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in addition, it also changes the circumstance for people on medicare by putting a cap of a maximum $2,000 a year no matter how many prescriptions they have. which is especially important for people with cancer and long-term diseases. its a god send. it will be a god send for many families. second, the bill locks in place lower health care premiums for the next three years for millions of families that get coverage under the affordable care act. they will meet an average savings of $800...

affidavit could compromise the ongoing criminal investigation. its been eight days since that unprecedented fbi action and we know that doj filter teams have combed through at least some of the contents retrieved from trumps home. we know this because doj returned trumps passports, three of them, in fact, that were found among the materials that were taken away by the fbi. weve been tracking all of this for the past week. katelyn, what can we expect to happen at this hearing on thursda...

country. i believe in the very soul of this nation. and most of all, i believe in you, the american people. i believe it in my core, there isnt a single thing this country cannot do when we put our mind to it. just remember who we are. we are the united states of america. theres nothing beyond -- nothing beyond our capacity. thats why so many foreign companies decided to invest making chips in america. billions of dollars. were the best. we have to believe in ourselves again. and now i...

good morning, everyone, and welcome to your "new day." im amara walker. >> and im phil mattingly. and today all eyes are on capitol hill after days of deal-making. democrats get ready to vote on a critical part of president bidens economic agenagenda. well tell you whats in the bill and what it means for millions of americans. >> plus it was a week of twists and turns in the courtroom. now a jury has ordered conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay up to the parents of a sandy hook shooti...

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...

to vice president pence, mark short, greg jacob, they were both asked during their grand jury testimony about the fake elector scheme and the roles of trump lawyers rudy giuliani and john eastman. this morning in additions, "the new york times" and "washington post" are reporting justice department investigators back in april received phone records from key officials and aides in the trump administration including chief of staff mark meadows. all of this as the attorney general himself...

more on all of that later this hour. but first the critical decision set to drop soon from the federal reserve. and cnn business correspondent rahel solomon is here with us. walk us through what is to come in the next hour or so and why it really matters. >> so the expectation is that chairman powell will raise rates about three quurs of a percent. that is not one to one in terms of borrowing costs. we wont see borrowing costs raise 75 basis points. but it does influence all of the cat...

yes, that investigation goes all the way to the top. and the fed all but certain to jack up interest rates this afternoon. but how big a hike will tell us a lot about the inflation problem. as new numbers on housing and what were buying spell more economic trouble. up first, the details that point a glaring legal spotlight at the former president donald trump. this banner headline courtesy of the "washington post," the justice department investigating trumps actions in the january ...

they were being too fickle. for us to question every element, no, were not doing that. >> she made a great point that when she was a republican she did not see that. they did fall in line more, she said. they showed up and they just voted for an r. democrats, you know, dissect and analyze. >> theres a color coded chart of where you fit. >> a flow chart and figure how it can be better. tomorrow when you tune in, youre going to hear who they would like to run in 2024 instead of joe biden...

revealing new details about the justice departments criminal investigation into the capitol riots. >> i am aware of other white house officials who have been reached out to by doj and are planning to cooperate. >> oh, really? >> yes. >> how worried should donald trump be? >> first, a cnn exclusive. the biden administrations new offer to russia. they will, the u.s. will, give putin back a convicted russian and let wnba star britney briner and former marine paul whelan come home. thats t...