time to fight inflation. plus our report on energy costs skyrocketing a 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 to our viewers in the west, 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 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 house speaker nan
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
maybe pandas will return to the national zoo at some point. tom, thanks. that s going to do it for us. katy tur reports starts right now. good to be with you, i m katy tur. it might have been a rocky week for president biden in the polls, but democrats are doing just fine at the ballot box. so what gives? in virginia, republican governor glenn youngkin failed to get gop control of the state house. democrats there held on to the senate chamber and regained the house. how much of it had to do with youngkin s bet on a quote, reasonable 15-week abortion ban. in deep red kentucky, democratic governor andy beshear was able to win a second term, beating out his trump-backed rival, daniel cameron. was it abortion that helped keep beshear in office or was it trump who helped keep cameron out? in reddening ohio, it is clear voters roundly rejected republican efforts to restrict abortion, voting to enshrine the right into the state s constitution. all of it great news for democrat
Within 75 feet of a ballot drop box after some of its armed members were accused of intimidating voters. certainly with the election officials i talk to, the threats they ve received, the abuse and harassment they ve received, that has not receded. that has been steady and in some ways has ramped up a little bit. i expect to win. reporter: in ohio last night, senate candidate j.d. vance says he ll accept the results of his own race but stands by his criticisms of 2020. i just want elections to be as good as they possibly can be. ohio is a great model, but i think other states could do a lot better. reporter: two years after the 2020 election, there is still no evidence of systematic voting problems. and tonight, according to his prepared remarks president biden is going to argue that conspiracy theories and election lies could once again spark chaos the way they did on january 6. norah. o donnell: quite a warning. nancy cordes thank you. we re getting new information tonigh