reporter: the carnage you re describing sounds like something out of world war ii. yeah. o donnell: in tonight s eye on america, cbs ben tracy on how parts of the mighty mississippi now look like a desert and why that could impact the price of things you buy. and, the new york city bus driver being hailed a hero after a hijacking. 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 and thank you for joining us. tonight, we return to a community still in pain, still searching for answers, and still wondering why it took police more than an hour to enter the classroom where a gunman was murdering fourth graders. at a hearing today, families had their first face-to-face confrontation with the texas public safety chief. he s the one in charge of the dozens of state troopers who waited in the hallway during the deadliest elementary school shooting in a decade. today, colonel s
hit the campaign trail in upstate new york today, praising the latest g.d.p. number as a sign of better days ahead. economic growth is up. the price of inflation is down. real incomes are up, and the price of gas is down. reporter: but prices are still soaring. groceries up by 13% over the past year, electricity by 15.5%, and rent by nearly 7%. there s definitely some sort of disconnect. reporter: outside of dallas, lisa jackey says mr. biden s optimism does not match her reality. the single mother of four was laid off in february, now substitute teaching and doing odd jobs to make ends meet. it s a struggle, day to day. i feel like it s a day-to-day search to figure out how we re going to meet the needs in the house, for the bills, for the food. reporter: with mortgage rates at a 20-year high, the result of aggressive interest hikes by the federal reserve, economists say
Desperate times call for desperate measures. That is certainly the case for North Texas mom Lisa Jackey, who decided to offer her family for hire in an effort to make ends meet during these tough economic times.