good morning. i m jose diaz-balart. any minute now we ll be hearing from president biden who is expected to deliver remarks opt the economy and efforts to tackle inflation. this as the new government report reveals consumer prices fell just a tenth of a percent from last month aligning with what economists were expecting. meanwhile, the development surrounding the president over classified documents. aids to the president found at least one additional batch of classified documents from the obama administration in a location separate from biden s office. according to a person familiar with the matter. this just days after the white house said less than a dozen documents were found in a locked closet in the private office at the penn biden center in washington. that sparked a doj review of the matter. joining us now is white house correspondent carol lee, who was in the nbc news reporting about the classified documents. also with us is glen kesher in, legal analyst. so what wil
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
of the united states, so there would be enough reason. but you have to translate it to the kitchen table, because this is the truth about what he says is that people make votes on different ways. and i believe they make votes as to what comes to that kitchen table. affordable health care is not about just the health of a person, it s about their financial health, being able to afford health care. what we did in the i.r.a. to reduce the cost of insulin from five, $600 a month, for seniors on medicare, to $35 a month and republicans want to overturn that. what we did about the secretary of hhs being able to negotiate for lower prescription drugs, they want to take that to court and overturn that. so this is what it means to you, and your financial security is part of your freedoms. so it s about making it real for people. and that is so important,
and there were two of the strongest years ever for small business creation as well. and today unemployment is near lows for blacks and hispanic. that s the lowest ever on record for people with disabilities. we re seeing american families breathing easier. more americans have health insurance than they did ever in our history. fewer families are facing foreclosures today than before the pandemic. and we still have more work to do though. but we re moing in the right direction. there s more breathing room in store for american workers and families. starting last week, as of january 1, a month s supply of insulin is capped at $35 for seniors on medicare. some were may paying hundreds of dollars a month. not anymore. starting last week, if big pharma raises prices faster than