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

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 losing military-age men, as they flee the country to avoid the draft. putin has repeatedly reminded west that nuclear weapon are one of his options in ukraine. major garrett will start us off tonight from the white house. good evening, major. >> reporter: good evening, john. a midterm election is coming, and voter concern about stability and continuity in times of crisis might emerge as an issue. even so, experts we talked to said the risk of russia using a nuclear weapon in ukraine is higher, in no small measure because senior russian leaders have said they reserve the right to use their most dangerous weapons, and they're not bluffing. president biden ignored questions on his way to a speech in maryland this morning after warning in stark terms of possible nuclear annihilation. "we have not faced the prospect of armageddon since kennedy and the cuban missile crisis," the president said at a private

fund-raiser. "i don't think there's any such thing as the ability to easily use a tactical nuclear weapon and not end up with armageddon." mr. biden said russian president vladimir putin, having sustained multiple military setbacks in ukraine, has no clear end game. "where does he find a way out? where does he find himself where he does not only lose face, but significant power?" putin has warned recently that he might use weapons of mass destruction. the white house said today, there is no new intelligence suggesting russia is taking steps to deploy battlefield nuclear weapons in ukraine. does this feel like hype to you, from the president? >> well, i just think it's unwise, more than hype. >> reporter: h.r. mcmaster served as national security adviser to president trump. >> it kind of plays right into putin's hands. you know, this is all putin can do now, is rattle his nuclear saber, and i think he has to know, if he uses a nuclear weapon, the consequences would be unbearable for him. >>reporter: in an interview

with the bbc, ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy, said talk of nuclear warfare should startle the world. >> putin is leading the world to the precipice of a nuclear war. >> reporter: mike mccaul is the top republican on the house foreign affairs committee. >> i think every nation in the united nations needs to warn putin, this will not be tolerated-- including the nations that have stayed on the sidelines. >> reporter: in this tense atmosphere, the biden administration announced this week it was purchasing larger quantities of a drug used to treat patients in case of a nuclear or radiological emergency. the department of health and human services said this move was part of an ongoing and "long plan" preparation strategy. john. >> dickerson: major garrett at the white house. thank you, major. with each humiliating loss on the battlefield, military

experts worry putin might lash out with chemical or tactical nuclear weapons. for more on what that would mean, here's cbs' david martin. >> reporter: russia could launch short-range nuclear weapons against ine,aift fr theorrom th ground. here's what it looked like back in the 1950s when the u.s. army fired a nuclear artillery shell into the desert. so, how powerful are they? >> very wide-range. everything from, down to one kiloton, up to tens of kiloton. >> reporter: the atomic bomb, which leveled hiroshima, was 15 kilotons. russia has between 1,000 and 2,000 short-rangenuclear weapons at storage sites around the country, including one close to the ukrainian border. >> they would first have to be brought out of the bunker, and then flown to the unit, where they attach it to the launcher. >> reporter: what would the united states do once a nuclear weapon went off? >> i think that our response would be to attempt to deescalate. >> reporter: retired major

general heidi brown is a former director of operations for u.s. strategic command. in the war games that you've played, when the other side uses a nuclear weapon and the u.s. tries to deescalate, does it work? >> it eventually works, but, it's a game. >> reporter: fears of a real armageddon are likely to grow if russia goes ahead with a nuclear exercise expected to begin the middle of this month. the last time russia conducted this particular exercise was earlier this year, just before putin invaded ukraine. john. >> dickerson: david martin at the pentagon, thank you, david. there is more fallout tonight over the police response to the uvalde school massacre. the entire school district's police force was suspended today. this follows the firing of a school resource officer yesterday who was among hundreds of officers who hesitated to confront the shooter who killed 19 children and two teachers.

tonight, cbs news has confirmed, the department of justice believes that former president donald trump might still possess classified documents that he removed from the white house during his final days in office. cbs' scott macfarlane joins us from washington. scott, good evening. what can you tell us? >> reporter: john, nearly two months to the day after the f.b.i. seized those records from mar-a-lago, there is still concern, documents are missing. that's according to an official familiar with the investigation. the department of justice, in court filings, says nearly 50 folders marked "classified" were empty. and the national archives has notified congress, it still hasn't received records that should have been returned by the trump administration when the former president left office. all of this raises the stakes for the ongoing legal dispute between the trump team and the department of justice. the next battle of which is set for next week at the u.s. supreme court, which trump has asked to intervene to block agents from reviewing some of those seized records.

the department of justice response to the high court is due tuesday, john. >> dickerson: scott macfarlane in washington. here in new york city today, the mayor declared a state of emergency to deal with the bus loads of asylum seekers who have been sent to the big apple from the southern border. and now the mayor is asking for $1 billion to care for the migrants. more now from cbs' tanya rivero. >> once the asylum seekers from today's buses are provided shelter, we will surpass the highest number of people in recorded history in our city's shelter system. >> reporter: new york mayor eric adams says the city is straining to house more than 61,000 people in its shelter system. since april, mayor adams says more than 17,000 asylum seekers have been bussed to new york from southern states like texas, florida, and arizona. the city is moving forward with a temporary tent shelter

on randall's island in the east river. 42 hotels are already being used as emergency shelters. texas governor greg abbott acknowledges busing over 3,000 migrants to new york city. >> what is an embarrassment is this-- it's the hypocrisy of the liberal elite, in places like new york, washington, d.c., and elsewhere, where they have self-declared themselves to be sanctuary cities. >> reporter: abbott's migrants buses cost texas more than $18 million, while adams says the numbers of asylum seekers in new york could soon swell to 100,000. >> the asylum seekers arriving here need more than a hot meal or a bed for a night. >> being placed on a bus... >> reporter: murad awawdeh is with the new york immigration coalition. >> the city, obviously, cannot shoulder this on their own, and we need the federal government to step up. >> reporter: today, mayor adams criticized governor abbott for failing to coordinate with him

on the asylum seeker relocations, and he called on abbott to stop busing them north. john. >> dickerson: tanya rivero in new york for us. thank you, tanya. turning to the economy, strong job numbers were a bad sign for investors, who fear the federal reserve will think the economy needs more cooling through higher interest rates. all three major indexes were down, with the dow falling more than 600 points. the tech-heavy nasdaq was off almost 4%. on the labor front, employers added 263,000 jobs in september, and the unemployment rate dropped to 3.5%. hourly wages increased 10 cents in the last month, and are up $1.54 from a year ago. and, while wages are up, that's not enough to keep up with the record rise in inflation that has consumers looking for the best deals, and retailers are eager to compete for their dollars. here is cbs' carter evans with tonight's "money watch." >> reporter: forget about

black friday-- holiday shoppers are already hunting for the best deals. >> this is marked down from $3.99 to $2.99. >> reporter: half of this year's gift-givers say they plan to start shopping by the end of october. that's why target rolled out its "deal days" event this week, slashing prizes up to 50%, timed just days ahead of amazon's highly-anticipated prime early access sale. it almost seems like an arms race? >> retailers definitely have an arms race to reach shoppers while the shopper still has her or his money to spend on holiday items. >> reporter: surveys show 40% of holiday shoppers say inflation will impact their purchases this year, with many choosing to buy fewer gifts, and at a discount. what items are consumers going to find the best deals? >> clothing will be deeply discounted. consumer electronics, tvs, consumer audio, and books. >> reporter: amazon just announced it's hiring 150,000 workers ahead of the holiday rush, but walmart's only hiring 40,000, because it's already staffed with more permanent

positions this year-- a trend that's expected to continue. >> companies still need a lot of extra help during the holidays, but this-- in this scenario, some companies are going to be asking people to stay. >> reporter: how can you compete? >> we cannot. >> reporter: for some small business owners, like alen harikian, the holiday outlook is bleak. his family owned speers tv for more than 30 years, but he says big-box retailers have made it harder for his shop to get popular tvs, and he can't compete with their low prices. >> if i buy a samsung tv, let's say, for $500? a week later, amazon or best buy is selling it for $399. so i lost $100. so it just doesn't make sense. >> reporter: so what happens to this business? >> it's going to go out of business. so, yeah. >> reporter: he told us he won't be able to keep his doors open beyond the end of the month, which is really too bad, because a new survey from the national retail federation suggests holiday shoppers are ready to get back out there after covid,

and many say they want to shop in person. john. >> dickerson: carter evans, thank you. and now to the midterm elections. they're just over a month away. north carolina is an outlier in the south when it comes to abortion rights. one clinic there is seeing a flood of patients from states that have banned or restricted the procedure. cbs' caitlin huey-burns reports on how the debate over abortion access is affecting voters, in our series, "america decides." >> a lot of patients are coming here, especially from louisiana and texas. >> reporter: kelly flynn runs a women's choice clinic in raleigh, north carolina. she says since the supreme court overturned "roe v. wade," the majority of her patients are now coming from out of state. >> we just helped a patient from alabama last week. they drove, a 10-and-a-half-hour trip. >> reporter: 10 and a half hours? >> each way. >> reporter: it's an issue resonating with democratic voters. >> you just pray it doesn't

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