border. dickerson: the economy and inflation. monthly jobs numbers remain strong, but higher prices are already impacting the holiday shopping season. carter evans has what you need to know. and, on the road. cbs steve hartman has the story of how a small act of kindness changed a community forever. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from new york. dickerson: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. i m john dickerson in for norah. tonight, president biden warns the world that we are closer to a nuclear conflict than at any point since the cuban missile crisis in 1962. the white house advised there is no new information that russia is planning an imminent nuclear attack on ukraine, but the president s remarks demonstrate that the u.s. is taking vladimir putin s threats seriously, especially as events continue to turn against him in ukraine. russia s military continues to lose ground, and russia is l
captioning sponsored by cbs dickerson: tonight, a warning about the prospect of a nuclear confrontation. president biden claims the world is closer to the use of nuclear weapons than at any time since the cuban missile crisis. the president says he s taking vladimir putin seriously when the russian leader talks about using nuclear weapons. president zelenskyy responds to putin s threat. i think that is dangerous even to speak about it. dickerson: cbs major garrett reports from the white house. plus, david martin from the pentagon on putin s nuclear capabilities, and how the u.s. might respond to a nuclear strike. new york city s state of emergency: the nation s largest city is overwhelmed by the influx of migrants. tanya rivero reports on what the mayor is now demanding. this should be handled at the
nothing would deter them unless it happened before they went in. obviously they have determined that it s not going to be that punishing and it s worth the gamble. now the sanctions tend to diminish overtime. countries get weaker getting tough in there and want the trade. we ve seen that over history as well. thanks, general jack keane. you ll be with us for some time. always good to have you with us. great talking to you, martha. martha: we have new reaction. you can see the live shot over kiev tonight where obviously tensions are high and there s big concerns about how long the government will be able to hold there, whether or not president zelensky will be able to hold on to power in kiev with all of those russian troops amassed north of there in belarus. new reaction from the pentagon on putin s likely next move against his against the presidency there and potential attacks to shut down the grid