president hopes to as the president tries of add this this bill to the suddenly bill to the stunningly good jobs numbers good jobs at which numbers as wet might is being shape up to be the best called the best week of his presidency so far. week of his presidency that s for. plus, just days after plus just days after a majority help clear majority firm in state of of indiana abortion rights, the has taken a major step to state of indiana has taken a major step to restrict those rights. i will talk to the women who spearheaded the kansas effort. we re first gonna start in washington, senators have taken to the floor to begin that rare saturday session where democrats hope to pass that spending package. some republican senators promised to create some problems today to elongate the process, democrats appear to be a united front, with senator brian schatz tweeting out that all 50 democrats will vote amendments on the floor today to ensure the passage of the package. this coming
deal did kill one provision to cap drug prices. i want to get to julie who s been following all the updates minute by minute. wow, it s quite a rare saturday, julie, talk to me. what s going on so far? yeah, yasmin, i m told by some senators in the last couple of minutes that they begin they can get started on this bill as soon as two hours from now. one of the biggest holdup says we don t have the bill text yet. schumer said that the parliamentarian meetings are largely concluded but there are some issues, some kinks that they re working out, specifically on the drug prices, the insulin cap as well. i want to you to take a listen to which leader schumer said on the floor. i m happy to report to my colleagues that the bill that we presented to the parliamentarian remains largely intact. the bill when passed will meet all of our goals, fighting climate change, lowering health care costs, closing tax