that state. the fed raises interest rates, plus our cbs s carter evans takes a closer look tonight at inflation and why those already struggling financially are being hit the hardest. and america s opioid crisis. cbs s jeff pegues shows us why drug cartels are now pushing fentanyl that looks like candy. they re deliberately doing this to kill our children. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. duncan: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us tonight. i m jericka duncan in for norah. we begin tonight with the biggest escalation in the war in ukraine since the invasion itself. russia s vladimir putin is threatening nuclear war and warning the west he s not bluffing. it comes after humiliating defeats on the battlefield in ukraine and in a move not seen in russia since world war ii, putin is calling up hundreds of thousands of reservists. the announcement was met by intense anti-war protestors a
clearly went awry and led to pena s arrest, when you listen to the details laid out by the lawmakers of the bullets that struck their homes, one of them detailed that her 10-year-old daughter believed she had sand in her bed. that sand was dust from the sheet rock from where the bullet holes wentet through in her daughter s bedroom. the details are very difficult and lucky that nobody was tail lightly harmed during these four different incidents. vaughn hillyard, thank you. now to capitol hill where some controversial lawmakers are getting committee assignments that will put them at the center of investigations and policy debates. house republicans haveit assign marjorie taylor greene to the homeland security and oversight and accountability committees. she was removed from those committees in february 2021 after her social media posts revealed she was spreading racist conspiracy theories. arizona congressman paul gosar will serve on the natural resources and oversi
ukraine. tom soufi burridge in ukraine tonight. mary bruce traveling with the president here in new york. the category 4 hurricane barrelling up the atlantic. winds up to 130 miles per hour. now moving thwart bermuda. a trail of destruction in its wake. the east coast soon feeling the affects from florida to maine. rob marciano in bermuda tonight with the new track. and we re watching the next potential threat. could it be coming to the gulf? tonight, the battle against inflation here in the u.s. the federal reserve today hiking interest rates another three-quarters of a percent. how this will effect credit cards, car loans and new mortgages. rebecca jarvis breaks it down. tonight, news on the nba owner suspended an fined $10 million for racist and missomething nis remarks. what he plans to do. the washington monument vandalized. after months of waiting, the $1.3 billion mega millions mystery slved tonight. turns out there isn t just one winner. and tonight, the n
being under police investigation himself. authorities now confirming a long history of calls from the home. also tonight, in the face of unrelenting pressure, prime minister boris johnson resigns. his own party and cabinet ministers leaving him no choice. the final scandal forcing him out of office. and what happens now. a rare look at some of the u.s. veterans on the ground in ukraine. an elite group of american volunteer medics operating near the front lines, preparing far for a top secret mission. newly released video shows the moments a baggage handler stole a plane from seattle s sea-tac airport. flying for several hours before crashing. what investigators are saying about how he did it and the mystery that remains. former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin sentenced to 21 years in prison for violating george floyd s civil rights. chauvin with a message to floyd s family. president biden awarding the nation s highest civilian honor to 17 americans. a wide
remembering legendary actor james caan this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone a guilty plea today in a russian court from brittney griner, the american basketball star the biden administration says has been unlawfully held griner admitting to carrying vape cartridges containing cannabis oil into russia her lawyer saying she did so accidentally, hoping griner s contrition will lead to a lenient sentence. as it stands, a conviction carries a possible maximum sentence of ten years in prison. today s development also being seen in this country as potentially the first step in a delicate diplomatic dance to win her release in a prisoner swap. the wnba standout the wnba standout also receiving a letter today from president biden in response to her plea not to be forgotten. andrea mitchell has details. reporter: on just the second day of her trial, wnba superstar brittney griner, handcuffed and carrying a photo of her wife, cherelle, pleading guilt