interest rates in hopes of slowing inflation. and this morning, a key report could provide a better outlook on our economy s health. meanwhile on capitol hill, senator joe manchin finally agrees to a major deal on climate, health care, and taxes, and we ll break down what s in that reconciliation package. and potential prisoner swap for brittney griner, the state department says there s a substantial offer to bring the wnba star, and another american, back home. good morning, and welcome to way too early on thursday, july 28th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. after nearly a year of, a year and a half of on and off negotiations, democratic senator joe manchin says he has reached a deal with party leaders on a sweeping reconciliation package. in a statement yesterday, that surprised even most democrats on the hill, the west virginia lawmakers announced an agreement on what is being called the inflation reduction act of 2022. writing in part this, this bill
down. the united states and nato and a coalition of more than 50 countries standing strong with ukraine, we will not walk away. that was president joe biden pledging not to walk away from defending ukraine as he commemorated the 80th anniversary of d-day. in this next hour biden will meet with ukraine wherein president volodymyr zelenskyy in paris amid russia s ongoing aggression and tensions over the pace of military aid, and biden then later delivering a major speech on democracy. plus we now have a date when israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will address congress as a growing number of democrats and the biden administration have become critical of israel s ongoing handling of the war. and steve bannon has been ordered to report to prison to serve his contempt of congress sentence. we ll discuss why his lawyer brew up over the ruling and how bannon himself responded. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, june 7th. folks, we made it to fri
the sooners are ncaa champions for the fourth year in a row. they slugged their way to victory for a two game sweep. confwrats to oklahoma again. now to major league baseball. in the bronx the yankees continued their absolute dominance of the minnesota twins, completing a season sweep with an 8-5 victory last night for the team s eighth straight win. what can you count on, death, taxes, the yankees beating the twins. but new york may have suffered a significant loss last night. star slugger juan soto exited the game with left forearm discovery. it s not clear yet if soto will need to miss any time. we will keep you posted. time now for the weather and let s to meteorologist angie lassman for the forecast. i m happy to say, angie, the weekend forecast. we are so close. i know you re thrilled about that. folks out west you should be thrilled about it, too, because
watson ranked as high as number two in the world is poised to make the debut at the golf tournament in new jersey. turning now major league baseball where the subway series here in new york city, well, turned into a one way ride. it was all about the 7 train, my friends. mets ace max scherzer on the 30th birthday had seven scoreless innings and struck out six yankees including star slugger aaron judge who went down swinging not once, not twice but three times. and with david peterson in releave in the eighth, david tore es has this two-run homer tying the game with scherzer with a no decision, but runners on the corners in the bottom of the ninth, starling marte had the run, and the mets won against the yankees. celebrating there, as well as
go ahead, rizz, go ahead. in the air! go ahead! oh, yes! homer! ah, matinee special many they love it. there we go in the bullpen. they just love it when a lefty hits a home run. just dips down and puts it out. the shot earned chicago the dramatic 7-6 victory over the diamondbacks. meanwhile, the cubs are primed to pad their starting rotation, reportedly set for a deal to add the arm of texas lefty cole hamels to their bullpen. exact details about what the rangers receive in return, we ll find out later. to new york, they have acquired toronto lefty in exchange for will bill mckenny. happ has a good record against the red sox. while the yankees strength in the starting rotation with that move, they may have a bigger problem. star slugger aaron judge made an