the spending showdown is about to go down. chad pergram following it all, a lot of details to pull together, but he s the man to do it. chad, what s happening? reporter: david, good morning. senate democrats aim to pass the climate, health and spending bill this weekend, but it may be a long weekend. we just got a ruling from the senate parliamentarian, she green lighted a provision in the bill to let medicare negotiate the cost of prescription drugs. democrats say that makes the cost of pharmaceuticals cheaper. elizabeth mcdonough has a lot of sway in process. the closer you can demonstrate a connection between what you re proposing and its fiscal impact on the federal budget, the more likely it is that it qualify for a simple majority vote out will. if i it doesn t, if it runs afoul of the rules of the road and/or is more designed to impact private sector activity reporter: on tapped today a marathon vote session with perhaps 15 consecutive hours of votes on amendme
identify that there is or admit that there s a problem you re never going to come up with a solution and when you listen to what christopher wray said when he said it s a significant issue, when you look at transnational criminal organizations and we were just talking about china potentially invading taiwan. china is already involved in the drug trafficking business. owl of the precursors to fentanyl is coming from china, once china has a foothold in mexico on that, it becomes even more dangerous. david: a great point. brandon quickly, we ve run out of time. what would you tell dhs secretary mayorkas when he says the border is secure? give us the policies. it s not secure. you know it s open. you re lying to the american public. david: brandon judd, good to see you, thank you for being here. meet the airline ceo warning that fares are going to be going up if a big merger goes down. and democrats scrabbling this weekend to get their massive spending bill passed. they say it s going to