cnn through the crime scene. plus, she s the one that we wanted and treasured. singer, actress, and icon olivia newton-john passes away. hello, and welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we begin with our politics lead. president biden began his week on the cusp of a huge win for his party. the senate this weekend in a marathon voting session passed the democratic branded inflation reduction act strictly along party lines. every single republican voted against it. the bill now heads to the house. it is expected to pass along party lines there as well. and president biden could sign it into law as soon as friday. the massive $750 billion bill contains sweeping health care provisions, tax increases on wealthy corporations, and the largest climate investments in u.s. history. and this comes as the president and first lady tour eastern kentucky, where hellish flooding killed more than three dozen people and caused catastrophic damage to communities. presi
welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with president biden touting a significant win for his agenda, coming as the country struggles with inflation and he faces low approval ratings. let s get straight to the white house, our chief correspondent kaitlan collins is joining us. if this bill passes as it s expected to, it will be a much needed win for this president. yeah, wolf. and one that was kind of a surprise to a lot of democrats and even some white house aides whenever it was announced that senator manchin and senator schumer did have this deal. of course, that culminated yesterday when the snenate passd what is known as the inflation reduction act. it s a far cry from the build back better bill from a year ago, but it still does have significant proposals in it, including over $300 billion for climate change and energy reform, it also allows for the first time medicare to ne
Missiles. That extraordinary step in response to a statement from President Trump. His confidence nott iechoed by guam resident. North korea best not make any more threats to the united states. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. I still dont think we stand a chance. I mean, they could launch a missile at us and it could wipe us out. Am i scared . No, i mean, i lived a good life. But its whatever. Guam is home to an American Air Force base and a naval base. Officials say they are praying the u. S. Presence will keep the island safe. A foreboding illustration of the rising kengzs between the u. S. And north korea is captured on this latest cover of the economist. The title, it could happen. Images of both leaders are shaped from the Mushroom Cloud of a nuclear weapon. That magazine was out before the situation escalated yesterday. Amid the growing tension between the u. S. And north korea, activists are planning a protest to mark the 72nd anniversary of th
revelations for women in america, particularly democratic and liberal women, is that in fact, barack obama did not understand them. and that barack obama was not working for them but was using them. the president has also taken heat for not having more women among his top advisers, but he is the first president ever to nominate a woman to head the federal reserve. janet yellen s nomnition is pending in the senate. thank you. voters in alba kirby, new mexico, have defeated a proposed ban on late-term abortions. it was believed to be the first of its kind for an american city. the vote was 55% against, 45% in favor. we have a virtual seat reserved for you in the panel segment. if you have not participated yet, take a moment, go to our home page, foxnews.com/specialreport. watch the instructions. you have a panel on the seat. you can provide and monitor realtime feed back of what the panelists are saying. you can also access the polls on your smartphone or tablet.
0 go to your dvr, put the five in, type it in. don t miss an episode of the five. we re with you every singing night. special report on deck. i m brett beahr and this is special report. we begin with breaking news. a fox news exclusive. new evidence of just how seriously the obama administration was taking the possibility of failure and embarrassment ahead of the disastrous health care rollout. ed henry has been chasing this down all afternoon and has obtained new documents. good evening. confidential documents obtained by fox suggest people inside the administration just one week before the website launched had fears it may fail. more fears than they may have let on publicly. top aides to president obama were nervous healthcare.gov would be, quote, unavailable and become an embarrassment. a private e-mail sent on the 25th to government colleagues and the website s contractors was aobtained by darrell issa. it references a meeting the previous day that included the president