good morning, everyone, and welcome to your new day. i m amara walker. and i m phil mattingly. and today all eyes are on capitol hill after days of deal-making. democrats get ready to vote on a critical part of president biden s economic agenagenda. we ll tell you what s in the bill and what it means for millions of americans. plus it was a week of twists and turns in the courtroom. now a jury has ordered conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay up to the parents of a sandy hook shooting victim. and war of words. tensions heat up between the u.s. and china after nancy pelosi s trip to taiwan. antony blinken s warning it could have major consequences. good morning and welcome to your new day. it s august 6th. amara, we did it last hour. i ll do it again because we re not sitting next to each other. what s the status? three of the four kids are awake. we re on track to an early start. i have access to all the cameras, and i am doing my best not to check because i don t
question whether the fed s aggressive moves have already secured a recession in the coming months. i hope that that is not the case, but that is you know, that s something that s on the table given how aggressively they have moved. yeah. soft landing sounds great in theory, a little bit harder in practice. heidi cher hose, i really appreciate your expertise. thank you so much. indiana has become the first state to pass an abortion ban sinlds roe v. wade was overturned. the bill will offer exceptions for some abortions for babies in fetal distress or in some assaults of rape and incest. protesters filled the hall owes of indiana s state capitol as lawmakers voted on the measure. the new law goes into effect on september 15th. still to come this morning, tensions at a tipping point