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debating the idea of allowing medicare to negotiate for prescription drug price, but it will mean millions of americans can actually access those prescriptions they need at lower costs. we ve been trying for decades to address the climate crisis in the way we need. what that means for families is lower energy costs, lower utility bills. this bill now heads to the house of representatives. president joe biden could sign it into law as early as friday. we will have much more on the impact of this proposed legislation in just a moment. hugely consequential weekend. president biden and the first lady headed to kentucky this morning. the two are expected to visit flood-ravaged parts of the state. they will speak with families devastated by these storms. we know at least 37 people were killed after heavy rain led to widespread flooding last week. rescue workers continue to search for the missing. let s begin, though, this morning with president biden s major legislative win.
line and many on the media mobin in particulare many in congress have announced that former president donald trump isf guilty of everything she accused him of. never mindev the many reports that two secret service agents deny her allegation that donald trump trump tried to commandeerw the vehicle that he was being driven in . never mind that one of president trump s attorney says even though she testified under oath, itt is her handwriting. my handwriting. and again, she did that under oath. never mind that the president president trump s denials that he ever wanted to waive armed people into the rally, he s denied it. how about we do a few simple things for once and not rush to judgment and maybe give people the benefit of the doubtbt and let s do these three things. let s have one the secret service agents let him sign sworn affidavits. they don t even have todavi go before cameras and give up their careers too. how about we do this ? why don t we hire the best professional
u.s. and china deteriorated to their lowest point in decades. real tension, particularly over taiwan. secretary of state antony blinken speaking today with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov. as cnn learned exclusively of plans under way for a prisoner swap, trading convicted russian arms dealer viktor bout for detained wnba star brittney griner and marine veteran paul whelan. we re watching that closely. let s begin with the new gdp numbers, cnn chief business correspondent christine romans is here with more. christine, break down, a lot of numbers not just you but economists follow, this headline number is not good. this is gdp gross domestic product. it is the largest gauge of the size of the economy and it this rank 0.9% in the second quarter. this is a rear view mirror looking picture, and that s after the economy this rank 1.6% in the first quarter, that first quarter was blamed on the omicron variant and how much was going through the economy with supply chain pro