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over to investigators. good morning. it is sunday, august 7th. thanks for waking up with us. the alarm went off this morning, i was a little bit in pain and i thought at least im not a capitol hill reporter right now. >> i was in pain this morning as well and i was excited to come in because im glad to be anchoring with a capitol hill insider, or what do you call yourself, a procedural nerd? i called you last night to get some study points. >> a technical term. and thats exactly wher...

doing important things always does. melanie, i hope you werent up all night following these twists and turns. getting this bill out of the senate, they ran into some head winds and rocks along the shore in the name of senator kyrsten sinema. how did it play out? >> as chuck schumer put it, it was a bump on the road. there was some drama before this bill got to the finish line. senator kyrsten sinema was concerned about the 15% corporate minimum tax, impacting small businesses. so she j...

>> we stand strong with our muslim community. be vigilant and report anything you see. e veil will not prevail. a fourth set of human remains have now been in lake meads receding waters. >> we have to identify the victim, and thats what were trying to do at this point. and actor anne heche now said to be in stable condition after her car crashes into an l.a. house, narrowly missing a person inside. >> she was in the house at the time, and the car stopped like two feet away from whe...

all 50 senate democrats supported the bill with vice president harris casting the tie-breaking vote. the bill will now head to the house to where democrats also hold a razor-in majority. what does this mean for the next steps? lets get right to chad pergram live on capitol hill with the details. >> reporter: arthel, a political high wire act. all 50 democrats sticking together and then leaning on vice president harris to break the tie to pass a touchstone of president bidens legislativ...

ron desantis slimming -- punished for something that hasnt even happened. yet can desantis take that page straight out of the authoritarian playbook? all of that and more is coming up, so lets get started. good morning to you on this very busy sunday. i am katie fang. senate democrats are on the brink of a spending bill intended to lower health care costs, tackle climate change and bring down the deficit. heres a live, look right now, at the chamber. floor lawmakers going on more than ...

new information that is both urgent and important. the panel has not revealed any details publicly, but cnn has confirmed through sources that cassidy hutchhutchinson, who wa top aide to white house chief of staff mark meadows will testify today live. hutchinson is considered to be one of the panels most consequential witnesses due to her proximity to the white house chief of staff, mark meadows, before and on january 6. hutchinson has been interviewed by the select committee at least ...

inflation reduction act after a republican amendment in the vote-a-rama past with democrats like kristen sinema, voting in favor of it. this is making the legislative marathon even longer as republicans continue to try to make this process as painful as possible. democrats are painting the eventual expected passage of the bill as a major victory, hailing what is in it for the american people. >> vote after vote after vote we have done this with no sleep 11 hours straight. why? because ...

appearance. the sudden scheduling of the hearing suggests she will tell more than during her previous four taped depositions, clips of which were played last week, including the revelation that after the riot, a number of republican congress members had sought pardons from the white house. s had sought pardons from the white house. >> her boss, mark meadows, appears to be a central figure for the committees investigation. first turning over his text messages, including the ones he rece...

>> no justice no peace! >> police expected to release body cam footage in the shooting jalen walker this afternoon. >> the public has legitimate questions, i have questions. >> the 25 year old was killed by police last monday following a car and foot chase. police say that walker shot at officers during the chase, later finding a gun in his car. the family attorney says that -- seen the v and theres no evidence for those claims. >> but -- reloads and full clip and all him within six se...

decided for an entire country that their christian doctrine is the only way. let me reiterate this. a womans right to choose as a human right. a persons ability in choice to bring life into this world is their choice. in america, where guns are the leading cause for death, an ar-15 has more rights than a woman. does now, the supreme court wants to mandate birth in a country where 17 million children are hungry, and more than 420,000 children or in the first care system. none of this sh...