harris announcing the passage of the inflation reduction act which is a $750 billion tax and climate bill that will likely define biden s legacy. the democratically controlled house is expected to take up this legislation on friday and must approve the bill before it reaches the president s desk. it has been a good week for biden. in the word of his predecessor he s been doing a lot of wing and that has democrats energized about the upcoming mid terms. reporter: democrats are on the verge of a massive victory with less than 100 days before the mid-term elections. the senate voted on sunday along party lines to approve a sweeping economic package, and this vote came after a marathon voting session that began saturday evening and lasted into the next day. and this bill includes a number of key democratic priorities. it includes a historic investment of nearly $370 billion for the climate. it would allow medicare to negotiate drug prices. it would extend expiring obamacare hea
about our children or us. stand for against us. because we re not going nowhere. dozens of devastated and furious members of the uvalde community lashed out at the school board, demanding new leadership and the firing of the school district s police chief. the contentious meeting came after the release of a damning report and dramatic police body cam video. meanwhile on capitol hill, two trump white house officials will testify in thursday s prime time hearing by the january 6th committee, as the panel shifts its focus to the three hours of inaction by former president trump, during the insurrection. and over in the senate, joe manchin is trying to save face. he s now claiming that he has not written off any key parts of president biden s domestic jaebd. we ll have the latest on where the negotiations stand. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, july 19th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we start with the latest on the january 6th in
cooperate. we ve had discussions with him about potentially appearing before them, trying to make sure we understand what it is they re asking for. as i always did when i was in service to america, i m happy to cooperate with things that are fair and transparent and deliver good outcomes to the american people. we ve learned the committee has already spoken to treasury secretary steve mnuchin. both pompeo and mnuchin discussed using the 25th amendment to remove trump from office. and trump s former chief of staff, mick mulvaney, testified before the committee just yesterday after he offered to come in voluntarily. suffice it to say the list is growing fast. here s how committee member jamie raskin puts it. it s like a waterfall of truth at this point. when you have more than 1,000 witnesses coming in and telling you what had happened, it s the tiny handful of people who are either lying or refusing to participate who begin to feel very nervous about the situation. acc
needs of working families. meanwhile, republicans push for amendments in support of cold lines and reducing gas taxes. and even against hiring more irs agents. they are going to be collecting about close to 740 billion dollars in new tax revenue over the next supposedly 5 to 10 years, but most certainly it is not going to help get us through a tight time. certainly it is not the time in which we start adding additional government employees. talking 87,000 more irs employees. i don t think very many american citizens are going to want to see that. the vote-a-rama will continue for at least the next few hours before the bill is expected to pass the senate. it will come up for a final house vote on friday, and president biden is expected to sign it as soon as it passes. biden has left the white house for the first time since testing positive for covid-19. he traveled to for union with first lady jill biden. meanwhile, new warning to donald trump or one of his allies. tru
ambassador. today israel launching a serious of air strikes in gaza, who they were targeting, and the incident civilians that may have been caught up in the cross fire. good day to you. i m peter alexander in washington. for my friend hallie jackson. and joining me now is nbc news capitol hill correspondent allie vitale and anna palmer. with great gratitude we are all inside with some air-conditioning on this stifling d.c. day. allie, let s walk through this kyrsten sinema, the deal the democrats got. talk about feeling the heat. the at democracy were very concerned how this was going to end up. republicans wither trying to peel off sinema s vote. what twos from here? what happens next? yeah, peter, thankfully we are going to be in air-conditioning all the rest of the weekend, too, because the senate is working both saturday and sunday now that they have senator kyrsten sinema on board. the changes she made to the legislation, not entirely surprising for those of us who h