he has taking out billboards, but he s not running for president. sure. thank you, chris, as always. and thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. hazmat suits, paramedics, firefighters at the ballot box. today authorities in adams county colorado right next to denver found investigating a ballot they received an envelope containing a suspicious, powdery substance. it is crazy on its face that we are at a point here were someone trying to harm election workers is even within the realm of possibility. but what makes this story truly remarkable is how the adams county clerk is handling all of this. back in may, he told abc news that threats he and his fellow election workers were facing were so bad that he was wearing a bulletproof vest to work. and he was not alone. election workers in multiple colorado counties underwent active shooter training, and started wearing their own bulletproof fasts because of the threats that have been pouring in as a result of the
across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late, i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow hazmat suits, paramedics firefighters at the ballot box. today, authorities in adams county, colorado right next to denver, announced a local law enforcement and the fbi are investigating a ballot they received in an envelope containing a suspicious powdery substance. it is crazy on its face that word a point here where someone trying to harm election workers is even within the realm of possibility. but what makes the story truly remarkable is how the adams county clerk is handling all this. back in may she told abc news that threats he as fellow election workers were facing were so bad that he was wearing a bulletproof vest to work. and he is not alone. election workers in multiple colorado counties underwent active shooter training, and started wearing their own bulletproof fasts because of the threats that have been pouring in as a result of the big lie. the adams c
of several drugs used by americans under a new program. on the list, commonly described blood thinners, diabetes treatments and more. it marks a shift in the government s ability to hold down drug prices. joining us now, nbc news political reporter, monica alba. welcome. so how quickly will negotiations again and the big question, how long before prices are expected to come down? as president biden said this afternoon, this is a long time coming. for decades, presidents have tried to take on big pharma in this way and the white house was able to do this by passing the inflation reduction act. he signed it into law over a year ago but that s how long it s taken to go through these very bureaucratic processes of trying to decide which drugs specifically. that s why we know about these first ten. this first batch but it s still going to take a little bit of time for anybody to really see the effects of this.
understood the margin is closes close to election day, he s a 50 50 district, some of these districts trump did extremely well. yet we re competitive. we are glass half full person? . no, we give ourselves a fighting chance, by governors so is the right thing over the last year and a half, by passing the inflation reduction act, the infrastructure bill, stimulus, we did all of these measures to help middle class americans that republicans did not voters support, and we did it while fighting big pharma, biting big oil, fighting those who are trying to stop a president from enacting the student debt relief bill, and housing relief, so we give ourselves a fighting chance, and now all of those candidates congressman, kim patrick maloney, they really have to drive a sharp contrast between the future, that they author with.
report. i wasn t discouraged in the least. i had the privilege of being that political director in the 2010 midterm election, when we received official liking, i will tell you, at this point close to the election, they were looking at how all these house races in swing districts, and we were trailing, and in some cases trailing significantly. you just laid out a number of swing districts, where democrats are incredibly competitive. we always assume then understood the margin is closes close to election day, he s a 50 50 district, some of these districts trump did extremely well. yet we re competitive. we are glass half full person? . no, we give ourselves a fighting chance, by governors so is the right thing over the last year and a half, by passing the inflation reduction act, the infrastructure bill, stimulus, we did all of these measures to help middle class americans that republicans did not voters support, and we did