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>> a troubling new cdc report reveals the maternal mortality rate rose by 39%. >> birthing is such a critical piece of our society. that's our next generation. ♪ ♪ >> norah: tiktok's ultimatum from the biden administration. >> the biden administration is also demanding that tiktok's chinese parent company divest itself from the social media platform, or it might see a nationwide ban. ♪ ♪ [buzzer] >> norah: and check those brackets. it's time for march madness. >> furman has not been to the ncaa tournament in 43 years! and they have pulled the first-round upset. ♪ ♪ >> norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. well, tonight, tens of millions of americans are under weather alerts, with severe storms

sweeping across the southern plains, bringing heavy rain and possible tornadoes. plus, america's military services are falling short of their recruitment goals. how the u.s. army hopes to change that. but first, the dramatic new video showing the physical confrontation between a u.s. surveillance drone and two russian fighter jets over the black sea. this video, released by the pentagon, shows the warplanes making several aggressive maneuvers near the drone and dumping fuel on it. this is the moment one jet got too close and collided with the propeller pier for the pentagon released pictures of the damage moments before the drone crashed into the black sea. cbs's ed o'keefe has all of the new details and will start us off tonight from the white house. good evening, ed. >> reporter: good evening, norah. one white house official today said the russians have been "flat-out lying" when they say two russian jets never touched the drone. now they release the images to prove it. the footage shows russian jets making two passes from behind

the drone, dousing it in a cloudy stream of fuel before one clips its propeller. separate still images show what the drones propeller looked like before and after. the damage forcing american operators to let it glide down into the black sea. the visual evidence appears to refute russia's claims that neither of its jets hit the drone. >> we felt that it was important to provide this imagery. >> reporter: one u.s. official tells "cbs news" it was clear the russian pilot meant to drench the drone in gasoline but cut it too close. norah spoke with the navy's top officer for "a few minutes" this sunday. >> norah: how often do these kind of dangerous maneuvers happen with the russian military? >> we are operating in constructively to the russians very often, and the vast majority of those interactions are safe and they are professional, but what happened with the bad drone over the black sea was unsafe, and it was unprofessional, and it ws in violation of international law. >> reporter: cbs news has learned the russian pilots were not going rogue, but following orders from military leaders to harass the drone.

florida republican senator marco rubio today suggested giving the unmanned drones wingmen. >> i think our response should be to fly more of these in that area and to potentially have them escorted by u.s. fighter jets, who are manned and have the capability to respond. >> reporter: but white house officials that that would bring great risk to american pilots and the potential to escalate the crisis. some of the drone wreckage found along the surface of the black sea was recovered today by russian ships, but they have since left the area because it is within mitchell range of ukrainian forces. and now, cbs news has learned the u.s. is reassessing its drone operations over the black sea and whether the intelligence collection is worth the risk of escalation. norah? >> norah: ed o'keefe, thank you. wall street rallied today after a banking regulators announced that nearly a dozen of the nation's largest banks agreed to inject $30 billion into first republic, it is an effort to restore confidence in the banking sector. today, treasury secretary janet yellen faced a tough question from the senate about

the ongoing turmoil. cbs's scott macfarlane is on capitol hill. >> reporter: california-based first republic bank becomes the third u.s. bank this week rescued from collapse. the infusion of $30 billion to save the troubled lender came from 11 of the nation's largest financial institutions. first republic have lost a quarter of its value by noon today and rattled markets. [bell rings] it would later rebound, with wall street traders said this was only a short-term fix. >> is that a long-term solution? i don't think so. are there other companies that have exposure to the bigger systemic problem? very possibly. >> reporter: nervous first republic customers have seen their banks value plummet since silicon valley bank collapsed last week. >> i was definitely concerned with the financial situation, you know, after two banks went under. >> reporter: treasury secretary janet yellen, who negotiated today's rescue with, among others, jpmorgan's jamie dimon, went to capitol hill today to quiet the concerns.

>> i can reassure the members of the committee that our banking system is sound and that americans can feel confident that their deposits will be there when they need them. >> reporter: democrats ed farmer president trump and republicans were responsible for the latest crisis, for lifting post-recession bank regulations in 2018, although some democrats also supported it. >> pretty obvious we need some stronger rules here. >> reporter: iowa republican chuck grassley, who voted to loosen those regulations five years ago, said biden efficiently regulators should have detected and stop these banks are taking dangerous risks. >> this administration has a great deal of responsibility for the bank failures that we had. >> reporter: republicans also pressed the treasury secretary about whether other banks across america can expect similar rescues. she responded, only if there is fear of significant economic and financial consequences. norah? >> norah: interesting to hear all about, scott macfarlane.

thank you so much. tonight, the threat of severe weather is moving into the southern u.s., with funder stores because strong winds, and torno was etndexasntil8:.m time. the severe weather threat will continue tomorrow all along the gulf coast. there are new details tonight in the case of seven virginia sheriff's deputies and three hospital workers charged with murdering a man who, according to his family, was in mental distress. here at cbs's jeff pegues. >> reporter: according to prosecutors, 28-year-old irvo otieno should not have died at central state hospital while he was in the custody of enrico county sheriff's deputies. otieno was in custody after experiencing mental health distress and was later transferred to the hospital. dinwiddie commonwealth attorney ann baskerville says otieno was pulled down to the ground with

several people on top of him, with no one assisting, no one blocking the others from having their hands on the victim, who then died of a 68 and by smothering. it is uncleared what triggered the altercation. but 12 minutes at issue were captured on hospital surveillance video and shown to the victim's family. but the tape has not been made far, seven deputies involved in the incident have been arrested, along with three hospital workers could. all have been charged with second-degree murder. today, the family called for justice. >> what i saw today was heartbreaking. america. my son was tortured. to put it right. i saw the torture. >> reporter: the ten people arrested have not yet entered please, but two of the deputies have been released on bond. the other suspects, norah, remain behind bars.

>> norah: jeff pegues, thank you. tonight, the showdown between the united states government and tiktok is coming to a head. su an ultimatum to the partays with its chinese-owned parent company, or face a nationwide ban over national security concerns. with more, here cbs's anna werner. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: new calls for a crackdown on tiktok. national security kongo spokesman john kirby on the takeout with major garrett. >> we have national security concerns over tiktok and away the people that run that app conduct themselves and the capabilities inside that app. >> reporter: the company confirms the biden administration is threatening to ban the app in the u.s. unless its chinese owners sell their stakes in the company. one top concern identified by u.s. officials and members of congress, the potential for china's government to use americans data to further a political agenda. cybersecurity expert zak doffman. >> so what tiktok could do is

start to understand behaviors, attitudes, likelihood to vote in a particular direction. based on what it sees in a region, and then it could be used to push a particular viewpoint. >> reporter: a tiktok spokesperson said the company is disappointed with the ministrations threat and said tiktok has been working on solutions, including moving u.s. user data to cloud servers in the u.s. in a new interview, tiktok ceo told "the wall street journal," it won't matter what the chinese law or any law says, because we are taking u.s. user data and we are putting it out of their reach. another consideration for the administration, document says, an all-out ban might be a tough sell. >> it is just not clear cut. i don't think people are buying into the threat. >> reporter: members of congress will be able to ask tiktok ceo questions themselves next week when he testifies in front of a house committee. norah? >> norah: that will be a blockbuster hearing. anna werner, thank you so much.

tonight, and allowing the report from the cdc shows the number of american women who died while giving birth or shortly afterwards spiked dramatically during the covid pandemic, with women of color being the most impacted. there were more than 1200 maternal deaths in 2021. that is up 60% since 2019, at the u.s. maternal mortality rate come along the highest of any wealthy country, is now at its highest point since 1965. what's happening? here cbs's caitlin huey-burns. >> praise the lord. >> reporter: 23-year-old celena martin was thrilled when she found out she was pregnant, but she was also concerned about getting the kind of care she needed. >> one of my biggest anxieties was if i have to go to the hospital, like, i may not make it. >> reporter: the stakes for pregnant women like martin are high. mortality rates among black women are nearly three times higher compared to white women, a sharp increase from previous years. >> there is certain levels of

fear. >> reporter: ky lindberg is an advocate for maternal and infant health. what do those numbers say to you? >> i think that it has contributed to a lot of things. medical coverage. even access to care, like prenatal care. here in georgia, as an example, there's counties that don't even have a labor and delivery unit, and ob. i mean, that's unconscionable. >> reporter: one thing that could help is having a doula, someone who guides women through the complexities of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. martin, a doula herself, has one for her own delivery next month. >> i think the biggest thing that a doula can do for you is empower you. it's like calling your best friend. that's what we need. we need to know that we are being uplifted and taken seriously. speed to the states with the highest maternal mortality rates tend to be in the south, like here in georgia, and the author of that cdc report told us

that she expects these numbers to return to pre-pandemic levels, but health advocates we talked to say that number is still too high. norah? >> norah: it is too high. caitlin huey-burns, thank you. well, now a major development in the war in ukraine. poland says it will supply ukraine with about a dozen fighter jets. becoming the first nato country to do so. poland's president says four of its soviet and made mig-29's will be sent in the coming days. the rest at a later date. white house national security spokesperson john kirby tells seat vs news poland's move does not come as a surprise, nor will it change the u.s. decision to not send american f-16s to ukraine. with the army falling short of its recruitment goals last year, the pentagon knew something needed to change. in tonight's "eye on america," cbs's david martin shows us how the army is looking to the future by going back to a classic. >> reporter: the army is rolling out its big guns. >> you are going to have the

possibilities to be all that you can be. >> reporter: the nation's top soldier, sergeant major michael grinston, has come to dunbar high and washington, d.c., come armed with a new recruiting slogan. >> be all you can be. >> to be all you can be. up >> reporter: sound familiar? ♪ be all that you can be ♪ >> reporter: back in the '80s aunt '90s, that jingle was everywhere. but this is no reply. >> we are reinventing "be all you can be" for generation z. >> reporter: major genera fhief o is -- strategically marched in march madness. with hollywood glamour. speak when you look to your future. >> reporter: jonathan majors, star of "creed 3," walking to army history. >> reporter: why is going to appeal to a young audience? beagle we need someone popular with gen z. >> reporter: what reasons did young people give you for not wanting to join the army? >> risk of dying or injury.

the fear of ptsd, and the third one is leaving family and friends. >> but you are actually three times more likely to die in a work-related accident then you are in the army. >> reporter: but gen z seemed buried in their phones, and antonio graham doesn't want to leave home. >> the only reason i wouldn't join the army is i don't feel like taking a big detachment away from my mother. i really love my mother. >> reporter: antilae roberts liked what she heard. >> reporter: did it make you want to join the army? >> yes. >> reporter: what did you think of that slogan, "be all you can be?" >> "be all you can be." i really agree with it. i agree with that slogan. i do. >> reporter: roberts was 1 of 20 recruiting leads the army says they got out of this "be all you can be" session. 20 leads usually produces two recruits. the army need 65,000.

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>> norah: number 4 seed university of virginia was defeated by 13-seat-ied furman university from south carolina come in the tenant for the first time in 43 years, and 15 seed princeton stunned to see to arizona for their first tournament win in 25 years. the madness continues here on cbs with oral roberts taking on duke right after the "cbs evening news." it's a good night of television. that is tonight's "cbs evening news." i'm norah o'donnell. good night. ♪ ♪ .

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