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and scientists in china are tracking a new animal based virus that s infected at least several dozen people. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore and 7pm in the evening in washington, where the us attorney general, merrick garland, has defended thejustice department s decision to seek a search warrant for donald trump s residence at mar a lago earlier this week. mr garland said he had personally approved the move, noting that upholding the rule of law meant applying the law evenly without fear or favour. he said the department ofjustice would make the warrant public, because of the substantial public interest. let me address recent unfounded attacks on the professionalism of the fbi and justice department agents and prosecutors. i will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked. the men and women of the fbi and thejustice department are and the justice department are dedicated, patriotic public ser ....
questions about the six-game suspension issued to deshaun watson in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations. why it won t cost him most of his $230 million contract. welcome to the lead, i m pamela brown in for jake tapper on this monday. and we start with our world lead. and dramatic warnings from china after sources confirmed that house speaker nancy pelosi will visit taiwan during her trip to asia. it was not listed on her public itinerary when she landed in singapore this morning, but if she makes the trip she s the first house spike speaker into 25 years to visit taiwan. and this morning they warn against the egregious trip and an hour later they released this video claiming it will bury incoming enemies while showcasing weapons and fighting tactics. we should note the chinese military did not mention taiwan in that video. but u.s. officials say the pentagon is working around the clock monitoring any chinese movements in region and securing a plan to keep pel ....
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 clim ....
live from cnn center, this is havcnn news room with kim brunhuber. we re getting word of a new barrage of russian missile strikes in mykolaiv as the city is still reeling from similar strikes on friday. there are no reports of casualties. russia also fired five cruise missiles elsewhere in the south but three were shot down. russian missiles also set an industrial facility in kyiv on fire. and in the east ukraine says it is holding the line in the donetsk region and says eight settlements came under fire but russian troops didn t make any gains. t ukraine s artillery has been stepping up attacks behind the front lines s in recent weeks. president zelenskyy says his country is making progress and will keep up the momentum. translator: ukraine has withstood russia s brutal blows. we have already managed to liberate part oof the territory that was occupied after february 24th, we will gradually liberate other regions of our state that are currently under the occupati ....
and houston rushes out. the country that put the first man in space is quitting the international space station. the impact on future missions just ahead. but first, your money and cnn business reporter matt egan is here with us. today s consumer confidence report was the first major data point in this critical week for the u.s. economy. what did it show? simply put americans are not happy with this economy. consumer confidence dropping for a third month in a row in july. to put this into context, the lowest level for consumer confidence since february of 2021. not only is confidence well below the peak of last year, it s not even close to the pre-covid levels, closer to the covid lows, which is pretty amazing. this is a telling stat despite the very strong jobs market, just 17% of consumers said business conditions were good. 24% say conditions are bad. now this is a big deal because consumer spending is the biggest driver of the economy. if people slow their spend ....