erica brown, cbs news, capitol hill. >>> now, as erica brown just reported, president trump is pressings plan for trying to end the nearly three-year-old war in ukraine. he says u.s. and russian officials will be meeting friday in munich. ukrainian negotiators are invited to join them, but it's doubtful that they'll attend. cbs's imtiaz tyab reports from london. >> reporter: for ukraine this has always been a war of survival. nearly three years after russia's full-scale invasion there have been hundreds of thousands of casualties and russian forces occupy around 20% of the country's territory. it's a war we have covered from the very beginning. >> we just had some incoming russian shelling. >> reporter: in may 2022 we came under heavy russian fire in the kherson region. with so much still at stake ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is now in a diplomatic battle over who will negotiate the conflict's end. "i articulate this very clearly to our partners," he said. "any bilateral talks about ukraine that is without us we will not accept." his comments followed u.s. secretary of defens

erica brown, cbs news, the white house. >>> the super bowl champion philadelphia eagles returned homeanwhile, the nfl is now working to diminish the chances of head injuries in the game. cbs's dr. jon lapook has the story. >> reporter: in the afc championship buffalo bills cornerback christian benford was sidelined after suffering a concussion. in this look at a helmet from, say, 20 years ago and compare it to today's helmet. there are several major changes. we have materials that do a better job at absorbing force and not transmitting that force to the brain. we've got better padding inside there. it's placed strategically within the helmet in different places. based again on where we expect force to occur and how we want to minimize that force. >> reporter: aside from improving equipment the nfl has tried to decrease concussions by increasing player awareness and by changing certain rules. for example, by starting teams closer to each other and farther down field on kickoffs to lower the odds of high-speed collisions. in 2024 there were 182 concussions during practices and regular s

in addition to his peace talks, cbs' erica brown reports the trump administration has now cleared a legaldle in its efforts to reduce the federal workforce. >> reporter: president trump says he has directed members of his national security team to immediately begin negotiations aimed at ending russia's war with ukraine. trump and russian president vladimir putin had a lengthy phone call wednesday less than two weeks before the third anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. >> i think president putin wants peace, and president zelenskyy wants peace, and i want peace. i just want to see people stop getting killed. >> reporter: president trump says he expects to meet with putin soon, likely in saudi arabia. the president said negotiations to end the war will begin with secretary of state marco rubio, cia director john ratcliffe, michael walz, and special envoy steve witkoff taking the lead ahead of face-to-face meetings with putin. in the oval office wednesday, president trump also reiterated his plans to dismantle the department of education. >> oh, i'd like to it be closed immediately.

cbs' erica brown has more from capitol hill. >> mr.sident, are you confident the king will back your plan for the palestinian people? >> reporter: the king of jordan met with president trump at the white house tuesday, where the two leaders discussed a conflict in gaza and trump reiterated his development plan for the area and proposal to relocate almost two million palestinians. >> we're going take it. we're going to hold it. we're going cherish it. >> reporter: king abdullah ii is the first leader of an arab nation to visit the white house in trump's second term. after the meeting saying he is firmly against the displacement of palestinians from gaza. he was less direct during his meeting with the president in the oval office. >> we will be in saudi arabia to discuss how we can work with the president and the united states. so i think let's wait until the egyptians can come to the president and not get ahead of ourselves. >> reporter: president trump doubled down on his warning there will be consequences if hamas does not resume the

erica brown, cbs news, the white house. >> and those tariffs on products from canada and mexico may beor now, but levees on chinese goods are still in play. the three countries are america's biggest trading partners, responsible for almost half of everything we import. cbs' cali o'grady reports on how prices could be affected. >> reporter: the tariffs on mexican imports are on hold. but if they're eventually imposed, it could affect prices for fruit, vegetables and other goods. jesse's shop near dallas sells imported candy from mexico. >> suppliers will have to rise their prices, which in turn will cause retail locations like myself to raise our prices. >> reporter: canada is the number one foreign supplier of beef and poultry to the u.s. the tariff on chinese goods could impact almost every u.s. industry, according to supply chain expert patrick penfield. >> we import a lot of base ingredients from china that is used in a lot of various industries. so you're talking pharmaceutical. you're talking the toy industry. you're talking electronics. so almost every industry in the united stat

and as cbs' erica brown reports, trump doubled down in those comments in a speech wednesday night, allhis as the president and elon musk press ahead with their mission to make drastic cuts to the federal government. >> reporter: president trump continued his war of words with volodymyr zelenskyy hours after calling the ukrainian president a dictator. >> a modestly successful comedian, president zelenskyy talked the united states of america into spending $350 billion to go into a war that basically couldn't be won. >> reporter: trump accused zelenskyy of mismanaging u.s. aid to ukraine amid the country's three-year war with russia. >> biden never tried. europe has failed to bring peace, and zelenskyy probably wants to -- maybe he wants to keep the gravy train going. >> reporter: a senior white house official tells cbs news the president's comments are in response to zelenskyy saying president trump is living in a disinformation bubble. here in washington, the trump administration is pushing a sweeping government overhaul to reduce what they say is wasteful government spending through th

erica brown, cbs news, capitol hill. >>> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy announced he is postponingaudi arabia after being excluded from talks being held there between the u.s. and russia about ending the war in ukraine. delegations from the u.s. and russia met tuesday for the first day of negotiations, and both sides said the talks were productive. natalie brand is at the white house with more. >> reporter: after more than four hours of talks, secretary of state marco rubio said the u.s. and russia have agreed to appoint high-level teams to work on a path to end the war in ukraine in a way that is sustainable and acceptable to all sides. >> we're not going to prenegotiate an end to this conflict. these are the kind of things that have to happen through hard and difficult diplomacy in closed rooms over a period of time. >> reporter: secretary rubio is joined by middle east envoy steve witkoff and national security adviser mike walz. >> this needs to be a permanent end to the war and not a temporary end, as we've seen in the past. we know just the practical reality is that there is g

cbs' erica brown has more from the white house. >> reporter: federal employees will have a little moreration's resignation offer. u.s. district judge george o'toole ruled that employees will have until at least monday afternoon to consider taking the buyout when he'll hold another hearing on the issue. unions representing federal workers have sued, saying the buyout violates the law, and that the government doesn't have the funds to back the plan. democratic lawmakers echoed those concerns. >> i don't believe it's been funded. i don't believe donald trump has any history of ever paying his bills. and i fear the federal employees may be marked for later riffing, potentially without any compensation. >> reporter: the white house says more than 40,000 federal employees have already accepted the offer as president trump tries to slash the size of the government. >> we encourage federal workers in this city to accept the very generous offer. if they don't want to show up to the office, if they want to rip the american people off, then they're welcome to take this buyout, and we'll find high

cbs' erica brown has more from the white house. >> reporter: demonstrators marched from coast-to-coasts people in all 50 states organized anti-trump protests. >> this is what democracy looks like! >> reporter: a large crowd showed up outside the u.s. capitol protesting against president trump's decision to dismantle usaid, the foreign aid agency. the agency became a target of elon musk who's at the helm of trump's special commission, the department of government efficiency. usaid's more than 10,000 employees were notified they'r being placed on leave, and all overseas projects are being halted with plans pending to get personnel back to the u.s. >> usaid played an integral part of americans foreign policy objective. and we do all of this with less than 1% of the national budget. >> reporter: cbs news has learned all cia employees have been offered buyouts. the staffers involved in soy areas such as intelligence gathering will not be allowed to take it. the trump administration is also defending its decision to allow musk's doge teams who are not government employees to access the treas

erica brown, cbs news, the white house. >>> the senate has confirmed pam bondi as u.s.orney general, making her the nation's chief legal officer. bondi is an ally of president donald trump's and her appointment clears the way for the white house to begin its plan to reshape the justice department. all of the republican senators voted to confirm bondi and pennsylvania's john fetterman was the only democrat to break ranks. >>> sweden is mourning at least ten people killed in what the prime minister is calling the worst mass shooting in the country's history. it happened at an adult education center about 125 miles west of stockholm. swedish police are still working to gather a final death toll and to determine the motive. the shooter died in the attack. >>> straight ahead on "cbs news roundup," there are worries that president trump's mass deportations will make it harder to rebuild los angeles after the fires. [female narrator] if words were enough, i would help you bear your burden, i would watch each child of yours grow strong and true... teach them to read and to writ

erica brown reports from the white house. >> reporter: demonstrators marched from coast to coast as people from all 50 states organized anti-trump protests. protesting against president trump's decision to dismantle usaid, the foreign aid agency. the agency became a target of elon musk at the helm of trump's special department, the department of government efficiency. usaid's more than 10,000 employees were notified they are being placed on leave. all overseas projects are being halted with plans pending to get personnel back to the u.s. >> it's an integral part of the foreign policy objectives. we do all of this with less than 1% of the national budget. >> reporter: cbs news learned all cia employees have been offered buyouts. staffers involved it in sensitive areas, such as intelligence gathering, will not be allowed to take it. trump administration is also defending its decision to allow musk's doge team who are not government employees, to access a treasury system that handles trillions of dollars in grants, social security, and other payments to millions of americans. >> he campaigned

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