o donnell: and, india s prime minister tells putin, this is not the time for war. how putin responded. immigration fight. the latest on those migrants shipped to martha s vineyard, and why florida governor ron desantis isn t backing down. tracking the storm. tropical storm fiona barrels towards puerto rico, bringing high winds and heavy rain. and, on the road. how a family opened their hearts to adoption and let in a lot more than just a child. 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. there are a number of developing stories tonight as we come on the air. first, tropical storm fiona is heading for puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands, bringing heavy rain, and we ll have more on that in just a moment. but first, we want to begin in ukraine, because today was significant for many reasons. the war has raged for nearly seven months, with russia s aggression devastat
that is how cold it gets on the border of belarus and poland in the month of february. that is about 19 degrees fahrenheit below freezing. that is the low. the high is a bombing 30 degrees fahrenheit. negative one degrees celsius. still below the freezing point. that is why it looked like this on poland s border with belarus in february, when a 24-year-old refugee arrived there. he got stuck there on the border between the two countries and a frozen forest lined with barbed wire, because he tried to cross the border from belarus into poland. and neither country would take him. his experience is the same as tens of thousands of migrants in country is experiencing war and violence like sudan, iraq, syria, and yemen. that is because the leader of belarus, alexandra lukashenko, has been using tens of thousands of black and brown migrants as pawns since 2021. he has invited tens of thousands of migrants from the middle east to belarus only to then redirect them to the polish bolde
unlike anything since world war ii. o donnell: and india s prime minister tells putin this is not the time for war. how putin responded. immigration fight: the latest on those migrants shipped to martha s vineyard, and why florida governor yukon denali isn t backing down. tracking the storm. tropical storm fiona barrels towards puerto rico, bringing high winds and heavy rain. and on the road. how a family opened their hearts to adoption and let in a lot more than just a child. o donnell: good evening. there are a number of developing stories tonight as we come on the air. tropical storm fiona is headed for puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands bringing heavy rain, and we ll sahave more on najust a moment. first, we want to begin in ukraine, because today was significant for so many reasons. the war has raged for nearly seven months with russia s aggression, devastating families and many parts of the global economy. and today, vladimir putin was confronted directly. in
its own laws, it is smugglers, and human traffickers and drugs and weapons and terrorism also people here unlawfully committing seriously, deadly crimes, sovereign nations need secure borders. strong countries enforce their law ands federal government needs to do its job or someone else will. governor abbott and ron desantis are highlighting these issues, there are now threats to sue governors and calls for criminal probes. someone removed governors from office but not remove people here unlawfully? joining us now is former dhs secretary chad wolf thank you for joining us, your successor said that border is secure how would you describe it. the border is anything but secure, we continue to see month after month high numbers over 200 thousand illegal apprehensions over 900,000 got aways this fiscal year that is ending in about a month from now, with that much unlawful and uncontrolled migration across the sort of everyone border you have no control over it you could point to
now. we are rocking it. they re throwing grenades, shooting people with paint balls but we re in here. be safe, be safe. god bless and godspeed and keep going. get it, jess. do your [ bleep ]. this is what we [ bleep ] lived up for. everything we trained for. we begin tonight on the start of hispanic heritage month, when americans are supposed to celebrate the culture and contributions of americans with ancestors from mexico, the caribbean, and central and south america. it was president lint lyndon johnson who created hispanic heritage week after appealing the most xenophobic anti-immigration law. today, while many americans are honoring those hispanic contributions, last night, florida governor ron desantis had a different idea. proudly taking credit for sending two plane loads of latino migrants to martha s vineyard in massachusetts. roughly 50 venezuelan and colombian migrants, many fleeing venezuela s maduro regime, said they had gun from san francisco, texas, wher