We have a lot of cloud cover and we will see we can get some rain out of that. After this system the highs today are still above average. And it got busy and better but now about normal. We have some slowing and we put up the map of the broad area of north bay and east bay and the commute looks okay, and driving in from santa rosa to petaluma some slowing but nothing to write, about. 80 westbound at vallejo looks good but slow at 680, concord and monochromatic. We take a look at Silicon Valley when we come back in a few minutes. Lets get back to the desk the police and San Francisco are trying to find three people that tried to carjack three different victims in rapid succession overnight between 2 30 and 3 00 this morning at third and harrison, ninth and harrison and then at mission street. One of the three suspects was armed with a gun and each attack appears to be random and the police have not made any arrests. New this morning, rough Early Morning start on two freeways in the sout
inch closer to a legislative victory. after hours of debate they are voting on the glacier production act. it would be the largest reduction in climate in u.s. history, i would also lower the cost of prescription drugs for millions of americans, among other things. earlier today millions of americans join us on msnbc to discuss the significance. vote after vote after vote, we have done this. 11 hours straight. why? because we know this bill is finally going to do something about climate change. lifted the ban on negotiating less expensive drugs under medicare. and then, as the name of the bill, says bring inflation home by 300 and $75 million in deficit reduction. i think the american public is watching with this overdue, see that they re making progress on issues they care about. legislation needs all 50 democrats to vote in order to pass it. the senate republicans are making their opposition known anyways. so, the american rescue plan, remember that one? that was su
of bills, one of which provides an extra $28 million in funding for the fda that s mainly for staffing issues, oversight into preventing future formula shortages. elizabeth cohen joins us with much more on what is now more or less military operation to get more baby formula to the united states. it really is, john, that s a good way to describe it. who would have thought that it would come to this in the united states. let s take a look at some more details for what you and erica just described. so the defense production act, the government directs formula ingredients, inn gred yents that go into formula, to go to formula manufacturers first. in other words, not to other things first. also the fda making it easier to import formula to the u.s., something that has really not been done very much at all. also, operation fly formula, the department of defense helps expedite formula imports by using commercial planes that have contracts with the dod. also, the fda and abbott a
rights advocates are taking to city streets. a live look at chicago. demonstrations are well underway. the demonstrations are title ban off our bodies. they come after a draft opinion to abandon roe versus wade. justice clarence fondness broaching the subject in a public forum, says the leak undermines trust among justices. if someone said that one line of one opinion would be leaked by anyone, and you would say, that s impossible. no one would ever do that. and look where we are, where now that trust, or that belief is gone forever. we never had that before. we actually trusted. we may be a dysfunctional family, but we were a family. and we loved. we trusted each other. you left. together you went to lunch together every day. well chief justice john roberts has ordered an investigation to the source of that leak. developing story on many fronts. antonia hilton from washington d.c., and jesse courage from chicago. welcome to you both. i ll begin with you antonia, where
Obamacare and why some people hate it. What did you find . John dessner well, its really a story of two families. Because if youre fortunate enough to qualify for subsidies, you do get a lot of help. But if youre unfortunate enough to fall off of this what we call a subsidy cliff and literally that could mean earning an extra 200 per year, then you get no help. Sharyl and this week, we take a look at the annual capitol hill drama of the budget. Rep. Buck the reason they always have the omnibus bill right before christmas is they hold it over our heads and say, were gonna shut down government, this is gonna be terrible. Sharyl and we ask a few of you about handling the budget. Are you more of a spender or a saver do you think . Saver. Sharyl what do you think about the way the government is handling its finances . Its pretty incredible that they cant keep to a budget. I mean its absolutely asinine. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its