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
a surprise visit and a major show of support. secretary of state tony blinken on the ground in ukraine and meeting with president zelenskyy. blinken s message for ukraine and also for americans back home. we are burning up. this summer we re experiencing the hottest temperatures ever recorded in human history. is this the new normal? i m sara sidner with the masterful kate bolduan and john berman. this is cnn news central. later today a historic first in the various criminal cases against donald trump. cameras will be on in the courtroom. so we can all see the proceedings inside and that means voters can see. this will be in georgia where a judge will hear arguments about whether a trial should start as soon as next month, october 23rd, and whether trump s case should be severed from some or all of his 18 co-defendants. that s what trump wants, along with a much later trial as speculation swirls over whether any of his co-defendants might turn on him. with us now cnn
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