battleground states where early voting is already under way. plus, president biden heads to new york to tout his efforts to boost the u.s. economy. as a new report shows the u.s. gdp grew by 2.6 points. we ll break down what that means for the state of our economy. in washington, a source familiar with the deliberations tells nbc news that attorneys for former president donald trump have accepted a subpoena issued by the house january 6th committee. also this morning, the u.s. is out with new sanctions against iranian officials as security forces clash with crowds gathered in the hometown of mahsa amini. we ll bring you a live report from tehran. we begin this very busy hour with our top story there, just 12 days left until the midterms. at this time, over 13 million people have already cast their ballots in the election which determines the control of congress. and the temperature is rising in places like arizona where phoenix police are investigating a break-in at t
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is tuesday, october 25th. i m christine romans. we begin this morning with the raucous face-off last night between ron desantis and charlie crist in the first and only debate of the florida governor s race. crist, the democrat, is behind in the polls, nearly out of campaign cash so he charged at the republican governor like a candidate with very little to lose. desantis mostly stuck to his talking points as the two tangled over a range of talking points like abortion and whether desantis will run for president. i would like to see everybody have a shot. i m proud of the 15 weeks that we did. i know charlie crist opposes that even though the baby is fully formed, has a heartbeat, can feel pain and can suck their thumb. i don t want to bana b abortion want to make sure we keep a woman s right free. i want to make sure we don t have a governor who wouldn t allow exceptions for rape or incest. yes or no, ron
it s backed off a bit, but if you look at the tech heavy nasdaq, it is off 4% and plunging. john: debbie dingle standing by with her thoughts on how this could affect her party s midterm chances. but first, to jacqui heinrich live on the north lawn this hour and rather ironic the president has a celebration of the economy this afternoon. how are they reacting to the cpi report? either the white house expected numbers a whole lot better than this or someone in the scheduling office had an unfortunate oversight and getting an earful. it is ironic they are hosting a bunch of democratic lawmakers here today to mark the signing, last month s signing of the inflation reduction act just as those new numbers come out showing inflation, core inflation shot up last month 6.3% in august, up from 5.9% in july. and that is a key metric that the fed watches very closely and these numbers are more than the 6.1% that economists predicted, the next set of rate hikes will likely be quite a
as the nation marks the passing of a person who loomed so large over the u.k. and the commonwealth for so many years. sandra: so many emotions as every hour goes by, leading up to the queen s funeral, takes place on september 19th. a lot of anticipation for that, people around the world will be watching, and also watching king charles as he addresses parliament and a short time from now will carry the speech for the audience. but it has been an incredible time to see the reuniting of the family members, the queen s children, and grandchildren grabbing headlines as they reunite and greet the people there and greet the mourners there, john. and many beautiful displays of affection and certainly all eyes on the king himself as he, too, has been filled with emotion during these days since his mother s death. john: and the beautiful service a short time ago at st. giles church, which is just up the royal mile from the palace or castle where the prince was staying, and the beau
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