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norah. >> o'donnell: holly williams, thank you. today, the u.s. sanctions against iranian officials who cracked down on protests there. despite that crackdown, today, demonstrators marked 40 days since mahsa amini died in police custody. there were rallies there in tehran and at her gravesite. she had been arrested for not wearing a headscarf properly. iranian police say she died of a heart attack. her family insists she was beaten. well, the rifle that was used in a deadly school shooting this week may have been previously removed from the killer's home. that story, when we return. ler'. that story when we return. >> o'donnell: we learned today that the parents of the 19-year-old gunman who killed two people in a school shooting earlier this week previously worked with police to take away a gun from him. police say the shooter's mother had long been worried about his mental health, and got him treatment, including medications, therapy, and committing him to a hospital. the st. louis police chief believes the weapon taken away months ago may be th

. >> i'm holly williams in kyiv, ukraine, where a new wave of russian strikes is targeting the country'sower grid. >>> deadly crash. a security camera captures the moment a plane hits a home in new hampshire. >>> power struggle in los angeles. >> i'm mark strassmann. l.a. is outraged. two city councilmembers recorded in a racist conversation refuse to resign. >>> later, dino delivery. why these airline workers gave this unique passenger the vip treatment. >>> good evening. it's not even november, but turnout for the crucial 2020 midterms is already strong. election day is still 17 days away, but several states have seen a surge of voters casting early ballots. this is clark county, nevada, where in-person voting began today. there is a lot at stake, including control of congress and the future of president biden's agenda. cbs' christina ruffini is at the white house with more. >> reporter: across the country, more than 7 million americans have already cast their ballots as the candidates and the white house make their closing arguments. >> the polls have been all over the place. i think

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norah. >> o'donnell: holly williams, thank you. there are fears tonight about the safety of an iranian athlete who hasn't been in contact with friends since she competed on sunday without wearing a hijab. the iranian embassy in screak says 33-year-old sport climber has returned to iran after taking part in the asian championships, while it's believed she refused to wear her headscarf in protest against iranian rules. a post appeared on her instagram today explaining her scarf inadvertently fell off by anti-government activists don't believe that and tonight are concerned about her safety. well, now, to an amazing story of survival. two wyoming college wrestlers are lucky to be alicbs's carterh e inntattabothn the u.ndoundhe d ( screaming ) >> reporter: descending a rocky ridge in a mountain, the climber hears a bear. the climber yells but and yells and hammers the bear as it makes another attack continuing to scheme and kick the bear until it runs off. the climber said the bar attacked to protect its cub. if you're out in the wilde

norah. >> o'donnell: holly williams, thank you. are fears tonight about the safety of an iranian athlete who hasn't been in contact with friends since she competed on sunday without wearing a hijab. the iranian embassy in south korea says 33-year-old sport climber elnaz rekabi has returned to iran after taking part in the asian championships. while it's believed she refused to wear her headscarf in protest against iranian rules, a post appeared on her instagram today explaining that her scarf inadvertently fell off. but anti-government activists don't believe that, and they tonight are concerned about her anti-government activi safety.we, now,an amang story of survival. two wyoming college wrestlers are lucky to be alive tonight after they were attacked by a grizzly bear. cbs's carter evans reports, thia grizzly is just one in a rash of recent bear attacks, both in the u.s. and around the world. >> oh! >> reporter: descending a rocky ridge on mount futago in japan, the climber hears something above him. ( screaming ) it's a bear. t

cbs' holly williams is in the capital of kyiv. >> reporter: this playground was the scene of a strikeere in kyiv just last week. >> o'donnell: breaking news: guns found near the supreme court. we'll have the latest on the police response. trying to lower gas prices. gas president biden's announcement today. will it help? carbon monoxide and your kids. cbs news investigates the number of states that don't require detectors in daycares. it must have shocked you when d you found out that there wasn'tt a carbon monoxide detector at the preschool. what every parent needs to know. and the top-secret j.f.k. assassination files. both a republican and a democratic president pushed off the release. is there something they don't want you to know? this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. we'll get to that breaking news about those guns found near the supreme court and the arrest in just a minute. but we want to begin overseas amid russia's f

holly williams, thank you.here at home, a blast of bitterly cold air is moving across the country, and 235 million americans are facing temperatures up to 20 degrees below normal. let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> reporter: norah, good evening. it's been a very abrupt change of season in the great lakes, snow just pouring down in some spots. including in ironwood, michigan, cars buried in the snow. about eight inches of snow falling here, more indicative of early december rather than mid-october. a lot of places picked up, actually, double-digit snows in wisconsin and in michigan. you've got to have some cold air and we've had plenty of that and it's spreading south and east. cold air goes all the way down to the gulf coast. all these blue dots, record lows possible the next two days. 32-degree temperatures all the way down to jackson, mississippi. how about some numbers to wake up to tomorrow? 34 in nashville, 35 in oklahoma city, 38 in at

holly williams, thank you. well, with just two weeks to go until the midterm elections, cbs, has obtained an intelligence, saying china is seeking to influence several races. this comes amid national security concerns about threats to operations and election officials. cbs' mark strassmann reports tonight on accusations of voter intimidation in the battleground state of arizona. >> reporter: armed vigilantes dressed in tactical gear patrol ballot drop boxes near phoenix, disruptive, even intimidating. multiple voters have filed formal complaint. in this home stretch, for 2022's midterm elections, arizona may be america's hot bed for election conspiracy theorists. >> we're going to take a sledgehammer to these damn electronic voting machines. >> reporter: republican kari lake running for governor here pushes suspicions about shadowy threats to voter integrity without a shred of proof. mark finchem, arizona's republican secretary of state candidate, tweeted, "watch alld" hreats to harass youonli, t also thre phys

cbs's holly williams will start us off tonight. y. >> reporter: good evening, norah. after months of relative calm in kyiv, today the city was pummeled for the second time in as many weeks. and while some experts believe that russia is running short of munitions, russian forces have begun using a new weapon with devastating effects. early this morning, a swarm of so-called suicide drones bombarded ukraine's capital. kamikaze weapons packed with deadly explosives that detonate on impact. they've been used to attack frequently in recent weeks. today they rained down on city streets. russia's repeatedly claimed that it doesn't target civilians, but this neighborhood in kyiv is home to apartment buildings, restaurants, and schools. kyiv's mayor, vitali klitschko, called russia a terrorist state. >> killed a lot of people, civilians, unguilty people. and that why it's terror attack. >> reporter: ukraine says it shot down some of the drones today. this video appears to show ukrainian police officers making a successful hit. but they're sm

and cbs' holly williams will start us off from the capital of kyiv. vening, holly. >> reporter: good evening, norah. vladimir putin's announcement of martial law today could be a sign that his invading army has run into serious problems. today in kherson, one of the regions occupied by russia they started moving tens of thousands of people away from the front line ahead of an expected ukrainian counteroffensive. the russian general in charge of the invasion admitted the situation is tense. as russian troops battle to hold on to land they've seized. >> he made a massive mistake by annexing these so-called regions because he cannot defend them. >> reporter: andriy zagorodnyuk is ukraine's former defense minister. he told us vladimir putin may longer be thinking rationally. >> he is capable of making desperate mistakes and desperate measures. >> reporter: ukraine's military has made stunning progress in recent weeks, reclaiming swaths of territory from russian forces. russia's retaliated with swarms of so-called suicide drones and attacks on the power gri

we get more now from cbs's holly williams inside ukraine. >> reporter: russia's tactics in ukraine may be changing. today its strikes targeted the power grid across the country. ukraine says 30% of its power stations have been destroyed in just over a week, causing rolling blackouts. ukraine's president, volodymyr zlenskyy, reassured his nation that the grid's getting fixed, but urged people to use as little electricity as possible. long term, power outages could be devastating for the military, the public, and everyone's morale, and that's probably the whole point. it's not the first time that ad ukine's critical infrastructure. even before the invasion in 2015, suspected russian hackers managed to switch off the lights fo nearly a quarter of a million people. the power plant manager told us it was chaotic. now as ukrainians fight off a vicious invasion, it could be much worse. this winter, they're facing terror as well as terrible cold. iran has reportedly agreed to sell more missiles and so-called suicide drones to russia. iran denies that it's arming russian forces here in ukraine,

c brrks s's holly williams get reaction from inside ukraine. >> this is the cbs evening news with norah o'donnell. reporting from the nation's capitol. >> o'donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us on this busy wednesday. tonight there are major developments that could potentially shake up the mid term elections in two key political battlegrounds breaking news from georgia republican senate candidate herschel walker is denying new accusations that he paid for another woman to have an abortion three decades ago. the accuser says she is afraid of retaliation and wants to remain anonymous. and in pennsylvania there is concern tonight from democrats after the senate debate between john fetterman and mehmet oz. the race is as to up and fetterman's performance last night is raising new questions about fetterman's recovery from a stroke. these races are important because they could decide the balance of power in the senate. this battleground tracker shows republicans now have a slight advantage so at least five races are toss ups, as america decides we have team coverage of those cru

cbs's holly williams reports tonight from kyiv. >> how are you? >> i'm good. >> reporter: vitali klitschko is the mayor of kyiv. a former world heavyweight champion and a symbol of ukraine's resistance. >> they tried to destroy our critical infrastructure. they want to make our citizens freezing in the winter, without heating, without electricity, water. >> reporter: he's talking about this, a new wave of russian strikes that ukraine says has targeted 45 energy facilities, destroying 30% of its power stations in just over a week. the government's warned of rolling blackouts as the frigid winter approaches. yet the people of this nation appear as stoic as ever. kyiv's subway has served as a bomb shelter for civilians during russian attacks. but this morning we found it packed with busy commuters getting on with life in the face of a vicious invasion. >> we will win soon. >> it's our dream. it must come true. >> this is a javelin anti-tank missile? >> yeah. >> reporter: mayor klitschko says vladimir putin's strategy is backfiring. >> our people is a

holly williams, thank you. >>> well, with just two weeks to go until the midterm elections,n telligence assessment saying china is likely seeking to influence several races. this comes amid national security concerns about threats to operations and election officials. cbs's mark strassmann reports tonight on accusations of voter intimidation in the battleground state of arizona. >> reporter: armed vigilantes dressed in tactical gear patrol ballot drop boxes near phoenix. disruptive, even intimidating. multiple voters have filed formal complaints. in this home stretch, for 2022's midterm elections, arizona may be america's hotbed for election conspiracy theorists. >> we're going to take a sledgehammer to these damn electronic voting machines. >> reporter: republican kari l lake, running for governor here, pushes suspicions about shadowy threats to voter integrity without a shred of proof. mark finchem, arizona's republican secretary of state candidate, tweeted "watch all drop boxes, period. save the republic." >> threats to harass you online but threats thysicall h you. >> reporter: step

cbs's holly williams has more on the fighting in ukraine. a warning, the graphic descriptions of the war may be disturbing for some. >> you could hear shooting. but then you could also hear grunts and people, like, fighting to the death with their bare hands. >> 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. >> on the frontline in southern ukraine, he says he repeatedly witnessed russian forces using white phosphorous munitions. >> it comes down extremely slow. there's nothing you can do. everything it touched incinerates. >> including this incident. >> about 20 or 30 guys burning alive, and several gunshots because there's nothing else do. so a lot of guys have suicide pistols. you'd hear them scream, and they would say goodbye and then blow their own heads off. >> elvis, that must hav

cbs' holly williams reports tonight from kyiv. >> reporter: how are you? >> i'm good. >> reporter: vitali klitschko is the mayor of kyiv, a former world heavyweight champion and a symbol of ukraine's resistance. >> they tried to destroy our critical infrastructure. they want to make our citizens freezing in the winter, without heating, without electricity, water. >> reporter: he's talking about this, a new wave of russian strikes that ukraine stays has targeted 45 energy facilities, destroying 30% of its power stations in just over a week. the government's warned of rolling blackouts as the frigid winter approaches. yet the people of this nation appear as stoic as ever. kyiv's subway has served as a bomb shelter for civilians during russian attacks. but this morning, we found it packed with busy commuters getting on with life in the face of a vicious invasion. >> we will win soon. >> it's our dream. it must come true. >> reporter: this is the javelin antitank missile. >> yes. >> reporter: mayor klitschko says president pint's strategy is backfiring. >> our

cbs' holly williams is in ukraine with an american fighting against russia. >> reporter: the carnage you're describing sounds like something out of world war ii. >> yeah. >> o'donnell: in tonight's "eye on america," cbs' 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. ♪ ♪ ♪ this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. 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 steve mccraw admitted his offic

holly williams, thank you. well, tonight, elon musk could be just hours away from owning twitter.illionaire was back at headquarters today and tweeted that he envisioning the social media platform as a digital town square where a wide range of beliefs can be debated. but he also said twitter, "cannot be a free-for-all hel scape." wednesday he brought a sink to twitter and joked, "let that sink in." musk plans to close his $44 billion deal tomorrow. we want to turn now to the worsening drought in the midwest. water levels along the mississippi river are at record lows. that could be catastrophic for busbusiness consumers. in tonight's "eye on america," ben tracy shows us what's going done to keep commerce moving. >> reporter: 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. >> repo

cbs' holly williams shows us the signs tonight that the russians are getting ready for a major escalationica's failing report card. the impacts tonight of the covid pandemic on school children. an historic setback in math and reading test scores. cbs' nikki battiste has important information for parents. and it's breast cancer awareness month. why mammograms fail to detect tumors in some women. cbs' roxana saberi has the questions every woman should ask their doctor. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we're starting tonight with horror in the heartland of america. another school shooting, this time in st. louis. it happened today at the city's central visual and performing arts high school. terrified students leaving their school with hands raised, escaping the senseless horror of bullets and bloodshed in their hallways and classrooms. a teenaged girl was pronounced dead inside the school. another victim, a teacher, died at the hospital. the gunman, b

cbs' holly williams is in the capital of kyiv. >> reporter: this playground was the scene of a strikeere in kyiv just last week. >> o'donnell: breaking news: guns found near the supreme court. we'll have the latest on the police response. trying to lower gas prices. gas president biden's announcement today. will it help? carbon monoxide and your kids. cbs news investigates the number of states that don't require detectors

cbs' holly williams shows us the signs tonight that the russians are getting ready for a major escalation. america's failing report card. the impacts tonight of the covid pandemic on school children. an historic setback in math and reading test scores. cbs' nikki battiste has important information for

cbs's holly williams has more on the fighting in ukraine. a warning, the graphic descriptions of the war may be disturbing for some. >> 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 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 incin 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 good

cbs' holly williams shows us the signs tonight that the russians are getting ready for a major escalationica's failing report card. the impacts tonight of the covid pandemic on school children. an historic setback in math and reading test scores. cbs' nikki battiste has important information for parents. and it's breast cancer awareness

. >> i'm holly williams in kyiv, ukraine, where a new wave of russian strikes is targeting the country'sower grid.

cbs's holly williams reports tonight on the warning of a long winter ahead as a third of ukraine is without power

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cbs' holly williams reports, after a russian fighter jet crashes into a nine-story apartment building. record-breaking cold blast. more than 200 million americans face temperatures way below normal, as major cities experience their first snowfall of the season. we'll have the forecast. ripping off the government? the new report tonight that the trump organization charged the s

cbs' holly williams reports after a russian fighter jet crashes into a nine-story apartment building in russia. record-breaking cold blast. more than 200 million americans face temperatures way below normal as major cities experience their first snowfall of the season. we'll have the forecast. ripping off the government? the new report tonight that the trump organization charged the s

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first up, holly williams reports from kyiv. >> reporter: in the russian-occupied city of kherson in southernies installed by ha now ordered all residents to leave ahead of an expected ukra russians in the early days of the invasion. now ukraine claims that russia's planning to blow up a hydroelectric dam in the region to slow the ukrainian military's advance and has already laid mines, risking a catastrophic flood. ukraine's energy minister and told us if the russians destroy the dam, it could even leave a nuclear power plant without water for cooling. if the russians blow the dam, one potential consequence is a nuclear accident. >> it could be. it could be. >> reporter: as russian forces struggle to hold onto territory they've seized, they've launched a new wave of attacks on ukraine's cities, including with so-called kamikaze drones. the u.s. says iran is supplying drones and even has troops on the ground, helping the russians operate them. ukraine says the main target, with over 300 strikes, is energy facilities. as a harsh winter looms, there have already been blackouts in some parts of

people in the movement the tougaloo dropouts hollis watkins my got to cut and you vester simpson all these people and unknown young people at ross college william scott johnny harris raymond davis lee ferris delores all these people have to lay the very foundation. but i think it is important as we look at mississippi history and american history framework that was able to provide along with the steptoe and and dams and more and aaron henry and merrill winston lindsey and reverend r.l. smith of these people. but the beauty understanding the mississippi story is that medgar evers developed the network medgar evers developed the network that chapters in these various counties, fauquier of the naacp and marshall county, a guy by the name of steve nero. i mean, not very many people knew that mr. nero was president of the acp because it was dangerous to be out. but in 1953, they formed chapter in monterey county in that network, the marshall counties the midcounties, the la four counties of the world that medgar evers worked with these people. so when snake and came to town along with seals and anybody else they worked with the e.w. stepped those we