also named as key player, three of trump's adult children, ivanka, eric and don jr., plus two former executives. >> it's mighty serious. it could essentially extinguish the trump organization in new york and be a body blow, maybe a fatal body blow to his entire empire and brand. >> reporter: james said the trumps made wild claims about the worth of nearly every one of their marquee property, from mar-a-lago in florida to his manhattan buildings. she pointed to his apartment high above trump tower and said he claimed it was 30,000 square feet when it was less than 11,000, and overvalued it at $327 million, which james said was a deliberate lie. >> no apartment in new york city has ever sold for close to that amount. >> reporter: james is seeking to recover $250 million in allegedly unlawful profits, and a permanent ban on trump and his

children from serving as top leaders in any new york company. >> robert costa joins us now live. you've covered the former president's finances for years. what does the trump organization -- what is he saying tonight? >> this is a serious case, because james has also referred this case for criminal prosecution to the southern district of new york and to the irs. trump's lawyers said today that james, a democrat running for reelection is, quote, solely focused on advancing her political agenda. but there has long been skepticism about trump's wealth. in 2015, jericka, he told me he was worth $9 billion, but forbes pegged his net worth only around $4 billion. >> still a lot of money. robert costa on the case, as usual. thank you. turning now to the economy, the federal reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 3/4 of a percentage point for the third straight time. the fed is trying to slow spending to lower inflation without pushing the economy into a recession. now all three major indexes

dropped more than 1.5% after fed chairman jerome powell signaled more hikes are coming. with inflation near a 40-year high, the cost of almost everything keeps going up, from groceries to rent to health care. and when it comes to food, those who can least afford it are actually getting hit the hardest. cbs' carter evans reports in tonight's "money watch." >> reporter: everybody's feeling >> my grandson, he comes in and he says nana, we should be on lunchtime by now. no, we actually skip lunch. we're on dinner. >> reporter: she just left dopple dollar general where prices are up 24%, and prices at nearby aldi are up nearly 17%, both discount stores often 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 shopping receipts. he says higher income have more options. once you're a low income consumer, you are already at the cheapest place you can buy food. and that just means these stores have more pricing power. >> reporter: for meat, poultry, fish, and eggs, discounters raised prices at a higher rate compared to many other grocers. the same for dairy products. we tracked prices at a single dollar general store in texas. over a year the price shot up 20%. dollar general told us like many other retail. >> we have been forced to pass along certain product cost increases, aldi didn't respond. still, discounters are cheaper than most other supermarkets that can only jack up prices so high.

>> you can't, you know, raise prices if people are going to shift away from you, except at a dollar general or aldi's, people aren't shifting away. more people are still coming to the stores, despite the higher prices. >> reporter: researchers also found when the grocery money starts to run out, cash-strapped consumers are turning to less healthy options like dollar menus at fast food restaurants. jericka? >> i can certainly believe that. carter evans for us tonight, thank you. now to hurricane fiona, which is gaining strength as it moves across the atlantic. the category 4 storm with 130-mile-per-hour winds is expected to continue to strengthen as it passes west of bermuda by friday, and eventually make landfall in canada this weekend. in puerto rico, three days after fiona slammed the island, more than half a million people are still without running water, and 70% are without power. forecasters continue to watch a tropical wave near the west indies. that storm is expected to head into the gulf of mexico next

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saw an almost 70% increase in fatal fentanyl overdoses. that's more than 900 deaths. fentanyl is flooding the state, and it's coming in along the interstates and the highways, because the cartels realize that by going through colorado, they can reach vast parts of the united states. cole finegan is the u.s. attorney in denver. >> you've got the i-25 corridor that runs north-south from mexico. you've got the i-70 corridor that runs east all the way across the country. so there is a lot of different ways once something comes into colorado where it can move. >> reporter: daily police stops throughout the state find fentanyl hidden in vehicles. the stockpile of evidence is growing. the problem is getting worse here. >> yeah. fentanyl keeps coming. it is a poison that is continuously infecting not only colorado, but every community throughout this country. >> reporter: colonel matthew packard is the chief of the colorado state patrol. we rode along as he monitored

the state's highways. >> people that are selling fentanyl, they are profit-driven, and they do not care how many body bags are a result of their drive for profit. >> reporter: adding to the urgency, police say the cartels are now making fentanyl look like candy, making it more enticing to young people. >> here is max. >> reporter: for kim osterman, the fight is personal. her son max died from a fentanyl poisoning last year. >> they're deliberately doing to kill the children. they're marketing it to the children. >> reporter: a supply chain that police are trying to choke off, but showing little sign of shutting down. jeff pegues, cbs news, golden, colorado. >> there is a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." the news tonight rather from the

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and of course follow us any time online at cbsnews.com. reporting from our nation's capital, i'm jericka duncan. this is cbs news flash. i'm dan lieberman in new york. a victory for the justice department in the ongoing criminal investigation into former president trump's possession of top secret records found at his mar-a-lago estate. a federal appeals panel lifted a hold, allowing the justice department to resume its use of the documents in its probe. the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, conservative activist virginia thomas agreed to interview with the house panel investigating the january 6th insurrection relating to her efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. and the mega millions winners from two months finally claim the ticket to win the third largest jackpot in u.s. history. two joint winners agree to split the $1.3 billion prize.

for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or your connected tv. i'm dan lieberman, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> 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 is 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 protesters across russia, with more than 1300 arrests.

unpopular the war has become, one-way flights leaving russia are selling out. prices are skyrocketing as people try to flee that country. president biden condemned putin in his speech before the united nations general assembly. he accused russia of violating the core principles of the u.n. we have a lot of news to get to tonight, and we begin with cbs' debora patta, who is on the front lines there in kharkiv where ukrainians are gaining more ground. good evening, debora. >> good evening. as many as 300,000 russians face the draft. those with medical expertise are being conscripted with immediate effect. and we understand that call-up papers are already being handed out. putin's back is against the wall, and he is playing dirty, a sore loser, but a dangerous one, upping the ante by threatening to use nuclear weapons. "we will use every means at our "thioto one other than russia

sought conflict. >> reporter: president biden making it clear at the u.n. that it was russia that declared war in the first place. >> this war is about extinguishing ukraine's right to exist as a state, plain and simple. >> reporter: speaking later in a recorded statement to world leaders a the same u.n. assembly, volodymyr zelenskyy. >> ukraine wants peace. europe wants peace. the world wants peace. and we have seen who is the only one who wants war. >> reporter: this is why putin has raised the stakes. he's suffered humiliating losses on the battlefield. this is how far ukrainian soldiers have pushed back russian troops.

the nearest russian border post just over two miles down this road, which is why we have to be quick. because even though this village is liberated, russian artillery can still strike here. both sides are losing men. today russia's minister of 6,0 of but according to estimates from the u.s., russian casualties are closer to 80,000. putin so desperate he has been reduced to recruiting convicts. the head of the mercenary group wagner was filmed in a prison, offered freedom in exchange for fighting on the front line. but it's not going down well at home. resistance to the draft has sparked demonstrations in several cities, including moscow and st. petersburg. over 1200 protesters have been arrested. and as putin's desperation grows, ukraine's resolve hardens. they're not stopping now,

fighting with their hearts. do you get a break now? >> no, no. >> reporter: no break? >> no, no break from 24 february. >> reporter: nonstop? >> nonstop. i have more motivation than tiredness. >> reporter: yeah. putin plans on holding referendums in territories seized just east of here to force through a vote to become part of russia. this sets the stage for him to claim an attack on any of those regions is an assault on russia. jericka? >> similar to what we saw in crimea. thank you, debora. in new york, president joe biden used his address to the united nations to denounce russia and president vladimir putin's quote, brutal needless war, and called on all nations to stand firm against russian aggression in ukraine. the president also called out putin's latest nuclear threats as reckless and irresponsible. cbs' chief foreign affairs correspondent and moderator of "face the nation" margaret

brennan has been at the u.n. all day. good evening to you, margaret. just how real is the threat of russia using nuclear weapons in its war against ukraine? >> well, jericka, as of this evening, u.s. intelligence has not seen evidence that russia is moving its nuclear weapons, but since the very start of this conflict, u.s. officials have been planning to respond if russia does use a catastrophic weapon like a tactical nuclear weapon. now if vladimir putin feels cornered and chooses to use a weapon of mass destruction in eastern ukraine, that could backfire because the winds could blow the radiation into russia. >> ditely soing to think and margartalk aut the ting otis nouncement and w >> well, vladimir putin's recorded message sent from russia was directed right here at the u.n. and to defy the

calls here for him to back down. now he is challenging that basic principle of the u.n., which is that might does not make right. and so is one of its other most powerful members, china, which has been increasing its military exercises and pressure on taiwan. jericka, the top u.n. official called the moment we are in one of gridlock, of colossal global dysfunction. and today president biden said the u.s. is not seeking a conflict and not seeking a new cold war. >> margaret brennan for us at the united nations today, thank you. two american prisoners of war captured in ukraine are free tonight after three months in captivity. americans alexander drueke and andy huynh, both military veterans from alabama, were captured in june while fighting with the ukrainian army. in all, ten prisoners of war from the u.s., britain, sweden,

croatia, and morocco were released following a mediation by saudi arabia. turning now to the economy. the federal reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 of a percentage point for the third straight time. the fed is trying to slow spending to lower inflation without pushing the economy into a recession. now all three major indexes dropped more than 1.5% after fed chairman jerome powell signaled more hikes are coming. now to hurricane fiona, which is gaining strength as it moves across the atlantic. the category 4 storm with 130-mile-per-hour winds is expected to continue to strengthen as it passes west of bermuda by friday, and eventually make landfall in canada this weekend. in puerto rico, three days after fiona slammed the island, more than half a million people are still without running water, and 70% are without power. forecasters continue to watch a tropical wave near the west indies.

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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm caitlin huey-burns in washington. thanks for staying was. hurricane fiona continues to churn its way north through the caribbean. the storm is not expected to make landfall in the u.s. but is forecast to hit bermuda over the next few days. fiona was a category 4 hurricane when it slammed the turks and caicos with winds of 125 miles per hour. it also flooded the dominican republic and knocked out power to the entire island of puerto rico. those lights have started to come back on. david begnaud is there.

>> reporter: we set out from san juan to lajas, a town on the southwestern side of puerto rico right where hurricane fiona made landfall. how long have you lived here? >> 25 years. >> reporter: in the hills above lajas, we met olga right outside her home. she and her daughter rode out the storm in her bathroom. part of her tin roof was ripped off. but the problems don't end with the hurricane. >> it's very dangerous here. this is because of the tremors. >> reporter: oh, because of the earthquake? >> yes. >> reporter: she reminded us that this area has been dealing with small earthquakes for the last two years. how are you doing emotionally? >> i am beginning to feel weak. i have nothing. i don't have clean clothes and everything is out of place. >> reporter: no water, no power, no roof? >> no water, no power. >> reporter: and she is not alone. the vast majority of puerto ricans are still without power. roughly half don't have water. is there any more flooding in

lajas? >> no. >> reporter: it was the mayor of lajas, jason martinez, who took us around, saying people weren't waiting on the government to show up. they were cleaning up quickly mart says the a former electric lineman who helped to restore power after hurricane maria five years ago. he made this prediction now. >> maybe two months to be ready to get light again. >> reporter: you think it will take two months? >> two months. >> reporter: from lajas, we flew east, over the municipality of yauco and what one economist calls the worst hit to puerto rico's agricultural industry in years. fields of plan tapes, dairy products, all under water and ruined. then we landed in salinas, where the governor had just arrived. >> my assessment is is a substantial majority of the customers will get their power back by the end of the day tomorrow. >> reporter: really?

>> yeah. >> reporter: that was david begnaud in puerto rico. the midterm elections are less than seven weeks away. and cbs' battle tracker poll shows two very close races in georgia. raphael warnock leads his republican challenger her while republican governor brian kemp leads stacey abrams 52% to 46%. nikole killion has the story. >> reporter: after flipping for president biden and helping to clinch the majority in the u.s. senate, georgia is once again on midterm minds. why do you think this race is so close, sir? >> i'll let the pundits, you know, do that. >> reporter: democratic incumbent senator raphael warnock gets higher marks than president biden from peach state voter, according to cbs news battleground tracker. they say they can they like how warnock handles himself compared to gop challenger her shell

walker, giving himself more favorable ratings as someone who has good moral character, is a good role model. there. >> a huge difference between the two candidates. senator warnock has already proved himself. >> reporter: her shell, what is it you don't like? >> he is no warnock. >> reporter: the race has turned increasingly personal, with both candidates only recently agreeing to debate. >> we have debate around this place all the time. and if you're not ready for a debate, you're not ready. >> i'm just a country boy. i'm not asmart. he suits. >> reporter: while walker's campaign says he was just using sarcasm, the trump-backed former heisman trophy winner has been plagued by a series of gaffes and misleading statements about his past. >> it's herschel worker versus the truth. >> reporter: raphael warnock. we see him on tv, but what is he

really hiding? >> reporter: more than $138 million has been sent in the senate race, making it one of the most expensive in the country, along with the governor's race, where the economy remains front and center. >> everything is going up. so the house going up, interest going up. >> i think the state has advanced educationally, financially. >> reporter: more than half of registered voters think it's going well in georgia compared to the rest of the country. something gop incumbent brian kemp hopes to capitalize on as he faces a rematch against democrat stacey abrams. >> i'm going run on my record. we've got a great economy here in the state of georgia. >> reporter: how do you kind of cut through that narrative? >> we know the current governor's spending dollars in order to tackle these challenges. but i want us to invest those dollars in the very people who need them. >> reporter: abrams narrowly lost to kemp in 2018, and she is largely credited with helping democrats flip the state not only last year, but in 2020. and she told me she is confident

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growing number of people are taking a hard look at bomb shelters. roxana saberi reports. >> you duck and cover tight against the wall. >> reporter: public service films from the 1950s and '60s, teaching children how to protect themselves from a nuclear blast. and showing families that they, too, can build a cozy bunker of their very own. >> we certainly can live in here very comfortably for at least two weeks. ed,fathrecently. with the tide of war in ukraine turning against iathre of a des putin to turn to nuclear weapons to win at no longer a stretch. >> our counterstrike will be instantaneous. >> every time putin talks a nuclear weapon, the phone rings

off the hook. i bet it made the phone ring 400 or 500%. >> reporter: at defcon underground bunkers near kansas city, missouri -- >> this is your kitchen area. >> reporter: they say around a third of the inquiries have turned into sales. >> some of them are very concerned. they want something right now. therapeutic afraid something is going to happen. >> reporter: they're expecting like amazon prime service or something? >> exactly. >> reporter: across the united states and europe, other manufacturers told us they've never seen such high demand, despite the high prices. they say pretty much whatever you can imagine and pay for, they can build. at defcon, shelters start at $75,000. how safe is a bunker like the one you're standing in? >> it's not like we can test these things. >> reporter: and the federal government provides only guidelines, not regulations for building underground bunkers. so it's up to buyers to do their

homework. >> the need for this kind of protection is new to our shores, but the time to start is now. >> reporter: back in 1961, president john f. kennedy asked congress to construct and stock fallout shelters. today the program is abandoned because that's partly if the worst does happen, there is no guarantee they'd work. >> the most significant thing, the blast size of nuclear weapons, which are enormous, each the smallest nuclear weapon is ten times the size of the largest conventional weapon. >> reporter: patricia lewis is a security expert at the london-based chatham house think tank and a former u.n. disarmament research director. >> you get instant radiation. you get heat, fires, huge winds. so a large part of the city or the area in which was targeted would be uninhabitable. >> reporter: that's why she warns not every shelter will save you. >> unless it was highly reinforced and people could stay down there for a listening, long

time. but think about what you would encounter afterwards. i think that's the thing. this is why the prevention of nuclear war is by far the most sensible way forward. >> reporter: in britain, most of the cold war relics have also been sealed up or sold off. some even transformed into a wine cellar, a cafe, and a museum like this one, hidden under a hill just outside london. >> and once they're shut, you would be in here for your three months or six months or however long it took you. >> reporter: everybody else? >> outside. >> reporter: now owned by mike parish, the shelter was built in 1952 to keep 600 civil and military personnel safe, in control -- >> so we can switch one on. >> reporter: and in communication if the soviets attacked, as imagined in this staged announcement. >> the united kingdom was heavily attacked with nuclear weapons. >> reporter: but lately, people

are seeing this museum in a whole new light. >> we've had about 20 inquiries so far from people who want to come. >> reporter: so for the right price, you would offer space to somebody to rent this out? >> certainly. >> reporter: for mike parrish, though, family comes first, and it's serious business. if there is a nuclear incident, what do you plan to do? >> well, i plan to lock the doors with me inside. >> reporter: you and your family? >> me and my family. it's like a wedding list. >> reporter: okay. do you have a list? have you written it out? you're not sharing. >> not sharing, no. >> reporter: then there are countries like finland that have never let their guard down. >> about 20 meters. >> reporter: shelters are practically everywhere, some doubling as pools or playgrounds. and in switzerland, a country of

roughly 8.5 million people -- >> entrance. >> please. >> reporter: there is room for around nine million to shelter. >> the idea is to have 50 people each room. >> reporter: how many rooms are there? >> many, come, please. >> reporter: fourth room for 200 people so far. >> some people are afraid, really afraid. they write they want to be sure that they are prepared. >> reporter: you're getting more inquiries than before? >> exactly. >> reporter: here, by law, everyone has to have access to one in their community, or like in their basement it's a thick door. so this is it? >> yes, it is. it's not very big. >> reporter: how many people can sleep? >> 12 persons. >> reporter: you also have a lot of weinstocked. >> yes, wine. we also have a little bit of water. enough for a few days.

>> reporter: jam? >> jam. >> reporter: in the meantime, back at defcon, the orders keep coming. >> it's hat we

although inflation remains at a 40-year high, the cries of used cars is coming down. cristian benavides went shopping. >> reporter: jody vining came to this delray beach car dealer looking for the best trade-in value for his pickup truck. >> i was actually trying to stay ahead of the wave and try to get the most i can get for the trade before -- before the bottom falls out. >> reporter: while that bottom is still far off, prices for used vehicles are finally starting to decline, down almost half a percent from july to august. >> what people want to feel is they're not overpaying for something that's a necessity. >> reporter: teddy is the ceo of the automotive group. he says he expects used car prices will continue to drop,

and that's good for the dealership and the customer. >> when we can buy the vehicles cheaper, that means the customer is going to be able to purchase them cheaper. >> reporter: inventory sticking around longer too, as rising interest rates cause some consumers to pump the brake. >> at the height, as soon as we would get a vehicle coming in, you would have three or four people waiting to look at the vehicle to buy it. the cars wouldn't sit here more than a couple days, at most. we're seeing that start to take a little longer. >> reporter: even as used car prices are just starting to pull back, the same is not true for new cars. data from the bureau of labor statistics show new vehicle prices were up 10.1% in august over last year. >> on the new car side, there is still a s related to the availability of semiconductors. >> reporter: experts expect higher interest rates could drive down new car prices, eventually. cristian benavides, cbs news, delray beach, florida.

>> and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm caitlin huey-burns. this is cbs news flash. i'm dan lieberman in new york. a victory for the justice department in the ongoing criminal investigation into former president trump's possession of top secret records found at his mar-a-lago estate. a federal appeals panel lifted a hold, allowing the justice department to resume its use of the documents in its probe. the wife of supreme court c justice clarence thomas, conservative activist virginia thomas agreed to interview with the house panel investigating the january 6th insurrection relating to her efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. and the mega millions winners from two months ago finally claim the ticket to win the third largest jackpot in u.s. history. two joint winners agree to split the $1.3 billion prize. for more news, download the cbs

news app on your cell phone or your connected tv. i'm dan lieberman, cbs news, new york. the new threat of nuclear war. vladimir putin declares he is not bluffing and will do anything to defend russia. anti-war protesters arrested in the streets of russia as putin mobilizes 300,000 more troops. cbs' debora patta is on the ground in ukraine. >> we have to be quick, because even though this village is liberated, russian artillery can still strike here. >> plus, president biden rebukes putin at the united nations. donald trump sued for widespread fraud. >> it's the art of the steal. >> the bombshell lawsuit from the new york state attorney general. cbs' robert costa breaks down the accusations that could prevent the former first family from ever running a business in that state.

the fed raises interest rates. plus, cbs' carter evans takes a closer look tonight at inflation. why those already struggling financially are being hit the hardest. and america's opioid crisis. cbs' jeff pegues shows us why drug cartels are now pushing fentanyl that looks like candy. >> they're deliberately doing this to kill our children. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> 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 is 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. in-war protests ac ra,h ha1300r one-way flights leaving russia are selling out. prices are skyrocketing as people try to flee that country. president biden condemned putin in his speech before the united nations general assembly. he accused russia of violating the core principles of the u.n. we have a lot of news to get to tonight, and we begin with cbs' debora patta, who is on the front lines there in kharkiv where ukrainians are gaining more ground. good evening, debora. >> good evening. as many as 300,000 russians face the draft. those with medical expertise are being conscripted with immediate effect. and we understand that call-up papers are already being handed out. putin's back is against the

wall, and he is playing dirty, a sore loser, but a dangerous one, upping the ante by threatening to use nuclear weapons. "we will use every means at our disposal to protect russia and our people," he said, adding "this is not a bluff." >> no one other than russia sought conflict. >> reporter: president biden making it clear at the u.n. that it was russia that declared war in the first place. >> this war is about extinguishing ukraine's right to exist as a state, plain and simple. >> reporter: speaking later in a recorded statement to world leaders at the same u.n. assembly, volodymyr zelenskyy. >> ukraine wants peace. europe wants peace. the world wants peace. and we have seen who is the only

one who wants war. >> reporter: this is why putin has raised the stakes. he's suffered humiliating losses on the battlefield. this is how far ukrainian soldiers have pushed back russian troops. the nearest russian border post just over two miles down this road, which is why we have to be quick. because even though this village is liberated, russian artillery can still strike here. both sides are losing men. today russia's minister of defense said nearly 6,000 of their soldiers have been killed. but according to estimates from the u.s., russian casualties are closer to 80,000. putin so desperate he has been reduced to recruiting convicts. the head of the mercenary group wagner was filmed in a prison, offering freedom in exchange for fighting on the front line. but it's not going down well at home. resistance to the draft has sparked demonstrations in

several cities, including moscow and st. petersburg. over 1200 protesters have been arrested. and as putin's desperation grows, ukraine's resolve hardens. they're not stopping now, fighting with their hearts. do you get a break now? >> no, no. >> reporter: no break? >> no, no break from 24 february. >> reporter: nonstop? >> nonstop. i have more motivation than tiredness. >> yeah. >> reporter: putin plans on holding referendums in territories seized just east of here to force through a vote to become part of russia. this sets the stage for him to claim an attack on any of those regions is an assault on russia. jericka? >> similar to what we saw in crimea. thank you, debora. in new york, president joe biden use his address to the united nations to denounce russia and president vladimir putin's, quote, brutal, needless

war, and called on all nations to stand firm against russian aggression in ukraine. the president also called out putin's latest nuclear threats as reckless and irresponsible. cbs' chief foreign affairs correspondent and moderator of "face the nation" margaret brennan has been at the u.n. all day. good evening to you, margaret. just how real is the threat of russia using nuclear weapons in its war against ukraine? >> well, jericka, as of this evening, u.s. intelligence has not seen evidence that russia is moving its nuclear weapons, but since the very start of this conflict, u.s. officials have been planning to respond if russia does use a catastrophic weapon like a tactical nuclear weapon. now if vladimir putin feels cornered and chooses to use a weapon of mass destruction in eastern ukraine, that could backfire because the winds could blow the radiation into russia. >> definitely something to think

about. and margaret, talk about the timing of putin's announcement and how it's significant. >> well, vladimir putin's recorded message sent from russia was directed right here at the u.n. and to defy the calls here for him to back down. now he is challenging that basic principle of the u.n., which is that might does not make right. and so is one of its other most powerful members, china, which has been increasing its military exercises and pressure on taiwan. jericka, the top u.n. official called the moment we are in one of gridlock, of colossal global dysfunction. and today president biden said the u.s. is not seeking a conflict and not seeking a new cold war. >> margaret brennan for us at the united nations today, thank you. there is a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." two american prisoners of war were captured in ukraine, are free tonight after three months in captivity. americans alexander drueke and andy huynh, both military veterans from alabama, were captured in june while fighting with the ukrainian army. in all, ten prisoners of war from the u.s., britain, sweden, croatia, and morocco were released following a mediation by saudi arabia. now to that new lawsuit sending shockwaves through the trump organization. new york's state attorney general sued the former president and three of his children today, accusing them of, quote, staggering fraud in

their real estate dealings. the state is seeking a quarter of a billion dollars and looking to effectively put the trumps out of business in new york. here is cbs' robert costa. >> claiming you have money that you do not have does not amount to the art of the deal. it's the art of the steal. >> reporter: the sweeping lawsuit unveiled today by new york state attorney general accuses the former president and his children of lying for more than a decade about his wealth and his company. >> donald trump falsely inflated his net worth by billions of dollars to unjustly enrich himself and to cheat the system, thereby cheating all of us. >> reporter: in a more than 200-page civil lawsuit, letitia james said trump inflated his value by billions, defrauding insurers and lenders and violating state law, and

potentially federal laws too. also named as key players, three of trump's adult children, ivanka, eric and don jr., plus two former executives. >> it's mighty serious. it could essentially extinguish the trump organization in new york and be a body blow, maybe a fatal body blow to his entire empire and brand. >> reporter: james said the trumps made wild claims about the worth of nearly every one of their marquee properties, from mar-a-lago in florida to his manhattan buildings. she pointed to his apartment high above trump tower and said he claimed it was 30,000 square feet when it was less than 11,000, and overvalued it at $327 million, which james said was a deliberate lie. >> no apartment in new york city has ever sold for close to that amount. >> reporter: james is seeking to recover $250 million in allegedly unlawful profits, and a permanent ban on trump and his

children from serving as top leaders in any new york company. >> robert costa joins us now live. you've covered the former president's finances for years. what does the trump organization -- what is he saying tonight? >> this is a serious case, because james has also referred this case for criminal prosecution to the southern district of new york and to the irs. trump's lawyers said today that james, a democrat running for reelection is, quote, solely focused on advancing her political agenda. but there has long been skepticism about trump's wealth. in 2015, jericka, he told me he was worth $9 billion, but forbes pegged his net worth only around $4 billion. >> still a lot of money. robert costa on the case, as usual. thank you. turning now to the economy, the federal reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 of a percentage point for the third straight time. the fed is trying to slow spending to lower inflation without pushing the economy into a recession. now all three major indexes dropped more than 1.5% after fed

chairman jerome powell signaled more hikes are coming. with inflation near a 40-year high, the cost of st everything keeps going up, from groceries to rent to health care. and when it comes to food, those who can least afford it are actually getting hit the hardest. cbs' carter evans reports in tonight's "money watch." >> reporter: everybody's feeling it. grocery prices nationwide up almost 14%. sheri thompson struggles to stretch her family's weekly $200 food budget. >> my grandson, he comes in and he says nana, we should be on lunchtime by now. no, we actually skip 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 nearly 17%, both discount stores often 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 shopping receipts. he says higher income have more options. you can go from a whole foods to a walmart, from a walmart to a dollar general. once you're a low income consumer, you are already at the cheapest place you can buy food. and that just means these stores have more pricing power. >> reporter: for meat, poultry, fish, and eggs, discounters raised prices at a higher rate compared to many other grocers. the same for dairy products. we dug into the receipts and tracked milk prices at a single dollar general store in texas. over a year, the price shot up 20%. in a statement, dollar general told us, like many other retailers, we have been forced to pass along certain product cost increases, although not in the price suggested by numerator. aldi didn't respond.

still, discounters are cheaper than most other supermarkets that can only jack up prices so high. >> you can't, you know, raise prices if people are going to shift away from you, except at a dollar general or aldi's, people aren't shifting away. more people are still coming to the stores, despite the higher prices. >> reporter: researchers also found when the grocery money starts to run out, cash-strapped consumers are turning to less healthy options like dollar menus at fast food restaurants. jericka? >> i can certainly believe that. carter evans for us tonight, thank you. now to hurricane fiona, which is gaining strength as it moves across the atlantic. the category 4 storm with 130-mile-per-hour winds is expected to continue to strengthen as it passes west of bermuda by friday, and eventually make landfall in canada this weekend. in puerto rico, three days after fiona slammed the island, more than half a million people are thrmheers coue twatch ct inheof mico ne t anywre

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online at cbsnews.com. reporting from our nation's capital, i'm jericka duncan. this is cbs news flash. i'm dan lieberman in new york. a victory for the justice department in the ongoing criminal investigation into former president trump's possession of top secret records found at his mar-a-lago estate. a federal appeals panel lifted a hold, allowing the justice department to resume its use of the documents in its probe. the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, conservative activist virginia thomas agreed to interview with the house panel investigating the january 6th insurrection relating to her efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. and the mega millions winners from two months ago finally claim the ticket to win the third largest jackpot in u.s. history. two joint winners agree to split the $1.3 billion prize. for more news, download the cbs

news app on your cell phone or your connected tv. i'm dan lieberman, cbs news, new york. it's thursday, september 22nd, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, mar-a-lago ruling. the justice department can resume its investigation of classified documents as former president trump faces a new legal challenge. this war is about extinguishing ukraine's right to exist as a state. condemning russia. president biden takes the world stage slamming the invasion of ukraine. his call to action after vladimir putin's latest threats. attacking inflation. the fed takes another aggressive move to bring down consumer prices with more action likely on the way. well, good morning, and good

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