economic legislation through the senate. the inflation redaction act represents what would be the largest investment in energy and climate programs in u.s. history. it would extend health care subsidies and give medicare the power to negotiate prescription drug prices. senator schumer says it will close tax loopholes and reduce the deficit by $300 billion. cnn s sunlen serfaty is on capitol hill with the latest on the deal. reporter: good morning. this is certainly a big breakthrough on capitol hill and democrats and the white house certainly breathing a huge sigh of relief this morning. senator sinema coming out and announcing that she is on board, that she s going to move forward with this bill, meaning that democrats very likely have the votes to get this passed through on capitol hill, and this is a major piece of the biden administration with major investments in climate, energy and health care, as well as tax reform. it was on that issue of tax reform where senator
treatments and insulin. she s tightening her budget keeping her ac off in the summer heat and foregoing her allergy meds, probiotics and vitamins until payday. what did that do to you physically? messed me up, messed my system up and everything, you know. reporter: high inflation is squeezing most americans, spending u.s. household debt to a record high, more than $16 trillion. i feel like it s suffocating me slowly. reporter: for some the budget balancing act grows more difficult by the day. all of those things are horrible, but how do i i try to live. now, the inflation reduction act that senate democrats seem to be close to passing looks like it will provide some health care reform, among other things, allowing medicare to negotiate drug prices and then capping those out-of-pocket expenses for seniors at $2,000, but, john, it s not going to solve this short-term problem. families making these brutal decisions between food on the table, a roof over their head
and you heard the former fda commissioner to be how omicron maybe adding to pediatric hospitalizations. it appears to be more of an upper air disease. that s good nor most americans. the one group that maybe a problem for is very young children. toddlers. who have trouble with upper air way infections. how significant is this? especially when the conversation of omicron has been that it s not as severe. you stated in the previous answer. the reason i m an emergency medicine doctor the reason i m a doctor at all is because at an early age at five years old i made a decision to be a doctor because i was the wheezing asthma kid. sent for breathing treatments all the time. usually set off by a virus. certainly the time i got i would
it appears to be more of an upper airway disease than a lower airway disease. that s good for most americans. the one that may be a problem for is very young children, toddlers who have trouble with upper airway infections. the conversation on omicron has been that it s less severe as you stated in your previous answer. the reason i m an emergency medicine doctor, the reason i m a doctor at all is because at a very early age, at 5 years of age, i made a decision to be a doctor because i was that wheezy little asthmatic kid that was sent to the emergency department all the time for breathing treatments, usually set off by a virus. it could have been the shag carpeting, the two pets and the two smokers i had in my house in the 80s too. but certainly every time i got a virus, i would get an asthma attack. that s what we re seeing in a lot of these pediatric patients,
pediatric infections soaring to nearly 252,000 in just the last week. the biggest increase ever. we re calling this the fourth wave, but it is certainly been by far the most impactful surge, really hitting children and adolescents. reporter: in texas, where the governor has banned mask mandates in schools, a record number of children hospitalized with covid. 11-year-old brennah gurganious wound up fighting for her life on a ventilator. she was too young to get a vaccine and her mom says she got covid just days after going back to her texas classroom. her lungs were going through hell. they ve been doing breathing treatments on her every four hours. reporter: thankfully, brennah made it home where she s recovering tonight. covid cases have already forced closures in at least 1,400 schools across 35 states this school year. and the battle over mask mandates still raging. no more masks! no more masks! we ve got to get the school system masked, in addition to surrounding the ch