THE U.S. SENATE HAS PASSED A

HISTORIC BILL TO COMBAT CLIMATE

CHANGE AND LOWER HEALTH COSTS

AFTER A MARATHON NIGHT OF VOTING

TO AMEND THE LEGISLATION.

THE BILL IS A PARED DOWN VERSION

OF BUILD BACK BETTER, THE

LEGISLATION DEMOCRATS STRUGGLED

WITH SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN TOOK

OFFICE.

BUT TODAY'S VOTE, ALONG PARTY

LINES, IS A MAJOR WIN FOR THE

PRESIDENT AND DEMOCRATS.

>> AND I'M REALLY CONFIDENT THE

INFLATION REDUCTION ACT WILL

ENDURE AS ONE OF THE DEFINING

FEATS OF 21ST CENTURY.

THE WORLD WILL BE A BETTER PLACE

FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN BECAUSE OF

WHAT WE DID TODAY.

AND THAT MAKES ME FEEL VERY,

VERY GOOD.

LISA: THE BILL WOULD BE THE

LARGEST CLIMATE INVESTMENT IN

U.S. HISTORY, AND MAKES MAJOR

CHANGES TO HEALTH POLICY,

INCLUDING ALLOWING MEDICARE TO

NEGOTIATE PRICES.

HOUSE PASSAGE IS EXPECTED

FRIDAY.

WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THE BILL

LATER IN THE PROGRAM.

TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN LEFT THE

WHITE HOUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME

SINCE GETTING COVID-19 LAST

MONTH.

HE TESTED NEGATIVE FOR THE

SECOND DAY IN A ROW, CLEARING

HIM TO EMERGE FROM ISOLATION

AFTER A REBOUND CASE.

THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST LADY

ARE IN REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE,

BEFORE TRAVELING TO KENTUCKY

TOMORROW TO MEET WITH FAMILIES

AFFECTED BY RECENT FLOODING.

A CEASE FIRE IN GAZA WENT INTO

EFFECT TONIGHT AFTER DAYS OF

STRIKES AND COUNTERATTACKS FROM

MILITANTS.

THIS AFTER ISRAEL KILLED ANOTHER

SENIOR ISLAMIC JIHAD OFFICIAL IN

GAZA.

THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS

GATHERED TO MOURN THE DEATH OF

THE LOCAL ISLAMIC JIHAD

COMMANDER AND SIX OTHERS KILLED

IN A STRIKE IN A REFUGEE CAMP.

THE ATTACKS AND COUNTER ATTACKS

ARE THE WORST VIOLENCE IN OVER A

YEAR.

GAZA OFFICIALS SAY 31

PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED,

INCLUDING CIVILIANS.

FOR THE FOURTH DAY IN A ROW,

CHINA MADE A SHOW OF FORCE NEAR

TAIWAN.

WARSHIPS AND FIGHTER JETS

SWARMED CLOSE TO THE ISLAND,

FIRING MISSILES INTO WATERS AND

CONDUCTING OFFENSIVE DRILLS.

CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER

DEFENDED THE EXERCISES TODAY,

SAYING THEY WERE APPROPRIATE AND

LEGAL.

THE MILITARY EXERCISES BEGAN

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING HOUSE

SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI'S VISIT TO

THE SELF-GOVERNING ISLAND LAST

WEEK.

STILL TO COME ON "PBS NEWS

WEEKEND," THE DAUNTING JOURNEY

GRAIN SHIPS ARE MAKING OUT OF

UKRAINE.

AND DRAWING AWARENESS TO AN

ENDANGERED SHRIMP, THROUGH

SOCIAL MEDIA.