good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, there are tapes. cnn learning that some trump allies are urging him to publicly release surveillance footage of fbi agents searching his mar-a-lago home. we don t know what is on the tapes or not on the tapes. the footage has been held so close to the vest that a source close to the president tells cnn they re not sure if trump himself has even seen the whole thing. now, trump s son, eric, has been happy to talk about it, saying they re ready for the whole world to see the tapes. you still have the surveillance tape, is that correct? are you allowed to share that with the country? absolutely, sean, at the right time. absolutely, at the right time. well, the context here is we are awaiting a key decision on the mar-a-lago search. in just hours, the judge who approved the fbi search of mar-a-lago is holding a hearing, and the hearing is specifically on the merits of unsealing the affidavit. that was the affidavit that wa
and the important health care item that was blocked by republicans. plus, another loss for supporters of abortion rights. indiana becomes the first state to pass a near total ban on the procedure since the overturning of roe v. wade. and it was a big weekend for maga world in dallas. we ll have the recap of cpac just ahead. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, august 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. senate democrats have done it. after more than a year of negotiations and dead ends, democrats have passed a reconciliation package that includes a bulk of their priorities. the yeas are 50, the nays are 50, the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative and the bill as amended is passed. no republicans voted in favor of the final bill. it passed with a tie-breaking vote from vice president kamala harris. the bill went through some last-minute changes during an overnight vote-o-rama. that process al
sitting. so she was pretty lucky. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. lower prescription costs, an historic national fight against climate change. senate democrats pass a scaled back version of the landmark legislation they ve chased for more than a year. it tooks months of negotiations and an exhaustive all nighter of whirl wind votes to reach a 50-50 split along party lines. vice president kamala harris then cast the deciding vote. the yeaj are 50. the nays are 50. the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative and the bill as amended is passed. [ applause ] cnn s melanie skin oh na is on capitol hill. reporter: if there was going to be any hurdle, it was going to be house moderates in the democratic party. but we have actually already heard this evening from two key house democrats, mikie sherrill, and josh gottheimer, that they are indeed going to support this package even though it doesn t contain s
peltola. incredible, have a good night. thank you all for joining us this hour. do you remember this issue of time magazine? it says it is from march of 2009. it has donald trump on the cover, underneath the caption, trump is hitting on all fronts. even tv. there is another capture below the headline. the apprentice is a television smersh. that magazine cover reportedly hung on the wall and at least five of donald trump s golf clubs at the beginning of his presidency. there is just one problem. it was not real. as washington reporter uncovered in june of 2017, donald was not on the cover of time magazine in march of 2009, but he had been hanging fake magazine covers and golf clubs to make it look like he was. just to be clear here, trump wanted so badly to be on the cover of time magazine, that he invented a fake time cover all about himself and hung it up in public in multiple places, all over the country. that forgotten little detail from trump s presidency became relevant
but i m still not hearing from you what is it the a.t.f. can do to stop this epidemic of mass shootings. our cbs news investigation, the diduvalde gunman bragged to fris about getting an assault rifle after his 18th birthday. are gun manufacturers marketing militari grade weapons to at risk young men? american adversaries united vladimir putin meets with the iranian leader after iran promises drones to russia. plus, great news for those toys r us kids. and america s favorite past time, honoring a member of america s greatest generation. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this very warm tuesday night. tonight, the heat is on across much of the country, as the scorching hot summer imrips the nation grips the nations. brutal temperatures are felt from california to massachusetts. more than 120 million americans are under excessive heat warnings or advisories w