it changes people s lives. a whole range of things that are game changers for ordinary folks. when you sit down at the kitchen table at the end of the month, you ll be able to pay a whole hell of a lot more bills. plus disaster and death in kentucky. the president just landing there, pledging the federal government will help the state recover. and documentary evidence of a potential trump crime. a new picture shows a photo of a toilet stuffed with white house documents. president biden the bill cleared the senate sunday and is due for a house vote this week. it included some concessions, a major to cap the cost of insulin stripped out of the final bill. a minimum tax on large corporations was watered down. but the substance of the final product is hugely significant. giant first-time investments in climate protections and long-sought changes to how americans pay for health care and their prescription drugs. step back and look at the long arc and the president s legi
this legislation provides $369 billion in new climate spending, which the white house says should help cut u.s. green there s house emissions by half by the end of this decade. the bill includes new initiatives on corporate taxes and drug price controls. now, if it becomes law, it will join a host of major legislative achievements for the president ahead of the midterms, including bipartisan investment in the country s infrastructure and manufacturing sectors. cnn joe johns is in eastern kentucky following the president. joe, what should we expect to hear from the president? reporter: well, you know, he is here, victor, in his role as consoler in chief, but if his previous remarks today were any indication, he s also promising that the government is going to stick around and help the people of eastern kentucky see this through to the other side. they ve got quite a lot of work to do. the president is now expected to get a tour of some of the damage that we saw here in easte
reportedly discussing among themselves about using their own constitutional power to stop the president. what those who talked already have said to the committee and what others might say, we just don t know, but what they could say given the positions they held and what they were privy to is formidable. they include secretary of state mike pompeo, who we first reported last night is expected to sit down with the house select committee, perhaps as soon as this week. also former treasury secretary steven mnuchin, who we learned today has already been interviewed by the committee. negotiations are underway with the former director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe, for a sitdown with him. and finally there s former acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, who we spoke with earlier this week on the program. he was spotted on his way out, after speaking with the committee today. mulvaney, as you know, was serving as envoy to northern ireland when the attack happene
they were privy to, is potentially formidable. it includes former secretary of state, mike, who we first reported last night is expected to sit down with the house committee, perhaps soon as this week. also former treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, we have learned today that he has already been interviewed by the committee. sources also tell us that because uses are underway for the former national intelligence director, john ratcliffe, for a sit down with him. then there is former acting boss chief of staff, mick mulvaney, we spoke with earlier on the program. he was spotted on the way out after speaking with the committee today. mulvaney, as you know, was serving as envoy to northern ireland when the capitol was attacked and quit in the aftermath. steve mnuchin at the time was reported to have been involved about discussions to invoke the 25th amendment to remove the president from office. there is reporting from jonathan carl, who you will hear from shortly, is that one o
235i23 facing a threat of flash flooding. flooding is also a big problem in st. louis, missouri. there have been multiple rescues of people trapped in their homes. and new video out of las vegas overnight, take a look. water pouring into some of the casinos. over an inch of rain fell there, saturating the vegas strip. i want to get right to derrek vn d dam. what is happening in kentucky, there are water under way. and there is a dam that is under a concern. yes, a flooding event that took place in st. louis and now looking likely that we have another one in 1,000 year event that has taken place across eastern kentucky. thanks to the ongoing rain that is falling as we speak, right now national weather service continuing with flood watches, flood warnings and even flash flood warnings near the border of kentucky and west virginia as some of the heaviest rains move through the area swelling the rivers and also overflowing some of the local roadways there, submerging homes as w