tonight, we begin with breaking news. the senate is in a rare, saturday night session, as democrats work to advance their sweeping health care, and climate bill, towards final passage. passage that could come as soon as this weekend. the bill, and the inflation reduction act, the i.r.a., would represent the largest climate investment in u.s. history. it will make major health policy by giving medicare the power, for the first time ever, to negotiate the prices of certain prescription drugs. the package is the product of painstaking negotiations, and it would give democrats a chance to achieve major policy objectives. ones that they sought for decades. they could get them ahead of the midterms. vice president, kamala harris, casting the tie breaking vote on the motion to proceed. the senate has, officially, begun debating the legislation. joining me now, norman ornstein, who is an emerita scholar in american enterprise institute. he is also a contributing editor from the atlan
to the senate s efforts for the association bill. plus, the ripple effects of the kansas bill to protect abortion rights. what it could signal for the midterms. and, what goes around, comes around. alex jones has been ordered to pay more than $49 million to the parents of a sandy hook shooting victim. let s get started. tonight, we begin with breaking news. the senate is in a rare, saturday night session, as democrats work to advance their sweeping health care, and climate bill, towards final passage. passage that could come as soon as this weekend. the bill, and the inflation reduction act, the i. r. a., would represent the largest climate investment in u.s. history. it will make major health policy by giving medicare the power, for the first time ever, to negotiate the prices of certain prescription drugs. the package is the product of painstaking negotiations, and it would give democrats a chance to achieve major policy objectives. ones that they sought for decades. they c
are dangerous, exploitative, and reckless. they particularly, aggressively market tags to appear to young people. two extremists, and they also financed them completely for them with no money down. chairwoman maloney kept her promise. this week, the committee subpoenaed smith and weston, demanding the documents for their sales of ar style weapons and internal communications regarding last week shooting. like last month, high land park massacre. where the smith and weston why full was used. they were also pressuring the company to check and monitor injuries, deaths and crimes associated with their ar-15 rifles. the team will bring you more on the story if and with, smith and wesson response to the subpoena. and coming up in the second hour of a man, arizona secretary of state katie hobbs, the democratic nominee for governor, she is here. we will discuss the race for the midterms, and the senate reconciliation bill. i have to get that word down. plus the gop s growing embrace
hour of a man, arizona secretary of state katie hobbs, the democratic nominee for governor, she is here. we will discuss the race for the midterms, and the senate reconciliation bill. i have to get that word down. plus the gop s growing embrace of authoritarianism, right on display at cpac. and later, new revelations about the justice department s january six investigation. i am sam stein, in for ayman, let s get started! it has been almost two years since the 2020 election, but the details surrounding donald trump s plot to overthrow or a return those results keep pouring in. trump s coup coconspirators, knew how damaging their behavior was to our democracy. this week, new york times, found previously undisclosed emails, showed to republicans,
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