less than the democrats original $3.5 trillion build back better pitch, president biden is calling this a success. adding that senate democrats put american families above special interests. now, the victory, all the more notable, because it had none, zero republican support. the bill now heads to the house of representatives and president biden could sign it into law as early as friday. let s begin with cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean. she s on capitol hill this morning. jessica, this is a wide-ranging bill. it is designed to reduce inflation. it has billions of dollars in climate and energy incentives. it tackles prescription drugs. break down for us what is in this multibillion dollar bill. reporter: yeah, it s a big one. as you mentioned, it comes after a true marathon over the weekend here on capitol hill for democratic senators who really pushed this over the finish line. they used that specialized budget process that required only democratic support, bu
welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with president biden touting a significant win for his agenda, coming as the country struggles with inflation and he faces low approval ratings. let s get straight to the white house, our chief correspondent kaitlan collins is joining us. if this bill passes as it s expected to, it will be a much needed win for this president. yeah, wolf. and one that was kind of a surprise to a lot of democrats and even some white house aides whenever it was announced that senator manchin and senator schumer did have this deal. of course, that culminated yesterday when the snenate passd what is known as the inflation reduction act. it s a far cry from the build back better bill from a year ago, but it still does have significant proposals in it, including over $300 billion for climate change and energy reform, it also allows for the first time medicare to ne
records to figure out how many cars similarly described to that one are currently registered in and around the area. they ll work with some massive tranches of data and be able to very quickly be able to narrow that down to a few possible vehicles and people. the police are saying at this point, andy, that these were ambush killings. there was no warning whatsoever. also the fact that all four of these victims were from afghanistan or pakistan. two of them, at least, attended the same mosque. i mean, i guess, what questions are there that would remain for the fbi at this point, looking at this, for the local police to lead them to determine that they are going to pursue this as though they were connected murders? well, there are probably some very specific forensic details that link the crimes.
something everyone can agree on in theory, the idea that when you can isolate or slow down a situation rather than turning to escalation, the use of force or deadly force, that s better for citizens and officers alike. but it takes training, it takes equipment and it takes larger forces. the other thing i ll mention briefly, peter, some folks told us they are doing double patrol cars where they used to only do one because of the fear of ambush killings. that s interesting to learn. also body cameras, obviously, has been a sort of new part of this conversation right now for the role its played in investigations into shootings that have taken place, officer-involved shootings and the like. what is the state of that effort right now in this country? communities have said they can t afford them, others have had fights over their worthiness. where does that stand? that s exactly right. this is a completely localized issue. adding body cameras, like adding weapons or the number of office
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