the interest rate for a sixth time to fight inflation. plus our report on energy costs skyrocketing as we head into winter. how you can save money. and serving up more than a good meal. a cooked tortilla makes all the difference in the world. 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 wednesday night. tonight, president biden is calling on all americans to stand up to protect our democracy amid the threats that election deniers pose to the voting process. the white house says the president is seeking to find common ground with voters that our country s future is more important than our political parties. all this is taking place as the house continues to investigate the january 6 attack on the capitol in which thousands attempted to interfere with the verification of the 2020 presidential election. and it comes just days after the alleged attempted murder of hous
that ballot, when they go into that voter booth. it will say because kansasian value women and children, the constitution of the state of kansas does not require government funding of abortion and does not create or secure a right to abortion. so one could argue that this is clearly skewed from an anti-abortion perspective. this is called the value them both amendment. and even if this was not the number one issue for many state residents, they have just been bombarded by canvassers both for and against this amendment for the last several weeks. how much will the outcome of this vote in kansas tell us about the potency of this issue in the mid terms? it s a key question, victor. democrats are hoping this will be an issue that will galvanize voters. and illustrate republicans have become too extreme. that is their hope. polling suggests the issue has become sort of a boost for otherwise disspirited democrats. they seem to be having success with how they re talking about ab
questions about the six-game suspension issued to deshaun watson in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations. why it won t cost him most of his $230 million contract. welcome to the lead, i m pamela brown in for jake tapper on this monday. and we start with our world lead. and dramatic warnings from china after sources confirmed that house speaker nancy pelosi will visit taiwan during her trip to asia. it was not listed on her public itinerary when she landed in singapore this morning, but if she makes the trip she s the first house spike speaker into 25 years to visit taiwan. and this morning they warn against the egregious trip and an hour later they released this video claiming it will bury incoming enemies while showcasing weapons and fighting tactics. we should note the chinese military did not mention taiwan in that video. but u.s. officials say the pentagon is working around the clock monitoring any chinese movements in region and securing a plan to keep pelosi an
around the clock to find families who still may be trapped, some residents losing everything. animals are without people. homes are destroyed. we need as much help, please, i m begging anyone who sees this, help my town, help my people. cnn s joe johns is live for us in hazard, kentucky. and the debris field is tremendous, joe, and we heard the governor there say they continue to look for people because so many remain unaccounted for. what are you finding? reporter: that s right, and they say it s possible this could go on for weeks, not days. so they say a picture is worth a thousand words, fred. and i just wanted to show you where we are. we are in hazard, kentucky. you look behind me here, there s the foundation of a house. believe it or not, before the flood there was a house there, a woman inside told us she started feeling the house moving around 1:00, 2:00 in the morning. she gets out, and then the rushing water essentially d demolishes the house and sends the de
this is still an emergency situation. we are in search and rescue mode. again, that count is going to continue to go up and we don t lose this many people in flooding. it is a real tough one. rescuers are working around the clock. the national guard from kentucky, tennessee, and west virginia are lifting hundreds from the floodwaters. more than 600 already. washed away roads and bridges adding to the already very complicated recovery efforts. cnn s evan is at a command center for the research and rescue efforts. how are they coordinating what, is going on? reporter: well, hi, fred, when they say command center, they mean a place people gather. this is a parking lot of a shopping center here in jackson, kentucky, that is in the middle of where the floodwaters happened and behind me agencies are coming from all over the country, all over the state to work to try to help find people who might be trapped or still need help in the floodwaters and they re also working with a