piece of legislation, the vote 51-50 for the inflation reduction act and a sweeping 700 plus diamond bill on health care, prescription drugs and climate with all 50 republicans voting against and vice president kamala harris breaking the tie. if the house passed the bill later this week as expected, democrats would have passed a landmark piece of legislation as described by the washington post as quote one of the most consequential pieces of economic policy in u.s. history and it comes at the string of legislative victories for joe biden as the times put it, capped off an extraordinarily productive run for a congress better known for its paralysis and it included passage and the first bipartisan gun safety legislation in a generation and a huge microchip reduction to bolster american competitiveness with china and a major veterans health care measure. a series of successes was all of the more sweet for democrats because it came with the political benefit of republicans maki
off? what dollars amount is more important than american lives and values? and the house speaker leaves today for asia. an important trip but her itinerary still unsettled. the big question will she visit taiwan and test what china means by the perish by fire warning? we begin with multiple developments in the january 6th investigations. more missing records. more important cooperation. fierce preparations now for a daunting court battle. the washington post reporting late last night there is yet another batch of missing text messages. sources telling the newspaper texts from donald trump s homeland security chief chad wolf and his deputy kent cuccinelli are reportedly lost to a reset of their government devices both potentially critical witnesses to a number of important trump episodes including a presidential demand to seize voting machines. there is this, too. brand new cnn reporting that justice department prosecutors are now preparing for a courtroom war to compel
transfer of evidence to the department of justice. and how build back better took a sudden detour down the country roads of west virginia. joe manchin caved. the manchin. betrayal obviously a double crossed by joe manchin. he flip-flopped like a catfish. how joe manchin might have just saved us all. yeah this bill would be the most significant legislation in history to tackle the climate crisis. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris. hayes well the donald continues to fall and ongoing investigation into generous. s milk mulvaney, who held several positions in trump s administration, including chief of, staff testified before the general six committee. during his time as chief of staff, mulvaney could played a key role in the ex presidents corrupt plot to hijack american foreign policy, as part of the quid pro quo bribe to aid his campaign by manufacturing dirt on his opponents. that was of course the subject of donald trump s first impea
senator brian schatz on how manchin saved us all. this bill would be the most significant legislation in history to tackle the climate crisis. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes well the dominoes continues to fall and ongoing investigation into generous. mick mulvaney, who held several positions in trump s administration, including chief of, staff testified before the general six committee. during his time as chief of staff, mulvaney played a key role in the ex presidents corrupt plot to hijack american foreign policy, as part of the quid pro quo bribe to aid his campaign by manufacturing dirt on his opponents. that was of course the subject of donald trump s first impeachment. and in the final months of the trump administration, after he was ousted as chief of, stuff mulvaney serves a special envoy from northern ireland, he jumped off the trump train at the last second, resigning from the post in the wake of the insurrection on january 6