we have updates in the other special counsel s investigation. jack smith issuing more subpoenas in the january 6th investigation. this time, focusing on arizona. so let s get to it. joining me now is nbc news investigative correspondent, tom winter and nbc news justice reporter, ryan reilly. let s start with the top. walt nauta, finally getting a lawyer. finally pleading not guilty. walk us through what happened. it was a short hearing. the big news is he did get this lawyer, and essentially one of the reasons i think it s more difficult to find someone is because, you know, donald trump hasn t been known to pay his bills. that s something you re on the hook for down the line if, you know, no matter where this goes, once you re on the case you re stuck with it no matter what, even if there s a dispute about payment or what have you. whoever signed on for that is in for the long haul. with donald trump, a significant retainer agreement, cash up front in order to take on that
translator: we don t want to keep going through this. every year there are strikes. this is where the next phase of the war will be won or lost, in trenches like this. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is monday, august 8, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where new life is being breathed into president biden s domestic agenda after senate democrats finally passed their sweeping climate health care and tax plan officially known as the inflation reduction act. vice president kamala harris cast the deciding vote after a deadlock along party lines. on this vote the yeas are 50, nays are 50. the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative and the motion is agreed to. the measure represents the largest climate investment in u.s. history with $370 billion to combat climate change. it also makes major changes to health policy such as giving medicare the power to negotiate some drug prices and it imp
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. All right, shannon, why should the average person who is home right now having a cup of coffee on their way to work, why do they care about Paul Manafort and rick gates . These are just two guys who seemed to embezzle money for themselves. I would say to Pay Attention to today. They were just yesterday starting to get into these connections to ukraine. That could be really i guess enlightening to show just how deeply tied Paul Manafort was to prokremlin interest in ukraine. We already know about the 60 million payment. But there is a sense that theres a lot more here. We could get a lot more clarity on how tied he is to the ukraine. I would also note that even though this had nothing to do with the election, there is nothing ruling out that there wasnt be further indictments that could come. I have no reporting to indicate there are any more indictments coming, but i would just say leave open the possibility in
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is programs the most feared disease among seniors, and it s loss of independence, and this drug has been proven to slow that progression, making independence last longer. is there going to be an eligibility requirement? is medicare going to cover this? is insurance going to cover it? if it s not covering it, how expensive is it? when it comes to coverage, that s one of the major concerns we ve had. we believe coverage based on fda s accelerated approval should have been available for some time, but effectively for the last six months, this drug has been out of reach to all but a few americans. that could change in the coming hours as cms, the agency of the federal government that oversees medicare rolls out new rules that could make this under medicare available to many people, and beyond that, when medicare moves, many private insurers follow behind medicare, so this can be a very important step forward in terms of being able to access this treatment, which is so important because