weekend. also tonight, ukraine s president marks 500 days of war. while the u.s. is blased for sending a controversial weapon to use against russia. plus, the president says bidenomics is working. but is a hot jobs market cooling? former president trump returns to the campaign trail this weekend as florida governor ron desantis campaign appears to stall. in california, a follower of charles manson moves a step closer to freedom after more than half a century behind bars. multi-state manhunt. police search for a dangerous fugitive who escaped jail using bedsheets. and later, it s a jumbo hot dog on wheels with a new name. meet the college grads getting grilled on how to drive an american icon. what made you want to drive this across the country? adventure and the mission. it s a dream come true. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. extreme dangerous weather has struck all over the country this summer and
prosecutors probing witnesses about a heated oval office meeting just weeks after donald trump s loss, during which the former president considered desperate measures to stay in power. tonight, trump on the campaign trail. once geagain trying to spin his legal problems in his favor. he is going after the justice department and his main republican rival, governor ron desantis. president biden is speaking to cnn on his decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine. the president voicing his concerns with the controversial weapons but ultimately deciding they are crucial to kyiv s counteroffensive. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. first up tonight, cnn s exclusive new reporting on that chaotic oval office meeting now at the center of special counsel jack smith s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. our political correspondent sara murray is joining us. she
happening right now, the secretary of state, tony blinken, is on a mission, back in israel for the third time since the october 7th hamas terror attack. we re going to be hearing from tony blinken, we believe n a short time. tony blinken also spoke just a short time ago. listen to this. we stand strong for the proposition that israel has not only the right but the obligation to defend itself and to do everything possible to make sure that this october 7th can never happen again. how israel does this matters and it is very important that when it comes to the protection of civilians who are caught in the crossfire of hamas s making that everything be done to protect them and to bring assistance to those who so desperately need it. blinken saying standing next to the president of israel that how israel does this matters. that s part of the discussion today. this moment appears a critical one in the israel-hamas war. idf forces now say they have gaza city completely surrounde
weekend. also tonight, ukraine s president marks 500 days of war. while the u.s. is blased for sending a controversial weapon to use against russia. plus, the president says bidenomics is working. but is a hot jobs market cooling? former president trump returns to the campaign trail this weekend as florida governor ron desantis campaign appears to stall. in california, a follower of charles manson moves a step closer to freedom after more than half a century behind bars. multi-state manhunt. police search for a dangerous fugitive who escaped jail using bedsheets. and later, it s a jumbo hot dog on wheels with a new name. meet the college grads getting grilled on how to drive an american icon. what made you want to drive this across the country? adventure and the mission.
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