48 million americans in the path of severe storms. tonight s other top headlines: the bloody battle for the control of mariupol. breaking news as the f.d.a. restricts the j&j vaccine. the concerning health alert about some blood pressure medications and a bad reaction with ibuprofen. inside trump s oval office. our 60 minutes interview with former secretary of defense mark esper.mp s oval office. our 60 min the tense standoff. i just turned squarely around to him, faced him and said, i don t have a quarter million troops to send on some ridiculous mission to the border. o donnell: and a field of dreams for a young yankees fan. the special moment between fans riv teams. 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 on this thursday night. as we come on the air tonight, public protests are spreading across the nation, following the
of severe storms. tonight s other top headlines: the bloody battle for the control of mariupol. therning hh ales the f.d.a.&j jd about some blood pressure medications and a bad reaction with ibuprofen. inside trump s oval office. our 60 minutes interview with former secretary of defense mark esper. the tense standoff. i just turned squarely around to him, faced him and said, i don t have a quarter million troops to send on some ridiculous mission to the border. o donnell: and a field of dreams for a young yankees fan. the special moment between fans of two rival teams. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. as we come on the air tonight, public protests are spreading across the nation, following the leaked draft decision from the supreme court that would end federal protection of abortion rights. well, the demonstrations have ben mostly p
which airlines are now saying is mask-optional. for weeks, ukrainian, u.s., nato officials have all warned the russians were preparing for a renewed military offensive in the east. now it seems the battle for the donbas region has begun. according to ukraine s top security official, a 300-mile-long front line, almost 500 kilometers, came under attack by russian forces monday, and for the most part, that defensive line held. the pentagon now believes 76 russian battalion tactical groups have been deployed in the south and the east. 11 added in the last few days alone. each btg consists of up to 800 troops. that means tens of thousands of russian soldiers. but ukraine s president says despite being outnumbered and outgunned, his country will not give up without a fight. translator: no matter how many russian servicemen they re bringing in, into that area, we will keep on fighting and defending, and we will be doing this daily. it s not just eastern ukraine being targeted.
children s teeth starting to spoil. this morning president biden will hold a call with u.s. allies and partners to discuss how to hold moscow accountable more. moscow is not moving back. this is just in to cnn, russia s foreign minister sergey lavrov states categorically that his country will only use conventional weapons in ukraine, not nuclear weapons. it should be noted lavrov not directly responsible for military decision-making in russia, but an important potentially important public comment. of course russia also said they would not invade ukraine and here we are. ed lavandera is starting our coverage this morning. what are you seeing on the ground so far? reporter: well, we re paying close attention to the renewed offensive there in eastern ukraine where russian forces over the last 24 hours have carried out significant shelling and bombing in various cities and villages there, in eastern ukraine. and that has intensified in the last 24 hours. not only there, but
washington. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to the breaking news on russia s large scale assault on eastern ukraine. the battle for the donbas region now underway according to president zelenskyy. cnn s chief international correspondent, clarissa ward, is joining us from nepro covering this battle in the east. cl you ve been reporting from towns in eastern ukraine under heavy russian bombardment. what do you expect to see now now that president zelenskyy says the battle there has begun? reporter: this has been anticipated for some time and certainly as we have been traveling around, some of these cities and towns in the donbas region, there has been a massive intensification, a lot of these places getting pummelled. as they were preparing for thi ukraine s top security officials saying today that this morning, for the first time, those russian forces tried to p