detained in a kremlin crackdown on these antiwar protests. there are also reports of some demonstrators rounded up and immediately drafted into the rush sharon armed forces. it s setting off a flood of flights out of russia. nick peyton walsh is with us. it s called a partial mobilization of citizens. how is that playing out? reporter: it seemed pretty clear and forgive the siren noise around here. so much of ukraine constantly under threat, attack. it seems to be playing out initially pretty badly for the kremlin. the first issue they have to overcome is what to do with these thousands of potential recruits they re going to send to the front line that might already be being sent to the front line. they lack equipment to supply the regular army. this was a gamble and it s not going the way he hoped. the flights some of them full. military age males trying to get out of the country. they don t believe this mobilization is necessarily partial. the restrictions this will just
tonight. mary bruce traveling with the president here i new york. the category 4 hurricane barrelling up the atlantic. winds up to 130 miles per hour. now moving towards 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 affect credit cards, car loans, and new mortgages. rebecca jarvis breaks it down. tonight, news on the nba owner suspended and fined $10 million for racist and misogynist remarks. what he now plans to do. the washington monument vandalized. a suspect in custody. after months of waiting, the $1.3 billion mega millions mystery solved tonight. turns out there isn t just one winner. and tonight, the new nasa images n
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
is a partial mobilization. putin also made an ominous pledge to use all means to, in his words, defend his country. translator: this is not a bluff. the citizens of russia can be sure that the territorial integrity of our homeland, independence and freedom will be ensured and those that try to black mail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing winds can turn in their direction. reporter: putin s rare national address comes amid a fierce counter offensive from ukraine s forces and the kremlin-backed push for referendums that could lead to moscow annexing occupied parts of ukraine. let s go to cnn s international security editor nick peyton walsh. nick, a partial mobilization. i mean, this sounds pretty drastic but could putin have gone even further? reporter: yes, certainly could have. this is not the mass mobilization which many during the 12-hour delay before the speech came out this morning were thinking might have been on the cards. he is, it seems,
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