includes sanctions of 2600 members of the russian and belarusian military. christo cristina, is the embassy reopening? she did, and, no, this is not. this is the first time a top diplomat at that mission has been allowed back into the country since the war started, and they re looking at the u.s. is looking at this as a countermessaging moderna for whatever it is the russians and president putin are planning on monday. interesting. thank you for that. today abortion rights activists used mother s day to launch what they called a national women s strike. elise preston joins us in new york for more. elyse? reporter: jamie, here in new york, barricades are in place outside st. patrick s cathedral as police try to stay prepared for ongoing demonstrations. abortion rights supporters nationwide are vowing to
be back here at 6:00 for an hour of news. thank captioning sponsored by cbs duncan: tonight.solidarity. i wanted to come on mother s day. the first lady jill biden visits ukraine, and so does canada s prime minister justin trudeau. and the g-7 leaderss meet virtually to push back against russia s aggression. this as the attacks intensify. today dozens feared dead following an airstrike on this pool. i m charlie d agata in eastern ukraine, where russia has stepped up its bombardment of civilian areas. russia h [yelling] duncan: also tonight s, new protests. abortion rights activists take their fights to the streets and outside of the homes of at least two supreme court adjustments. elise preston in new york, where barricades are in place outside of
a cbs news poll out today shows 64% of americans believe the superior court should keep roe vs. wade in place. the poll also shows those who want to make abortion illegal in their state say abortion is not a right, that abortions are too easy to obtain, or that abortion is against their religious beliefs. if you believe as i believe, that is an unborn child in that mother s womb. that is what we re trying to do is stanup up for the those unborn ldre at oter: democrat tohi is not over. and here we are on mother s day, a week where the court has slapped women in the face in terms of disrespect for their judgment about the size and timing of their families. reporter: today in new york, senate minority leader chuck schumerout lined a vote planned in congress this week aimed at protecting abortion rights. it is not expected to pass, but schumer says he
are using defending themselves and again, thank god zelenskyy is still there to lead this country, lead the men and women in uniform and all of the citizens and rally the world in defiance of putin. eric: he is a modern-day winston churchill but they knew that material yesterday we hoped certainly they will get it asap retired army general anthony tata. thank you eric. arthel: for the first time in nearly three years of the pandemic christians around the world are attending mass to celebrate easter. a massive crowd gathered outside st. peter s basilica to hear the pope s address and churches held services across the u.s. charles watson is live and atlanta with one of the latest on the easter celebration around the world, hi charles. pope francis designated today
could not save his. brooke: later this morning and tomorrow a sea of blue will be outside st. patrick s cathedral for the wake of jason rivera. wilbert mora is planned next week at the same location. he donated heart, pancreas and liver. opposition is crying against manhattan district attorney awell,vin braggsoft on crime policy. they roll back the policy and correct what is wrong with the reform law, we will continue to see lawlessness. i blame that directly on district attorney bragg, his policies benefit nobody. brooke: governor kathy hochul