President Biden has ratcheted back expectations tonight for any substantive
action on climate change in an economic package. In a statement,
he says congressional Democrats should accept a slim down bill, cutting
drug prices and extending health insurance subsidies.
That's after Democratic Senator Joe Manchin effectively blocked a
larger bill that included major climate provisions mentioned said
he'd support only the drug and health care sections. We'll take a
closer look after the news summary.
Democrats in the House of Representatives approved two bills today
to restore abortion rights nationwide, but they're expected to stall
in the Senate. One bill expands on protections provided by Roe versus
Wade before the Supreme Court overturned it.
The second bill protects the right to travel across state lines for
abortion services. Support for the measures fill almost entirely
along party lines.
As a mother and grandmother.
I can tell you
Their pre born babies are unquestionably human lives.
And they are lives worth defending. Right now. American women have
less freedom than their mothers passing this legislation. The Democratic
House is standing on the side of freedom for women and for every
American
Neither bill has much chance in the Senate. Republicans have the
votes to block the measures. The presidential mission to the Middle
East has moved on to Saudi Arabia after meetings with Israeli and
Palestinian leaders. President Biden arrived in Jeddah today and
met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who greeted him with a
fist bump.
The president had sharply criticized the prince over the murder of
Jamal Kashiwagi, a journalist based in the U. S. Will get a detailed
report on the day's developments later in the program.
In Iraq Thousands of Shiites descended on a Baghdad suburb today
for mass prayers in a show of protest against the political stalemate
in Iraq. Worshippers from across the country answered the call of
Muqtada al Sadr.
The influential Shiite clerics faction one last October's elections,
but resigned after failing to form a government.
Residents of the city of Vanessa in central Ukraine spent this day
grieving for 23 people killed in a Russian missile strike. Dozens
more were wounded in Thursday's attack.
Today. Police took DNA samples from the rubble to identify victims.
Survivors struggled to understand why they were targeted, including
a woman whose four year old niece was killed. Amuse the short. I
don't understand why there is such hatred towards us. We didn't do
anything to anyone.
We never attacked. We lived peacefully and worked. We Ukrainians
are hardworking people. We love to work. We never threatened anyone.
Why? So why did Russia do this to us? I simply cannot explain it.
The attack on Vanessa was the latest in a series of deadly Russian
attacks on civilians in Ukraine.
Health officials across southern Europe sounded the alarm today over
fierce heat waves. Spain alone reported at least 84 suspected heat
deaths in the last three days where temperatures have topped 100
F.
Wildfires in Spain and other countries are also feeding off the heart
dry and windy conditions. Hundreds more people had to evacuate their
homes today.
Back in this country, and autopsy report released today shows police
in Akron, Ohio, shot a black man Jalen Walker 46 Times during a confrontation
last month. Officers have said they tried to stop Walker's car for
alleged equipment violations.
They say he fired a gun, then jumped out of his car and ran. That
was before he was killed by the barrage of police gunfire. The is
asking for a federal civil rights investigation into the killing.
Nearly 1500 monkeypox cases have now been confirmed in the US as
federal officials and leaders scramble to deliver more vaccines.
The CDC today projected a continued rise in cases now that testing
has ramped up.
This virus spread through close contact and is now in more than 60
countries where it was not already endemic.
On Wall Street, Major stock averages rose nearly 2% or more on encouraging
data about consumer expectations. The Dow Jones industrial average
gained 658 points to close at 31,000 to 88.
The NASDAQ Rose 201 points, the S and P 500, added 72.
And sports legend Jim Thorpe was formally reinstated today as the
winner of the decathlon and pentathlon in the 1912 Olympics. He won
his gold medals at the Stockholm Games but was then stripped of them
later because he had played minor league baseball for pay, which
was then a violation of Olympic rules.
Thorpe was the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal
for the United States. He died in 1953.
Still to come on the news hour. What Senator Joe mentions opposition
means for the fight against climate change. Lanka's future remains
tenuous President resigns and widespread protests
Stephen Brooks and Jonathan Capehart weigh in on the week's news,
plus much more.
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