muslims? reinforcements for albuquerque police following the killings of four muslim men. plus, with kids returning to school, america s teacher shortage hits crisis levels. and later, weekend journal. a field of dreams for every child. i m scott macfarlane in new york, pennsylvania. the second half of the baseball season, we found some new players who say their first experience is absolutely life-changing. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news. good evening, everyone. jericka is off. i m mark strassmann. tonight, president biden has the milestone legislative victory he desperately wanted and needed heading into november s midterms. and naturally, it didn t come easy. first, polarized senators pulled an all-nighter. they started debating saturday and kept arguing before finally voting. then late today, with vice president kamala harris casting the tiebreaker, democrats passed the president s economic agenda that had been left for dead. it s a mix of climate ch
that, who doesn t live in community with someone like that, and has a perception of who we are based on falsehoods and lines. it is a win-win situation across the board when they get it right, as you pointed out. have a great rest of your evening, alicia. great to see you. same. tonight on the mehdi hasan show, a major, major victory tonight for the democrats and for our planet. the senate have passed inflation reduction act, capping of a historic week for the presidents joe biden, former white house chief of staff mick john podesta is here to explain what this all means. plus, disinformation wars. alex jones finally paid the price for his years of dangerous, toxic lies. but what about his gop enabling enablers? and covid, monkey pucks, and now polio? how these illnesses expose the fault lines and our unequal society? a powerful new book breaks it down. plus, my take on the latest violence in gaza. good evening. i am mehdi hasan. we begin tonight with brea
senate democrats have passed the inflation reduction act. they re major climate in health policy act on vice president kamala harris breaking the 50/50 tie. the yays are 50, the nays are 50. the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative, and the bill, as amended, is passed. the final version of the bill includes some huge wins for democrats, including investing nearly 400 billion dollars over ten years to attack climate change and to boost clean energy. it allows medicare to negotiate drug prices. raises taxes on some billion dollar corporations, and in a statement president biden said of the bill quote, it required many compromises. doing important things almost always does. well, let s talk about some of those compromises. senate republicans block democrats proposal to cap the price of insulin, to $35 a month on the private insurance market. in the final hours of the marathon vote-a-rama. kirsten sinema pushed for a change to the bills
party. i ll tell you what it says, election deniers and conspiracy theorists, it s clearly their party now. tonight rudy giuliani under oath in atlanta as his legal situation looks increasingly precarious. reportedly donald trump is having trouble finding top-notch legal assistance. governor desantis suspended him for speaking his mind about abortion. now warren is fighting back, filing a lawsuit against desantis. we begin the reid out with the downfall of liz cheney. she was defeated by her former ally and friend harriet hageman. wyoming has drawn a line in the sand that if we put you in power, you will be accountable to us, you will answer to us, and you will do what is in our best interests. if you don t, we will fire you. [ cheers and applause ] okay. so when liz cheney, the daughter of the two-term republican vice president dick cheney last run in 2020, she won by a resounding 73%. her loss yesterday was a stinging rebuke for cheney, whose family has deep r
we appreciate it. stick around. we ll talk to you again in a few minutes on morning joe. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now. to do something with 50 votes is rough. to do small things with 50 votes is rough. to pass such a major piece of legislation with only 50 votes, republican minority, a caucus running from bernie sanders to joe manchin, wow. senate majority leader chuck schumer after the senate passed a sweeping climate health care and tax bill, putting democrats on the verge of another major win ahead of the midterms. republicans also scored a win for big pharma. we ll explain. donald trump s republican party gathered in dallas for cpac this weekend, where the big lie was on full display. along with an incredibly ridiculous guest and this is not the one i m talking about. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 8th. with joe and me, we have corresponde