worth of his holdings, something with major implications for his taxes and the future of his company. but facedith those questions, he s decided not to talk. in a statement, trump said, quote, i once asked if you re nocent why are you taking the fifth amendment. now inow the answer to that estion. when your faly, your company and a the people in your orbit ve bece the targets of an a defense of donald trump by undermining the government using unsubstantiated allegations. trump s own lawyers were doing that just yesterday suggesting that fbi agents searching trump s home were breaking the law. this is a joke. i m concerned that they may have planted something. at this point, who knows? i don t trust the government and that s a very frightening thing as an american. i don t think they would go to the extent of trying to plant information, i think they just make stuff up and come up with whatever they want. that s the way they will have to proceed. they don t have anything.
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
fights criminal contempt charges. and summer sand and shark infested waters. enhanced technology is on the hunt where sharks have been on the attack. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with breaking news in our politics lead. president biden s approval rating hitting a new low in cnn polling. take a look. only 38% of people approve of the way joe biden is handling his job as president. 62% disapprove. this dismal number comes as president biden returns from his middle east trip. the white house touting the trip a success, saying the president renewed support for the region and set expectations that gas prices could steady in the coming weeks. but those successes in some quarters being overshadowed by this moment, biden fist bumping saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman, who the u.s. says is to blame for the slaughter of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi in 2018. biden trying to brush it off from reporters upon his return to the white house.
it is classified material. it was an unprecedented action that needs to be supported by unprecedented justification. the justice department needs to release the information about the steps they did take to try to cooperate with the former president. harris: we re also learning from our sources the d.o.j. does not want a review of the raid. that s almost laughable. the former commander-in-chief calls them corrupt and says the raid is all part of their played out attempts to undermine him. the white house is, of course, denying any political motivations. this is about the american people and doing what is right for the american people. the department of justice, when it comes to law enforcement, is independent and this is what we believe and what the president has said. this is not about politicizing anything. harris: the former president himself was talking with fox this morning and said he is willing to do whatever possible to help the nation after the raid saying t
laptop cover-up and impeachment over ukraine. michigan governor gretchen whitmer s supposed kidnapping plan, benghazi, the irs and more. how long has the doj been playing politics? remember this? at one point, the attorney general had directed me not to call it an investigation, but instead the call it a matter which confused me and concerned me. maria: coming up, former intel committee chairman and truth social ceo devin nuñes with federal prosecutor kash patel on who s ordering the hit, and what s really going on at doj and fbi. then former attorney general and federal judge himself michael mukasey with reaction to merrick garland s press conference and the two tiers of justice this america today. plus, more misinformation from the corner office. we received news that our economy had 0% inflation in the month of july. 0%. here s what that means: while the price of some things went up last month, the price of others went down by the same amount. the result, zero inflati