And what will the long awaited Special Grand Jury report reveal, a very big week, coming up. And just what the doctor ordered, the Biden Administration moves to lower Prescription Drug costs for millions of older americans. Big pharma is promising a big fight. Domestic Policy Adviser to President Biden joins me live to discuss. All of that and more is coming up. And a good Sunday Morning to you all. I am katie phang. We begin with a look at the week ahead on capitol hill. The senate is back in session on tuesday and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is making his First Priority crystal clear, funding the government. In a letter to his colleagues, he says that the country, quote, cannot afford the brinkmanship or hostage taking we saw from House Republicans earlier this year. But that could prove to be difficult, with some republicans of the house already tightening or threatening with a shutdown, while also pushing for an Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden. And once again, Congress N
Championship series. Love it. Andy scholes, thank you. Dont go anywhere, cnn this morning starts right now. Good morning, everyone. Poppy is off. Erica hill joins me. A lot of big news to get to. If on a friday, we should go ahead. Yeah. Gets you closer to your weekend, phil. Five things to know. Breaking overnight, donald trump not running for House Speaker but throwing his weight bree hind congressman jim jordan. Will this push the representative closer to the vote threshold he needs. U. S. Funding to ukraine hangs in the balance of the speaker fight as Russia Strikes against overnight. Former President Trump reportedly revealing Nuclear Submarine secrets to this guy, an australian billionaire who also happens to be a member of maralago. And the Biden Administration announcing sends thousands, and saying build a border wall and still saying walls dont work. Jobs report due out this morning. Monitoring the nationwide strikes on those numbers. Signs of possible progress in the autowork
on my watch, health care should be right, not a privilege in this country. president biden touting huge victory for millions of americans, unveiling today the first ten drugs that will be part of medicare negotiations with pharmaceutical manufacturers after his inflation reduction act eliminated a 20-year ban on medicare negotiating drug prices. if you take any of the medications on this list, which treat diabetes, cancer, and other disorders, and you re over 65, you could soon see your costs go down. the rest of us get to see our costs go down too, because the program is projected to save the government an estimated $98.5 billion over a decade. $98.5 billion. it s also expected to eventually reduce insurance premiums and out-of-october costs for many older americans. we re going talk about this much more straight ahead. the leader of the proud boys in court as well ahead of their
he has not yet entered a plea. he s being held without bond and due back in court september 18th. david? david: alex perez in north carolina tonight. thank you, alex. at the white house today, president biden revealing his new plan to lower the cost of ten prescription drugs for seniors. including drugs to treat diabetes and cancer. americans pay more for prescription drugs than any country in the world, and tonight, for the first time, the president says that medicare will finally negotiate with the drug companies to lower the prices. abc s selina wang with a list of these prescription drugs. she s at the white house tonight. reporter: tonight, president biden announcing for the first time ever medicare will begin negotiating drug prices with manufacturers, targeting ten major medications that treat everything from diabetes to blood clots to cancer. the president says it will mean lower health care costs for millions of americans. today is the start of a new e deal for patient
biden and vice president harris do not think so. i saw today s speech as really the democratic response to last week s gop debate. at that debate, republicans debated such pressing issues as ufo sightings, country music lyrics, and whether the january 6th mob had a point when they were trying to hang mike pence. in contrast, today you saw joe biden and kamala harris say, we are normal people, we are hard working politicians, and we are about improving the lives of the american people through policies like lowering prescription drug costs. i think that s incredibly important and puts the campaign on a battlefield that republicans cannot compete, which is policy wonk, solving problems. those are areas republicans cannot compete. hmm. doctor? yeah, this is a historic moment. as you pointed out, we have been prevented from negotiating drug