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it is a national issue at all the levels the attacks to judicial officers in and out of the court. >> reporter: like in this mississippi courtroom. surveillance video showing the moment a suspect began throwing things at the judge. then in october, a maryland judge killed by a man after he ruled against him in a child custody case. and in 2020, there was that horrifying attack in new jersey where a disgruntled lawyer targeted federal judge esther salas, showing up at her home and killing her 20-year-old son. that incident sparking legislation to help protect the personal information of judges. as for the incident in vegas, the attacker now faces multiple new felony charges of battery and battery against a protected person. he refused to appear in court today, but is expected back tuesday. lester? >> all right. liz, thank you. coming up, a new way patients can get access to weight loss medications. a potential game changer for the prescription drug industry. bladder leak underwear has one job. i just want to feel protected!
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stronger than expected midterm, showing -- chuck schumer, democrat of new york. well, first, i feel that you should be given the opportunity to take a little bit of a victory lap, as a senate majority leader now, with a 50 1:49. when you talk to talk to? >> he hit the nail on the head. two things, chris. first, we passed a whole lot of legislation that mattered to people. at the bottom line, people cared. for years, congress couldn't take on the prescription drug industry. we didn't lower the costs. for 30 years, i'm the author of the -- assault weapons ban, we could do nothing for gun safety. we passed inroads that. we're bringing our chips industry back to america. good paying jobs here, not in china or overseas. we passed the most significant climate change legislation every, we pass the most major infrastructure bill ever, someone like raphael warnock, who as you say, extremely talented, at a lot to campaign
well, first i feel like you should be given the opportunity to take a little bit of the victory lap. as the sun majority leader now. with a 51 to 49. what do you chalk this up to? >> you hit the nail on the head. two things chris. first, we passed a whole lot of legislation that mattered to people. at the bottom line, people cared for years. people, the congress couldn't take on the prescription drug industry. for 30 years, the author of the brady law and assault weapons. we've passed significant laws there. we are bringing our ships industry back to america. good paying jobs here, not in china or overseas. we passed the most significant climate change legislation every, we pass the most major infrastructure bill ever, someone like raphael warnock, who as you say, extremely talented, at a lot to campaign on, and people said, gee, his democratic party is talking about things like karabakh! but at the same time, people understood that the republican party was not the republican party of ten or 15 years ago. it had become a maga party. and frankly, one of our successes and messaging was
starvation wages, we cannot get one vote from them to raise the minimum wage to at least 15 bucks. no supporting in a versatile health care, no support for taking on the prescription drug industry and lowering the cost of production jobs. >> recent polls show that voters show the economy and inflation are the most important issues. they prefer republicans to democrats by a 34 point margin. i mean, if what you say is true, how do you believe the republicans came to dominate on this issue? >> well, it is astounding to me, i think that the democrats are simply advocated and walked off the debate stage. they have allowed republicans to do all of the talking. republicans talk about inflation. well, inflation is a serious issue. what are they going to do about
inequality. those are issues you cannot ignore. people are hurting. and here is what is to me really rather amazing. the republican agenda for working class people is a total reactionary disaster. you have a party which in the midst of a moment when the rich are getting much richer, you know what they want to do? they want to give massive tax breaks to millionaires. when seniors are struggling to keep their heads above water, republicans are more and more overt saying we want to cut social security and medicare and medicaid. when you have millions of workers working for starvation workers, we can't get one vote for them to raise the minimum wage to at least $15. but no support for universal health care and taking on the prescription drug industry and lowering the cost of prescription drugs. so this is an issue i think we should engage on. >> recent polls show that voters who say the economy and
field. that's because they're incredibly talented. and what is clear to me is every single democrat running for president wants to make sure that people have access to quality, affordable health care that we take on the prescription drug industry so we can lower prescription drug costs and we take on climate change, that we make sure we build more schools and less prisons. we build an america that works for everybody. and that's what everyone is fighting for. and what every candidate understands, reverend sharpton, it's not about them. it's about something bigger. because all of those issues i mentioned, and then some, are on the ballot. but the democrat, as we know it, is on the ballot. women's reproductive health is on the ballot but, in addition, our democracy, as we know it, is on the ballot. everyone, i am confident, is going to move forward and support the nominee. >> i'm going to have to move it on from there but i appreciate you being on with us.
went off on 75 minutes of other things. so, yes, we heard that sound on north korea, we also heard him talk about the death penalty for people who help with the prescription drug industry and talking about the opioid crisis and that's something that he had floated several weeks ago at the white house. so you also heard him talk about oprah in 2020 and he unleashed his new campaign slogan. so i think that with these rallies as it was during the 2016 campaign you have a potpourri of headlines that you can pick from and it's really just you're bombarded with news and it's the president's way of saying here are all the things that i can finally weigh in on from a podium among friends, among people who want to cheer for all the things that i'm saying and he's among people who support his agenda in full which is not the kind of reception he typically gets when he is in washington. you have to think of the week he's coming off from. he did a pretty unpopular thing with his own party on tariffs this week. he thought he would get a little bit more praise about the north korea situation and now he's
okay. welcome back. this week president trump announced his nominee for replace former health and human services secretary tom price. alex azar was the deputy secretary of hhs under president george w. bush, and more recently, he served as president of lilly usa, the largest division of eli lilly. certainly he has the resume to do the job, but for a guy with such strong ties to the prescription drug industry, should he be the point man to the president will call upon to lower drug prices? >> i happen to think that the pharmaceutical industry is one of the least transparent, most complex, and most expensive part of our very expensive health care system. when you look at all those single payer systems around the
that what you just talked about with the costs. senator collins said her focus would be on cost control. there it is. she identified competition among providers in regulation of the prescription drug industry as good places to start. she should also advance work on payment reform to preventative care. collins is in a secure position with three years left on her current term and the high regard of maine voters and has made her presence known u so can she then maybe shift the debate to these issues of cost and, finally, get something done whether it's lamar alexander or patty murray's legislation or something republicans can get on board with? >> it's going to go one of two ways, eric. either cut her out of the equation and try to work with who they have. today the president was golfing with rand paul. another holdout on reform. if they can cut a deal. they may not need her. if they want to ink her, they have a slim majority.