sanders said the bill does not go far enough, what does that mean? he represents the further left of the democratic party and wrangling all 50 of the democratic senators has been no small fete, getting senator manchin and kyrsten sinema on board. ultimately we believe this bill will move forward, the question is when. this is a very, very lengthy, complex, tedious process they re using, a specific budget process they re using to get it through. let me tell you about what s in the bill, a lot of climate provisions, about $369 billion in climate provisions, the biggest investment out of the senate ever. hoping to reduce carbon emissions by 40% by 2030. also some tax incentives in there to push renewables. there s also some health care components in theory that would allow medicare to negotiate the price of some drugs, about 10 drugs by the year of 2026 and extending beyond that, the first time medicare would be able to do that. democrats wanted it to be bigger but this was ab
a i m aishah hasnie. alex alexandria hoff from washington. the chinese foreign ministry has imposed unspecified sanctions on speaker pelosi and her family. while in tokyo yesterday, the speaker says that china s action are part of an effort to isolate taiwan and she said her trip did not change to the statues quo. and calling the exercise in the taiwan straits a grave problem and several missiles landed in japan s exclusion zone. here is antony blinken. since china has launched a dozen ballistic missiles, we ve been hearing from partners and allies across the region who are increasingly concerned about the destabilizing actions. the white house believes that china is using speaker pelosi s visit as a reason to escalate tension. there s no reason for china to escalate the way they have. there s no reason. the policy has not changed. we re in line with the one china policy. the speaker had every right to take that trip. white house officials believe that senior level
the white house warns it s provocative and irresponsible. our interview with taiwan s top representative to the u.s. are you ready for what may be coming? plus, russia finally says it s ready to talk about a prisoner swap. and basketball star brittney griner. the c.d.c. s new covid recommendations. the nation s top public health agency agency is expected to ease guidelines, just as students return to schools. and on the road : how one woman s passion for grammar is taking her across the country. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. brennan: good evening, to our viewers in the west, thank you for joining us. i m margaret brennan, in for norah. tonight, america s economy has recovered from the pandemic. the labor market has regained of tens of millions of jobs lost when covid first hit u.s. shores. a stunningly strong jobs report shows a hiring surge in july. employers added 528,000 jobs last month, the biggest
this week, may just go down as one of the best weeks of joe biden s presidency to date. let s start with the economy, today, we got a truly stunning jobs report for july, u.s. employers added 528,000 jobs, more than doubling projections. and the unemployment rate, it fell to 3.5%. the last time the unemployment rate was that low was in 1969. 53 whole years ago. the economy is now recovered all of the nearly 22 million jobs lost since the start of the covid pandemic. president joe biden and his signature aviator sunglasses took a much deserved victory lap earlier today. we re almost had 10 million jobs. almost a 10 million jobs since i took office. that s the fastest job growth in history. today, there are more people working in america than before the pandemic began. in fact, there are more people working in america at any point in american history. in a relief for drivers all across america, gas prices have dropped nearly $1 from highs in june. highs that were driven in
all of the nearly 22 million jobs lost since the start of the covid pandemic. president joe biden and his signature aviator sunglasses took a much deserved victory lap earlier today. we re almost had 10 million jobs. almost a 10 million jobs since i took office. that s the fastest job growth in history. today, there are more people working in america than before the pandemic began. in fact, there are more people working in america at any point in american history. in a relief for drivers all across america, gas prices have dropped nearly $1 from highs in june. highs that were driven in large part by supply shock after vladimir putin started a war with ukraine. the average price of gas is now $4. and in many places, including in many red states, gas prices are well below $4 a gallon. president biden highlighted the seven-week decline in gas prices in his speech today. gas prices are coming down. down almost $1 a gallon from where they were just a month ago. and we are ma