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the president telling our cbs' nancy cordes, no. but vladimir putin is increasingly isolated.today again sitting alone at one end of a long table far away from even his own advisors. and today, with more than half a million refugees leaving their homes in ukraine, we are reminded about the cost of war. and the impact on families and especially children. the tears that fell down this young boy's cheeks after leaving his father who is fighting in kyiv. or these beautiful newborn twin boys sleeping tonight in a bomb shelter. and these children trying to survive not just cancer, but also putin's war of choice. tonight vladimir putin is under investigation for possible war crimes. russian forces are still battling to take over ukraine's biggest cities, but they are meeting stiff resistance. the two sides sat down for their first face to face talks in belarus. the only thing agreed on was to meet again. we have team coverage and cbs' charlie d'agata will start us off again tonight from kyiv. good evening, charlie. >> reporter: good evening, norah. that's right. tonight russia is acc

but first, let's go to cbs' nancy cordes at the white house' nancy cordes at the white nancy. >> reporterh, i'm told that president biden will go directly after the russian president tonight, and according to excerpts just released, he'll say that vladimir putin miscalculated. "he thought the west and nato wouldn't respond, and he thought he could divide us here at home. but putin was wrong, and we were ready." this high-profile speech has been written and rewritten and rewritten again, in response to changing world events. president biden donned a blue and yellow tie today-- ukraine's national colors-- as he spoke by phone with ukraine's president, holed up in an underground bunker. zelensky said they discussed his need for more defense assistance as russian bombing intensifies. the u.s. and its allies unleashed more economic firepower today-- apple halting all product sales in russia, as visa and mastercard blocked russian banks from their networks. ford suspended operations in russia, following g.m.'s lead. and, the operator of the new nord stream 2 natural gas pipeline from russia to

. >> reporter: i'm nancy cordes in warsaw, where ukrainian refugees tell president biden their cities have been bombed out of existence. >> diaz: in ukraine, russian rockets strike lviv, near poland's border. >> reporter: i'm imtiaz tyab in lviv, ukraine, a city now on edge following russia's missile attack. dia and north of the capital, kyiv, ukrainians turn out to confront invading troops. while in the black sea, a russian warship fires at new targets in ukraine, the war now in its second month. ♪ ♪ ♪ plus, new details on the death of taylor hawkins. is the foo fighters' hard-hitting drummer. and later, march madness: new jersey's tiny st. peters proves mighty again. >> this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york with adriaa dia z. >> diaz: good evening. tonight, president biden is heading home, ending a three-day trip to europe aimed at bolsterng unity among allies against russia's invasion of ukraine. in a major speech in poland, the president delivered a forceful denunciation of vladimir putin. mr. biden appeared to call for regime change. although, the white house later walked

nancy cordes shows us who's been targeted. >> reporter: french officials say this yacht was preparing for an urgent departure when it ws seized overnight off the coat dazur. the $120 million boat belongs to igor sechin, the ceo of russian oil giant rosneft. >> thank you all for being here -- >> reporter: president biden announced the u.s. will freeze and seize the assets of eight russian elites. >> our interest is in maintaining the strongest unified economic impact campaign that -- on putin in all history. >> reporter: the eight include alisher usmanov who owns one of russia's most expensive private jets and whose $600 million yacht docked in germany faces an uncertain fate. another is sergei chemezov, a friend of putin's from their kgb days. jennifer lopez recently celebrated her 52nd birthday on his super yacht. how is the white house choosing which oligarchs to sanction? do you start with the richest ones or the ones with the closest ties to vladimir putin? >> one of the big factors is the proximity to president putin. we want him to feel the squeeze. we want the people around him

but first, let's go to cbs' nancy cordes at the white house. nancy. accord to excerpts just released, he'll say that vladimir putin miscalculated. he thought the and west nato wouldn't respond and he thought he could divide us here at home. putin was wrong and we were ready. this high-profile speech has been written and rewritten and rewritten again in response to changing world events. president biden donned a blue and yellow tie today. ukraine's national colors as he spoke by phone with ukraine's president, holed up in an underground bunker. zelensky said they discussed his need for more defense assistance as russian bombing intensifies. the u.s. and it's allies aleiberred more power today. ford suspended operations in russia following g.m.'s lead. and the operator of the new nord stream 2 natural gas pipeline from russia to germany filed for bankruptcy in the face of crippling sanctions. but fears of a worldwide shortage forces oil prices up more than 10% today, to their highest level in seven years. even after other oil-producing nations, includin

we've got a lot of news to get to tonight, and cbs' nancy cordes is going to start us off from brussels. good evening, nancy. >> reporter: good evening, norah. president biden set a new red line here in brussels today, threatening to take unspecified action if vladimir putin, as many fear, unleashes chemical or biological weapons in ukraine. >> we would respond. we would respond if he uses it. the nature of the response would depend on the nature of the use. >> reporter: president biden issued that warning between meetings with his fellow nato allies and his fellow g7 leaders and the leaders of european union nations, a diplomatic whirlwind designed to show unity in the face of what could become prolonged russian brutality. >> if you're putin and you think that the-- that europe is going to crack in a month or six weeks or two months, why not-- they can take anything for another month. >> reporter: but speaking remotely, ukrainian president volodyyr zelenskyy told the leader he's needs more than unity. he needs jets and 1% of nato's tanks. "you have least 20,000 tanks," he said. adding,

we have a lot to cover tonight starting with cbs' nancy cordes in warsaw. good evening, nancy. >> reporter: good evening, norah. the u. has now stationed more than 9,000 troops here in poland. and president biden came here to thank them and to steel them for what could be a prolonged mission here on nato's eastern flank. president biden came within 50 miles of the ukrainian border today and said he wished he could get closer. >> thank you very, very much for all you do. >> reporter: he stopped in rzeszow, poland to share a slice with members of the 82nd airborne who are part of the massive aid effort in this town that has now become a processing points for tens of thousands of ukrainian refugees. >> we sent the best, the best available in america, and that's all of you. >> reporter: 3.7 million people have fled ukraine in the past month. more than half of them have come here to poland. today, the polish president referred to them as guests. president biden called vladimir putin a war criminal, intent on causing civilian suffering. >> he's not stopping. it's

we have a team of reporters inside ukraine, but first, cbs' nancy cordes joins us from the white house. good evening, nancy. >> reporter: good evening, norah. from the white house where anti-russia protests just outside the gate appear to have become a permanent fixure. tonight, the white house is going directly after the heart of russia's economy-- the oil industry. >> nothing is off the table. >> reporter: president biden today moved to squeeze russia's biggest export, oil, restricting russia's ability to buy the technology it needs to refine oil at current levels. russia's indiscriminate bombing of civilian targets intensified today, prompting a dramatic vote by the u.n. general assembly-- 141-5, to demand russia withdraw its troops from ukraine. >> we've seen videos of russian forces moving exceptionally lethal weaponry into ukraine, which has no place on the battlefield. >> reporter: exxon, boeing, and siemens joined the growing list of corporate giants pulling back on russian business. >> of course i'm depressed. all of us are. >> reporter: in an extraordinary interview with sky

nancy cordes at the white house. thank you. ukraine, where tonight russian forces have escalated their attacks in heavily populated civilian areas in ukraine's major cities, prompting the u.s. secretary of state to say that russia's human rights abuses are mounting by the hour. cbs' charlie d'agata is in the capital city of kyiv. good evening, charlie. good to >> reporter: good evening to you, norah. u.s. officials tell cbs news that 200 stinger missiles have now been delivered to ukraine with hundreds more on the way. the united states has been sending arms to this country for years, but this is the first time these anti-aircraft weapons have been part of the package. the relentless bombing of kharkiv as russia resorts to brutal force to break the sies jt how bad it is and then... ( explosion ) and he survived that blast. with ukrainian forces refusing to fold, the russian military has unleashed punishing artillery and airstrikes. the city of 1.4 million people suffering heavy losses as indiscriminate shelling rained down on a

cbs' nancy cordes has new details from the white house. >> mr. must stop this madness. >> reporter: a dire warning today from the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., another nuclear facility could now be at risk. >> russian forces are now 20 miles and closing from ukraine's second largest nuclear facility, so this imminent danger continues. >> reporter: u.s. officials said today they're working to determine whether russia's attacks on civilian targets, from power plants to schools to apartment buildings, meet the legal definition of war crimes. >> stability in europe hangs in the balance. >> reporter: secretary of state antony blinken held emergency meetings at nato headquarters in belgium, his first stop in a six-nation european blitz aimed at keeping allies in lockstep. >> unfortunately, tragically, horrifically, this may not be over soon. and so, these efforts that we're make together, we have to sustain them. >> reporter: here in washington, president biden met with the president of finland, a country that shares an 800-mile-long border with russia.

norah. >> o'donnell: fascinating details, nancy cordes, thank you.n to the humanitarian crisis which has spiked to more than a million refugees in just seven days. today there was little movement on a cease fire but both sides say they agreed on a humanitarian corridor for civilians to leave ukraine safely. chris livesay is in lviv with the harrowing tales of the exodus. >> reporter: the strong do what they can, while the weak suffer what they must. of the 1 million refugees who have already fled in neighboring countries, 500,000 of them are children, the u.n. says. and yet, they are the lucky ones. roughly 1 million more people remain internally displaced in a current gripped by war, such as these families at a shelter in the western city of lviv. that's 4-year-old andre, exhausted after 20 hours of sleepless escape with his 16-year-old brother dennis and their mother olga. we heard explosions over our heads at the train station and all the way on the train, she says. you're aware you may never return home. he says, every day begins by texting our r

nancy cordes at the white house.>>> well, let's turn now to ukraine where tonight russian forces have escalated their attacks in heavily populated civilian areas in ukraine's major cities. prompting the u.s. secretary of state to say that russia's human rights abuses are mounting by the hour. cbs's charlie d'agata is in the capital city of kyiv. good evening, charlie. >> reporter: good evening to you, norah. u.s. officials tell cbs news that 200 stinger missiles have now been delivered to ukraine with hundreds more on the way. the united states has been sending arms to this country for years, but this is the first time these anti-aircraft weapons have been part of the package. the relentless bombing of kharkiv as russia resorts to brutal force to break the resistance. a resident describes just how bad it is, and then -- [ explosion ] and he survived that blast. with ukrainian forces refusing to fold, the russian military has unleashed punishing artillery and airstrikes. the city of 1.4 million people suffering heavy

not believe we have done enough. >> on that question, let's bring in white house correspondent nancy cordesunited states is sending stinger missiles, javelin missile, heavy armaments to take planes out of the sky, but they've they've drawn the line on the question of a no-fly zone. what is the big distinction that is hanging up u.s. officials on what to give and when? >> i thought it was very interesting, tony, that when he spoke, president zelenskyy asked specifically for a humanitarian no-fly zone. he used that word humanitarian, which signifies he may no longer be seeking for a -- a blanket no-fly zone, something he knows is not going to be coming from the u.s. and nato, but primarily, tlifat least protect of the humanitarian escape corridors as millions of ukrainians try to flee the country and often can't because they, too, are attacked by the russians, despite russian promises not to do so. that's something that some u.s. foreign policy analysts have pushed for as well, even as they acknowledge that there's no guarantee that the russians will recognize this distinction between a blank

nancy cordes in brussels.>>> we want to turn now to an exclusive cbs news and "washington post" investigation. tonight our chief election and campaign correspondent robert costa and bob woodward have uncovered text messages between the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas and president trump's top aide in which she repeatedly pushed to overturn the 2020 presidential election. here's cbs's robert costa. >> reporter: the stunning text messages detail an extraordinary relationship between ginni thomas and then white house chief of staff mark meadows. just after then president trump started his fight to overturn the 2020 election results. >> this is a major fraud on our nation. we want the law to be used in a proper manner. so we'll be going to the u.s. supreme court. >> reporter: the texts are among more than 2,000 messages meadows provided to the january 6th committee. the first message from thomas came the day before joe biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election. "do not concede,"

. >> reporter: i'm nancy cordes in warsaw, where ukrainian refugees tell president biden their cities have been bombed out of existence. >> diaz: in ukraine, russian rockets strike lviv, near poland's border. >> reporter: i'm imtiaz tyab in lviv, ukraine, a city now on edge following russia's missile attack. dia and north of the capital, kyiv, ukrainians turn out to confront invadi t

. >>> plus, nancy cordes speaks with longtime friends of supreme court nominee judge ketanji brown jacksonings next week. >>> and actor pablo schreiber joins us to tell us about his paramount plus tv series "halo," based on the classic video game. >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great weekend. ♪

nancy cordes is here with us. this is the biggest speech governor reynolds has ever given. >> right, and these responses always seem to come off better when they come from someone who, like the president, is in an executive position, a governor in a state, not a lawmaker. iowa is a purple state, that's a bonus. she's viewed as someone who handled covid well in her state and, of course, having been more aggressive thane many democratsened even republicans when it comes to getting kids back into a classroom. >> o'donnell: she is 62 years old, a grandmother, farm zips assistant, a recovering alcoholic. when it comes to schools, many republicans said she is the model because she opened schools early. tonight, i think she'll try to hold the model that parents should make the decision also. >> republicans want the turf to be on education. >> o'donnell: here now, iowa's governor. >> good evening. i'm kim reynolds, governor of the good state of iowa. i just watched the president's artdz. i listened as the governor of our

nancy cordes, thank you. >>> well, tonight, the only person charged in connection to the death of breonna taylor has been cleared by a kentucky jury. brett hankison was accused of blindly firing shots into taylor's apartment, endangering the lives of three neighbors. hankison testified he did nothing wrong during the botched raid in 2020. he was fired by the louisville police department three months later. taylor's sister just posted on facebook that she's tired of the injustice. >>> well, tonight, the house committee investigating the assault on the capitol issued a new subpoena to kimberly guilfoyle. a former fox news host engaged to donald trump, jr. meanwhile, this is big. in a court filing last night, the committee claims to have evidence former president trump and allies engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the united states in their effort to overturn the 2020 election. >>> tonight, the world's most visited website, tiktok, is under a multistate investigation. the social media platform is accused of using technology that experts say can harm the mental health of america's yo

nancy cordes caught up with people who have known her for over 30 years. >> i pulled over, sobbing hystericallys are shaking. >> we just screamed jumping up and down. my kids are like what's wrong, what's wrong! someone texted my daughter and she's like okay, i know why for you i wish many things... to see all the world can be. but most of all... i wish you'll never stop wishing. ♪ ♪ >>> taking a look at walnut creek with our camera on mount diablo. we are not looking at much in the way of fog. north valleys are but inland valleys in the east bay. if you look over the hill you see patchiness, stratus clouds starting to fill the bay in other. we'll probably see clouds increase in the heart of the bay for the next hours. i don't anticipate it to be fog. you see downtown oakland fine. however north bay valleys, we'll talk about fog on the road. i will see you with more on that in a bit. >> thank you. >>> time for a look at entertainment headlines. dolly parton's name will remain on the ballot for induction to the rock-n-roll hall of fame despite her request to bow out. she says she didn't think sh

. >> and i'm nancy cordes. >> gayle and tony are off, but we are in great hands.r," your world in 90 seconds. >> as a mother, i know a number of you are mothers yourself, it is horrifying, the barbaric military force to go after innocent civilians. >> international outrage. the world condemns russia's attack on a maternity and children's hospital in ukraine. >>> dispatches from the polish border. we speak to an american paratrooper who spent his va