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finland, the first major federal gun safety legislation passed in decades, bipartisan, it includes incentivizing red flag laws, closes the boyfriend loophole and funds crisis intervention programs including mental health courts. and tomorrow president biden is expected to sign the bipartisan chips and science act boosting u.s. semi-conductor production and the making of cars, household appliances and computers. also this week he is expected to sign a bipartisan bill enhancing health ca...

string of legislative success for the biden white house. so will it push midterm voters to the polls? and are celebrity candidates including mehmet oz threatening mitch mcconnells hopes to retake the senate. the january 6th committee confirming it is requesting a trove of alex jones text messages sent at trial. and what actress anne heche said on her podcast before crashing her car into a home, causing it to burst into flames. all right. im just going to keep going here. democr...

recession is, and why were not quite there yet. plus, how much longer will prices rise as supermarkets and how much more interest you pay and credit cards, cards, homes? all of that and more coming up. we are gonna begin this afternoon though with this devastating floods in eastern kentucky. governor abbott shear confirming on twitter, and at a press conference a short time ago that at least 25 people have died so far. and is warning that that number will only go up. we shear also conf...

debating the idea of allowing medicare to negotiate for prescription drug price, but it will mean millions of americans can actually access those prescriptions they need at lower costs. weve been trying for decades to address the climate crisis in the way we need. what that means for families is lower energy costs, lower utility bills. >> this bill now heads to the house of representatives. president joe biden could sign it into law as early as friday. we will have much more on the imp...

>> it changes peoples lives. a whole range of things that are game changers for ordinary folks. when you sit down at the kitchen table at the end of the month, youll be able to pay a whole hell of a lot more bills. plus disaster and death in kentucky. the president just landing there, pledging the federal government will help the state recover. and documentary evidence of a potential trump crime. a new picture shows a photo of a toilet stuffed with white house documents. presiden...

we begin with breaking news from the white house. president biden has tested positive for covid-19, again. after about the position to the president says were four consecutive days of negative tests. president biden tweeted, quote, i have got no symptoms but i am going to isolate for the safety of everyone around me. and the physicians update said, this development represents what he is calling rebound positivity. but for now, there is no reason to bring in a sheet treatment. we are go...

next up is the house, and they plan to take up the bill on friday. its expected to pass, again, along party lines just as it did in the senate. once that happens, the white house plans to seize the momentum. >> while the president will be talking about this and explaining it absolutely to the american people and what it will look like is trying to explain in very practical terms why this matters for peoples lives. the president will, our entire team will be out making the case. obvious...

this legislation provides $369 billion in new climate spending, which the white house says should help cut u.s. green theres house emissions by half by the end of this decade. the bill includes new initiatives on corporate taxes and drug price controls. now, if it becomes law, it will join a host of major legislative achievements for the president ahead of the midterms, including bipartisan investment in the countrys infrastructure and manufacturing sectors. cnn joe johns is in eastern...

manchin earlier back in july, but now we do have this bill that has passed the senate. it is headed to the house. it has the biggest investment in climate ever to come out of congress and $369 billion. it also has a host of health care provisions in it, including expanding those affordable care act subsidies. for the first time ever, medicare will negotiate the price of some drugs thats going to cap out of pocket expenses at $2,000 for people on medicare, and also going to limit the co...

increase taxes for you, the american people being crushed by the skyrocketing cost. skyrocketing cost of everything else. you are watching alexandria ocasio cortez on monday im todd piro. >> ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. downplaying concerns about recession and are responding with even more spending and even as abc poll finds 69% of americans think the economy is headed in the wrong direction. the democrats are still celebrating. >> todd: alexandria hoff with the fallout, goo...