i've got to go out." >> yeah. putin is picking a fight with a foe that isn't able to combat them without the assistance of nato and of other countries, and people willing to stand up and fight. >> reporter: former royal air force serviceman jordan davis left a five-year-old daughter back home in the u.k. tough call. >> it is a very tough call. i-- i don't know exactly why i chose to leave her. i just knew that there was a calling bigger than something i could rationalize to be here. >> reporter: when we asked when they're hoping america's promised long-range artillery will arrive here, we were shown a u.s.-supplied browning machine gun that jams after firing just two shots. they say without more weapons, parts of this region will fall within a week. charlie d'agata, cbs news, in the eastern donbas region, ukraine. >> o'donnell: all right, now here to washington, there's a new round of bombshell leaked rein

leader kevin mccarthy that could threaten his quest to become the next speaker of the house. as there are new questions tonight about republican infighting. here's cbs' scott macfarlane. >> reporter: house republican leader kevin mccarthy is patching up holes in his political future after another leak. ;;;;clear >> reporter: an audio recorded days after the january 6 attack and released by the authors of the new book "this will not pass," mccarthy tells colleagues he's worried some house republicans were endangering others. >> reporter: mccarthy avoided reporters today, while some of his colleagues ignored our questions. does mr. mccarthy still have your support? the recordings also reveal mccarthy and republican whip steve scalise criticizing congressman matt gaetz for his attacks on liz cheney, who has been the subject of threats. >> reporter: gaetz called mccarthy and scalise weak men, not leaders. mr. gaetz, do you think he's

going to remain conference leader? the republican leader weathered a political storm last week, when another january 2021 recording surfaced in which he told colleagues he was planning to recommend donald trump resign. the audio leaked just hours after mccarthy denied doing so. one of trump's staunchest jack tols ws tay h stilbacks mccahy. >> we're not goi to let leed ha. 're all he same ge.>> rorter: a meeting of house republicans today, kevin mccarthy addressed those leaked phone calls, then called for unity. and from a party that's optimistic it will retake control of the u.s. house next year and make mccarthy speaker, kevin mccarthy received a standing ovation. norah. >> o'donnell: scott macfarlane on capitol hill, thank you.

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>> well, tonight, a two-year investigation into the minneapolis police department finds a pattern of racial discrimination going back more than a decade. the state investigation was launched after the police killing eo investigators say minneapolis police stop, search, arrest and use force against people of color at starkly higher rates than white people. the department says it will work with the city to add list of problems. president biden was joined today by barack and michelle obama,

bill and hillary clinton, and dignitaries from both sides of the aisle, paying tribute to america's first female secretary of state, madeleine albright at her funeral here in washington. president biden said freedom had no greater champion than madeleine albright. albright died of cancer last month at the age of 84. we want to turn now to the growing economic pain being felt across the country due to rising inflation. consumer prices rose 8.5% in march, and nobody is feeling the pain like those on a fixed income, retirees. we've been getting your messages from all over the country on the struggles many retirees are having, including the 1.5 million who have re-entered the job market in just the last year. here's cbs' mark strassmann. >> i decided i probably should put on some eyebrows. >> reporter: patti byther, just unretired and got ready for her new part-time job.

>> i thought i was done. i had worked it all out financially that, you know, i could afford it. >> reporter: what happened? >> the economy. inflation happened. just kind of overwhelmed me. >> reporter: with prices soaring, her retirement lasted 10 months. >> these are my fuel bills. >> reporter: in 13 months it went up $150. >> correct. my safety net is just gone. >> reporter: we shadowed her on her first day at hannaford supermarket. byther, at 66, learned to bag groceries that she now struggles byther will train to do the store's books. only by working can she stop her own accounts from bleeding out. >> it's still something i'm mentally processing that, you know, okay, i have to get used to this. it's going to be the rest of your life. >> reporter: hannaford usually hires seniors who want to work part time. now, they need to. >> we certainly hear from folks that come in that, you know, they're struggling.

>> reporter: would you be surprised if you saw more patties in the weeks ahead? >> when you think of the fixed income, and you think about the price of everything going up, that would not surprise me. >> reporter: after two hours, byther's feet hurt, her back hurt. when do you see yourself retiring for real? >> i don't really see a time when i'll be able to retire again or entirely again, which is sort of annoying and sad. >> reporter: retirement is the last life phase you'll ever start new, not for patti byther. mark strassmann, cbs news, brattleboro, vermont. >> o'donnell: all right, well, still ahead on tonight's "cbs overnight news," how an historic trip to the space station is one giant leap for african american women. and a nationwide ground beef recall. what you need to know. when you really need to sleep. you reach for the really good stuff. zzzquil ultra helps you sleep better and longer when you need it most. its non-habit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil.

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establishment number est-46841. that's on the label, and they were made between february 1 and april 8. all right, tonight, history is being made at the international space station. the crew of astronauts who blasted off today aboard a space-x rocket includes jessica watkins, the first black woman to embark on a long-duration space mission. the 33-year-old geologist from colorado will spend the next six months in space. after that, she'll be eligible to begin training for the next missions to the moon. all right, coming up next, bidding for history. the late supreme court justice ruther bader ginsburg's art collection and personal items go up for auction.

>> o'donnell: few supreme court justices become household names, and even fewer, pop culture icons known by just their initials. the late justice ruther bader ginsburg, a.k.a. "the notorious r.b.g.," was one of a kind, and now you can own a piece of her history. here's cbs' jan crawford. >> i like this little vignette because it shows a little bit of everything of hers. >> reporter: "hers" refers to the late justice ruther bader ginsburg, and a little bit of everything is up for auction. so that's her ice bucket. >> yes, absolutely. everything in these two cabinets belonged to the justice. >> reporter: from picassos to the personal, says auction house owner elizabeth hainey wainstein. >> this was a drawing by her a. rorter: bubbie, like

>> yes. everyone knows so much about her, her judicial career, but this has been a very personal side. >> reporter: this painting hung in her entryway, her beloved late husband marty's pots and pans visible on the kitchen wall. this picasso piece set in the living room. and this print of a caricature from the "new york times" that once hung in her chambers brought in nearly $70,000. the proceeds will go to one of ginsburg's great passions: the washington national opera. what does this tell us about justice ginsburg and the person that she was? >> that she had a tremendous impact on a wide range of people. and they love her, they love her legacy, and they want to hold on to a part of that. >> reporter: a legacy that endures in the law and the support of the arts. jan crawford, cbs news, alexandria, virginia. vrnl are -- you can follow us online any time at cbs news.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell.

this is cbs news flash, the white house said president biden will deliver remarks on support of ukrainians, next week, he will tour a lockheed martin facility that makes javelin anti-tank missiles. a spacex capsule carrying four astronauts docked at the international space station, it's the first time that a crew was equal of men and women, it comes less than two days after a flight chartered by millionaires. after an 8 minute bidding war, the largest blue diamond sold

for $575 million. download the app or connected tv. i'm alice gainer, cbs news new york. o'donnell: tonight, the high- marine veteran trevor reed is heading home to america. like a scene out of a movie, the prisoner exchange, trevor reed, held by guards, leaving moscow today.

there's two americans in a statg the release of reed, president biden said we won't stop until paul whelan and others join trevor in the loving arms of family and friends. we have a lot of news tonight. trevor reed's parents credit their personal meeting with president biden last month right here in washington for his release, calling it a "tipping point." the white house says this was a deal months in the making, and that it was the president himself who broke the good news to the reed family. trevor reed's parents described the dramatic moment as something you see in the movies. video released by russian state media captures their 30-year-old son arriving to turkey from moscow. as he crossed the tarmac to board a flight home to america, reed walks right past konstantin yaroshenko, who the u.s. agreed to return in exchange for reed.

the russian pilot was serving a 20-year prison sentence in connecticut, convicted of conspiracy to smuggling cocaine into the u.s. in a statement, president biden said, "the negotiations that allowed us to bring trevor home required difficult decisions that i do not take lightly." >> our overriding priority here was the safe return of trevor reed, knowing, not only had he been held against his will for too long, but that his health condition, which required urgent treatment. >> reporter: reed's family said he was coughing up blood multiple times a day, running a fever, and that his lung hurt. the marine veteran was serving a nine-year prison sentence, accused of assaulting two police officers after a night of heavy drinking in 2019. at least two well-known americans remain in russian custody, w.n.b.a. star brittney griner, who was arrested in february, and paul whelan, also a marine vet, accused of espionage, who has been detained

since 2018, longer than reed. his twin brother, david whelan, said his family is full of emotions. >> disappointment, and, perhaps more than disappointment, i would even say, you know, verging towards anger. >> reporter: whelan said they found out about reed's release on tv and before today they had not heard from the biden administration in three months. do you think the release of trevor reed will impact paul's release in any way for better or worse? >> i think that the u.s. government has a limited number of concessions it's willing to give. the russian government, and it has given up one of them. >> reporter: but the white house once again reiterated its commitment to bringing both whelan and griner home. asked how the trevor reed exchange could have happened during the war in ukraine when u.s.-russian relations are so low, tonight, president biden says it's because he raised the issue with the russians three months ago. norah. >> o'donnell: weijia jng,

thank you. well, earlier, we spoke with joey and paula reed, trevor's parents, and we asked how their son was doing. >> he's doing better. we spoke to him early this morning, right after he got on the plane. and he sounded a little subdued, kind of like he was maybe in shock, but then we spoke to him i guess about an hour ago, and he sounded much better. they got some fluids and food into him. >> o'donnell: the world woke up to this news. when did you find out your son would be freed? >> we had some indication from the state department over the last few days that something, you know, might be coming. and then we got the call in the early-morning hours today that it as happening. >> o'donnell: how was your son treated while he was in this russian prison? >> well, to our knowledge, he was never tortured, but at the same time, just the conditions, especially the last eight months, when he's been in solitary confinement most of that time, and just a horrible

dungeon type of conditions he's been in, and the horrible food. if you saw the video of him getting out of the f.s.b. van today, you could see he's very thin. he was-- he looked to us, he looked frail. the police were having to help him walk, like he had been walking shackled. >> o'donnell: do you believe that your oval office meeting with president biden helped move this along? >> we do. we think that, as we've said all along, you know, the president is a great guy, an honest, caring, compassionate man. and we believe that if we could talk to him and, you know, get some more details to him about trevor's situation, that he would be moved by that, and, apparently, he was. and quite frankly, i haven't said this before, but we think president biden saved our son's life today. >> o'donnell: how did he save your son's life? >> he got him out of those horrid prison conditions. my son was probably never going

to let up. he had made it his mission, you know, to try and not go along with anything they said, and he was paying the price for it. and we feared that his body would give out before his mind would. >> o'donnell: i know you spoke with president biden this morning. what did you say to the president? >> thank you so much, and we appreciate it. he said he's looking forward to having the four of us back at the white house. and we told him when we saw him, we'd like to give him some big hugs. and he said that he would give us big hugs back. >> o'donnell: i know you made a point to talk about paul whelan, another marine jailed in russia. >> our hearts go out to the whelan family, because we hoped all along trevor and paul would be brought home together. we kind of had hope for that. and it didn't happen. so our hearts are breaking for them. but we're going to still continue to advocate for them and try to bring them home. >> o'donnell: what are you going to do when you see your son? >> we're just going to get in a big group family hug because we'll all be fighting over who wll get him first, and we're not going to let him go. they'll have to break us up. i'm sure we'll all be crying, happy tears.

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a potential medical break through involving a baby boy from north carolina can revolutionize how transplant patients are helped in the future. he was born with a congenital heart defect, and a heart transplant surgery was done and boosted his immune system. they show how this combination of procedures can potentially help transplant patients worldwide. >> reporter: he has tot taken his first steps but the parents say he has been on the journey of a lifetime. >> when we found out that we were having a boy, we also found out about his heart defect. >> reporter: he was born with a half of a functioning heart. at five days old, doctors performed open heart surgery to fix the aorta and a leaking valve in his little heart. a few days later, easton

survived a life threatening cardiac arrest. was put here for a reason, that reason we don't know. maybe he was here to be a donor for another child, we were having that conversation. >> reporter: a few months later another heart surgery was unsuccessful. he needed a new heart and was put on the transplant list, a blood test showed another problem. his immune system was not working and he needed a new thymus. the chief of cardiac surgery at duke is easton's doctor. >> it is part of the immune system and it makes t-cells. they can fight infection but they can attack heart tissue. >> reporter: these procedure has never been performed together. easton was at the hospital that was studying that type of

procedure for decades. >> it does not happen often when you have something that you are working on in the willaboratory and then has direct affect on a patient you can help. >> reporter: after consulting with the physicians, the couple agreed to the first of the kind surgery. after 112 days on the transplant waiting list, a heart was available in august of 2021. >> the way it was put to us, if it does not work, you will be on the same path that you were on, transplant. if it does work, you can change the world. >> reporter: that's because organ recipients have unique challenges. the immune system t-cells could eject the new organ. to prevent it from happening, they have to take anti-rejection medicines that can have harsh side affects for patients. duke researchers say that by transplanting a cultured organ and thymus tissue from the same donor can eliminate the need for

anti-rejection medication. hearts last 10-15 years the hope is to extend that up to 40 years. >> this could apply to any solid organ transplant we do. >> reporter: when you hear it? >> a broad group of people can benefit. >> reporter: that's millions. >> yeah. yeah, absolutely. >> reporter: eight months after making medical history, easton is finally home with mom, dad and his big sister ivy. >> hi, i like to hold him and play with him. >> when we brought him home, he could not holdup his head or sit up on his own. now he is dancing in his chair and walking around the house in his walker, chasing his sister. >> reporter: the couple is now focus odd making memories as a family. north carolina. >> the premier of season two of the hit show bridgerton is

hitting the top of the charts on netflix. it's breaking stereo fieps and bringing representation to the forefront, including the depiction of south asian characters. we sat down with one of the stars. ♪ ♪ >> she is this season's diamond anointed the most desirable debutaunt, she is played by a 25-year-old scottish born, indian raised londoner. >> bridgerton, shows a multi-cultural society where there's black and white and brown families. what makes them different is they are immigrants. they have a different culture and background. >> reporter: that difference is front and center in the netflix production. where the sheffields of the

julia quinn novels are reimagined. >> this is a far cry from bombay. >> reporter: where they come to navigate the competitive marriage market. when a suitable suitor arrives. >> refreshing indeed. >> reporter: he woos edwina and entangled by the srte. kate, i m family my young women who have been bred and brought up to be the perfect wife, mother, sister, daughter, and that is their path. >> reporter: very real dynamics that play out in 2022. >> 100%. the main take away for me is if women in edwina's position in 2022 watched her and said, i am edwina too. >> reporter: the representation can be seen in everything from

gold jewelry. >> beautiful bangels for a beautiful bride. >> reporter: to the choice of fabrics. to more intimate moments like the oiling of hair. but it's not without criticism. from their last name, a high cast north indian name, despite the characters being from the southern city of bombay. >> you have choices. >> reporter: to the terms of endearment they use for each other. >> you cannot avoid him all night. >> reporter: coming from a cluster of languages and even how they take the tea. still the directness of the depiction of south asians is being celebrated. one scene that stood out connects with my own tragics and heritage is what is known as the prewedding ceremony where a

turmeric paste was being put on your skin. what was it like to do that. >> all the way through the scene, the three of us knew it was special. >> now, now, it's your turn to hold still. >> we can just feel it. >> a feeling, not lost on south asian bridgerton fans. >> they made being indian normal. >> it's so cool to see someone south asian brown, in a leading role in tv film hollywood. >> it's not just south asian representation, it's south indian representation. >> yeah, and it's such a pleasure, and also for us to be dark skinned knowing how hard it is for dark skinned women in india. even in the diaspera in indian communities in the west. it's incredibly difficult to this day. what i love about the show, the fact that we are dark skinned is not mentioned, we are so still worthy of love and happiness and joy. >> bridgerton's season two is part of the growing push forthwith south asian representation in the arts that

moves beyond stereo types. >> you know what you are? >> reporter: including the soon to be relieved ms. marvel. >> and short film, the long goodbye, that an oscar was won for. >> this is for everyone who feels they don't belong. >> the number of black and brown creators that are popping up and having immense success is brilliant. >> then what do you is a i? might we take to the dance floor? >> we are not going to wait for people to hand us opportunities we will create them for ourselves. >> the cbs overnight news been rice back.

visiting an art museum usually means taking in the master pieces with your own eyes, as we report, a new exhibit in spain is allowing visitors to also follow their noses. >> reporter: art lovers are taking time to stop and smell the roses. not on the street but inside a gallery in spain. >> it has 80 to 90 objects that produce odor of some kind, maining flowers. >> reporter: they are using their noses to breathe new life in to art pieces. >> they can press the screen and the smell will come out and they

can smell it. >> reporter: curators say, smell triggers more memory than sight, it's a powerful way to present art. carlos rodriguez thinks it's fantastic. he said the smells are authentic. some perhaps a bit too realistic. he said smelling the animal was not the best. but i really likes the scent of the jasmine. >> it's nice and it's good. but the painting is still the most important thing to see. >> reporter: the museum in madrid is the latest in europe to fill the air with fragrance. to give visitors a whom nuisance of arnews. >>. >> reporter: and that's the overnight news for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. cbs mornings and follow us online all the time at cbs news.com. reporting from the nation's capitol, i'm catherine h--

cbs news flash, the white house said that president biden will deliver remarks on support of ukrainians, next week, he will tour a lockheed martin facility that makes javelin anti-tank missiles that have been provided to ukraine. a spacex capsule carrying four astronauts docked with the international space station 16 hours after launch, it's the first time nasa sent up a crew equally of men and women. it comes less that two days after a flight chartered by millionaires. after an eight minute bidding war the world's largest blue diamond sold for $57.5 million to an anonymous buyer.

it was auctioned at sutheb 's. hong it's thursday, april 28th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." prisoner swap. russia releases a former u.s. marine detained since 2019, but some people are calling the deal disappointing. exonerated. a man who spent more than three decades behind bars for murder is set free over mistaken identification. holocaust remembrance. 100 survivors unite to send a powerful message amid rising global anti-semitism. good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. president biden is hailing the release of american trevor reed following a prisoner exchange with russia.