearthed a historic discovery. the fossil aislesed remains of a giant flying dinosaur never before seen. tina kraus has more on this. >> reporter: fossil hunters couldn't believe their eyes when they spotted a jawbone peeking out from the seashore on

scotland's isle of skye. >> we had to battle the tides to collect it. we almost lost the a n patoceati and his teamrsity of edinburgh managed to get their hands on the largest pterosaur from the jurassic period. >> it's 170 million years old, give or take, and it's big. >> reporter: with a wingspan of eight feet, it's the real-life version of hollywood's flying reptiles. >> it's a new species. we call it yarksianak. that is a scottish gaelic name and that pays homage to where it was discovered here in scotland on the isle of skye. >> the fossil is 70% complete. so intact scientists built a digital model of its brain, revealing the creature had great eyesight. researchers say the teenage pterodactyl had an arsenal of sharp teeth, weighed about 20 pounds, and was still growing. >> so already way back in the

jurassic period these pterosaurs were getting much larger than we used to think. >> reporter: scientists call it the discovery of a century that pieces together a (dr. david jeremiah) there may have never been another time in history when end times prophecy has been more aligned with the culture and circumstances of the world than it is today. i believe there are ten phenomenon we are witnessing today that were recorded centuries ago in bible prophecy. (male announcer) join dr. david jeremiah in his new series, "where do we go from here?" on the next episode of "turning point." right here on this station.

people around the world are showing their support for ukraine in any way they can. in chicago, for example, one group is helping some of ukraine's youngest victims by temporarily taking their minds off the war and onto the dance floor. adriana diaz has this story. >> reporter: this may look like a typical day of remote learning. pets and all. >> they're telling about their day or showing us their pets, which is incredible given the circumstances. >> reporter: but these are the circumstances. the children are in ukraine. we agreed not to show their faces for their safety. in chicago nastia letoska and tana karapas are part of the

ukrainian dance ensemble which is using dance to distract. >> our responsibility is to put a smile on our face, pretend ike nothing's happening for those 45 minutes, and make it strictly about the dance lesson, that's it. >> okay. >> reporter: some spend their nights in bottom shelters, fear they try to forget. with moves like the spider-man. >> we get joy from seeing them being joyful, but i get satisfaction knowing what kind of parents they have because we've seen the strength and resolve and resilience of the ukrainian people and their patriotism. >> reporter: the dance school is in a chicago neighborhood, officially called ukrainian vill visited, even american kids were rallying. fighting for these children. >> they're our anchor of hope. they are our light. they remind us of what our purp reporr: adr d cbs news, chicago. >> and that is the "overnight news" for this friday.

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