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
As migrants illegally crossing the border near record levels and major American Cities struggle to handle the influx, the aboutface from the white house. As the Immigration Crisis grows, President Biden breaks a Campaign Promise, but insists he had no choice. I cant stop it. Ukrainian Officials Say dozens of people are dead after a Russian Missile hit a Village Store and cafe in the eastern part of the country. Norah we are tracking Tropical Storm philippe as it moves up the atlantic. Where it could hit. Our 60 minutes interview with mark milley. What americas former top general tells us about President Bidens age. The dog days may be over here at the white house. Why President Bidens German Shepherd was removed from campus and what happens to the dog now . Norah the impact popular drugs like ozempic are having on Grocery Stores like walmart. The soldiers without voices. Our Eye On America tonight looks at the pain of army horses and the new ways they are being treated. I do not ever w
Here are tonights headlines. As migrants illegally crossing the border near record levels and major American Cities struggled to handle the influx, the aboutface from the white house. As the Immigration Crisis grows, President Biden breaks a Campaign Promise, but insists he had no choice. I cant stop it. Ukrainian Officials Say dozens of people are dead after a Russian Missile hit a Village Store and cafe in eastern part of the country. Norah we are tracking Tropical Storm philippe as it moves up the atlantic. Where it could hit. Our 60 minutes interview with mark milley. What americas former top general tells us about President Bidens age. The dog days may be over here at the white house. Why President Bidens German Shepherd was removed from campus and what happens to the dog now . Norah the impact popular drugs like ozempic are having on Grocery Stores like walmart. The soldiers without voices. Our on the road tonight except the pain of army horses and the new ways they are being tre
it grocery prices nationwide up almost 14%. sheri thompson struggles to stretch her family s weekly $200 food budget. my grandson comes in and says, nana, we should be on lunchtime by now. i said, no, we skipped lunch, we re on dinner. reporter: she just left dollar general, where new data suggests overall prices are up almost 24% and prices at nearby aldi are up 17%, both discount stores relied on by families in lower income neighborhoods. is food inflation hitting lower income people disproportionately? absolutely. reporter: leo feller is chief economist at numerator, which tracks hundreds of millions of shopping receipts. he says higher income communities have more options. you can go from a whole foods to a wal-mart, from a wal-mart to a dollar general. once you re a low-income consumer, you re already at the cheapest place you can possibly buy food, and that means these stores have more pricing power. reporter: for meat, fish,