hour of news at 6:00. cbs news is next. news is alwa on kp >> diaz: tonight, president biden takes aim at vladimir putin. >> for god's sake, this man cannot remain in power. >> diaz: on his last day in europe, the president warns of a long fight in ukraine, urging allies to stand up to russia's brutal invasion, the president also embracing the war's displaced. >> reporter: i'm nancy cordes in warsaw, where ukrainian refugees tell president biden their cities have been bombed out of existence. >> diaz: in ukraine, russian rockets strike lviv, near poland's border. >> reporter: i'm imtiaz tyab in lviv, ukraine, a city now on edge following russia's missile attack. dia and north of the capital, kyiv, ukrainians turn out to confront invading troops.

while in the black sea, a russian warship fires at new targets in ukraine, the war now in its second month. ♪ ♪ ♪ plus, new details on the death of taylor hawkins. is the foo fighters' hard-hitting drummer. and later, march madness: new jersey's tiny st. peters proves mighty again. >> this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york with adriaa dia z. >> diaz: good evening. tonight, president biden is heading home, ending a three-day trip to europe aimed at bolsterng unity among allies against russia's invasion of ukraine. in a major speech in poland, the president delivered a forceful denunciation of vladimir putin. mr. biden appeared to call for regime change. although, the white house later walked that back. earlier today, the president met with refugees who have fled the fighting. there, mr. biden didn't mince

words, calling putin a "butcher." the president's comments came as russian missiles hit the western ukrainian city of lviv, not far from the border with poland. cbs' news chief white house correspondent nancy cordes has been traveling with the president and is in warsaw. nancy. >> reporter: adriana, it was the one of the last things president biden said tonight before leaving poland-- vladimir putin cannot remain in power. well, that sounded to a lot of people like president biden is now pushing for regime change in russia, white house officials insisting he didn't mean it that way. >> we stand with you. ( applause ) period. >> reporter: speaking from warsaw's royal castle, president biden called the ukraine conflict the task of our time, part of a larger fight for freedom. >> there's simply no justification or provocation for russia's choice of war. it's an example of one of the

oldest human impulses-- using brute force and disinformation to satisfy a craving for absolute power and control. >> reporter: he also seemed to suggest it was time for the russians to force their president, vladimir putin, out. >> for god's sake, this man cannot remain in power. >> reporter: shortly after the speech, a white house official sought to walk that back, saying, "the president's point was that putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. he was not discussing putin's power in russia or regime change." more than two million ukrainian refugees have now streamed in to poland, and president biden met some of them today at warsaw's soccer stadium. it's been transformed into a refugee processing site where they can go to get food, health care, and enroll their children in school. this woman told mr. biden her city has been erased from the

face of the earth. >> we ukrainian mothers are ready to strangle him with our bare hands. if we only knew where he was hiding from us. >> reporter: at the royal castle, we met yulia, whose parents are still stuck in southern ukraine. "i am in a safe city," she said. "they can't be here with me. i call my family every day, and every day could be the last time." as bombs continue to fall, ukraine's foreign minister and defense minister made a rare and risky journey out of their country today in order to meet face to face here with the leader of the free world. they also attended his speech, where president biden warned the west that this war could last a long time. >> it will not be easy. there will be cost. but it's a price we have to pay. >> diaz: nancy, why was the white house so quick to walk back the president's suggestion that putin should go?

>> reporter: because they've been very careful since the start of this conflict to downplay any talk of regime change for fear that it would stoke putin's paranoia. in fact, already, the russian federation has come out with a statement saying that it's not up to president biden who gets to lead the russian people. >> diaz: nancy cordes in warsaw, thank you. russia's invasion of ukraine has now entered its second month, with setbacks mounting and civilians uffering. today, russian forces targeted the western ukrainian city of lviv. cbs' imtiaz tyab is it there. >> reporter: adriana, good evening. well, after moscow announced it would be entering a new phase in its brutal war, apparently shifting focus to eastern ukraine, here in the far west, a series of russian missile strikes have left the city of lviv on edge. russian missiles streak across the sky, targeting a fuel depotf black smoke into the air.

well, we heard a series of loud explosions, and as you can see, putin's war is squarely on lviv's doorstep. at least five people were injured from the attack, two miles from the center of the city, terrifying residents who have largely spared the brutal violence seen across so much of ukraine, as russian forces carried out a series of long-range missile strikes. the attacks follow an announcement by russian generals the kremlin would be shifting focus from its ground offensive aimed at kyiv, to instead prioritizing what moscow calls the liberation of the contested eastern donbas region. and while it doesn't yet look as if vladimir putin is changing his approach to the war on ukraine, what's clear are the kremlin's military miscalculations-- russian tanks just outside the capital kyiv now burned-out wrecks of twisted metal-- as ukrainian forces continue to fight back with an intensity few expected.

but as the won just one month into russia's invasion, and over half of all kids across ukraine, 4.3 million of them, have had to flee their homes. many internally displaced families have found shelter in schools. at one in lviv, we met 13-year-old anastasia, who lives here with her dad and little brother. "i come from mariupol, where there are lots of russian soldiers," she says. "it took us two and a half days by train just to get here." anastasia says the hardest thing about leaving home was saying good-bye to her grandmother. things are really tough right now, but you're still smiling. "i don't know how," she says. "i think i do it for my dad." >> diaz: imtiaz tyab joins us now. imtiaz, for the most part, lviv has been a sanctuary for ukrainians fleeing the harder hit east. what's the mood there now after today's strikes?

>> reporter: well, as you can imagine, it's extremely tense following these air strikes so close to the city center, with the local governor warning that more strikes are likely to come. >> diaz: imtiaz, your reporting has so poignantly highlighted ukraine's children. what do we know about children casualties? >> reporter: it's heartbreaking. what we know is that 135 children have been killed and many more wounded since the start of this conflict one month ago. adriana. >> diaz: imtiaz tyab in lviv, thank you. to washington now, where the january 6 committee is considering an extraordinary move. cbs news has learned that four people close to the committee say several members want to subpoena conservative activist ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas. at issue are 39 text messages that seem to show thomas pressing then-white house chief of staff, mark meadows, to find

ways to overturn the 2020 election and keep president trump in office. in one text she writes, "make a plan, release the kraken, and save us from the left taking america down." cbs news chief election and campaign correspondent robert costa broke the story, along with "the washington post." bob, first, her texts included an interesting choice of words: "release the kraken." what does that mean? >> reporter: i had to look it up in the dictionary. a kraken is a mythical sea monster, but in this context, it's a reference conservatives had in the postelection period to a coming revelation of voter fraud, a revelation that never came. >> diaz: and, bob, how does this affect justice thomas presiding over future january 6 cases. >> reporter: he is facing new calls to recuse himself from such cases and from any sort of election-related cases in the future. >> diaz: any chance he could be future. >> diaz: any chance he could be s subpoenaed? >> reporter: there is a slight possibility of that but, first, the committee needs to decide will it issue a subpoena for his wife, ginni thomas, about these

29 text messages. >> diaz: robert costa, thank you. tonight and all day, tributes have been pouring in for foo fighters' drummer, taylor hawkins. he died suddenly last night at the age of 50. cbs' lilia luciano is in west hollywood with the latest. lilia, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, adriana. officials in colombia are saying that hawkins died in a hotel in bogota, that the initial call was for chest pains. and now the attorney general in colombia revealed that they found 10 different substances in his body in an initial toxicology report, including benzodiazepines, opioids, and antidepressants. as that investigation continues, of course the tributes will continue to roll in. taylor hawkins was a spirited and ferocious drummer of the foo fighters for more than two decades, backing another legendary drummer, band front man and his best friend. dave grohl.

>> i don't necessarily miss being the drummer, because i have the greatest drummer in the world. >> at first it took me a while to find my place. it really did. but he never made it hard. >> reporter: last night, first responders removed his body from a hotel in bogota, colombia, where the band was scheduled to perform. ♪ ♪ ♪ hawkins was born in texas but raised in southern cornia where he dreamed of drumming to big crowds since he was 10 years old. among his first big breaks was playing with alanis morissette on the smashing "jagged little pill" tour. >> i wanted to be roger taylor, and i wanted to be in queen and, you know, i wanted to play stadiums. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: and he did just that, playing for the last time just six days ago in argentina with his foo brothers. news of his death gutted the rock music world. ringo starr tweeted, "god bless taylor." mick jagger, "so incredibly sad." with the foo fighters, taylor won 12 grammys, and the band was

inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame just last year. >> and thanks to everyone. >> reporter: taylor hawkins was 50 years old. the foo fighters played here at this legendary troubadour several times. the last time was in 2020. the venue will put up a memorial with posters to honor his life and remarkable career. adriana. >> diaz: such sad news. lilia luciano, thank you. the c.d.c. says flu cases are on the rise across the country as covid-19 restrictions are vanishing. today, hawaii became the last state to drop its indoor masking rules. but soes, including at public schools and on buses. now to a cinderella story, as st. peter's university became the first 15th seed in n.c.a.a. history to reach the elite 8 after upsetting purdue. cbs' elise preston is in jersey city, home of the peacocks. elise. >> reporter: adriana, you can see and feel the peacock pride on and around the campus of

st. peter's university as the fairy tale team advances to the elite 8 of the n.c.a.a. men's basketball tournament. cinderella has done it again. the 15-seed st. peter's university peacocks from jersey city, new jersey, took down the powerful purdue boilermakers on friday, earning their spot in college basketball history. >> to just play basketball and have fun. that's all we do. >> reporter: these underdogs are the first number-15 seed to ever make it this far in the tournament. >> gro u as a kid, you dream of moments like this. >> reporter: moments that have captivated the nation since the small jesuit university upset number-2 seed kentucky in the first round. >> obviously, we have a lot more fans now, but i don't think it affects us while we're playing. i feel like we-- there's no pressure. we were just going out there like we would if nobody was in the stands. >> reporter: this newfound fame

and national exposure has the potential to generate millions of dollars for the school and for the basketball team, a program that had never won a game in the n.c.a.a. tournament until last week. >> when you play against teams like that, who are supposed to win, when you keep it tight, certain things can happen. >> reporter: now, st. peters is already starting to feel the financial impact of its fairy tale run. in just one week, merchandise sales at the campus store were more than double what they were all of last semester. you can watch the peacocks go up against north carolina in the next round of the tournament tomorrow night right here on cbs. a ticket to the final four is on the line. adriana. >> diaz: elise preston, thank you. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," the ukrainian flag flying off shelves in the lone star state. and a new truck for a teen who deified the odds.

of >> diaz: ukraine's blue and yellow flag with has been seen a lot since russia's invasion, including here in the u.s. in tonight's "weekend journal" brooke rogers of our dallas-fort worth station ktvt, tells us how one flag factory is trying to keep up with demand. >> reporter: until last month, symonds flags and poles in irving had never made a ukrainian flag, but as news overseas worsened, they had a hunch they would need them. >> i got with our production manager, told her we probably should start making a couple of flags. >> reporter: they never expected how high the demand would be. >> the next thing you know, they're going off the shelves. we are selling more ukraine flags at this moment than texas flags. >> reporter: among the influx of orders... >> we go through these a day, one box a day. >> reporter: ...came requests from local car dealerships who began displaying symond's largest flags on north texas

highways, and customers like arlington's bruce maxwell, who purchased a ukranian flag to show its support for its sister city in germany and ukrainian refugees. >> we thought this would be a great way to help and alleviate some of the burdens of them and let them know that americans are thinking about them and praying for them. >> reporter: and as they continue to churn out orders, the baby blues and yellows that dot north texas' landscape give farrell a sense of pride, and not just for where she works. >> i get goosebumps, and my heart starts pounding a little bit, and it puts a big old smile on my face. makes he be happy to be an american, that's for sure. >> reporter: the company is donating all proceeds to humanitarian efforts in ukraine. they're also accepting donations to send overseas. brooke rogers, cbs news, irving, texas. >> diaz: a great initiative in the lone star state. still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," the teen driving this truck walked away from disaster.

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to distract. >> our responsibility is to put a smile on our face, pretend like nothing is happening for those 45 minutes, and make it strictly about the dance lesson. that's it. >> diaz: some children spend their nights in a bomb shelter, fears they try to forget with moves like this one called the "spider-man." >> we get joy from seeing them being joyful, but i get satisfaction knowing what kind of parents they have, because you've seen the strength and resolve and resilience of the ukrainian people and their patriotism. that's where i get hope, because i know who is behind those kids, and it's just tons of strong parents. >> incredible parents. >> who are never going to give up. >> this is our storage room for our ukranian school of dance costumes. >> diaz: teaching ukrainian dance is an act of patriotism itself. each region has a unique dancing style and costume. >> dancing is a representation of ukraine. that's what it is.

it defines and shows and serves as an example of who we are as people, what we cherish, what we love, and just we-- we get to express ukraine through dance. >> diaz: the dance school is in a chicago neighborhood officially called "ukrainian village." >> we want peace! >> diaz: when we 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 purpose is. >> diaz: despite the circumstances, those children were so joyful. that is the news for this saturday. first thing tomorrow, "cbs sunday morning with jane pauley," followed by "face the nation." guests include republican congressman adam kinzinger, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch, and former republican congressman will hurd. i'm adriana diaz in new york. good night. can

live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >> one of the biggest rainmakers headed our way, rain, wind, maybe thunderstorms, just like the good old days. plus flames fueled by parched conditions of a wildfire shutting down the highway. keep rallying, keep pushing back, you don't get to come down and uproot our children. >> rally against closures, teachers and unions fighting against a looming deadline. the battle for $1 million prize.

later in the hour setting sail from san francisco to japan in a 19 foot sailboat, the 83-year-old man trying to do what only two others have done before. good evening and thanks for joining us. we will start tonight with rain headed toward the bay area. it's welcome is because at this rate california will end the rainy season deep in a drought. conditions aren't that gloomy yet but there is a thick layer of fog and it's making it hard to see the golden gate bridge. the storm and when it will move in. >> there's a layer of loud low clouds over the bridge, as per usual, but at the moment the numbers are fairly balmy. much cooler on monday, tomorrow won't be bad for most of the day but the low is on the way, from the gulf of alaska, it's going to plunge toward california and bring rain with it a little