border. dickerson: the economy and inflation. monthly jobs numbers remain strong, but higher prices are already impacting the holiday shopping season. carter evans has what you need to know. and, on the road. cbs steve hartman has the story of how a small act of kindness changed a community forever. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from new york. dickerson: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. i m john dickerson in for norah. tonight, president biden warns the world that we are closer to a nuclear conflict than at any point since the cuban missile crisis in 1962. the white house advised there is no new information that russia is planning an imminent nuclear attack on ukraine, but the president s remarks demonstrate that the u.s. is taking vladimir putin s threats seriously, especially as events continue to turn against him in ukraine. russia s military continues to lose ground, and russia is l