about this bill it will not lower inflation. we re now one step closer to enacting this historic legislation into law. indiana becoming the first state post-roe to pass a law banning nearly all abortions. people are demanding that their voices be heard by this legislature, to demand equal rights under the law. me and my sisters we are not murderers. we just took control of our own bodies. if your pro-life you can t be happy. if you re pro-choice you can t be happy. all i know is people need to go out and vote in november. reporter: the fallout from u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi s visit to taiwan continues with china ramping up its military and diplomatic backlash. there is no justification for this extreme, disproportionate and escalatory military response. some sort of military escalation and the possibility of open conflict, a higher probability than it was just a few days ago. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. and we be
temperatures. plus escalating tensions between israel and gaza militants. the most violent in over a year. we ll go live to southern israel for the latest. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with lynda kinkade. we begin in washington, d.c. where a marathon voting session is currently under way in the u.s. senate. democrats are hoping to push through a sweeping healthcare climate and tax bill that tackles some of the key policy objectives. first, they have to clear one more procedural hurdle, what is known as a vote-a-rama, a series of back-to-back amendment votes with no time limit. the bill is ultimately expected to pass, then head to the u.s. house for a vote. cnn s jessica dean reports. reporter: senate democrats are pushing through midway through this complex budget process that will allow them to pass legislation focused on climate, healthcare and some tax provisions with just the senate democrats voting. they will not need senate republicans. but
over to investigators. good morning. it is sunday, august 7th. thanks for waking up with us. the alarm went off this morning, i was a little bit in pain and i thought at least i m not a capitol hill reporter right now. i was in pain this morning as well and i was excited to come in because i m glad to be anchoring with a capitol hill insider, or what do you call yourself, a procedural nerd? i called you last night to get some study points. a technical term. and that s exactly where we re going to start. up first, senate democrats pulling that all nighter as they move toward final passage of the sweeping climate and healthcare bill. right now senators are nearing their seventh straight hour of considering amendments in a so-called vote-a-rama. we didn t make that term up. that s what it is called in the senate. that marathon process began when the senate voted to advance the bill with vice president kamala harris breaking the tie. on this vote, the ayes are 50, the nay
things they care about. we don t have to make things up when the republicans do their big tax bill in 2017, they said it will reduce your taxes to the average middle class person. it was aimed at the rich. we are talking about exactly what this bill does. we don t have to make it up because we are aiming directly at the american people and what they want. so, let me say this. say no to something is easy. it gets mistaken that no, say no, that is tough. there is no strategy or counting to saying no. it s simple, it is easy. legislating is about getting to yes. i ve always been a yes person. not a no person. always wanted to get something done. if you ask me, what helped you get the stun? some people have asked me that. i put it in one word, persistence. i just tell you a brief story for those of you who haven t heard about my dad. my dad passed away in november, he would have been 99 on flight day, june 14th. he was i won t go into the whole story, but he was a brilliant par
front and center at cpac. the most buzzed about booth is this. a fake jail cell. what you re watching actually happened at cpac. it features a convicted january 6th rioter doing performance art, if you want to call it that, in a cage wearing an orange jump suit. also on display, cultural wars and election denialism. we re at war. think about after high noon on the 20th of january of 2021. when an illegitimate impostor took over 1600 pennsylvania avenue and took over the administration. my job, it s like the old coliseum where you slam on a breast plate and go fight the barbarians. we re going to secure a boarder, build a damn wall, then when we finish it, name it after president donald j. trump. a lot of this sounds familiar, but the hits, i thgue they keep the folks coming in. what are you hearing from the attendees there? well, jim, in just a few hours, as you said, donald trump will take the stage. the final speech here at this three-day event. he ll be proceeded