concerns about united states joint military drills with south korea. panic on the new orleans parade route. a gunman opened fire. mardi gras back to pre-pandemic levels. e policeorbr n an arrest in connection with the catholic bishop shot at home. woman killed in an alligator attack in a florida retirement community. what i have to say tonight doesn t come from here. it comes from here. norah: good evening and thank you for joining us as we begin a new week together. tonight cbs evening news goes in-depth with a look at how americans are exposed to chemicals in our food. plus the story of 281-year-old best friends who are in the middle of a once-in-a-lifetime trip around the world. first, the story, the top-secret historic trip. security was tight as it was the first time in modern history that an american president traveled to a war zone where there is not a u.s. military presence on the ground. president biden s motorcade slipped out of the white house at
Put the president on a smaller 757. changing the callsign from air force one to special air mission 60. the plane took off from joint base andrews at 4:15 a.m. sunday morning stopping briefly in germany to refuel before turning off its transponder and flying to a polish airbase near the ukrainian border. as the president and a tiny group of aides made their way into ukraine on a heavily guarded gate car train, u.s. surveillance flights kept watch from polish airspace. he arrived in kyiv bearing gifts, a promise of another $450 million worth of military aid, including artillery ammunition, javelin anti-armor missiles, and surveillance radar systems. i thought it was critical that there would not be any doubt, none whatsoever, about u.s. support to ukraine.