visited england on their way to the games in the netherlands.r news app on yoellpho or connecttv.ackbn, cews, new york. it's friday, april 15th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." brink of collapse. a key city in ukraine is close to falling as russia also deals with a massive setback. bail denied. the man accused of opening fire on subway riders in new york city appears in court. how investigators are piecing together his every movement on the day of the attack. debatable decision. why there might be fewer presidential debates in the 2024 election year. good morning, i'm diane king hall in for anne-marie green. ukrainian president volodymyr

zelenskyy is praising his people for their resolve in the battle against the russian invasion. in his nightly address, he told his country they should be proud of surviving 50 daysru it came the same day that russian-guided missile cruiser with missiles fired by its military. the flagship of russia's black sea fleet was heavily damaged and sank. moscow acknowledged the fire on board the ship but said it was not the result of a ukrainian attack. bradley blackburn is in new york with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, diane. the ukrainians clearly see the sinking of that ship as a victory, and they are also re-establishing some real control of the northern part of the their country. so much so that we're learning the biden administration may soon send a high-level representative there. the white house is discussing sending a senior official to ukraine in a show of support. president biden telling reporters he is ready to make

that visit himself. >> yeah -- >> reporter: yesterday on the 50th day since russia's invasion began, ukraine says it hit this russian cruiser with two missiles, sinking the massive ship. >> it's going to have an impact on their capabilities certainly in the near term. whether it has an impact on their naval capabilities in the long term is just unclear right now. >> reporter: moscow refutes the claim, insisting the "moskva" sank while being towed during a storm. >> but they had no idea who they were up against. >> reporter: in a video posted to social media, president volodymyr zelenskyy celebrated his countrs y to holder more wes the battle in the so >> anything to repel ran im to sr mi aid tt makes its way to the front lines, but it's unlikely to reach the port city of mariupol which officials believe is close to falling. >> mariupol is in a dire

situation, and it's extremely pain follow to receive news from there. >> reporter: russian footage purpours to ports -- purports to show troops surrendering, something ukrainian officials deny though they say more than 20,000 people in mariupol are believed to have been killed. the head of the u.n. world food program says the residents still trapped in mariupol are believed to be starving to death. russian forces will still not allow relief crews in with supplies. diane? >> very difficult situation. bradley blackburn in new york. our thanks to you. breaking overnight, clashes between israeli police and palestinians erupted at the al akhsa mosque in jerusalem. police say they entered the holy site to break up a crowd a st a jewish prayer space. medsics say at least 117 palestinians were wounded. the violence comes as people

gathered to observe ramadan, passoverd . the new york city subway shooting suspect remains in jail this morning. 62-year-old frank james did not enfor a plea during his first court appearance yesterday. he's facing a federal terrorism charge stemming from tuesday's attack. mola lenghi reports. >> reporter: wearing a blue mask and khaki colored prison clothes, 62-year-old frank james answered yes when asked by u.s. magistrate judge mann whether he understood the charge against him. after the hearing, his public defender cautioned against a rush to judgment. >> what happened in the new york city subway system on tuesday was a tragedy. it is a blessing that it was not worse. >> reporter: according to an fbi affidavit, james used a wisconsin driver's license to rent a u-haul in philadelphia six days before the attack. a surveillance image shows him driving the van into new york city early on the morning of the shooting. in a yellow hard hat and orange

construction jacket entering a brooklyn subway station, wielding what appears to be the same black cart later recovered at the crime scene. then inside a packed train, police say james donned a gas mask, unleashed two smoke grenades, then fired 33 rounds with a glock .17 handgun at captive commuters striking 10 and injuring approximately 20 others. as terrified and bloodied passengers stumbled out of the smoke-filled subway car, james tossed his disguise and slipped onto another train. he rode one more stop and then walked out onto the streets of new york city leaving behind a rich pile of clues. police are trying to determine his whereabouts during the 30-hour manhunt. this appears to show james the next day walking in manhattan's east village and sitting on a sidewalk bench, just hours before we called the police tip line and gave his location. >> the defense has their work cut out for them. it seems to me that the only

viable defense case here is a psychiatric defense. >> reporter: at thursday's hearing, the judge ordered james receive psychiatric attention while he's held until trial. if convicted, he faces a possible sentence of life in prison. mola lenghi, cbs news, brooklyn, new york. meanwhile, pfizer plans to seek authorization to expand its covid booster shots to children 5 to 11-years-old. the company says new research shows its kid-sized booster helps healthy kids increase virus-fighting antibodies. u.s. health officials already urge everyone 12 and older to get the shot. california is delaying a covid vaccine mandate for kids until at least the summer of 2023. california was the first state to require all schoolchildren to be vaccinated, but the mandate will not take effect until federal regulators given final approval for the vaccine to children. officials say school districts need more time to implement the mandate once it is approved.

a former british citizen and isis member faces life in prison after a federal jury found him guilty for his role in the abduction, abuse, and deaths of four americans in iraq and syria. the 33-year-old was part of a notorious isis terrorist nicknamed the beatles for their british accents. he was convicted of taking part in a plot that led to the deaths of american hostages james foley, peter kassik, steven sotlaf and kayla mueller. >> this is a small piece of justice that will help us heal a little. i don't think there will everything closure. >> he could have faced the death penalty, but prosecutors said they will not seek that. it appears that future republican presidential nominees will not be part of any debates organized by the commission on presidential debates. the rnc voted unanimously yesterday to withdraw from the commission.

it is also banning future republican candidates from participating in debates put on by the group. republican candidates will be required to agree in writing to take part in only rnc-sanctioned debates. the rnc claims the commission is biased and refused to take steps to make sure debates are fair. coming up, concerns about senator dianne feinstein. why some colleagues reportedly want her to step aside. and later, new york city subway riders unite. the show of support in the aftermath of the train shooting. this is the "cbs morning news." ♪ ♪ ♪ make way for the first-ever chevy silverado zr2. with multimatic shocks,

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of the world ♪ >> listen to that. people in new york uniting in song. commuters banded together at the times square subway station yesterday hugging and singing "we are the champions." the show of strength took place just two days after the subway shooting attack in brooklyn. love conquers all, even in the face of war. a russian man and ukrainian woman married in tijuana, mexico, this week. they fled ukraine and made the long trek to tie the knot. since the war started, only ukrainian nationals can seek asylum in the u.s. the borders are closed to russians unless they can prove they have a relative in the u.s. >> we never expected the war to come. no one expected that. because of this, i mean, we're lucky and really grateful to be here at this moment, to the people surrounding us right now.

>> the couple said they never thought they would get married outside of ukraine. one tom brady fan can breathe a big sigh of relief this morning. the sale of what was supposed to be the ball brady used to score the final touchdown of his career has been voided. the fan won the ball at auction for $518,000. that sale happened just hours before brady announced he was coming out of retirement after just 40 days. luckily the fan said he hadn't fully paid for it yet. and 75 years ago today, history was made on the baseball diamond. on april 15th, 1947, jackie robinson became the first african american to play in major league baseball. robinson debuted for the brooklyn dodgers and took the field against the boston braves scoring the deciding run in the game. in honor of jackie robinson day, all major league players today will wear number 42 in dodger blue regardless of a team's colors. coming up on "cbs mornings,"

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our top stories this morning -- ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy told his people they should be proud of surviving 50 days of russian attacks. it came the same day that ukraine said it struck the flagship of russia's black sea fleet with two missiles. the ship sank, but russia says it happened while it was being towed during a storm. and the man charged in the new york city subway shooting remains in jail this morning after a judge denied him bail. 62-year-old frank james did not enter a plea yesterday. ten people were shot and wounded in tuesday's attack. james is facing a federal terrorism charge. his lawyer cautioned against a rush to judgment.

there are calls for accountability after the deadly police shooting of an unarmed black man in grand rapids, michigan. the man was shot in the back of the head while on the ground following a traffic stop earlier this month. >>stoppi you.reports. do you have a license? >> reporter: the fatal encounter between the unidentified officer and 26-year-old patrick lyoya began as a traffic stop over a license plate that didn't match the vehicle's registration. lyoya appears to walk away from the officer and then resists before running. >> stop. >> reporter: multiple videos including from the officer's body camera, his dash cam, a cell phone, and a security camera captured what happened next. >> stop -- >> reporter: the two appear to wrestle over control of the officer's taser. it deploys twice into the ground. then as this video shot by the car's passenger shows, while on

top of lyoya's back, the officer fires a single shot, striking lyoya in the head. [ gunshot ] the grand rapids police chief released the video despite an ongoing investigation saying the community needed to see what happened. >> a taser is not per se a deadly weapon. the taser is what would be known as an intermediate weapon. >> reporter: under michigan law, an officer can use deadly force to prevent death or bodily harm. the department is not identifying the officer, but the seven-year veteran is on paid administrative leave pending the investigation. at a press conference, lyoya's parents cried. his family attorney, ben crump, demanded the officer be fired and face charges. >> this officer failed to follow the basic training. what was so wrong about him calling for back up? >> reporter: the michigan state police are leading the investigation. when it's finished, it will be up to the kent county prosecutor to decide if charges are warranted. adriana diaz, cbs news, grand rapids, michigan.

coming up on "cbs mornings," members of the punk band the linda lindas talk with anthony mason about their debut album "growing up." plus, we mark the 75th anniversary of jackie robinson breaking the color barrier in the major league. we'll hear from his son, david robinson, and current marge of the los angeles dodgers, dave roberts. and a psychology us about her new book. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thank you for watching. i'm diane king hall. have a great weekend. ♪