voters in wisconsin after an eventful state of the union address. severe weather threat. thunderstorms, flash flooding, and possible tornadoes sweeping through the south. two children killed, six injured, when a bus crashes into the building. tonight, what happened to the driver. super bowl super security. an inside look at what it takes to protect one of the world s biggest events. and our new series you won t want to miss, living well. tonight, the author who says he has unlocked the secret to living a longer life. announcer: this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. tonight, president biden is taking his message directly to voters, one day after delivering his state of the union address to a combative crowd of republican lawmakers. the president s trip to the battleground state of wisconsin is a kickoff of what s exp
eventful state of the union address. severe weather threat. thunderstorms, flash flooding, and possible tornadoes sweeping through the south. day care tragedy. two children killed, six injured, when a bus crashes into a building. what happened to the driver? super bowl super security, an inside look at what it takes to protect one of the world s biggest events. and our new series you don t want to miss, living well. tonight, the aut l announcer: this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. tonight, president biden is taking his message directly to voters. one day after delivering his state of the union address to a feisty crowd of republican lawmakers. the president s trip to the battleground state of wisconsin is a kickoff of what is expected to be his 2024 reelection bid. plus, we ve got our exquisite interview tonight with the secretary of def
kris van cleave got a bird s-eye view. reporter: onboard the eye in the sky flying just 400 feet above state farm stadium. customs and border protection is keeping watch as an estimated million people flock to phoenix ahead of super bowl sunday. what is the helicopter give you that you guys on the ground don t have? have that speed to be able to get from one spot to the next. we are able to spot the entire area around the nfl, and check the areas, make sure everything is safe. reportee stadium will be offs to other aircraft and drones. on the ground, 5 miles of fencing and 2 million pounds of concrete barriers are in place. manned by a small army of private security and police, at least two dozen agencies, local, state, and federal come are providing crews and resources. what is the level of concern around this weekend? there are no specific critical threats against the
facilities with tanks and repeatedly launched low-altitude missiles directly over nuclear reactors. that is one of the most terrifying things i ve ever seen in my life. petro kotkin oversees alm of ukraine s nuclear facilities. he says the kremlin knows it s playing with fire, but the soldiers on the ground don t. take chernobyl, which russian forces captured for a month. so they were digging in radioactive material? radioactive material? they wer they were digging in radioactive soil. reporter: so have the soldiers now been poisoned? yes, they are poisoned. reporter: does that make you smile? ( laughs ) it makes everybody smile, you know. reporter: but security in ukraine and the world are no laughing matter, he says, as moscow recently unveiled a new nuclear-capable intercontinental missile. so the same kind of person who could occupy and take hostage nuclear facilities might be the same kind of person who could use nuclear weapons. right. exactly.
bit by bit, foot by foot to try to clear these guys out. jesse: are the truckers nonviolent? are they just sitting there? what s the deal there? it s almost impossible to overstate just how peaceful of a protest movement this is. jesse, i covered portland in 2020 during black lives matter and i covered this. and it s just two different worlds. these guys are playing music. they are holding christian worship services. giving out free coffee and food. christian groups here are serving the homeless population in ottawa. which even the ottawa city government doesn t do. cooperating with cops. these guys are pro-cop. there is a lot of frustration with the fact that the cops have to be doing this job because a lot of the cops on the ground don t want to be here. but, they are not violent. they are actually very peaceful. so they re really upset. they are frustrated. they are sad. they re getting cleared out. buff the violence, the sort of maximum violence here is maybe a couple sort of s