possession of a gun while using drugs. and rihanna and a$ap rocky have introduced the newest member of their family. riot rose is the couple's second son after older brother rza was born in 2022. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. it's wednesday, september 20th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." a call to stand with ukraine. president biden urges unity in his address to the u.n. as ukraine's president issues a stark warning. hunter biden's plea. a week after being indicted, the president's son plans to plead not guilty to gun charges. and new details in a shocking day care case. the suspects now face federal charges in connection with a toddler's death. good morning, and good to be with you.

i'm anne-marie green. the focus switches to climate change today at the united nations general assembly gathering in new york. yesterday president biden and ukrainian president volodymer zelenskyy made pleas at the u.n. for unity against russia. jarred hill is in new york with the latest on all of this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you know, the support may be there against russia, but getting ukraine more money could end up being a bit more of an uphill climb. meanwhile, as you mentioned, today is about the climate as u.n. leaders try to reverse backsliding on certain goals. world leaders at the united nations general assembly will hold a climate action summit today, just weeks after the u.n. declared this summer the hottest on record. >> we need to continue tackling the challenge that most affect people's lives from conflict to climate change to corruption and beyond. >> reporter: president biden speak at the metropolitan museum of art last night hours after taking center stage at the u.n.

to push for continued support of ukraine against russia's invasion. >> we have to stand up to this aggression today to deter other would-be aggressors tomorrow. >> reporter: ukraine's president doubled down on that message. >> while russia is pushing the world to the final war, ukraine is doing everything to ensure that after russian aggression no one in the world will dare to attack any nation. >> reporter: already ukraine has received hundreds of billions of dollars in international aid. now house republican leaders are questioning president biden's request for another $24 billion package. >> where's the accountability, what is the plan for victory? that's what the american public wants to know. >> reporter: yesterday president biden said he's committed to making sure iran never gets its hands on a nuclear weapon, as five americans who spent years wrongfully detained by tehran finally arrived home on u.s. soil. so zelenskyy is scheduled to meet with president biden at the

white house tomorrow as house republicans push back against moremong. -- more funding. anne-marie, the senate is talking about combining ukraine aid with a short-term spending bill which would be needed to avoid a government shutdown, meaning this could all get messy. >> that's a great way to describe it. thank you very much. hunter biden is set to plead not guilty to federal firearms charges. the move revealed yesterday in court documents comes after the collapse of a plea deal in a long-running federal investigation. the deal would have kept the president's son out of prison. he's accused of lying about his drug use when he bought a gun in 2018. no date has been set for his arraignment. if convicted hunter biden could face up to 25 years in prison and $750,000 in fines. republican lawmakers say they'll hold their first impeachment inquiry into president biden next week. the house oversight committee is expected to focus on allegations the president was involved in

his son hunter's overseas businesses. committee chair james comer says he plans to subpoena hunter biden's personal and business bank records as early as this week. the white house has called the effort a political stunt. more now on those newly released americans who spent years being wrongfully detained in iran. they are finally back on u.s. soil after landing at an army base in virginia. natalie brand has the latest from washington. [ cheers ] >> reporter: siamak namazi first off the plane to a step toward freedom, closed his eyes, and drew in a breath. he was one of five americans incarcerated for years in iran on unsubstantiated charges of spying. his family was waiting with open arms on the tarmac. >> real hero of this story surviving eight years of brutal treatment but never losing hope. >> freedom! >> reporter: the former prisoners and their families snapped a group photo before heading off for medical examinations. they include two businessmen, an

environmentalist, and a former u.n. worker. in exchange for the release, president biden granted five iranian nanationals clememency, the regimeme will have a access nearly $6 billion of unfrozen iranian oil assets held in a restricted account in qatar. that move has drawn criticism from some lawmakers on capitol hill including senator marco rubio, the top republican on the senate intelligence committee. >> and now elements all over the world realize we can get something in exchange for americans. let's take something. >> reporter: the biden administration insists the u.s. treasury will be able to ensure the funds are only accessed for humanitarian needs like food and medicine. >> so the money will get parcelled out over the course of years here. it's not like they're going to have some big windfall of cash that they can now apply somewhere else. >> reporter: iranian leaders have said the money belongs to the iranian people and they'll use it however they choose. natalie brand, cbs news, washington. turning now to the tragic

death of a 1-year-old boy ebbs posed to fentanyl at a new york city home day care center. the owner and another person are now facing federal charges and the possibility of life if prison if convicted. federal prosecutors say the bronx day care was used as a front to distribute large amounts of fentanyl. investigators say they recovered a kilogram of fentanyl near mats used for napping at the day care. three other children were hospitalized. police say they are searching for the owner's husband. the crash of an f-35 fighter jet in south carolina remains a mstery. federal investigators are now combing through the crash site, and they're trying to determine how a warplane ended up 60 miles from where the pilot safely ejected. david martin reports. >> reporter: it took nearly 28 hours to find it, but crews finally started picking up the pieces from the crash of one of this country's most sophisticated jet fighters. >> boom. >> i mean, it's scary to think something landed that close to our house. >> reporter: the pilot of the

marine f-35 ejected sunday afternoon just a mile from the charleston airport. but the plane went missing, forcing the military to tweet out an appeal for any information on its whereabouts. >> how does it just disappear, and how does the pentagon ask for the public's help in finding it? it's just a huge embarrassment. >> reporter: the plane was one of two f-35s flying at 1,000 feet as they came in to land when something went wrong. >> f-35 -- >> reporter: the pilot who ejected had already been discharged from the hospital by the time the $100 million plane was found 60 miles away. >> ground crews are searching. >> reporter: a former f-35 pilot who once commanded the same unit -- it doesn't surprise you that a plane could have an emergency serious enough for the pilot to eject and still be able to fly another 60 miles? >> it's a pretty rare event.

but as uncommon as it might be, it's a plausible thing. >> reporter: even at 1,000 feet? >> if the e nose was pitched upr moving up the jet will fly for many miles. >> reporter: the f-35 is a stealth jet, hard to track especially because its transponder was off which is standard procedure in a two-plane formation. >> it's very common in any aircraft for the wingmen to secure, meaning to turn off their transponder. >> reporter: it's embarrassing to lose track of such a sophisticated aircraft, but it may have been a blessing since the f-35 flew far enough to come down in a less populated area. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. coming up, appeal for freedom. the fate of an american reporter being held in a russian jail. and dangerous delivery. the condition of an amazon driver after she's bitten by a rattlesnake. this is the "cbs morning news." rattlesnake. this is the e "cbs morninin news." the papandemic mayay be over, but t unfortunatately covid-9 isn't goining anywherere.

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