live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. it s not something we say very often, but congress appears on the verge of actually accomplishing something. more than 350 house members, even speaker johnson himself have signed on to a multibillion dollar deal that could give a tax break to millions of families and businesses, but will senate republicans end up sinking it? for the first time in a long time, we heard from defense secretary lloyd austin pinning the blame directly on iran for the deadly attack on u.s. service members and insisting they ll pay the price. we ve not described what our response is going to be, but we look to hold the people that are responsible for this accountable. but the question is when and is the delay getting iranian backed militants time to get away. and the government is gearing up for a price war with big pharma, with billions of your dollars at stake. hhs secretary xavier becerra will join me later in the show to talk about how it coul
wise ministers. this is probably the biggest delegation saudi arabia has a centre for the summit in the last so many years. this comes just two weeks after the chinese arab business, the 10th ofjune, in which we saw a huge chinese delegation coming in. both countries are looking at this as an opportunity to really deepen their economic push, which we have seen really flourishing, at least on the surface of the last few months. it president started with a presence she champagne s visit, last year, and we have seen chinese companies in western saudi arabia, and if you look on paper, saudi arabia is china s large supply of oil, and also its largest trading partner. but the companies are now looking past other sections of the economy and business where they can both come together. tell and business where they can both come together. come together. tell us a bit more about that, come together. tell us a bit more about that, especially come together. tell us a bit more abou
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the entertainment industry. actors and, before them, writers, demanded higher pay, with a strike that lasted 118 days. costing the california economy some $6 billion. we bring in our reporter who has been following the story. the deal still needs to be approved by the board of the union. this is the sag union which represents a lot of the actors in hollywood, a lot of the actors that play smaller roles. so we don t know the details of the agreement, but we do know what those actors were demanding. you mentioned higher pay. they say that streaming giants have been profiting ever since the streaming era started, but that pay hasn t trickled down to the actors, the lower level actors in particular. they have concerns about advancing technology and artificial intelligence. they say that these streaming giants could use their likeness and not need theirjobs or skills in person in the future, going forward. they want some protection against that. they also want a slice of the strea