The interest rate at which banks borrow has fallen, but that hasn’t curtailed the costs of using store-branded plastic Source

U.S. Customs and Border Protection found 14,806 pairs of shoes on a shipment arriving from China Source

Turkey launches airstrikes on Syria after Trump pulls back U.S. troops; Matt Lauer denies rape allegation by NBC News colleague Source

Turkey launches airstrikes in Northern Syria; Spielberg releases ‘Why We Hate’ series Source

CBS News’ original series “Eye on America” goes undercover looking into the black market vaping industry. Carter Evans reports. Source

Politico reporter Alex Isenstadt joins CBSN’s “Red and Blue” to discuss Vice President Mike Pence’s tour of congressional districts represented by vulnerable Democrats who’ve come out in support of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Source

In a speech to farmers in Iowa on Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence called on congressional Democrats to put aside their impeachment inquiry into President Trump and instead focus on passing the U.S. trade agreement with Mexico and Canada. When asked about his own communication with Ukraine, Pence said he never discussed the Bidens with President Volodymyr Zelensky. CBS News 2020 campaign reporter Musadiq Bidar joins CBSN for this edition of the Daily Trail Markers. Source

Alabama’s capital, a city once known as the cradle of the Confederacy and later the birthplace of the civil rights movement, elected its first African American mayor Tuesday. Probate Judge Steven Reed, 45, clasped the history-making victory to be elected the next mayor of Montgomery after defeating businessman David Woods by a decisive margin. Source

CBS News was first to learn the full contents of a memo written by the whistleblower at the heart of the House impeachment inquiry. It was based on a conversation with a White House official who listened to the July phone call between President Trump and Ukraine’s leader. Major Garrett reports. Source

On this Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, security is stepped up at synagogues here in New York City and around the world following a deadly attack in Germany. A heavily-armed gunman tried to shoot his way into a synagogue in the town of Halle. Roxana Saberi reports. Source