flu. cases of both viruses continue to rise nationwide. 11 states plus new york city and washington, d.c. are seeing high flu levels. >> why are you seeing a shortage of amoxicillin? >> what happens is they're getting an ear infection with that or a sinus infection with that or a pneumonia with that, and that's when we need amoxicillin. >> reporter: cbs news reached out to the two largest u.s. pharmacy chains. cvs stated, we are working with manufacturers to replenish supply as quickly as possible. and walgreens said it is still able to meet patients' needs at this time. >> should parents be concerned? >> parents shouldn't be concerned because luckily we have many different antibiotics to use. but we do have choices. but i mean for all intents and purposes, we really would like more amoxicillin on the market. >> reporter: parents can ask their pediatricians if there are alternatives to amoxicillin. we reached out to the five pharmaceutical companies that produce the drug.

two responded saying they're looking at ways to make more. norah. >> roxana saberi, thank you. the federal reserve raising interest rates is driving up the cost of borrowing money on everything from car loans to home mortgages. freddie mac says the 30-year fixed mortgage dropped to 6.95%, but that's still more than double what it was just one year ago. that means on a $400,000 loan, your monthly payments today would be more than $2,600. that's nearly $950 more compared to last year. cbs's lilia luciano has tonight's "money watch." >> reporter: terry arena just received an offer for her home well below asking price. >> what concerns you as a seller? >> that there aren't going to be as many people out there with the same buying power. >> reporter: home sales in this part of long island are down more than 22%. it's been happening all across the country over the last eight months.

the longest slump since the start of the housing crash in 2007. >> that's why i made that decision to put it on the market n now because if i wait till the spring, it definitely will be lower. so why not try now even though the interest rates came up? >> reporter: but her broker, eric stuts, says though prices are down, they're still way higher than before the pandemic. >> what advice do you give? sell now? >> i think it's still a great time to sell now, but going forward, the market is definitely trending down, and i expect home prices to continue to drop well into next year. >> reporter: that's because rising mortgage rates are shrinking the number of people who can get a loan and buy a home. >> a lot of buyers have either dropped out of the market and are sitting on the sidelines. some of them are even relocating. >> reporter: charlie dockerty at wells fargo says it's all by design. >> would you say that the housing market is just inevitable collateral damage to reduce inflation? >> the federal reserve is cognizant of what's happening in the housing market, but they're

willing to let the housing market go under a correction if that means inflation is going to come down. >> reporter: which means more cooling on a once hot housing market. lilia luciano, cbs news, baldwin, new york. and there's shocking news tonight from new york city. police say a man wanted for several sexual assaults was arrested today hours after a woman was raped while jogging this morning on the city's west side. investigators say the 28-year-old suspect was caught using the victim's credit card shortly after he choked the 43-year-old woman and then raped and robbed her. the suspect was wanted for at least two other attacks on women this year. the fbi is warning tonight of a credible broad threat to synagogues in new jersey. the state's governor says he's working with law enforcement to make sure houses of worship are protected. it comes amid a wave of anti-semitism in the u.s. we get the latest from cbs's michael george. >> i'm a light.

i'm a beacon of light. >> reporter: tonight, kyrie irving on the defensive again. >> i cannot be anti-semitic if i know where i come from. >> reporter: speaking to reporters today, the brooklyn nets star again refused to apologize for posting a link to an anti-semitic film which denies the holocaust and falsely blames jews for slavery. >> you guys are asking me respectfully to speak on something that was a documentary that i had nothing to do with. i didn't make it. just because i post a documentary, doesn't mean i'm anti-semitic. >> reporter: on wednesday, the nets announced the team and irving would each donate half a million dollars to anti-hate groups. but so far he's faced no disciplinary action. today nba commissioner adam silver, who's jewish himself, said he's disappointed that irving, quote, has not offered an unqualified apology and more specifically denounced the vile and harmful content contained in the film he chose to publicize. no stranger to controvrsy, irving has promoted conspiracy theories in the past, pushing

fringe ideas to his millions of followers. >> because of the influence he has, the platform he has, i can imagine that, you know, thousands or hundreds of thousands of people even might be looking into what's in this movie or its ideas. >> reporter: and commissioner silver plans to meet in person with irving in the next week. and, norah, in a sign of just how things were going, the nets p.r. team cut short irving's interview after just a few minutes. >> michael george, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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>> reporter: this is what economic calamity looks like in the nation's cotton capital. >> when is the last time that the cotton crop has been this decimated? >> never has it ever been this bad. >> reporter: ricky yantis is a fourth-generation farmer in west texas. the region producing more than a third of the nation's cotton. of his 6,000 acres, there are healthy plants on just 168 of them. less than 3% of his land. >> where our harvest normally lasts a month, month and a half, it will last a day. >> a day? >> a day. >> reporter: extreme drought and a sustained summer heat wave have taken an unprecedented toll. >> have you ever had this m unplanted? >> never. >> reporter: farmers like yantis had to plow fields without irrigation because plants were burning up. statewide, almost 70% of cotton crops were similarly abandoned. economists predicting a $2 billion hit to texas. >> most of these towns probably

75%, 80% of their income is derived from cotton farming. so when that goes away, it has a huge impact on rural communities. >> reporter: texas tech agricultural economist darren hudson says crop insurance will help only farmers. elsewhere, thousands of jobs will be affected from truckers who drive cotton to small-town restaurants and groceries where workers spend paychecks, to cotton gins normally running around the clock, now eerily quiet. >> how many bales will you see this year? >> 20,000. >> in a normal year? >> 100,000. >> reporter: gin operator guyle roberson says he'll hire fewer workers. experts say with less cotton available, we'll all pay more. >> we would anticipate sort of impacts on prices for consumer goods. >> so what's happening in west texas impacts the rest of the country? >> absolutely. it ripples through the entire economy. >> reporter: a mean season for cotton crops and impact far beyond the field. for "eye on america," janet shamlian, lubbock, texas. u.s. diplomats in russia had

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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. i'm talking about the joy and love in our hearts. i want more of that.

well, this is terrifying. a 46,000-pound chunk of chinese space junk is expected to hurtle into earth's atmosphere on friday. it's china's most powerful rocket, the long march 5b that was used on money to launch part of china's new space station. now it's flying back towards earth at about 5 miles per second. it's expected to mostly burn up when it hits the atmosphere, so scientists say your chances of getting struck by debris are

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reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm dan lieberman in new york. the brooklyn nets have suspended kyrie irving for at least five games without pay over the, quote, harmful impact of his conduct after posting a link to an anti-semitic movie on twitter. irving has since apologized. law enforcement in los angeles were involved in a highway chase on the 5 freeway with the suspect driving a stolen big rig that caught fire. authorities detained the suspect after he jumped out of the burning vehicle. traffic was backed up for miles in gridlock. pfizer and biontech are testing a new combined covid and flu vaccine. the drugmakers have launched a phase one trial. the participants in the study received their first doses this week. the hope is combining both could boost the number of people getting vaccinated overall.

for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm dan lieberman, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." there's breaking news about speaker pelosi's husband, paul. he's out of the hospital. we're going to have more on that in just a minute. but first the final sprint to the midterm elections is under way as both parties are bringing out the heavy hitters. president biden and former presidents obama and trump are hitting the campaign trail and crisscrossing the country in hopes of turning out the vote. the nonpartisan research group open secrets says this election is on track to be the most expensive midterms in history with nearly $17 billion expected to be spent in state and federal races. and with just five days to go

before the election, more than 33 million voters have already cast their ballots. one of the most closely watched races remains the one in pennsylvania, where democrat john fetterman and republican mehmet oz are neck and neck according to recent polls. so that's where we begin tonight with cbs's robert costa in wilkes-barre, pennsylvania. good evening, robert. >> reporter: good evening, norah. next week, control of the senate could come down to pennsylvania, and democrats are counting on john fetterman to push through a thicket of attacks and personal challenges in the closing days of this race. >> we're going to make our argument to the very end. >> reporter: how john fetterman makes that argument heading into tuesday could decide the balance of power in washington. and today in our exclusive interview, he fought back against republican mehmet oz's claims that he's soft on crime. >> what would you say to voters who believe that? >> i would say that there's

things called the oz rule, that when he's on tv, he's lying. >> reporter: oz and his allies have spent millions often linking fetterman to rising crime. >> when so many pennsylvanians are having their lives turned upside down, cities like philadelphia the highest homicide rates ever. >> the very truth is that i'm the only candidate in this race that actually had hands-on kinds of experience against fighting against crime. i was the four-term mayor of a community for almost 14 years, and i made gun violence as really at the center of all of my focus there. >> reporter: fetterman, who's recovering from a stroke in may, used a closed captioning device during the interview with a stenographer typing out the questions in real time. >> some voters we've spoken to in recent days say they still have some doubts about your health. what would you say to them to convince them otherwise? >> i would -- i would say we have shown more -- and shared

more kinds of medical evaluation more than virtually anyone unless you're running for the president. we already knew that was going to be a challenge given, you know, somebody that's in recovery after having a stroke. it's also been -- it's been a challenge for my family as well too. >> reporter: like most democrats running this cycle, fetterman has had to contend with republicans blaming them for inflation. >> so many voters are frustrated with high prices on gas, high prices at the grocery store. what do you say to them? >> what i would say to them is that you need a senator that is going to push back against corporate greed. >> reporter: some democratic strategists say they doubt president biden's speech last night warning about threats to democracy would be welcomed by candidates in tough races. >> there's something else at stake. democracy itself. >> reporter: but fetterman told us he welcomed it. >> does his spotlight on

democracy help a candidate like you? >> well, absolutely because really here, you know, dr. oz is going to be standing on a stage with trump. >> reporter: cbs news reached out to the oz campaign for further comment. we have not yet heard back. meanwhile, former president trump will be in pennsylvania this weekend. so will president biden and former president barack obama. norah. >> it's going to be busy there. robert costa, thank you. well, the race for control of the house and senate is getting most of the headlines. americans are paying close attention to several key gubernatorial races. in georgia, it's a rematch of the 2018 election between republican governor brian kemp and democratic challenger stacey abrams. cbs's nikole killion talked to both of them today. >> hey, riverdale, we got this? >> yes! >> reporter: with five days and counting -- >> we got to get the vote out. >> reporter: -- it's a high-stakes rematch for governor brian kemp and democratic

challenger stacey abrams, with the economy, health care, and crime all taking center stage. >> she said she would defund the police. >> i think he's lied, and he's lied repeatedly. we want law enforcement, but we also want accountability. >> reporter: we joined both candidates on their campaign buses as they traversed the peach state where voter turnout surpassed the 2 million mark today. >> turnout does not disprove suppression. it actually defeats suppression. >> stacey abrams has been saying how bad our state is when it comes to election laws, and the numbers just don't prove that. >> reporter: abortion is another flash point in the race. a cbs news battleground tracker found 82% of democrats say the issue is very important in their vote. the governor pushed back on more restrictions after signing a so-called fetal heartbeat law. >> it is not my intention to move the abortion debate any further in georgia. >> does that mean you're not going to pursue additional restrictions just to be clear? >> that's what i've said multiple times. i've been very clear about that issue. my focus is on the future. >> do you take him at his word?

>> i believe brian kemp intends to expand his prohibition on abortion. i believe he intends to ban access to certain forms of contraception because he said so. >> reporter: the senate race has been just as contentious with democratic senator raphael warnock and gop nominee herschel walker neck and neck. >> he's a liar because he's not the senator he's supposed to be. >> this is not the difference between right and left. this is the difference between right and wrong. >> reporter: even though this race is close, walker and warnock are not expected to get much help from the biggest names in their party as president biden and former president trump ramp up their campaigning in the coming days. neither is expected to stop here in georgia. norah. >> that's interesting. nikole killion, thank you so much. we're going to have full coverage of the 2022 midterm elections tuesday night. that's starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern, 5:00 p.m. pacific. we hope you'll join us here at cbs news. now to some breaking news

out of california. paul pelosi, husband of house speaker nancy pelosi, was released from the hospital late this afternoon, and he has returned home after being attacked on friday. today federal authorities said the canadian man accused of attacking pelosi may be in this country illegally. the department of homeland security said the suspect, 42-year-old david depape, may have overstayed his authorized entry into the country in march of 2008. the "cbs overnight news" will be

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm jan crawford in washington. thanks for staying with us. in most of the nation, winter is still weeks away, but the cost of heating your home is already going through the roof. households have spent more than $1,200 on heating oil two winters ago are expected to spend more than $2,300 this year. that's nearly doubling their cost. the biden administration is setting aside $13.5 billion to help low-income households cover their heating bills. but that's cold comfort for some homeowners already stretching to make ends meet. meg oliver reports. >> this room during the winter,

you really couldn't sit in because it was so drafty. >> reporter: drew todd used to pay about -- where he lives with his wife and two sons. but due to inflation, the doft to fill his 100-gallon take has more than doubled. >> honestly, i think it's going to hit 7 bucks in my opinion. >> can you afford that? >> not really, no. i don't know what the heck we're going to do. >> if it gets really cold this winter, what's your plan? >> extra sweatshirts, extra blankets. >> reporter: after losing his job in march, todd applied for a state grant to help pay his energy bill. >> how much longer can you keep this up? >> i don't know. we're going to keep it up as best as possible and do a little with less. >> reporter: nationwide, families can expect to pay nearly 18% more to heat their homes this winter compared to last year, heating oil is up 25%, and natural gas up 31%, costing homeowners hundreds more. lorenzo white owns home comfort practice, which teaches people how to reduce their energy

costs. >> why are we seeing an increase in home heating costs? >> it's supply and demand. first and foremost, you have a global market for energy, for oil, natural gas, and then those costs have gone up because there's shortages. >> reporter: as winter approaches, wyatt advises improving insulation in the home, keeping the thermostat at 68 degrees, closing the fireplace damper, removing window air conditioners, and keeping your drapes closed. >> think of the home as a home envelope or like a big blanket, okay? so you want that blanket to be as thick as possible because what you want to do is you want to keep the heat inside. >> windows are all closed, sealed for the winter. >> reporter: todd is hoping small adjustments will keep his family warm and his wallet fuller this winter. >> i don't know whether to cry or laugh or -- you have to laugh and you have to cry at the same time. it's an interesting emotion. >> frustrating? >> beyond. >> beyond? >> beyond frustrating because you don't know when something else -- and it's going to

happen. something else will happen. >> reporter: i'm meg oliver in norwalk, connecticut. the midterm elections are now just four days away, and one closely watched race is for florida governor. four years ago, ron desantis won by less than half a percent of the vote, but this time around, he's got a big lead with supporters pointing to the way he dealt with the covid pandemic. florida had the 12th highest death rate in the country. 382 deaths for every 100,000 people, which is more than other bigger states like california and new york. but despite that, desantis reopened florida's economy and removed restrictions long before many of his more cautious peers. polls show that's paying off for him now. tony decopal reports. >> reporter: for a moment in early 2020, every governor in america seemed to be saying the same thing. >> we don't want large crowds of people congregating right now. >> practice physical distancing. >> reporter: to fight a deadly new virus we all needed to stay home. >> you should not congregate in

crowds. >> reporter: but an effort to keep the public safe also meant shutting down schools and squeezing people's ability to make a living. people like eddie morris, owner of infamous fitness studio in hialeah, florida. >> it was horrible because you're counting in your bank account, thinking can i make this next payment, or am i going to close down? what's going to happen to my facility? >> reopen florida! >> reporter: as frustration mounted, blue state governors stayed cautious, committed to following federal guidance while republicans like governor ron desantis went on to defy it. >> people know that florida is a free state. they're not going to have this shut down. they're not going to have restrictions. >> reporter: lifting stay at home orders, reopening schools for in-person learning, and dropping mask mandates, sometimes months before the cdc considered it wise. >> if you are trying to lock

people down, i am standing in your way. >> reporter: for morris and his wife, brittany, that meant relief. >> what about if this gym were in new york? >> oh, forget it. i'd be done. i'd be washed up. we'd be finished. >> reporter: and for ron desantis, it meant reinvention as a national hero to some and a national target to others. >> governor desantis is just acting irresponsibly. >> the highest hospitalization rate in the state of florida at any point in the pandemic, and yet desantis has been fighting tooth and nail to stop any type of mandate. >> reporter: so more than two years later, a question. who was right? >> we were right, and they were wrong, and millions of families in florida are better for it. >> is ron desantis right? >> no. >> reporter: dr. daviding a isz is a cbs news medical contributor. >> i can't say one right, one wrong, and that's part of the problem. it's not a binary, black/white issue. >> reporter: one study tried to compare all of it, taking into

consideration the economy, education, and public health. a final report card written in part by researchers from right-leaning organizations did give florida an "a" while california and new york got failing grades. but another study in the journal "nature" notes a problem. weighing harms and benefits often comes down not to scientific calculations but to value judgments. >> mass work in the right settings. shutdowns work in the right setting. that being said, in the wrong setting, you have very little role. so you cannot be absolute about them. >> does governor ron desantis deserve credit for any part of his covid policy that you've seen? >> i think he did provide leadership. you know, i respect that part, and i give him credit for that. >> i think he caught a mood in florida that worked very much to his advantage. >> reporter: dario moreno is a political science professor at florida international university. he says reopening in a state that practically runs on tourism

and the service industry actually put desantis in a stronger position today than when he first campaigned on the coattails of donald trump. >> then mr. trump said, you're fired. >> he ran very much in the shadows of trump, and this has really created his own image. >> what is that image? >> he stood up for freedom. he stood up for opening up. >> reporter: which is exactly how desantis now presents himself. >> florida will be the vanguard of freedom in this country. >> reporter: an image that ignores a lot of heartache according to his opponent, charlie crist. >> over 6 million of my fellow floridians have gotten this pandemic, and we don't yet know the terms of, you know, long covid, you know. so, no, i don't think his record on this is sterling. i don't think it's admirable. i think it's appalling. >> reporter: but what really matters to voters when it comes to covid isn't facts and

figures, says moreno. it's feelings. >> this is a deeply emotional issue. if you lost your job, if you lost your house, if someone close to you died -- all these things play into it. so we're not really voting on covid. we're voting on our personal experience with covid. >> reporter: and for people like eddie morris, his experience points to just one conclusion. >> how likely, from where you're sitting, is it that governor desantis is going to win re-election? >> for me, it's hands down. >> that was tony decopal reporting from the sunshine state. the overnight news is back in two minutes.

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japan has a population problem, but it's not what you might think. over the past 11 years, the number of people in japan has been shrinking, and 2022 saw the biggest decline in population on record. if trends continue, one study estimates japan's population could be cut in half by the end of the century. elizabeth palmer paid a visit to a region that's trying to reverse that by putting out the welcome mat for young families. >> reporter: the shoes give it away. this isn't your average japanese home. 11 people live here along with their dog, all origamied into a tiny house in nagoya. welcome to the ueda family. mother of the brood, ari, shows me around her kitchen. and, nope, there's no dishwasher. she tells me it is a huge amount of work, but she and her husband love a big family. "some people can't or won't have kids," she says. "but i can, and this country needs children.

so i kept having more." nine of them in all. the uedas, one of japan's largest families, have become reality tv stars. their overflowing home and lively family outings are fascinating to a country that has one of the lowest birthrates in the world. you can see it in rural areas where thousands of houses have simply been abandoned. >> and this used to be a store? >> reporter: like the one yuta yam she da is showing me in kamikawa, about 350 miles west of tokyo. >> it's huge. >> reporter: back at the office, sale prices. yam she da's job is enticing new residents to kamikawa. its selling points are plenty of space and natural beauty and government incentives. sew go yama na is the mayor. these last six or seven years,

he told me, we are concentrating on attracting new residents of child-bearing age. one package is pitched at women who often need extra support. single moms. yoko murata moved here with her two boys in 2021. "the town found me a job," she said, "a place to live and child care. and while i was getting a driver's license, the town staff even baby sat for me." people have became kamikawa's most precious resource, and it's competing with communities across japan to offset its graying population with young blood. but rural areas, no matter how lovely or generous, face another problem besides overall declining population. ♪ country roads, take me home ♪ >> reporter: may is the uedas third eldest child, and she stars on her own youtube channel. she loves singing about country

roads but actually live on one? not a chance. like most japanese, she is a city creature no matter how when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you.

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after more than two years of pandemic travel restrictions, tourism is bouncing back in europe. if you're looking for a new experience, you could try taking a hike with your very own wolf pack. here's cbs's ian lee. >> reporter: this is no ordinary dog walk, and it's not quite dancing with wolves. but tourists in spain get to be leaders of the pack. the wolves are domesticated but their behavior is wild, said owner miguel carrillo. he raised three litters of wolves after his daughter joked they'd be better than a dog. when they're not walking on the wild side, he takes the pack into cities to work with children with autism. "people are drawn to them," carrillo says. they spend time petting and

taking pictures. but in their natural habitat, the wolves hit their pace. "when you share the environment with them, you can see their instincts. they behave differently" says this tourist. each guest takes a leash. make that a strong leash as they meander through the forest. on a walk in the woods, the wolves link the people to what's important. "it was extraordinary," she says. "i recommend it to help disconnect from the world and enjoy nature while answering the call of the wild." ian lee, cbs news, london. and that's the overnight news for this friday. for 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 jan crawford.

this is cbs news flash. i'm dan lieberman in new york. the brooklyn nets have suspended kyrie irving for at least five games without pay over the, quote, harmful impact of his conduct after posting a link to an anti-semitic movie on twitter. irving has since apologized. law enforcement in los angeles were involved in a highway chase on the 5 freeway with the suspect driving a stolen big rig that caught fire. authorities detained the suspect after he jumped out of the burning vehicle. traffic was backed up for miles in gridlock. pfizer and biontech are testing a new combined covid and flu vaccine. the drugmakers have launched a phase one trial. the participants in the study received their first doses this week. the hope is combining both could boost the number of people getting vaccinated overall.

for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm dan lieberman, cbs news, new tonight, with five days until election day, we're in the states that could decide control of the u.s. senate. our exclusive interview tonight wth one of the candidates. the dead heat in pennsylvania. cbs's robert costa sits down with democrat john fetterman. >> some voters we've spoken to in recent days say they still have some doubt about your health. >> plus, cbs's nikole killion from georgia, where they've smashed early voting records. rising crime. the brutal rape of a new york jogger. cooling the housing market. cbs's lilia luciano speaks to an owner struggling to sell her home with mortgage rates at a 20-year high. tonight, the shortage of a crucial antibiotic for sick

kids. parents nationwide are having trouble filling their children's prescriptions for the popular medicine amoxicillin. cbs's roxana saberi on what you can do if your pharmacy runs out. > and "eye on er the texas cotton crop is facing a crisis due to climate change. cbs's janet shamlian talks with a farmer. >> how devastating is this year? >> this is the most devastating crop year we've had. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." there's breaking news about speaker pelosi's husband, paul. he's out of the hospital. we're going to have more on that in just a minute. but first the final sprint to the midterm elections is under way as both parties are bringing out the heavy hitters. president biden and former presidents obama and trump are hitting the campaign trail and crisscrossing the country in hopes of turning out the vote.

the nonpartisan research group open secrets says this election is on track to be the most expensive midterms in history with nearly $17 billion expected to be spent in state and federal races. and with just five days to go until the election, more than 33 million voters have already cast their ballots. one of the most closely watched races remains the one in pennsylvania, where democrat john fetterman and republican mehmet oz are neck and neck according to recent polls. so that's where we begin tonight with cbs's robert costa in wilkes-barre, pennsylvania. good evening, robert. >> reporter: good evening, norah. next week, control of the senate could come down to pennsylvania, and democrats are counting on john fetterman to push through a thicket of attacks and personal challenges in the closing days of this race. >> we're going to make our argument to the very end. >> reporter: how john fetterman makes that argument heading into tuesday could decide the balance of power in washington.

and today in our exclusive interview, he fought back against republican mehmet oz's claims that he's soft on crime. >> what would you say to voters who believe that? >> i would say that there's things called the oz rule, that when he's on tv, he's lying. >> reporter: oz and his allies have spent millions often linking fetterman to rising crime. >> when so many pennsylvanians are having their lives turned upside down, cities like philadelphia the highest homicide rates ever. >> the very truth is that i'm the only candidate in this race that actually had hands-on kinds of experience against fighting against crime. i was the four-term mayor of a community for almost 14 years, and i made gun violence as really at the center of all of my focus there. >> reporter: fetterman, who's recovering from a stroke in may, used a closed captioning device during the interview with a stenographer typing out the questions in real time.

>> some voters we've spoken to in recent days say they still have some doubts about your health. what would you say to them to convince them otherwise? >> i would -- i would say we have shown more and shared more kinds of medical evaluation, more than virtually anyone unless you're running for the president. we already knew that was going to be a challenge given, you know, somebody that's in recovery after having a stroke. it's also been -- it's been a challenge for my family as well too. >> reporter: like most democrats running this cycle, fetterman has had to contend with republicans blaming them for inflation. >> so many voters are frustrated with high prices on gas, high prices at the grocery store. what do you say to them? >> what i would say to them is that you need a senator that is going to push back against corporate greed. >> reporter: some democratic strategists say they doubt president biden's speech last

night warning about threats to democracy would be welcomed by candidates in tough races. >> there's something else at stake. democracy itself. >> reporter: but fetterman told us he welcomed it. >> does his spotlight on democracy help a candidate like you? >> well, absolutely because really here, you know, dr. oz is going to be standing on a stage with trump. >> reporter: cbs news reached out to the oz campaign for further comment. we have not yet heard back. meanwhile, former president trump will be in pennsylvania this weekend. so will president biden and former president barack obama. norah. >> it's going to be busy there. robert costa, thank you. while the race for control of the house and senate is getting most of the headlines, americans are paying close attention to several key gubernatorial races. in georgia, it's a rematch of the 2018 election between

republican governor brian kemp and democratic challenger stacey abrams. cbs's nikole killion talked to both of them today. >> hey, riverdale, we got this? >> yes! >> reporter: with five days and counting -- >> we got to get the vote out. >> reporter: -- it's a high-stakes rematch for governor brian kemp and democratic challenger stacey abrams, with the economy, health care, and crime all taking center stage. >> she said she would defund the police. >> i think he's lied, and he's lied repeatedly. we want law enforcement, but we also want accountability. >> reporter: we joined both candidates on their campaign buses as they traversed the peach state where voter turnout surpassed the 2 million mark today. >> turnout does not disprove suppression. it actually defeats suppression. >> stacey abrams has been saying how bad our state is when it comes to election laws, and the numbers just don't prove that. >> reporter: abortion is another flash point in the race. a cbs news battleground tracker found 82% of democrats say the issue is very important in their vote. the governor pushed back on more restrictions after signing a so-called fetal heartbeat law.

>> it is not my intention to move the abortion debate any further in georgia. >> does that mean you're not going to pursue additional restrictions just to be clear? >> that's what i've said multiple times. i've been very clear about that issue. my focus is on the future. >> do you take him at his word? >> i believe brian kemp intends to expand his prohibition on abortion. i believe he intends to ban access to certain forms of contraception because he said so. >> reporter: the senate race has been just as contentious with democratic senator raphael warnock and gop nominee herschel walker neck and neck. orven ough tar because he's not i wker and warnock are nopectedo get helfs inhepresent biden and former president trump ramp up their campaigning in the coming days. neither is expected to stop here in georgia.

norah. >> that's interesting. nikole killion, thank you so much. we're going to have full coverage of the 2022 midterm elections tuesday night. that's starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern, 5:0 p.m. pacific.

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." all right. now to some breaking news out of california. paul pelosi, husband of house speaker nancy pelosi, was released from the hospital late this afternoon, and he has returned home after being attacked on friday. today federal authorities said the canadian man accused of attacking pelosi may be in this country illegally. the department of homeland security said the suspect, 42-year-old david depape, may have overstayed his authorized entry into the country in march of 2008. the fda is sounding the alarm about a shortage of a commonly prescribed antibiotic

to treat secondary bacterial infections in children diagnosed with rsv and the flu virus. cases of rsv are rising in 31 states, putting the antibiotic, amoxicillin, in high demand. cbs's roxana saberi has important information that parents need to know. >> reporter: when kate brown tried to get the antibiotic amoxicillin for her 10-year-old daughter's ear infection this week, she was shocked to learn she couldn't. >> i get to the pharmacy, and they said, i'm sorry, but we don't have any amoxicillin, and really nobody does. so we're going to have to ask the doctor to switch her medication to something else. and i was a little nervous putting her on something that she hadn't been on before. >> reporter: fortunately an alternative was available. >> i'm thankful, but i'm honestly kind of nervous. like at what point are we going to run out of the other options? >> reporter: antibiotics aren't used to treat viruses but are often prescribed to treat secondary bacterial infections from viruses like rsv or the

flu. cases of both viruses continue to rise nationwide. 11 states plus new york city and washington, d.c. are seeing high flu levels. >> why are you seeing a shortage of amoxicillin? >> what happens is they're getting an ear infection with that or a sinus infection with that or pneumonia with that, and that's when we need amoxicillin. >> reporter: cbs news reached out to the two largest u.s. pharmacy chains. cvs stated, we are working with manufacturers to replenish supply as quickly as possible. and walgreens said it is still able to meet patients' needs at this time. >> should parents be concerned? >> parents shouldn't be concerned because luckily we have many different antibiotics to use. but we do have choices. but i mean for all intents and purposes, we really would like more amoxicillin on the market. >> reporter: parents can ask their pediatricians if there are alternatives to amoxicillin. we reached out to the five pharmaceutical companies that produce the drug.

two responded saying they're looking at ways to make more. norah. >> roxana saberi, thank you. the federal reserve raising interest rates is driving up the cost of borrowing money on everything from car loans to home mortgages. freddie mac says the 30-year fixed mortgage dropped to 6.95%, but that's still more than double what it was just one year ago. that means on a $400,000 loan, your monthly payments today would be more than $2,600. that's nearly $950 more compared to last year. cbs's lilia luciano has tonight's "money watch." >> reporter: terri arena just received an offer for her home well below asking price. >> what concerns you as a seller? >> that there aren't going to be as many people out there with the same buying power. >> reporter: home sales in this part of long island are down more than 22%. it's been happening all across the country over the last eight months. the longest slump since the start of the housing crash in

2007. >> that's why i made that decision to put it on the market now because if i wait till the spring, it definitely will be lower. so why not try now even though the interest rates came up? >> reporter: but her broker, eric stutz, says though prices are down, they're still way higher than before the pandemic. >> what advice do you give? sell now? >> i think it's still a great time to sell now, but going forward, the market is definitely trending down, and i expect home prices to continue to drop well into next year. >> reporter: that's because rising mortgage rates are shrinking the number of people who can get a loan and buy a home. >> a lot of buyers have either dropped out of the market and are sitting on the sidelines. some of them are even relocating. >> reporter: charlie dougherty at wells fargo says it's all by design. >> would you say that the housing market is just inevitable collateral damage to reduce inflation? >> the federal reserve is cognizant of what's happening in the housing market, but they're

willing to let the housing market go under a correction if that means inflation is going to come down. >> reporter: which means more cooling on a once hot housing market. lilia luciano, cbs news, baldwin, new york. and there's shocking news tonight from new york city. police say a man wanted for several sexual assaults was arrested today hours after a woman was raped while jogging this morning on the city's west side. investigators say the 28-year-old suspect was caught using the victim's credit card shortly after he choked the 43-year-old woman and then raped and robbed her. %-pn this year. the fbi is warning tonight of a credible broad threat to synagogues in new jersey. the state's governor says he's working with law enforcement to make sure houses of worship are protected. it comes amid a wave of anti-semitism in the u.s. we get the latest from cbs's michael george. >> i'm a light. i'm a beacon of light.

>> reporter: tonight, kyrie irving on the defensive again. >> i cannot be anti-semitic if i know where i come from. >> reporter: speaking to reporters today, the brooklyn nets star again refused to apologize for posting a link to an anti-semitic film which denies the holocaust and falsely blames jews for slavery. >> you guys are asking me respectfully to speak on something that was a documentary that i had nothing to do with. i didn't make it. just because i post a documentary doesn't mean i'm anti-semitic. >> reporter: on wednesday, the nets announced the team an irving would each donate half a million dollars to anti-hate groups. but so far he's faced no disciplinary action. today nba commissioner adam silver, who's jewish himself, said he's disappointed that irving, quote, has not offered an unqualified apology and more specifically denounced the vile and harmful content contained in the film he chose to publicize. no stranger to controversy, irving has promoted conspiracy theories in the past, pushing

fringe ideas to his millions of followers. >> because of the influence he has, the platform he has, i can imagine that, you know, thousands or hundreds of thousands of people even might be looking into what's in this movie or its ideas. >> reporter: and commissioner silver plans to meet in person with irving in the next week. and, norah, in a sign of just how things were going, the nets p.r. team cut short irving's interview after just a few minutes. >> michael george, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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>> reporter: this is what economic calamity looks like in the nation's cotton capital. >> when is the last time that the cotton crop has been this decimated? >> never has it ever been this bad. >> reporter: ricky yantis is a fourth-generation farmer in west texas, the region producing more than a third of the nation's cotton. of his 6,000 acres, there are healthy plants on just 168 of them. less than 3% of his land. >> where our harvest normally lasts a month, month and a half, it will last a day. >> a day? >> a day. >> reporter: extreme drought and a sustained summer heat wave have taken an unprecedented toll. >> have you ever had this much unplanted? >> never. >> reporter: farmers like yantis had to plow fields without irrigation because plants were burning up. statewide, almost 70% of cotton crops were similarly abandoned. economists predicting a $2 billion hit to texas. >> most of these towns probably 75%, 80% of their income is

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well, this is terrifying. a 46,000-pound chunk of chinese space junk is expected to hurtle into earth's atmosphere on friday. it's china's most powerful rocket, the long march 5b that was used on monday to launch part of china's new space station. now it's flying back towards earth at about 5 miles per second. it's expected to mostly burn up when it hits the atmosphere, so scientists say your chances of getting struck by debris are minuscule, about 6 in 10

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this is cbs news flash. i'm dan lieberman in new york. the brooklyn nets have suspended kyrie irving for at least five games without pay over the, quote, harmful impact of his conduct after posting a link to an anti-semitic movie on twitter. irving has since apologized. law enforcement in los angeles were involved in a highway chase on the 5 freeway with the suspect driving a stolen big rig that caught fire. authorities detained the suspect after he jumped out of the burning vehicle. traffic was backed up for miles in gridlock. pfizer and biontech are testing a new combined covid and flu vaccine. the drugmakers have launched a phase one trial. the participants in the study received their first doses this week. the hope is combining both could boost the number of people getting vaccinated overall.

for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm dan lieberman, cbs news, new york. it's friday, november 4th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." dueling rallies. president biden and former president trump drum up support ahead of the midterm elections next week as officials try to assure voters of a clean election. breaking overnight, kyrie irving apologizes. the brooklyn nets star issues a statement hours after getting suspended by the team for tweeting a link to an anti-semitic documentary. twitter layoffs. reports that new ceo elon musk will begin cutting jobs today. the company's message as employees brace for pink slips. good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the all-out