we will have a live report from southern israel. new rocket strikes near a nuclear power plant, raising fears of a disaster in europe. we re live in ukraine, with the details. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. good to have you with us, the u.s. is on track to make its biggest investment to combat the climate crisis in history, after the democrat passed sweeping climate and tax bill officially known as the inflation reduction act, vice president kamala harris cast the deciding vote to break a 5050 tie. the are 50, the knees are 50, the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative and the bill as amended these past. not a single republican senator voted for the measure, they of course have a much different view of the bill. here is senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. american families are crying out for relief, the democrats decided to spend hundreds of billions of dollars of the people s money on a bi
translator: we don t want to keep going through this. every year there are strikes. this is where the next phase of the war will be won or lost, in trenches like this. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is monday, august 8, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where new life is being breathed into president biden s domestic agenda after senate democrats finally passed their sweeping climate health care and tax plan officially known as the inflation reduction act. vice president kamala harris cast the deciding vote after a deadlock along party lines. on this vote the yeas are 50, nays are 50. the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative and the motion is agreed to. the measure represents the largest climate investment in u.s. history with $370 billion to combat climate change. it also makes major changes to health policy such as giving medicare the power to negotiate some drug prices and it imp
cnn through the crime scene. plus, she s the one that we wanted and treasured. singer, actress, and icon olivia newton-john passes away. hello, and welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we begin with our politics lead. president biden began his week on the cusp of a huge win for his party. the senate this weekend in a marathon voting session passed the democratic branded inflation reduction act strictly along party lines. every single republican voted against it. the bill now heads to the house. it is expected to pass along party lines there as well. and president biden could sign it into law as soon as friday. the massive $750 billion bill contains sweeping health care provisions, tax increases on wealthy corporations, and the largest climate investments in u.s. history. and this comes as the president and first lady tour eastern kentucky, where hellish flooding killed more than three dozen people and caused catastrophic damage to communities. presi
hours. what s the latest? democrats are now on pace to pass this bill, probably within the hour. this after a marathon voting session that started at 11:30 p.m. eastern time last night, has gone all through the night into the afternoon, and after some last-minute drama, within their own caucus, democrats have resolved those issues, and now are pushing ahead to final passage. that drama caused by concerns initially raised by kyrsten sinema of arizona. the 15% corporate minimum tax. she was concerned it could impact some smaller companies. it s supposed to hit companies that have a billion dollars or more in income. but she had concerns about companies that were subsidiaries of those that were owned by private equity firms. she wanted to exempt those subsidiaries. she agreed to a republican amendment that targeted this, that narrowed this corporate minimum tax, exempted those subsidiaries. but democrats were revolting over this because of the way that republican amendment wou
we stand strong with our muslim community. be vigilant and report anything you see. e veil will not prevail. a fourth set of human remains have now been in lake mead s receding waters. we have to identify the victim, and that s what we re trying to do at this point. and actor anne heche now said to be in stable condition after her car crashes into an l.a. house, narrowly missing a person inside. she was in the house at the time, and the car stopped like two feet away from where she was sitting. so she was pretty lucky. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. lower prescription costs and a historic national fight against climate change. senate democrats finally pass the landmark legislation that they have chased for more than a year. it took months of negotiations an exhaustive all-nighter of whirlwind votes to reach a 50-50 split along party lines. vice president kamala harris then cast the deciding vote. the yeaj s are 50, the nays