ron desantis slimming punished for something that hasn t even happened. yet can desantis take that page straight out of the authoritarian playbook? all of that and more is coming up, so let s get started. good morning to you on this very busy sunday. i am katie fang. senate democrats are on the brink of a spending bill intended to lower health care costs, tackle climate change and bring down the deficit. here s a live, look right now, at the chamber. floor lawmakers going on more than seven hours now, applauding through a pile of amendments in what is known as vote-a-rama. the measure advance on a party line vote of 51 to 50, with vice president kamala harris casting the tie breaking vote, and overcoming unanimous republican opposition. the azar 50, the nays are 50. the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative with the motion to proceed being a great. too. while democrats are trying to push ahead with democrat domestic priorities, for pr
was like for him. plus, a huge jobs report raises the question, are recession fears overblown? it depends on who you ask. you re in the cnn news room. u.s. senators are expected to vote is tonight on the democrats sweeping health care, climate, and tax bill, and in turn, score president biden a massive legislative victory. the bill represents the largest climate investment in u.s. history. $369 billion in all four measures that are estimated to reduce carbon emissions by as much as 40% in less than ten years. and it gives medicare the power to negotiate drug prices and ensures medicare recipients will spend no more than $2,000 of their own money each year. to help pay for all of this, the legislation will establish a 15% minimum corporate tax on any u.s. company reporting more than $1 billion in earnings to its investors. now, this would impact companies like amazon, which paid zero federal income taxes in 2018. we are monitoring all of the action on capitol hill for you ton
i get paid tomorrow, and already my whole paycheck is spoken for. plus, adjusting for inflations. how surging prices are forcing some to make very tough choices just to make ends meet. welcome to your new day. we are thrilled to have you this sunday, july 17. the days just keep slipping away. boris, i am so sorry, i m having a tough time hearing you but good morning to you, boris, and good morning to all of you at home. unfortunately, we begin with a very sad story this morning. that search for answers in the tragic shooting at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. hours from now the families of the shooting victims are going to get that preliminary finding of the texas house committee investigation. 19 children and two teachers were killed in the massacre. the committee is also set to present the families with surveillance video of the school shooting which was leaked to a texas newspaper and published this week. let s take you now to uvalde, texas, and cnn s
american, paul whelan at. we ll get to those stories in this hour. but we start with a big breakthrough in democrats efforts to pass a main part of president biden s agenda. prescription drug prices, taxes, and climate change. kirsten sinema of arizona has announced her support for the bill, calling it the inflation redact act. clearing the way possibly this weekend. the democrat agreed on some changes. including dropping a carry over interest rate tax. increase on some of the risk just of the rich. hedge fund, and private company executives. and changes to a 15% on corporate tax obligations. they could make amendments, but this film could be seen as historic changes for everyday americans. change is very popular according to a poll, by cutting prescription prices and refusing the deficit by 300 billion dollars. you heard that right. it would also invest in nearly 370 billion dollars to address climate change. and also, it would be interesting to think about it from a politic
look for lessons. from the kansas vote as a republican scramble to soften their messaging ahead of the midterms. and later, a popular female politician is quote, not ripe enough to be president. gas was notorious conservative tv personality said that. the right is taking the war on woman to a whole new level and you better believe it, i have some thoughts on that. all of that and more is coming up, so let s get started. we begin this morning on capitol hill. senate democrats are just hours away from starting the lengthy process of passing a signature package aimed at tackling climate change, expanding health care and capping drug prices. and bc, julia jester is on the hill with the details. julia, it s an understatement to say that this is not a long time in the making. can you walk us through what will happen today? saturday in d.c.? good morning katie, that would be an understatement. lawmakers have been working on this bill for over a year and there are a lot of componen