the spending showdown is about to go down. chad pergram following it all, a lot of details to pull together, but he s the man to do it. chad, what s happening? reporter: david, good morning. senate democrats aim to pass the climate, health and spending bill this weekend, but it may be a long weekend. we just got a ruling from the senate parliamentarian, she green lighted a provision in the bill to let medicare negotiate the cost of prescription drugs. democrats say that makes the cost of pharmaceuticals cheaper. elizabeth mcdonough has a lot of sway in process. the closer you can demonstrate a connection between what you re proposing and its fiscal impact on the federal budget, the more likely it is that it qualify for a simple majority vote out will. if i it doesn t, if it runs afoul of the rules of the road and/or is more designed to impact private sector activity reporter: on tapped today a marathon vote session with perhaps 15 consecutive hours of votes on amendme
area into israel, and you know how hose things escalate. and that s precisely what s happening here. the palestinians say at least 15 people have been killed in the coastal strip. but for the israeli part, they re saying this strike was necessary to stop those missile strikes coming from gaza, specifically coming from the palestinian islamic jihad. this is a militant group different, by the way, from hamas. hamas has been quiet about this at least so far. we ll wait and see how the whole hinge escalates. bad news from the middle east. well, as kentucky communities pick up the pieces from last week s catastrophic flooding, a new weather threat has the state on alert. fox weather s robert is watching it all. robert? reporter: david, it s downpouring here in eastern kentucky, not what they need as debris lines the streets, a flash flooding situation is in a watch, and there are 37 people dead as the clean-ups continue. we ll have this live report on
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they had a baby. i thought that will be sweet. we re just off to get breakfast before i become the lion s breakfast. charlie doesn t realize how accurate he is. turned up at the lion handler s cage and there was a lion that looked enormous. i said that s not a baby. he said it s called baby lion. that s his name. charlie decides that despite his doubts, the shoot must go on especially after being reassured by the lion handler. i wasn t sure whether i should go in. you see the sign, prowling up and downpouring at the cage. i spoke to the lion handler. he s raised lions and leopards and hyenas. he said it s safe. i ve got control over it. i can tell if it s in a bad mood and if it is i wouldn t let you in. right before charlie steps into the cage, the lion handler gives him some unsettling advice. he says, if anything goes wrong, you can t run and you have to try to look like you re not scared. in i went and the door closed behind me. at first i was there crouching
that gets your attention but it s going to be very weak. not anything that anyone needs to do any prep or preparation for. if you re driving this morning, the worst weather by far in between pittsburgh and cleveland, downpouring. a lot of flooding. poured overnight. one batch of thunderstorms after another. later today this front will spark additional storms. louisville, cincinnati, pittsburgh, up to central new york. middle of the country, dallas, hot, 101. they re easily getting up there to the hottest period of the year. thank you very much. coming up at the top of the hour. morning joe, asiana flight 214. what we re learning about pilot training that may have put the flight at risk. when we come back here we will of course huddle around the cooler. the politics of broccoli. we ll trace the origins over two decades of partisan intent and debate.