skyler henry, thank you. >>> today ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy marked nine years since russia's occupation of crimea, tweeting, "this is our land." adding, "the ukrainian flag will return to every corner of the country." cbs' imtiaz tyab reports from kyiv tonight. >> reporter: sheltering underground. the only way to survive in the eastern ukrainian town of voglodar, where despite it all there's still faith this war will end. for emilia, that faith remains unshakeable even as she and her daughter risk their lives under relentless russian artillery strikes just to gather the basics. "my sister died nine days ago," she weeps. "we have nothing. i have to collect rainwater just so we can wash our hands and clean our dishes." this once well-to-do coal mining town has become one of the most bitterly contested front lines in vladimir putin's war on ukraine. a war now in its second year. in the ruins of the devastated streets are ukrainian soldiers determined to deprive moscow of its desperate desire to co

skyler henry at the white house tonight. thank you. >>> well, tomorrow marks one week since devastating earthquakes struck in turkey and syria. the death toll now topping 33,000. today just a bit of hope there as rescuers pulled a father and his 11-year-old daughter from the rubble. more than 140 hours after being buried. cbs's imtiaz tyab is there with more on the race against time. >> reporter: jericka, good evening. well, nearly a week after the massive earthquake hundreds of thousands of people are still sleeping in subzero temperatures, including here in khatai, one of the worst-affected areas, where anger is only growing. these apocalyptic scenes are as far as the eye can see. as we drove through khatai, we couldn't find a single habitable building. for those whose lives were spared by the massive quake life is now an unrelenting misery, especially for those desperately hoping their loved ones are somehow still alive. "my mother and sister are still under the rubble, and i can't reach them," says didem jelek. "my soul

cbs's skyler henry is at the white house with more details. skyler? >> reporter: hey, jericka, good to see you. well, china is the focal point one day after a meeting between secretary of state antony blinken and china's top diplomat. secretary blinken warning that sending that surveillance balloon over the united states violates international law and must never happen again. this at a time when there are growing concerns between beijing and their ties with moscow. secretary of state antony blinken was firm talking about balloon blowup. >> it doesn't matter in the sense that china's responsible for this action. and ultimately as the leader of the country president xi's responsible. >> reporter: he met with china's top diplomat saturday in munich, stressing the importance of a direct line of communication between the two sides, though the already strained relationship with beijing may be widening. today the country's foreign ministry issued a statement announcing "if the u.s. continues to fuss over and escalate unintended and isolated incident it shoul

let's bring in skyler henry this morning. the national safety board is set to release its report on the derailment today. what can we see coming out of that? >> sure. that report came out about an hour or so ago. maybe even two at this point. experts say after that preliminary report that essentially the crew, the engineering crew on that train received an alert about an overheating wheel bearing that was trying to slow the train down before it came off the tracks. now, you mentioned transportation secretary pete buttigieg. he is in ohio today getting a view of exactly what happened. also speaking with residents of bed some residents >> reporter: trains continued along this busy real carter and east palestine, ohio, as transportation secretary pete buttigieg got his first looked at the charred remains of 10 cars that flew off the tracks earlier this year. the secretary noted an older still lingering in the air. 11 derailed cars on that southern train were carrying a hazardous payload. as investigators determined the cause of

skyler henry has more. >> reporter: canadian prime minister justin trudeau doubled down on his decision to take out an unidentified object over the yukon on saturday. >> it represented a reasonable threat to civilian aircraft. so i gave the order to take it down. >> reporter: u.s. and canadian forces are now in recovery mode piecing together several objects that american fighter jets shot down. the u.s. downed an aerial object the size of a small car on friday over alaska. it landed on sea ice, and crews are still working to get answers on who owned it and what it was. >> the predominant concern by the president was the safety of flight issue at that altitude. >> reporter: lawmakers who were critical over president biden's timing on shooting down a chinese spy balloon earlier this month say while they're demanding details on who's behind the latest objects, they're pleased with the response. >> we prefer them to be trigger happy than permissive. >> what's gone on the last two weeks or so, ten days, has been nothing short of craziness. and the military needs to have a plan to not only de

cbs's skyler henry is at the white house with more details.? to see you. well, china is the focal point one day after a meeting between secretary of state antony blinken and china's top diplomat. secretary blinken warning that sending that surveillance balloon over the united states violates international law and must never happen again. this at a time when there are growing concerns between beijing and their ties with moscow. secretary of state antony blinken was firm talking about the balloon blowup. >> it doesn't matter in the sense that china's responsible for this action, and ultimately as the leader of the country president xi's responsible. >> reporter: he met with china's top diplomat saturday in munich, stressing the importance of a direct line of communicationn e. though the already strained relationship with beijing may be widening. today the country's foreign ministry issued a statement announcing if the u.s. continues to fuss over and escalate the unintended and isolated incident it should not expect the chinese side to flinch. >> no one, of c

cbs's skyler henry is at the white house to explain. good evening, skyler. >> reporter: hey, jericka. good evening to you. the cia says president putin is, quote, quite determined to grind away at ukraine and believes there will be western political fatigue and russia will eventually win this war. and he's doubling down as concerns are growing that he might have help from another superpower. cia director bill burns says russian president vladimir putin is overconfident in his ability to wear down ukraine. >> at some point, he's going to have to face up to increasing costs as well in coffins coming home to some of the poorest parts of russia. >> reporter: on "face the nation," burns added that while russia is taking a quote, reputational and economic hit on the global stage, officials are keeping a close eye on the relationship between moscow and beijing. u.s. intelligence reveals china is considering sending lethal support to russia. >> we also don't see that a final decision has been made yet, and we don't see evidence of actual shipme

skyler henry joins me live from washington with a preview. skyler, good afternoon. >> reporter: hey, good afternoon to you. the president is expected to touch on several key issues, including the state of the economy and the historic low unemployment numbers as well as the state of immigration and other international priorities as well. we will also hear him touts some of the administration's legislative victories, mainly the bipartisan infrastructure law, showing that both sides of the aisle can work together as the administration looks to carry on a theme of finishing the job. president biden will deliver his second state of the union address, touting democratic wins. >> we have been able to do more for the american people than ever before. >> the state of our union is struggling under the weight of president biden's far left extremist agenda. >> reporter: the white house says the president will highlight what he considers to be his administration's economic a congressman's, including a bipartisan structure law, investments in computer chip

skyler henry joins us with what to expect. >> reporter: good evening. in terms of guests, we will also see brandon say. he is the gentleman that unharmed the gun man last month as well as paul pelosi, the husband of nancy pelosi. there was that brutal beating in san francisco. he will also be in attendance. in terms of the speech, we will hear the president talk about several things. mainly the state of the economy and record low unemployment numbers and also immigration policy and some of his international priorities. he will also tell legislative achievements over the course of the past two years. mainly the bipartisan infrastructure law, showing that both sides of the aisle came together. >> reporter: president biden will deliver his second state of the union touting democratic wins. >> we been able to deliver more than ever before. >> reporter: before a newly empowered republican house. >> the state of the union is struggling under the weight of resident bidens extremist to the agenda. >> reporter: and excerpts, the president talks about an economy

. >>> president biden was on the move on the heels of the state of the union address is skyler henry reports, the administration is now trying to make the case that the economic plan is working. >> reporter: president biden hit the road bringing the state of the union message to construction workers at a training center outside of madison, wisconsin. c last night and reported on the state of the union. it is strong. strong because of you. >>> the president highlighted economic progress and restoring national unity. >> there are a lot of good republicans. when i called them out, it sounded like they agreed to take these off the table. >> the president who is moving toward announcing a reelection, got an ear full from some lawmakers when he noted they are proposing cuts to medicare and social security. >> social security and medicare is off the books now. >> the president kicked off the night, congratulating the new house speaker. the partisan divide was on full display. >> the reaction was predictable. democrats were pretty boisterous and support and republicans of course, not so much

celeste bring in skyler henry right now, who has been following the president's visit. this comes as russia's invasion of ukraine is about to enter its second year. >> reporter: good to be with you. the president, once again, re- upping his commitment standing shoulder to shoulder with the bucharest nine, as well as other nato allies. he also said, today, that a recent decision by russian leaders having global implications, he is calling it a big mistake. heading into a meeting at the presidential palace at warsaw, poland, wednesday, president biden made his first comments on russian president vladimir putin's decision to suspend participation in the nuclear arms treaty. >> i do nohave time. >> reporter: you do not have time? >> i don't have time. big mistake. >> reporter: the president who had a trace of ash on his four head for ash wednesday was there to meet with the leaders of the eastern european nato countries known as the bucharest nine. the countries on nato's eastern plains are most vulnerable to a potential attack by russia. >> you know better than anyone what

cbs's skyler henry starts us off tonight at the white house, whereff