children killed in a deadly mass shootings. one of the parents spoke to reporters after her son was murdered and spoke about the need for lessons at this moment in time. care and concern is so important and we saw what happens when there is a lot of that. i hope that everyone who is reading these articles and choose love with your kids because you can, that means being present in the moment with them. looking into their eyes, giving them a hug and just moving from there. just every moment realize that you have a choice and your choice is love. that s good advice and they are brave words from a mother who lost who was most precious to her. the judge in this trial could reduce today s figure due to a texas law that will not, though, mark the end of alex jones legal troubles. two more lawsuits ahead brought by more parents of those killed at sandy hook and the fate of records of his private conversations now sought by the january 6th committee. let s begin tonight with drew
hey, everyone. it s saturday, august 6th. thank you for waking up with us. phil i shouldn t ask about how you re holding up. how is your wife holding up with those four children? they have been fed, as far as i know right now. not watching on the cameras like you guys have. they are happy with their breakfast. i hope there s some cartoons going on. i have to be careful about tv stuff. it s saturday. you watch cartoons, right? phil, when are you coming home? after 11:00. don t worry, wifey. walk through the door and here s the children. it s the beauty of it. amara great to be with you. step by step, democrats moving closer to a major climate bill. that bill has passed a key hurdle in kyrsten sinema, who supports the legislation. her support is essential as democrats push for passage of the legislation, after what we will call a convoluted procedural process. here s a snapshot of what is in the bill. it includes $369 billion to combat climate change, which is the lar
the bill includes $369 billion to combat climate change, largest in u.s. history. it gives medicare the power to negotiate some drug prices. it caps medicare out-of-pocket expenses at $2,000 and extended affordable care act subsidies for three years. white house reporter kevin livtak looks at what it means. jess, i want to start with you because we have news breaking in the last five to ten minutes, which i think is a good harbinger for your next few days at the capitol, where do things stand for the key elements for this to move forward? reporter: phil, democrats getting good news from the senate parliamentarian. to give you the big picture, they are using as you both noted this complex budget process that requires the support of all 50 democrats. doesn t need any republican support, but in order to do that the parliamentarian has to rule it passes and musters up to all of these rules surrounding it. we just found out really in the last ten minutes that the parliamenta
just in the nomination process, essentially they re to get all 50 senate democrats here. we re looking for them to start this whole process in a matter of hours. the big question mark is when exactly will they do that. we don t quite know. they re waiting on a couple of things. you mentioned the senate parliamentarian. they re using a specialized budget process to move forward. they only need democratic senate support to get it through the senate but in order to use that process they have to make sure, they have to go through the parlia parliamentarian to finish. so they re waiting on a few more rulings from her and also waiting from the congressional budget office on how much some of these provisions will cost and how they will affect the deficit. once they have all that have in place, senate democrats can feel comfortable with a motion to proceed, which is essentially the first vote to kick off what is a very long and tedious process to get this across the finish line. once
reduction act, would be the largest investment in energy and climate programs in u.s. history. for the first time it would give medicare the power to negotiate prescription drug prices, cap medicare out-of-pocket costs at $2,000, and extend expiring health care subsidies for three years. but before any of that happens, it must get approval from the senate parliamentarian to proceed with a filibuster-proof reconciliation process, allowing democrats to pass the bill with just 50 votes. cnn s jessica dean is on capitol hill for us. jessica, where does the bill stand right now? reporter: well, now we are sitting around and waiting for it to make its way through this very complex budget procedure that you just kind of outlined there, frederica. but what we are anticipating is that the senate will gavel in in about an hour around noon. from there, they re going to they have to kind of get through all of these procedures. so what we ve learned in the last couple of hours, the