the cbs weekend news nuiss. ♪ tonight, tributes for former president carter as he chooses to spend what could be his final days at home in hospice care. the announcement this weekend following years of health challenges and a life lived on his own terms. >> i'm robert costa in plains, georgia as this town and the nation reflect on president carter's legacy. also tonight, weapons warning -- the u.s. says china may send arms and ammunition to russia. >> and i was able to share with him the serious consequences that would have for our relationship. >> this week president biden heads to europe, marking one year since vladimir putin's army invaded ukraine.

i'm charlie d'agata in kyiv, where a swift russian victory turned into a devastating conflict with no end in sight. plus, new fallout following the toxic train derailment in ohio. >> we've got a lot to do to fix this, to make rails safer. back to class. michigan state university moves forward as it begins to heal from last week's mass shooting. and later, insights from our own bob schieffer on covering the nation's 39th president, a period of american upheaval and a leader determined to go his own way. >> telling the truth has been pretty deeply ingrained in me. >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thank you for joining us on this sunday. today an outpouring of tributes for former president jimmy carter after it was announced that he would be receiving

hospice care at home. at age 98, mr. carter is the nation's oldest living president. his decision follows a series of hospital stays and many years of health challenges. today president biden and first lady jill biden said that they admired mr. carter for his strength and humility, adding that they hope he continues his journey with grace and dignity. cbs's robert costa is in mr. carter's hometown of plains, georgia. robert, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. since president carter's decision was made public, people here in this town, so intertwined with his life, have been reflecting on his legacy and praying. this morning churchgoers quietly congregated at maranatha baptist in plains. >> all right, i see you're wide awake.

>> reporter: where former president jimmy carter has long taught sunday school. but this sunday, on the eve of presidents' day, it was carter's niece, kim fuller, who taught and spoke movingly of her uncle. >> dear heavenly father, we just thank you for giving us the opportunity to be in the lives of these people. anto have known them and to and to have known them and to love them. >> it's very difficult for, i'm sure, the family as well as our church family. >> reporter: deacon zach steele says the plains community is turning to their faith and each other as they process the news. >> it's a remarkable testament to his character that you can be the most powerful person in the world but when you come back home you're just jimmy. >> reporter: on saturday jason carter, the president's grandson, wrote on twitter that his grandfather and grandmother, former first lady rosalynn carter, are at peace and as always their home is full of love. and the secret vcr spokesperson said, "rest easy, mr. president. we will be forever by your

side." >> i jimmy carter do solemnly swear -- >> reporter: and as tributes to carter's legacy pour in elsewhere, it's here in plains where his grace and grit are top of mind. >> whether president carter passes within days or months or years, none of us know, he's ready. he's lived a full and great life. >> and robert, you're obviously outside a museum that truly speaks to carter's legacy, but what are those closest to him saying right now this weekend? >> reporter: jericka, whether it's his long-time friends or his former advisers, the refrain really has been the same in the past couple of days. gratitude for his efforts to promote peace and human rights, and for the simple way he has lived his life here in this town for so many years. >> truly is amazing when you look at all that he's accomplished after being the president. robert costa in plains, georgia,

thank you. well, president biden spent the weekend in washington where new diplomatic challenges with russia and china are of mounting concern. cbs's skyler henry is at the white house with more details.? to see you. well, china is the focal point one day after a meeting between secretary of state antony blinken and china's top diplomat. secretary blinken warning that sending that surveillance balloon over the united states violates international law and must never happen again. this at a time when there are growing concerns between beijing and their ties with moscow. secretary of state antony blinken was firm talking about the balloon blowup. >> it doesn't matter in the sense that china's responsible for this action, and ultimately as the leader of the country president xi's responsible. >> reporter: he met with china's top diplomat saturday in munich, stressing the importance of a direct line of communicationn e. though the already strained relationship with beijing may be

widening. today the country's foreign ministry issued a statement announcing if the u.s. continues to fuss over and escalate the unintended and isolated incident it should not expect the chinese side to flinch. >> no one, of course, wants a cold war. but that isn't the issue. what we want is a china that's not going to be an aggressor state, not building up its military and threatening the united states. >> reporter: u.s. officials are concerned that china state-owned companies could soon provide russia with lethal military app significance including weapons and ammunition for its war against ukraine. >> to the chinese, if you jump on the putin train now, you're dumber than dirt. it would be like buying a ticket on the "titanic" after you saw the movie. don't do this. >> reporter: china claims it's working on a peace proposal to end the conflict, but that's contrary to u.s. intelligence. and the president is headed to poland tomorrow marking one year since the russia/ukraine war began. officials say at this time there

are no plans for mr. biden to head into ukraine. jericka? >> skyler henry tonight at the white house, thank you. spng invasion of that cry largesound in nce the secondorld war. hundreds of thousands have died, and millions of people there have been displaced and have lost just about everything. they have been forced from their homeland into uncertain future. tonight cbs's charlie d'agata is in kyiv with the challenges facing ukrainian soldiers. >> reporter: ukrainian artillery opens fire on russian positions, a battle that rages on as ukraine this week marks one year since the russian invasion. ukrainian defense officials tell cbs news that russian forces have gone on the attack at multiple points across the battlefield. none more intense than the bombardment of bakhmut.

iniafront line soldierno stli thold tine.hardo loser coms in combat," call sign thunder says. we have very intense fights here. they're attacking us in waves. in kupiansk, east of kharkiv, we found a shell of a city, liberated since from occupation and once again under russian threat. residents here tell us there has been an increase in the number of explosions they've heard over the past few days and defense officials tell us the russians may be intent on recapturing coupe kupiansk. she said she returned to her bombed-out home to get warmer clothe. "i was only in underpants, she , n my passport." life is still a struggle. the economy is in tatters and

money for food is scarce. nobody braves the bitter cold and snow to stand in line for food out of choice. volunteers serve up the one warm meal many residents will have all day. they brace from the cold, but as the russian military steps up its shelling, they're also bracing for what's to come. this time last year the russian invasion had not yet begun. then suddenly everything changed. as the anniversary draws near, people across ukraine wonder what this week, this month, what the future will bring. charlie d'agata, cbs news, kyiv. to earthquake-ravaged turkey and syria now. today about 45,000 are now confirmed dead following the catastrophe nearly two weeks ago. in the final days of search and rescue, emergency workers have managed to extract a handful of people from the rubble alive. however, none have been found in the last 24 hours. thousands of people remain

unaccounted for in new zealand. a week ago a cyclone slammed the country's north island, inflicting widespread devastation. the country's prime minister calls it new zealand's biggest natural disaster this century. 11 people are known dead. today ohio senator sherrod brown said residents of the town of east palestine are right to be skeptical after that toxic train derailment forced people to evacuate. it happened earlier this month when a 150-car-long southern norfolk train derailed, catching fire, spilling chemicals near their homes. >> they're right to be skeptical. we think the water is safe but when you return home you should be testing again for your water, your soil and your air. >> crews are cleaning up the crash site and the railroad says it's testing water, air and soil. in los angeles today detectives say they are investigating the death of a roman catholic bishop as a homicide. auxiliary bishop david o'connell was found dead saturday night.

he was shot and killed in his home near the church. no word yet on a possible suspect. the community is remembering the 69-year-old as a peacemaker. and michigan university -- michigan state university, rather, administrators said classes will resume on monday. the campus has been closed since the mass shooting last week. we get more now from cbs's astrid martinez. >> reporter: uneasiness at michigan state tonight as school leadership tells students it's time to go back to class. >> no one thinks that we're coming back to a normal week. in fact, this semester is not going to be normal. >> reporter: three students were killed and five were injured last week when a 43-year-old gunman went on a shooting rampage. >> complaint at berkey hall. >> reporter: students and staff still reeling from the trauma of that night have signed an online petition asking for temporary remote learning.

>> i just don't know how you could be on campus and, like, be okay with going to class. >> reporter: the first victims were laid to rest this weekend. family and friends gathered in the detroit suburb grosse point farms to pay tribute to sophomore brian fraser. >> he was kind. he was a light. >> reporter: 20 miles away another funeral, for fellow sophomore alex verner. services for the third victim, arielle anderson, are set for this week. athletic events have already resumed. rivals michigan state and university of michigan came together for a moment of silence before saturday's match-up. >> there's some things that aren't rivalries. there's some things that are bigger than the game. >> reporter: a display of solidarity through the shadow of tragedy. astrid martinez, cbs news, new york. we learn today that comedian and actor richard belzer has died. >> you had one hell of a run, sergeant munch. >> did i? i don't know where it all went.

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tomorrow, was established to honor founding father george washington. tonight we end with some insights on the nation's 39th president. our bob schieffer covered jimmy carter almost 50 years ago, and looked back in time on "face the nation." >> reporter: when the former governor of georgia decided to run for president in 1975, it was not as if america had been waiting for him with bated breath. >> jimmy who? >> jimmy carter? >> jimmy who? >> i don't know who he is. >> reporter: he was so unknown that his surprise win in the iowa caucuses brought headlines blaring the same question. carter tried to make a virtue of his lack of washington experience. the self-made peanut farmer from plains, georgia introduced us to an improbable cast of small town characters. but his best asset was always wife rosalynn. carter's campaign came down to one simple promise -- >> i'll never tell a lie, i'll never make a misleading

statement. >> reporter: after the lies of watergate, it worked. carter went on to defeat incumbent gerald ford. maybe not so much because of what he said but because ford had pardoned richard nixon. the low point for carter came when iran's revolutionary leaders took u.s. diplomats hostage. the conflict set off a fuel shortage back home and americans faced long lines at gas stations from coast to coast. a military mission to rescue the hostages collapsed in an iranian desert and with it carter's campaign for re-election. the captives remained behind bars until the new president was sworn in. for all that, carter was responsible for two extremely significant achievements -- negotiating the panama canal treaty assured the canal stayed open to american ships. and even more important, carter

engineered the camp david accords, which remains the single most important diplomatic achievement in the middle east. >> i would like to say as a christian to these two friends of mine the words of jesus, blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be the children of god. >> reporter: although he served only one term, carter went on to become america's most active and productive former president. he visited countries around the world, serving as a mediator and settling disputes. his work in habitat for humanity revived volunteerism in this country. carter survived brain cancer in his early 90s. jimmy and rosalynn carter have been married more than 75 years, the longest presidential marriage in history. this is bob schieffer. >> a true inspiration. well, that's the "cbs weekend news" for this sunday.

coming up tonight, "60 minutes," how finland's prime minister is seeking protection from russia. i'm jericka duncan in new york. we thank you for watching. have a great night. now at 6:00, airport problems. b.a.r.t. delays and tens of thousands without power in oakland tonight. details on the explosion that caused the outage and how soon people will be out of the dark. a string of vicious attacks in san jose. we'll tell you who is being targeted and how the community is rallying to help. as former president jimmy carter remains in home hospice care, we look at how he helped change the life of families here in the bay area long after he left the oval office. there are -- 12 houses here and -- she chose me and i said wow. my god. i can't believe it. the president was in my house.

>> live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. we begin with the massive power outage in the east bay. a pg&e transformer in oakland exploded. it happened and 1:00. the oakland airport was impacted and though the power there has been back on for a couple of hours. and a look at the pg&e map showing the extent of the outage, more than 50,000 customers are in the dark. though the city of alameda's power agency says everyone there has their power back on again. >> the outage also knocked out traffic lights at major intersections. as you can see, drivers took turns passing through the intersection. and on some streets, cars were backed up for a few blocks but traffic did keep flowing. >> betty yu is live at oakland airport where power is slowly being restored and betty, is here with how all this happened. betty? >> reporter: and andrea, that's right. pg&e says that it hopes to have power fully back on here

tonight at 6:30. things at the airport are