good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, august 1st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we begin with the situation in ukraine. in a significant breakthrough this morning, a ship carrying ukrainian grain set off from the port of odesa to for the first time since the war started back in february. ukraine s minister of infrastructure tweeted this video of the vessel which is carrying more than 26,000 tons of corn and is on its way to lebanon. the ship is expected to reach istanbul on tuesday where it will be inspected before being allowed to proceed. the move is part of an internationally brokered deal between kyiv and moscow, to release millions of tons of grain to foreign markets, and ease a growing food crisis. ukrainian officials say 16 more ships are waiting to depart odesa s port as part of that deal. meanwhile, russia advances have slowed, almost to a standstill, as newly-delivered western weapons are helping ukrainian forces re-claim
and both investigations have expanded to former members of the trump administration. former acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, and ex treasury secretary steve mnuchin both testified before the january six committee this week. any day now, the committee could hear from former secretary of state mike pompeo. meanwhile, mike pence s former top aides, marc short and greg jacobs, testified before the federal grand jury convened by attorney general merrick garland, making them some of the highest profile witnesses to testify. they are questioning at those proceedings contributed to the news first reported by the washington post, that the doj is formally investigating trump s actions leading up to january 6th. possibly a step closer to a criminal probe of trump himself. more and more former trump officials have come forward since the january six committee s public hearings started last month, and congressman jamie raskin, who is a lead manager and trump s second impeachment trial
about strategy and what it means for the rest of the president s agenda. then. the united states will not be provoked by. tension over taiwan, taught china cutting military and the u.s. over nancy pelosi s visit. in holding military drills off the coast. we will discuss with the crisis that leads to white house on china and former un ambassador nikki haley u.s. and its allies should respond only on fox news sunday. and, a major wind for abortion rights in deep red at kansas. will ask our sunday panel how republicans need to address their messaging before midterms. plus. oxon is on road to midterms in wyoming. congresswoman liz cheney and her trumpet endorsed rival are connecting with voters and one of the most-watched primaries of the year. all right now on fox news sunday. logan from fox news in washington. you are looking live for democrats about working through the night to drive their election-year economic package for the final passage been ordered to do so taking a
muslims? reinforcements for albuquerque police following the killings of four muslim men. plus, with kids returning to school, america s teacher shortage hits crisis levels. and later, weekend journal. a field of dreams for every child. i m scott macfarlane in new york, pennsylvania. the second half of the baseball season, we found some new players who say their first experience is absolutely life-changing. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news. good evening, everyone. jericka is off. i m mark strassmann. tonight, president biden has the milestone legislative victory he desperately wanted and needed heading into november s midterms. and naturally, it didn t come easy. first, polarized senators pulled an all-nighter. they started debating saturday and kept arguing before finally voting. then late today, with vice president kamala harris casting the tiebreaker, democrats passed the president s economic agenda that had been left for dead. it s a mix of climate ch
over to investigators. good morning. it is sunday, august 7th. thanks for waking up with us. the alarm went off this morning, i was a little bit in pain and i thought at least i m not a capitol hill reporter right now. i was in pain this morning as well and i was excited to come in because i m glad to be anchoring with a capitol hill insider, or what do you call yourself, a procedural nerd? i called you last night to get some study points. a technical term. and that s exactly where we re going to start. up first, senate democrats pulling that all nighter as they move toward final passage of the sweeping climate and healthcare bill. right now senators are nearing their seventh straight hour of considering amendments in a so-called vote-a-rama. we didn t make that term up. that s what it is called in the senate. that marathon process began when the senate voted to advance the bill with vice president kamala harris breaking the tie. on this vote, the ayes are 50, the nay