several of them are calling out fox news for down-playing the violence of that dark day. we ll have those comments in just a moment. plus, the latest on the kidnapping in mexico that ended with two americans dead and two others in the hospital. and also we could be closer to finding out who sabotaged a russian pipeline last year. that new reporting is straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 8th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning with a growing number of republican senators blasting fox news and prime time host tucker carlson for showing select footage from the january 6th insurrection on his prime time show. that footage provided by house speaker kevin mccarthy. the fox news try today portray the deadly riot as peaceful, calling the insurrectionists sight seers and that lawmakers who suggest otherwise had lied to the american public. even alleging some capitol police officer
after announcing this $132 billion acquisition of an online prescription drug company. the plan here is weight watchers wants to get involved in this obesity drug craze. you have probably seen the headlines swirling over the last several weeks. elon musk has taken one of these new drugs. there s a brand new clas of obesity drugs hitting the market. the danish pharma joint is in the position pioneering these new drugs. eli lilly has one in the pipeline. some say the obesity drug market could grow to $50 billion within the next decade, so this is absolutely a space to watch over the coming months. those obesity drugs all the rage at the moment at least encertain circles here. verizon is raising the price of its older cellphone plans. why?
but when we couldn t get things done with bipartisanship such as things like climate change are going after the prescription drug company so we could lower costs, we did it on our own. so my first choice is always to do it bipartisan but for issues that matter to the american people, but then we try and do it on our own. thank you everybody, have a great night. take care, we love america. clearly a very happy chuck schumer, the majority leader in the united states senate, presumably he will remain as the majority leader in the united states senate as a result of the democrats huge win today. cnn has project the democrats will maintain their majority of the united states senate after democratic senator cortez masto defeated laxalt. a huge win for the democrats. schumer cited these three reasons, strong candidates, a
not a cost of living. not a, you know, an advancement for five years. the money is just not there. we need to get them to the table so they can negotiate with us in a serious level. leslie: the county board says there have been 37 negotiating sessions with the union in the past ten months. the union contends the board is stalling and not negotiating in good faith. meanwhile, kaiser permanente workers are expected to return to work today, they staged a one day walkout over contract disputes yesterday. the kaiser los angeles medical center on sunset boulevard, nurses and other kaiser employees, look to the picket lines over proposed cuts to health care and retirement benefits. kaiser officials say the union hasn t responded to their wage and benefit proposals. phillip: a major prescription drug company is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills. we ll have the details next. leslie: there s a push online for an ethical iphone. we ll tell you about the