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remain behind bars. >> jeff pegues, thank you. tonight, the showdown between the united states government and tiktok is coming to a head. the biden administration has issued an ultimatum to the popular video-sharing app to part ways with its chinese-owned parent company or face a nationwide ban over national security concerns. with more, here's cbs's anna werner. ♪ >> reporter: new calls for a crackdown on tiktok. national security council spokesman john kirby on the takeout with major garrett. >> we have national security concerns over tiktok and the way the people that run that app conduct themselves and the capabilities inside that app. >> reporter: the company confirms the biden administration is threatening to ban the app in the u.s. unless its chinese owners sell their stakes in the company. one top concern identified by u.s. officials and members of congress, the potential for china's government to use americans' data to further a
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political agenda. cybersecurity expert zach doffman. >> so what tiktok could do is start to unz behaviors, aptitudes, likelihood to vote in a particular direction based on what it sees en masse in a region. and then it could be used to push a particular viewpoint. >> reporter: a tuck tok spokesperson said the company is disappointed with the administration's threat and said tiktok has been working on solutions, including moving u.s. user data to cloud servers in the u.s. in a new interview, tiktok's ceo told "the wall street journal" it won't matter what the chinese law or any law says because we're taking u.s. user data and we're putting it out of their reach. another consideration for the administration, doveman says, an all-out ban might be a tough sell. >> it's just not clear-cut. i don't think people are buying into the threat. >> reporter: members of congress will be able to ask tiktok's ceo questions themselves next week when he testifies in front of a house committee.
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norah. >> that will be a blockbuster hearing. anna werner, thanks so much. tonight an alarming new report from the cdc shows the number of american women who died while giving birth or shortly afterwards spiked dramatically during the covid pandemic, with women of color being the most impacted. there were more than 1,200 maternal deaths in 2021. that's up 60% since 2019. and the u.s. maternal mortality rate is now at its highest point since 1965. what's happening? here's cbs's caitlin huey-burns. >> praise the lord. >> reporter: 23-year-old selena martin was thrilled when she found out she was pregnant, but she was also concerned about getting the kind of care she needed. >> one of my biggest anxieties was if i have to go to the hospital, i may not make it. >> reporter: the stakes for pregnant women like martin are high. mortality rates among black women are nearly three times higher compared to white women, a sharp increase from previous
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years. >> there is certain levels of fear. >> reporter: kai bindberg is an adteorater andnfant heth. what do those numbers say to you? >> i think that it's contributed to a lot of things -- medical coverage, even access to care, like prenatal care. here in georgia as an example, there's counties that don't even have a labor and delivery unit. that's unconscionable. >> reporter: one thing that could help is having a doula, someone who guides women through the complexities of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, martin has one for her own delivery next month. >> i think the biggest thing that a doula can do for you is empower you. it's like calling your best friend. that's what we need. we need to know that we're being uplifted and taken seriously. >> reporter: the states with the highest maternal mortality rates tend to be in the south, like
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in tonight's eye on america, cbs's david martin shows us how the army is looking to the future by going back to a classic. >> reporter: the army is rolling out its big guns. >> you're going to have the possibilities to be all that you can be. >> reporter: the nation's top soldier, sergeant major michael grinson has come to dunbar high in washington, d.c. armed with a new recruiting slogan. >> be all you can be. >> to be all you can be. >> reporter: sound familiar? ♪ be all that you can be ♪ >> reporter: back in the 1980s and '90s, that jingle was everywhere. but this is no replay. >> we are reinventing "be all you can be" for generation z. >> major jen alex fink is the man behind the campaign. strategically launched during march madness with hollywood glamour. jonathan major, star of creed iii, walking through army
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history. >> why is that going to appeal to a young audience? >> jonathan majors. we needed somebody who was popular with gen z. >> what reasons did young people give you for not wanting to join the army? >> risk of dying or injury. >> mm-hmm. iends. pt athiriseaving famil ad ou'reti more likely to die in a work-related accident than you are in the army. >> reporter: but gen z seem buried in their phones, and antonio graham doesn't want to leave home. >> the only reason i wouldn't join the army is because i don't feel like taking a big detachment issue away from my mother. i really love my mother. >> reporter: this woman liked what she heard. >> did it make you want to join the army? >> yes. >> what did you think of that slogan, be all that you can be? >> be all you can be. i really agree with it. i agree with that slogan. i do. >> reporter: roberts was one of 20 recruiting leads the army says it got out of this be all
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former university of georgia defensive lineman jaylen carter pleaded no contest today to charges stemming from a crash in january that killed a teammate and team staffer. carter projected to be a top pick in next month's nfl draft, was sentenced to a year of probation and 80 hours of community service. carter was accused of racing against another suv that crashed just hours after the bulldogs celebrated their second straight national championship.
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now to this important consumer alert. pfizer is recalling its prescription migraine drug, nur tech odt after millions of its tablets hit store shelves without child resistant packaging. officials say customers don't have to throw away the medication, but they could contact pfizer for a free child-resistant pouch. pfizer is now developing new packaging for the drug. finally tonight, march madness is here, and just a few games into round one, it's living up to its name. >> he threw it away. >> number 4 seed university of virginia was defeated by 13th seeded thurman university from south carolina, who is in the tournament for the first time in 43 years. and 15 seed princeton stunned 2 seed arizona for their first tournament win in 25 years. well, that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back later for
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"cbs mornings." remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. most of north texas was under a severe weather as heavy storms hit the region. strong winds, flooded roadways, and hail the size of tennis balls have been reported. the family of a female soldier who died at fort hood alleges she was sexually harassed at the texas base. the army says private anna ruiz died by suicide, adding there was no foul play. it follows a string of recent soldier deaths at the beleaguered base. and french president emmanuel macron used special constitutional power to push a new bill raising france's retirement age.
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the controversial move comes after months of protest over this proposal. 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." well, tonight tens of millions of americans are under weather alerts with severe storms sweeping across the southern plains, bringing heavy rain and possible tornadoes. plus, america's military services are falling short of their recruitment goals. how the u.s. army hopes to change that. but first, the dramatic new video showing the physical confrontation between a u.s. surveillance drone and two russian fighter jets over the black sea. this video, released by the pentagon, showed the warplanes making several aggressive maneuvers near the drone and dumping fuel on it.
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this is the moment one jet got too close and collided with the propeller. the pentagon released pictures of the damage moments before the drone crashed into the black sea. cbs's ed o'keefe has all the new details and will start us off tonight from the white house. good evening, ed. >> reporter: good evening, norah. one white house official today said the russians have been, quote, flat-out lying when they say two russian jets never touched the drone. and now they've released the images to prove it. the footage shows russian jets making two passes from behind the drone, dousing it in a cloudy stream of fuel before one clips its propeller. separate still images show what the drone's propeller looked like before and after. the damage forcing american operators to let it glide down into the black sea. the visual evidence appears to refute russia's claims that neither of its jets hit the drone. >> we felt that it was important to provide this imagery. >> reporter: one u.s. official tells cbs news it was clear the russian pilot meant to drench the drone in gasoline but cut it too close. norah spoke with the navy's top
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officer for "60 minutes" sunday. >> how often do these type of dangerous maneuvers happen? with the russian military? >> we were operating in close proximity to the russians fairly often, and the vast majority of those interactions are safe, and they're professional. but what happened with that drone over the black sea was unsafe, and it was unprofessional, and it was in violation of international law. >> reporter: cbs news has learned the russian pilots weren't going rogue but following orders from military leaders to harass the drone. florida republican senator marco rubio today suggested giving the unmanned drones wingmen. >> i think our response should be to fly more of these in that area and to potentially have them escorted by u.s. fighter jets, who are manned and have the capability to respond. >> reporter: but white house officials said that would bring great risk to american pilots and potentially escalate the crisis. some of the drone wreckage found along the surface of the black sea was recovered today by russian ships. but they've since left the area because it's within missile range of ukrainian forces.
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and now cbs news has learned the erations over the k ses one and whether the inteence collection is worth the risk of escalation. norah. >> ed o'keefe, thank you. wall street rallied today after banking regulators announced that nearly a dozen of the nation's largest banks agreed to inject $30 billion into first republic. it is an effort to restore confidence in the banking sector. today treasury secretary janet yellen faced tough questions from the senate about the ongoing turmoil. cbs's scott macfarlane is on capitol hill. >> reporter: california-based first republic bank becomes the third u.s. bank this week rescued from collapse. the infusion of $30 billion to save the troubled lender came from 11 of the nation's largest financial institutions. first republic had lost a quarter of its value by noon today and rattled markets. it would later rebound, but wall street traders said this was only a short-term fix. >> is that a long-term solution?
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i don't think so. are there other companies that have exposure to the bigger systemic problem? very possibly. >> reporter: nervous first republic customers have seen their bank's value plummet since silicon valley bank collapsed last week. >> i was definitely concerned with the financial situation, you know, after the two banks went under. >> reporter: treasury secretary janet yellen, who negotiated today's rescue with, among others, jpmorgan's jamie dimon, went to capitol hill today to quiet the concerns. >> i can reassure the members of the committee that our banking system is sound and that americans can feel confident that their deposits will be there when they need them. >> reporter: democrats said former trump and republicans were responsible for the latest crisis for lifting post-great recession bank regulations in 2018, though some democrats also supported it. >> pretty obvious we need some stronger rules here. >> reporter: iowa republican chuck grassley, who voted to loosen those regulations five years ago, said biden administration regulators should
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have detected and stopped these banks from taking dangerous risks. >> this administration has a great deal of responsibility for the bank failures that we had. >> reporter: republicans also pressed the treasury secretary about whether other banks across america can expect similar rescues. she responded only if there is fear of significant economic and financial consequences. norah. >> interesting to hear all that. scott macfarlane, thank you so much. with the army falling short of its recruitment goals last year, the pentagon knew something needed to change. in tonight's eye on america, cbs's david martin shows us how the army is looking to the future by going back to a classic. >> reporter: the army is rolling out its big guns. >> you're going to have the possibilities to be all that you can be. >> reporter: the nation's top soldier, sergeant major michael grinston has come to dunbar high in washington, d.c. armed with a new recruiting slogan.
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>> be all you can be. >> to be all you can be. >> reporter: sound familiar? ♪ be all that you can be ♪ >> reporter: back in the 1980s and '90s, that jingle was everywhere. but this is no replay. >> we are reinventing "be all you can be" for generation z. >> major general alex fink is the man behind the campaign. >> welcome to the ncaa men's basketball -- >> reporter: strategically launched during march madness with hollywood glamour. jonathan major, star of creed iii, walking through army history. >> why is that going to appeal to a young audience? >> jonathan majors. we needed somebody who was popular with gen z. >> what reasons did young people give you for not wanting to join the army? >> risk of dying or injury. >> mm-hmm. >> the fear of ptsd and the third one is leaving family and friends. >> but you're actually three times more likely to die in a work-related accident than you
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are in the army. >> reporter: but gen z seemed buried in their phones, and antonio graham doesn't want to leave home. >> the only reason i wouldn't join the army is because i don't feel like taking a big detachment issue away from my mother. i really love my mother. >> reporter: antilae roberts liked what she heard. >> did it make you want to join the army? >> yes. >> what did you think of that slogan, be all that you can be? >> be all you can be. i really agree with it. i agree with that slogan. i do. >> reporter: roberts was one of 20 recruiting leads the army says it got out of this "be all you can be" session. 20 leads usually produce 2 actual recruits. the army needs 65,000. for eye on america, david martin at dunbar high school, washington, d.c. tonight, the threat of severe weather is moving into the southern u.s. with thunderstorms, strong winds, and possible tornadoes.
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm catherine herridge in washington. thanks for staying with us. nasa is gearing up for a return to the moon. the artemis iii mission set for 2025 will include a new rocket, capsule, and spacesuits for the crew. when design of the suits fell behind schedule, nasa turned to a private company, axiom space, to handle the task. mark strassmann traveled to houston and got a look. >> reporter: spacesuits.
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to go back to the moon, nasa's closet needed a refresh. in space, to dress for success is a matter of survival. >> how hard is this? >> very. it is -- it is very, very challenging. >> reporter: russell ralston works for axiom space. last september, nasa hired the houston aerospace company to build a new spacesuit for the first artemis moon landing mission to the lunar south pole. here, shadowed craters are home to some of the coldest temperatures in the solar system, almost 400 degrees below zero. >> going into a permanently shaded region on the moon is something that's never been done before by anything. >> reporter: nasa spent 15 years developing its own next-generation moonsuit before outsourcing the project to axiom. the company adapted more than half of nasa's design. >> so this is it? >> yes. it's pretty close. inevitably we'll tweak a couple things, but in large part,
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that's pretty much the suit. >> reporter: with one notable cosmetic difference -- the color. the outer layer will be white, made of mylar and kevlar. so the actual flight suit will look more like this. >> what about this suit would make neil and buzz and the apollo guys jealous? >> oh, probably everything. i think this suit is going to have a huge leap forward in terms of mobility. >> oh. >> reporter: the apollo suits were bulky, inflexible. moonwalking astronauts often fell. getting back up looked like slap stick. >> it was hard work. >> reporter: charlie duke was the tenth man to walk on the moon. >> oh, man. >> reporter: he remembers even the simplest of tasks, like picking up a hammer, was a struggle. >> working against that suit was demanding. squeezing the gloves and moving the arms and trying to bend over. so it was exhausting.
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>> can't do it. can't get down that far. >> this suit will be much easier to walk in or to do a lot of the same tasks that they did back in apollo and more, but to do it in a little bit easier way. >> reporter: axiom engineer russell kelly slipped into the suit to show us how flexible it can be. >> you do that pretty easily. >> oh, yeah. it's -- it's not too bad. >> reporter: it's a top-to-bottom redesign. the helmet's greater visibility and these boots were made for moonwalking. thermally insulated for the moon's south pole. >> can you hit a golf ball in this suit? >> i think so. >> i think you can. >> reporter: and until now, no spacesuit was ever designed to fit a women. peggy whitson is director of human space flight at axiom. the former nasa astronaut has spent more time in space than any american and completed ten spacewalks wearing suits now
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more than four decades old. >> in some of them, i couldn't even get my hands together. that makes it hard to do a lot of detailed and delicate tasks. >> just to have a suit that fits -- >> oh, it's huge. >> reporter: this 24th century spacesuit is made with 21st technology. laser cutters precisely slice different fabrics. these 3-d printers build components, saving time and money. but some parts are still assembled the old-fashioned way. in axiom's sewing room, we met zach. his resume includes the houston ballet and cirque du soleil. his new challenge, space gloves. >> there is definitely an avid sense of responsibility with space work. >> this is more exacting? >> this is more exacting, yeah. exactly. >> reporter: axiom's suit prototypes will eventually be tested here, at nasa's neutral bhoi yancy laboratory. part of the 40 foot deep pool
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simulates the landscape. >> we can mimic partial gravity already laura kearney oversees the program and will democracy sure axiom is meeting requirements. >> it's going to give us a great indication of how mobile the suit is and what kind of fatigue the crew members are going to feel after working for six or seven hours. >> reporter: making a suit for an astronaut is no ordinary trip to a tailor, and axiom knows the stakes. >> i go to church with the astronauts. we see them when we're getting groceries. we know their kids. the products we're making, their life is going to depend on that, so it's something we take extremely seriously. >> reporter: the moon seems closer than ever, and this new suit is a big step. mark strassmann in houston. many industrialized countries are facing a daunting problem, shrinking populations. and the worst population decline is under way in south korea. the country's birthrate is now the lowest in the world with south korea's population
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projected to shrink by more than a quarter by 2070. that has major consequences for everything from the workforce to pensions. one reason for the decline, the high cost of raising children. elizabeth palmer reports. ♪ >> reporter: south korea's most precious resource is dwindling. for every 100 korean women, fewer than 80 babies are being born. marketing manager chun ahn has decided to buck that trend. she's expecting a brother for this 3-year-old in just a few weeks. how difficult was it to decide to have another one? >> very hard. >> reporter: it was only possible because there's day care right in her office building, a perk of working for the giant conglomerate cj foods. >> they also offer extra paid leave for the pregnant workers so they can go and see the doctors on a regular basis. >> and is that unusual?
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korea? >> i think so, yeah. it's only for, like, a big majo >> reporter: most koreans aren't that lucky. on average, they work some of the longest hours in the industrialized world, and it's women who usually do the cooking and cleaning. so a child piles on even more stress. on the weekends, central seoul's skating rink offers fresh air and freedom from the grind of that hyper competitive society. do you hope to have a family one day? this couple are soon to be marrieds. they aren't sure they can afford a baby. "there is such a lot of pressure to get ahead," she told me. so private education is not an option. it's a must. korea is the most expensive country in the world to raise a child, partly because success depends on getting top grades at the very best schools.
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for the lees, who welcomed the little one four months ago, but the mom says the bills started to pile up the minute she got pregnant. hospitals? >> yeah, hospital. >> and doctors? korea's government has spent $200 billion to boost the birthrate, including a monthly subsidy to help with baby expenses. those, of course, are just the beginning. >> good school. good university. eventually good partner or wife. it starts here and goes for decades. "and before he gets to elementary school," she says, i'd like him to learn basics like maybe martial arts or swimming. these tiny creatures turn into such giant commitments. the country may want more of them, but more and mor you peopleiding korea.le, they can doithout.ele
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signs asking drivers to slow down for children at play. in japan, those signs have grown from a safety warning to a cultural phenomenon. lucy craft reports. >> reporter: in recent years, child alert signs have become a fixture of american neighborhoods. but in japan, kid warning signs, colorful and even cartoon-like, date back almost half a century. peering out of blind alleys. working behind utility poles. and team-tagging at intersections. for good measure, one on every corner. these city streets belong to an army of painted plywood urchins signaling motorists to slow down. "everybody pay as tension when there's a running boy sign," this crossing guard told us. this youngster said, "the sign tells drivers to check both ways for kids." i'm in the birthplace of running boy, the city of higashi outside
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kyoto. it's hard to overstate how much the people of this town love these signs. there are literally thousands of them everywhere. running boy signs date back to the 1970s when japan's road fatalities hit an all-time high. desperate residents turned to the hisadas, a family of signboard makers. instead of printed messages, they sawed boards into the shape of a 7-year-old poised on the brink of dashing into traffic. running boy has helmet hair, a determined mouth, and beady eyes. painted in stoplight red and yellow, even his outfit says, hit the brakes. yoichi mayumi, a manager for the city's welfare council, oversees running boy sign campaigns. there's even a line of spin-off merchandise. in higashi.
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o running boy has been around for so long, he said. one local man was so inspired by the sprinting sprouts, he occasionally suits up and takes to the seets himself, flagging motorists as a larger than life running boy. nowadays, japanese roads are vastly safer, but traffic engineers like saitama university's hisa chi kubota says running boy has nothing to do with it. putting up safety signs or painting warningement sawork few days, h but afr th, studies show drivers just ignore them. what drivers can't ignore are road alterations like speed humps which force speeds down to around 20 miles per hour. he said, to ensure drivers slow down, the only sure method is constructing physical infrastructure. advocates concede the real
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the countdown has begun to the 2024 summer olympics in paris. and although the opening ceremonies are still about 500 days away, the french have a lot of work ahead of them. tina kraus reports. >> reporter: olympic organizers are racing to be ready for paris 2024. the french president tweeted today, d minus 500, signaling the countdown to next summer's games. and the olympic committee president promised to open the most beautiful window for the world of sports. in an unusual move, the opening ceremony will be held outdoors with up to 600,000 spectators crowding bridges and riverbanks to watch about 10,000 athletes sail past famous landmarks on a
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nearly four-mile river route. critics call the event a security nightmare, but olympic officials say they're confident they can pull it off safely. a huge push is under way to clean up the river seine, where swimming has been banned for the last century because of pollution. authorities promise it will be transformed and swimmable for competitors. athletes around the world are in training. in ukraine's capital city, sisters marin na and vlad slau va keep at it even as the war with russia rages outside. >> sometimes we can hear boom, boom or something. >> reporter: dozens of countries are urging the international olympic committee to ban russian athletes from the games. with the mayor of paris saying it's unthinkable they would be allowed to compete. the ioc is vowing not to let politics interfere with the participation of individual athletes. tina kraus, cbs news.
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and that's the overnight news for this friday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm catherine herridge. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. most of north texas was under a severe weather warning as heavy storms hit the region. strong winds, flooded roadways, and hail the size of tennis balls have been reported. the family of a female soldier who died at fort hood alleges she was sexually harassed at the texas base. the army says private ana basaldua ruiz died by suicide, adding there was no foul play. it follows a string of recent soldier deaths at the beleaguered base. and french president emmanuel macron used special constitutional power to push a new bill raising france's retirement age. the controversial move comes
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sal. fomore, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or conn. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. tonight, dramatic new video shows the moment that russian fighter jet harassed an american surveillance drone. here are tonight's top headlines. watch in this newly declassified video as a russian jet dumps fuel on a u.s. reaper drone and clips its propeller. our exclusive interview with the member of the joint chiefs. >> what happened with that drone over the black sea was unsafe, and it was unprofessional, and it was in violation of international law. breaking news. another bank facing failure is bailed out the same day the treasury secretary faces tough questions about svb. >> there can be contagion in situations like this. a troubling new cdc report
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reveals the maternal mortality rate rose by 39%. s. at's our next geration. tiktok's ultimatum from the biden administration. >> the biden administration is also demanding that tiktok's chinese parent company divest itself from the social media platform, or it might see a nationwide ban. and check those brackets. it's time for march madness. >> furman has not been to the ncaa tournament in 43 years, and they pulled the first round upset. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." well, tonight tens of millions of americans are under weather alerts with severe
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storms sweeping across the southern plains, bringing heavy rain and possible tornadoes.us, services are falling short of their recruitment goals. how the u.s. army hopes to change that. but first, the dramatic new video showing the physical confrontation between a u.s. surveillance drone and two russian fighter jets over the black sea. this video released by the pentagon shows the warplanes making several aggressive maneuvers near the drone and dumping fuel on it. this is the moment one jet got too close and collided with the propeller. the pentagon released pictures of the damage moments before the drone crashed into the black sea. cbs's ed o'keefe has all the new details and will start us off tonight from the white house. good evening, ed. >> reporter: good evening, norah. one white house official today said the russians have been, quote, flat-out lying when they say two russian jets never touched the drone. and now they've released the images to prove it. the footage shows russian jets making two passes from behind
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the drone, dousing it in a cloudy stream of fuel before one clips its propeller. separate still images show what the drone's propeller looked like before and after. the damage forcing american operators to let it glide down into the black sea. the visual evidence appears to refute russia's claims that neither of its jets hit the drone. >> we felt that it was important to provide this imagery. >> reporter: one u.s. official tells cbs news it was clear the russian pilot meant to drench the drone in gasoline but cut it too close. norah spoke with the navy's top officer for "60 minutes" this sunday. >> how often do these types of dangerous maneuvers happen with the russian military? >> we are operating in close proximity to the russians fairly often. and the vast majority of those interactions are safe, and they're professional. but what happened with that drone over the black sea was unsafe, and it was unprofessional, and it was in violation of international law. >> reporter: cbs news has learned the russian pilots weren't going rogue but following orders from military
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leaders to harass the drone. florida republican senator marco rubio today suggested giving the unmanned drones wingmen. >> i think our response should be to fly more of these in that area and to potentially have them escorted by u.s. fighter jets, who are manned and have the capability to respond. >> reporter: but white house officials said that would bring great risk to american pilots and potentially escalate the crisis. some of the drone wreckage found along the surface of the black sea was recovered today by russian ships. but they've since left the area because it's within missile range of ukrainian forces. and now cbs news has learned the u.s. is reassessing its drone operations over the black sea and whether the intelligence collection is worth the risk of escalation. norah. >> ed o'keefe, thank you. wall street rallied today after banking regulators announced that nearly a dozen of the nation's largest banks agreed to inject $30 billion into first republic. it is an effort to restore confidence in the banking sector. today treasury secretary janet yellen faced tough questions from the senate about the
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ongoing turmoil. cbs's scott macfarlane is on capitol hill. >> reporter: california-based first republic bank becomes the third u.s. bank this week rescued from collapse. the infusion of $30 billion to save the troubled lender came from 11 of the nation's largest financial institutions. first republic had lost a quarter of its value by noon today and rattled markets. it would later rebound, but wall street traders said this was only a short-term fix. >> is that a long-term solution? i don't think so. are there other companies that have exposure to the bigger systemic problem? very possibly. >> reporter: nervous first republic customers have seen their bank's value plummet since silicon valley bank collapsed last week. >> i was definitely concerned with the financial situation, you know, after the two banks went under. >> reporter: treasury secretary janet yellen, who negotiated today's rescue with, among others, jpmorgan's jamie dimon,
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went to capitol hill today to quiet the concerns. >> i can reassure the members of the committee that our banking system is sound and that americans can feel confident that their deposits will be there when they need them. >> reporter: democrats said former trump and republicans were responsible for the latest crisis for lifting post-great recession bank regulations in 2018, though some democrats also supported it. >> pretty obvious we need some stronger rules here. >> reporter: iowa republican chuck grassley, who voted to loosen those regulations five years ago, said biden administration regulators should have detected and stopped these banks from taking dangerous risks. >> this administration has a great deal of responsibility for the bank failures that we had. >> reporter: republicans also pressed the treasury secretary about whether other banks across america can expect similar rescues. she responded, only if there is fear of significant economic and financial consequences. norah.
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>> interesting to hear all that. scott macfarlane, thank you so much. well, now a major development in the war in ukraine. poland says it will supply ukraine with about a dozen fighter jets, becoming the first nato country to do so. poland's president says four of its soviet-made mig 29s will be sent in the coming days, the rest at a later date. white house national security spokesman john kirby tells cbs news poland's move does not come as a surprise, nor will it change the u.s. decision to not send american f-16s to ukraine. tonight the threat of severe weather is moving into the southern u.s. with thunderstorms, strong winds, and possible tornados. this is some of the hail that fell today west of fort worth. tornado watches are in effect for oklahoma and texas until 8:00 p.m. central time. the severe weather threat will continue tomorrow all along the gulf coast. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."
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distress and was later transferred to the hospital. dinwiddie commonwealth attorney ann baskervill says otieno was pulled down to the ground with several people on top of him with no one assisting, no one blocking the others from having their hands on the victim, who then died of asphyxiation by smothering. it is unclear what triggered the altercation. the 12 minutes at issue were captured on hospital surveillance video and shown to the victim's family. but the tape has not been made public. so far, seven deputies involved in the incident have been arrested along with three hospital workers. all have been charged with second-degree murder. today the family called for justice. >> what i saw today was heartbreaking. america, my son was tortured to put it right. i saw the torture. >> reporter: the ten people arrested have not yet entered pleas, but two of the deputies have been released on bond. the other suspects, norah,
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remain behind bars. >> jeff pegues, thank you. tonight, the showdown between the united states government and tiktok is coming to a head. the biden administration has issued an ultimatum to the popular video-sharing app to part ways with its chinese-owned parent company or face a nationwide ban over national security concerns. with more, here's cbs's anna werner. ♪ >> reporter: new calls for a crackdown on tiktok. national security council spokesman john kirby on "the takeout" with major garrett. >> we have national security concerns over tiktok and the way the people that run that app conduct themselves and the capabilities inside that app. >> reporter: the company confirms the biden administration is threatening to ban the app in the u.s. unless its chinese owners sell their stakes in the company. one top concern identified by u.s. officials and members of congress, the potential for china's government to use americans' data to further a political agenda.
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cybersecurity expert zak doffman. >> so what tiktok could do is it could start to understand behaviors, aptitudes, likelihood to vote in a particular direction based on what it sees en masse in a region. and then it could be used to push a particular viewpoint. >> reporter: a tiktok spokesperson said the company is disappointed with the administration's threat and said tiktok has been working on solutions, including moving u.s. user data to cloud servers in the u.s. in a new interview, tiktok's ceo told "the wall street journal" it won't matter what the chinese law or any law says because we're taking u.s. user data and we're putting it out of their reach. another consideration for the administration, doffman says, an all-out ban might be a tough sell. >> it's just not clear-cut. i don't think people are buying into the threat. >> reporter: members of congress will be able to ask tiktok's ceo questions themselves next week when he testifies in front of a house committee. norah. >> that will be a blockbuster
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hearing. anna werner, thanks so much. tonight an alarming new report from the cdc shows the number of american women who died while giving birth or shortly afterwards spiked dramatically during the covid pandemic, with women of color being the most impacted. there were more than 1,200 maternal deaths in 2021. that's up 60% since 2019. and the u.s. maternal mortality among the highest of any wealthy country, is now at its highest point since 1965. what's happening? here's cbs's caitlin huey-burns. >> praise the lord. >> reporter: 23-year-old selena martin was thrilled when she found out she was pregnant, but she was also concerned about getting the kind of care she needed. >> one of my biggest anxieties was if i have to go to the hospital, like i may not make it. >> reporter: the stakes for pregnant women like martin are high. mortality rates among black women are nearly three times higher compared to white women, a sharp increase from previous
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years. >> there is certain levels of fear. >> reporter: ky lindberg is an advocate for maternal and infant health. what do those numbers say to you? >> i think that it's contributed to a lot of things -- medical coverage, even access to care, like prenatal care. here in georgia as an example, there's counties that don't even have a labor and delivery unit, an lb. i mean that's unconscionable. >> reporter: one thing that could help is having a doula, someone who guides women through the complexities of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. martin, a doula herself, has one for her own delivery next month. >> i think the biggest thing that a doula can do for you is empower you. it's like calling your best friend. that's what we need. we need to know that we're being uplifted and taken seriously. >> reporter: the states with the highest maternal mortality rates tend to be in the south, like here in georgia. and the author of that cdc
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in tonight's "eye on america," cbs's david martin shows us how the army is looking to the future by going back to a classic. >> reporter: the army is rolling out its big guns. >> you're going to have the possibilities to be all that you can be. >> reporter: the nation's top soldier, sergeant major michael grinston, has come to dunbar high in washington, d.c. armed with a new recruiting slogan. >> be all you can be. >> to be all you can be. >> reporter: sound familiar? ♪ be all that you can be ♪ >> reporter: back in the 1980s and '90s, that jingle was everywhere. but this is no replay. >> we are reinventing "be all you can be" for generation z. >> major general alex fink, chief of army marketing, is the man behind the new campaign. >> welcome to the ncaa men's basketball -- >> reporter: strategically launched during march madness, with hollywood glamour. jonathan major, star of "creed
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iii," walking through army history. >> why is that going to appeal to a young audience? >> jonathan majors. we needed somebody who is popular with gen z. >> what reasons did young people give you for not wanting to join the army? >> risk of dying or injury. >> mm-hmm. >> the fear of ptsd, and the third one is leaving family and friends. >> but you're actually three times more likely to die in a work-related accident than you are in the army. >> reporter: but gen z seem buried in their phones, and antonio graham doesn't want to leave home. >> the only reason i wouldn't join the army is because i don't feel like taking a big detachment issue away from my mother. i really love my mother. >> reporter: antilae roberts liked what she heard. >> did it make you want to join the army? >> yes. >> what did you think of that slogan, "be all thate alyou ca..
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former university of georgia defensive lineman jalen carter pleaded no contest today to charges stemming from a crash in january that killed a teammate and team staffer. carter, projected to be a top pick in next month's nfl draft, was sentenced to a year of probation and 80 hours of community service. carter was accused of racing against another suv that crashed just hours after the bulldogs celebrated their second straight national championship.
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now to this important consumer alert. pfizer is recalling its prescription migraine drug, nurtec odt, after millions of its tablets hit store shelves without child-resistant packaging. officials say customers don't have to throw away the medication, but they could contact pfizer for a free child-resistant pouch. pfizer is now developing new packaging for the drug. finally tonight, march madness is here, and just a few games into round one, it's living up to its name. >> he threw it away. >> number 4 seed university of virginia was defeated by 13th seeded furman university from south carolina, who is in the tournament for the first time in 43 years. and 15 seed princeton stunned 2 seed arizona for their first tournament win in 25 years. well, that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." remember you can follow us
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online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. most of north texas was under a severe weather warning as heavy storms hit the region. strong winds, flooded roadways, and hail the size of tennis balls have been reported. the family of a female soldier who died at fort hood alleges she was sexually harassed at the texas base. the army says private ana basaldua ruiz died by suicide, adding there was no foul play. it follows a string of recent soldier deaths at the beleaguered base. and french president emmanuel macron used special constitutional power to push a new bill raising france's retirement age. the controversial move comes after months of protest over
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this proposal. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. it's friday, march 17th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." severe weather in parts of north texas get hammered by hail, damaging winds and possible tornadoes. we'll show you the damage. we do know that this aggressive behavior was intentional on the part of pilots. >> declassified. the pentagon releases dramatic footage of a russian jet confronting a u.s. drone. what one senator is proposing to protect the unmanned craft. street clash, demonstrations take a violent turn in france after a controversial move by the country's president.
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