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has now struck a deal with democratic leaders on a health and climate bill. with tax increases for corporations and the wealthiest of americans. rachel scott standing by with late reporting. also tonight, after several mass shootings in this country with ar-15-style assault rifles, gun makers are grilled on capitol hill, asked about the marketing of these weapons to young people. how they answer. were tracking potential storms as we come on tonight. the state of emergency in missou...

this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. good evening there is significant movement to report tonight in the effort to bring home americans brittney griner and paul whelan, both separately imprisoned in russia. late today, secretary of state antony blinken acknowledging there was a substantial proposal on the table to facilitate their release. griner, the wnba star detained since february, who has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing vape cartridges with cannabis oil whelan, a...

interest rates in hopes of slowing inflation. and this morning, a key report could provide a better outlook on our economys health. meanwhile on capitol hill, senator joe manchin finally agrees to a major deal on climate, health care, and taxes, and well break down whats in that reconciliation package. and potential prisoner swap for brittney griner, the state department says theres a substantial offer to bring the wnba star, and another american, back home. good morning, and wel...

morning. we have major announcements, joe biden will hold a phone call with the president of china. the state department offers a deal to russia to get brittney griner and paul whelan release from jail in moscow. at what price? we have the host of way too early and the bureau chief of politico, and the author of the big lie. we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, and the former chairman of the republican national committee. good morning to you all. lets dive in after a year a...

we do expect their gaveling in as we speak and we do expect to see them at some point in the next many hours to move forward with this democrats climate and tax and health care bill. well see them gavel in and then there will be a vote on a nomination, to get all of the senators here. behind the scenes, because democrats are using this very specific budget process that required all 50 of the democratic senators support but has to go through the senate parliamentarian to make sure it me...

reduction act, would be the largest investment in energy and climate programs in u.s. history. for the first time it would give medicare the power to negotiate prescription drug prices, cap medicare out-of-pocket costs at $2,000, and extend expiring health care subsidies for three years. but before any of that happens, it must get approval from the senate parliamentarian to proceed with a filibuster-proof reconciliation process, allowing democrats to pass the bill with just 50 votes...

at $2,000 and extend expiring health care subsidies for three years. jessica dean is live on capitol hill with more on all of this, jessica, what is happening? >> reporter: well we have the senate in session now, fredricka. they are doing a couple of nomination votes to get everybody here and everybody moving and in the meantime behind the scenes the democrats are waiting on final rulings from the senate parliamentarian because remember theyre using the specialized budget process in or...

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equal right to the poor and the rich. and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me. as an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states. >> meet the newest member of the u.s. supreme court, history was made on thursday. in a moment, i will speak with former democratic -- who guided jackson through her tumultuous senate process. but first, let me take you back to 1998, when president bill clinton appeared before a grand ...

sanders said the bill does not go far enough, what does that mean? >> he represents the further left of the democratic party and wrangling all 50 of the democratic senators has been no small fete, getting senator manchin and kyrsten sinema on board. ultimately we believe this bill will move forward, the question is when. this is a very, very lengthy, complex, tedious process theyre using, a specific budget process theyre using to get it through. let me tell you about whats in the bill,...