bipartisan effort under way in congress now to protect future elections. we are covering all this from all angles. we have a team of reporters and analysts standing by. let s begin with manu raju on capitol hill. manu, tell us about this new legislation. reporter: this is the first direct response and most significant legislative response to the events of january 6th. a bipartisan group of senators just moments ago announced they have a deal to change how the so-called electoral count act, a law from 1887, works. essentially make it harder to overturn an election and what we saw donald trump try to do that s come out through the course of these hearings and before about how he tried to pressure vice president mike pence to overturn election results, pressure state officials to disregard the election, refuse to concede, claimed the election was stolen without any evidence of proof of widespread fraud. what this aims to do is make it very clear that a vice president s role in
top of a brand-new hour on cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. i m alisyn camerota. the house committee investigating the january 6th attack is questioning donald trump s former cabinet members. sources tell cnn the committee has a particular interest in conversations that trump officials may have had about re removing him from office in the aftermath of the capitol siege. a source says the committee is speaking with former chief of staff nick mulvaney this afternoon. it s possible they could speak with mike pompeo as soon as next week. pompeo talked about his interaction with the committee this morning on fox. we ve had discussions with them about potentially appearing before them, trying to make sure we understand what it is they re asking for. as i always did when i was in service to america, i m happy to cooperate with things that are fair and transparent and deliver good outcomes for the american people. i ll always do that. today you re a no. you mean i m te
morning. we have major announcements, joe biden will hold a phone call with the president of china. the state department offers a deal to russia to get brittney griner and paul whelan release from jail in moscow. at what price? we have the host of way too early and the bureau chief of politico, and the author of the big lie. we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, and the former chairman of the republican national committee. good morning to you all. let s dive in after a year and a half of on and off negotiations. joe manchin has reached a deal with party leaders to pass a number of democratic agenda items through the reconciliation process. in a statement, he wrote in part, this bill will cut the inflation taxes that americans are paying. it will lower prescription drugs and health insurance. it will ensure that we invest in energy security and climate change innovations. he went on, it is time to put away the partisan swords and advance legislation that is in the b
carley: alexandria hoff joins us. the crisis in remain is the top issue at hand. when speaking about the global economy, president biden didn t use putin s price hike, he said this. russia s brutal war in ukraine and on our energy markets. we need worldwide effort to invest in clean energy projectss to ensure critical energy structure is resilience to changing climate. critical materials are necessary for clean energy transitioning. yesterday g7 announced more will be invested in developing nations infrastructure for belt and road initiative, which takes advantage of partner countries of the $600 million, the u.s. the pick up $200 billion. all this comes as former treasure secretaries recession is around the corner. a recession is almost inevitable, probably 75%, 80% chance within the next two years and certainly a real risk it will come sooner. carley and joey, you mentioned wall street journal of economyists with 44% predicting recession will happen within th
Harris we begin with a Fox News Alert and continuing coverage. President biden heading to a war zone 11 days into the war, will this help or hinder israel. This we do know, our enemies are watching while our own military is ready to deploy thousands of personnel to support israel. And they may need the immediate attention because lebanon is hitting israel over and over from their northern border with rockets. Thats more than 180 miles from gaza. On the lebanon part of the border next door is syria. The Trump Administration fired Tomahawk Missiles after the syrian dictator used chemical weapons on its own people. I am harris faulkner. You are in the faulkner focus. A look at what israel shares with lebanon. Military analysts are expressing concern. Hezbollah and other iran backed groups could escalate the fight. If they force israel to fight on two or more fronts, that would help Hamas Terrorists that attack families, Concert Goers and so many more in gaza 11 days ago. We are just acros