not one g.o.p. and are voted in favor of the nearly $740 billion spending bill. meanwhile vice president kamala harris had to come in and break the 50/50 tie. on this vote, the yeas are 50 and the nays are 50, the senate being equally divided the vice president votes in the formative in the bill as amended is passed. that vote came after a marathon 16 hours session over the weekend, they called it vote aroma word demo republicans add tried to plan amendments and when it was all over the package still contain hundreds of billions of dollars from climate change, deficit reduction, and tax hikes. the supersize of the irs adding 807,000 agents while the democrats are putting themselves in the back for this and getting their wit liberal wish list past. republicans warned this is turning into a war in the middle class that will backfire big time on the dems come november. here is hundred that ted cruz. all the democrats say they are worried and want to lower gas prices, they al
of politically motivated violence. and it all comes as president biden is set to give a prime time speech tonight, focusing on the soul of the nation. we ll have more on his message to a divided country just ahead. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, the 1st of september. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. breaking news overnight, former president donald trump s legal team has responded to the department of justice s latest filing on the classified documents seized during the fbi search of mar-a-lago. in their 18-page filing trump s lawyer suggested that by launching what they described as an unprecedented, unnecessary, and legally unsupported raid on mar-a-lago, the d.o.j. was quote criminalizing a former president s possession of personal and presidential records in a secure setting. trump s legal team also aggressively renewed its request for a special master, or a third party, to review the documents that the fbi agent
we stand strong with our muslim community. be vigilant and report anything you see. e veil will not prevail. a fourth set of human remains have now been in lake mead s receding waters. we have to identify the victim, and that s what we re trying to do at this point. and actor anne heche now said to be in stable condition after her car crashes into an l.a. house, narrowly missing a person inside. she was in the house at the time, and the car stopped like two feet away from where she was sitting. so she was pretty lucky. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. lower prescription costs and a historic national fight against climate change. senate democrats finally pass the landmark legislation that they have chased for more than a year. it took months of negotiations an exhaustive all-nighter of whirlwind votes to reach a 50-50 split along party lines. vice president kamala harris then cast the deciding vote. the yeaj s are 50, the nays
. . rachel: fox news alert. showdown in the senate. lawmakers engaged in a vote-a-rama all night long over dozen of politically charged issues. will: live look at senate floor. senators continue to argue whether the inflation reduction act will do anything to help ease inflation. joey: alexandria hoff live in washington with the latest? reporter: this vote-a-rama is part of the senate budget process where senators allow unlimited amendments. senator graham opposed a amendment by maggie hassan. they wouldn t let you do this in professional wrestling. what you re doing is deceitful, is dishonest. we ll call you out. reporter: vote-a-rama started 11:5 according to chad pergram. likely wraps up mid-morning, midday today. senator collins had a statement about irs workers. this reconciliation bill is culmination of year of negotiations of democrats pursuing a stripped down version of the build back better bill. this one dubbed by democrats as the inflation reduction act. $433
joining us i m eric shawn. for some other major stories were funky right now. trying to intensify the military the coast of tehran. that after house speaker nancy pelosi visited the country last week. beijing also suspending climate and military cooperation agreement with the united states. meanwhile in the middle east dozens have been killed in gaza. the bloodiest fighting between israelis and palestinians in over a year. as palestinian jihad terrorists continue to attack the jewish state, more than 600 rockets have been fired from gaza. some see behind these attacks the hidden hand of ironic. former prime minister of israel will be here on that in a few moments. cracks fox team coverage starts right now. alexander hoff with a more on the china threat. first were going to go to chad per agreement. he has on capitol hill so chad what is it looking like? the senate has 44 sanding grocers one very important human rule exhaustion but centers have voted straight through since l