>> the weeks winter storm dumped more than 10 inches of powder in portland making it one of the snowiest days there on record. >> snow so tonight, tornado threat. dangerous storms take aim at the plains. 10 million people at risk. oklahoma in a bull's-eye of trouble. the same system clobbering california. mudslides, rescues, and damage in its wake. also tonight, shipwreck disaster. dozens are dead after a migrant boat breaks apart near italy. battle lines. today vladimir putin says russia's survival is at stake in ukraine. >> i'm in ukraine where the grinding warfare is making life a misery for so many. head of the cia tells cbs news putin's arrogance could be his downfall.

>> putin is right now entirely too confident of his ability to wear down ukraine. plus, millions brace for tougher times at the grocery store as extra federal benefits are cut. and later, go for launch. spacex gets set for nasa's upcoming crewed flight. >> why me? why am i so lucky? >> announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york, with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us tonight. more than 10 million people from texas to missouri are threatened by severe and dangerous weather. oklahoma could see the worst of it with thunderstorms forecast to bring destructive winds as powerful as category 2 hurricane. tornadoes are possible. the same storm system impacted southern california this weekend. look at those pictures with a mix of misery, and it's not

over. cbs's joy benedict leads us off tonight from los angeles. joy, good evening. >> reporter: yeah, good evening, jericka. it has been tough. california is getting a small break but is bracing for more snow and rain to come later on this week. this tree behind me fell on friday, and it is still here, showing just how much need to clean up there still is. roads shut down due to rock slides. apartments red-tagged, deemed unsafe to live in due to toppled trees. and major freeways closed because of heavy snow and dangerous ice. california gets a temporary break to assess the damage before another storm slams the state. the rains have been relentless and prompted several swift-water rescues, including this one in pasadena. about 30 miles north in santa clarita, rv owners are keeping a

close eye on their homes after a cliff collapsed, sending three into the river below. >> it's devastating. >> reporter: heavy snow in some areas up to six feet stranded many, including on california's grapevine, the major artery connecting the southern and northern part of the golden state. smaller highways were also impassable. >> we got up here, and he was out there, and he was like, oh, god, we're going to die. >> reporter: the freezing storm left many shivering and surprised to see snow in such normally sunny spots of san diego and los angeles. >> this was your first time seeing snow? >> yes. >> like ever? >> ever. 48 years, like ever. >> reporter: and the storms have also helped california when it comes to its drought status. they have moved us from the exceptional status, the most extreme of the droughts, to moderate status, and a new update is expected this week. jericka. >> joy benedict for us in los angeles for us. thank you.

let's get some details with meteorologist paul goodloe from our partners at the weather channel. good evening. >> good evening, jericka. right now we're in the midst of a widespread damaging wind and tornado threat across the middle of the country as we head through the evening hours. can't rule out winds gusting 70 plus miles per hour. that pushes through st. louis just before the sun comes up tomorrow. but the northern stretch of this same system is going to bring a mixed bag of weather across the great lakes. that does include the risk of some freezing rain and ice. all the snow and cold air we had from last week is left over. that's going to freeze the rain on contact, so that could be an impactful storm system across the midwest in terms of the ice. meanwhile, in the northeast, maybe the groundhog was right. we could see perhaps one of our biggest snowstorms of the year here, and for some that means a half foot to a foot of snow falling as we wind up on your wednesday morning. we have a lot of weather to monitor over the next several days. >> yes, we do. paul goodloe, thank you. turning to italy, where there's been a deadly disaster

off the coast there. at least 59 people were killed, some of them children, when their overcrowded and wooden fishing boat hit rocky reefs and broke apart. the ship sailed from turkey four days ago with migrants primarily from afghanistan and pakistan. a turkish man believed to be a smuggler who piloted the boat is now in police custody. well, today russian president vladimir putin accused the united states and nato allies of threatening the survival of his country. putin's words and actions in ukraine are drawing scrutiny from the head of the cia. cbs's skyler henry is at the white house to explain. good evening, skyler. >> reporter: hey, jericka. good evening to you. the cia says president putin is, quote, quite determined to grind away at ukraine and believes there will be western political fatigue and russia will eventually win this war. and he's doubling down as concerns are growing that he might have help from another superpower. cia director bill burns says

russian president vladimir putin is overconfident in his ability to wear down ukraine. >> at some point, he's going to have to face up to increasing costs as well in coffins coming home to some of the poorest parts of russia. >> reporter: on "face the nation," burns added that while russia is taking a quote, reputational and economic hit on the global stage, officials are keeping a close eye on the relationship between moscow and beijing. u.s. intelligence reveals china is considering sending lethal support to russia. >> we also don't see that a final decision has been made yet, and we don't see evidence of actual shipments of lethal equipment. it would be a very risky and unwise bet. >> this would be a real mistake because those weapons would be used to bombard cities and kill civilians, and china should want no part of that. >> reporter: as u.s. warns china of possible consequences, tensions are mounting in the south china sea over concerns that what's happening in ukraine

could serve as a blueprint for chinese president xi and his stance on taiwan. >> while maybe ukraine today, it's going to be taiwan tomorrow. we can't put our head in the sand and ignore this. otherwise, the russians will be on the polish border, and chairman xi will invade taiwan. >> now, top chinese economic officials refused to condemn russia's war with ukraine at a g20 economic meeting over the weekend, declining to sign a statement that was agreed to by 18 other member nations. russia also refused to sign. jericka. >> i know that's very concerning for u.s. officials. skyler henry, thank you. today ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy marked nine years since russia's occupation of crimea, tweeting "this is our land," adding the ukrainian flag will return to every corner of the country. cbs's imtiaz tyab reports from kyiv tonight. >> reporter: sheltering underground is the only way to survive in the eastern ukrainian town of vuhledar, where despite

it all, there's still faith this war will end. for emilia, that faith remains unshakeable, even as she and her daughter risk their lives under relentless russian artillery strikes just to gather the basics. >> translator: my sister died nine days ago, she weeps. we have nothing. i have to collect rainwater just so we can wash our hands and clean our dishes. this once well-to-do coal mining town has become one of the most bitterly contested front lines in vladimir putin's war on ukraine. a war now in its second year. in the ruins of vuhledar's streets are ukrainian soldiers, determined to deprive moscow of its desperate desire to control all of the industrial eastern donbas region. "what russia is doing now is a genocide of ukrainians," this soldier says. "we don't have any other option but to win." but the grinding attritional rfare, which have become symbols of ukrainian resistance, makes life a misery for so many.

this evangelical christian minister dressed in camouflage hugs one of vuhledar's last remaining residents. few others are brave enough to bring aid here and all the minister can offer are loaves of bread. 73-year-old valentina says despite it all, she won't leave. "we are frightened, but what can we do?" she says. "we live with it. we just can't say to the russians, don't shoot." now, the front line between ukrainian and russian forces may largely be static, jericka, but it stretches for hundreds of miles from the northwestern russian border all the way to the black sea. and vuhledar is now one of the deadliest hot spots. >> imtiaz tyab, thank you for your reporting as always. back here in the states, the environmental protection agency is now overseeing waste removal operations in east palestine, ohio, nearly a month after an overloaded train derailed and spilled tons of toxic chemicals. today the agency identified

facilities that can accept hazardous material from the crash site. >> today i'm pleased to announce that we have identified epa-certified facilities that will be able to accept at least some of these wastes, meaning that the railroad will be able to restart shipments tomorrow. >> state officials say truckloads of waste have already been delivered to licensed disposal facilities in michigan and texas. well, tonight food advocates are warning of a looming hunger cliff. starting this week, the government is slashing pandemic-era federal funding for millions of americans across the country. cbs's astrid martinez has more on the importance of this funding. >> reporter: jericka, these extra s.n.a.p. benefits have been a lifeline for millions of americans struggling to feed their families during the pandemic. the benefits are days away from ending, and with the cost of food rising, families are

bracing for tougher times at the cash register. for roughly three years, families grappling with the impact of covid-19 shutdowns and job losses qualified for extra money to help put food on the table. data shows the supplemental nutrition assistance program, known as s.n.a.p., kept 4.2 million people out of poverty. but this past december, congress passed a bill ending those extra s.n.a.p. benefits. 18 states already saw benefits expire in february. on march 1st, the remaining 32 states will see those emergency covid-era payments end. households will lose at least $95 a month, but some could see a cut of $250 or more. the s.n.a.p. deductions come as inflation has increased food prices overall about 10% from just a year ago. meanwhile, food banks are rushing to meet an expected increase in demand. >> can you explain to us how badly the situation is?

>> the prices at supermarkets now and the s.n.a.p. benefits reduced, and people are just going to need more help. >> reporter: elderly americans could be hardest hit by these benefit cuts. that's what experts say, as they are the ones to receive the minimum monthly benefits. jericka. >> astrid martinez for us tonight, thank you. to the kennedy space center in florida now. this is launch pad 39-a, once used to launch saturn rockets and astronauts to the moon. now the spacex rocket is set to blast off at 1:45 a.m. eastern, carrying a crew of four to the international space station. cbs's mark strassmann is there. >> reporter: after months of training, this crew, like all astronauts before them, recognizes certain truths about life in space. it can be unpredictable and unforgiving. >> russian flight controllers have been noticing a stream of particles coming out of the soyuz ms-22 vehicle.

>> reporter: back in december, a micro-meteoroid flying 15,000 miles per hour punctured the radiator of a soyuz capsule docked to the iss, leaking coolant into space. suddenly stranded, two cosmonauts and an american scheduled to head home. >> and liftoff, a new ride back to earth. >> reporter: last thursday, russia had to launch a replace. soyuz to retrieve them. tonight's launch will be with a different spacecraft, but the threat is the same. >> that risk has always been there. >> reporter: steve bowen is this new mission's commander. he remembers taking a spacewalk once and seeing a shooting star below his feet. >> it's a real risk, and it's a known risk. our capability of tracking that debris is improved, but it's not perfect. it's never far from our thoughts either. >> no risk, no reward. >> that's true of anything in life. >> reporter: he's leading three space rookies, one from russia, another from the united arab emirates, and the third, nasa astronaut woody hoburg.

>> there's a little bit of why me? why am i so lucky to be here? >> reporter: in a way, hoburg is bringing someone special with him on this mission. it's a photo of james hoburg, his late father, his biggest cheerleader as an active kid with big dreams growing up in pittsburgh. >> he was always there. he always showed up for things. he would have loved to see my launch. >> he'll be a presence in space with you. >> absolutely. >> because without him, you wouldn't be there either. >> no way. >> reporter: like its commander, this crew dragon capsule is a space veteran, making its fourth trip to the iss. it's a reminder, jericka, that space risks remain a constant, but space travel in this commercial era has fundamentally changed. >> mark strassmann for us, thank you for that reporting. straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, one small town may have the blueprint to fixing the nation's growing child care crisis. >> plus, tracking an overnight celebrity in the big apple.

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