staying put. instead, he urged citizens to take up arms, which they did by the thousands. hastily erected barricades and checkpoints went up everywhere, manned by jittery volunteers with guns drawn. overnight, the lives of millions of ukrainians changed forever. and the global repercussions of russia's invasion now extend far beyond the battlefields of ukraine. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy expressed his gratitude to president biden during his unannounced visit here this week for america's support and weapons. but, norah, frontline soldiers tell us they're running out of ammunition in the face of a new russian offensive. >> charlie d'agata, thank you. with the war now entering its second year and the u.s. continuing to provide rockets, guns, and ammunition, there is a growing concern that the u.s. might not have enough military

hardware to defend itself and its allies if needed. cbs's david martin is at the pentagon, where a recent war games showed the u.s. would run out of a key weapon while trying to stop a chinese invasion of taiwan. >> reporter: the production line at the lockheed martin plant in arkansas is gearing up to turn out one new rocket every ten minutes. it's part of the $30 billion in weapons the u.s. has committed to ukraine but just a fraction of the pentagon's staggering $858 billion defense budget. >> this is darn close to being the biggest defense budget that we have ever had. >> reporter: since world war ii, the only time the u.s. spent more on defense was at the height of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. orrin thompson of the lexington institute says nearly a third of that is spent on weapons. >> that is an amount of money that outstrips the entire economy of most european countries. >> reporter: yet the pentagon is hard pressed to keep ukraine

supplied with ammunition. >> for a couple of key items, the stockpile is getting low. >> what does low mean? >> we're at a level where the risk for other war plans becomes great. >> reporter: retired marine colonel mark kansian of the center for strategic and international studies, says ukraine's use of artillery shells far outstrips the pentagon's capacity to make them. >> they're using about as much in a month as we produced in a year. >> reporter: if the u.s. can't keep ukraine supplied in its fight against a decrepit russian military, what would happen to american forces in a war against the number-one threat, china? >> the united states was critically short of a couple of key munitions, particularly long-range anti-ship missiles. >> reporter: kansian recenty directed a war game in which the u.s. tried to stop a chinese invasion of taiwan. did the u.s. in these war games actually run out of these long-range anti-ship missiles? >> yes. the u.s. ran out of these missiles in the first few days of the war.

>> reporter: even though it ran out of the missiles, the u.s. won the war game by stopping the chinese invasion but lost dozens of ships, hundreds of aircraft, and thousands of troops. norah. >> david martin, thank you. it was a big day in the double murder trial of disgraced former attorney alex murdaugh. murdaugh took the stand sobbing at times. he surprisingly admitted he lied to police. cbs's scott macfarlane was in the south carolina courtroom. >> the whole truth and nothing but the truth. >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: just moments after taking the stand, alex murdaugh, part of a family legal dynasty in south carolina, denied being a murderer. >> i didn't shoot my wife or my soon anytime, ever. >> reporter: but he admitted lying to police about being at the crime scene, the family's dog kennel just before the killings. he blamed para-knowia and an opioid addiction. >> you continued lying after that night, did you not?

>> once i lied, i continued to lie, yes, sir. >> why? >> you know, what a tangled web we weave. >> reporter: his attorneys played murdaugh's 911 call that night in june 2021. >> did they shoot themes? >> reporter: he testified he'd attempted suicide. >> i meant for him to shoot me so i'd be gallon. >> reporter: and acknowledged stealing money from his legal practice. >> i was spending so much money on pills. >> reporter: prosecutors argue he killed to distract from his financial misdeeds. and late today, they sought to poke holes in murdaugh's credibility. >> you had to sit down and deal with these people and convince them you were telling them the truth in order to steal this money, correct? >> i can't say that. i can say i did wrong. i stole money that wasn't mine, and i shouldn't have done it. >> reporter: his surviving son testified murdaugh was a loving father. he sat with other relatives who were in the courtroom today and grew emotional when murdaugh did. cross-examination resumes here

tomorrow. norah. >> scott macfarlane, thank you. homicide in florida is fatally shot. the shocking details next.

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fired. >> reporter: he's accused of murdering a woman wednesday morning in this orlando neighborhood only to return hours later and open fire on a news reporter and photographer covering the story and then a mother and child in a nearby home. in the end, 9-year-old tiana major was killed along with spectrum news 13 reporter dylan lyons. fellow journalists were shaken. >> we go home at night afraid that something like this will occur. >> reporter: colleagues and friends are now paying tribute to lyons, who was 24 years old and engaged to be married. >> he loved the community, telling the stories of people reporting on the news, and he was just passionate about what he did. >> reporter: jesse walden, the news photographer and the mother of the 9-year-old girl remain in this hospital tonight. the sheriff said the suspect has a long criminal history, but he's not talking, so they haven't been able to determine a motive yet. norah. >> manny bojorquez, thank you.

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the other big story today, transportation secretay pete buttigieg visited the site of that toxic train derailment in ohio just as federal investigators released their preliminary findings. their report confirms that a wheel bearing severely overheated to over 250 degrees above normal. the crew received an alert and tried to slow down just before the wreck. state environmental officials now estimate that more than 40,000 fish have died from toxic contamination in nearby waterways. there's a big development in the special counsel investigation into the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. cbs news is first to report that federal prosecutors have asked a federal judge to compel former vice president mike pence to testify in that investigation. lawyers for former president trump are trying to block pence's testimony, arguing that private conversations with the president should remain

confidential. when we come back, we'll check in with a family that fled the violence in ukraine and found comfort when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune in. you'll be inspired, you'll be encouraged. i'm looking forward to seeing you right here. you are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race that's been designed for you.

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it's just amazing of what god can do with you. finally tonight, as we mark one year of the russian invasion of ukraine, we wanted to check in on a family we met while visiting poland last year. when we first met ohla, her family had just fled the violence in ukraine. the family left in such a hurry with only a few clothes, leaving behind loved ones, including their dogs and cats. last year, ohla told us she didn't know where they were going or where they would end up but were happy to be in poland. one year later -- >> it's wonderful to see you. >> translator: also so glad to see you. >> they're still in poland, in the same house with a woman who was once a stranger.

barbara, a retiree in warsaw, gave up her bed for the family of four. has barbara become a part of your family? >> translator: yes. it's a part of our family, number one. >> reporter: little rema and school,eadoingwell. but theemories of their old life linger. >> translator: i left my best friend, ana, at my private school. >> reporter: a year ago, they were happy to have a place to stay. but now with no end in sight for the war, the hope of returning home is diminishing. ohla, what is your hope for the future? >> translator: i hope the war will end soon, and i know that it's going to take some time to recover. but i believe that my country is strong. >> reporter: strong like ohla, leaving all she knows behind and starting over. from the "uss nimitz" in the western pacific ocean, i'm norah o'donnell. good night.

this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. a federal judge has ruled that former president donald trump may be deposed in lawsuits filed by two former fbi officials. the ex-employees allege they were targeted for retribution after a probe into russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. 2 million ca sorry air fryers have been recalled over reports of burns and property damage. the u.s. consumer product safety commission is urging consumers to immediately stop using the appliances. and rihanna returns to the stage, this time at the oscars. the pop star will sing "lift me up" from black panther, wakanda forever, at the 95th academy

awards on march 12th. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." reporting tonight from the "uss nimitz." good evening and thank you for joining us. tonight we're broadcasting live aboard the "uss nimitz." and while we can't give you our exact location, we can tell you we are here in the western pacific ocean. we landed here just moments ago after boarding a c-2 greyhound in guam and landing on the deck of this massive aircraft carrier that stretches nearly 1,100 feet long. that's more than three football fields. and about this exact location on the ship, it's called vulture's row.

it is a viewing platform high above the flight deck where the crew and others can observe the flight operations below. russia unleashed the lstng one n groundasion eurnce we've t repa d'agata anfr with cbs's david martin, takes an in-depth look at the billions of dollars in military aid for ukraine. all this as the u.s. prepares for a potential conflict with china. tonight the u.s. is confirming that they're going to be sending additional troops to taiwan. that is big news. it is historic because the troops will deploy to the crucial island to help build out a training program amid increasing tensions with china. it's here in the western pacific where america's naval power is on full display.

the "uss nimitz" with more than 60 planes and 5,000 sailors. guam is where we took off from this morning. it is considered the tip of the spear, one part of the marianas, a strategic location used during world war ii to launch the bombs that forced japan to surrender. today guam houses three military bases -- air force, navy, and now a new home to 5,000 marines, the first new u.s. military base in 70 years. part of a new buildup in the region. defense secretary lloyd austin announcing earlier this month the u.s. will expand its military presence in the philippines. >> that's just part of our efforts to modernize our alliance, and these efforts are especially important as the people's republic of china continues to advance its illegitimate claims in the west philippine sea. >> take a look at america's military might from guam to japan to the philippines.

the chinese foreign minister complaining again this week that it's all an effort to contain china and prevent it from controlling china. >> democracies of the world will stand guard over freedom today, tomorrow, and forever. >> china and russia declared just over a year ago a no-limits friendship. presidents xi and putin set to meet again soon. these pictures show war games and joint naval drills involving china and russia happening right now.chtcng t in ukraine? >> xi jinping is likely watching the war in ukraine very closely because it has both economic implications for china, diplomatic implications for china, and military implications for china. >> toshi yoshihara has spent his career studying the chinese navy. he says xi jinping is learning lessons as the chinese president considers invading taiwan. >> the first is the nuclear saber rattling that putin

engaged in at the outset of the conflict. now, while putin's nuclear threats did not stop the west from helping ukraine, i think it was clear that the united states and its nato allies were very cautious, took putin's words seriously. and so xi jinping might learn that it might be to china's benefit to similarly engage in early nuclear threats. >> republican congressman mike gallagher is a marine veteran and chairs the new house committee sed onhina >> one of thss is ttorsl yo you shld pttend iw, settg the s. now to the day's other top stories. more than 20 million americans are feeling the impact of two powerful winter storms. it's not just blizzard-like conditions but freezing cold. some places saw temperatures 40 degrees below normal. the midwest is getting the worst of it, and cbs's christina

ruffini is in hard-hit minneapolis. >> reporter: from mountains of snow in minneapolis to a blown transformer in detroit, the february cold snap is sending shivers across the u.s. the frozen fallout has left a million people without power. in michigan, a volunteer firefighter was killed after coming into contact with a downed power line. heavy snow collapsed part of this parking garage in wisconsin while the bitter cold broke centuries-old records in parts of colorado, south dakota, and wyoming, where it was negative egrees separate storms slid across the west, dropping nearly 11 inches of snow in portland, close to a record. sin city got a smattering. ♪ let it snow, let it -- ♪ well, let's just say flurry >> reporter: and there was a hail of, well, hail in l.a. >> we're talking like, i don't know, pea-sized hail out here. ow. >> reporter: more than 1,000

flights canceled and more than 4,000 delayed. >> we've changed our flights three times and now this is going to be the fourth. >> reporter: now, as folks around here start to dig out, another storm is heading towards california. the golden state could get as much as a foot, and the national weather service has issued its first blizzard warning for the southern california mountains since 1989. norah. >> christina ruffini, thank you. it was a big day in the double murder trial of disgraced former attorney alex murdaugh. murdaugh took the stand sobbing at times. he surprisingly admitted he lied to police. cb cb cbs's scott macfarlane was in the south carolina courtroom. >> whole truth and nothing but the truth. >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: just moments after taking the stand, alex murdaugh, part of a legal dynasty in south carolina denied being a murderer. >> i didn't shoot my wife or my son anytime, ever. >> reporter: but he admitted lying to police about being at 9 crime scene, the family's dog

kennel, just before the killings. he blamed paranoia and an opioid addiction. >> you continued lying after that night, did you not? >> once i lied, i continued to lie, yes, sir. >> why? >> you know, oh, what a tangled web we weave. >> reporter: his attorneys played murdaugh's 911 call that night in june 2021. >> did they shoot themselves? >> oh, no. hell no. >> reporter: he testified he'd attempted suicide. >> i meant for him to shoot me so i'd be gone. >> reporter: and acknowledged stealing money from his legal practice. >> i was spending so much money on pills. >> reporter: p kil tostrom ncmisdod theyouo poke holes in mur da's credibility. >> you had to sit down and deal with these people and convince them that you were telling them the truth in order to steal this money, correct? >> i can't say that. i can say i did wrong. i stole money that wasn't mine, and i shouldn't have done it. >> reporter: his surviving son testified murdaugh was a loving father. he sat with other relatives who

were in the courtroom today and grew emotional when murdaugh did. cross-examination resumes here tomorrow. norah. >> scott macfarlane,

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm caitlin huey-burns in washington. thanks for staying with us. russia's invasion of ukraine is now in its second year. it's the largest and deadliest conflict in europe since world war ii and shows no signs of ending anytime soon. the war has left hundreds of thousands of combatants dead or wounded, driven millions of ukrainians from their homes, and touched off a humanitarian disaster. charlie d'agata was there when russian troops rolled across the border and looks back on that

day that changed the world. >> reporter: overnight, the lives of millions of people in ukraine changed forever. >> big boom. big boom, guys. >> reporter: we were on the balcony of our safe house in kyiv at around 5:00 a.m. >> three to begin with. >> reporter: when russian president vladimir putin announced the start of a special military operation. moments later, thunderous explosions echoed throughout the capital and more cities throughout the country. europe's biggest invasion since world war ii was under way. despite repeated warnings from the west, a full-scale invasion was unthinkable for the average ukrainian. >> i was shocked. >> reporter: the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, recalled setting his alarm for 3:00 a.m. the night before.

>> 3:00? >> 3:00 in the morning because we have information that it's going to start the invasion. i received a call from military forces from my friends. the invasion started. >> reporter: national security chief oleksiy dan alove showed us official government data charting the first wave of the invasion. the russians were launching air strikes across the nation and ground offensives on multiple fronts. as russian paratroopers landed at the hostomel airfield on the outskirts of kyiv, u.s. intelligence officials predicted the capital itself would fall within 96 hours. the main offensive was expected from the east. >> we understood that it would be battle for the donbas. >> yes. i think that's what we were all expecting. >> yes. but they started everywhere without striking formation. that's why they lose. >> reporter: ukrainians have

criticized government leaders for not warning the public that the invasion was imminent. >> they are prepared, but we tried to stop the panic in our streets. if we will be in a panic regime, people will be fleeing to the border, and it will be the obstacle for our armed forces to move quickly. >> reporter: on those streets of kyiv, president volodymyr zelenskyy made it clear he was staying put. in a brazen walkabout with members of his cabinet. instead, he urged citizens to take up arms, and they did by the thousands. weapons handed out to those who barely knew how to use them. hastily erected barricades and checkpoints went up everywhere, manned by jittery volunteers with guns drawn. day one of a war that still rages on. charlie d'agata, kyiv. in other news this morning, turkey and syria continue to be

rocked by aftershocks from the devastating earthquake that left tens of thousands dead and millions more homeless. most of the deaths are blamed on shoddy construction that caused the buildings to collapse. so could that happen here? well, omar villafranca reports from earthquake-prone southern california. >> reporter: these are not the most sound buildings you can ask for. >> reporter: kyle for jay is preparing l.a. for the big one. >> if it shakes, how does it fail? >> well, the building essentially pancakes. >> reporter: the structural assessor is trying to shore up homes ahead of a potentially massive earthquake, which seismologists say isn't a question of if but when. >> at the time that these buildings were designed and built, they didn't have codes that required seismic design as a factor. >> so here in the distance, we see the san andreas fault. >> reporter: this is what a magnitude 7.8 earthquake near los angeles could look like. >> the ground is literally

moving up and down, but it's also moving sideways as they waves are coming through the basin. >> reporter: it's the same magnitude quake that rocked turkey and syria earlier this month. structural engineer kit miyamoto went to turkey to survey the damage. >> it was like a picture from the hiroshima nuclear blast. miles after miles completely flattened out. >> do you feel that southern california is on borrowed time when it comes to a big earthquake? >> that's 100% guaranteed. i mean there will be a gigantic earthquake happening in southern california. >> reporter: l.a. has mandates to retrofit thousands of structures known as soft story and non-ductile concrete buildings, the same kind that collapsed in turkey. torje says it's a race against time. how many of these are around? >> there's an estimated 20,000 buildings or more in l.a. county. >> reporter: california building code already requires new construction to better withstand earthquakes. but for many older buildings across los angeles, the deadline

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the war in ukraine has become a battle of trench warfare not seen since world war i. if you want to know what that's like, they've remade the movie "all quiet on the western front." mark phillips spoke to the director. >> reporter: you wouldn't have thought a book that has sold more than 40 million copies and been made into a movie twice before would need another remake. >> i wanted to make the experience as physical and visceral as possible for you. >> reporter: director edward bergerary new version of all quiet on the western front has come at a time when the world doesn't need more vividly manufactured war scenes on its screens. it's getting plenty of the real thing from the war in ukraine, which is also proving again that the lessonsf history are

rarely learned. that may be good enough reason for a refresher course. the netflix version is so effectively done, it's been nominated for nine academy awards, incluerger r best direc. >> so we really tried to put you into the shoes of these kids, to really feel that panic and the vibrating ground. >> reporter: all quiet on the western front follows german soldiers descending into the hell of the trenches of the first world war. it's still considered amongst the most powerful anti-war stories ever written. the original book by german first world war veteran eric maria remark was an immediate yi sensation when it was published in 1929. but it was also controversial. the nazis considered it so

defeatist and ungerman, they banned it and wn is ascardiore o o holod i and in 1979 made for tv version which ran on cbs won a golden globe and an emmy. the brutal battle scenes in the current version, berger says, are there for a reason. >> we didn't want to make a violent movie for violence sake. we wanted to make a movie that grabs you by the lapel, drags through the mud and giving you a very subjective feeling. in my opinion, it has to be violent and brutal to the edge because everything else would be propaganda. >> reporter: but the fact that a movie about war is now so topical is mostly an accident. the project actually began three years ago, well before vladimir putin's army rolled into ukraine.

although berger says he did feel at the time that trouble in some form was coming. >>ow wtivay a feelihate admition, brex, orban in hungary, in germany a far-right party rising again. >> you just thought things were in general decline and it was time to remind people of things? >> well, there was general antagonism. >> reporter: the politics may have been different then, but there are plenty of parallels between the first world war and the current war in ukraine. the main character in all quiet on the western front is paul boimer, a german teenager caught up in the nationalistic fervor that sent millions of kids to the front. kids who were told it would all be over soon. but it's a story of almost instant disillusionment.

in the imperial war museum in london, they've reconstructed a first world war trench, which is where we met felix kammerer, who plays paul biomer. it's his first ever role in front of a camera. >> frankly, you don't look like the war hero type. do you think you were kind of cast against type in this movie? >> we weren't aiming for a war hero. we were aiming for a very usual, you know, a very common boy from whose perspective we could look, and it's really about a boy that is, like, millions of others at that time and nowadays too. >> and nowadays it's clear again the so-called war to end all wars didn't. is it all the more relevant because europe's back at war? >> i can see that there are parallels. you know, we see film footage of ukrainians in trenches, and they

also are sheltering from artillery, which of course is a big feature of the first world war. >> reporter: sarah patterson is the curator at the british war museum. is there a moral role for films like this revisiting some of the great military tragedies of our time? >> absolutely. i mean ihink it's great that tno and i think, you know, we are supposed to learn from history even if it doesn't actually happen quite like that in real life, sadly as we see in europe today. >> reporter: in the end, though, it's just a movie and can only do so much. >> of course you're baffled and you're shocked that something like that can happen again and again and again. but at the same time, it just shows the relevance once again of this film, that we can't just stop thinking about war as a topic and war as a reality

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covid lockdowns and other restrictions drove thousands of small restaurants out of business. but some were saved and are actually thriving thanks to tiktok. michael george explains. >> reporter: am reit paul singh came to new york from india to start his own restaurant. he named it angel after his daughter. but just six months after opening, the pandemic shut down the city. >> covid was very tough for you. >> yes, very tough. sometime i came here, i no got any single customer here, and i go home back. >> reporter: but recently he got a boost from an unexpected place, social media. >> the restaurant came known for their bhiriany. the lamb might be our favorite dish here r psi willis and lauren mcgill are food

influencers their channel has more than 400,000 followers on ti tiktok. they like to highlight smaller, lesser known spots like angel. >> really just diving into the research. i like going down a few rabbit holes and seeing what we can find. >> we like to try new stuff, and we don't want to get stuck in our own little bubble. >> reporter: just one post from consuming couple brought in crowds of new customers. >> i get maybe 100 customers. they tell me, i see your video and tiktok. >> my dish, it's got to be torched on fire table side. >> reporter: non life, an l.a. based food blog with 300,000 followers, also encourages viewers to try hidden gems in their community. >> for us, it's really always been passionate about highlighting local restaurants and businesses. >> you just have to get out there and try. like sometimes you're going to like it. sometimes you're not. sometimes you'll love it. but it's all part of the experience. >> reporter: giving their followers a taste of something new while giving restaurants a helping hand. michael george, cbs news, new york.

and that's the overnight news for this friday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm caitlin huey-burns. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. a federal judge has ruled that former president donald trump may be deposed in lawsuits filed by two former fbi officials. the ex-employees allege they were targeted for retribution after a probe into russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. 2 million cosori air fryers have been recalled over reports of burns and property damage. the u.s. consumer product safety commission is urging consumers to immediately stop using the appliances. and rihanna returns to the stage, this time at the oscars. the pop star will sing "lift me up" from "black panther: wakanda forever" at the 95th academy awards on march 12th.

for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. we're here on one of the largest warships in the world, a u.s. navy aircraft carrier that has just returned from the south china sea. and just today, cbs news learning the pentagon plans to increase the number of troops in taiwan as the independent island hopes to hold off chinese aggression. tonight, aboard the "uss nimitz" with 5,000 of america's finest. the concern tonight about the possibility of a new cold war, this time with china. the u.s. warning china may send weapons to russia for the war in ukraine as the world marks one year of putin's invasion.

>> we estimate that they will try to do something on this february. >> with tens of billions of taxpayer dollars going to ukraine, cbs's david martin reports on its impact on america's readiness. >> for a couple of key items, the stockpile is getting low. richard alexander murdaugh wishes to take the stand. >> i didn't shoot my wife or my son anytime, ever. severe winter weather stretching from coast to coast. >> the cold air comes charging in on friday, setting the stage for a huge winter storm in the west. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news" reporting tonight from the "uss nimitz." good evening and thank you for joining us. tonight we're broadcasting live aboard the "uss nimitz," and while we can't give you our

exact location, we can tell you we are here in the western pacific ocean. we landed here just moments ago after boarding a c-2 greyhound in guam and landing on the deck of this massive aircraft carrier that stretches nearly 1,100 feet long. that's more than three football fields. and about this exact location on the ship, it's called vulture's row. it is a viewing platform high above the flight deck where the crew and others can observe the flight operations below. today the world is marking one year in the war in ukraine, when russia unleashed the largest ground invasion in europe since world war ii. we've got reports tonight from ukraine with cbs's charlie d'agata and from the pentagon with cbs's david martin, who takes an in-depth look at the billions of dollars in military aid for ukraine. all this as the u.s. prepares for a potential conflict with china.

tonight the u.s. is confirming that they're going to be sending additional troops to taiwan. that is big news. it is historic because the troops will deploy to the crucial island to help build out a training program amid increasing tensions with china. it's here in the western pacific where america's naval power is on full display. the "uss nimitz" with more than 60 planes and 5,000 sailors. guam is where we took off from this morning. it is considered the tip of the spear, one part of the marianas, a strategic location used during world war ii to launch the bombs that forced japan to surrender. today guam houses three military bases -- air force, navy, and now a new home to 5,000 marines, the first new u.s. military base in 70 years, part of a new buildup in the region.

defense secretary lloyd austin announcing earlier this month the u.s. will expand its military presence in the philippines. >> that's just part of our efforts to modernize our alliance, and these efforts are especially important as the people's republic of china continues to advance its illegitimate claims in the west philippine sea. >> take a look at america's military might from guam to japan to the philippines. the chinese foreign minister complaining again this week that it's all an effort to contain china and prevent it from controlling taiwan. >> democracies of the world will tomorrow, and forever. >> china and russia declared just over a year ago a no-limits friendship. presidents xi and putin set to meet again soon. these pictures show war games and joint naval drills involving china and russia happening right now. how closely is xi jinping and china watching the war in ukraine? >> xi jinping is likely watching

the war in ukraine very closely because it has both economic implications for china, diplomatic implications for china, and military implications for china. >> toshi yoshihara has spent his career studying the chinese navy. he says xi jinping is learning lessons as the chinese president considers invading taiwan. >> the first is the nuclear saber rattling that putin engaged in at the outset of the conflict. now, while putin's nuclear threats did not stop the west from helping ukraine, i think it was clear that the united states and its nato allies were very cautious, took putin's words seriously. and so xi jinping might learn that it might be to china's benefit to similarly engage in early nuclear threats. >> republican congressman mike gallagher is a marine veteran and chairs the new house committee focused on china. >> one of the lessons of ukraine is that when dictators tell you they're going to do something, you should pay attention.

>> president biden has pledged to defend taiwan, setting the u.s. and china up for a possible conflict this decade. >> if this thing really escalated into a conflict between our navies, that would entail a level of destruction and death that we haven't seen for a long, long time. now to the day's other top stories. more than 20 million americans are feeling the impact of two powerful winter storms. it's not just blizzard-like conditions but freezing cold. some places saw temperatures 40 degrees below normal. the midwest is getting the worst of it, and cbs's christina ruffini is in hard-hit minneapolis. >> reporter: from mountains of snow in minneapolis to a blown transformer in detroit, the february cold snap is sending shivers across the u.s. the frozen fallout has left a million people without power. in michigan, a volunteer firefighter was killed after coming into contact with a downed power line.

heavy snow collapsed part of this parking garage in wisconsin while the bitter cold broke centuries-old records in parts of colorado, south dakota, and wyoming, where it was negative 26 degrees. separate storms slid across the west, dropping nearly 11 inches of snow in portland, close to a record. sin city got a smattering. ♪ let it snow ♪ well, let's just say flurry >> reporter: and there was a hail of, well, hail in l.a. >> we're talking like, i don't know, pea-sized hail out here. ow. >> reporter: more than 1,000 flights canceled and more than 4,000 delayed. >> we've changed our flights three times and now this is going to be the fourth. >> reporter: now, as folks around here start to dig out, another storm is heading towards california. the golden state could get as much as a foot, and the national weather service has issued its first blizzard warning for the southern california mountains since 1989. norah. >> christina ruffini, thank you.

the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight, cbs news has learned that the u.s. believes russia will mark the one-year anniversary of the invasion of ukraine with a barrage of missile and drone strikes. cbs's charlie d'agata was in ukraine one year ago when russia launched the largest ground invasion since world war ii, and he reports tonight from kyiv. >> reporter: today, ukrainian troops withstood relentless russian bombardment in vuhledar south of bakhmut, which has been reduced to smoldering ruins after months of heavy battle. this is what russia's lightning

advance has come to, a grinding crawl. a far cry from a year ago when u.s. intelligence predicted the capital, kyiv, would fall within 96 hours. we were on the balcony of our safe house in kyiv at around 5:00 a.m. when russian president vladimir putin announced the start of a special military operation. moments later, thunderous explosions echoed throughout the country. the russians had launched air strikes across the nation and ground offenses on multiple fronts. when russian forces advanced toward the capital, hundreds of thousands tried to flee. >> we tried to stop the panic in our streets. people will be fleeing toward the border, and it will be the obstacle for our armed forces to move quickly. >> reporter: on those streets of kyiv, president volodymyr zelenskyy made it clear he was staying put.

instead, he urged citizens to take up arms, which they did by the thousands. hastily erected barricades and checkpoints went up everywhere, manned by jittery volunteers with guns drawn. overnight, the lives of millions of ukrainians changed forever. and the global repercussions of russia's invasion now extend far beyond the battlefields of ukraine. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy expressed his gratitude to president biden during his unannounced visit here this week for america's support and weapons. but, norah, frontline soldiers tell us they're running out of ammunition in the face of a new russian offensive. >> charlie d'agata, thank you. with the war now entering its second year and the u.s. continuing to provide rockets, guns, and ammunition, there is a growing concern that the u.s. might not have enough military hardware to defend itself and

its allies if needed. cbs's david martin is at the pentagon, where a recent war game showed the u.s. would run out of a key weapon while trying to stop a chinese invasion of taiwan. >> reporter: the production line at the lockheed martin plant in arkansas is gearing up to turn out one new rocket every ten minutes. it's part of the $30 billion in weapons the u.s. has committed to ukraine but just a fraction of the pentagon's staggering $858 billion defense budget. >> this is darn close to being the biggest defense budget that we have ever had. >> reporter: since world war ii, the only time the u.s. spent more on defense was at the igf afghanistan. orrin thompson of the lexington institute says nearly a third of that is spent on weapons. >> that is an amount of money that outstrips the entire economy of most european countries. >> reporter: yet the pentagon is hard pressed to keep ukraine supplied with ammunition.

>> for a couple of key items, the stockpile is getting low. >> what does "low" mean? >> we're at a level where the risk for other war plans becomes great. >> reporter: retired marine colonel mark cancian of the center for strategic and international studies, says ukraine's use of artillery shells far outstrips the pentagon's capacity to make them. >> they're using about as much in a month as we produced in a year. >> reporter: if the u.s. can't keep ukraine supplied in its fight against a decrepit russian military, what would happen to american forces in a war against the number-one threat, china? >> the united states was critically short of a couple of key munitions, particularly long-range anti-ship missiles. >> reporter: cancian recently directed a war game in which the u.s. tried to stop a chinese invasion of taiwan. did the u.s. in these war games actually run out of these long-range anti-ship missiles? >> yes. the u.s. ran out of these missiles in the first few days of the war. >> reporter: even though it ran

out of the missiles, the u.s. won the war game by stopping the chinese invasion but lost dozens of ships, hundreds of aircraft, and thousands of troops. norah. >> david martin, thank you. it was a big day in the double murder trial of disgraced former attorney alex murdaugh. murdaugh took the stand sobbing at times. he surprisingly admitted he lied to police. cbs's scott macfarlane was in the south carolina courtroom. >> the whole truth and nothing but the truth. >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: just moments after taking the stand, alex murdaugh, part of a family legal dynasty in south carolina, denied being a murderer. >> i didn't shoot my wife or my son anytime, ever. >> reporter: but he admitted lying to police about being at the crime scene, the family's dog kennel, just before the killings. he blamed paranoia and an opioid addiction. >> you continued lying after that night, did you not? >> once i lied, i continued to

lie, yes, sir. >> why? >> you know, oh, what a tangled web we weave. >> reporter: his attorneys played murdaugh's 911 call that night in june 2021. >> did they shoot themselves? >> oh, no. hell no. >> reporter: he testified he'd attempted suicide. >> i meant for him to shoot me so i'd be gone. >> reporter: and acknowledged stealing money from his legal practice. >> i was spending so much money on pills. >> reporter: prosecutors argue he killed to distract from his financial misdeeds. and late today, they sought to poke holes in murdaugh's credibility. >> you had to sit down and deal with these people and convince them you were telling them the truth in order to steal this money, correct? >> i can't say that. i can say i did wrong. i stole money that wasn't mine, and i shouldn't have done it. >> reporter: his surviving son testified murdaugh was a loving father. he sat with other relatives who were in the courtroom today and grew emotional when murdaugh did. cross-examination resumes here tomorrow. norah.

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touch, meaning it had just been fired. >> reporter: he's accused of murdering a woman wednesday morning in this orlando neighborhood only to return hours later and open fire on a news reporter and photographer covering the story and then a mother and child in a nearby home. in the end, 9-year-old t'yonna major was killed along with spectrum news 13 reporter dylan lyons. fellow journalists were shaken. >> we go home at night afraid that something like this will occur. >> reporter: colleagues and friends are now paying tribute to lyons, who was 24 years old and engaged to be married. >> he loved the community, telling the stories of people, reporting on the news, and he was just passionate about what he did. >> reporter: jesse walden, the news photographer and the mother of the 9-year-old girl remain in this hospital tonight. the sheriff said the suspect has a long criminal history, but he's not talking, so they haven't been able to determine a motive yet. norah. >> manny bojorquez, thank you.

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the other big story today, transportation secretary pete buttigieg visited the site of that toxic train derailment in ohio just as federal investigators released their preliminary findings. their report confirms that a wheel bearing severely overheated to more than 250 degrees above normal. the crew received an alert and tried to slow down just before the wreck. state environmental officials now estimate that more than 40,000 fish have died from toxic contamination in nearby waterways. there's a big development in the special counsel investigation into the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. cbs news is first to report that federal prosecutors have asked a federal judge to compel former vice president mike pence to testify in that investigation. lawyers for former president trump are trying to block pence's testimony, arguing that private conversations with the president should remain confidential. when we come back, we'll

check in with a family that fled the violence in ukraine and found comfort and safety in the home of a stranger.

finally tonight, as we mark one year of the russian invasion of ukraine, we wanted to check in on a family we met while visiting poland last year. when we first met ola, her family had just fled the violence in ukraine. the family left in such a hurry with only a few clothes, leaving behind loved ones, including their dogs and cats. last year, ola told us she didn't know where they were going or where they would end up but were happy to be in poland. one year later -- >> it's wonderful to see you. >> translator: also so glad to see you. >> they're still in poland, in the same house with a woman who was once a stranger.

barbara, a retiree in warsaw, gave up her bed for the family of four. has barbara become a part of your family? >> translator: yes. it's a part of our family, number one. >> reporter: little rima and 18-year-old veronica are both in school, learning polish and doing well. but the memories of their old life linger. >> translator: i left my best friend anna at my private school. >> reporter: a year ago, they were happy to have a place to stay. but now with no end in sight for the war, the hope of returning home is diminishing. ola, what is your hope for the future? >> translator: i hope the war will end soon, and i know that it's going to take some time to recover. but i believe that my country is strong. >> reporter: strong like ola, leaving all she knows behind and starting over. from the "uss nimitz" in the western pacific ocean, i'm norah o'donnell. good night.

this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. a federal judge has ruled that former president donald trump may be deposed in lawsuits filed by two former fbi officials. the ex-employees allege they were targeted for retribution after a probe into russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. 2 million cosori air fryers have been recalled over reports of burns and property damage. the u.s. consumer product safety commission is urging consumers to immediately stop using the appliances. and rihanna returns to the stage, this time at the oscars. the pop star will sing "lift me up" from "black panther: wakanda forever" at the 95th academy awards on march 12th.

for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. it's it's friday, february 24th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." dramatic testimony. alex murdaugh takes the stand in his own defense. the lie the disgraced lawyer fessed up to the night his wife and son were murdered. wild winter weather. slamming areas coast to coast. some places seeing unprecedented snow totals, and it's not over yet. ukraine on high alert. the u.s. warns russia could take action to mark one year of the invasion. we'll take you to kyiv. good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with dramatic testimony after alex murdaugh took the stand in his murder trial.th