tonight, we begin with breaking news. the senate is in a rare, saturday night session, as democrats work to advance their sweeping health care, and climate bill, towards final passage. passage that could come as soon as this weekend. the bill, and the inflation reduction act, the i.r.a., would represent the largest climate investment in u.s. history. it will make major health policy by giving medicare the power, for the first time ever, to negotiate the prices of certain prescription drugs. the package is the product of painstaking negotiations, and it would give democrats a chance to achieve major policy objectives. ones that they sought for decades. they could get them ahead of the midterms. vice president, kamala harris, casting the tie breaking vote on the motion to proceed. the senate has, officially, begun debating the legislation. joining me now, norman ornstein, who is an emerita scholar in american enterprise institute. he is also a contributing editor from the atlan
meanwhile, a new study published in eternal medicine finds that the aftermath of gun virus goes far beyond the number of dead wounded. it found that outdoor spending increased as a director spoke of a non fatal fire arm injury. as i was increased physical pain and major spikes in psychiatric disorders and substance abuse disorders. those effects could be seen and victims family members. joining me now is the doctor who conduct that study, dr. zirui song. he is the associate professor of health care policy and medicine at harvard medical school. doctor sonne, thank you so much. walk us through some of the key takeaways that you have. sure, thank you, sam, i appreciate you having me and your attention to the support and public health policy and problem. we looked at about six dozen to 500 survivors of firearm injuries, and about 12 dozen of
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few weeks ago. we have a way sometimes in my party of getting caught just when we ve amassed the discipline and the force to get something done right away, a shiny object makes it harder to focus. it also sounds like you don t think it s politically feasible. i m more interested in the governing than the politics. i think we need to do a better job of organizing gun violence protection not only at mass shooting but also the gun violence that happens in our neighborhoods every single day. i grew up in one of those neighborhoods. you should not be a nominee from our party that can seriously stand in front of urban places and say i will protect you if you don t believe in gun licensing. a hundred people are likely to die today from gun violence. if a hundred people were dying today from a mysterious virus, we would be all over this. we need to treat gun virus like