its highest level since the 1962 cuban missile crisis. biden saying about putin, quote, he s not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapon as he continues to lose ground in ukraine. we also have an important snapshot of the u.s. economy that we must discuss. u.s. employers have added 263,000 jobs this september. a modest slowdown from august. a slowdown that could actually be good news, though. the federal reserve looking for the jobs market to cool off to help fight stush stubborn inflation. and arlette saenz is live. the president laid out this warning last night. should people be expecting another walk back from the white house then today? reporter: well, kate, so far no official walk-back from the white house. but u.s. officials have said that they have not seen any evidence that russian president vladimir putin has decided to move forward with using a nuclear weapon. but still, the president s comments that he