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economic legislation through the senate. the inflation redaction act represents what would be the largest investment in energy and climate programs in u.s. history. it would extend health care subsidies and give medicare the power to negotiate prescription drug prices. senator schumer says it will close tax loopholes and reduce the deficit by $300 billion. cnns sunlen serfaty is on capitol hill with the latest on the deal. >> reporter: good morning. this is certainly a big breakthrou...

Prevent it or to act more quickly to prevent it while it is going on, there are things to be learned from all counties throughout the country. these are generally going to be case by case specific per county per state, this is a learning experience for everyone to prevent this happening in the future. >> carley: were getting reaction from virginia lawmakers, senator mark westerner of virginia says hes sickened of another mass shooting and a state senator says i will not rest until we find the so...

They basically just took the framework, senator manchin had some changes he wanted to make to the energy side, he wants to make sure were producing more in the u.s. he had his concerns, he took them to senator schumer, senator schumer got him to yes, then he took them to senator sinema, she had her concerns. this is actually how the process works. i think people were giving them a lot of grief for t but i dont know why were upset that a senator sat down and read through 725 pages, looked at the ...

October sanaa mark cav love is with us. russias cyber capacity is fairly consequential and its coming. >> what more do we know and is america prepared? mark westerner and house foreign affairs ranking member michael mccaul coming up. plus lasting legacy, the first woman to lead the state department, madeleine albright has died. she opened up about making history in one of her final interviews. >> i really did get enamored of understanding what democracy was ab about. >> hello, im dana bash i...

Michael Smerconish tackles the American political and news stories of the week, offering only one kind of talking points: his own.

>> reporter: but the president sent mixed messages on twitter. at first saying no, amnesty is not part of my offer. but left the door wide open. amnesty will be used on a much bigger deal. whether on immigration or something else. but many democrats are rejecting the plan. democratic presidential candidate kyrsten gillibrand. >> what it really shows is his lack of compassion and empathy for people that are suffering and i think its an nonstarter. >> reporter: but virginia democrat senator mark w...

Sanders said a hoax today. how can you say its a hoax, when there are four defendants, two of whom have already plead guilty. thats not a hoax, thats a real investigation. so i am concerned. now, i know, just based on my twitter followers, that most americans are not believing it. but the followers of donald trump definitely believe that mueller cannot be trusted and the investigation is trustworthy. that is a serious threat to our democracy and the rule of law. >> as if you were writing the pag...

Are these efforts to undercut it, and these efforts have top democrats, including mark westerner of virginia, the ranking democrat of the senate intelligence committee took the floor yesterday and made a proactive defense against any efforts to push out mueller. maybe he knows something that we dont know. we have heard the public assurances all the way up to president trump as well as his lawyer, even sarah luck ka bee sanders today saying there is no plan to fire robert mueller, nonetheless, we...

Kiss babies? check. raise money? check. grand stand? check. you have to be able to to grand stan. grand standing is not rare in washington, but bipartisan grand standing very much is. >> mark and i worked hand in han on this, and contrary to popular belief, were partners to see that this is completed and weve got a product at the end of the day that we can have bipartisanship in supporting. >> we are going to get to the bottom of this. if you get nothing else from today, take that statement tot ...

Day that we can have bipartisanship in supporting. >> we are going to get to the bottom of this. if you get nothing else from today, take that statement tot bank. >> those are the leaders of the senate intelligence committee and therefore the leaders of the senate intelligence russia investigation. richard burr is the republican chairman, mark westerner is the democratic ranking mechblt they say their project in the senate is totally different than the method up one in the house. at the time the...