we do expect their gaveling in as we speak and we do expect to see them at some point in the next many hours to move forward with this democrat s climate and tax and health care bill. we ll see them gavel in and then there will be a vote on a nomination, to get all of the senators here. behind the scenes, because democrats are using this very specific budget process that required all 50 of the democratic senators support but has to go through the senate parliamentarian to make sure it meets the rules and could pass muster to be included in this bill. so the parliamentarian is continuing to rule on this as we speak. she s making her way through yowl of these provisions. just earlier today, we learned that the bulk of what they wanted with medicare being able to negotiate drug prices for the first time is remaining in the bill. the parliamentarian did strike a smaller provision on caps for medicine and the private sector that democrats wanted to put a cap on medication, that t
sanders said the bill does not go far enough, what does that mean? he represents the further left of the democratic party and wrangling all 50 of the democratic senators has been no small fete, getting senator manchin and kyrsten sinema on board. ultimately we believe this bill will move forward, the question is when. this is a very, very lengthy, complex, tedious process they re using, a specific budget process they re using to get it through. let me tell you about what s in the bill, a lot of climate provisions, about $369 billion in climate provisions, the biggest investment out of the senate ever. hoping to reduce carbon emissions by 40% by 2030. also some tax incentives in there to push renewables. there s also some health care components in theory that would allow medicare to negotiate the price of some drugs, about 10 drugs by the year of 2026 and extending beyond that, the first time medicare would be able to do that. democrats wanted it to be bigger but this was ab
neighbors against neighbors. a fight over who gets to use the river that fuels life. we visit two states that are facing off. hello. welcome to the lead. we begin this hour with our world lead. a pair of escalating international crises. russia and the united states are now indicating they re ready to hold talks about a prisoner swap. just a day after a russian court convicted american basketball star brittney griner of drug smuggling, and sentenced her to nine years in prison. potential prisoner swap talks could include fellow american paul whelan who has been detained in russia since 2018. we ll have more on that in just a moment. first another crisis unfolding. china is taking dramatic new steps of retaliation for house speaker nancy pelosi s visit to taiwan including sanctioning pelosi and her family. plus, military escalation. taiwan s defense ministry reports dozens of chinese war planes crossing into its air defense territory today. in return, the white house summon
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