dies at 82. we take a look at his legendary impact on and off the field and reaction from around the world. unsafe maneuver: the u.s. military s close call with a chinese fighter jet. and the meaning of family. we ll show you how a st. louis couple opened up their home to overcome tragedy. 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. tonight, the sports world is mourning the passing of soccer superstar pele at the age of 82. his fellow brazilian footballer neymar wrote on instagram, pele made soccer into art. also tonight, embattled new york congressman-elect george santos own constituents are calling on him to resign after he lied about his faith and linked his mother s death to the september 11 attacks. but first, a major storm system moves across the western part of the country, dumping nearly a foot of snow in pa
look, this election isn t a referendum, it s a choice. it s a choice between two fundamentally different visions of america. i said from the beginning, my objective when i ran was to build an economy from the bottom up and middle out. and i tell you what, it s a fundamental shift and it s working compared to the maga, mega america trickle down economics. joe biden snapped back at hecklers and stays on message while campaigning yesterday in new york state. part of a busy final stretch for the president before election day. also ahead, what massive turnout in early voting across the country could mean for the midterms. plus, president donald trump missed the deadline to turn over documents to the january 6 committee. we ll tell you how lawmakers are responding and what it could mean for his potential testimony. good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, november 7th, election eve. thank you for starting your week with us. tomorrow, millions of americans will hea
declaration in north carolina. this is as the state is bracing for up to six inches of rainfall. we are going to talk about it with the democratic candidate for senate in north carolina, jerry beasley. and we are talking about the state of the race, less than 40 days until midterm elections. i am simone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. unprecedented, biblical, just a few words to describe the impact of hurricane ian. now taking its place as one of the worst natural disasters in our country s history. in just a few minutes, we are expecting an update from florida governor ron desantis, which we will bring you live. this week, hurricane ian slammed into florida s west coast, just shy of a category four hurricane. with winds of 155 miles per hour. ripping through south florida. then, coming back to slim south carolina and now, north carolina. we are hearing from residents who survived. we shouldn t be alive right now. we shouldn t be alive right now with that sto
storm in florida s history. right now, more than 1.2 million people are still without power. duke energy, which provides flower power to central florida, says it could be days until it s restored. here is ron desantis earlier today, on the latest efforts. over the last 72 hours, there have been over 1100 confirmed rescues made by first responders and likely many more than that and those are the reported ones as of 6:00 this morning. we have called in the army corps of engineers at the request of the counties to help with the damage to the water system, and i know that some of this is lee county water utility. some of it may be the platinum line as the core is working with all of those groups. they are meeting again today to figure out what the best ways to go forward. clearly, having those core services, like the water and like the electrical, are really top priorities after the life rescue mission. one of the most hard-hit cities and florida was fort myers. check out thi
there as far as we can tell at this time. that ll be where the where this white house is meant to determine, these are the things we ll yay john. but we feel very little responsibility to engage on these other issues, especially given what went down over the past four years of the trump administration. and the uniform stonewalling-able subpoenas. we re grateful were the story. we ll stay on as. well thank you for your time tonight. that does it for us. now it s time for the last word with my friend alicia menendez in for laura. hi nicolle, it s like the christmas present i forgot to ask for. i get to see you. happy new year. i feel like you come over, we could ve been in the basement together. like twins. have the best, nicolle. house committee investigating the attack on the capitol set dissolve next week with the start of a new congress. but not before releasing even more transcripts. a new batch of interviews interview today offers new insight into the weeks leadin