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charles watson live in atlanta with more. charles. >> good afternoon the news of the passing of nba legend bill russell is sending shock waves to the sports world and beyond. people try to wrap their heads around this tremendous loss. a message posted to russells twitter earlier today said he passed away peacefully with his wife jeanine by his side. tributes for the boston celtics gray can nba hall of famer has ported from high-profile figures including former president and fellow bask...

and now another major democrat is [inaudible]. >> its the sitcom that predicts how were going to live in the future. to mark george jetsons birthday today, [inaudible]. but first president biden tested positive for covid again today in what his doctors are calling a rebound case. it is the second day of isolation for joe biden. >> hey folks, joe biden here. tested positive this morning. i will be working from home the next couple of days. im feeling fine, feeling good. [inaudible]. >...

obesity epidemic. he thinks its not this issue but its a national security issue. >> first, showed up in the senate on capitol hill right now. the state is about to begin on the inflation reduction act. democrat moving forward with a huge spending bill despite the findings the bill will have a major impact on inflation. the white house saying something completely different. >> the economist have said this inflation reduction act will reduce inflation. >> is it appropriate to brand as i...

call inflation reduction act will not only lower cost for consumers but will not raise taxes on the middle class. republicans argue it will not help you alleviate inflation and it will take money out of peoples pockets and hurt americans across a number of key sectors. chief congressional correspondent chad pergram is live on capitol hill and he has the latest for us. >> good evening, the senate waited all day but the past hour the senate got a text, the bill is 755 pages in length, de...

Shock so a lot of turbulence right now and its hard to sort out or name what it is we are in. we are in a mess. jon: a mess rather than recession that doesnt figure in the economic textbook very well. the fed has been trying to fight inflation raising interest rates and they will be in september again so what are you expecting them to do? >> its likely they will raise interest rates again and you have been seeing turbulence in the financial market because of whats going on with the fed. the mark...

Particularly things like 87000 new irs people, they are only going after people over $400,000 of income, how 87000 people, there arent that many people that make that kind of money get they would have you believe they are only targeting some uber rich when 87000 of irs agents, that doubling the size of the irs. jon: they call it inflation reduction act, is that what it does? >> anytime you take money out of peoples pockets, i suppose you might reduced it but at the end of the day, the score on t...

>> trying to keep taiwan from visiting or participating in other places but they will not isolate taiwan preventing us to travel there. >> speaker pelosi and white house remain adamant the u.s. is not desire escalation or a change to the status quo. they see themselves of sovereign. the chinese commonest government use as their territory. yesterday china announced communications have been cut off with the u.s. and several major areas including military and climate policies. the biden administrat...

I think for millions of americans is inflation. we could have a long debate if its a recession or isnt it but it comes down to inflation. the fed could take the foot off the brakes when inflation environment starts to improve. weve seen some improvement, gasoline prices have come down a bit but it isnt convincing yet, we need to see a lot more for many americans to be convinced this inflation price weve had the past year is making its way out. jon: the housing market has done really well 2007, 2...

He proved himself and we had a good economy and things -- energy was good, energy independence, he did things that were good for the country. >> a lot of conservative voters in arizona last week, every single republican who have the endorsement from trump in the primary in the primary contest, the next major test for the so-called trump factor will be wyoming august 16 when harriet hagerman challenges liz cheney for wyoming congressional seat. jon: another race we will watch closely. jeff paul, ...

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