the spending showdown is about to go down. chad pergram following it all, a lot of details to pull together, but he s the man to do it. chad, what s happening? reporter: david, good morning. senate democrats aim to pass the climate, health and spending bill this weekend, but it may be a long weekend. we just got a ruling from the senate parliamentarian, she green lighted a provision in the bill to let medicare negotiate the cost of prescription drugs. democrats say that makes the cost of pharmaceuticals cheaper. elizabeth mcdonough has a lot of sway in process. the closer you can demonstrate a connection between what you re proposing and its fiscal impact on the federal budget, the more likely it is that it qualify for a simple majority vote out will. if i it doesn t, if it runs afoul of the rules of the road and/or is more designed to impact private sector activity reporter: on tapped today a marathon vote session with perhaps 15 consecutive hours of votes on amendme
wartime powers to try to expedite the production of solar panels. that is a head-scratcher. you are watching fox & friends first on a tuesday i m todd piro. carley: carley shimkus, the energy crisis with a blow to morale nationwide. americans say it is a key factor in determining how they plan to vote midterm elections. todd: seven states with primary elections with each party to nominate candidates and the opponents this fall. alexandria hoff with the latest on the economic crisis. but kicks us off with a look at what we are watching today. hello, brooke singman. another date don t make big dayo primaries, just five months away. hours from now americans head to the polls in seven states with economy and soaring gas prices weigh heavy on voters mines. the democrat incumbents are looking at strong g.o.p. challenges hoping for a big pickup in november. democrat michael will face republican brian marriott and a veteran christopher rodrigues among others. and katie porter
as the gop nominee to be hoping to win back a state that went for president obama in 2008. and he s hoping hispanics will help him out. our colleague on that story in-depth for us in denver. i mentioned 2008. two thirds of the hispanic vote nationwide went to the democratic ticket but the vote in colorado was closer. does romney see an opening and could that spell a difference, do you think? oh, he definitely seeing an opening. both kand date candidates do. 12% to 14% of the overall voterless here in colorado and both sides are going at them. romney, the second trip since basically becoming the nominee, at least, unofficially to colorado. he is in the far west shoring up the business interests today and the latino voters, the swing voters and late deciders they hope to bring over to their side. a pollster here in colorado breaks it down why both candidates are after hispanics here in colorado, new mexico and in nevada. these candidates are looking at different pathways to