cbs's caitlyn huey-burns is in washington on the hill. caitlint with that government funding question. there are two approaches. is it possible to tell me what the difference in those two approaches are? >> reporter: yes, john. basically all republicans here on capitol hill want to pass the president's priorities. but they are at odds about how to do it. and the challenge really is on the approach, because they know they have a fragile majority in the house especially, and they also know that they have kind of an unreliable actor in the white house. knowing that he could blow it all up. we have seen that game before, and so, what the senate decided to do was they decided to break this up a bit. they want to tackle emigration funding and national security funding, some energy priorities as well. get that done first, and then in a second bill talk about some of these tax cuts of the president wants to make permanent. the house, however, has a whole different ball game, john. they have a very narrow majority, you have a handful of republicans who do

caitlin huey-burns on the hill for us, thank you so much. pope francis continues outside the vatican as he remains in critical condition with double pneumonia. today the vatican said francis met with vatican officials on monday and approved decrees for two new saints and put five other people on the path to sainthood. the rise of anti-immigrant sentiment in germany's east helped propel the far right alternative for germany party to its biggest gains in the national election that was held this past sunday. cbs's holly williams reports from berlin, that has left some german voters nervous about a return to a dark past. >> reporter: the afd contained on promises of closer ties with russia and the mass deportation of immigrants. the supporters believe germany has let in too many, too quickly. a series of violent attacks by asylum-seekers has fueled their frustration. but at a protest outside the afd's election party, we spoke to germans who are outraged by what they say is racism, like james, a software programmer. >> we know what happened in ge

caitlin huey-burns tells us the report also points to areas where kids are doing well. >> reporter: when a day off, what do you do with your day off? >> go to sleep. [laughs] >> reporter: we went to kramer middle school in washington, d.c., where we met eighth-grader aiyden wiggins. he and his classmates spent about a year and a half in remote learning during the pandemic. what do you think was the hardest thing in school after the pandemic? >> i would say math. >> reporter: math? and why do you think? >> really, in quarantine, i wasn't really paying attention. >> reporter: aiyden wasn't alone. new national test results show that not a single state scored above pre-pandemic levels in both reading and math. that's despite nearly $190 billion given to schools in federal pandemic relief funds. mohamed koroma teaches eighth grade english language arts at kramer. what kind of challenges do you think still exist? >> we are still trying to fill in those gaps that they didn't get at the lower levels because it is hard to grapple with eighth-grade texts if you are on a lower reading level. >> rep

. >> that was cbs' caitlin huey-burns. >>> now to an unexpected move in the case of a school shooting where the father of the accused shooter also faces murder charges. colin gray on the right has been in jail since prosecutors accused him of giving his son the gun used in the school shooting. mark strassmann reports on an emotional court hearing where the judge decided the father can be released before trial. >> understand that the law does not permit me to be emotional, and i'm constrained by the law. >> reporter: judge nicholas primm told a georgia courtroom tuesday he was granting a $500,000 bond for the father of a teenager accused of opening fire at apalachee high school last september killing two students and two teachers. the judge's decision came after victims' loved ones read tearful statements. breanna schermerhorn is the mother of 14-year-old mason, who was killed in the gunfire. >> the sheer irresponsibility of mr. gray as a parent robbed my family of a chance to raise my son. >> reporter: prosecutors claim gray bought his son the ar-style rifle used in the shootings as a