speaker nancy pelosi gathered the vote on friday morning. on this vote, the yeas are 220. the nays are 213. the build back better bill has passed. this bill is monumental. it s historic and it s transformative. it s bigger than anything we ve ever done. bigger than anything we ve ever done, but there s still work to do. build back better is not headed for the president s desk quite yet. the senate gets to weigh in first and one senator in particular remains an enigma, shall we say. there are still doubts whether or not joe manchin of west virginia is on the same page as everyone else or what other changes he might demand. with a 50/50 split democrats need every vote to push the bill through in the final months of the year. the house censured paul gosar. the lone republican votes in favor of the censure were representatives liz cheney and adam kin zinger, the two republican senators of the committee. i am joined by don bacon of nebraska. two weeks ago congressman bacon w
the first beginning sunday. chicago to detroit, new york to boston. and rob marciano timing this out. more than 23 hours of jury deliberations now in the kyle rittenhouse trial. and the judge tonight banning a news network from the building. oklahoma s governor commuting the death sentence of julius jones just hours before his scheduled execution. jones always maintaining his innocence. two of the men convicted of killing malcolm x exonerated here in new york city. the manhattan d.a. apologizing today and what he said. there s late word coming in at this hour from capitol hill, the big move on the second part of president biden s domestic agenda. the backlash tonight near buffalo, new york. the judge facing outrage after a young man pleads guilty to sexually assaulting four teenag. the judge sentencing him to probation, saying prison time would be inappropriate. tonight, alarm growing for the tennis star missing after her accusations of sexual assault. and now the
major developments in two trials that could shake this nation. the lead starts right now. the man who shot unarmed black jogger ahmaud arbery on the defensive as prosecutors try to punch holes in his story. the stunning step by step account of the final moments of arbery s life. a critical day for the president s $1.7 trillion spending plan as we find out whether it will pay for itself like the white house claims. she was thrown in prison for reporting on the early days of covid in china. the new push to free her as her health now fails. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we begin with our national lead. a pair of emotionally charged trials are attracting nationwide attention. in just a moment we ll get to the latest developments as a jury deliberates the fate of kyle rittenhouse, a teenager facing homicide charges in the killings of two men during last year s black lives matter demonstrations in kenosha, wisconsin. let s start in georgia where th
and the house is closing in on a long awaited vote on president biden s nearly $2 trillion social spending bill. the vote could happen as soon as tonight as lawmakers get a new assessment of the price tag and the senate braces for a showdown. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to two of the most closely watched trials in the united states right now. cnn s omar jimenez is covering the kyle rittenhouse case but we ll begin with breaking news. our national correspondent ryan young is in brunswick, georgia. major, new developments tonight. update our viewers. reporter: absolutely, wolf. major news in this case. travis mcmichael the man at the center of the case was on stand again the prosecution going piece by piece through his testimony sort of ripping parts of it apart. one thing they got him to say is he never said this was a citizens arrest. then the defense re
. on capitol hill the house will talk about the spending bill today. in one corner of the room. then you have the senate beginning this confirmation hearing for this very controversial nominee for the treasury department. she has called in her prior work for the quote end to banking as we know it. bill: watching these major developments the trial in southeastern georgia. prosecutors will cross-examine the man who pulled the trigger he says in self-defense and the kyle rittenhouse trial where the jury starts day three of deliberations. we reviewed a drone video at the center of the mistrial request by the defense. outside the courthouse you have this going on. [people shouting] tensions brewing out there. protests turned violent yesterday. there were a couple of arrests made at the scene outside the courthouse. all of this as everyone is on pins and needles. bill: alexis is outside the courthouse in kenosha. what is expected first off? good morning. big day here ag