protect young users, but does it go far enough? all the new details that parents should know. why one in five military families experience hunger right here in america. >> how can they focus on the mission when your family can't even survive? >> o'donnell: the pentagon responds to our reporting. plus, the latest on your generous donations. amazon web services outage. the problems it caused on sites like netflix. and remembering pearl harbor, the greatest generation is honored in hawaii 80 years after a day that will live in infamy. ♪ ♪ ♪ this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from los angeles. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> o'donnell: good evening, to our viewers here in the west and thank you for joining us. we want to begin tonight with escalating tensions between the two former cold war rivals, the u.s. and russia as the president of the united states issues an extraordinary warning to president vladimir putin-- cut it out on the border of ukraine or face new economic punishment that the biden administration says goes beyond the traditional sanctions and could cripple the russian economy. you'll recall, putin invaded and annexed ukraine's crimea region in 2014. tonight, putin says he has no intention of attacking ukraine but is pressing for guarantees that ukraine will not join the western nato alliance. president biden has been working the phones with european leaders to form a joint strategy to escalate or inflict significant harm on the russian economy should putin again cross the line. cbs' nancy cordes leads off our coverage from the white house. r coverage from the white house. good evening, good evening, nancy. cbs' nancy cordes leads off our >> reporter: good evening, norah. and in that call, president biden warned putin that the u.s. and its allies are willing to go much further than they have before, imposing serious economic consequences that would weaken the russian ruble and crucially, cut off western investment to russia. >> hello. ( polite laugh ) good to see you again. >> reporter: it was a rare two- hour face-to-face with an urgent agenda, to talk russia out of invading a u.s. ally. national security adviser jake sullivan was with president biden for the call. >>he told president putin directly, if russia further invade ukraine the united states and our european allies would respond with strong economic measures. >> reporter: this is what has the white house concerned: close to 100,000 russian troops now amassed at the ukrainian border. ukraine, a large former soviet republic, wants to join the u.s. and most of europe in the north atlantic treaty organization. in a statement after today's meeting, the kremlin argued it is nato that is making dangerous attempts to expand into the ukrainian territory. putin is calling for legally fixed guarantees excluding the expansion of nato in the eastern direction. president biden said no. >> president biden made that point crystal clear to president putin today, that the issue of who joins nato is an issue for nato to decide. >> reporter: testifying on capitol hill, undersecretary of state victoria nuland warped the ukrainians themselves might rise up if russia attacks. >> i think the russians will have a very big fire department on their hands, that there will be severe casualties for them. >> reporter: what was putin's demeanor over the course of the two hours? did he signal any willingness to back down. >> i would say his demeanor, like president biden's demeanor, was direct and straightforward. and president putin was deeply engaed and i'm going to leave it at that in terms of trying to characterize where he is. >> reporter: among the other threats president biden made today, he said the u.s. might send more troops to eastern europe, and he told putin that any russian aggression could spell doom for the nord stream 2 gas pipeline which goes from russia to germany and is crucial to russian leaders. norah. >> o'donnell: and that is significant. thank you, nancy cordes, at the white house. and we're going it turn now to the other big story here in america: the covid pandemic, closing in on 50 million confirmed cases, public health officials believe the actual number is significantly higher. a new surge of infections and hospitalizations is being driven by the delta variant as tonight we're learning more about the new omicron strain from the scientists who first detected here's cbs' nikki it. here's cbs' nikki battiste. >> reporter: tonight, the cbs news bureau in south africa has learned the pfizer vaccine may only offer a partial shield against the new omicron variant. an early study by the southai african scientist who first detected the variant shows omicron's ability t eveiled the pfizer vaccine is robust, but not complete, and that a booster shot could help stop infection. today, dr. anthony fauci said based on preliminary data, omicron appears to be highly contagious and have a much higher probability of re-infection. symptoms reported so far don't seem severe, but he stressed it's too early to draw any conclusions. but news of the new variant seems to have boosted want vaccine effort in the u.s. with the most people, 12.5 million, getting a shot since may. and as covid cases are rising in 33 states and hospitalizations are increasing in 25, many are wondering whether or not to cancel holiday gatherings. in the face of omicron, what's your advice to us? what should we do? >> i'm weighing the same questions as everyone else. what i'm telling people for now is make sure you're vaccinated, make sure you're boosted if you're eligible, and consider using rapid tests before in- person get-togethers to help decrease the risk of infection. >> reporter: in the face of omicron, public health officials continue to stress the importance of getting vaccinated. tonight, nearly 25% of americans have yet to get a first dose. >> what keeps me up at night around covid is the number of people who have not yet gotten t their vaccine. it is absolutely our best way out of this pandemic. >> reporter: scientists here int the u.s. are also currently studying vaccine effectiveness against omicron.da dr. fauci said today we could have those results in about a week. norah.>> >> o'donnell: nikki battiste, thank you. well, let's go now to chicago where actor jussie smollett was back on the witness stand saying, "there was no hoax." he is sticking to his story that he was the victim of an anti-gay and racist attack while prosecutors say he staged the whole thing to increase his fame and fortune. cbs' charlie de mar has more from the courthouse. >> reporter: jussie smollett returned to the witness stand in his own defense, maintaining his innocence. during cross-examination, prosecutors asked smolet if he recruited one of the osundairo to when smollett replied, "as i have said for the past three years. i deny that. that never happened. there was no hoax." smollett admitted he changed his story, first telling investigators his attackers were white, but in later interviews said they were pale skinned. prosecutors asked if smollett thought his story would be more credible if he was attacked by white men.gh smollett responded, "you would have to ask someone who actually planned a fake hate crime." smollett claims he was assault by two men. brothers ola and abel osundairo testified they were paid $3500 by smollett to carry out the staged attack. supporters of smollett are confident jurors will believe him. >> jussie could easily have copped a plea with a slap on the wrist, and then moved on with his life. but he chose instead to stand up to injustice. >> reporter: closing arguments are slated for tomorrow, and then the jury will get this case. if convicted, smollett faces up to three years in prison. norah. >> o'donnell: charlie de mar, thank you. well, there is news tonight from instagram, which has been under fire.ve today, the social media giant unveiled new measures it says are aimed at protecting teens from harmful content. it all comes as the company's c.e.o. is set to testify on capitol hill tomorrow amid allegations that instagram can be toxic for teenagers, especially girls. here's cbs' kris van cleave. >> reporter: on the eve of a social media showdown with senators, instagram says it will take a stricter approac to what it recommends to teens and encourage them to take a break after prolonged use. c.e.o. adam mosseri: >> it's not only fortunate me that people feel safe on our platform but they feel good about the time they spend on instagram. >> reporter: the app, owned by facebook parent meta, is under the microscope out of concern over its impact on children. wil moving forward, instagram says it will point teens towards topy other topics if they appear to be dwelling on something and will soon roll out controls, allowing parents to monitor the time teens spend on instagram and set limits. college student lily miller spends hours a day on social media apps, like instagram. >> you see what others are doing, what they're wearing, you and feel i should be doing this or i'm missing out on something or they're living a completely different life. why isn't mine like that? so it's-- it can be harmful. >> reporter: leaked internal documents showed the app encourages prolonged use and can lead some teens to even contemplate suicide, something the company disputes. >> not only do they know that their destructive content is driving kids down these rabbit holes to eating disorders and self-harm, even suicide, but they're profiting from it. >> reporter: senators richard blumenthal and marsha blackburn will lead wednesday's hearing. >> so what they're doing is a half measure and they're doing it because they know that legislation is coming soon, and they are quite concerned about that. >> reporter: that new regulation will likely include new privacy protections for children and teens and may require some level of transparency from social media apps about how they determine what contents users see. instagram's c.e.o. will be testifying for the first time tomorrow and is expected to tell senators the company will support some new regulations. norah. >> o'donnell: all right, kris van cleave, thank you. well, tonight, we continue our reporting on the food insecurity so many military families are facing, and because of our reporting, "evening news" viewers like you have donated more than $600,000 to help military families receive food. next week, the military familye. next week, the advisory network says the one millionth meal from the money raised will be distributed. still, much more needs to be done and here's cbs' mark strassmann. >> i make sure my kids have food on the table. >> reporter: navy wife abigail kennedy is relieved. her three kids are too young to know why they're going to a food giveaway. >> we go to events like these so they help build our stock for when times are rough. >> reporter: near norfolk air station oceania, you're looking at an american shame: the need to feed military families who can't feed themselves. the military family advisory network, a nonprofit, gave each family frozen chicken and produce, 60 pounds' worth. >> our kids would eat cheerios some days because that is all we had. >> reporter: feeding america estimates 160,000 militaryme families fight hunger. especially vulnerable, junior enlisted ranks. almost 30% of them need help. >> how can they focus on the mission when your family can't even survive? >> reporter: we first spotlighted the u.s. military's food insecurity back in february. among the causes -- low wages, frequent moves, high unemployment among military spouses, and a stigma, seemingly born of denial. >> i would never go to my husband's command, ever. >> reporter: that's changing slowly. for the first time, the department of defense just commissioned a 90-day battle plan: identify hungry military families, connect them with help. >> our men and women in uniform and their families have enough to worry about. basic necessities like food and housing shouldn't be among them. >> reporter: kennedy is skeptical. >> how long do you think that will take to trickle down to service members and families? i would be very, very surprised if we see anything within the next year. >> reporter: this giveaway fed 680 families. most will need help again. you can only live so long on resilience. >> happy holidays! >> reporter: mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. >> o'don: welle's a state of emergency tonight in hawaii as catastrophic and life- threatening rain left thousands without power. oahu was especially hard hitwi with up to a foot of rain triggering flash flooding. some tourists were stranded and there was even several inches of snow in the mountains. from hawaii to washington, d.c., solemn ceremonies were held today marking 80 years since the bombing of pearl harbor, which launched the u.s. into world war ii. president biden and first lady jill biden laid a wreath at washington's world war ii memorial. and cbs' john dickerson reports tonight from pearl harbor. >> reporter: a moment of silence marked the moment eight years ago when with the sunrise came the rising sun, a symbol painted on the wings of hundreds of japanese aircraft, releasing a downpour of fire. (explosion) along battleship row sat vessels named after the states they defended: (newsreel reporter speaking ship names in the background) >> reporter: tennessee, west virginia, california-- instantly peeled open from bombs above and torpedoes below. behind me is the memorial to the u.s.s. "arizona," which, like the "utah" and the "oklahoma" were lost forever on that day. it sits below the water, still leaking oil, the final resting place of nearly 1,000 members of its crew. lou conter worked for days searching for his fallen comrades before it was determined that it was too dangerous. he is one of the last two surviving crew members of the "arizona" along with ken potts, who ferried the wounded to safety. ike schab passed ammunition to gunners repelling attack planes. his daughter held a public fund- raising campaign to send him here. >> i feel sad and proud at the same time. sorry for what's gone on in the past and proud for what has happened at the same time. >> reporter: for many survivors, it may be their last visit here. daniel martinez is the chief historian for the u.s.s. "arizona" memorial. when they are gone, how will that change the way we think about pearl harbor? >> well, we'll lose that link. and so the idea is how do we touch the next generation? how do we make them care? that's a challenge for all of us. >> reporter: but as a new generation looks on, it is clear that the lesson will provide nourishment for generations to come. world war ii started for america in this harbor, and also here, the u.s.s. 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