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norah. >> o'donnell: nikole killion, thank you.s a terrifying scene today at a daycare center in allentown, pennsylvania. a carbon monoxide leak sent nearly 30 children and adults to hospitals. fortunately, all are expected to be okay. nine-year-old dan'yellis polanco said, when she got to the center this morning, she felt dizzy, and that she knew somethig wasn't right. >> i was a little worried because i saw somebody from my class that was on the floor and his eyes were closed. >> o'donnell: investigators say the leak was caused by a malfunctioning heater and blocked venting system. the building doesn't have carbon monoxide detectors. believe it or not, there is no state law that requires a daycare in pennsylvania to have one. well, tonight, the life of the convicted parkland florida school shooter, nikolas cruz, will soon be in the hands of a jury. closing arguments ended, and jurors will now decide whether cruz gets life without parole or the death penalty. 14 students and three staff members were killed on valentine's day 2018.

cbs' nikole killion talks to parents and doctors.is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we want to begin with the breaking news in what is the largest defamation suit payout ever in american history. the landmark verdict awarded the families of those killed in the sandy hook massacre-- parents who lost their young children, and then faced a decade of torment-- a small sliver of justice. a connecticut jury ordered far- right "infowars" host alex jones to pay nearly $1 billion in damages for spreading lies about the elementary school shooting. the 2012 massacre in newtown, connecticut, killed 20 children and six adults, in the deadliest elementary school shooting in the nation's history. jones falsely told millions of his radio show listeners that it was staged, as part of a government plot to confiscate guns. well, relatives of the victims alleged the conspiracy theorist then profited off those lies. cbs' n

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nikole killion reports on why republican leaders are rushing to embattled candidate herschel walker. outrage in los angeles, cbs's upti with anger, afters on racist comments were revealed in a secret taping. a cbs news investigation, the never-before-seen text messages linked to brett favre and mississippi's massive welfare scandal. and remembering angela lansbury. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. russia's revision continues as its missiles rain down from the skies across ukraine for the second straight day. air raid sirens sounded during the early morning rush hour as residents took cover in bomb shelters and subway stations. multiple cities across the contry were hit with fresh rockets and kamikaze drone attacks as the death toll continues to rise. russia's military appear to be targeting residential areas including a school and a medical facility in the contestedcy of zaporizhzhia. president biden and other g7 leaders held an emergency meeting tod

so we get more now from cbs' nikole killion. >> reporter: a family vacation turned into a trip to thecy room for april joines and her 6-year-old daughter lillian, who suffers asthma and was hospitalized with a lung infection called rsv, respiratory syncytial virus. >> she was more lethargic, and then her breathing was labored. >> reporter: but when they got to the er, they were met with an hours' long wait to be admitted to the intensive care unit. >> we waited a pretty long time, and it is a situation that is alarming as a parent to be in when your child needs care. >> reporter: children's health care of atlanta says they're seeing two to three times the volume of pediatric patients as rsv cases have skyrocketed in georgia and at least 32 other states. symptoms include coughing, wheezing, runny nose and decreased appetite. >> one of the great things is parents know their children the best. if the child is having difficulty breathing, that may be an indication for the child to seek emergency department or urgent care. >> reporter: rsv is transmitted through direct contact. nearly 60,0

nikole killion, thank you.et's head to pennsylvania for voter reaction to the showdown between john fetterman and mehmet oz. both senate candidates are now trying to seize momentum after their debate. we get more from cbs's robert costa in harrisburg. >> reporter: republican candidate mehmet oz hit the campaign trail today, with former u.n. ambassador nikki haley, calling his opponent john fetterman "soft on crime," and touting his own performance at tuesday night's face-off. >> now, last night's debate focused on my desire to bring balance to washington. >> reporter: in that debate, pennsylvania voters got abalanct live, hour-long look at fetterman, who is recovering from a stroke in may. >> i had a stroke. he's never let me forget that. and, i might miss some words during this debate. mush two words together. but it knocked me down, but i am going to keep coming back up. >> reporter: fetterman used a closed captioning device to help him read the moderator's questions, and oz's answers. and there were moments

>> all right, nikole killion, thank you. >>> home is where the squeeze is. mortgage rates are at their highest in two decades. the average on a 30-year fixed rate loan is 6.92%. that's more than double from last year. cbs' danya bacchus is in burbank with the latest pricing trends. good evening, danya. >> reporter: good evening, adriana. even with sellers slashing prices, for many rising mortgage rates are putting the american dream of home ownership out of reach. inflation, soaring mortgage rates, record-high prices are making it extremely hard for many americans to buy a home. >> it is very expensive. >> reporter: housing affordability is down 59% from a year ago. consistent fed raid hikes are putting pressure on the real estate market. >> we have seen mortgage rates double in just this year. and in some markets, we are starting to see prices go down from those sky-high levels. >> reporter: nationwide, home prices soared 43% in two years. but now in cities that had those massive spikes, prices are being slashed. the fastest cooling markets are seattle, las

coverage of those crucial races in georgia and pennsylvania, and we're going to begin with cbs' nikole killionvening, nikole. >> good evening, norah. this new claim comes as herschel walker is in a dead heat with senator raphael warnock and amid record early voting turnout in georgia. walker recently told me he was trying to move forward with his campaign. now he is defending another allegation that he says are lies. in a virtual news conference, attorney gloria allred a man wh claims herschel walker drove her to an abortion clinic in the spring of 1993 after learning she was pregnant. >> he encouraged me to have an abortion and gave me the money to do so. >> reporter: the woman described a six-year relationship with walker while he was still married and playing in the nfl. she said she tried to get the abortion herself, but couldn't go through with it, and says he took her to a dallas area clinic the next day and waited for her while she got the procedure. >> i was so traumatized by what herschel had put me through. >> reporter: allred shared evidence from her client, including cards purporti

senate. >> reporter: nikole killion, cbs news, carrollton, georgia. >>> the fate of parkland shooter nikolas cruz is in the hands of a florida jury. jurors are set to begin deliberations to determine whether the 24-year-old should receive the death penalty or life in prison without parole. cruz has already pleaded guilty to killing 14 students and three staff members at marjorie stoneman douglas high school in 2018. >>> the entertainment world is mourning the death of film, theater, and television actress angela lansbury. she died yesterday at her home in los angeles. during her seven-decade career, she won six tonys for "mame" and "gypsy." she was one of the last big stars from hollywood's golden age and voiced roles in animated films including "beauty and the beast." she's best known for playing jessica fletcher on the series "murder she wrote." angela lansbury was 96 years old. >>> coming up, convicted killer cleared. charges are dropped against the man who was the subject of a popular podcast "serial." >>> later, entering the metaverse. we're going to show a new headset that brin

cbs's nikole killion has the latest on his battleground senate race. the shocking scene in new york city-- emergency crews respond to a police vehicle hitting multiple pedestrians. and, "eye on america." more than two months after kentucky's deadly flooding, cbs's manuel bojorquez spoke with some people who are still struggling. ♪ ♪ ♪ this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> duncan: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. i'm jericka duncan in for norah. we begin tonight with some breaking news-- cbs news has learned that the f.b.i. has gathered what it believes is enough evidence to support charging president biden's son hunter with crimes related to his taxes and a gun purchase. the f.b.i. has sent the information to the u.s. attorney's office in delaware. an attorney for hunter biden hit back at the allegations. in a statement, attorney chris clark said, "it is a federal felony for a federal agent to leak information about a grand jury investigation such as this one."

norah. >> o'donnell: nikole killion, thank you so much. in california, there's a major development in that suspected serial killer case in the city of stockton. police have arrested a man they believe was actually looking for his next victim when he was caught. here's cbs' jonathan vigliotti. >> we are sure we stopped another killing. >> reporter: authorities say surveillance footage, tips from the public, and ballistic evidence led them to 43-year-old wesley brown lee, suspected of murdering at least six people in northern california. stockton police say he was in his car, likely targeting yet another victim, when he was arrested early saturday morning, wearing all black, a mask around his neck, and in possession of a gun. >> our surveillance team followed this person while he was driving. we watched his patterns and determined he was on a mission to kill. >> reporter: authorities say the serial killings began in oakland on april 10, 2021. more than a year went by before the killing resumed. from early july through late september of this

. >> nikole killion, thank you so much. >>> well, in california, there's a major development in that suspected serial killer case in the city of stockton. police have arrested a man they believe was actually looking for his next victim when he was caught. here's cbs's jonathan vigliotti. >> we are sure we stopped another killing. >> reporter: authorities say surveillance footage, tips from the public, and ballistic evidence led them to 43-year-old wesley brownlee, suspected of murdering at least six people in northern california. stockton police say he was in his car, likely targeting yet another victim when he was arrested early saturday morning, wearing all black, a mask around his neck, and in possession of a gun. >> our surveillance team followed this person while he was driving. we watched his patterns and determined he was on a mission to kill. >> reporter: authorities say the serial killings began in oakland on april 10th, 2021. more than a year went by before the killing resumed. from early july through late september of this year, five people were killed, all men and all but

nikole killion reports on why republican leaders are r

." >> i'm nikole killion in washington. thanks for staying with us. elections are just over four weeks away, and two key elections in arizona are tightening. a cbs news battleground tracker poll found an even split in the race for governor, 49% each for democrat katie hobbs and republican kari lake. mark kelly has a slight edge over blake masters. both have denied president biden won the last election. >> when i'm governor, we're going to take a sledgehammer to these damn electronic voting machines. >> reporter: kari lake won the primary for republican arizona governor by fully embracing the lie that the 2020 election was stolen. >> they certified a corrupt elect. >> you would not have certified? >> no, i would not. >> reporter: now she is locked in a tight election and not emphasizing that as much. >> we're going to have to do what we did in the primary, which is go out and vote and take our friends and go out and vote like our lives depend on it. >> reporter: her democratic opponent katie hobbs warns lake is too dangerous for arizona. >> all of thes

nikole killion reports from athens. >> reporter: saturdays in the south are meant for college footballturing university of georgia legend herschel walker that was the talk of the tailgate. > it kind of reaffirmed what i thought that herschel walker is not fit for office. >> reporter: in what way? >> doesn't know policy. has clearly fabricated parts of his life. >> herschel walker has a good heart, you know. we believe in, you know, a lot of things. >> reporter: in what might have been their only face-to-face debate friday night, the gop challenger and democratic incumbent senator raphael warnock made their cases to georgia voters. >> this race is about who is ready to represent georgia. >> he's for joe biden. i'm for georgia. >> reporter: he allegedly paid for a woman's abortion, walker issued another denial. >> my opponent has a problem with the truth. >> reporter: but he appeared to soften his stance, backing off a total ban. >> that's the bill of the people who governor kent. and i said that has exceptions in it. >> reporter: walker repeatedly tied warnock to president biden. >> can

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nikole killion is in georgia, with question voters could turn out. >> reporter: with just a week till election day, g.o.p. senate nominee fired back against top democrats. obama came in. he must not like herschel walker. >> seems to me he's a celebrity who wants to be a politician, and we've seen how that goes! >> are you ready to go vote? >> reporter: the former president was out in force over the weekend in georgia, michigan and wisconsin. several senate contests hanging in the balance. democratic candidates like pennsylvania lieutenant governor john fetterman are trying to shore up the african-american vote. >> we're going to keep going hard to make sure we'll do everything we can. >> reporter: according to cbs news battleground checker, 47% of black voters are very enthusiastic about voting compared to 53% of white voters. >> peel are tired and the apathy is kind of thick. >> reporter: rhonda taylor is one of several volunteers trying to motive voters in the peach state where african-americans make up about a third of the electorate. from souls to the poles, to college campus visi

cbs news congressional correspondent nikole killion, and white house chief correspondent peter baker and "new yorker" staff writer susan glasser. susan and peter are coauthors ew book on the trump presidency called "the divider." susan and peter, i want to start with you. to what degree did you just see what kari lake do many in the trump world consider her as a fast rising star? >> i was struck in your interview with her that the trumpist style in american politics, ala the famous paranoid style in american politics seems to be with us whether or not trump himself is literally on the ballot. i think kari lake is an example. she was rerunning a trump play from the 2018 midterm election, which did not work, by the way, in which he falsely claimed there was an invasion at the southern border and actually sent real u.s. military troops to defeat this fake invasion. you have her and other candidates now using this language of invasion. i think we should point out, as a matter of fact, that we are not actually experiencing an invasion, number one. number two, you just -- you have brazenne

and nikole killion from cbs news. we've got to start with you, abha. you're covering the economy. what does your reporting say about whether or not there could be a recession, how bad the state of the economy or maybe this is being overblown? abha: by many measures the economy is good right now. unemployment is at historic low. people are getting raises. people are continuing to spend. businesses are continuing to hire. but the dark cloud over all of this is inflation. and that's really weighing on consumer sentiment. it's weighing on businesses and that's sort of what's driving all of this doom and gloom that we're seeing here in washington and around the country. people now for over a year have been seeing higher prices at the grocery store at the gas pump. they're depleting their savings that they piled up during the pandemic. they're racking up more credit card debt. and they're feeling the sense that the bomb is slip out. they're not sure when things are going to get better. yamiche: and using words like dark cloud and doom and gloom -- how much of an impact can the white hou

cbs's nikole killion has the latest on his battleground senate race. >>> the shocking scene in new yorky crews respond to a police vehicle hitting multiple pedestrians. and, "eye on america." more than two months after kentucky's deadly flooding, cbs's manuel bojorquez spoke with some people who are still struggling. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> we begin tonight with some breaking news. cbs news has learned that the fbi has gathered what it thinks is enough evidence to support charging president biden's son hunter with crimes related to his taxes and a gun purchase. the fbi has sent the information to the u.s. attorney's office in delaware. an attorney for hunter biden hit back at the allegations. in a statement, attorney chris clark said, "it is a federal felony for a federal agent to leak information about a grand jury investigation such as this one." well, we have a lot of news to get to tonight, and cbs's catherine herridge will start us off. catherine, good evening. >> reporter: jericka, tonight, there is movement in the hunter biden criminal i