i want to begin this morning with a big policy win for president biden. the law that s been told about it by some republicans. for 20, years the pharmaceutical industry has had near complete control of prescription drug pricing for some 65 million medicare patients in the united states. that is going to change. this, week the biden administration announced the first ten drugs that will be subject to price negotiations under any provision included in the inflation reduction act. president biden s signature bill that was passed last year. they target some of the most commonly used drugs that helped treat diabetes, heart, failure chronic kidney disease, blood, cancers arthritis, crohn s disease as well as blood thinners that prevent strokes and blood clots. according to the department of health and services health and human services, about 9 million medicare beneficiaries use one or more of these ten drugs in the past year and paid a total of 3.4 billion dollars out of pocket
joining us tonight. we have new developments in the georgia case involving donald trump s alleged efforts to overturn the election. today, as chris was talking, about the former trump lawyer, sydney powell, asked the court to separate her case from the 19 other defendants in the trial. their lawyers claim that sydney powell, quote, has no substantive connection with any other defendant regarding the charges in the indictment, and quote. therefore, should be tried alone. that is to put it mildly, a difficult case to make. powell, seen here standing alongside rudy giuliani in front of a campaign sign for the codefendant, on all trump, has many substantive connections to the other defendants. she attended a meeting with several other defendants at the white house where they discussed ways to overturn the election. at that meeting, they considered making sydney powell a special counsel so that she could investigate the election. but now her lawyers say that she doesn t really kno
tornado, flipping a car in south carolina. our team across the storm zone, and al roker with the new track. also tonight, another alarming moment for mitch mcconnell. the senate gop leader appearing to freeze on camera for more than 30 seconds aides coming to his side it comes just weeks after a similar episode on capitol hill what his team says happened and rudy giuliani found liable for defaming two georgia election workers with false claims of ballot tampering. how those workers, a mother and daughter, are reacting announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. almost 12 hours since it slammed ashore along florida s big bend region as a major hurricane, idalia is tonight a tropical storm, but forecasters warn still a dangerous force to reckon with as it works its way across southeastern georgia tracking up the carolina coast this morning, the fast-moving storm came ashore in florida with wind gusts of over 80 miles per hour, so po
me. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. we ve got new developments in that georgia case involving donald trump s alleged efforts to overturn the election. today, as chris was talking about, the former trump lawyer, sydney powell, this, when asked the court to separate her case from the 90 other defendants in the trial. her lawyers claim that sidney powell, quote, has no substantive connection with any other defendant regarding the charges in the indictment, unquote. and therefore, should be tried alone. now, that is to put it mildly, a difficult case to make. powell, seen here standing alongside rudy giuliani in front of a campaign site for the codefendant donald trump has many substantive connections to the other defendants. she attended a meeting with several other could offense at the white house, where they discussed ways to overturn the election. at that meeting, they considered making city powell a special counsel so that she could investigate the election. but
one every couple of weeks, and fema s primary disaster fund is nearly out of money. and a nightmare in south africa, a fire ripping through a building full of homeless men, women, and children, some literally throwing babies out of windows in a desperate attempt to save their lives. the death toll 74 with potentially more to come. but we start with the former president, opting out of his first chance to respond to the charges against him in open court in georgia. trump s decision to plead not guilty and waive his arraignment means no televised court appearance, yet another example of an event that would have been the first of its kind. at least four of the 19 defendants have now waived their right to appear, trump joining ray smith, sidney powell, and trevian coo tee, that includes rudy giuliani the subject of a blistering decision from a d.c. judge finding him liable for defaming two georgia election workers and accusing him of intentionally ignoring basic rules of evide