finland, the first major federal gun safety legislation passed in decades, bipartisan, it includes incentivizing red flag laws, closes the boyfriend loophole and funds crisis intervention programs including mental health courts. and tomorrow president biden is expected to sign the bipartisan chips and science act boosting u.s. semi-conductor production and the making of cars, household appliances and computers. also this week he is expected to sign a bipartisan bill enhancing health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. let s get right to capitol hill where they were up all night saturday into sunday, a marathon session, but the senate did pass the inflation reduction act. jessica dean is there. jessica, what is in this big piece of legislation? reporter: good morning to both of you. yeah, this is a big, big win for senate democrats who frankly, john and brianna, they didn t know that they were going to get to this point. this alm
a major climate package on the verge of clearing the senate. the biggest investment in fighting climate change ever. what it could mean for lowering some prescription drug prices. republicans blasting the bill, accusing the democrats of ramming through billions in tax hikes and reckless spending. we re live on capitol hill. the new abortion ban in indiana. the first state in the nation to enact a new law of this kind since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. the near total ban on abortion services does have some exceptions. reaction pouring in from both sides of the issue. the investigation into a fiery crash in l.a. a representative for anne heche confirms the actor was behind the wheel. tonight, in stable condition, what we re learning. overseas, massive explosions sparking renewed fears of a major escalation in the middle east as fighting between israel and islamic jihad intensifies. the death toll climbing tonight. the devastating lightning strike sparking a
and explosions and sirens burglary throughout the night as palestinian fire rockets in response to deadly air strikes. we ll go live to southern israel for more on the escalating tensions. well, the crucial part of president biden s ledgislative agenda appears to be closing in on the closing line. it s set to begin today in the senate. the so-called inflation reduction act includes a $369 billion investment in energy and climate programs. it s the largest in u.s. history. the democrats are still waiting to find out if they can even pass this with a simple party line vote. and it all comes after a week of big achievements for the biden administration. cnn s jeremy diamond explains. today we received another outstanding jobs report. reporter: tonight president biden hailing another strong jobs report and promising more relief to americans struggling with stubbornly high prices. today there are more people working in america than before the pandemic began. in fact, there
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
reporter: israeli forces for the second day hitting residential buildings in the gaza strip, allegedly housing members of islamic jihad, a militant palestinian group. earlier, air-raid sirens sounding in israel sent people scrambling. palestinian militants firing more than 450 rockets, according to israel defense forces. the vast majority intercepted by israel s iron dome. the volley starting friday after israel claimed to have killed a senior islamic jihad commander. israeli prime minister yair lapid saying the operation was launched in response to a concrete threat from terror groups. according to the palestinian health ministry, so far at least 26 people have been killed, including 6 children, and more than 200 injured. whit, this latest violence marks the biggest escalation since the war last may. security experts worry, if the palestinian group hamas gets involved, that could result in a much bigger conflict.