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
against alex jones war on truth. shock jock forced to pay the price for lies about the sandy hook massacre. but, will it stop him? this is american voices. potentially historic week in washington we begin this week with a potentially historic week in washington, democrats push for it to push for a donkey pieces on the biden agenda. a live look at the senate floor right now. senators debate the inflation reduction act, also called the ira. this is no small task. opposition from republicans, senate democrats have to stick together to pass the bold piece of legislation in an evenly split 50/50 senate. legislation, as it stands right now would lower prescription drug costs, collect taxes from corporations and reduce the deficit. then this the historic 369 billion dollar investment in the fight against climate change. this investment in america s future comes fresh off a red hot job report, defying signs our nation s economy, and economic recovery is losing steam. u.s. cre
now a jury has ordered conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay up to the parents of a sandy hook shooting victim. hi, everyone. it is saturday, august 6th, and thank you so much for waking up with us, especially you, phil. i m glad your alarm clock went off. yeah. my big question right now looking at my phone, are my kids awake yet? has the circus fully started in my household? did yours? mine almost did when my alarm clock went off at 3:00 not 3:00, 2:00. my son started crying. i got to take him out of bed and stick him with my husband and leave the circus. you deal with it. yeah, exactly, exactly. there s plenty going on at home, but we re going to be r gin a crucial test. voting is set today on the major economic and climate bill. the bill has the support of arizona senator kyrsten sinema who demanded several changes to the tax provisions, which she got. support is essential as senators pushed for passage under what we call a convoluted procedural passage. here
good morning, everyone, and welcome to your new day. i m amara walker. and i m phil mattingly. and today all eyes are on capitol hill after days of deal-making. democrats get ready to vote on a critical part of president biden s economic agenagenda. we ll tell you what s in the bill and what it means for millions of americans. plus it was a week of twists and turns in the courtroom. now a jury has ordered conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay up to the parents of a sandy hook shooting victim. and war of words. tensions heat up between the u.s. and china after nancy pelosi s trip to taiwan. antony blinken s warning it could have major consequences. good morning and welcome to your new day. it s august 6th. amara, we did it last hour. i ll do it again because we re not sitting next to each other. what s the status? three of the four kids are awake. we re on track to an early start. i have access to all the cameras, and i am doing my best not to check because i don t