: President Biden has reportedly called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to reassure him that the United States and European allies have Ukraine’s back in the event of a Russian invasion. CNBC’s Steve Liesman reports on how Americans are feeling about the economy heading into the holiday season. CNBC’s Kate Rogers reports on efforts to unionize Starbucks stores in the Buffalo area. Paul Hertz, NASA’s director of astrophysics, discusses how NASA is about to launch a new spaceship called the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, which carries three telescopes and is designed to observe the polarization of x-rays from extreme objects in space. CNBC Contributor David Henderson discusses the guilty verdict in the case of Jussie Smollett, who was found to have staged a hate crime against himself. Plus, New Zealand has banned smoking for future generations and cannabis bars are popping up in cities all around the country.