the spending showdown is about to go down. chad pergram following it all, a lot of details to pull together, but he s the man to do it. chad, what s happening? reporter: david, good morning. senate democrats aim to pass the climate, health and spending bill this weekend, but it may be a long weekend. we just got a ruling from the senate parliamentarian, she green lighted a provision in the bill to let medicare negotiate the cost of prescription drugs. democrats say that makes the cost of pharmaceuticals cheaper. elizabeth mcdonough has a lot of sway in process. the closer you can demonstrate a connection between what you re proposing and its fiscal impact on the federal budget, the more likely it is that it qualify for a simple majority vote out will. if i it doesn t, if it runs afoul of the rules of the road and/or is more designed to impact private sector activity reporter: on tapped today a marathon vote session with perhaps 15 consecutive hours of votes on amendme
david: tensions still rising around taiwan. china halting ties with the united states while boosting military drills all over the island after a house speaker nancy pelosi s trip there. lucas tomlinson is at the white house with more. reporter: hi, david, good morning. moments ago taiwan s defense ministry says china has launched over a dozen aircraft simulating attacks on the island. secretary of state tony blinken weighed in from southeast asia. china has chosen to overreact and use speakerrer pelosi s visit as a pretext to increase military activity in and around the taiwan strait. reporter: blinken s chinese counterpart responded. translator: we wish to issue a warning to the united states. do not act rashly. the united states, do not create a greater crisis. reporter: in the past phi days, more than 150 chinese jets have been dispatched to participate in war games simulating attacks on the island
approve of his performance, up compared to the 48% of the disapproval rating in august. there s been a gloom owe outlook for this gloomy outlook for this conference with some world leaders saying they don t believe the climate actions will be enough because of what they re seeing and the projections of what they could see in recent years. that s why there are conferences like this one, about 25 you 25,0 delegates from around the world will be here for the conversations around not only solidarity but of course action. todd, back to you. carley, congratulations to you. carley: thank you so much. alex, thank you. todd: back at home, house spike speaker nancy pelosi pushing to vote on the infrastructure bill as soon as tomorrow. carley: griff jenkins is live in washington. griff, good morning. reporter: carley and todd, good morning. the stakes are high. there s real pressure on speakerrer pelosi who failed twice to deliver on