elections matter reporter: but the bipartisan spirit in the senate was gone by lunchtime. democrats taking their first procedural vote on a separate $3.5 trillion budget bill, packed with other priorities that they intend to pass in the face of united republican opposition. this budget resolution is a dream for those who want to socialize america. it s a nightmare for working people reporter: the infrastructure bill now moves to the house where speaker pelosi says she won t hold a vote on it until that larger bill passes the senate, too. something that may not happen for months. lester okay, garrett, thanks in afghanistan the taliban taking and threatening more government-held cities as the american pullout draws near while the u.s. continues to provide some air support, it expects afghan forces to take the lead kelly cobiella is there. reporter: tonight the afghan army is trying to hold back the taliban in the north s biggest city, mazar-e-sharif taliban fighters have take
today they re left with even less, waiting hours in line for food, fuel, and medicine this pharmacist s business was looted. he told me he lost everything and is not sure how he ll feed his family what s left? nothing nothing. all the stock, computers, gone. reporter: late tonight, the president called the violence a coordinated, deliberate attack intended to destabilize the country and vowed to bring those responsible to justice. lester kelly cobiella in johannesburg tonight, thank you. now to our series, red, white, and green. tonight marijuana arrests and the challenges that come in clearing criminal records, even in states where the drug is now legal meagan fitzgerald reports. reporter: one bad decision can change the course of your life it s easy to get in trouble. so hard to get out. reporter: that s what happened to lesean johnson in 2003 when he was convicted for possessing a pound of marijuana it was his only run-in
away this man describing his family s desperate escape from the rising water. it was a matter of two minutes. we made it out the window, he says. the massive flooding hit belgium and the netherlands as well as germany, where many areas received a month s worth of rain in just a few hours. there are so many people dead. reporter: one mayor tonight fearing the death toll will still rise so many families that have lost relatives and families that have lost everything reporter: rescue crews are stretched over hundreds of locations across western germany, racing to find those people unaccounted for before more rain comes. lester raf sanchez tonight, thank you and still overseas, the worst rioting and looting south africa has seen in decades hundreds of stores targeted nationwide. the president now calling in the military our kelly cobiella is there.
returned to los why. angeles, jet fuel kate tenderly cradles rained down on communities outside her baby bump. l.a.x. meghan can t keep her hands off her bump captured from multiple is it pride, vanity? fuel poured over four on kate s wedding day, local schools where 44 why you can always say children and adults it with flowers. and on meghan s, how complained of skin her flowers may have put princess irritation, suffering charlotte s life at risk from minor injuries. harry and meghan were clearly unhappy. the palace now giving we do have the smell of fuel in the air right here in to pressure and my head started working with the hurting first. but then my eye couple to write new itched. royal rules. reporter: the lester kelly cobiella in frightening moments london, thank you. unfolded this up next, last night s big victory afternoon. a pilot radioing the for lsu, and why it tower, forced to shut had such deeply down an engine, taking personal meaning off from l.a.x. at 11:19
in canada. most canadians are very supportive of having royalty here, but how that looks and what kind of costs is involved, there is still lots of discussions to have. reporter: harry and meghan also breaking up with the british press. headlines compiled by buzzfeed may explain why. kate tenderly cradles her baby bump. meghan can t keep her hands off her bump is it pride, vanity? on kate s wedding day, why you can always say it with flowers. and on meghan s, how her flowers may have put princess charlotte s life at risk harry and meghan were clearly unhappy. the palace now giving in to pressure and working with the couple to write new royal rules. lester kelly cobiella in london, thank you. up next, last night s big victory for lsu, and why it had such deeply personal meaning