harris announcing the passage of the inflation reduction act which is a $750 billion tax and climate bill that will likely define biden s legacy. the democratically controlled house is expected to take up this legislation on friday and must approve the bill before it reaches the president s desk. it has been a good week for biden. in the word of his predecessor he s been doing a lot of wing and that has democrats energized about the upcoming mid terms. reporter: democrats are on the verge of a massive victory with less than 100 days before the mid-term elections. the senate voted on sunday along party lines to approve a sweeping economic package, and this vote came after a marathon voting session that began saturday evening and lasted into the next day. and this bill includes a number of key democratic priorities. it includes a historic investment of nearly $370 billion for the climate. it would allow medicare to negotiate drug prices. it would extend expiring obamacare hea
Good morning to our viewer in the United States and Around The World. Im kasie hunt. It is wednesday, october 25th. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington where we begin another day without a speaker of the house. About seven hours from now the house is scheduled to vote again to try to fix that. So who might the next speaker of the house be . Well, you would be forgiven to not recognizing this man, that is 51yearold mike johnson of louisiana whose relative complete lack of public profile might be exactly why he could become the last man standing. He was picked late last night after a tumultuous day on capitol hill. Republicans spent most of the day voting to pick tom emmer as their nominee. And he is not exactly a house house name either, but he served in house leadership before. And that seems to be exactly the problem. Emmer was selected as next pick for speaker yesterday around lunchtime, but he was out before dinner. And that was mostly because donald trump knew too much about him. After e
State antony blinken. According to reuters, said blinken was wrongly blaming iran for the conflict between israel and hamas and says the u. S. Is exacerbating the conflict by overly aligning itself with israel. Also, new details on whats happening to u. S. Troops overseas. Theyve been attacked 14 times in just the last week. Centcom is telling us two dozen Service Members were injured on Drone Attacks in iraq and syria in just one day. Earlier today another rocket was fired at u. S. Forces in iraq. It was intercepted. No injuries have been reported. Now we go live to jerusalem where fox news At Night Anchor Trace Gallagher is standing by. Is there concern in israel that this conflict is destined to grow wider and more dangerous, especially when it comes to the risk to our troops in the region . Reporter yep. Yeah, i think its already there, laura. You are kind of pushing in that direction. You talked about the 14 attacks against u. S. Service members in just the past week. It is also w
Heres stav daneos. This week i started on a fine note, pretty decent day today with some sunshine but from tomorrow onwards it will turn more unsettled. The next few days are not too bad, some sunshine around and a bit of rain here and there particularly in Northern England and areas where they dont need the rainfall but by they dont need the rainfall but by the end of the week of this large low pressure will come in and bring more windy weather with plenty of showers. A complicated Pressure Pattern across the uk tonight and tomorrow, one Weather Front working in from the south west and another pushing up from the east, both emerging across England Wales to bring a wider spread area of cloud and rain and that rain will pep up across northern and eastern england. Elsewhere, clear spells and showers and a mild night. Tomorrow, it looks like the wettest weather will be across northern and eastern england, across northern and eastern england, a met Office Yellow one in force until 4pm and
Sensitive site expiration is done. To be thanks very much, we appreciate it. Kristen oleary is the former director of Hostage Recovery for the United States. Hes a Senior Vice President of Global Affairs for the group. Coming up, donald trump continues to take a page out of the authoritarian playbook as his legal troubles grow. Ill speak with the woman who wrote the book on authoritarian leaders. Ruth joins me. Then, with israel and Hezbollah Trading Fire over lebanons threatens to spill over into the region. Well go to lebanon for the latest on the ground. Plus, lbj and by the former vice Prime Minister of israel, another hour of velshi begins right now. Good morning to you, it is sunday the 22nd. With wars regime between ukraine and russia, israel and hamas, and threatening to spill into other continents, Global Leadership is critical. Were facing our own crisis of democracy in her own home, one that is easy to overlook when the news of the worlds war. Legal peril facing the twice im