6:00. >> news update always tonight, vote-o-rama drama. >> and the bill as amended is passed. [ cheers and applause ] >> senate democrats finally approve president biden's long-stalled economic agenda after a marathon debate weekend. >> this is a major win for the american people. >> and staunch republican opposition. >> this bill has nothing to do with what real people in the real world are worried about every single day. overseas, china's war games off taiwan spark new worry. in ukraine, four ships carrying needed grain safely set sail to feed the world's hungry. >> i'm charlie d'agata in odesa, ukraine. as more cargo ships leave these ports, we're showing a fraction of the 20 million tons of grain still waiting to be shipped out. also tonight, targeting

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 change spending, lowered health-care costs, and raised corporate taxes. also today, the president left the white house for the first time in more than two weeks since he first tested positive for covid. he'll head tomorrow to tour kentucky's flood damage and said today he's feeling great. cbs' natalie brand is on capitol hill for us. natalie? >> reporter: mark, the president acknowledged that this bill required compromises, but it includes some of his top policy goals. legislation now heads to the u.s. house for a vote there expected later this week. >> it's a great win. >> reporter: after a marathon weekend session that started more than 24 hours ago and ended in a major legislative win for democrats -- >> the vice president votes in the affirmative. >> reporter: vice president kamala harris delivered the

tie-breaking vote to pass the climate, health care and tax bill known as the inflation reduction act through evenly divided senate. >> i think it was a historic vote. >> it's an inflation increase act. >> reporter: but the final vote didn't come before 11th hour negotiations over a key tax provision in the legislation, a 15% minimum tax on large companies. >> and i encourage my colleagues to support this amendment and help ensure that our nation's small and medium-sized businesses aren't hit with a misguided and entirely inappropriate $35 billion tax hike. >> reporter: arizona senator kyrsten sinema once again forced a deal with senate democrats to move forward. the last-minute drama followed a vote-o-rama on dozen of other amendments. do you think there are going to be any changes in the house? >> no, i expect it to have smooth sailing. >> reporter: senate democrats say the legislation, which represents an historic investment in climate, will lower energy costs, providing tax credits to those who guy buy green and manufacturers who

build it. they also argue it will reduce health-care costs, especially for seniors and allow medicare to negotiate down high-priced prescription drugs. since this could take a while to implement, when will people see and feel the impacts? >> some of the things they'll find quite quickly, and some of the things will take a longer time. >> natalie, as democrats celebrate, there's trouble on another front following speaker pelosi's visit to taiwan. china's furious and four days has been carrying out war games immediately off the island's coast, dozens of warships and planes. so, is the biden administration worried about how far beijing will go? >> reporter: well, mark, the administration has said it expected china to take actions like this, but also notes they raise the risk of miscalculation. the white house says the u.s. does not want a crisis, but is also prepared for what beijing chooses to do. >> natalie brand, thank you.

today, the president also responded to the murders of four men in albuquerque, new mexico, all of them muslims, all of them ambushed according to police. in a tweet, mr. biden wrote he is angered and saddened by the horrific killings. cbs' lilia luciano is monitoring developments. lilia? >> reporter: mark, the governor of new mexico is calling them targeted killings and is sending more state law enforcement to albuquerque. but until the killer or killers are caught, the local albuquerque muslim community continues staying in fear. local, state, and federal police are stepping up efforts after friday's shooting of naeem hussain, the thirst muslim man murdered in albuquerque in less than two weeks. ahmad assed runs the islamic center of new mexico which all three victims attended. >> just an emotional roller coaster in trying to make sense of these horrific and heinous crimes. >> reporter: 41-year-old aftab hussein was killed on july 26th. and 27-year-old muhammad afzaal

hussain on august 1st. >> my brother will not come back, but i want someone else's brother, someone else's sister, someone else's dad or mother should not be victim of those people. >> reporter: police say the killer or killers may also be responsible for a fourth victim, 62-year-old mohammed zahir ahmadi slain last november. how are people reacting? >> panicked. we've certainly taking precautions, things like the buddy system. don't travel at night if you don't have to. don't even come to the mosque for prayer if you feel like you can't do that safely. >> reporter: i'm sure that impacts far beyond the sense of security. also people's livelihoods. >> and that's exactly what's happening here. i mean, it is hitting businesses. it's hitting schooling. we live in times where uncertainty rules the day. >> reporter: mr. assed says he is confident the killer or killers will be caught and that his community is thankful for the outpouring of support. mark?

>> lilia luciano, thanks. follow today in indiana, following the state's passage of a wide ranging abortion bin, pharmaceutical giant eli lilly, one of indiana's largest employers, complained the new law could make it difficult to recruit new talent. the drugmaker said the restriction could force the company to grow future development outside the state. with millions of kids getting ready to go back to school, america's teacher shortage has hit crisis levels as school officials everywhere are scrambling. cbs' elise preston is in new york now with details. elise? >> reporter: mark, here in new york, the state changed some of its teacher certification requirements this year. supporters hope the move will help ease the shortage. it's a crisis playing out across the country. monday is the first day of school in quinlan, texas, where the district resorted to some creative incentives to recruit teachers. >> we get to wear jeans and t-shirts every day, which as a science teacher, i love. >> reporter: that new dress

code, plus a four-day week, and the announcement of a $1,000 bonus just for showing up. kansas could have its worst teacher shortage ever. still missing 1,400. and florida has about 8,000 openings. in san francisco -- >> we want you now. we need you now. >> reporter: the school district is using emergency permits to waive the usual credentials. >> it's actually possible for somebody who doesn't have a teaching credential but has an interest in being an educator riht now to come and try it out. >> reporter: teachers blame low pay, pandemic stress, and politics for driving them away. and the problem could get worse. a poll of the american federation of teachers found 40% of its members may leave the job in the next two years. three-quarters say they will not recommend their profession to others. >> you're calling this a crisis. >> yes, it is a crisis. >> reporter: randy weingarten is aft president. >> we need to actually make the conditions better so that the teachers we have right now will stay.

we really need them. and that new people want to come into teaching. >> reporter: experts point out some classrooms are feeling the burden even more. bilingual students and children with special needs have been facing shortages for years. teachers say that it is tougher to staff those programs. mark? >> elise preston, thanks. today, roughly 200 haitian migrants are in custody after their packed boat ran aground off the florida keys. more than 100 others jumped into the water and made it to shore. they're being held in a border patrol detention center. those who stayed on the boat likely will be returned to haiti. to the middle east now, where tonight there is talk of a truce in gaza. this was the third day of the deadly cross-border conflict, and fears of rocket attacks sent people running for cover in tel aviv. palestinians say more than 40 have been killed, including several children.

with russian forces bogged down in ukraine, president vladimir putin has fired another three generals, including his top commander there, according to british defense officials. also today, four more ships loaded with grain left ukrainian ports. it's part of a humanitarian deal struck with moscow to ease a looming global food crisis. from the black seaport city of odesa, here is charlie d'agata. >> reporter: the 60,000 or so tons of grain that have already set sail this week, a tiny fraction of what needs to be shifted. 20 million tons are in silos at port, trapped by russia's suffocating blockade. countless more tons of wheat, corn, barley, rapeseed stuck at farms like this one north of odesa. this is all last year's harvest. yuri is a third-generation farmer. he says it's degrading by the day and should have been shipped out in the spring.

a thousand tons here, and he's got four more warehouses full of it. do you still hope that you'll be able to export all of this grain? we have a saying that hope dies last, he says. yes, we still hope to export it. it's already no longer fit for human consumption, literally chicken feed. this just one warehouse in one village in the south of ukraine. but this grain is part of a worldwide food crisis triggered by the russian invasion here. ukraine and russia together account for more than 40% of africa's wheat, according to the african development bank. but the war has already led to a shortage of 30 million tons of food in africa, sending food prices soaring around the globe. president zelenskyy has welcomed the resumption of exports, but has zero trust in russian promises, saying the threat of russian provocations and

terrorist acts remains. farmers in flak jackets have found themselves on the front line. russian forces setting fire to wheat fields, shelling farms and storage facilities. "my friends have already become victims of shelling. who have nothing left," yuri tells us. everything has been destroyed. russia's grip over ukraine's grains remain a weapon in its arsenal, starving ukraine of valuable resources and the world of vital food supplies. charlie d'agata, cbs news, odesa, ukraine. and straight ahead on the e unthinkable price of survival in africa's newest nation. and later, a field of dreams for a special group of baseball players.

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the world health organization is appealing for urgent funding to help millions of people in central africa facing an unprecedented food crisis. in south sudan, 3 in 4 people face hunger. it's the world's youngest country and one of its most fragile. so poor, some families auction their most precious asset for food, their daughters. here is debora patta. >> reporter: the men have gathered for important business. he lays out his sticks. each one represents a cow. he's demanding 100. after several hour of haggling, a deal is struck. [ singing in foreign language ] it's less than he hoped for, but times are tough. 60 scrawny cows in exchange for his daughter. oo today there will be a marriage. wearing a green dress and an ill

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>> a rally to stop asian hate ar two seniors are beaten in the cy of san francisco. why organizers organizers say they've had more than enough. >> and as outside lands comes tn end the beginning of a new tradn for festivals may just be starting. plus. >> you see all e little pyramid looking things and first questin is what is this? >> that's a good question. >> we talk to the artists making artists making mysteries at ocean beach. >> good evening to you. we begin begin tonight with an arrest mae in san francisco after an asian senior was attacked for no appat reason. >> they have booked 34-year-old derek yarbi on assault, battery battery and elderly abuse

charges. >> these are some of our most v. this tends to get attention froe people. the police want to make sure these residents are protected and we find the people people who are attacking them. s been a number of incidents. we'e always looking to see if a suspt description matches with a similar m. o. investigators will will be looking and determining whether the suspect may be responsible for other attacks. > >> gregory chu was the second an senior attacked in the city in the last week. you can see the bruise around his eye on your screen. >> the violence led to an anti n hate rally in san francisco this this today. >> asian-american organizers say are sick and tired of the asian hate. >> protesters disrupt the traffc and