festival continues tomorrow. the the clock in the afternoon. that that is it for us a 5:00, see you back your 6:00. news tonight, final stretch. president biden wraps up his trip west with targeted stops on air force one. the critical midterms fast approaching. >> i've never been more optimistic in my life. in georgia, high-stakes showdown. warnock and walker debate in a tight senate race. truss in trouble. in a stunning reversal, britain's new prime minister hoping for a reset. i'm ian lee in downing street. prime minister liz truss' job is on the line. also tonight, housing hangover. with mortgage rates near 7%, is the real estate party over? plus is falling back and springing forward a thing of the past? >> i'm scott macfarlane.

congress is running out of time as it considers changing daylight saving time. and later, pirouettes for peace. the ballet company stranded abroad by war dancing across america to help their country. >> it's nice to fight. our task is to save ukrainian culture. good evening. tonight, president biden wrapped west aimed at delivering votes for democrats with critical midterms 23 days away. tonight, mr. biden stumped in portland with control of congress and the future of his agenda at stake. it was the last stop on a fur-day swing through oregon, california, and colorado. cbs' skiler henry is at the white house with more. >> reporter: adriana, good to be with you. the president is doing everything he can to boost his

party's bid to keep control on capitol hill, looking to lock up key votes in key areas where his approval rating is up. president biden wrapped up his west coast swing with a final stop in oregon, touting his legislative victories. including the inflation reduction act. >> there's a lot in here that lowers the everyday cost for middle class families to be able to make it. >> reporter: mr. biden's trip caps a four-day stretch where he keyed in on his administration's work so far. as the clock ticks with the midterm elections a few weeks away and power on capitol hill hanging in the balance. >> he's got a real set of accomplishments and he needs people to know that. >> reporter: george washington university professor todd bell says the president's victory lap is equal parts campaign strategy and old-fashioned political stumping. >> why do you think he's going about it this way, as opposed to full-blown rallies? >> joe biden isn't really the big rally kind of guy anymore. he works better with some

smaller crowds. >> reporter: in contrast, presidents trump and obama racked up thousands of miles crisscrossing the country, making their final cases to voters ahead of the midterms. in states where races at the top of the ticket are tightly contested, some say a biden presence, based on his approval rating, could make or break the outcome. voters will see former president obama along the campaign trail. he's expected to stump in wisconsin, michigan, and georgia at the end of the month. we'll also see former president trump hit the road as well on behalf of the gop. adriana? >> skiler henry, thank you. georgia is home to one of the most competitive senate races. cbs' nikole killion was at the first and only confirmed debate between incumbent raphael warnock and republican herschel walker last night. nicole, did the debate change any minds? >> reporter: adriana, early voting starts here in georgia monday. some voters we talked to said

they haven't made up their minds but many have and they say this debate solidified some of the opinions they already had. herschel walker was riding high after the georgia senate debate. >> so i brought something and senator left so fast last night that i didn't get a chance to give it to him. but i got a team biden t-shirt. >> reporter: the gop challenger continued to tie democratic incumbent senator rauf nel warnock to president biden after clashing friday night over everything from the economy to abortion rights. >> i believe in life. and i tell people this. georgia is a state that respects life, and i'll an senator that protects life. >> he says no exceptions. even in the case of rape, incest, or the life of the mother. i think that's extreme. >> reporter: walker was confronted again about reports he allegedly paid for a woman's abortion in 2009. my opponent has a problem with

the truth. >> reporter: warnock pressed walker on other claims, including that he bounce worked in law enforcement. >> one thing i have not done, i've never pretended to be a police officer. >> i am a police officer -- >> you have a prop, that is not allowed, sir. i ask you to put that prop away. >> reporter: voters tailgating at university of georgia where walker earned the heisman trophy decades ago, split over which candidate they're rooting for. >> shouldn't have somebody running who doesn't know what they're talking about and impersonating our law enforcement. >> i'm a fan of herschel, i'm a georgia fan. so that leads to a fan of him. but also, i'm a fan of what he's gone through. >> reporter: as for that badge, walker aide tells cbs news it was an honorary badge from a local department. warnock will appear in another debate sunday, although walker is not expected to attend. adriana? >> all right, nikole killion, thank you.

home is where the squeeze is. mortgage rates are at their highest in two decades. the average on a 30-year fixed rate loan is 6.92%. that's more than double from last year. cbs' danya bacchus is in burbank with the latest pricing trends. good evening, danya. >> reporter: good evening, adriana. even with sellers slashing prices, for many rising mortgage rates are putting the american dream of home ownership out of reach. inflation, soaring mortgage rates, record-high prices are making it extremely hard for many americans to buy a home. >> it is very expensive. >> reporter: housing affordability is down 59% from a year ago. consistent fed raid hikes are putting pressure on the real estate market. >> we have seen mortgage rates double in just this year. and in some markets, we are starting to see prices go down from those sky-high levels. >> reporter: nationwide, home prices soared 43% in two years. but now in cities that had those massive spikes, prices are being

slashed. the fastest cooling markets are seattle, las vegas, san jose, san diego, sacramento, and denver. holding strong are chicago, albany, milwaukee. >> a year ago, people were buying homes sight unseen. multiple offers. it's a good time to put an offer in on a house at a lower number. >> reporter: l.a. realtor craig strong says buyers and sellers need to adapt to the changing market, especially during fall's traditional home sale slowdown. >> it's a changing market. 2008, that was a crash landing. it's going to be a softer landing. it's going to be over a period of time as people get adjusted to the new rates and the new purchase price. >> reporter: experts say despite the price cuts, the average monthly mortgage payment is still higher than if you bought a home at the peak of the housing market and if the rates drop, you can always refinance to ease the pain. adriana? >> all right, danya bacchus, thank you. to britain now where the new government of prime minister liz

truss is trying to get itself out of trouble after a series of self-inflicted political wounds. cbs' ian lee is in london. >> reporter: britain's finance minister quasi qetang, a month on the job, he's been fired. prime minister liz truss cut her loyal lieutenant loose friday as the country navigates chaos and confusion. >> i have acted decisively today because my priority is in showing our country's economic stability. >> reporter: just last week, the two seemed joined at the hip. >> that's why our dynamic new chancellor and i will be taking action. >> reporter: truss entered office promising reforms including tax cuts to shake up and grow the economy. but instead, her plans shook it to the core, sending the pound plummeting against the dollar, raising inflation, and bringing fears of a recession. even king charles seemed to sum up the mood of the nation when he met with the prime minister on wednesday. >> good to see you again.

a great pleasure. >> reporter: truss scrapped her economic plan but at a press conference yesterday, she refused to answer the tough questions. >> what credibility do you have to continue government? >> how come you get to stay? >> will you apologize to your party? >> reporter: apologizing was left to the new finance minister. >> it was a miss dive take -- >> reporter: today jeremy hunt made the rounds promising to piece britain's economy back together. >> we have some very difficult decisions ahead. >> reporter: hunt becomes the fourth finance minister in as many months. but many are now wondering if it's the prime minister who should be the one to go. the knives are out for liz truss, many predicting she has just weeks left when means someone new could soon call this place home. leechk abruptly backtracked saying spacex will keep fund funding its service in ukraine.

"the hell with it, even though starlink is still losing money, we'll just keep funding ukraine government for free." ukraine's starlink connection has become a digital lifeline for ukrainian soldiers and civilians. musk drew criticism this week after saying his company could not indefinitely fund the service. today in iran, state media says a, quote, situation at te tehran's notorious evan prison is under control. this was that situation. video posted online shows flames and smoke where political prisoners and some u.s. citizens are detained. gunshots and alarms were also reported. authorities say no one died. the fire comes as iran has been rocked by its most intense unrest in decades. and there is breaking news tonight from stockton, california. police say they've arrested 43-year-old wesley brownie for a series of connected killings across the city and one in oakland. investigators say tips led them to brownly and they likely

stopped anothe homicide. stockton police chief stanley mcfadden said he was on a mission to kill, he was out hunting. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," daylight decision. could this be the last time we fall back? and strength on stage. how these ukrainian dancers are fighting from afar. ♪

♪ three weeks from tonight, most of america will fall back, setting our clocks back one hour. it is the annual end of daylight saving time, which could be a thing of the past soon. here's cbs' scott macfarlane. >> reporter: for jen shafer, a high school teacher raising herrer in grettic twin 22-month-old daughters lila and wila, there are two other precious commodities -- time and sleep. when you see daylight saving on the calendar, are you excited? or do you dread it?

>> oh -- i dread it. it's definitely going to throw a curveball at us. and it's going to mess us up for the next few days, even a week. >> reporter: the twice a year changing of the clock, springing forward for daylight saving time for spring, summer, and early fall, spread in the u.s. during world war i to conserve energy for the war effort. and was stretched even later into november, nearly 15 years ago, as part of an energy-saving bill championed by michigan congressman fred upton. >> it particularly was global, climate change, it's real. why not take advantage of that extra hour of sunlight? >> this should be bipartisan -- >> reporter: congress put daylight saving back in the spotlight this year in a formal hearing. the house energy committee heard testimony the clock changing is linked to increased risk of depression, stroke, and sleep disruption. not just for sleepy moms of young twins, says children's national hospital sleep expert

dr. tyish hall brown. >> we have an internal rhythm to our body and to our health. and every time we move forward or backwards, that has to adjust as well. >> making people aware of the harm that clock-switching has -- >> reporter: in march, without wa warning, the u.s. senate passed unanimous legislation to make daylight saving permanent and put a halt to the clock-changing at the u.s. house, and the president agreed. congressman upton says the effort will likely come up short in the house, partly because some are concerned in the western section of time zones, permanent daylight saving could make for some very dark late mornings. >> those school buses will be running in the dark if we didn't change the clocks. >> not only would they be running in the dark, the kids probably would be in second or third hour while it was still dark. >> reporter: as for jen shafer, time change or not, rest will always be a little bit more elusive. >> it's just a huge learning curve. when you think you know something, when you think you have it figured out, of course then they hit that next

milestone or that next stage and we have to relearn it all. >> reporter: with less than three months remaining in this congress, supporters of this plan to make daylight saving time permanent are running out of time. scott macfarlane, cbs news, the capitol. still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," a ukrainian dance company carries on under the cloud of war. ♪

when the dancers of the kyiv city ballet went on tour eight months ago, little did they know they would be stranded abroad by war. tonight's "weekend journal" lifts the curtain on this ballet company in limbo, determined to save their culture through dance. under the rumble of the "l" train at chicago's auditorium theater -- ♪ these dancers have more than choreography on their minds. >> all my family are in kyiv now. my mother, father, sister.

>> i imagine you've been worried about them? >> yes. i've been very scared. >> reporter: sasha and marina, both 19, dance with the kyiv city ballet. most of their families are still in ukraine. >> i'm lucky to hear the voice of my mother, to see them on the phone. but -- i hope everything will be okay. >> reporter: the dance company left ukraine in february to perform in paris. company director ivan kozlov says they were only supposed to be gone three weeks. before this happened. >> we woke up and realized that our country is under attack. >> literally the day after you left kyiv? >> yes. >> reporter: to keep them safe, paris granted the dancers a long-term residency. and they're still traveling, on their first-ever u.s. tour. >> it is a difficult period for all of ukrainians. but many understand the main

aim, to represent your country. you become more strong. >> stronger in your dance? >> i feel stronger when i dance, to show the world our light, our energy. >> you were able to get out of the country just in time. but is there any guilt that you might feel, or your dancers feel, not being home fighting at this time? >> it's not a guilt. we feel sorry that we cannot be in two places at the same time, you know? we are doing our best from the field of war, from the stages, you know? we represent our country, we're trying to show how brave we are, how strong we are. >> reporter: their u.s. tour features the classic "swan lake." ♪ and a new work choreographed after the war started called "tribute to peace." ♪ >> it's our place to fight. because our task is to save ukrainian culture. because culture is the country. and ukraine has a great history,

and our task is to save it. >> they're so brave and talented. next on the "cbs weekend news," a big announcement from a nascar champion.

the longest-serving female inmate in california history has been denied parole again. patricia crenwinkle is a former member of the toe notorious manson family, convicted in the murders of act recognize sharon tooit and others in 1969. governor newsom ruled she's still a danger to society. she's now 74 years old. nascar champion kurt busch announced he would not compete full-time this season. he's recovering from concussion he suffered in a crash this summer. the 44-year-old spoke in las vegas.

>> as i continue to focus on my health towards being cleared, i will be stepping away from full-time nascar cup series competition in 2023. >> busch is the last active driver to compete against fellow nascar legend dale earnhardt. when we return, the california teen making waves and saving lives.

♪ finally tonight, marathon swimming the open ocean is considered one of the world's most difficult sports, both physically and mentally, due to the cold and strong currents. cbs' carter evans found one california teen going the distance for the sake of others. >> reporter: as a child, maya merritt used to despite swimming. >> i hated it. >> reporter: but now at the wise old age of 15 -- >> man, that is cold. >> it's not horrible. >> reporter: she'll happily dive into the frigid waters off san

francisco bay. saving lives with each stroke. >> over the past six years i've raised $50,000. >> reporter: the money goes to cancer research. maya started fund-raising when she was 9. competing in open water events with "swim across america." by the time she was 13, she was crossing lake tahoe at night, no less, to avoid the harsh sun. last summer while swimming the 20 miles of open ocean between catalina island and california, maya realized she wasn't alone in the water. >> i looked to the side and saw this giant eye. that was the only thing that i saw. i got so terrified. and the entire swim i thought it was a shark. >> wait, you thought there was a shark and you kept going? >> yeah. >> reporter: when maya gets scared or tired, she thinks the of the names on her swim cap, people battling cancer who face a much bigger challenge.

>> having that is such a good thing to keep me going. these people, i'm swimming for them. i'm doing it for them. that's why i do these swims. >> reporter: before maya turns 16, she plans to raise at least $25,000 more to fight cancer and swim 28 miles across the treacherous molokai channel. >> it can get really, really windy. >> that doesn't scare you? >> it terrifies me. but -- i'm going to do it anyways. >> reporter: of course she will. carter evans, cbs news, san francisco. >> way to go, maya. that is the news for this saturday. later tonight, "48 hours." don't forget "cbs sunday morning" first thing tomorrow. ted koppel anchors a special edition of the program called "a nation divided" exploring the boundaries given us. i'm adriana diaz in chicago. good night.

>> live from the cvs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >> you without funding. >> now at six, a reign of terror of terror over as a police arrest a suspected serial killer killer in stockton. > >> and more than 80 seniors forced from their homes by a fire good where they're ending up, and why they won't be going home anytime soon. >> on john ramus in oaklands roe district, where neighbors are nt only encouraging, but demanding that more housing be built in their backyard. we'll have that three coming up. > >> and later, two young warrior stars know they'll be in san fro with new long-term deals. and draymond green now knows that he he is in limbo. > >> but we begin the saturday

night with a suspected serial killer behind bars in san joaqun county. police arrested 43-year-old stockton resident wesley brownlee early this morn. this morning. in stockton with how police managed to track it . it down. >> reporter: police say this arrest really comes down to two major factors here, community ts community tips as well as good police work, and this morning, they were able to make that arrest. 43-year-old stockton resident wesley brownlee was arrested in connection to the serial killings that left six people dead in a news conference conference this afternoon, we're we're told a surveillance team followed brownlee while he was driving. officers stopped him in the area of village green drive and winslow way around 2:00 a.m. this morning. police say he was wearing dark clothing, a mask around his neck, and also carrying a firea. a firearm. that firearm appeared appeared to be a handgun, based on the photos shared by police with us today. it's not clear about how police identified brownlee as a potential suspect , but they did stake out his home before following him and making the arrest. >> our surveillance team followed this person while he was driving. we watched