dozens of people still unaccounted for this hour. our mola lenghi is in the flood zone, and rob marciano times out the rain and the new heat wave threatening the east coast. the growing monkeypox outbreak. new york city joins san francisco in declaring a state of emergency. the city s health commissioner calls new york the epicenter of the virus as the city awaits more vaccine doses. the war in ukraine. one of the country s richest men, a top grain tycoon, killed in a russian strike as dozens of ships remain docked at the country s ports, those vessels packed with agricultural products. and vladimir putin s new warning to the west. the nation mourns the loss of two trailblazers tonight, nba bill russell, a pioneer on and off the court, a hall of famer with 11 nba championships, two as the league s first black coach. after growing up in the segregated south, russell marched for civil rights and paved the way for generations of nba players who followed. and we mark the
pope francis slowing down? what he said after a pilgrimage of penance to canada. i m chris livesay in rome. pope francis apologized for what he called cultural genocide. mega-winner. mega ball number. a single ticket beat the odds. later, seeing is believing. we take you to a place where all children see themselves as heroes. we get a lot of gasps from children. really? we ve had parents and adults cry. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. a covid rebound for president biden. he s tested positive again. a phenomenon that happens in some cases after people take paxlovid. that s the antiviral therapy from pfizer taken as a pill. in a video released today, the president says he s feeling fine. but he is again isolating at the white house and canceled his weekend travel plans. cbs christina ruffini is at the white house tonight with more. christina, we know the president tested negative just yesterday. what s t
passed an historic bill to ban assault weapons. we will get reaction from oversight committee chairman carolyn maloney. and then the end of roe v. wade can overwhelm those struggling foster care system in america. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. the january six committee might be on a hearing hiatus, but the justice department investigation into the attack on the capital appears to be finally kicking into overdrive. this week, reporting from the washington post later confirmed by nbc news, signaled a new focus in the department of justice criminal probe. donald trump, himself. prosecutors have asked hours of detailed questions about meetings that trump held in the run up to january six. in recent days, two former top aides to mike pence, his chief of staff mark short and lawyer greg jacob, have been called before a federal grand jury. witnesses have reportedly been asked about conversations with trump, his lawyers and other members of his inner circle. they post al
to ukraine, including a fresh new infusion of eight hundred i and twenty million dollars just this week, bringing the totalof commitment. are you guys ready toe fifty four billion dollarsyo, which is about a third ofis ukraine s entire gdp. but according to one biden adviser, we all must sacrifice so that the liberal world order is upheld. watch this .e the military analyst, the director of nationalal intelligence, they say that this could be a long war measured s in years. and ian think everybody understands why this is happening. but is it sustainable? what do you say to those families who say, listen, we can tto afford to pay forla eighty five a gallon for months, if not years? s this is just not sustainable. for which heard from the president today was a clear articulation of the stakes. this is about the future of the liberal world order and we . so just how long will you be expected to suffer in silence for the liberal world order? well, according to joe biden,
just it s a tense moment. we re on the outside of the main protest here. as you can see, there is a small group of people protesting who are in support of the supreme court decision. and what we re seeing is really a conversation, passionate conversations taking place. both sides arguing, and, in fact, there was a larger group out here getting in an argument a few minutes ago at one point someone swiped a megaphone from the other crowd and they were given a verbal warning from the d.c. metropolitan police who moved in some other police forces just to protect this area over here, but i want to give you a sense of the broader flavor certainly as these sorts of conversations are playing out not only here but deeper into this crowd. this is a crowd of a couple 100 strong. we do see some counter protesters, some protesters who are out here kneeling and praying over here. and certainly some other protesters talking to them, i think overall things have been respectful here. i did