earlier this morning two buses full of migrants arrived in washington, d.c., from texas. texas governor greg abbott ordered that the migrants be dropped off on vice president harris doorstep at her residence at the naval observatory. governor abbott and governor ducey of arizona already bussed thousands of migrants to other states in recent weeks. also today, florida governor ron desantis proudly claims he chartered two flights to bring 50 migrants from texas to martha s vineyard in massachusetts. there were seven families on those planes, including children. if this was his idea of a solution to the migrant issues, you would think that the governor would have alerted the governor of massachusetts to this. but these plane loads of migrants reported arrived without any warning to local officials who scrambled to set them up at a local church. here s how desantis sees it. we re not a sanctuary state, and it s better to be able to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction. yes, we will
from the dead, build back better, okay? senate democrats are now pushing forward with a deal to fight climate change, and lower rising health care costs. i am talking about the inflation production act. pieced together behind closed doors between west virginia senator, joe manchin, and other democrats, this legislation will lower prescription drug costs, tax corporations, and reduce the deficit. then, there is the historic 369 billion dollar investment in the fight against climate change. now, that includes encouraging americans to go green, and by expanding tax credits for electric vehicles. and that s on top of a 7500 dollar credit for new clean cars, it adds 4000 dollar credit for used electric cars, targeted at low income families. it s a lot. so, it s democrats hope to get this bill across the finish line, the lingering question tonight really is, if any of it will give them something to sell, to voters before the midterms? new nbc reporting reads, quote, democrats belie
american voices will be back next weekend. so, this hour, we are gonna get you all up on what s happening in washington. and i m gonna do my best to take you inside the room to the conversations being had. first, the surprise breakthrough from a democratic friends on capitol hill, bringing a key piece of president biden s agenda back from the dead, build back better, okay? senate democrats are now pushing forward with a deal to fight climate change, and lower rising health care costs. i am talking about the inflation production act. pieced together behind closed doors between west virginia senator, joe manchin, and other democrats, this legislation will lower prescription drug costs, tax corporations, and reduce the deficit. then, there is the historic 369 billion dollar investment in the fight against climate change. now, that includes encouraging americans to go green, and by expanding tax credits for electric vehicles. and that s on top of a 7500 dollar credit for new clea
already-devastating flooding. and, is taiwan on the itinerary? it s still a mystery as house speaker pelosi leaves for asia. putin makes his move. the kremlin s counter offer to bring brittney griner and paul whelan back home. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. we begin with the humanitarian tragedy in the u.s. president biden has issued a major disaster declaration for the state of kentucky, as catastrophic flooding has killed at least 16 people, including six children. and that death toll is expected to rise. the raging waters decimated entire neighborhoods. scores of people are still missing. the kentucky governor andy beshear say it s hard to get a fix on the exact number since cell service is out this many areas, and he added that the state has never seen anything like this. here he is. there are still so many areas we still can t get to. the water hasn t crested in some parts of eastern kentucky. so we can t even get into some ho
hello. i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. we begin with the fight for evidence in the investigations of the january 6th attack on the capitol. the washington post reports that more texts are missing, this time from president trump s senior homeland security officials related to the days surrounding the riot. now it s more than just the secret service that can not produce critical texts connected to the trump supporters who tried to overturn joe biden s win. we re also learning about the latest moves from the justice department as investigators pursue interviews with top officials from the trump administration. cnn is exclusively reporting that prosecutors are preparing for a major court battle on executive privilege. it s the clearest sign yet that federal investigators are focusing on trump s actions and his attempts to prevent the transfer of power to joe biden. trump s former chief of staff, nick mulvaney, who testified yesterday, s