from the midterm elections, republicans are using the economic headwinds to hammer the democrats. >> and what has happened through this white house and this congress is they have declared war on people's pocketbooks. >> reporter: president biden argued that the gop's economic plans would only benefit the wealthy. >> they'll make inflation worse if they succeed. >> reporter: tomorrow president biden is heading back to pennsylvania where the u.s. senate race is neck and neck. m schumer was overheard on a hot mic telling mr. biden that tuesday's pennsylvania senate debate between democrat john fetterman and celebrity doctor mehmet oz did not hurt us too much. that is a quote. didn't hurt us too much. a reference to fetterman's difficulty answering some questions. the democrat is recovering from a stroke. norah. >> weijia jiang, thank you. tonight, the jewish community in pittsburgh came together to honor the memory of

the 11 jews who were murdered on this date four years ago in a horrific attack on the tree of life synagogue. this comes amid a growing wave of anti-semitism in the u.s. cbs's elise preston reports tonight from pittsburgh. ♪ >> reporter: hundreds of people came together tonight to mark four years since the deadliest anti-semitic attack in american history. >> it's really important to come together. it's a little scary to think that i'm raising a kid who is jewish in a world where anti-semitism is really a problem. >> reporter: the shooting happened on a saturday morning as worshippers gathered inside the tree of life synagogue to celebrate their faith. it shattered the community. rabbi jeffrey myers still leads the congregation. >> i'm outraged and offended as an american that i still have to live in a country where this goes on. it's unacceptable. >> reporter: today a ceremony

comes as anti-semitism is on the rise nationwide. the anti-defamation league reported a 34% increase in incidents from 2020 to 2021. this as fallout from kanye west's anti-semitic comments continue. a growing number of corporations are cutting ties with west, but he was back on instagram today after being suspended, writing in part" i lost $2 billion in one day, and i'm still alive." four years later, rabbi myers is still hopeful. >> i'm not going to let this evil wear me down and make me become another victim. i have hope for a brighter future and a better tomorrow. >> reporter: in a statement today, president biden paid tribute to the victims, adding that he is committed to tackling gun violence that has stolen lives here in pittsburgh and across the country. norah. >> elise preston, thank you. well, overseas today, russian president vladimir putin

claimed the world faces the most dangerous decade since world war ii. in a nearly four-hour diatribe, he blamed the u.s. and the west for the war in ukraine, and then he denied threatening to use nuclear weapons. well, cbs's holly williams today got a firsthand account of the horrors of that war from an american volunteer in ukraine. we want to warn you that some of what he describes is disturbing. >> you could hear shooting, but then you could also hear grunts in people, like fighting to the death with their bare hands. >> reporter: he's from tennessee, he told us, and came to fight in ukraine because he was horrified by the russian invasion. he wants to be known only by his call sign, elvis. >> the carnage you're describing sounds like something out of world war ii. >> yeah. this is nothing like any conflict in the past 70 to 80 years.

>> reporter: on the front line in southern ukraine, he says, he repeatedly witnessed russian forces using white phosphorus munitions. >> it comes down extremely slow, but there's nothing you can do, and everything it touches just incinerates. >> reporter: including this incident. >> about 20 or 30 guys burning alive and several gunshots because there's nothing else they do. so a lot of guys have suicide pistols, and you'd hear them scream, and then they would say goodbye and then blow their own heads off. >> that must have been horrific. >> it was 's war. at least that's what i tell myself. >> reporter: he admits that he's traumatized. >> do you still think this is a righteous war? >> yes, absolutely. we're fighting pure evil. anybody in the west that asks ukraine to just do peace talks, they need to go to these villages. they need to see what's been done to these people. if china invaded the u.s.

hypothetically, massacred thousands, do you think the u.s. would just sue for peace? no. >> reporter: russia has previously denied using white fossphosphorus mew nices here i ukraine. elvis told us if other americans are thinking of volunteering with ukraine's military, they should know they'll be fighting for their lives. norah. >> incredibly chilling interview. holly williams, thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." when a cold comes on strong, knock it out with vicks dayquil severe. just one dose starts to relieve 9 of your worst cold and flu symptoms, to help take you from 9 to none. power through with vicks dayquil severe. ♪♪

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plunging to record low levels just as farmers send their harvests down river for export. >> 1/12th of the world's population eating something that emanates from the mississippi river basin. 40% of the global food supply starts at the mississippi river basin. so this is a serious issue about who's going to feed the world if america can't get its agriculture products out. >> reporter: these massive barges also carry everything from coal and petroleum to fertilizer and road salt. >> this is like a super highway. >> it's absolutely a water super highway. this is irreplaceable. we've got to keep commerce moving. >> reporter: that's the job of . it's been dredging the river nonstop for three months. >> so you guys are doing this 24/7? >> 24 slb 7. >> reporter: near st. louis they are desperately trying to maintain a nine foot deep shipping channel, sucking up enough sand and silt to fill an

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the 20-minute train ride has been a popular attraction at the park for 60 years. prince jim mansfield: my job was more important to me than my family, and i started drinking a lot, staying out of town. it took a toll on me. dr. charles stanley: you may be as low as the prodigal, but you are not hopelessly, helplessly lost if you will listen to what i'm about to say. jim: sitting on that couch, watching that sermon, something had happened to us.

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tonight we're closer to learning whether anyone will face criminal charges in the deadly shooting on the set of "rust." the santa fe county sheriff's office delivered its report to local prosecutors. remember last october cinematographer halyna hutchins was accidentally shot and killed when a prop gun handled by alec baldwin was loaded with live bullets. well, tonight prince harry's publisher is dropping a few clues about what we can expect from his upcoming memoir. it's going to be called "spare," as in "heir and spare," while

older brother william is heir to the throne, harry and wife meghan have stepped ai would from royal duties. the book deals with harry's pain after losing his mths, princess, diana. all of the living first ladies are coming together to spearhead an effort to recognize remarkable trail blazers who paved the way for generations of women. the goal is to bring a women's suffrage national monday humidity to the national mall. tonight the team is unveiling ambassadors that will join together to make it a reality. i will become an ambassador to the project alongside strong women like rosario dawson, aly raisman, retta, doris kearns goo win and former senator barbara mikulski. that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back later for cbs mornings. you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from right here in the nation's capital, i'm norah

o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm dan lieberman in new york. sources tell the associated press elon musk has taken over twitter, ousting two top executives. friday was the deadline for both parties to close the deal. originally valued at $44 billion. musk is expected to address twitter employees. with the midterm elections less than two weeks away, nearly 16 million people have already voted early. university of florida's u.s. elections project analyzed data showing over 10 million mail-in ballots have been cast so far and over 5 million in person. in game one of the world series is set to begin as the houston astros host the philadelphia phillies at minute maid park.

for more news, down load the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm dan lieberman, cbs news, new york. this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening and thank you for joining us. tonight we return to a community still in pain, still searching for answers, and still wondering why it took police more than an hour to enter the classroom where a gunman was murdering fourth graders. at a hearing today, families had their first face-to-face confrontation with the texas public safety chief. he's the one in charge of the dozens of state troopers who waited in the hallway during the deadliest elementary school shooting in a decade. today colonel steven mccraw admitted his officers made mistakes but defiantly refused to step down.

grieving family members told mccraw he has disgraced the state of texas. new information about the response was revealed today, leaving those who lost loved ones to question why police didn't try and save the lives of 19 children and 2 teachers. today's tense hearing took place in austin, and that's where cbs's janet shamlian is. good evening, janet. >> reporter: norah, good evening to you. family members say the lack of information and accountability now five months after the shooting makes them feel like they are being victimized all over again. angry families of uvalde victims demanding the resignation of dps director steve mccraw. >> if you're a man of your word, you'll resign. we're not waiting any longer. >> reporter: mccraw previously said he'd step down if any of his officers had culpability in the botched response. one trooper, juan maldonado, was fired last week for his inaction, and others are under investigation. maldonado can be seen in this body cam video obtained by a san

antonio station. >> this is so sad, dude. he shot kids, bro. >> reporter: the video also contains audio of unidentified officers concerned about their own safety while the gunman was inside with the children. >> want to jump the gate or what. >> what is the safest way to do this. i'm not trying to get clapped out. >> me either. >> but at today's hearing in his first public comment since june, mccraw was defiant. >> i can tell you this right now. dps is an institution, okay? right now did not fail the community, plain and simple. >> reporter: jesse rizzo, the uncle of jackie cazares, blamed mccraw for what he called continued misinformation, tearing the community apart. >> our town is divided. our teachers feel betrayed. >> reporter: mccraw blamed local police in the days after the massacre. dps had 91 officers on-scene. brett cross was the legal guardian of 10-year-old uziyah garcia, one of the 19 children killed in the massacre.

>> this is the person that's in charge of dps, and he's -- he flat-out lied. i called him on his bull [ bleep ], and he still lied. >> reporter: mccraw today said the dps investigation is continuing and will be presented to the district attorney by year's end. norah. >> so feeling for all those parents and family members. janet shamlian, thank you. well, there is breaking news tonight in the january 6th investigation. cbs news has learned that coinv looking into the attack on the capitol are planning to call back two senior members from the secret service. what do they want to know? we get the details now from cbs's scott macfarlane. >> reporter: tonight the january 6th committee has its sights set on the secret service with plans to interview tony ornato, the now retired agency official whose name was featured prominently during former white house aide cassidy hutchinson's testimony earlier this year. >> the president said something to the effect of, i'm the f-ing president. take me up to the capitol now. >> reporter: hutchinson said ornato told her of an episode

on january 6th, 2021, inside trump's suburban, in which the former president lunged at his lead secret service agent, robert engle, urging to be driven to the capitol as the rioters arrived there. >> the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm and said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby engel. >> reporter: engel has been called to testify, as has the unnamed driver of the presidential vehicle. meanwhile, tomorrow marks one week until the deadline for the former president to respond to the committee's subpoena for documents. one committee member tells cbs news there's still no firm indication if trump will comply. >> and, scott, so why are they bringing them back? what do they want to know? >> they only have weeks left for this committee. but they just recently got a voluminous new set of secret service records. it's far from clear if the witnesses have talked about that incident in the vehicle involving former president trump, and the committee wants to know how early in the day trump knew about the attack at

the capitol. >> scott macfarlane, thank you. well, today, one of the january 6th rioters who attacked d.c. officer michael fanone received one of the harshest sentences yet, 7 1/2 years in prison. albuquerque head was seen dragging fanone outside the capitol, yelling to the crowd, i got one. prosecutors called it barbaric. head pleaded guilty to assaulting fanone. we learned today that the u.s. economy rebounded slightly in recent months. it snapped two straight declining quarters, growing at an annual rate of 2.6% from july to september. but there are still troubling signs. the average interest rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage now tops 7% for the first time in more than 20 years. cbs's weijia jiang now on the mixed signals and what it means for americans struggling to get by.

>> economic growth is up. the price of inflation is down. real incomes are up, and the price of gas is down. >> reporter: but prices are still soaring. groceries up by 13% over the past year. electricity by 15.5%. and rent by nearly 7%. >> there's definitely some sort of disconnect. >> reporter: outside of dallas, lisa jackey says mr. biden's optimism does not match her reality. the single mother of four was laid off in february, now substitute teaching and doing odd jobs to make ends meet. >> it's a struggle day to day. i feel like it's a day-to-day search to figure out how we're going to meet the needs in the house for the bills, for the food. >> reporter: with mortgage rates at a 20-year high, the result of aggressive interest hikes by the federal reserve, economists say another consequence is looming. >> we do think a recession in 2023 is more likely than not. it could start as early as the

first quarter. >>reporter: just 12 days away from the midterm elections, republicans are using the economic headwinds to hammer the democrats. >> and what has happened through this white house and this congress is they have declared war on people's pocketbooks. >> reporter: president biden argued that the gop's economic plans would only benefit the wealthy. >> it will make inflation worse if they succeed. >> reporter: tomorrow president biden is heading back to pennsylvania where the u.s. senate race is neck and neck. today majority leader chuck schumer was overheard on a hot mic telling mr. biden that tuesday's pennsylvania senate debate between democrat john fetterman and celebrity dr. mehmet oz "did not hurt us too much." that is a quote, "didn't hurt us too much," a reference to fetterman's difficulty answering some questions. the democrat is recovering from a stroke. norah. >> weijia jiang, thank you. there's a lot more news

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm scott macfarlane in washington. thank you for staying with us. with less than two weeks to go to the midterm elections, the biden administration is touting some good economic news. gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 2.6% from july to september. that's higher than what analysts expected. but it may not do much to stop runaway inflation that's hurting everything from the family food budget to the housing market. the average rate on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage soared past 7% for the first time in more than 20 years. nancy chen reports on what that means for those looking to buy a

home. >> reporter: those high rating are sending both buyers and sellers into mortgage sticker shock as affordability is still a major challenge for many navigating this market. jessica and jackie fas lee know have been searching for a house to call their own in northern new jersey. >> how much has the housing market changed during your search? >> immensely. it's -- it's -- you can't even compare. >> reporter: after being repeatedly outbid last year, the fas lee knows are now being priced out because of soaring interest rates. >> i want to have that home that we can call home, that is ours. isn't that the american dream, you know? >> do you feel like that's being taken away from you? >> a bit. >> reporter: rates have more than doubled since the start of the year with the most popular home loan hitting an average rate of 7.16% this week for the first time since 2001. that's the fastest they've grown on record, cooling the red-hot housing market. >> i think that we've been going

through a correction. interest rates were low for the whole entire pandemic, and that created a bit of a frenzy in the housing market. >> eporter: a mortgage payment on a median-priced home stands at about $2,500 a month. that's about $750 more than the start of the year. >> how high could these rates go? >> the fed likely isn't going to reverse course until they see really strong conclusive evidence that inflation is turning around. >> reporter: for now, mortgage applications are down 42% from this time last year as both buyers and sellers play the waiting game. the fas lee knows say they'll stay in their apartment and start their search again next year. >> we just are ready for that home that we've always kind of seen ourselves having. >> which will be someday, just not today. >> reporter: while we were told that mortgage interest rates probably won't drop until late next year, there are opportunities in all of this.

experts tell us buyers should check with multiple lenders and assemble the right team so you're ready when the opportunity does come up. nancy chen, cbs news, new york. overseas, vladimir putin is threatening to take his war into ukraine into outer space. the united states has been using satellites to provide real-time targeting information for ukrainian artillery. but a kremlin spokesman says that makes those satellites legitimate targets. on the ground, the ukrainian army continues to close the noose on the southern city of kherson. russian-backed authorities there have already fled the city along with thousands of residents. but the kremlin has ordered its soldiers to stand and fight. holly williams spoke to an american volunteer who gave a firsthand account of the battles. >> reporter: we've been reporting on this war now for over eight months, and it's extremely rare to get an unvarnished account of what it's like at the tip of the spear as ukraine battles russia's invasion. but that's exactly what we heard from an american who volunteered

to fight with ukrainian forces. and we should warn you that his interview contains some disturbing material. >> you could hear shooting, but then you could also hear grunts and people, like, fighting to the death with their bare hands. it's a very unique sound when you hear that many death rattles. >> reporter: he's from tennessee, he told us, and came to fight in ukraine because he was horrified by the russian invasion. he wants to be known only by his call sign, elvis. >> the carnage you're describing sounds like something out of world war ii. >> yeah. this is nothing like any conflict in the past 70 to 80 years. this war is not sustainable for either side. >> reporter: on the front line in southern ukraine, he says he repeatedly witnessed russian forces using white phosphorus munitions. >> it comes downstreamly slow,

but there's nothing you can do, and everything it touches just incinerates. >> reporter: including this incident. >> about 20 or 30 guys burning alive and several gunshots because they're nothing else they do. so a lot of guys have suicide pistols and you hear them scream and then they would say goodbye and then blow their own heads off. >> so you actually heard 20 to 30 soldiers being burned alive by white phosphorus? >> yes, ma'am. >> and some of them committing suicide with their own pistols? >> yes, ma'am. >> that must have been horrific. >> it's war. at least that's what i tell myself. >> reporter: he admits that he's traumatized and fears one of his former comrades could commit suicide because of what they went through together. >> do you still think this is a righteous war? >> yes, absolutely. we're fighting pure evil. anybody in the west that asks

ukraine to just do peace talks, they need to go to these villages. they need to see what's been done to these people. if china invaded the u.s. hypothetically, leveled los angeles, leveled seattle, portland, massacred thousands, do you think the u.s. would just sue for peace? no. >> reporter: russia has previously denied using white phosphorus munitions in ukraine. elvis told us that if other americans are thinking of volunteering with ukraine's military, they should know that the odds are stacked against them and they'll be fighting for their lives. >> holly williams reporting from kyiv. kyiv. the overnight news wil when you can't sleep... try zzzquil pure zzzs gummies.

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>> reporter: inflation is squeezing industries of all sorts, but for this delicate industry which produces this delicate fruit, they're seeing a perfect storm down the supply chain that's hitting growers hard. >> you don't go into this business unless you've got a lot of faith, a lot of faith in god, a lot of faith in the family members around you. and, you know, that's what keeps me going. >> reporter: unlike so many other items in the produce aisle that benefit from automated farming practices, apples are picked by hand and require intensive, specialized labor to harvest. shaw says they can't find domestic workers for this intensely physical job. the industry relies heavily on international migrant labors using h-2a visas. their wages are set by the federal government and vary state by state. >> every year that price goes up and up, and we don't have a whole lot of say in that. we just have to pay what the government tells us. >> that's out of your control? >> completely out of our control. >> reporter: shaw saw the wage

for h 2 aworkers increase 10 from from last year up to $15.78 a year. and across the country, wages have been going up 5% to 10% every year. total labor costs have spiked 30% this year. >> how do you plan one year, five year, ten years in the future? it's a very challenging issue right now. >> reporter: apples on average cost 6% more this year. that's not all because of labor. in account fa, most farmers aren't seeing more money in their pockets. so it's inflation that's causing some of the industry's biggest customers to see the most dramatic effects. >> about 1,500 to 2,000 apples a day to serve our kids. >> you need 2,000 apples a day? >> a day. a day to meet our needs. >> reporter: in montgomery county, maryland, this is the first year ever public schools won't be able to serve a fresh seasonal apple for lunch. local apples this fall cost them three times this much. they'll have to stick with cheaper pre-packaged slices instead, less apple for each child. >> how important is an apple to

a kid? >> apples are our number one fresh fruit that our kids love. whether it's a whole apple or apple slices, number one choice. and that's pre-k to 12th grade. >> reporter: for farmers like baron to weather this storm, they're trying to lure you to buy from the orchard itself this fall. they can offer a lower price and land a bigger profit if you pick it off the trees than off a grocery store shelf. >> i have one, two, three, four. >> reporter: and for your local apple orchard, that could be the tipping point. >> some orchards somewhere in america, they can't sell directly to people on their farm, they're going to go out of business? >> it's very possible, yes. these businesses really are not sustainable unless they're profitable because there's no reason for the next generation to do this if they can't make a living and can't make a retirement doing it. >> the days are about to get shorter. daylight saving time ends in just nine days. but if some members of congress have their way, the clock changing could soon be a thing of the past. for jen schaffer, a high school

teacher raising her twin daughters leila and willa, there are two other precious commodities, time and sleep. >> where is she at? >> whether you see daylight saving coming on the calendar, are you excited or do you dread it? >> oh, i dread it. it's definitely going to throw a curveball at us, and it's going to mess us up for the next few days, even a week. >> reporter: the twice a year changing of the clocks springing forward for daylight saving time for spring, summer, and early fall spread in the u.s. during world war i to conserve energy for the war effort and was stretched even later into november nearly 15 years ago as part of an energy saving bill championed by michigan kplan fred upton. >> it particularly was global warming, climate change, it's real. why not take advantage of that extra hour of sunlight? >> reporter: congress put daylight saving back in the spotlight this year in a formal

hearing, the house energy committee heard testimony the clock changing is linked to increased rifngs risk of depression, stroke, and sleep disruption, and not just for sleepy moms of young twins said sleep expert dr. tieish hall brown. >> we have an internal kind of rhythm to our body and to our health, and every time we move forward or backwards, that has to adjust as well. >> making people aware of the harm that clock switching has. >> reporter: in march, without warning, the u.s. senate, by unanimous consent, passed legislation to make daylight saving permanent as of 2023 and to put a halt to the clock changing if the u.s. house and the president agreed. but congressman upton says the effort will likely come up shorm are concerned in the western section of time zones, permanent daylight saving could make for some very dark late mornings. those school buses would be running in the dark if we didn't change the clocks. >> not only would they be running in the dark, the kids probably would be in second or third hour while it was still

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a howitzer will fire at 7:55 sunday morning in washington signaling the start of the 47th marine corps marathon. you don't have to be a veteran to run. jan crawford spoke with a doctor who says the race is just one small part of his mission to heal. >> reporter: this weekend, dr. glen gaylehood will run his 45th marine corps marathon. he's only missed it twice, but he's up for almost any race. >> so how many marathons have you run? >> 170 to date and counting. >> how many continents? >> seven continents. >> reporter: he saves his medals, but his true passion is saving lives with his nonprofit

mission to heal. it brings medical supplies and training to the most remote corners of the world. >> we have done what we can to help not just to heal the folks that we see immediately by cutting and sewing, but by teaching those skills such that it continues beyond us. >> reporter: his medical missions are inspired by his runs. >> the marathon is a good metaphor because it takes discipline. it takes effort, and it takes a commitment. that's what health care is. >> reporter: dr. gaylehood is 80 years old. >> so how much longer do you plan to keep doing missions and running marathons? >> until the next one and the next one and the one after that. >> reporter: because crossing a finish line means it's time to start a new mission jan crawford, cbs news, durrwood, maryland. that's the overnight news for this friday. fr some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for cbs mornings and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's

capital, i'm scott macfarlane. this is cbs news flash. i'm dan lieberman in new york. sources tell the associated press elon musk has taken over twitter, ousting two top executives. friday was the deadline for both parties to close the deal, originally valued at $44 billion. musk is expected to address twitter employees. with the midterm elections less than two weeks away, nearly 16 million people have already voted early. university of florida's u.s. elections project analyzed data showing over 10 million mail-in ballots have been cast so far and over 5 million in person. and game one of the world series is set to begin as the houston astros host the philadelphia phillies at minute maid park. philly went through the defending world series champion the atlanta braves.

for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm dan lieberman, cbs news, new york. tonight, the families of victims in uvalde outraged after the texas public safety chief admits there were enough officers and enough information to go into the school after just ten minutes. but instead, they waited for more than an hour. >> i lost my damn son. your anger is not going to outmatch mine, man. >> parents demand action, and tonight the new body cam video. >> great economic report today. >> touting the good news that the u.s. economy grew slowly over the summer. but with mortgage rates now at a 20-year high, are we still headed toward a recession? putin's ominous warning to the west. cbs's holly williams is in ukraine with an american

fighting against russia. >> the carnage you're describing sounds like something out of world war ii. >> yeah. tonight's "eye on america." cbs's ben tracy on how parts of the mighty mississippi now look like a desert and why that could impact the price of things you buy. and the new york city bus driver being hailed a hero after a hijacking. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening and thank you for joining us. tonight we return to a community still in pain, still searching for answers, and still wondering why it took police more than an hour to enter the classroom where a gunman was murdering fourth graders. at a hearing today, families had their first face-to-face confrontation with the texas public safety chief. he's the one in charge of the dozens of state troopers who waited in the hallway during the

deadliest elementary school shooting in a decade. today colonel steven mccraw admitted his officers made mistakes but defiantly refused to step down. grieving family members told mccraw he has disgraced the state of texas. new information about the response was revealed today, leaving those who lost loved ones to question why police didn't try and save the lives of 19 children and 2 teachers. today's tense hearing took place in austin, and that's where cbs's janet shamlian is. good evening, janet. >> reporter: norah, good evening to you. family members say the lack of information and accountability now five months after the shooting makes them feel like they are being victimized all over again. angry families of uvalde victims demanding the resignation of dps director steve mccraw. >> if you're a man of your word, you'll resign. we're not waiting any longer. >> reporter: mccraw previously said he'd step down if any of his officers had culpability in the botched response. one trooper, juan maldonado, was

fired last week for his inaction, and others are under investigation. maldonado can be seen in this body cam video obtained by a san antonio station. >> this is so sad, dude. he shot kids, bro. >> reporter: the video also contains audio of unidentified officers concerned about their own safety while the gunman was inside with the children. >> [ bleep ]. >> want to jump the gate or what? >> what is the safest way to do this? i'm not trying to get clapped out. >> me neither. >> reporter: but at today's hearing in his first public comment since june, mccraw was defiant. >> i can tell you this right now. dps is an institution right now, okay? did not fail the community. plain and simple. >> jesse rizzo, the uncle of jackie cazares, blamed mccraw for what he called continued misinformation, tearing the community apart. >> our town is divided. our teachers feel betrayed. >> reporter: mccraw blamed local police in the days after the massacre.

dps had 91 officers on-scene. brett cross was the legal guardian of 10-year-old uziyah garcia, one of the 19 children killed in the massacre. >> this is the person that's in charge of dps, and he's -- he flat-out lied. i called him on his bull [ bleep ], and he still lied. >> reporter: mccraw today said the dps investigation is continuing and will be presented to the district attorney by year's end. norah. >> so feeling for all those parents and family members. janet shamlian, thank you. well, there is breaking news tonight in the january 6th investigation. cbs news has learned that congressional investigators looking into the attack on the capitol are planning to call back two senior members from the secret service. what do they want to know? we get the details now from cbs's scott macfarlane. >> reporter: tonight the january 6th committee has its sights set on the secret service with plans to interview tony ornato, the now retired agency official whose name was featured prominently during former white house aide cassidy hutchinson's testimony earlier this year.

>> the president said something to the effect of, i'm the f-ing president. take me up to the capitol now. >> reporter: hutchinson said ornato told her of an episode on january 6th, 2021, inside trump's suburban in which the former president lunged at his lead secret service agent, robert engle, urging to be driven to the capitol as the rioters arrived there. >> the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm and said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby engel. >> reporter: engel has been called to testify, as has the unnamed driver of the presidential vehicle. meanwhile, tomorrow marks one week until the deadline for the former president to respond to the committee's subpoena for documents. one committee member tells cbs news there's still no firm indication if trump will com>>, bringing them back? what do they want to know? >> they only have weeks left for this committee. but they just recently got a

voluminous new set of secret service records. it's far from clear if the witnesses have talked about that incident in the vehicle involving former president trump, and the committee wants to know how early in the day trump knew about the attack at the capitol. >> scott macfarlane, thank you. well, today, one of the january 6th rioters who attacked d.c. officer michael fanone received one of the harshest sentences yet, 7 1/2 years in print. albuquerque head was seen dragging fanone outside the capitol, yelling to the crowd, i got one. prosecutors called it barbaric. head pleaded guilty to assaulting fanone. well, with the midterm elections less than two weeks away, the new york city police department is warning that racially motivated and anti-government extremists could target poll workers, political rallies, politicians, and voting sites in the days leading up to the elections. in a bulletin obtained by cbs news, the nypd says there are currently no specific threats, but it's advising elevated vigilance. well, tonight elon musk could be just hours away from owning twitter.

the billionaire was back at headquarters today and tweeted that he envisions the social media platform as a digital town square where a wide range of beliefs can be debated. but he also said twitter, quote, cannot become a free-for-all hellscape. wednesday, he brought a sink to twitter and joked, let that sink in. musk expects to close his $44 billion deal tomorrow. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we learned today that the u.s. economy rebounded slightly in recent months. it snapped two straight declining quarters, growing at an annual rate of 2.6% from july to september. but there are still troubling signs. the average interest rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage now tops 7% for the first time in more than 20 years. cbs's weijia jiang now on the mixed signals and what it means for americans struggling to get by. >> reporter: president biden hit the campaign trail in upstate new york today, praising the latest gdp number as a sign of better days ahead. >> economic growth is up. the price of inflation is down.

real incomes are up, and the price of gas is down. >> reporter: but prices are still soaring. groceries up by 13% over the past year. electricity by 15.5%. and rent by nearly 7%. >> there's definitely some sort of disconnect. >> reporter: outside of dallas, lisa jackey says mr. biden's optimism does not match her reality. the single mother of four was laid off in february. now substitute teaching and doing odd jobs to make ends meet. >> it's a struggle day to day. i feel like it's a day-to-day search to figure out how we're going to meet the needs in the house for the bills, for the food. >> reporter: with mortgage rates at a 20-year high, the result of aggressive interest hikes by the federal reserve. economists say another consequence is looming. >> we do think a recession in 2023 is more likely than not. it could start as early as the

first quarter. >> reporter: just 12 days away from the midterm elections, republicans are using the economic headwinds to hammer the democrats. >> and what has happened through this white house and this congress is they have declared war on people's pocketbooks. >> reporter: president biden argued that the gop's economic plans would only benefit the wealthy. >> it will make inflation worse if they succeed. >> reporter: tomorrow president biden is heading back to pennsylvania where the u.s. senate race is neck and neck. today majority leader chuck schumer was overheard on a hot mic telling mr. biden that tuesday's pennsylvania senate debate between democrat john fetterman and celebrity doctor mehmet oz "did not hurt us too much." that is a quote, "didn't hurt us too much." a reference to fetterman's difficulty answering some questions. the democrat is recovering from a stroke. norah. >> weijia jiang, thank you. tonight, the jewish community in pittsburgh came together to honor the memory of the 11 jews who were murdered on

this date four years ago in a horrific attack on the tree of life synagogue. this comes amid a growing wave of anti-semitism in the u.s. cbs's elise preston reports tonight from pittsburgh. ♪ >> reporter: hundreds of people came together tonight to mark four years since the deadliest anti-semitic attack in american history. >> it's really important to come together. it's a little scary to think that i'm raising a kid who is jewish in a world where anti-semitism is really a problem. >> reporter: the shooting happened on a saturday morning as worshippers gathered inside the tree of life synagogue to celebrate their faith. it shattered the community. rabbi jeffrey myers still leads the congregation. >> i'm outraged and offended as an american that i still have to live in a country where this goes on. it's unacceptable.

>> reporter: today's ceremony comes as anti-semitism is on the rise nationwide. the anti-defamation league reported a 34% increase in incidents from 2020 to 2021. this as fallout from kanye west's anti-semitic comments continue. a growing number of corporations are cutting ties with west, but he was back on instagram today after being suspended, writing in part, "i lost $2 billion in one day, and i'm still alive." fur years later, rabbi myers is still hopeful. >> i'm not going to let this evil wear me down and make me bcome another victim. i have hope for a brighter future and a better tomorrow. >> reporter: in a statement today, president biden paid tribute to the victims, adding that he is committed to tackling gun violence that has stolen lives here in pittsburgh and across the country. norah. >> elise preston, thank you. well, overseas today, russian president vladimir putin claimed the world faces the most dangerous decade since world war

ii. in a nearly four-hour diatribe, he blamed the u.s. and the west for the war in ukraine, and then he denied threatening to use nuclear weapons. well, cbs's holly williams today got a firsthand account of the horrors of that war from an american volunteer in ukraine. we want to warn you that some of what he describes is disturbing. >> you could hear shooting, but then you could also hear grunts and people, like, fighting to the death with their bare hands. >> reporter: he's from tennessee, he told us, and came to fight in ukraine because he was horrified by the russian vasion he wants to be known oby call sign, elvis. worlwar .rnage you're describin >> yeah. this is nothing like any conflict in the past 70 to 80 years. >> reporter: on the front line in southern ukraine, he says, he

repeatedly witnessed russian forces using white phosphorus munitions. >> it comes down extremely slow, but there's nothing you can do, and everything it touches just incinerates. >> reporter: including this incident. >> about 20 or 30 guys burning alive and several gunshots because there's nothing else they do. so a lot of guys have suicide pistols, and you'd hear them scream, and then they would say goodbye and then blow their own heads off. >> that must have been horrific. >> it's war. at least that's what i tell myself. >> reporter: he admits that he's traumatized. >> do you still think this is a righteous war? >> yes, absolutely. we're fighting pure evil. anybody in thees ask ine ust doce talks, they need to go to these villages. they need to see what's been done to these people. if china invaded the u.s. hypothetically, massacred

thousands, do you think the u.s. would just sue for peace? no. >> reporter: russia has previously denied using white phosphorus munitions here in ukraine. elvis told us if other americans are thinking of volunteering with ukraine's military, they should know they'll be fighting for their lives. norah. >> incredibly chilling interview. holly williams, thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." listen, i'm done settling. because this is my secret. i put it on once, no more touch ups! secret had ph balancing minerals; and it helps eliminate odor, instead of just masking it. so pull it in close. secret works. to ahith is what conflict looks like. children in ukraine are caught

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we want to turn now to the worsening drought in the midwest. water levels along the mississippi river are now at record lows. that could be catastrophic for businesses and consumers. in tonight's "eye on america," cbs's ben tracy shows us what's being done to keep commerce moving. >> reporter: the mighty mississippi might need a new nickname. north of memphis, it looks more like a desert than a river. barge traffic up and down this crucial corridor is slowed or stranded. economic costs are estimated to be in the billions. >> how bad are things on the river right now? >> it's stark. we are seeing operational challenges that are almost unprecedented. >> reporter: paul rody

represents the river's shipping and towing industry. he says the mississippi is plungi a to reerhe harvests down river for export. >> 1/12th of the world's population eats something that emanates from the mississippi river basin. 40% of the global food supply starts at the mississippi river basin. so this is a serious issue about who's going to feed the world if america can't get its agriculture products out. >> reporter: these massive barges also carry everything from coal and petroleum to fertilizer and road salt. >> this is like a super highway. >> it's absolutely a water super highway. this is irreplaceable. we have got to keep commerce moving. >> reporter: that's the job of the army corps of engineers. it's been dredging the river nonstop for three months. >> so you guys are doing this 24/7? >> 24/7. >> reporter: near st. louis, they are desperately trying to ou sand olpisize sg poryp

>> so we've had three dredges wog f r gs on baseon >> if this drought continues, can you dredge your way out of this? >> we can dredge it to a certain point, and then mother nature wins. >> reporter: climate change is making mother nature unpredictable. st. louis was hit with record-shattering rainfall in july right before the drought began. >> what's your biggest concern? >> no clouds, no rain. >> and you need more than a little rain? >> a lot more. >> reporter: the drought is expected to last through january, threatening this critical supply chain that rides on a receding ribbon of water. for "eye on america," i'm ben tracy in st. louis. a hijacker took a city bus for a frightening ride. for a frightening ride. we'll tell you how it

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the 20-minute train ride has been a popular attraction at the park for 60 years. prince harry is opening up in his new memoir.

tonight we're closer to learning whether anyone will face criminal charges in the deadly shooting on the set of "rust." the santa fe county sheriff's office delivered its report to local prosecutors. remember last october cinematographer halyna hutchins was accidentally shot and killed when a prop gun handled by alec baldwin was loaded with live bullets. well, tonight prince harry's publisher is dropping a few clues about what we can expect from his upcoming memoir. it's going to be called "spare,"

as in "heir and spare," while older brother william is heir to the throne, harry and wife meghan have stepped ai would from royal duties. the book comes out in january and will deal extensively with harry's pain after losing his mother, princess diana. all of the living first ladies are coming together to spearhead an effort to recognize remarkable trail blazers who paved the way for generations of women. the goal is to bring a women's suffrage national monument to the national mall right here in the heart of the nation's capital. tonight the team is unveiling ambassadors that will join together to make it a reality. i will become an ambassador to the project alongside strong women like rosario dawson, aly raisman, retta, doris kearns goodwin, and the longest serving woman in congress, former senator barbara mccull ski. that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back later for cbs mornings. you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from right here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell.

this is cbs news flash. i'm dan lieberman in new york. sources tell the associated press elon musk has taken over twitter, ousting two top executives. friday was the deadline for both parties to close the deal, originally valued at $44 billion. musk is expected to address twitter employees. with the midterm elections less than two weeks away, nearly 16 million people have already voted early. university of florida's u.s. elections project analyzed data showing over 10 million mail-in ballots have been cast so far and over 5 million in person. and game one of the world series is set to begin as the houston astros host the philadelphia phillies at minute maid park. fl philly went through

it's friday, october 28th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, twitter takeover. there are reports elon musk is now in charge of the social media platform. his first tweet about the buyout and who he's already fired. i lost my damn son. your anger is not going to match mine, man. >> emotional confrontation. for the first time, uvalde families come face to face with the texas dps chief. why he's refusing to step down in the wake of the deadly robb elementary school shooting. hot mic. cameras roll as chuck schumer meets with president biden. the battleground s h