conduct the investigations if t the e executive branch won t back them up. joining us now, former chairman of oversight reform committee. former utah congressman jason chaffetz. welcome chairman. i want to know what your oversight list of priorities would be. but you are the chairman of oversight. you get to pick what you want to look into. but you cannot enforce your own subpoenas that is up to the biden administration. that is the most difficult thing, we were both chairmen of that committee, i think the moral cases out there. the media does not always report it. hillary clinton s i-t person issued two s subpoenas they never showed up and they never enforced it. with that said, the table is set, every major issue, the democrats held no hearings on, so, it is a wide open plate there are a lot of things to go after. trey: we had dinner one night with late justice scalia. i asked him about the tools of congress and their ability to stand up for themselves and whether or not
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
nevada. s before another big issue it s happening on the southern border that s for the latest government data shows agents have encountered more than 2.3 million migrants in the fiscal year that ended just a few weeks ago. that number a record high. the head of the national board of counsel blames president biden s policies for the worsening situation. but there s absolutely no humanity. if you look back at the record previous to his administration it was just over 300 destin with over double that for just getting worse and worse and worse that s the problem. bill is alive at the border in eagle pass, texas with more, bill. parks arthel, good afternoon to bring eagle pass as part of border patrol del rio sector which was the number one busiest sector with more than 470,000 illegal crossings went fiscal year 2022. we are picking up right where we left off or take a look at this video was shot earlier this morning here in eagle pass with her drone team this is another siz
about 100,000 people. matt gutman in south korea tonight. here at home the major turn in a case involving two girls who were killed. the suspect now under arrest tonight for allegedly killing the two teenagers on a hiking trail in indiana. they say the suspect was hiding in plain sight for five years. tonight, the supreme court hearing two cases challenging affirmative action in higher education in the u.s. what the justices signaled today and terry moran at the court. eight days until the high-stakes midterm elections. tonight the states with very close senate races that will determine who controls the senate. former president barack obama at his argument on social security in wisconsin. former president trump on jobs and the economy. tonight, the war in ukraine, russia launching more than 50 missiles on civilian targets. the capital of kyiv in the dark for much of this day. 80% of the city without water for a time. the major upset in brazil tonight. some have call
a margin of air ahead of a much anticipated debate there tuesday night. so is a gop weight on november 8 possible after all? was asked republican pollster strategist ed is a partner at the tarrance group. nice to see you again. so, first of all i want to ask you about the public mood. the right track numbers, the polling 25%. can you recall a time especially for an election when the public was in such a sour mood? there was a period in the spring we saw the numbers move slightly worse. in fact wrong track when over 70% for the first time in the 40 years i ve been doing polling and watching it. it was basically because the progressives of the democratic party had become disenchanted with the president on not moving their agenda. but when the supreme court case came out they kind of moved back in that direction. and that now seems to be hovering in this over two one margin wrong track belief by the there. which is one of the worst if not the worst i ve seen in off year electi