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wh saide would have to lose his mind to grope someone in the governor's mansion. new terror alert: the warning tonight for americans heading to mass gatherings over the holiday season. lengthy prison sentence: new details tonight on the former m.m.a. fighter and gym owner who punched a capitol police officer during the january 6 riot. what his jail time means for the qanon shaman. and honoring our heroes: for the first time in nearly a century, the public lays flowers at the tomb of the unknown soldier, icluding this 96-year-old world war ii veteran. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin tonight with the rough road to recovery for america's economy. inflation, which essentially means high costs ano lt prices t

the fastest pace in more than 30 years. it comes as companies struggle with a logjam supply chain and a nationwide labor shortage. the labor department's consumer price index jumped more than 6% in october from last year. it was the fifth straight month in which inflation surged more than 5% year over year. americans are now paying more for shelter, food, fuel, medical care, cars, and trucks, and many other goods and services. and much of this is being blamed on the pandemic. adding to the problem, costs are continuing to rise at a faster pace than hourly earnings. we have two reports on issues that impact your wallet, beginning with cbs' anna werner in san francisco. good evening, anna. >> reporter: good evening, norah. ask anybody who has come to buy a car, and they're likely going to tell you that the one they wanted was tough to find and it's likely more expensive. it's a measure of an economy where consumers are suffering the effects of higher inflation.

heading into the holiday season, americans are getting squeezed. drivers now face gas prices nearly 50% higher than last year, roughly $1.30 more per gallon. indianapolis' suzanne murphy now spends $73 to fill up her van. >> we're just trying to curb spending in other areas so that we can afford to fill up our tanks. >> reporter: it's not just the gas. new car prices are up over 9,ulationed cars some 26%. and in the grocery store, prices for meats, poultry, fish and eggs have risen more than 11%. bacon up 20%. >> i definitely do see a change independent price. >> reporter: all this as average hourly wages have actually fallen. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger: >> it is a confluence of bad timing. we have enormous problems with our supply chain, and when you put rising demand and

constrained supply together, you get inflation at a pace that we have not seen in three decades. >> reporter: shortages of materials and chokepoints in the supply chain could make for a pricier holiday shopping season. and keeping warm will cost more, too. higher fuel costs are expected to mean that nearly half of u.s. households who heat with natural gas will pay 30% more this year. >> energy companies have cut back on investment in production because of the pandemic and are now struggling to keep up with demand. and they're real concerned about is there enough global supply to meet demand. >> reporter: analysts warn these prices could continue through the holiday shopping season. >> almost every part of the thanksgiving holiday season, christmas, hanukkah-- everything-- is going to be more expensive. >> reporter: to give you another example from here on the car lot, the price of a used car on of, on average, has gone up over $6,000 over the past year.

it's now about $29,000, norah. >> o'donnell: anna werner, thank you. as americans pay more pretty much everywhere, all eyes are on president biden and what could be his presidency's biggest economic problem. u.s. stocks closed lower today, reacting to those concerning inflation numbers. we get more now from cbs' weijia jiang. >> reporter: president biden today touted his infrastructure bill at the port of baltimore, but acknowledged a major concern for americans: costs are rising. >> many people remain unsettled about the economy, and we all know why. they see higher prices. they go to the store, online, or they can't-- they go to the store, go online and they can't find what they always want. >> reporter: the congested supply chain has helped drive prices up. the infrastructure bill includes $17 billion to revitalize coastal, inland, and land ports. bu'clear how that could immediately hospital massive backlog at west coast ports

where 81 container ships sat waiting to unload goods this week. congestion has slowed deliveries and triggered worries about holiday shopping. >> suddenly, when you go to order a pair of sneakers or a bicycle or christmas presents for the family, you're met with higher prices or long delays sore they say they just don't any anything at all. >> reporter: small business owner constance benham runs a clothing store outside houston. >> i'm calling to check on my backorders. >> reporter: she's had to wait up to 10 months for shipments to arrive, leaving some shelves empty, and forcing her to make tough choices. >> it just kills me to have to charge my people more money. but if they're charging me, i have to turn around and charge my customers. so that's been-- that's been a huge problem lately is that my freight is really high. there's not a day or a minute that goes by that i don't think about it. it's constant. >> reporter: rising prices are obviously a political challenge for the administration, too. the white house insists that

this situation is short-lived, but the federal reserve predicts supply shortages and increased costs will last well into next year, with midterm elections on the horizon. norah. >> o'donnell: weijia jiang, thank you. well, it was a day of tears and anger at the murder trial of kyle rittenhouse, the teenager in a high-stakes gamble took the stand in his own defense today and opened himself up to grilling by the prosecution. cbs' nancy chen has the latest from the courthouse in kenosha, wisconsin. >> the person that attacked me first threatened to kill me twice. >> reporter: kyle rittenhouse took the stand today in his murder trial, claiming he acted in self-defense. but it didn't take long for the 18-year-old to break down during questioning. >> there were... people right there. >> you can just relax for a minute, sir. >> reporter: the judge calling for a break so he could calm himself. rittenhouse's mother, seated

nearby, was also in tears. once the trial resumed, a more composed rittenhouse said he was acting in self-defense when a protester, joseph rosenbaum, ambushed him. >> as you see him lunging at you, what do you do? >> i shoot him. >> and how many times did you shoot him? >> i believe four. >> reporter: rittenhouse says he took off running for police as protesters chased him, eventually falling to the ground. rittenhouse then shot and killed another man, anthony huber, after he says huber hit him in the head. >> he grabs my gun, and i can feel it pulling away from me and i can feel the strap starting to come off my body. >> and what did you do then? >> i fire one shot. >> reporter: at that point, rittenhouse shot a third man, gaige grosskreutz, who was standing over him with a gun in his hand. >> why were you trying to get to the police? >> because i didn't do anything wrong. i defended myself. >> reporter: on cross-examination, the prosecutor tried to paint rittenhouse as an armed threat. >> mr. rittenhouse, you're telling us that you felt like

you were about to die, right? >> yes. >> but when you point the gun at someone else, that's going to make them feel like they're about to die, right? that's what you wanted him to feel. >> no! >> reporter: but the trial was stopped twice after a line of questioning by the prosecutor angered the judge. >> i said you were over the line, and close to or-- over the line on commenting on the defendant's pretrial silence, which is a well-known rule. >> reporter: cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman says calling rittenhouse was a risky decision. >> the second you put a defendant on, everything about that burden of proof psychologically goes out the window for the jurors. and the only thing they think about is should they believe the defendant? >> reporter: in the defense asked for a mistrial with prejudice based on the prosecution's questioning. the judge is still considering that, but if he agrees, this trial would be over and rittenhouse could not be charged again.

norah. >> o'donnell: nancy chen, thank you. well, todayny man was sentenced to the longest prison term yet for his role in the january 6 assault on the capitol. cbs' nikole killion tells us about the gym owner whose brother was reportedly a secret service agent for michelle obama. >> reporter: this is the punch that landed 44-year-old scott fairlamb behind bars. the ex-m.m.a. fighter pleaded guilty this year to assaulting a police officer during the capitol riot, one of nearly a dozen attacks on law enforcement january 6. today, fairlamb was sentenced to nearly three and a half years in prison, tearfully telling a judge, "have mercy on me," while his attorney argued he no longer holds the same beliefs that inspired him to take part in the riot. >> he does not think that the election was stolen, and he has a different ideology. >> reporter: it's the stiffest penalty imposed since the attack, but prosecutors want even more jail time for the qanon shaman, pressing for at

least a four-year sentence for jacob chansley, dubbed the flag bearer of the mob. former president trump contends the insurrection was just a protest. he's appealing a federal ruling that would allow the national archives to release more than 700 pages worth of his personal records to the house select committee, including white house call logs, videos, schedules, and handwritten notes from january 6. judge tanya chutkin rejected the former president's executive privilege argument and bluntly stated, "properties are not kings and plaintiff is not president." >> if you take your issue to court and lose, then you need to-- to man up and deal with it and not be a spoiled brat. >> reporter: the committee says it urgently needs these documents, calling the potential harm to the public immense. a spokesperson for the former president says he intends to see this process through, which could potentially go all the way up to the supreme court. norah. >> o'donnell: nikole killion,

thank you. tonight, houston's police chief isn't ruling out criminal charges after that deadly concert over the weekend and investigators are demanding key security information from concert organizers, which they have yet to turn over. we get more now from cbs' lilia luciano. ( screaming ) >> reporter: a grieving community is demanding answers on how things went so horribly wrong and why so many warning signs were missed, ending in in theasty least eight deaths and hundreds injured. late today, houston police chief troy finner responded, his first press conference in nearly four days. >> we're going to hold people accountable opinion we owe it to the city. we owe it to our nation. and we need to learn lessons from this. >> reporter: chief finner met with travis scott just before friday night's concert, expressing concerns about crowd control and scott's social media messages. >> i had no reason to believe that it wasn't going to be safe, but i-- i'm the kind of chief they meet with people. i told you, i met him twice.

>> reporter: but was the second time afterwards or-- >> no. >> reporter: have you spoken to him since? >> before the concert. >> reporter: over the years, scott celebrated chaos and encouraged rage. one instagram post, still active, suppresses love for a fan whose face is covered in blood. while scott briefly halted the show... >> somebody passed out right here. >> reporter: health insurancely played on, even after authorities declared a mass casualty event. >> it has to be a group. the ultimate authority to end the show is with production and the entertainer, okay. >> reporter: the chief also said that it was the role of live nation to secure two large mosh pitses that were packed full with fans directly in front of the stage, and he added later, as soon as c.p.r. started being administered there, that police did tell those in charge of the event to shut it down. norah. >> o'donnell: lilia luciano, thank you. well, tonight, we're learning a lot more about the sexual

misconduct investigation into former new york governor andrew cuomo. new york's attorney general released hundreds of pages of transcripts of cuomo getting grilled about those accusations. cuomo stepped down in august after the investigation found that he sexually harassed at least 11 women. we get more now from cbs' jericka duncan. >> reporter: throughout the 11-hour deposition, former new york governor andrew cuomo was often combative with investigators and repeatedly denied inappropriate behavior. the 515-page transcript was released by the state's attorney general letitia james. he launched an investigation that found cuomo groped, kissed, and made sexually suggestive comments to 11 women. former cuomo aide, brittany commisso, who claims cuomo groped her in the executive mansion, sat down with me for an executive interview in august. >> he put his hand up my blouse and cupped my breast over my bra. >> reporter: but cuomo told investigators that never

happened, saying, "it would be an act of insanity to touch a woman's breast and make myself vulnerable to a woman for such an accusation." >> i cannot go into any detail. >> reporter: the incident prompted a separate investigation by the albany county sheriff's office, which filed a criminal complaint against cuomo last month of forceable touching. the district attorney is now investigating. >> let me be clear-- that never happened. >> reporter: when asked if he's ever kissed any staff members on the lips, cuomo replied, "i kiss on the cheek. there may be an occasion where a staff member kissed me on the lims, but i kiss on the cheek as a rule. another alleged incident involvans unnamed female state trooper on cuomo's security detail, who claims she was harassed and inappropriately touched. she told investigators, "i felt like completely violated because, to me, like, that's between my chest and my privates." cuomo's attorney criticized the state a.g., saying she wants to

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parties have been sworn in. you may be seated. ladies, have a seat, please. >> judge judy: ms. danielson, how do you know ms. kolosky? >> um, my best girlfriend, her mother, and i have known each other for 43 years. >> judge judy: and what kind of work do you do for a living? >> i'm a stay-at-home mother. >> judge judy: how do you support yourself? >> my significant other, he pays all the bills. he has a good job, but he's always gone, so it's better for me to stay home. >> judge judy: what do you know about being a mechanic? >> um, i've always worked with cars. i'm more of a tomboy. and so, with my father and friends and family, i always try to work on cars, and it just became a love of mine. >> judge judy: okay. so, ms. danielson, you bought a used car, a 20-year-old car. you bought it off a lot. according to your complaint, you spent $2,200 on the car. >> correct. >> judge judy: you did that in may of this year, and shortly thereafter, the car overheated and was no longer drivable, according to you. so, according to your complaint, you gave the car to ms. kolosky when the car stopped running. she was supposed to fix the car, and you promised to pay her for parts and labor. on what date did you have the car towed to her house?