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poll show ramping crime higher on americans with priorities. brooke singman has details and what we're calling invisible handcuff, her name is aoc. take it away, brooke. >> brooke: protesting in front of the supreme court is not illegal, but blocking the way is. the arrest for obstruction began. 17 democratic lawmakers were arrested including members like congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez. capitol police did not put her in handcuff. the congresswoman pretended to be cuffed for show. >> we have aoc there, she never misses a chance for a performance when there are cameras rolling....

confirmed that assessment. in the letter to top house lawmakers this afternoon. all of this after federal court yesterday unsealed the 38 page affidavit used to justify the search. the latest on this just ahead. two other stories where following tonight, federal reserve chair jerome powell is warning of quote some pain for americans as the fed tries to bring down inflation. the dow fell more than 1000 points yesterday after pal's comments. this, as the white house defends its plan to forgive hundreds of millions of dollars in student loans. the white house is also defending president...

on a total of more than $3 trillion in spending to get the economy going, including lots of new taxes that are being levied out there if this bill goes through saying that it's a huge record of accomplishments now. we'll talk about the evolving narrative out of the white house and whether or not it's true. the bill is called the inflation reduction act. it's packed with green energy handouts as part of the push to transition. you've heard a lot about that. look at all of those on the list where this money is going, transitioning where you get your energy, green energy. it's a big par...

democrats are not only paying for this $700 billion tax and spend package by raising taxes, super sizing the irs to bring more muscle on so they can go after taxes. the tax reduction act the senate passed over the weekends gives the irs $80 billion to add agents to their roster spending money to bring in more money. this is six times the current annual budget of the irs. half of the $80 billion goes to inflation efforts, having auditors pour over taxes with a fine tooth comb to make sure they're paying their fair share. >> we also empowered the irs to go after wealthy tax cheats so t...

why they expect more u.s. states to follow their lead. we are hours away from learning new details about what prompted the fbi search on donald trump's estate. the u.s. federal judge has ordered the justice department to release the affidavit. some crucial information will be kept secret. we could see the search warrant affidavit in redacted form at any moment. that is because the federal judge has ruled the justice department must make public the version they submitted to him on thursday. this is the version that is significantly blacked out. it could reveal some procedural detai...