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while the russian defense ministry says the strikes achieved their goal. >> debora patta in ukraine. thank you for your reporting. >>> to nepal now where at least 68 people died when a plane crashed into a gorge. it happened near a town popular with foreign tourists. reports say there were no americans on board. cbs's ramy inocencio has the latest. >> reporter: the last moment of dozens of lives. a plane rolls sharply to the left, then crashes to the earth. captured on this cell phone video. through the smoke and as rescue workers sprayed water the shattered remains of nepal air's yeti air twin engine turboprop strewn down a nearly 1,000-foot gorge. the passenger plane had flown from nepal's capital kathmandu less than half an hour to the central tourist hub of pokhara before slamming into the ravine by the airport. the dead in plastic bags pulled up and out by army recovery crews, then to hospitals and grief-stricken families. of the 72 people aboard, most were nepali with others from australia, ireland, france, india, russia and south korea. miraculously, a few people are believed

cbs' debora patta is on the front lines tonight. organic food label fraud. the crackdown at the grocery store. what to look out for. and "on the road," with the lesson of perseverance from a teenager who never gave up on his dreams. ♪ ♪ ♪ this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this friday night. tonight and this weekend, the marches across america, as this sunday marks 50 years since the supreme court ruled on "roe v. wade." that anniversary observed for the first time since the landmark decision on abortion was overturned. plus, an important health update on damar hamlin, as his team, the buffalo bills, prepares for a rematch against the cincinnati bengals. that important play-off game going to be right here on cbs. but we do want to begin tonight with those major layoffs in silicon valley. google's parent company, alphabet, announcing today it will cut 12,000 positions. that is 6% of its workforce. the tech giant's bigges

. >> debora patta, thank you very much. >>> in memphis, tennessee, there was another day of protests over the death of a 29-year-old man who died following a traffic stop. the tennessee bureau of investigation has launched a use of force investigation, and the family is demanding police body cam video be released immediately. cbs's elise preston reports. >> reporter: tonight, demands for answers in the in-police custody death of 29-year-old tyre nichols are growing louders. >> this man should be with his family. >> reporter: nichols died january 10 lthd, three days after his family believes he was beaten by police during a traffic stop. memphis police are releasing few details, but they say that on the night of january 7th, officers attempted to pull the car over, which led to two confrontations. the second after the driver tried to flee. once under arrest, police said the suspect complained of shortness of breath and was taken to the hospital by used. this photo provided by nichols' stepfather shows tyre in his hospital bed, badly bruised. nichols' family is demanding police body ca

debora patta, cbs news, kramatorsk. eastern ukraine. >> garrett: dozens of vehicles collided on a snowy interstate today in the midwest. the details straight ahead. >> garrett: certainly multi-vehicle crashes were reported today on a snowy interstate in wisconsin, one pileup near the illinois state line involving dozens of vehicles sent more than 25 people to the hospitals. more wintry weather to come with frigid temperatures and heavy snow expected this weekend from the northern rockies to the central plains, then it heads to the northeast next week. millions of americans remember billy packer as one of the beloved voices of march madness. we'll look back on his remarkable career at cbs sports next. stlfnlt >> garrett: tonight, our colleagues at cbs sports are mourning the death of college basketball broadcasting legend billy packer. >> simon says championship! >> garrett: packer spent 34 years on "final four" broadcast teams, 27 of them at cbs. packer was a star player at wake forest, and went on to become an emmy awa

here is debora patta inside ukraine. >> reporter: a tank battle on the eastern front line, ukrainianchines dating back to soviet times. kyiv is hoping the western battle tanks pledged today would allow ukrainian forces to punch through russian lines and retake territory. but president biden stressed that sending the 31 abrams tanks could take months. >> these tanks are further evidence of our enduring, unflagging commitment to ukraine and our confidence in the skill of the ukrainian forces. >> reporter: it has, however, led to a diplomatic breakthrough. germany will now supply its leopard 2 battle tanks to ukraine as well. for president zelenskyy, who turned 45 today, a welcome birthday present. for ukrainian troops fighting on the freezing front lines, high-end armor to meet russia head-on and hope for soldiers like bogdan of the 24th mechanized brigade. >> i think the abrams very good for us. it count for us for victory. >> reporter: but on the bloody battlefields of bakhmut, a sober warning from andriy of the rapid reaction brigade. >> we need weapons today, because if we can't st

debora patta is there in battle torn bakhmut. >> reporter: oncehome to 70,000 people, nearly a year of war has left bakhmut a hollowed-out shell. the sound of artillery is constant. this city has been decimated and it'sties certed barring a if you people still right eek out some kind of living here. even a trip to the central square is done with one eye on the clock, the other on the sky. battalion commander seva kozemyako is among the ukrainian forces trying to prevent russia from seizing the city. >> come on, come on is that as underground high-tech command centers like this, his soldiers use incesks drones to stream live video from the front line revealing it in astounding detail. like this dead russian soldier and shattered backyards where russian toupes were recently filmed crawling for cover. artillery units also monitor the balefold in realtime. >> and as soon as they see the enemy there or the tanks, they just start to shoot. or if we know it is first, we call them and we say, please correct your fire. >> reporter: in theas of the city, russians throw wave after wave of troops

cbs's debora patta is in kyiv tonight with more. >> reporter: this is what a weekend sounds like in ukraine, wo rounds of russian mi hardest hit residential apartment block in dnipro, two children among the dead. this woman lost her son in the strike. i curse you with my mother's tears she sobbed. one of the bloodiest battles of this conflict, the fight to capture soledar, a trench war fought in subzero temperatures. russia has claimed victory, ukraine disputes this, saying it is still holding out on a ferocious onslaught. they will never break us cries this wounded ukrainian soldier. a victory here would give vladimir putin a desperately needed win after failing to take a single town since july. instrumental in this push, russian oligarch who wants his troops to get all the credit. he released this footage claiming he was in soledar today handing out medals to his men. they captured it in two weeks, he boasted. they're probably the most experienced army in the world. the truth is, these men are convicts, recruited from prisons around russia and pardoned under dubious circumstances in excha

norah. >> o'donnell: debora patta, thank you very much. tennessee, there was another day of protests over the death of a 29-year-old man who died following a traffic stop. the tennessee bureau of investigation has launched a use of force investigation, and the family is demanding police body cam video be released immediately. cbs' elise preston reports. >> i am a man! >> and he was a man! ( chanting protests ) >> reporter: tonight, demands for answers in the in-police- custody death of 29-year-old tyre nichols are growing louder. >> this man should be with his family! >> reporter: nichols died january 10, three days after his family believes he was beaten by police during a traffic stop. memphis police are releasing few details, but they say that on the night of january 7, officers attempted to pull the car over, which led to two confrontations, the second after the driver tried to flee. once under arrest, police said the suspect complained of shortness of breath, and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. the initial statement did not in

norah. >> o'donnell: debora patta, thank you.ny as 20% of our military veterans from the wars in iraq and afghanistan suffer from p.t.s.d. but anyone who has been through a traumatic event can have p.t.s.d. well, now, a potential game-changing drug that could launch a new era in psychiatric treatment helping a wide range of patients. here is cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook. >> reporter: devastated by p.t.s.d., in 2006, jonathan lubecky tried to take his own life. >> i put a loaded 9-millimeter to my temple and i pulled the trigger. upon that was the first suicide attempt i have had. i had a total of five. >> reporter: after his last attempt in 2013, it the iraq war veteran began participating in a clinical trial of mdma, the active ingredient there ecstasy, during sessions with specially trained therapists. >> i feel normal again, if that makes any sense. my world changed. this therapy is the sole reason that my son has a father instead of a folded flag. >> reporter: he says he's now living a life free from p.

. >> here is debora patta inside ukraine. >> reporter: a tank battle on the eastern frontline, ukrainian troops firing from machines dating back to soviet times. kyiv is hoping the wasted battle tanks pledged today would allow ukrainian forces to punch through russian lines and retake territory. but president biden said sending the 31 abrams tanks could take month skill ithkranfces. id tiplotever y its leopard 2 battle tanks to uaine as well. >> the president zelenskyy who turned 45 today, a welcome birthday president. for ukrainian troops fighting on the freezing front lines, high end armor to meet russia head on and hope for soldiers like -- of the 24th mechanized brigade. >> i think abrams is very good for us, it is helpful for victory. >> reporter: but on the bloody battlefields of bakhmut a sober warning from onedly of the rapid reaction brigage. >> we need weapons today, because if we can't stop russia now, europe army must stop russia tomorrow. >> reporter: although the tanks pledged by the u.s., germany and other allies make up a sizable contribution, norah, they still paul short

i'm debora patta in ukraine where rescuers worked overnight to pull survivors from a bombed-out apartment block. >>> plus, deadly plane crash in nepal. video shows it rolling sharply moments before hitting the ground. >>> close call. a jetliner on take off nearly collides with another aircraft at new york's jfk. the faa now investigating. >>> disastrous deluge hits california again. first responders coming to the rescue with a new system set to storm across the country. >>> and, later, they're a team of rescues who love winter. the howling and the running are only part of the story. >> announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us. today, president biden became the first president to speak at a sunday service at the historic ebenezer baptist church where dr. martin luther king jr. once served as pastor. he reiterated the theme he's called on before, redeeming the soul of america. it's s the tk of our time to make that dream a reality because it's not there yet. >> but in our nation's capitol the president faces a politica

>> debora patta, thank you very much. >>> well, there are new developments in that tragic nepal plane crash. the u.s. state department revealed today there were two u.s. citizens and two legal permanent residents among the 72 people killed in the crash over the weekend. investigators have recovered both the flight a the the yeti airlines passenger plane in what is nepal's worst air disaster in 30 years. >>> tonight, new details in that idaho college murder case. a just unsealed search warrant is giving us insight into what investigators took from suspect bryan kohberger's apartment. a computer, receipts and some reddish stained items. here is cbs' lilia luciano. >> reporter: the records show that investigators seized a black nitrite glove, the dust container from bryan kohberger's vacuum cleaner, about a dozen possible human hair strands, an item with a dark red spot, and a stained mattress cover. plus a pillow showing a reddish-brown stain. the documents do not say what testing on those items revealed. >> what investigators would be looking for is anything that directly ties the offe

i'm debora patta in ukraine where rescuers worked overnight to pull survivors from a bombed-out apartmentplus, deadly plane crash in nepal. video shows it rolling sharply

debora patta is in the war zone. >> reporter: along freezing, muddy roads, we were taken to an undisclosednt line, not far from the russian broord, to theen thecial forces brigade. look up, and you see a typical ukrainian pine forest. but down below, cut into the iron-hard earth, is a warren of fortifications. it's one thing to take back territory, but ukraine also has to defend it, which is why there are trenches along hundreds of miles of the front line where soldiers are battling the elements -- mud, rain, extreme cold. ukrainian forces are bracing themselves for the coldest weeks of winter. >> it's very warm in here. >> reporter: underground, a wood fire keeps the men from freezing. there are warm beds, hot food, and drinks. "it's not so hard. you can get used to any harsh conditions" this major told us. what you don't get used to, he said, are the deaths of civilians. the commander and his men have been involved in some of the bloodiest fighting in the country's east, where ukrainian soldiers are digging in across swaths of ground to defend against russian counteroffensives. you're bu

d debora patta has the test >> repr: a reminder russian style, this is a war declared largely on civiliansworkers paused to listen for survivors in the dark. is someone alive, they shout in unison? among the dead, children. among the living, this woman, 23-year-old, who survived by hiding in the bathroom of what was once her seventh floor apartment. the strikes come after intense combat in the east where ukraine is fighting to hold onto soledar. russia claims the town is under its control. ukraine disputes this, saying moscow is trying to grind down its forces using mercenaries from the russian paramilitary group vagna. they've had a lot of losses, this ukrainian soldier said. they are attackingnaves and walking over the dead bodies. wagner insists its fighters, not the regular russian army, seized soledar, a claim that's led to an internal turf war in russia over who should get credit for a victory here. but vladimir putin desperately needs a win. he's failed to take a single town since july. wagner's leader yevgeny made a triumphant visit to soledar yesterday to hand out medals to his me

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