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that you can be, i don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book, we are going to be winners. >> maurice: he won hollywood's highest awards for dramas and >> maurice: now gene hackman is at the center of a mystery. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: from cbs news headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news." ♪ ♪ >> maurice: good evening. i'm maurice dubois. >> john: i'm john dickerson. hackman and his wife, betsy arakawa, were found dead in their home in santa fe, new mexico. hackman was 95. his wife, a classical pianist, in her mid-60s. >> maurice: karen hua is following the investigation in santa fe. >> reporter: there is a growing mystery surrounding two-time academy award winner gene hackman's death. his body, along with that of his wife and one of their dogs, a german shepherd, was found on wednesday afternoon lying on the floor in separate rooms. they had apparently been dead for some time, according to investigators. at first, the sheriff's

department here said there were no signs of foul play, but this morning we learned from a court document that the deaths are considered suspicious enough to require an investigation. the document reveals that hackman's body was found in a mud room, and that he may have fallen. arakawa's body was found in a bathroom. there was a space heater by her head and an open prescription bottle on the countertop with some pills scattered near it. the sheriff's department says there appeared to be no traumatic injuries and no sign of carbon monoxide poisoning. autopsies are being conducted that may help provide clues on the cause of death. >> john: karen hua in santa fe, new mexico. >> maurice: and "cbs sunday morning"'s correspondent martha teichner will have an appreciation of gene hackman a little bit later in the broadcast. >> john: british prime minister keir starmer is the latest european leader to make an appeal to president trump to continue u.s. support to ukraine with the war in russia and to stop his terror

tarriff threats. >> maurice: starmer was at the white house today and margaret brennan has more on that. >> this is really special... >> reporter: u.k. prime minister starmer gifted an engraved invitation from the king, an attempt to charm and change the mind of president trump. >> i think russia has been acting very well. >> reporter: french president emmanuel macron made a similar track to inform and persuade. >> europe is loaning money to ukraine. they get their money back. >> no, in fact, to be frank, we paid it. >> reporter: from brussels, the 27 countries that make up the european union dispatched their top diplomat, kaja kallas. are all of the european leaders coordinating? and if so, what's the message? >> we are coordinating, and of course the message is that the fight that ukraine is having is not only about ukraine's sovereignty, but it's much, much broader. it's about freedom of the free world, really.

it is clear that russia attacked ukraine. >> reporter: but the trump administration has decided now not to say that explicitly. >> it is certainly a very strong russian narrative, that they want to run, to really push saying, you know, oh, it's a conflict between two equal parties. it is very clear: one country attacked another country very brutally, with force, and is bombing ukraine every day. >> reporter: yet the u.s. voted against a u.n. resolution that called out russia for its invasion of ukraine three years ago. another battlefield with europe, president trump vowed a tariff of 25% on their goods, including cars. >> the european union was formed in order to screw the united states. >> reporter: what was your reaction to that remark? >> europe is a peace project. you know, it was created so that we wouldn't have wars between the members of european union, and we haven't had. >> john: and margaret brennan joins us now from washington. so, margaret, when these leaders

come, what's the one thing, or one or two things, that they really want to try and convince president trump about? >> reporter: well, john, they are basically trying to convince president trump that europeans aren't freeloaders. there has been explanation that the e.u. has forked over about $145 billion worth of humanitarian and military and financial aid, mainly in the form of grants, over the past three years of this war. america is still the world's arsenal. it still has tens of thousands of troops in europe. but the vladimir putin aggression in ukraine has so terrified european states that they have pumped up spending, now 23 of the 32 nato allies spend over 2% of their own gdp on their own defense. so there is some persuasion that is happening to try to keep america committed to defense. there's also some side on an independent nature. keir starmer pitch president trump on a free-trade deal, as well. >> maurice: and margaret,

ultimately, what to the european leaders want from donald trump? >> reporter: well, germany's incoming chancellor openly questioned whether america can be counted on at all, and today president trump said the words they were listening for, which was america is still committed to come to the defense of nato allies. but, really, it is that commitment not just to defense, but also to trade. to be clear, tomorrow, when ukraine's president zelenskyy comes to the white house, no one is making him any kind of security promise. that's going to be a joint investment deal, and neither europe nor the united states are promising defense. >> john: margaret brennan in washington, thank you. >> maurice: now some of the top stories from around the world in tonight's "evening news" roundup. more measles cases being reported around the country after the first death in the texas outbreak in new jersey. two new cases are linked to a patient confirmed to have linket confirmed to kentucky just reported its first case in two years. and in california, an infant with measles traveled through lax airport one day last week. each of these new cases has been connected to travel outside the u.s.

>> john: cbs news senior producer annie trie reports mexico is sending drug lord rafael caro quintero to the united states. quintero is wanted in the killing of a u.s. narcotics agent in 1985. mexico has also agreed to extradite 28 people suspected of being drug cartel members. >> maurice: and in washington, usaid workers fired weeks ago were allowed back in the building today. some walked out in tears after they were given 15 minutes to collect their belongings. so far about 100,000 federal workers have been fired or accepted by outs offered by president trump and advisor elon musk. >> john: ed o'keefe talked to one who took the deal and to a former twitter employee who believes she and others like her got taken by musk. >> reporter: cole kracke reviews education applications for the veterans benefits administration outside of minneapolis and didn't initially believe an offer that came in late january.

a deferred resignation plan, inspired by elon musk, called a fork in the road. leave and get paid to do nothing through late september, or stay but risk getting laid off. >> a couple of my coworkers actually reported it as phishing because it did not look official. >> reporter: but kracke did the math: 13 years in the navy, five years in the va, vested the retirement system in june, so he sent a one-word reply. did you think to yourself, maybe this is too good to be true? >> once the acting secretary of the va flat out had said this offer is valid, it's illegal, and it will be honored, what more do i need? >> reporter: attorney shannon liss-riordan represents more than 2,000 cautionary tales, former employees of twitter, now x, owned by musk. when you first saw him offer a fork in the road to federal employees, after everything that went on at x, what did you think? >> oh, my god, he couldn't even come up with a new subject line?

>> reporter: musk offered an early exit to twitter employees in 2022: quit and except three months of severance, or stay employed. nearly 70% of the company opted to quit. most of liss-riordan's clients, including some who were later laid off or fired, were fighting for severance payments they claim they are owed, which x denies. >> we were essentially lied to, you know, we did not get what we were promised, and it left me in a terrible financial space. >> reporter: one of those clients is this former employee, fearful of retribution. the situation left you homeless. >> it did, yes. >> reporter: how do you explain that to your child? >> it was very hard to explain to my child because he thought elon musk was a pretty cool guy. >> reporter: would you have taken the deferred resignation plan ffered by musk to federal workers? >> based on what i have gone through, i would be immediately looking for new work and not trusting any of that.

>> maurice: and ed o'keefe joins us now from the white house. ed, it is so striking to notice all the similarities between what's happening with the federal workers now and what happened to the workers at twitter. >> reporter: which is why that former employee is advising federal employees to get out as fast as they can. she points out that when d.o.g.e. officials started showing up at federal agencies to get a handle on what exact way they were doing, it reminded her of when tesla employees, owned by musk, started showing up at twitter after he bought the company. the buyouts offered, the layoffs that have happened, and the further reductions expected to come, she says all mirror what went on at twitter, now x, in 2022. we should point out attorneys for the company did not respond to multiple requests for comment, and when asked about d.o.g.e. and musk, the white house today tells us in part, "it is a welcome change to a entrepreneurial giants leading the charge in making government more efficient." tomorrow, by the way, is cole's last day working for the veteran's administration. >> maurice: ed o'keefe at the white house, thanks. >> john: still ahead on the

"cbs evening news," lonnie quinn with the return of winter. >> maurice: and we will have these stories. >> i'm nancy cordes. for kids in foster care, moving% from home to home is hard enough, but imagine being given a trash bag to tote all your belongings. one man who lived it is now trying to give children something more. that's tonight's "eye on america." ♪ ♪ >> i'm imtiaz tyab at one of ukraine's largest titanium mines. part of a potential deal between presidents trump and zelenskyy that could dramatically change u.s.-ukrainian relations and the course of the war. that's next on the "cbs evening news." ♪ ♪ the "cbs evening news." ♪ ♪ lear answers. people with graves' could also get thyroid eye disease, or t-e-d, which may need a different doctor. find a t-e-d eye specialist at isitted.com

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taken to one of ukraine's largest titanium mines. we traveled over bumpy roads to a remote corner of the country to see the vast reserves for ourselves. to give you a sense of just how big this mine is, it's so big, you can see it from space. according to president trump, this was just a sliver of ukraine's untapped wealth, which includes large lithium, cobalt, graphite, as well as oil, coal, and gas deposits. which he wants a stake in as payback for three years of u.s. support in the war against russia. in theory, the joint fund will invest in ukraine's post-war reconstruction, but the country will have to hand over 50% of all natural resource revenues, something president trump insists will earn the u.s. between $350 billion and $500 billion. at velta, the company which operates the titanium mine, we

met with ceo andriy brodskiy, who said president trump's math was wishful thinking. >> [speaking in a global language] >> reporter: "there is no definitive list of mineral deposits in ukraine and there are no estimates of the monetary value of these deposits," he said, "so we might as well be transferred 50% of the surface of the moon." this may not be the moon, but brodskiy's concern over the lack of exploration of ukraine's natural resources are shared by other experts in the field. still, if u.s. companies do invest in ukraine's resources sector, brodskiy said it could ultimately give president volodymyr zelenskyy what he wants, which are security guarantees. >> [speaking in a global language] >> reporter: "if 5-10 american companies were operating in ukraine, then the u.s. would suggest placing american troops here." so really what you are saying is that if the u.s. has more business interest in ukraine, it will almost automatically give your country security guarantees?

>> [speaking in a global language] >> reporter: "yes, this is how the military-political system has worked forever, everywhere." and when ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy goes to the white house tomorrow to sign the joint fund agreement, he most certainly will not be getting those security guarantees, but what he is likely hoping for is to turn the page with president trump, after an extremely tense few weeks. >> john: imtiaz tyab in ukraine. >> maurice: to our weather now and the meteorological version of spring break is over. >> john: lonnie quinn is here with the return of winter. >> yeah, guys, you knew it was not going to last, correct? i mean, if you take a look at the radar picture, the first change is all because of this low-pressure system, which is moving through the area, put some rain down anywhere from chicago to boston today. it pushes out of the area for tomorrow, but behind it temperatures will be 5-10 degrees colder. but the story is saturday into sunday. there is good to be a huge change. you're going to go from feeling like spring to feeling like winter. new york city on saturday will have a high temperature of 55 degrees, a little bit of wind

could make it feel like 53, not a big deal. look at d.c., 62 feeling like 59. that's saturday. another clipper comes through, changes those temperature dramatically. you get to sunday, the high temperature is only 34 in new york city, feels like 21. it is 39 in d.c. feels like 31. and for tourists visiting new york city, if they're walking through central park on saturday, they have a light coat and feels like 60 degrees outside. sunday morning, it feels like it is about 15 degrees as they are walking to see the empire state building. about a 45-degree feels-like change in 18 hours, gentlemen. >> maurice: okay, lonnie, the cold, hard reality. thank you. >> john: imagine kids forced to keep the few possessions they have in trash bags. >> maurice: that would not do for a man who was once one of those kids. "eye on america" is next. ♪ ♪ those kids. "eye on america" is next. ♪ ♪ i would be here without tik tok. i got really good at tearing motors apart and putting them back together, and the car still worked. i received so much support for that, and it made me feel like, okay,

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about the great movies he left us, you'd have to say we got lucky, too. here is martha teichner. >> i always wanted to be an actor. that's all i ever wanted to do. >> reporter: he was an unlikely leading man. >> feel you don't want to be on a team, feel free to leave right now peered. >> reporter: he wasn't hollywood handsome, but he was charismatic. >> either very smart or incredible he stupid. >> reporter: you couldn't take your eyes on him. in nearly 80 movies, he played every part, like the chameleon of a character actor he was at heart. >> my wife. >> oh, that's right, isn't it? well, we'll have to swing by her grave, too. >> reporter: gene hackman won two oscars, in 1972 in the french connection. >> what about the last big-time spenders? >> reporter: and then in 1993 in "unforgiven." >> well, i ain't going to hurt no one. i'm going to hurt you. >> cigars. >> reporter: he was a hollywood titan who shunned hollywood. living with his wife, betsy arakawa, in the mountains near santa fe, new mexico.

i met him there in 2000, when he had just written the first of his five novels. >> i need the diversity. >> reporter: he dropped out of school at 16 and lied about his age to join the marines, but had, in fact, a relentless intellect. you paint. you dive. you write books. what else is on that list? >> [laughs] well, i'm a pilot. and i've raced cars. >> reporter: gene hackman's assessment of his own acting career? >> one could say, you know, that i achieved some -- some manner of success. >> reporter: that's some understatement. gene hackman was 95. >> maurice: and that is the "cbs evening news." >> john: good night. ♪ ♪

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