Will the economy be the deciding factor as america votes . The cost of living is a lot. Hey, folks. Norah President Biden touts the good economic news in a surprise White House briefing. Americans stuck in lebanon as violence continues. We speak to a marine veteran who says he hasnt got an update from the u. S. Embassy in days. Do you feel abandoned by the u. S. Government . Norah and on this friday night, we go On The Road, with the compassion of community in the wake of Hurricane Helene. We are so strong, and i know that well make it. Norah the Cbs Evening news starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and Thank You for joining us. We want to begin with new signs of a robust jobs market, with Election Day fast approaching and the Economy And Inflation critical issues for voters. Tonight, the Labor Department reports an unexpectedly large surge in new job creation, with employers adding 254,000 jobs in september. That is far above what was projected by economists. Its also the larg
Declining to endorse either candidate. Melania trump breaking from her husband by making her support for Abortion Rights public. The timing of her announcement raising questions as former President Trump prepares to head back to butler, pennsylvania, this weekend, the site of the first attempt on his life. Live to israel as The Middle East braces for Potential Retaliation by the netanyahu government against iran and ahead of the first anniversary of the act 7th terror attacks. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell. Economy and the inflation the top issue for voters. A nearly perfect Jobs Report blowing past all expectations. Heading into the final weeks of the campaign, the Labor Department reporting employers added more than a quart billion jobs. That drives the Unemployment Rate down to 4. 1 . Harris Targets Union voters today. Those are critical in battleground michigan. The campaign has been having Labor Pains after the Firefighters Union, perhaps joe bide n bidens most stallworth
Will the bevy of big stars jumping on Board Help . Plus, president biden hints at a huge Decision Israel is about to make. When, where and how to retaliate for Irans Missile strikes. Is there anyway to keep the war from getting worse . A week after helene tore through the south, basics, water, food, medicine, still hard to come by. More fears of how the storms impacts could be felt nationwide disrupting everything from semiconductors to Iv Fluid. Kamala harris trying to flood the zone in this final month before election day, bringing in politicians and celebrities to get her message out. There are a slew of headlines about campaign stops and endorsements from Bruce Springsteen to Jennifer Garner to the most popular democrat in america, president obama, who will campaign for harris in pennsylvania starting next thursday. Harris herself will do more interviews in the coming weeks, on 60 minutes on Latenight Talk shows according to her campaign. Is it too late to silence her critics and,
About whether or not they would be an improvement on retirement benefits they were offered in healthcare but perhaps, biggest healthcare but perhaps, biggest issue of all was healthcare but perhaps, biggest issue of all was automation. When i was at the picket line earlier this week at the port of newark, one of the busiest on the east coast, there were lots of signs, people say automation doesn t feed families, a lot of anger and concern but essentially the advanced technology would replace them and theirjobs. And that was what they saw this five primarily being about so the question is, will they be any progress between now and january 15? are reached out to the union but haven t heard back. As a kind of what they ve been any movement on this key issue. The strike carried out for two three days, is a way of knowing how much that course? at of knowing how much that course? , ,. , ,. , of knowing how much that course? ,. , course? at this point, some of the damage course? at th
And this attack came with no warning. We went to inspect the damage. A residential building near the lebanese parliament. Beirut appears increasingly under threat. This is where an emergency response group linked to hezbollah operated, now gone. There were just emergency service workers. This is the truth. We only saw them helping people out, says mustafa, who lives on the tenth floor of the building hit. The damage in this building gives you a sense of the power of this attack, and they ve been cleaning up the rubble here, but we can still see some surgical masks and gloves and bandages as well. And you can probably hear the sound of drones flying overhead. This is a densely populated district here in central beirut. Hasan, who s a teacher, has lived in this neighbourhood for 2h years. There was no hezbollah presence here, military or civilian, he tells me. Hezbollah wasn t present here. These are some of the victims of the attack. They include one rescue officer and two paramedics. T