final hurdle in the house before heading to the president s desk. in moments i ll talk with democratic congressman krishnamoorthi about that. and a firestorm with the visit to taiwan. right now president biden is in the air expected to land in kentucky this hour. the president and first lady meeting with the governor and family impacted by deadly flooding there. i ll speak with a kentucky school superintendent there. a summer comes to a close. any moment sentencing for the ahmoud arbery. after a long, hot summer of low polling, bruising political defeats and concern of red wave a victory has many democrats feeling some wind at the backs. on sunday the senate passed the sprawling $430 billion inflation reduction act on a 50-50 party line vote after 22-hour work day. vice president harris breaking the tie in the end sending the bill to the house. set to return friday to give the bill final approval. it represents a critical piece of president biden s agenda touching on tax la
The us have questioned kazakhstan s decision to seek russian military support to deal with a wave of violent unrest. russia says its deployment of troops is temporary. dozens of people have been killed during nationwide protests triggered by a rise in fuel prices. in the us, three white men who were convicted of chasing and then murdering ahmaud arbery, a black man, in the state of georgia have been sentenced to life in prison. the case became a focus of protests by the black lives matter movement. one of the best known black hollywood actors of the past century, sidney poitier, has died. he was 94. mr poitier was the first black man to be awarded best actor at the academy awards in 1964 and paved the way for a new generation of stars.
Did. i thank the jurors. i give all glory to god. thank you, all. thank you, mr. arbery . good morning. my name is jasmine arbery. ahmaud is my brother, and i would like to tell you a little about him. ahmaud had dark skin, that glistened in the sunlight like gold. he had had thick curly hair and he would often like to twist it.
Have the opportunity to present their cases individually, after the state, is to try and argue for that opportunity to seek parole. now, we spoke with ahmaud arbery s mother beforehand and she said it has been very difficult. she lost her child, listening to excruciating detail his last moments. he was not just a black man jogging through a mostly white neighborhood who was chased by a truck of men and then shot at close range. he was her 25-year-old son. this is what his father said beforehand before how he feels. man, his mama he s 25 years old. my baby boy, her baby boy, that hurt me so bad, see him laying there dead. my boy got killed in a car wreck or something like that, or sick, i would accept that. but a 12 gauge shotgun, and you
Ahmaud arbery case. it garnered national attention after video surfaced of the men chasing and shooting the 25-year-old black man in a georgia rez decialg neighborhood nearly two years ago. the father and son, greg and travis mcmichael, were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. their neighbor, william bryan, who filmed the pursuit, received life with the possibility of parole. bryan will first have to serve at least 30 years in prison before he s eligible. well, during the sentencing hearing, aubrey s sister recalled her brother s humor, describing him as a positive thinker with a big personality. cbs mark strassmann is outside the courthouse in brunswick, georgia for us. good evening, mark. reporter: good evening, norah. outside this courthouse, several dozen people listening by speaker cheered when the judge announced the sentence. nearly two years after ahmaud arbery was killed, his family sees justice in a case that almost never came to trial. we are all accoun