uncovered some usual things going on with jones money. he rakes in a lot of money. anywhere between 55 to 75 and even northwards of that million dollars a year for this small media empire. that economist hired by the parents, he only got some of the record, doesn t have a full picture. he said the value that info wars empire, somewhere between 135 million and $270 million and the revenue really just keeps pouring in. it did not drop when jones was kicked off the social media networks and unbelievably, jim, he sells these fear products, he may have had an actual boost because of covid. wow. and i want to revisit this extraordinary moment from the trial when the mother of the 6-year-old killed in sandy hook who s at the heart of this, spoke with alex jones face-to-face.
2020 election was stolen. it really is a common theme here at this cpac. sort of trumpified cpac. you mentioned the jail cell featuring someone who was arrested for their involvement in the riot at the capitol doing that performance art there. you covered enough of these. there s always a dash of spectacle. we ll be seeing probably more of that tonight from donald trump in just a couple of hours. jim? apparently, marjorie taylor greene paid a visit to that jail cell. quite something. michael warren, thank you very much. let s discuss this with a pair of former republican congressmen. podcast host, joe walsh is with me, and charlie dent is with us as well. joe, i have to take you back to that bizarre piece of video from a few moments ago. some kind of symbolic january 6th rider in a jail cell doing
afternoon. tell us what s in this bill and are we going to get there? do you think we ll get to passage this evening? that is a big question, jim. we ve entered the portion of this day that is just the holding period. we knew this would come, but right now, we are just waiting. senators are just waiting. everyone is waiting for this to move forward. the hang up right now, they re waiting on cbo scores from the congressional budget office. a nonpartisan office, to see how much some of these provisions will cost and what they will do to the deficit. we re also waiting on final rulings from the parliamentary yan. in that time, we ll sit and wait, but this is a bill that senate democrats, a lot of them, didn t think they could get this much done. when talks collapsed this summer with senator manchin, it didn t appear this would get done. what s in this bill, you mentioned it s the largest investment in climate policies we have seen come out of the u.s. senate. $369 billion in there. ther
while. we have a few members determined to keep us here through the weekend, but jim, all 50 senate democrats have agreed to the core of this bill. i am confident it will be making its way to the house and the president s desk by next week. and you know, this is called the inflation reduction act. i have to ask you how confident are you, you were talking about being confident about the bill s prospects, but that americans will feel the effects of this? that they are going to see inflation go down as a result of this legislation being passed? well, jim, some of the things that your colleague, your fellow reporter just put up on the screen make sense to average americans. to american families. that it will reduce the costs they re seeing. capping out of pocket costs, competing the cost of prescription drugs so they come down. investing and making sure our clean energy transition lowers average household energy costs and reducing the costs of healthcare. this bill also will put $300
respectfully to my friend, charlie, the republican party is no longer conservative. it s authoritarian. vict viktor orban is popular. tucker carlson is one of the world s biggest cheerleaders for authoritarians and they echo the republican party base. and we better as a country, get our arms around this because the job now, jim, is to defeat them. i agree with that, joe, and you know, a lot of folks might be looking at their tv screens now saying why are you showing trump? why are you showing this stuff and sticking your heads in the sand. thank you very much for your time. we appreciate it. right now, the senate is on track to vote on the democrats healthcare and climate bill. we ll bring you up to date in a few moments. and a top democratic senator will join me live, next.