nurses charged: the latest on two long island caregivers arrested in a fake vaccine card scam and a handwritten ledger that shows they were raking in cash. joe rogan apologizes, one of the most popular podcasters in the world says he's sorry about covid misinformation, as musicians like neil young and joni mitchell protest spotify. england's party gate scandal, a rowdy meeting of parliament as boris johnson is forced to apologize for boozy parties during covid lockdowns. the cost of daycare in america, our look into the shocking price tag as we report that a year of childcare costs more than a year of college, in many states. and the super bowl is set, and the world waits on tom brady's future. ♪ ♪ ♪ this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> o'donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. this could be a critical week as the threat of war looms in ukraine. tonight, president biden is warning russia nat it will face swift and severe consequences should it attack, adding that the u.s. and its allies are continuing to prepare for every scenario. the cold war foes faced off today at the u.n. security security council, calling for the de-escalation of the largest mobilization of troops in decades. cbs news learned russia just delivered a written response to a u.s. proposal aimed at lowering those tensions. cbs' weijia jiang leads off the coverage with the news at the white house. good evening, weijia. >> reporter: good evening to you, norah. tonight pentagon is seeing increasing russian military activity all around ukraine, in fact that is what led to the showdown at the u.n. between russia and the u.s., even though president biden is still pushing for a diplomatic solution he's also clear-eyed about the potential for war. the russian military continues to flex it's muscle around ukraine, holding exercises on land, in the air and on the water. vladimir putin denied any interest in invading. today president biden said the u.s. is ready either way. >> russia is continuing its buildup of its forces around ukraine, we are ready no matter what happens. >> reporter: during a meeting at the u.n. security council, russia blamed the u.s. for provoking escalation. again, insisting moscow has no plans to attack. >> ( translated ): we fully understand that the desire of our american colleagues to whip up hysterics. >> reporter: the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas-greenfield demanded the know why then are there more than 100,000 russian troops surrounding ukraine on three sides? >> imagine how uncomfortable you would be if you had 100,000 troops sitting on your border in the way that these troops are sitting on the border with ukraine? >> reporter: u.s. officials says there is new evidence that russia intends to expand its presence to nearly 30,000 troops near the belarus border. navy secretary general warned nato secretary general warned russia may use joint training exercises with belarus set to begin in ten days as a disguise to attack. >> that was what happened in 2014 when they annexed crimea. >> reporter: ukraine's defense minister today celebrated the latest american ammunition shipment, which comes as civilian volunteers across the country, some with no military experience, are training to fight the russians armed only with these stand-in plywood rifles. cbs news has learned that the pentagon is close to announcing the deployment of u.s. troops based in europe moving them close to the front lines with russia, and tomorrow secretary of state antony blinken is set to speak with russia's foreign minister when they will almost certainly talk about that new written response. norah. >> o'donnell: weijia jiang with all the news, thank you. well, the northeast is still digging out from a weekend storm that dumped more than a foot of snow across nine states. parts of new york, massachusetts and rhode island got more than two feet from the nor'easter and bomb cyclone. at least four deaths have been blamed on the storm. tonight, states from the plains to the great lakes are braced for the next significant storm tim from wednesday through friday. bitterly cold temperatures are expected on the back end of the storm for much of the southern plains. all right, now to this alarming story about a kansas woman charged with providing material support to a terrorist organize. organization. the 42-year-old mother of five is accused of leading an all female battalion of isis fighters in syria and planning an attack on a college campus. cbs jeff pegues has more. >> reporter: when she was living in kansas the 42-year-old was a teacher and devoted mother who documented her family's add adventures on this blog. today in a virginia courtroom prosecutors allege she is now a dangerous and radicalized isis soldier. fluke-ekren moved to syria in 2012 to join up with the islamic state and joined an all female isis unit and discussed conducting an attack in the united states explaining: a co-operating witness also told investigators fluke-ekren devised a plan which inclued dropping off a backpack of explosive on a college campus. >> its chilling stuff. >> reporter: this, devora margolin says, investigators leave no doubt about fluke- ekren's personal motivations. >> they outline witness statements about her personal desire to carry out violence which is important because we often underestimate women's ideological pull to these groups. >> reporter: the kansans legal team declined to comment on the case. the 42-year-old's next court date is next thursday. in the mean time, her mother, father, two adult children made it crystal clear to the judge today they do not want her contacting them. norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. breaking news tonight, a federal judge has rejected a plea agreement from the justice department that would have averted a hate crimes trial for the man accused of murdering ahmaud arbery. the deal would have allowed travis mcmichael to spend the first 30 yearser in federal prison than state prison where conditions are suffer. security assistance is asked for after former donald trump lashed out at prosecutors investigating after former president donald trump lashed out at prosecutors investigating his business dealings and conduct after the 2020 election. but it was another trump comment getting all the attention here in washington. cbs' major garrett reports. >> reporter: republicans and democrats hammered former president trump today for suggesting he would offer pardons to convicted january 6th rioters if elected again. >> it is traitorous conduct for the former president to say he wants to pardon them. >> i don't want to send any signal it was okay to defile the cap poll. capitol. >> reporter: this is what the former president told a rally outside houston saturday. >> if i run and win we will treat those people from january 6th fairly, we will treat them fairly, and if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons. >> reporter: by dangling the prospect of pardons, trump has complicated future negotiations for potential plea deals for hundreds of rioters. the prosecutor probing trump's efforts to over turn the election asked for f.b.i. security after former president singled out black prosecutors who launched investigations with ties to the former president. >> if these radical vicious racist prosecutors do anything wrong or illegal i hope we are going to have in this country the biggest protest we have ever had in washington, d.c., in new york, in atlanta -- >> reporter: trump also lamented former vice president mike pence writing in a statement, mike pence did have the right to change the outcome. unfortunately, he didn't exercise that power. actually, pence could not have. doing so would have been unconstitutional. >> now he's just making stuff up because he can't handle that the american people rose in large numbers and fired him. >> o'donnell: and major garrett joins us with breaking news, i understand, on the january 6th investigation? >> reporter: yes, house select committee members have obtained testimony from mark short, vice president pence's chief of staff to speak on how much pressure the president applied on the former vice president because mr. trump said he didn't want pence to investigate or slow things down, he wanted him to overturn the 2020 election. >> o'donnell: thank you. the f.b.i. tonight is investigating bomb threats at at least half a dozen historically black colleges. no bombs were found. at least one university closed for the day, similar threats were made to several black universities earlier this month. it's not clear in the threats are related to the latest wave but the white house is looking into it as well. a new report isn't the end of th troubles for u.k. prime minister boris johnson. police in london are investigating more than 300 photographs and 500 pages of documents after a report of more than a dozen alcohol-fueled parties during covid lockdowns. more from cbs' roxana saberi. >> -- but firstly, i want to say sorry. >> reporter: for british prime minister boris johnson, party gate is far from over. >> i want to say sorry for the way this matter has been handled. >> the public know that this is a man they can no longer trust. >> reporter: today's report found some of the gathering at ten downing street at the height of covid restrictions should not have been allowed to take place and reflected failures of leadership and judgment. one was a birthday party in johnson's honor. ( singing ) after he made the school visit. two more took place on the eve of prince philip's funeral when his widow queen elizabeth had to mourn alone. >> people do not respect him anymore. >> reporter: sonia purnell is an author of a biography on boris johnson. >> do you think he's going to bounce back this time? >> i think it's different. all of us suffered through the pandemic. i lost my mother to covid, and the day after i buried her, boris johnson was having a party in the garden in downing street. >> reporter: the internal investigation into the events here at 10 downing street also noted excessive drinking and staff feeling unable to report bad behavior. its findings on twelve gatherings have gone on to a criminal investigation now underway by the police. norah. >> o'donnell: roxana saberi, thank you. we want to turn to the covid misinformation scandal surrounding comedian and podcastser joe rogan, causing a major backlash for streaming service spofort spotify, prompting an apology from rogen. >> i'm sorry they feel that way. >> reporter: joe rogan is apologetic and defensive to allegation he's helping spread dangerous information about covid 19 on spotify's top podcast. >> i will try to balance out these more controversial viewpoints. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> reporter: musicians neil young and joni mitchell pulled their music from spotify in support of hundredses of medical experts who sent a letter asking for an end to misinformation on the platform. popular host, brene brown won't popular host, brene brown won't release anything new until further notice. spotify will add an advisory to any discussions of covid 19 on the joe rogan experience, he claimed young people don't need the vaccine. last month he hosted a controversial anti-vax doctor. >> i'm just a person who sits and talks to people. >> reporter: c.e.o. daniel ek said in a blog post-the company is trying to balance user safety with creator expression adding spotify is not a content sensor. nils lofgren, guitarist for bruce springsteen, pulled his music, too. >> we're all for free speech. we just don't want to be associated with misinformation and lies killing americans. >> reporter: vladimir duthiers, nbc news, new york. >> o'donnell: the soaring cost of childcare, a recent analysis finds the cost of childcare now rivals the cost of a college education in many states. cbs' mark strassmann has more. >> reporter: for cassandra little, gavin's infection softens the squeeze of a broken system: the cost of daycare in america. at one point, taking almost half this architect's after-tax income. >> i felt like i should scream, cry and vomit all at the same time. you have this repetitive question, is it worth it? >> reporter: except for washington, d.c., massachusetts has america's most expensive childcare. for a four-year-old that cost averages $15,000 a year, an infant almost $21,000. by government standards, only 5% of massachusetts families can afford infant care. >> doesn't work for anybody. nobody wins. >> reporter: lauren cook runs the ellis early learning early center. this nationally accredited nonprofit looks after 270 kids. tuition as high as $30,000. but without donations, the center would close. >> we lose money on virtually every child we serve. >> reporter: these parents should be paying more. >> which is impossible. we would break families. >> reporter: for years, advocates have pleaded for government to invest in early learning. at ellis, two-thirds of the kids subsidized tuition based on lower family incomes. without the help, daycare for this three year old ariel, beyond a reasonable doubt would cost more than the rent. >> we're putting that much money into daycare, what am i going have saved up and how am i going to afford a house one day? 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