bipartisan effort under way in congress now to protect future elections. we are covering all this from all angles. we have a team of reporters and analysts standing by. let s begin with manu raju on capitol hill. manu, tell us about this new legislation. reporter: this is the first direct response and most significant legislative response to the events of january 6th. a bipartisan group of senators just moments ago announced they have a deal to change how the so-called electoral count act, a law from 1887, works. essentially make it harder to overturn an election and what we saw donald trump try to do that s come out through the course of these hearings and before about how he tried to pressure vice president mike pence to overturn election results, pressure state officials to disregard the election, refuse to concede, claimed the election was stolen without any evidence of proof of widespread fraud. what this aims to do is make it very clear that a vice president s role in
president biden. will it change how voters are feeling about him these days? the president tours flood-ravaged kentucky today in his first trip in weeks. and the mayor of albuquerque believes the muslim men killed in his city were targeted. the hunt are for the killer is now on. that s what we are watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m indkate bolduan. a legislative victory that has the potential to redefine the president s legacy and boost his sagging approval ratings less than 100 days out from the midterm elections. the senate passed what they have called the inflation reduction act without a single republican vote. the landmark bill now heads to the house. they are set to vote on it on friday. the bill includes nearly $370 billion to combat the climate crisis, the largest such investment in u.s. history. it also includes significant tax and health policies in there, such as giving medicare the power for the first time to negotiate the prices of certain p
15% minimum tax on large corporations. joe biden says at the end of the day, it is a win for the everyday americans. it s a game changer for ordinary folks. some of it won t kick in for a little bit, but it s all good. [ inaudible ] so will this streak of legislative wins help set the stage for a political rebound for democrats in november? victories, though, in washington rarely translate into success at the ballot box. just ask former president barack obama after he passed sweeping health care and financial reform packages, and still lost democratic control of congress. but will this time be different? things change pretty rapidly. joining me now from capitol hill are my guests. so, sahill, what s the word? well, it s been such a roller coaster journey for this piece of legislation over the last 18 months, it s had more deaths and resurrections. it got over the senate with a 50-50 vote broken by vice president kamala harris. after three dozen amendments were voted on,
incredible work holding down this hour before this launch and for that i am incredibly forever grateful. thank you. and on a final note, please don t forget to set your dvr s for alex wagner tonight. that is the time for the last word with, my friend lawrence o donnell. good evening. lawrence hey alex this is very exciting. it s wagner week. that s the way it s gonna be remembered in television history. you know, i saw the little gremlins attack at the beginning of the show. here s the thing to know. on my first show, first one of these which i did which is 12 million episodes ago. the very first one. in the first segment, the teleprompter went down. now you have to be bryant williams to handle a teleprompter going down. you have to be a professional which i wasn t and still am not. so there s this gremlin thing. you re still on the air 12 million episodes later that s the important part of this. that is the lesson. i believe that is the blessing from the gremlins saying
plus, threats and dangerous rhetoric is at an all-time high and that has poll workers at an all-time low. how can democracy function when no one is there to ensure free and fair elections? dangerous times indeed as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. . . . ,. ,,. . ,. , called hageman to concede and she had this message for donald trump himself. i have said since january six, that i will take whatever it takes to ensure donald trump is never near the oval office and eat where again. and i mean it. she is not done and neither are we. we will have much more under the feet ahead, but we are also tracking a couple of primary races in alaska. republican senator lisa murkowski is facing several opponents but she is expected to survive a challenge from a trump endorsed opponent. former alaska governor and presidential candidate sarah palin who also has the former guy support was hoping to make a political comeback today. she competed in a special election for h