. tonight, a suspected serial killer now in custody. >> he was on a mission to kill. >> police in stockton, california, make an arrest. >> we are sure we stopped another killing. also tonight, midterm momentum. new cbs polling on the battle for congress, as economic head wins pick up. >> it's also a top concern for the president. plus protests in iran persist. in china, president ji

expands power. warning stormy seas ahead. fly me to the moon. the first ever space tours winds up to blast on of again. and later, the sound of solidarity. this minneapolis band on a mission to be heard at george floyd square. this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jerika duncan. >> thank you for joining us on this sunday. police in stockton, california, say they are certain they have the serial killer authorities have been searching for. providing relief to a community. the arrest was made this weekend. the suspect, wessely brownly. cbs's dannia bacus.

>> investigators say the arrest came just as he was on the prowl for his next victim. police say this is the serial killer who had the community of stockton frozen in fear for three months. 43-year-old wesley brownly's arrest came to the relief of residents 80 miles east of san francisco. >> a lot of people are going to feel a lot safer. >> it was scary. very scary. but i'm glad he has been caught. >> armed with a handgun searching for his next victim. >> he was on a mission to kill. he was out hunting. >> authorities say ballistics link brownly to seven shootings, six of them deadly. five ambushed. and another man last year in oakland. >> this crime was solved because we're stocktonians. because you don't come to our house and bring this kind of

rain of terror. >> paul young was one of the victims. his mother spoke to us about her heartache. >> do you think you'll be able to find closure at this point? >> i do n't know if i'll ever b able to have closure. i'll never get to see my son again. i don't think there will be enough justice. >> police also linked brownly to the shooting of a woman. she survived. >> dannia for us tonight in los angeles. thank you. turning now to the battle for congress with the midterms fast approaching. a new cbs poll out today shows republicans are still favored to capture the house with an estimated 224-seat majority. democrats had been narrowing the gap. but that momentum has stalled. good evening, deborah. >> good evening.

no matter your income, inflation is inescapable. and it could be a deciding factor for the midterm elections. >> there's a lot in here that lowers the everyday costs for middle class families. >> president biden is trying to convince voters hisiv the itidu down. 65% of registered voters believe the economy is getting worse. and 68% of registered voters say the biden administration could be doing more. this is a top concern for all voters. >> it's also a top concern for the president. >> on face the nation, transportation secretary pete buttigieg said curbing inflation is the president's top economic priority. >> very clear difference in approaches right now on capitol hill and among office holders for the focus of democrats, the focus for the president is to

cut that cost of living, to cut the pressure, to give more people more breathing room. >> 63% of people said prices are going up. compared to 16% in august. republicans are pouncing on the price at the pump and blaming democrats. >> they're talking, bragging as if gas prices are lower. gas prices are about 60% higher today than what joe biden took office. >> the president has an action packed week ahead of him on the campaign trail where he's going to be heading to pennsylvania to stump for governor john fetterman. >> deborah, thank you. at least four people are dead, following a fire erupted inside a prison holding political detainees, including two americans. >> the flames that erupted from iran's most notorious prison

last night turned deadly. with activists fearing the number killed is much higher than claimed by the regime. as the sound of gunshots and explosions rang out in videos posted online, and families waited anxiously to learn about their loved ones trapped inside, iran's state-run media sent in a reporter claiming firefighters quelled the flames in a soaring workshop. and that prisoners with safe in bed. houses both regular prisoners and political activists. the fire has reignited anti-regime rallies. >> a teacher's trade association says plain clothesed agents

raided this school. >> it is a very dark moment with regard to thousands of people who have been detained. >> at least two iranian americans are jailed in eving prison. last night's events underscore how urgently the biden administration needs to get them home. >> you mentioned that the protests continued today. where exactly and who is involved? >> yeah, we've seen several videos online of protests particularly at universities across iran, with students chanting slogans such as rise up people, enough is enough. >> thank you. today, china's leader opened the 20th communist party. they include more personal power

and restrictive covid measures. >> an ovation for more than 2,000 communist party delegates. his two-hour long opening speech signaled no major changes. including to the heavy handed covid policy. it is, he said, a people's war to protect health. if anyone here disagreed, they'd never dare show it. but there was a glimpse of dissent last week. a banner that read, we want food, not covid tests. we want freedom, not lockdowns. it was of course removed in a hurry. and the photos scrubbed from chinese social media. but the resentment is real. millions of chinese people are still hostage to an electronic covid tracking system that limits where they go and can lock them down without warning.

jeff kingston teaches asian politics at temple university in japan. >> the pandemic has given them a golden opportunity to crack down and limit people's freedom of movement. >> it's helped xi jin ping turn china into no one is allowed to criticize the government or especially its leader. he faces no challenges at this party congress. four y later this week the congress will rubber stamp an unprecedented five more years in power. as for taiwan, that's the island president biden has said the u.s. will help fend off a

chinese takeover. . >> elizabeth palmer, cbs news, hong kong. the equipment will be ■used to bolster police. they're up against powerful gangs who block the flow of critically needed humanitarian aid. straight ahead on the cbs weekend news. draft dodgers. we meet some of the men fleeing putin's war. plus the billionaire rocket man ready for a new adventure. meet the musicians on a mission to use their sound as a voice for justice.

this week, nato and russia will separately hold exercises

of their nuclear forces. it comes at a time when rising tensions over ukraine up to 60 nato aircraft will take over part drills. including b-52s flown in north dakota. >> cbs's chris livese explains why. >> hundreds of thousands escaping the fighting in ukraine. but they're not ukrainians. instead, russians, freeing the draft at home by flooding the border into georgia. one of them, alexei. with little more than his guitar. >> ghostbusters. >> ghostbusters. >> better that than a rifle, he says.

>> his roommate peddalled his wy by bike. >> because i don't want to go to the army and go to the war and die and kill people, i guess. >> but at an anti-putin rally in the capital, georgians fear, it's a trojan horse. hundreds of thousands of them overnight clearly isn't sitting well with georgia. they're calling for the border of russia to be closed. >> georgia is no stranger to russian invasion. in 2008, putin attacked by land, air and sea allegedly to protect russians living here. to this day, 20% of the country remains occupied.

>> we know how putin works. >> so you're afraid that georgia can be next. >> putin can come and say we need to send our soldiers to save the lives of our citizens in georgia. >> but in putin's army, morale has never been lower. conscripts are so desperate, they're even breaking their own arms and legs as this video is set to show. >> the fear, it's like not something rational, not something logic. you just some day wake up and start to feel it. >> how long do you think you're going to be here? >> i don't know. i want to work on my old job, i want to live with my family and my girlfriend. so, i guess, i'll be turned back

when vladimir putin will be dead, i guess. and i will be just fine with this. >> cbs news, tblisi, georgia. still ahead on the cbs weekend news, while the world's first space tourist is ready for new horizons.

the world's first space tourist wants to lift off again. only this time he signed up for a spin around the moon with his wife. we get more now from cbs. >> reporter: dennis dropped 20 million for a 2001 trip aboard a russian soyuz spacecraft. >> it was paradise! i just came back from paradise. >> eight days that i spent in space was just 100% enjoyment. and i have been thinking about it every day since. >> reporter: so he's made plans to do it again.

this time a fly-by of the moon with wife akiko. >> did they propose it to you? >> i brought it up. >> you said can i orbit the moon, please? >> that's what i'm interested in. i will not go back to earth orbit i'm been there, done that. >> reporter: the ride, spacex's starship rocket. when you guys look at this, what do you think? >> amazing. >> it's off the charts. >> starship designed to be fully reusable is still in development. spacex has nailed some test flights. others erupted in fire balls. what gives you confidence this is going to work? >> every time a rocket explodes, you learn something. so the more rocket explosions we see, the better. because then we'll get all the bugs out of it. >> reporter: realistically, when do you think you'll fly? >> i take the worst case, five years. >> that would put the california man close to 90 years old.

82 now. he says he feels great. >> i am probably in better physical shape than i was 21 years ago. >> reporter: akiko is a commercial pilot, who, like her husband of two years, says she's always been interested in space. >> when he first pitched this idea to you, what was your thought? >> well, i thought that i know him very well, so, yes, here we go. >> reporter: tito's flight will be the second starship lunar fly-by, the first booked by a japanese billionaire. tito won't say how much he's paying for what he's calling a post-nuptial vacation. >> we got married during covid. so we didn't have a chance really to have a honeymoon. so, maybe this is our honeymoon. >> cbs news in south texas. >> it's one heck of a honeymoon. next, quantum leaps make a

comeback in a mountain state.

as russia continues to target civilians in ukraine, "60 minutes" reports from the scene. >> what would you like the world to remember about them? tonight on cbs. this weekend, the bright lights on broadway went dark for one minute, honoring six-s time tony winner angela lansbury. she died last week at the age of 96. she made her broadway debut in 1957. she went on to star in several stage and screen productions including her 12-year stint as jessica fletcher on cbs' "murder she wrote." countless tributes were made to queen elizabeth including over 100 paddington bears. queen consort camilla posed with some of them. a return to a thrilling tradition after a two-year

pandemic hiatus. daredevils leapt 876 feet off the new river gorge bridge saturday. the youngest space jumper to sign up was 19 the oldest, 83. normally base jumping is not allowed. the only exception is bridge day, which started back in 1980. when we return, the band plays on using music as a sounding board for justice and unity. ♪

large crowds at george floyd square in minneapolis may have cleared. but as you can see, a group of musicians hasn't missed a beat in more than a year. carolyn cummings of our minneapolis station wcco has more on the sound of solidarity. >> reporter: on any given monday, at this corner of 38th and chicago, you'll find a

community -- ♪ concert. >> just bring your horn. [ laughter ] >> reporter: same time, same place. ♪ when the band begins to -- everybody! ♪ >> reporter: same mission. >> there were so many people that saw george floyd's murder, and said what do i do? i don't know what to do. a lot of us as musicians felt we can use our art and use our gifts to bring as an offering to this space and to the movement. >> reporter: a movement for racial justice, butchie austin felt was worth playing his trumpet for. soon he found others performing with the same purpose. >> i thought i would just start playing and then i did play for a minute. and then i was approached by some other musicians in the square at the same time. that's sort of how we started

playing together. >> reporter: some starting as strangers. >> i didn't know any of those players. >> reporter: but eventually friends. ♪ stand by me ♪ >> reporter: who, together, became brass solidarity. >> we want to be part of the call for justice. and we want to also contribute good feelings to the community. >> reporter: for 81 weeks, they haven't missed a monday. >> we put smiles on people's faces, and it lets you know they care, and it fills your soul. so that's why i do it. >> reporter: a show they believe must go on. ♪ caroline cummings, cbs news, minneapolis. >> 81 weeks and going strong. well, that's the news for this sunday. later on cbs "60 minutes" pro football hall of famer deion sanders on rebuilding a team that was once a power house. i'm jericka duncan in new york. thank you so much for watching. have a great night. ♪

>> now at 6:00, how the city ofn is showing appreciation tonight with the suspected serial killer suspected serial killer now behind bars. > >> i'm john ramos in san francis tenderloin district where there's not a whole lot of space lot of space for a kid to be a kid. but if things go as plannet could be changing. that story coming up. > >> and warriors' guard jordan pe speaks publicly for the first time since getting punched at practice. > >> we're live at the cbs studios cbs studios in san francisco and francisco and we begin tonight here in the city where each weekend, a different street is closed off to traffic to allow residents to come out and play.s called sunday streets. and it's proven popular and some are sayg now that it should be permanentx

5's john ramos has that story. >> reporter: this is phoenix dad the city of san francisco. a celebration of the end of the sn for the sunday streets program.t if people on this particular stt get their way, it's only the beginning. >> you know, it's a rough placed a lot of people can't take it mentally. >> reporter: louis murphy sees t every time he works a shift helg people cross the streets of the tenderloin and especially worris about the kids here. >> a lot of old people and if is a child and i had to walk past people doing drug or drinking or or you know passed out on the sidewalk, i'd be a little bit l. >> reporter: up to 3500 kids cal the tenderloin home. but you rarely see them because they play in a few tiny courtyards and small parks. fenced off from from the grim realities of the city's most desperate neighborhood. >> i believe there's like a stac that says that for the amount of the amount of people that live