0 >> news updates are always on kpix.com. see you in 30 minutes. captioning sponsored by cbs >> tracy: tonight, hospitals overwhelmed by the unprecedented covid surge. i.c.u.s packed in some states as deaths rise nationwide, even as new infe infections in some regioning start to fall. >> reporter: i'm lilia luciano in l.a. county, which leads california in new infections, and hospitalizations are climbing. >> tracy: also tonight, the u.s. sends lethal aid to ukraine as tensions with moscow rise. >> reporter: i'm holly williams near ukraine's northern border with russia. on the other side of that frontier, russia has massed nearly 100,000 troops fueling fears of an invasion. >> tracy: plus biden briefed. national security officials update the president on ukraine as he marks a landmark court decision now under attack on the homefront. in new york, a gunman kills one police officer and critically wounds another. >> reporter: i'm michael george in new york, where there's mourning but also anger over rising gun violence across the country. >> tracy: and later, life lessons learned on a school playground in texas. >> this is the "cbs weekend news." >> tracy: good evening, i'm ben tracy in new york. adriana diaz is off. the omicron-fueled covid surge has shattered records, infected tens of millions of americans, and pushes hospitals to the brink. now it appears to be relenting. there are now an average of about 724,000 new infections a day. that's down 10% over the past week. but it's not all good news, because deaths are still rising, now averaging more than 2,000 a day. cbs' lilia luciano is in los angeles with the latest. lilia, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, ben. well, as those new infections are starting, finally, to plateau, the c.d.c. is now pointing to three new studies that show just how effective vaccines and boosters are at keeping people away from the hospital. omicron is retreating in parts of the country, but it remains relentless in many hospitals, straining i.c.u.s and push something healthcare workers to the brink. >> this is the worst. it's taking us out with it. >> reporter: covid heaingses jumped 30%, and deaths 44% in the past two weeks, with the west and midwest hit especially hard. >> every hospital is full, so trying to find a facility that has an open space with the appropriate care is difficult. >> reporter: the pace of first shots is slowing, with about a third of eligible americans still not fully vaccinated. and less than half are boosted, even as studies show that third pfizer or moderna shot reduces the risk of hospitalization with omicron by 82%. >> we have the saddest stories we've heard in your life of orphan children and dead mothers and people losing their loved ones when they didn't have to. >> reporter: starting today, visits from mexico and canada, entering by car, train, or fer, must show proof of vaccination. but pub-back to vaccines and masking mandates rages on. a virginia mom is facing criminal charges after making a threat at a school board meeting. >> my children will not come to school on monday with a mask on. and i will bring every single gun loaded and ready. >> reporter: that parent apologized. and while more challenges to mandates keep making their way through the courts, the federal government is giving out the good masks, the n95, starting next week for free. they'll be available at pharmacies and health centers across the country. >> tracy: a strong wind storm is prompting alerts for more than 30 million people across the west. the gusts are fueling a wildfire near big sur, california. that's causing some evacuations in the the area. so far about 1,500 acres have burned. in the east, a delta airlines plane rolled into the mud after landing at raleigh-durham airport friday night. it happened as winter weather hit parts of the southeast. thankfully, no one was hurt. tonight, sources tell cbs news the u.s. embassy in kyiv is in the process of authorizing the departure of nonessential diplomats and families. but they are not ordering them to leave ukraine just yet. this comes as russia has deployed tens of thousands of troops along its border with oxycodone and neighboring belarus. cbs' holly williams is there. >> reporter: well, we are around 35 miles from ukraine's northern border with russia, and on the other side of that frontier, russia has massed roughly 100,000 troops. meanwhile, russian missile systems and fighter jets are heading to neighboring belarus for military drills, leaving this u.s. ally now almost encircled, and that's what's fueling fears of a russian invasion. now, talks yesterday before secretary of state antony blinken and russia's foreign minister in geneva did not result in a breakthrough. and the big question now is what exactly russia's president, vladimir putin, wants. russia claims it's threatened by the expansion of nato. but some here believe that in reality, putin's deliberately ratcheting up tensions to try to extract concessions from the u.s. and its allies. others say putin's deadly serious about some kind of attack on ukraine, and that 30 years after the end of the cold war, he's trying to recreate a russian empire, perhaps to distract from russia's own domestic problems. the u.s. says that if russia invades, it will respond swiftly and severely with sanctions. and the u.s. is also training and arming the ukrainian military. the first shipment in $200 million worth of emergency military assistance from america arrived here in ukraine last night. ben. >> tracy: holly williams in ukraine tonight, thank you. president biden is meeting with his national security team about the ukraine crisis at camp david this weekend. he's also marking today's 49th anniversary of the supreme court's "roe v. wade" decision that established the right to abortion. natalie brand is at the white house. natalie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, ben. in a statement, the president and vice president pledged to defend the constitutional right established in "roe" with every tool they possess. but advocates on the other side feel empowered by a new conservative majority on the supreme court. ( applause ) with decades of precedent now in question, antiabortion rights demonstrators feel energized, turning out saturday in texas. >> these are the voices. >> reporter: on friday, tens of thousands in washington marched to the supreme court, where justices could soon reshape abortion rights. >> i'm hopeful, of course, that they will make a choice for life that honors the rights of all people, of all americans. >> our constitutional right to abortion is at the greatest risk it's ever been. >> reporter: both sides are closely watching a case that centers around a mississippi law that bana aortions after 15 weeks, a direct challenge to the now-49-year-old "roe v. wade" decision, which said states cannot ban abortion before fetal viability, typically around 24 weeks. a ruling is expected this summer, but a growing number of conservative states are already passing new restrictions, while more liberal states try to enact protections. >> essentially, what it's saying is that, you know, abortion access depends on where you live. >> tracy: natalie, we're expecting more demonstrations in washington tomorrow. what's that all about? >> reporter: that, ben, would be a rally again vaccine mandates. thousands are expected tomorrow on the national mall. among the expected speakers, robert kennedy jr., and this comes as a growing number of cities nationwide, including here in washington, d.c., have put in place vaccination requirements for restaurants and other indoor spaces. ben. >> tracy: all right, natalie brand, thank you so much. today the arizona democratic party voted to formally censure kyrsten sinema. this is a mostly symbolic act taken in response to sinema's vote to maintain the filibuster rules. tonight, city leaders here in new york want the federal government to do more to get illegal guns off the streets. their demands follow a shooting that left one police officer dead and another fighting for his life. cbs' michael george is in harlem with more. michael, good evening. >> reporter: ben, good evening. tonight, officer william mora remains in critical condition here at harlem hospital as the n.y.p.d. and the city mourn his partner, officer jason rivera, and talk about how to address rising gun violence here and across the nation. >> we hear thousands of guns being confiscated, but thousands of guns are still out there. >> reporter: today, new york city mayor eric adams held a frank discussion on gun violence one day after a horrific shooting ended the life of rookie police officer jason rivera, just 22 years old. rivera and two other officers were responding to a domestic disturbance in harlem friday night when a gunman opened fire without warning. hitting officer rivera and his partner, 27-year-old officer william mora. >> it's 2022. when is this going to stop? >> reporter: police say they recovered a glock .45, reported stolen in baltimore. >> we can't continue to have the overproliferation of guns that are coming in. >> reporter: gun violence is rising across the country. since the start of the year, more than 1,000 people in the u.s. have been killed in homicides or accidental shootings. and at least 17 police officers have been shot. earlier this month, former connecticut state trooper troy anderson told cbs news americans should be alarmed by the number of line-of-duty deaths. >> there's never been a year like this. numbers are up across the board. the most important part of this is how we're going to make this job safer. how are we going to do it? >> reporter: and n.y.p.d. officers continue to keep vigil here tonight. this has been a particularly violent month here in new york. five police officers have been shot. just this weekend, an 11-month-old girl was hit by a stray bullet. ben. >> tracy: michael george, thank you. today, peru declared an environmental emergency after an oil spill polluted its coast. an estimated 6,000 gallons of oil has washed on beaches near lima. it's from an oil tanker hit by massive waves following the eruption of an undersea volcano near tonga. more than 16,000 miles away in tonga, the first flights carrying food, water, and medical supplies arrived after the island's main runway was cleared of ash. these satellite images before and after the undersea volcanic eruption show the magnitude of the devastation on the pacific island nation. straight ahead on the webs sekd news, former vice president al gore on the climate crisis and the planet's future. and later, life lessons on the playground.
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