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
tuesday. mark meredith in palm beach, florida with more. mark: hey, good afternoon from hot and humid palm beach, florida as we await any potential motion that former president trump s lawyers may file and we are also looking for those redactions may be like because, again, the former president s legal team is giving claiming that the search here at mar-a-lago was a violation of trump s fourth amendment rights and while we await the motion we are looking to see when it may be filed or justice department response will be to this and we will be looking to see what happens on thursday, that s when federal prosecutors have to submit to a judge proposed redactions to criminal affidavit detailing what led up to search in mar-a-lago, we are also hearing from tennessee senator marsha blackburn. we still do not know exactly what they are up to and we know it s broad and far-teaching, going for documents anywhere between 2017 and 2021. it wasn t a focused raid, if you will. mark: we
the white house putting itself on the back toward legislative victory, the cdc confessed it dropped the ball when handling the covid pandemic. the agency s director admits the entire department when into overall as it faces criticism over the response to the monkeypox virus. the wilmington delaware, peter. william, inflation reduction act has been the law of the land for several days now but no inflation reduction get in the something? of the president are starting to call him out for. he spends trillions and trillions of dollars we don t have and he was warned not just by people like me who he s not going to listen to but economists who work for people like obama and bill clinton. if you do this, you re going to spark massive inflation and now here we are. maybe it shouldn t be a surprise because senator joe manchin who negotiated said inflation reduction is going to take a while. it s not because we never said anything happened, turn the switch on and off. bottom li
i just want what s best for my kids. one s not ever going to turn eleven. reporter: catastrophic flash flooding hit southwest virginia, dozens reported missing and more than 100 homes have been destroyed, we ll have the latest. president biden visits the middle east. as the president arrives in israel today, how dealing with a nuclear iran is at the top of the agenda. shark attack, this long island beach shut down the second time this month, how a surfer fought the tiger shark off. and history at the capitol: honoring a civil rights leader as she becomes the first black american in national statuary hall. 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 on this busy wednesday night. we begin tonight with another staggering report on inflation as prices are rising at the fastest pace in 41 years. the consumer price index for june jumped 9.
with a man who lost his ten-year-old. i just want what s best for my kids. one s not ever going to turn eleven. reporter: catastrophic flash flooding hit southwest virginia, dozens reported missing and more than 100 homes have been destroyed. we ll have the latest. president biden visits the middle east. as the president arrives in israel today, how dealing with a nuclear iran is at the top of the agenda. shark attack, this long island beach shut down the second time this month, how a surfer fought the tiger shark off. and history at the capitol honoring a civil rights leader as she becomes the first black american in national statuary hall. 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 busy wednesday night. we begin tonight with another staggering report on inflation as prices are rising at the fastest pace in 41 years. the consumer price index for jun