and the important health care item that was blocked by republicans. plus, another loss for supporters of abortion rights. indiana becomes the first state to pass a near total ban on the procedure since the overturning of roe v. wade. and it was a big weekend for maga world in dallas. we ll have the recap of cpac just ahead. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, august 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. senate democrats have done it. after more than a year of negotiations and dead ends, democrats have passed a reconciliation package that includes a bulk of their priorities. the yeas are 50, the nays are 50, the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative and the bill as amended is passed. no republicans voted in favor of the final bill. it passed with a tie-breaking vote from vice president kamala harris. the bill went through some last-minute changes during an overnight vote-o-rama. that process al
the pair were on separate stages in arizona. and no sick days for president biden at the white house while recovering from covid. we ll have the latest on his health. a very good morning to all of you. welcome to way too early. on this monday, july 25th. we begin this morning with the latest developments from the january 6th select committee over the weekend. vice chair liz cheney one of only two republicans serving on the committee went on fox news yesterday to defend the committee s work, she exposed the network s audience to former president trump s role in the capitol riot, even noting a key editorial from the right wing new york post which is the same owner as fox, slamming trump as unworthy to become president again and pushed back on a talking point some republicans have been using to shift the focus on the law enforcement response to the riot. questioning house minority leader kevin mccarthy s motives and placing the blame squarely on trump s role that day.
and two citi field in queens. slugger pete alonso woke up to the mets sleep bats in a 8-5 win. with four runs, surpassing aaron judge with 82 rbis on the host. and the mets will host the yankees in a two-game subway series that starts tomorrow night. and in phoenix, nationals outfielder victor robeles embraced a new nickname given to him by the opposing pitcher. wearing a red nose to yesterday s game after yesterday s madison balm garner called him a clown, and trailing pick, and the nationals had the last laugh beating the diamondbacks 4-3. it is name now for the weather. so let s go to meteorologist michelle grossman and an explanation why it is so hot. there is some relief for some of us in the northeast. pat civic northwest, it will start the pacific northwest,
booted a routine ground ball that ended up leading to the mariners scoring three runs and winning that game. they re just sort of a mess right now. it seems like, with a few exceptions, devers has been hitting, renfroe is good, but it is a team wide slump. they re in trouble right now. their schedule to close the year is pretty soft, but the fear is they might be a few games out and won t have enough time to make up the ground behind the surging bluejays. then perhaps even the yankees. last note on baseball, mika, then we re turn it over to you. scary moment on citi field in queens. errant flow. hits the umpire in the face. oh! he s okay. a spin move. a nice play on the ball. the errant throw right in the side of the face, catches the umpire. got treatment for a bloody cheek but stayed in the game. wow. nice. not even close. glad he s okay. cardinals beat the mets, 7-0. 1/2 game out for second and a wild card spot. my daughter will be in a bad
longer if not for this gem in 86. buckner. and the mets win it! reporter: they have played second fiddle to the yankees who beat them in the world series 15 years ago. even the team s owners ran into some costly bad luck called bernie madoff. 2015 can wipe away years of pain, if only disappointment doesn t interfere. all right. so the first two games of this series will be played here at citi field in queens. the series will switch out to wrigley field starting tuesday. obviously one of teams is guaranteed to make it into the world series. as for the other, their fans will have another year to wonder whether they are indeed truly cursed. alex? yeah, well, since my dodgers got knocked out i m trying to figure out who to root for. i ll be run out of the studio if i don t choose the mets. reporter: you can root for my kansas city royals who won last night. i could, but i don t think i will. thank you very much, ron mott.