carry on his legacy. under fire the ceo of the company that owns the train that derailed in ohio meets with angry residents. i think he was hiding what the white house is now demanding. a high ranking catholic bishop killed in his own home in l.a. his stunned congregation in tears. the investigation into who did it and why one of the long time stars of law and order has died. we remember richard belzer and children s book controversy the publisher rewriting role dahl controvers like charlie and the chocolate factory. are words like fat and ugly too controversial? this is nbc nightly news good evening i m jose diaz-balart in for kate snow we begin with what appears to be a major escalation by north korea. late today north korea launched a barrage of missiles in a provocative show of force. those launches come just hours after they test fired a missile capable of hitting the united states. it came so close to japan the residents there were able to see it fall
i m charlie d agata in kyiv, where a swift russian victory turned into a devastating conflict with no end in sight. plus, new fallout following the toxic train derailment in ohio. we ve got a lot to do to fix this, to make rails safer. back to class. michigan state university moves forward as it begins to heal from last week s mass shooting. and later, insights from our own bob schieffer on covering the nation s 39th president, a period of american upheaval and a leader determined to go his own way. telling the truth has been pretty deeply ingrained in me. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thank you for joining us on this sunday. today an outpouring of tributes for former president jimmy carter after it was announced that he would be receiving hospice care at home. at age 98, mr. carter is the nation s oldest living president. his decision follows a series of hospital stays and many years of health chal
headquarters in new york city on this presidents day. there are high stakes today. joe biden, the first president in modern history to travel to a war zone without u.s. troops already on the ground. the message his visit is sending to ukraine, america s allies and the american people as he gears up for another run at the white house. how is vladimir putin responding to the president s diplomatic slap in the face as the kremlin tries to spin something positive out of a war marked by frustration and failure? we ll have a live report from moscow coming up. and ron desantis welcoming political attacks from his fellow republicans saying this morning if, quote, people aren t firing at me, then i m not doing my job. but how long until he starts firing back? a lot to get to. let s start with president biden already on the move, heading to poland following the unannounced and unprecedented visit to ukraine taking the opportunity to literally stand with president volodymyr zelenskyy
conversation about how to approach classics from the past in today s modern world. our thanks to jacob soboroff for that report. we ve got a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports, let s get right to it. at this hour, president biden is on his way to poland, as we learn new details about his high risk surprise stop in kyiv. back at home, the maga wing is already slamming the president s trip. could it actually lead to an end to what some republicans call a blank check for the war. at michigan state university students strugtology struggling to return to some sense of normalcy. and we are live in jimmy carter s hometown as the former president receives hospice care. our team is here and around the globe with the latest developments. they re all here for us. speechless and joyful is what i m hearing about the mood in kyiv right now after president biden s surprise stop there. josh letterman, you re in warsaw where the president is headed now to meet
trump with quite the opening statement on the chinese communist party and president xi jinping. we have a lot to unpack from last night s hearing held by the new house committee on china. plus a new nonpartisan report is detailing more of the failures that led to the january 6th capitol attack. and also ahead, we ll break down what happened at the supreme court as justices heard arguments on president joe biden s student loan forgiveness plan. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 1st. march already. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. amid rising tensions between the two countries the new house select committee on the strew edgic competition between the united states and the chinese communist party held its first hearing last night. in prime time a bipartisan group of lawmakers set the stage for what republican chairman mike gallagher called an existential struggle over the future of america. we may call this a strategi