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On cwsanfrancisco.cbslocal.com, on kpix.com . that's it for us at 3:00. cbs evening news is next. we will be back at 5:00. captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight, we have a number of big news stories to cover including that dangerous winter storm that could make president's day's weekend travel a nightmare. plus our new reporting on what's happening in ukraine as the u.s. warns of an imminent invasion. as american forces arrive in eastern europe, russian-backed forces bomb a kindergarten, in what western leaders fear may be a pretext for war. our cbs' holly williams is there in a br...

Interest in retaking. yes, and we have heard within the last hour. interest in retaking. yes, and we l have heard within the last hour or two of this apparent separatist appeal to russia which could be the pretext that obviously i wonder if these from pages will actually change because this is clearly moving at the moment, but honestly we also had to be very careful about the information that's coming out. yeah, and if you say is difficult to know _ yeah, and if you say is difficult to know exactly what's going on on the ground _ know exactly what's going on on the ground when we are clearly n...

Donbas. violence, u.s. officials allege, the russians have stoked to create the pretext for war. >> we're talking about the potential for war in europe. i mean let's really take a moment to understand the significance of what we're talking about. >> reporter: president biden holding an emergency meeting with his national security council today. >> there is still an option for him to pull back. that's what we're trying to do. we're trying to prevent a war. >> reporter: at french president emmanuel macron made a last-ditch effort with a phone call to vladimir putin. putin blamed the escalation i...

Hello, everyone. i'm michael holmes coming to you live from lviv in ukraine. outrage growing over moscow's decision to order troops into two breakaway regions in eastern ukraine that the russian president has recognized as independent. vladimir putin claims he is sending peacekeepers, which the u.s. envoy to the u.n. calls nonsense. it's unclear if any russian forces have officially stepped across the border, though, at this point. a russian television network did air video of a military convoy moving through the streets of donetsk. the u.n. security council held an emergency meeting on monday...

. it's not a drill. the president is facing volatile situations at home and abroad and warning that putin may invade ukraine soon. >> they have not moved any of their troops out. they have moved more troops in. every indication we have is they're prepared to go into ukraine, attack ukraine. my sense is this will happen within the next several days. >> the administration's diplomats now say russia will also push a so-called false flag operation which would create their argument of some pretext for war. the u.s. says it will be false. there's also reports of some shelling in ukraine, hitting a...