News Wrap: Trump’s big budget bill advances in Senate

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• John Yang:

  In tonight's other headlines, the Senate has begun debating President Trump's tax and spending bill that Republicans hope to get to the oval office by July 4th. The Senate narrowly agreed late last night to take up the measure, but the Democrats forced Senate clerks to read the entire 940 page bill out loud, a process that took more than 15 hours.

  The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the Senate version of the bill would add more than $3 trillion to the national debt over 10 years. And Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, one of two Republicans to vote against advancing the bill last night, said he won't run for reelection. Tillis said the bill's Medicaid provisions would be devastating to his state.

  In Ukraine, officials say that overnight, Russia carried out one of its biggest aerial attacks of the war. Russia sent more than 400 drones and decoys and 60 missiles into the country. At least three people were killed on the ground. And Ukraine's air force said a pilot was killed when an F16 fighter jet crashed.

  The Israeli military has ordered a massive evacuation for areas of northern Gaza. The IDF said it will allow forces to move more freely as they seek out Hamas targets. And there may be movement in efforts for a cease fire. A top adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to be in Washington this week as President Trump has said a deal could be reached soon. The talks have been hung up over whether a cease fire would end the war.

  Still to come on PBS News Weekend, a former FDA chief opens up about his own experiences with weight loss drugs. And a celebrated soprano from South Africa talks about her journey to the top of the opera world.