days away. candidates are scrambling to make their final pictures to voters. as a country we are confronted with serious issues. including the volatile economy. war in the ukraine, weakening democratic institutions and a spiraling effects of climate change. and yet many republicans have narrow their focus to a few familiar and divisive topics. from sea to shining sea, gop hopefuls are digging into a very old bag of racially tinge tricks. to paint a picture of a country ravaged by out of control criminality. there is little evidence to support these claims and even last to connect the supposed crime waves to democratic candidates. this fall or discontent follows a summer of overreach. many of the same republicans applauded a supreme court ruling. allowing states to outlaw abortion and then doubled down on it. by calling for a national ban. many americans are understandably outraged. to see a right, they cherished for half of a century. and in the blink of an eye and the true p
they are controlling the narrative for once. they can put their story forward. they can also say which stories weren t true. and i m comfortable in knowing that we did everything that we could to make it work. oh, my god, we just did everything we could to protect them. president joe biden says the american rescue plan will help the u.s. rebound from the covid-19 pandemic. everything in this package is designed to meet the most urgent needs of the nation. this was never about getting people back to work or kids back to school or the disease behind us. there is an incredibly transformational, frankly progressive piece of legislation. announcer: this is new day with alisyn camerota and john be berman. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day, monday, march 8th, 6:00 here in new york. and the stunning new claims this morning about the royal family by prince harry and meghan markle. in a bombshell two-hour i
drugmaker s websites and download a coupon. but at least this becomes available across the board from these three major manufacturers. more than 8 million people in the united states depend on insulin to live. according to the american diabetes association, a quarter of those people have at one point needed to ration their medicine in order to pay for it. that can have really severe health consequences. another thing going into effect starting january 1st is decreases in the list prices of insulins of more than 70%. now, the list price is the actual price of the medicine before insurance kicks in or any rebates or discounts are paid back into the system. and now the reason that is actually happening is because of a biden administration 2021 law, the american rescue plan act. essentially that changed the way drugmakers have to pay rebates back to medicaid for drugs on which they ve raised the price a lot over the years. insulins have been going up for decades.
in sensitive places. this is despite a prior ruling that the law is, quote, repugnant to the second amendment. under the new law, people with permits would not be allowed to carry concealed firearms in places like schools, parks, and hospitals, among others. a federal appeals court will allow the law to go into effect for now while the court case continues. there s also a new law in california that s generating a lot of controversy, and this is because this new law requires toy retailers to have gender-neutral toy aisles. the law that went into effect on monday stems from a bill that passed the california legislature in 2021 that requires toy retailers with physical locations in the state and at least 500 employees to maintain a gender neutral section or area to be labeled at the discretion of the retailer. stores that fail to comply will face a $250 penalty for the first violation and up to $500
this war in gaza presents an existential threat to the state of israel, and so they must pull together at this time. but other people within the cabinet opposed to the supreme court s decision, people like the israeli national security minister, had this reaction. he said this is a dangerous anti-democratic event, and at this time above all, ruling that harms israel s war efforts against its enemies. so divisions right there on the supreme court decision. now, of course, the supreme court decision came about a law that was proposed a year ago. it had nothing to do with, in fact, the war in gaza, and a number of even prime minister netanyahu s opponents say that this is something that should be looked at after the war is over, not necessarily right now. but in any case, the supreme