cbs news bay area at 7. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> norah: tonight, new york city, washington, d.c., and mar-a-lago all on high alert as police and protesters brace for a possible indictment of donald trump. here are tonight's top headlines. ♪ ♪ a bomb threat rattling the court where the trump case is heard. tonight, cbs news learns what the former president is discussing as he huddles with his advisors at his florida resort. >> outside trump's mar-a-lago estate, protesters rallied in support of the former president. ♪ ♪ >> norah: newly-obtained video shows sheriff's deputies and hospital workers piling on top of a shackled 28-year-old. >> i saw these nine men and a woman on top of my baby. ♪ ♪ >> another series of storms are

expected to hit california in the coming days. >> if you live in the midwest, the south, or the northeast, this is headed your way. ♪ ♪ >> norah: bus drivers, custodians, and special needs assistants go on strike at the nation's second-largest school system. >> they say that many of these folks are living the below poverty level. ♪ ♪ >> two high-profile visits on opposite sides of the war in ukraine. japan's prime minister travels to kyiv as the leaders of russia and china meet in moscow. ♪ ♪ >> norah: and leaping into history. >> we are making a change in the gymnastics world, in that we are paving the way for the younger girls who look like us. ♪ ♪ >> norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. tonight, a powerful storm system moves ashore out west, and it is also moving east. we will have the forecast on

this first full day of spring. plus, we are continuing our series "facing fertility" with a look tonight at the growing popularity of egg freezing. but first, the nation is awaiting a potential criminal indictment of former president donald trump. the new york city police department placed steel barriers and cameras around the criminal courthouse in lower manhattan ahead of possible protests. law enforcement sources tell cbs news that contingency plans are in place for potential violence. similar precautions are taking place here in d.c., with barricades placed around the u.s. capitol. cbs's robert costa is going to start us off tonight from otside that courthouse in new york city. good evening, robert. >> reporter: good evening to you, norah. sources tell cbs news that the grand jury's work here is nearly done, with prosecutors sketching out the framework for a possible indictment of former president trump, but officials are increasingly on edge about security challenges and protests. the arrest former president trump predicted would

happen today never did. but his call for protests has new york on high alert. metal barricades have fortified the courthouse where he would likely turn himself in. and all nypd officers, numbering about 35,000, were ordered to be in full uniform, and ready to mobilize. a bomb threat rattled courthouse proceedings this morning, but nothing was found. security has also increased around the capitol in washington. smilar to the days after the january 6th attack. [chanting "we love trump"] >> reporter: cbs's manuel bojorquez is covering a pro-trump protest near the family estate in palm beach. >> several dozen of the former president's supporters gathered along this bridge leading to mar-a-lago, holding signs and flags in solidarity. they view the case in new york as purely politically motivated and feel an attack on the former president is also an attack on them. >> reporter: the former

president echoed them monday night. >> they know that we will defeat them, but they're not coming after me, they are coming after you. >> reporter: huddling with advisors in florida today, trump has used the threat of indictment to fund raise,seay andov hine enha ds errailllyoz republicans, including some of his 2024 rivals. >> what we know is when you get into political prosecutions like this, it is more about revenge than it is about justice. >> reporter: kentucky republican senator rand paul said the manhattan d.a., alvin bragg, should be put in jail. responding to pressure, bragg said he won't let baseless accusations deter us from fairly applying the law. if trump is indicted, he is expected to travel to new york where he would surrender to authorities, be fingerprinted, photographed, and arraigned before a judge. a potentially chaotic scene. >> i can assure you, the secret service will shadow him and will be with him every step of the way, wherever he may go in the courthouse.

>> reporter: a.t. smith was the deputy director of the secret service. >> this is certainly an unprecedented event, to say the least, but the secret service is very well-equipped to handle large crowds, large visits, things that are unique in the way of protection. they are planning ahead for anything that could go wrong. >> reporter: as trump deals with a possible indictment, florida governor ron desantis moving closer to his own 2024 bid, said in a new interview today that character matters, a remark seen by some trump advisors as a not-so-veiled shot at trump. norah. >> norah: robert costa, thank you very much. there is new disturbing surveillance video tonight that shows a 28-year-old man who later died, pinned to the ground by a group of sheriff's deputies and staff members at a mental hospital. seven deputies and three workers are charged with second-degree murder. we get more now from cbs's jeff pegues.

>> reporter: surveillance video from inside a virginia hospital shows irvo otieno being dragged into a room by henrico county sheriff's deputies at 4:19 p.m. on march 6th, his hands and feet shackled. about 8 minutes later, otieno appears to struggle. the deputies and hospital staff rush over and pin him to the floor. at one point, as many as ten people are seen pressing down on his body, while other hospital staff look on. >> there is no pulse anymore. >> is the patient aggressive, or is he -- >> no, he used to be aggressive, right, so they are trying to put him in restraints. he is no longer breathing. >> reporter: roughly 12 minutes later, otieno's body appears lifeless on the floor. hospital staff try to resuscitate him, but he is pronounced dead about an hour later. >> he loved his mother, and i loved him, too. >> reporter: today, otien's mother called his death inhumane. >> i saw these nine men and a woman on top of my baby.

squeezing him and squeezing him, every inch of the way. literally squeezing the life out of him. >> reporter: otieno was detained on a mental illness hold on march 3rd. police say he assaulted hospital staff and was transferred to the county jail before being taken to the state hospital, where he died. ten people are now charged with second-degree murder. outside the courthouse, one of their attorneys criticized the decision to release the video. >> it is going to be more difficult to find a jury that has not been tainted or read a particular news story of any sort, so i'm disappointed in it. >> reporter: based on the 911 calls released today, there appears to have been a delay in getting the 28-year-old medical attention. those delays are still unexplained. the county prosecutor has said that more people could face charges in connection with otieno's death. norah. >> norah: jeff pegues, thank you.

more than 400,000 students are out of the classroom in los angeles and will be for the next two days. school employees are on strike at the second-largest school district in the country. cbs's carter evans tells us tonight what they are asking for. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: walking the picket lines in the pouring rain, l.a. school support staff are flanked by teachers in solidarity. >> we are supporting our sister union. it's a crisis. >> without bus drivers, without cafeteria workers, without custodians, the classroom doesn't run. >> reporter: rebekah anderson is a special education assistant. her union says low wages are pushing workers into poverty. they are demanding a 30% raise. >> we don't get a raise every year. >> reporter: after 22 years, she now makes $25 an hour. >> inflation, everything has gone up, rent, gas, food, everything is terrible right now. [whistle blowing] >> reporter: most of the

union's members work fewer than six hours a day, bringing the average pay to nearly $32,000 a year. the average price for a one-bedroom apartment in the city of l.a. tops that at $2800 a month. emmanuel morales is a custodian making $18 an hour, just above minimum wage here. he still lives with his parents. could you afford your own apartment? >> no. if i wanted to, i couldn't, i don't have that type of money. >> reporter: the district is offering a 23% raise with a 3% bonus, and negotiations are still stalled. >> i believe this strike could have been avoided, but it cannot be avoided without parties at the table. >> reporter: no matter the outcome, nearly half a million children will lose three days of school, increasing the burden on parents. >> she is autistic. with her not being in school three days, she could have a delay back with her program that she is currently in. >> reporter: now, 80% of the students in this district are considered low income, and they depend on schools like this to provide daily meals.

well, workers prepared three days worth of food for them, and today, they are handing them out in parking lots across the city. norah. >> norah: still thinking of those kids, carter evans, thank you so much. tonight, california is being slammed by the 12th atmospheric river of the season. heavy rain, strong winds, and flooding are already causing problems across southern california. for more, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. hey there, mike. >> reporter: norah, good evening to you. it is nonstop persistent rain, snow, and wind across california. northern california, southern california. big, low pressure system, all the way down to southern san diego, severe thunderstorm, morning today, a lot of mountains snow, from california all the way to the colorado rockies. footprint of all of that. in many areas, around an inch of rain is still to go but also high winds which brings a concern for power outages, as trees may come down, at the highest elevation, 2-3 more feet of snow and that eventually comes into the intermountain west, as well. then, as the energy rolled into

the south, three potential days of severe weather. tomorrow, mainly missouri and illinois, then oklahoma and texas going into thursday, and by friday, norah, across the lower mississippi river valley. >> norah: mike bettes, thank you. tonight, the pentagon says it is ahead of schedule to send patriot missiles to ukraine. u.s. training of ukrainian troops is moving faster than expected, and it comes as we saw russian president vladimir putin and chinese leader xi jinping standing shoulder to shoulder today, an alliance the white house is calling a marriage of convenience. cbs's ramy inocencio reports tonight from ukraine. >> reporter: choreographed pageantry for the world to see. xi jinping and vladimir putin issuing their joint statement on ukraine. "china remains impartial," said xi, "on the side of peace and right side of history." "china's plan could form a basis for a settlement," said putin, "but the west and kyiv are not

ready for it." that plan has been derided by the west for not demanding russians military to withdraw. xi attempting to act as peacemaker in the war, yet never condemning putin's invasion. the two leaders side-by-side, further trying to present themselves as a twin countering to u.s. influence in the world. "it looks like the west indeed intends to fight russia until the last ukrainian," said putin. "russia will respond accordingly." while world powers talked around ukraine, inside the war-torn country, president volodymyr zelenskyy paid his respects to fallen soldiers. while ukrainians bear the brunt of constant russian shelling. what is your day-to-day life here? what do you do when you wake up, before you go to bed? "we ask god to save the city, for fewer deaths," says lilia. "it is very scary because people die every day just going about their business."

and following xi jinping's state visit with vladimir putin, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says he has now invited china's leader for talks. zelenskyy says that he is receiving some signals, but there are no specifics yet. norah. >> norah: ramy inocencio, thank you. a florida man is free tonight after spending more than a year in a saudi arabian prison. saad almadi was arrested for tweets criticizing crown prince mohammad bin salman. the 72-year-old, who has dual citizenship, was arrested while visiting family in saudi arabia, and sentenced to 19 years in prison and a travel ban. it is unclear when he will be allowed to return to the u.s. tonight, in our continuing series "facing fertility," we take a closer look at an important decision a growing number of women are making. in 2020, more than 12,000 women froze their eggs, nearly double from 2016. a new study from nyu langone shows the average age of a woman

who freezes her eggs is about 38, and her chance of a live birth from those eggs is 39%. cbs's nikki battiste follows one woman's journey. >> i know that i want kids one day. >> reporter: erin hanley was 33 when she decided to freeze her eggs, a process that requires around two weeks of hormone shots. >> i like to do this little bit of ice. >> reporter: the hormones stimulate follicles in a woman's ovaries to produce multiple eggs. once the eggs have grown enough, they are surgically removed, only around 80% are typically mature enough to be frozen. >> they retrieved 20, and then they ended up freezing 14. >> reporter: about 30% will go on to become viable embryos, but not all the embryos will lead to pregnancy. >> whatever you freezing eggs, you always have to remember that 14 eggs will not equate to 14 babies. >> reporter: dr. rachel mcconnell, a reproductive endocrinologist at

columbia university fertility center, says erin has about 80% chance of at least one live birth from her 14 eggs. >> i think it is very important for patients to look at egg freezing as another step to hopefully protect them for the future, but it's definitely not a guarantee. >> reporter: in general, for women of all ages, 25 frozen eggs will lead to one live birth. egg freezing can cost anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000 a cycle. currently, 18 states mandate insurers cover some form of fertility treatment. most risks of egg freezing are minimal. side effects from the hormone shots can include breast tenderness, mood swings, and bloating. how much hope were you given that freezing your eggs would lead to someday having a baby? >> i think it was definitely hope because it's better than not having it at all. >> reporter: fertility doctors suggest educating women about reproductive health by their mid-20s because biological

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>> norah: to become one of the nation's top gymnasts takes balance, strength, flexibility, and determination. cbs's jan crawford found those qualities in a history-making gymnastics team at one of the nation's historically black colleges and universities. >> reporter: with every soaring leap... [cheers and applause] 17-year-old morgan price and her teammates at nashville's fisk university are making history. >> i was just so excited for this opportunity that is, like, once in a lifetime. >> reporter: african american gymnasts are some of the sport's biggest stars. in 41 years of college gymnastics, fisk is the first hbcu ever to field an ncaa gymnastics team. >> i love a challenge.

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