children at a day care in illinois. the latest to be potentially exposed. we will get answers from dr. david agus. truth or consequences. a jury tells alex jones there is a price to pay for his sandy hook lies. and later, wrestling with diversity. a chicago program beating the streets by creating champions on the mat. i m making a difference because i made some impact on them. that makes it worth it. this is the cbs weekend news. good evening. adriana diaz is off. i m mark strassmann. tonight in washington the senate s working in a rare weekend session and has started to vote on a sfraulg climate and health care bill. it s a scaled down version of the democrat s build back better bill. passing it would continue a week of wins president biden has desperately needed. red hot jobs numbers, cooling grand prixs, kansas voting down abortion rights restrictions. natalie brand at the white house where there is also good news about the president s health. reporter: mark,
Chris Jones is coming off the top year in his stellar career. He has earned another extension from the Kansas City Chiefs. Without him, there is no Super Bowl trip or win. He is worth a top-of-market deal. Is Chiefs owner Clark Hunt the real problem here?
massacre happened. 100% real. reporter: he also claimed what he said was protected free speech. what i did to the families was wrong, but i didn t do it on purpose. reporter: the sandy hook parents say for them his speech had extraordinarily painful consequences. years of harassment and death threats. i can t even describe last nine and a half years of living hell that i and others have had to endure. reporter: jones still faces two other defamation trials brought by sandy hook parents. a texas law could dramatically reduce the millions of dollars the jury awarded the little boy s fam family. jones filed for bankruptcy protection and his attorneys say the show will go on. alex jones will be on the air today. he ll be on the air tomorrow. he ll be on the air next week. reporter: and if you are wondering if this verdict would deter jones from promoting other false conspiracy theories, this
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Former Cop Accused in Killings Now Out of Jail. Bryan Riser, a former Dallas police officer arrested last month on capital murder charges stemming from two 2017 slayings, is a free man. A judge ruled Wednesday there wasn’t enough evidence to hold him after prosecutors who publicly disagreed with the lead detective investigating Riser admitted as much. “The department that I used to love…they disrespected me,” Riser said after his release. Police Chief Eddie Garcia told