and explosions and sirens burglary throughout the night as palestinian fire rockets in response to deadly air strikes. we ll go live to southern israel for more on the escalating tensions. well, the crucial part of president biden s ledgislative agenda appears to be closing in on the closing line. it s set to begin today in the senate. the so-called inflation reduction act includes a $369 billion investment in energy and climate programs. it s the largest in u.s. history. the democrats are still waiting to find out if they can even pass this with a simple party line vote. and it all comes after a week of big achievements for the biden administration. cnn s jeremy diamond explains. today we received another outstanding jobs report. reporter: tonight president biden hailing another strong jobs report and promising more relief to americans struggling with stubbornly high prices. today there are more people working in america than before the pandemic began. in fact, there
neighbors against neighbors. a fight over who gets to use the river that fuels life. we visit two states that are facing off. hello. welcome to the lead. we begin this hour with our world lead. a pair of escalating international crises. russia and the united states are now indicating they re ready to hold talks about a prisoner swap. just a day after a russian court convicted american basketball star brittney griner of drug smuggling, and sentenced her to nine years in prison. potential prisoner swap talks could include fellow american paul whelan who has been detained in russia since 2018. we ll have more on that in just a moment. first another crisis unfolding. china is taking dramatic new steps of retaliation for house speaker nancy pelosi s visit to taiwan including sanctioning pelosi and her family. plus, military escalation. taiwan s defense ministry reports dozens of chinese war planes crossing into its air defense territory today. in return, the white house summon
Hump day. He answers his own question. Good day everybody. Good morning everybody. Bob kelly is on fire this morning. Thats right. How are you . Got to bed early last night. We can tell. Thats the key. Traffic and weather together. So much to tell you about from last night. All right, and weve got a big change out there. You notice, im shire walking out there this morning, how much chillier it is, it is just damp, dreary, yucky. Going down to a four today with your weather by the numbers. Bus stop buddy we even put some mittens on him so you know it is colder out there. Could you see a shower or two any time today. There are a few moving through right now. Not whole lot on radar at the moment. But, there is plenty more on the way factor in the win as well 12mile per hour breezes, out of the eastnortheast with 44 degrees and phillies game tonightment looks like could you get wet at least at some point could be rain delay 48 degrees at game time, which is 7 05 this evening philly east an