president biden makes a promise on abortion rights, as well as another widely supported issue, if democrats can keep control of congress after the midterms. plus, we ll have the big moments from a fiery senate debate down in florida. as marco rubio and val demings go after each other s legislative records. also ahead, the latest from ukraine. the russian forces are now more focused on civilians than soldiers on the battlefield. good morning, and welcome to way too early. on this wednesday, october 19th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. it was a fiery debate for the u.s. senate in florida last night. between republican incumbent marco rubio and democratic congresswoman val demings. they clashed over inflation, abortion rights, immigration and guns. demings who has consistently trailed in the polls was on the attack for much of the night. so a senator who has never run anything at all but his mouth. the senator has obviously resorted to ly
protecting your family the dangers tonight for kids riding the school bus. cbs s meg oliver shows us what one district is doing to prevent close calls like this. and gruesome grizzly attack, how these two college wrestlers broke free from the jaws of a bear while out antler hunting. tackled me and chewed me up a little bit. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us on this tuesday might. tonight, winter has come early for a majority of the country with more than 235 million americans experiencing below norm temperatures from the upper midwest to the gulf of mexico. october snow has fallen across the midwest including wisconsin, michigan, indiana and dipped as far south as kentucky with some areas seeing as much as a foot and a half and more is on the way. in minnesota, wind chills dipped by low zero this morning while more than 100 million americans are under freeze and
circumstances surrounding these claims? you have 60 seconds. as i said that s a lie and, you know, i put it in a book, one thing about my life i ve been very transparent. georgia, senate nominee herschel walker questioned about allegations that he once paid for a former girlfriend s abortion. we re breaking down the key takeaways from that closely watched debate. plus, the republican candidate for governor of arizona, kari lake refuses to say whether she would accept an election loss this november. and russia launches a new round of missile strikes on kyiv. we ll get a live report coming up in just a few moments. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this monday, october 17th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin with the war in ukraine. air raid signs are again ringing out in kyiv after another round of russian attacks against the ukrainian capital. for the second straight week, emergency crews are on the ground
am arthel neville. president biden is hitting the road to sell his economic plans during a campaign swing on the west coast. the president argued its republicans who are cost inflations to rise if they win in november. lucas tomlinson is live on the north lawn of the white house with more on this. hey lucas. arthel, while eating ice to import lynn prison the economy is strong. fox news boy just referenced a majority of voters think they are doing worse than they were two years ago. about 51% to be exact say they are doing worse financial than they were when president biden took office. only 15% said it was a better, 33% said it was the same. caution steve scalise offered this explanation why. they are furious with biden and pelosi s socialist agenda that has led to increased spending, increase inflation, this the cost of everything to buy would grow gorgeous or if you can afford to put gas in your car and you get there. the election were present was held today only 33% of
officials caution, severe pediatric cases are on the rise in several states. gift cards: boom or bust? they are seemingly everywhere this time of year. cbs carter evans reports, many go unused, wasting billions of dollars. and, on the road. cbs steve hartman looks at the true meaning of extended family. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for joining us. i m major garrett, in for norah. tonight, more than 200 million americans are under some form of winter storm advisory heading into christmas weekend. the national weather service alerts range from washington state to maine, and the gulf coast from texas to florida is under a hard freeze warning. the midwest has, and is, suffering the most, with near-whiteout conditions reported in minnesota, iowa, wisconsin, and michigan. in the east, flash flooding has inundated communities across several states, inc