cnn through the crime scene. plus, she s the one that we wanted and treasured. singer, actress, and icon olivia newton-john passes away. hello, and welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we begin with our politics lead. president biden began his week on the cusp of a huge win for his party. the senate this weekend in a marathon voting session passed the democratic branded inflation reduction act strictly along party lines. every single republican voted against it. the bill now heads to the house. it is expected to pass along party lines there as well. and president biden could sign it into law as soon as friday. the massive $750 billion bill contains sweeping health care provisions, tax increases on wealthy corporations, and the largest climate investments in u.s. history. and this comes as the president and first lady tour eastern kentucky, where hellish flooding killed more than three dozen people and caused catastrophic damage to communities. presi
don t look down. don t make any sudden moves. because we are almost at the end of a legislative tightrope, y all. senators are putting in some extra hours this weekend. they re working to get democrats, health care, climate, and deficit reduction package across the finish line. the parliamentarian approved key components of the bill just hours ahead of when the senate is expected to debate it on the floor. it will take all 50 democratic votes and a tie breaker from vice president harris for the inflation reduction act to pass the senate. what does that mean to you? it means medicare can negotiate prescription drug costs. with an out of pocket cap at $2,000 for seniors. it means lower aca health premiums. it means lower energy costs, and the reduction of carbon emissions by 40% in the next eight years. it also lowers the deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars, which will be crucial to fighting inflation. how is all this possible? this is one of only two times per fiscal ye
europe with live reports from made grid and the cnn weather cen center . live from cnn centre, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with more fallout from the fbi search at donald trump s florida estate. sources now telling cnn that one of the former president s lawyers signed a letter back in june saying there were no more classified information stored at mar-a-lago but of course we learned earlier this week this federal agents recovered 11 sets of classified documents during their search including several marked top secret. meanwhile two high ranking house democrats are now asking intelligence officials for a damage assess themenment of the documents. writing that the former president s conduct has potentially put our national security at grave risk. all this comes as the fbi is dealing with what it says is an unpress departmented number of threats against the bureau in the wake of that mar-a-lago search. katelyn polantz is in washington with the latest
problematic because of where we get the components for them. they have a chance to vote to make that situation better. so let s give them a chance to put their money where their mouth is or put their vote where their mouth is and in the meantime that will reduce the deficit. it is earned praise from economists, people who aren t always supportive of the administrative policy coming together to say yes, this is good legislation and border line no-brainer territory and in washington that means at best we re hoping for it to pass with 50 votes which is exactly what we think it is on track to do. we are live at the top of our fourth here on morning joe. just after 9:00 on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west. we re talking to transportation secretary pete buttigieg. mr. secretary. speaking of major legislation, it was just nine months ago that the united states senate passed and president biden signed that $1 trillion infrastructure package that you pushed so hard to get throug
Congress ended a busy work period after passing the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) last week. This Holland & Knight alert summarizes the healthcare provisions in the IRA and provides an outlook on health policy issues