investigations related to mrs. clinton, as you noted, that happened under my predecessor and i recognize that. second, as to your descriptions of the investigations related to hunter biden, as you know, there s an ongoing investigation being led by the delaware u.s. attorney appointed by president trump and we re working on that investigation with him. we look forward to seeing the results quickly and swiftly. third and finally, to your point about the american people and their views, i worry less about nbc polls or polls by any other news outlet. i will tell you that the number of people in texas applying to work for us since i ve been in this job has gone up 93%. in fact i heard this response earlier. in fact that s great. we have more applicants from the state of texas in the last several years than any other state that makes sense. texas is the great estate in the country. director, any agents that served on the cross fire investigation or the
really for the next decade. when the 2020 election was called for a by then, you might remember democrats got very cocky very quickly. and then they got sloppy. giving into the craziest demand of the far left now, two short years later, look at the mess they ve created. they stoked inflation, they hav sabotaged our energy independence and they wrecked our foreign policy. i was thinking about this tonight i can t think of a single issue that biden and the democrats have gotten right and overwhelmingly, americans do no think that democracy is at risk if the democrats lose control o congress, just like they don t think our country is systemically recessed or define by the events of january 6. it turns out that it is their candidates, the democrat candidates who stink, not ours. have you seen that poor katie ops in arizona. not been put to sleep by charli crist or maggie hansen in order that cortez master character. i would like to meet the person who really really thinks that h
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
as we come on this evening, the millions of americans on alert for dangerous heat and flash flooding. boston s heat emergency tonight. five days in a row now topping 95 degrees. and the major flood concerns across several states at this hour, including kentucky again. rob marciano tracking it all. tonight, the new development after a chilling series of murders in new mexico. four muslim men targeted and killed in separate attacks in albuquerque. and what police have now released tonight. the war in ukraine. the u.s. tonight, the major new arms commitment. and what the pentagon said today about russian casualties. we had not heard this number before. and the concerns tonight about the around about the largest nuclear power plant in europe in ukraine and what s now playing out. tonight, china s newest show of force around taiwan. a record number of chinese fighter jets flying into its territory. bob woodruff is there. back here at home tonight, the urgent search for a m