here teeing off on me left and right, you know, everybody's having a good time with it, so how could i be upset about it. >> kelce, guys, just having fun with. i'll tell you what, i give it a less than 1% chance that kelce would propose to taylor swift on the field after winning the super bowl. i just don't ever see that happening. >> you were saying there's a chance. >> less than 1%. >> andy scholes, appreciate it, buddy. "cnn this morning" continues now. the supreme court takes up the question of keeping the former president aoff the ballo. >> there are a lot of arguments at play, everything is on the table. >> one of the few mechanisms the constitution has to make sure our democracy remains viable. >> the republican party and infighting after back-to-back humiliating defeats on capitol hill. >> the bill put together is a bipartisan effort. welcome to the united states senate. that's what we have to do.

>> democracy is messy. >> it turns out border security is not actually a risk, it's just a talking point for the election. >> u.s. strike on the streets of baghdad. killing a militant commander who is blamed for the attacks on american forces. >> you can see how precise and accurate this was, and the u.s. may go after other leaders of militant groups. >> the major questions, whether the u.s. strikes will deter attacks by these militant groups. >> the administration is making clear that what we saw is not the end. good morning, everyone, it's top of the hour, i'm phil mattingly with poppy harlow in new york. we are just three hours away from the supreme court hearing arguments in one of the most consequential cases of our life times. one that has huge implications for the presidential election. can donald trump be thrown off the ballot for his role in the deadly january 6th attack on the capitol. trump, his legal team urging the highest court in the land to overturn a ruling in colorado that he engaged in an

insurrection and is ineligible to run for president under the 14th amendment. >> here are some of the key questions the supreme court is facing this morning. does the 14th amendment apply to trump and the presidency. another really big question is because this was designed after the civil war to block traders, traitorous confederates from being elected to office, another question, did trump engage in an insurrection, we saw the bloody assault on the capitol as trump supporters stormed the building while congress was certifying joe biden's victory. the colorado supreme court pointed directly at what trump said before the rally. >> we're going to walk down to the capitol. you'll never take back our country with a weakness. you have to show strength, and you have to be strong. we fight like hell and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. >> another critical question,

should it be up to congress to decide if someone is ineligible to be president. let's bring in joan biskupic, you have spent so much time looking into what could happen, what might happen, who's involved, what they're going to say and do. what's going to happen today now that it's actually happening? >> i know, and as you said in just three hours. i put first the issues. you laid them out really nicely. often when we have a case, the justices tell you what particular questions they want to take on. they didn't at this point. they just said they want to take on the entire question of whether the colorado supreme court erred in some way. we'll have to listen for what do they focus on. what history and text do they focus on. do they focus on just the word for example. is the president an officer of the united states who would be covered by this, or maybe he wouldn't be covered by this. does congress need to pass some legislation to allow section 3

of the 14th amendment even to be invoked and enforced in this situation. so we'll have to hear what they focus on, and it could be a couple of different issues, and the main thing in that whole bucket of possible issues is how much do they even talk about insurrection. as you can see there, section 3 of the 14th amendment covers someone who is then engaged in an insurrection or rebellion. lower courts in colorado took that on. but would this supreme court actually get to whether donald trump engaged in an insurrection instead of just sticking with an off ramp, having to do with the earlier parts of the text, and whether congress or the states have more of a role here. and then for the justices. that's kind of the second category or bucket i'm going to be focused on. the chief justice sitting in the middle of this elevated mahogany bench is in a position to steer some of the conversation. he's at the strategic center

also of the court, in addition to being at the center of these nine seats. and i'm going to be listening carefully for whether he has some option, some way to do something that could draw practically unanimity among these nine justices or at least a safer majority than the usual 6/3 split we usually see on this partisan divided court. so we have listened to what he offers because, phil, and poppy, a lot of people don't realize that the justices have not yet discussed this case. this is, in effect, their first discussion of it too. so what will he focus on? will there be any takers for it? finally, as soon as i crossed the threshold of the great red velvet and white marble setting, i'll be looking for who's in the special guest seats. the chief's wife, jane sullivan roberts, often ginni thomas comes to arguments also.

will she be there? who will be in the special seats? you know, there's going to be a lot of anticipation in the room as teams of lawyers sit at tables before this elevated bench and the chief then will call the first lawyer up, jonathan mitchell who will try to make case for donald trump and will try to steer the justices far away from the facts of january 6th. when jason murray steps up to the lectern representing the colorado voters he is going to pound and pound and pound on the events of january 6th and donald trump's role in what happened that day, and the fact that lower courts have said that he did, indeed, engage in an insurrection. >> pretty good time for people to read your book, the chief, joan, i think, because all eyes are going to be on roberts. we'll get back to you soon, and of course you're a key part of our special coverage at 9:00 a.m. kristen holmes outside mar-a-lago where trump is staying. among them he's not going to be to go this court, going to his

other trials recently. he's not going to be there. talk about the strategy today. >> good morning, poppy, and phil, the biggest part of the strategy as you said, he's not going. he has really used these various cases as campaign symptoms. opportunities for him to cry out election interference or political persecution even if his legal issues had nothing to do with politics. in this case, he's not going. actually, he was going back and forth about whether or not he wanted to attend. up until yesterday when i was frantically testifying, should i get on the plane or is he not going to be in palm beach when i get here. they decided he's going to stay in palm beach, stay away from the supreme court. he spent the week talking to his lawyers as they were preparing for it. it gives an indication of how much more seriously and carefully he and his team are handling this. i am told that mar-a-lago, he is expected to do something. unclear what exactly that would be. however, after that, he is going to nevada where he is going to

the caucuses. he's expected to win there. they are trying to focus on the political. sources tell me that trump privately has been talking about how he feels confident about this case in the supreme court. something we've also heard from his advisers, as well as his legal team. they believe they have a solid legal argument here, and they are trying, at least for donald trump to focus on his politics now, bringing home the nomination. >> politics and legal often converging, trying to separate them today for the moment. kristen holmes, we're glad you got on the right plane. thank you. and as poppy mentioned earlier, you're going to be able to listen live as attorneys argue before the nation's highest court. join jake tapper, kaitlan collins. the justice department has notified congress that special counsel robert hur has wrapped up his investigation into the mishandling of classified documents by president biden. they are reviewing the final report for executive privilege issues now. >> joining us from the white house with more, my

understanding is that there's not concerns here about criminal charges but major concerns in the biden administration about optics, what does this look like, there might be photos of the documents that were stored in the report. what are your hearing? >> white house aides have been preparing for the release of this report for quite some time, and biden allies fully anticipate that republicans will try to use this report, this review as political fodder against the president in the middle of a campaign election year. the existence of these classified documents from biden's time as vice president first came to light a little over a year ago. that is when special counsel robert hur was appointed to look into the possible mishandling of classified documents found at a private office in washington, d.c., and at biden's home in wilmington, delaware. that review has concluded. attorney general merrick garland notified lawmakers of that in a letter last night, writing, quote, as i have made clear regarding each special counsel who have served since i have

taken office i'm committed to making as much of the special counsel's report public as possible. the report is currently in the hands of the white house counsel's office, which is reviewing whether there are any executive privilege concerns that they can cite in this matter. president biden himself sat down for two days of interviews for this investigation four months ago today, and it all comes as our reporting has indicated that we do not expect special counsel robert hur's team to include any criminal charges, but the report is expected to really provide a very detailed and critical look at how biden's team handled the secret government documents. biden allies are fully prepared for republicans to use this as an issue in the 2024 presidential campaign, and also to try to conflate this with the way, the questions about former president donald trump's handling of classified documents. but one thing that throughout the process that biden's advisers have tried to stress is the differences in these two

cases. they note that they cooperated as soon as they discovered classified documents, notifying the national archives right away. that is something president biden likely will try to stress once the report is out. there are big questions about how this will play in the 2024 campaign, as we have seen republicans quite eager to try to use these types of issues against president biden. >> and we await the release. arlette saenz, live from the north lawn, and also this morning, president biden trying to shift to offense after republicans tanked a bipartisan border deal. >> with the deal failing, major cities across the country are still dealing with a huge influx of migrants. it has stretched or depleted their resources. new york's governor, kathy hochul joins us live on that and a lot more.

. welcome back, lawmakers struggling to find a path forward this morning after senate republicans blocked a sweeping bipartisan border deal and foreign aid package after months of negotiations. this bill contained strict border security remedies that republicans had originally demanded but have now rejected under heavy pressure from donald trump. it also includes more than $60 billion for ukraine, 14 billion for israel. that critical aid is in jeopardy as lawmakers debate a slimmed

down foreign aid package with the border portion totally out. it is unclear if even that is going to get the 60 votes needed to advance. lauren fox is joining us on capitol hill this morning. where does this go? >> well, the conversations continue, and they're going to start back up this morning among republican members who are holding a special conference meeting at 9:30 a.m. just off the senate floor as the party really tries to find a path forward and some consensus among its members. i think right now what they're grappling with is the fact that some members still want to see border security as part of this process. the problem is they had a border security proposal. they didn't like it. they rejected it yesterday. and now there's sort of this question of what exactly are they going to be okay with. and, you know, one of the things that can happen in these senate talks is that members can get amendment votes and that that can really help to unlock any stagnant negotiations over these

kindsove kinds of things. but one thing you're starting to see is some members are so frustrated with mcconnell's leadership, people who have been critical of him, josh hawley and rick scott, it's really unclear right now what is going to unlock the 60 votes necessary. again, republicans are going to huddle behind closed doors, that's going to be a really crucial meeting to understanding whether or not they're ever going to be able to get to 60. this has been a long time priority of minority leader mitch mcconnell to ensure that that $60 billion goes to ukraine. but just taking a step back, it's important to note that even if this gets out of the senate, it's so unclear what the path right now is in the house of representatives. i was talking to a number of moderate republicans yesterday in the house who said that they are really fed up with the fact that ukraine funding has not been delivered yet. but they're not sure if mike johnson is going to put it on the floor. poppy. >> i also wonder, lauren, what your reporting is on are there

fears among some republicans that all of this dysfunction, like three failures in a row for mike johnson and republicans could mean trouble for them in november? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, i think that it's important to note that obviously the house and the senate are separate chambers but for american voters who are going to the polls in november, they might look at republicans and overall make a judgment of whether or not they can lead. you know, markwayne mullin told me he's not worried about the senate republicans being able to take back that chamber, but he says the house does need to get its act together soon if they want to hold their own majority. you also have people like josh hawley, again a long time critic of mitch mcconnell saying that he's worried that mcconnell's leadership is landing them in a bad place to actually take back the senate in november. poppy. >> lauren, thank you for that reporting. phil. republican senator james lankford on the senate floor with a powerful speech that didn't move the needle. what he was saying about what was happening as he served as the top negotiator for the

border deal that has failed, it's important to listen to. >> i had a popular commentator four weeks ago that i talked to that told me, flat out, before they knew any of the contents of the bill, any of the content, nothing was out at that point, that told me flat out, if you try to move a bill that solves the border crisis during this presidential year, i will do whatever i can to destroy you. because i do not want you to solve this during the presidential election. >> that has clearly been one of the republican's positions. president biden now slamming the republicans for blocking pro progress. the president turning up the heat on donald trump behind closed doors. he told donors how he will use this tanked deal in his campaign. kathy hochul, you were with the president yesterday, you heard

the remarks. the idea that he can flip an issue that has been problematic, at least politically, and certainly from a policy perspective on the border, do you think it's possible? >> oh, absolutely. >> really? >> president biden works so hard to negotiate a deal for the american people that solves so many problems, stop the flow of fentanyl from coming into our streets and killing our kids, to stop the flow of illegal migration, and it's a humanitarian crisis he's trying to solve. how do you turn your back on ukraine? if ukraine falls that, that's squarely on the backs of republicans who refuse to give a helping hand with our friends and allies. they would rather stand with putin. how do we allow for the continuation of hamas, by not giving stanassistance to wipe on enemy of all of us. joe biden is a national security president. no one has more experience than him. he knows the border deal was

critically important. he fought for it. senator schumer did everything he could, and actually a few profiles in courage from the republican side of the aisle, which was actually refreshing to see, and they cave like a bunch of lemming jumping off a cliff like the chief of all donald trump. >> you don't think three plus years into his term, biden securing this deal now, as there's been a crisis for a large bulk of that, it's not too late? >> there's nine months before the election. the republicans are going to wear it. it starts on tuesday in the state of new york with a special election, and all you have to do is realize that tom suozzi's opponent would not have supported a senate deal. >> i'm glad you bring that up. every election feels nationalized at this point. everyone is watching it, and i've watched the ads, i see the a

ads at home. it's about immigration. suozzi is getting attacked on immigration. he acknowledged this is problematic for him. why do you think he can overcome it? >> because of this week. >> that's enough? >> that's enough. and i said before, you break it, you own it. okay. they broke this deal. now they own the consequences. they can no longer stand back and say it's the democrats' fault. take down the ads, because they're not telling any kind of truth at all. the ads should say, republicans, and including ten from the state of new york, if those ten republicans congressmen from the state of new york stood up to their speaker and said we have to look out for new yorkers, our state is being hit hard with this. other states are as well. if they banded together, they would have the political clout necessary to deliver for our state. we need resources, we need help, and they said no. they turned their own backs on the state, the people that sent them to office, and they are

going to wear that. >> the president's arrival in new york was a convergence of two things new yorkers love, traffic and protests. i saw some of the protests, or the video of the protests, it's a reminder that for the president, and given his staunch and steadfast support for america's middle eastern ally, and israel, it's problematic, given the scale of the conflict that's ongoing. are you concerned that could hurt in november politically. >> president biden does not look at this through a political lens. he's looking at the national security of our nation and our allies. i'm not questioning that at all. i went to israel days after the horrific attack. i went down to the ckibitz. i was one of the first citizens to see the slaughter of innocence. i want to know why we don't have our hostages back, american hostages, a long island hostage. the president is doing what he has to do. i want people to stunderstand, stand with all people. we want no innocent loss of

life. we cannot aid and abet terrorists any longer, and hamas has to go. >> you're not concerned about the democratic coalition, which has split views on this staying home in november because of this? >> i don't believe they're going to want donald trump as their president. he is hostile to all interests, including women's interests, the right to have an abortion. we have a supreme court that was hand picked by donald trump that has stripped away the rights of women, like my daughter, and my granddaughter growing up in a country that doesn't allow her to have the same rights her grandmother had. where are we going with this. there's plenty to use against republicans. i understand the voices, there's a lot of passion. and i respect that. but this is the president who's looking out, just as my number one priority as governor, the safety of new yorkers, his is the safety of our nation, and that's what his focus is. >> speaking of that, there was a moment that went viral, and it was a combination of stunning and also kind of funny in its

absurdity. it was when the founder of the guardian angels, former mayoral candidate, doing an interview with fox news, and this happened. >> shoplifting first, the guardian angels spotted them. he resisted. and let's just say we gave him a little compliance. he's sucking concrete. >> the reason why i'm asking about this. the man was a bronx native. believed he was a migrant because he was speaking spanish. none of what they thought, he hadn't been accused of shoplifting. there's been no evidence that he was. one, what do you think of that, and two, what's that dynamic like right now in terms of the city, the state, crime in general, and how people are reacting? >> you cannot take the law into your own hands. nypd, among the finest on the this planet, they work hard every single day, and we support them. it is their responsibility to take care of this, not individuals. and so i reject the premise that

anyone can take the law into their own hands, we have chaos. this is not the wild west, this is new york state. yes, there has been a spike in crimes. petty crimes. homicides are down 28 to 30%, here in new york city, to pre-pandemic numbers. that took a lot of effort. but now we have more property crimes. people are going into stores and sweeping the shelves. that's why my budget has over $700 million to fight crime in the state of new york. and we have $40 million being addressed to help our district attorneys and local law enforcement and help security cameras, you know, tax break for businesses to protect themselves. i'm not satisfied with where we are right now. but we're taking this on. and we're going to make sure that we return our streets to new yorkers and not the criminals. >> new york governor kathy hochul, thank you so much for your time this morning. >> thank you. a u.s. drone strike in iraq takes out a hezbollah leader

believed to be responsible for the attacks on american forces. >> secretary of state, antony blinken leaving tel aviv after meeting with leaders, did he make progress for a hostage deal. i'll tell you more, next.

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i think you've said enough. why don't we just switch to xfinity like everyone else? then you would know what year it was. i know what year it is. u.s. central command says a drone strike in iraq killed the militant leaders behind attacks on forces in the region. it killed three service members.

abu baqir al saadi, he was the commander of a militant group called kataib hezbollah. >> joining us now the president and founder of the eurasia group, ian bremer, the question we have been asking throughout this accelerated response and over the course of the last month or so of u.s. action or reciprocal responses is how does this end? do you see any kind of through line between what's happening right now and some kind of ending to these sporadic conflicts all over the map? >> no, not through the u.s. strikes. and i think the reason for that is because the united states is deeply concerned about this escalation potentially leading to direct confrontation between the u.s. and iran. the economic implications, the security implications, not to

mention the political implications back home. that's why the strikes waited a week after the initial attacks on american servicemen and women. that's why the americans telegraphed all of that to the iranians. but that doesn't mean that we can't end the war. the point is if you want to focus on ending the war, that focus is on the negotiations that are still underway with hamas leaders heading back to cairo to see if we can get hostages released, to see if he can w-- we can get a cease fire going and then create political and security negotiations for the future governance of gaza. that's a much more difficult challenge, and also the only way you end up getting some kind of stability in this region. >> yeah, let me ask you specifically about this vistrik that took out that ke ataib hezbollah leader. they say it's a violation of iraqi sovereignty.

the u.s. government did not notify iraq before this. which is a little bit confounding to me, and i wonder what you think of that? >> well, you notify the iraqis, the likelihood you're going to undermine your own strike is pretty significant. look, the united states isn't taking this lightly. it is a challenge. the u.s. has troops on the ground in iraq. they are increasingly unwelcome on the street in iraq, and that puts pressure on the iraqi government to force them out. i think there are big questions about what's the long-term disposition of u.s. forces on the ground in this part of the world. and of course the u.s. elections are going to have a lot to say about that. but i'm not surprised. look, i mean, israel is america's best friend in the region, top ally in the region. that's still true despite what's happened over the last few months, and yet when the israelis are engaging in strikes, for example, in beirut against hamas leaders, they're not telling the united states in advance. they're informing the americans

afterwards, and again, i mean, ultimately those are israeli decisions. the u.s. would love to have a heads up, doesn't have a heads up, especially when we're talking about a war that could drag the americans further in. we need to recognize that you've got a whole bunch of players here that ultimately are focusing on their own national interests first and foremost. >> ian, the thing, and we've talked about this before, that continues to completely confound me is how do you bridge the gap between prime minister benjamin netanyahu's, a, stated war goals, the elimination of hamas in its entirety, b, his rejection of president biden's kind of baseline perspective on this, the two-state solution, and, c, his political vulnerability with the only way this could end as you already laid out, how does that come together? because it seems like a huge gap right now. >> well, i mean, you've already heard from other members of the war cabinet that they feel that

netanyahu is not being realistic in terms of the way he's talking about this war and the way he's engaging or not engaging in diplomacy. so, i mean, a lot of people, including the biden administration believe that netanyahu's days are numbered and some of the decisions he's making are not aligned just with national security of israel, they are about his own political survival. having said that, getting rid of netanyahu doesn't suddenly end the overwhelming desire of the israeli government and the israeli people to ensure that hamas no longer has a future in gaza. now, there's a difference between can you get the leadership, can you take them out and who's responsible for security, what's the nature of governance in gaza, those are all judgment calls. what we're going to see for something that feels more sustainable than endless war and

violence on the ground in gaza. but right now, the political difference between where the biden administration is and where netanyahu is very very stark. and of course, that's part of the reason it's challenging even to get a relatively short-term agreement between the israelis and hamas right now, despite all of the pressure on netanyahu's government to get those hostages freed. i'm still quite optimistic that there will be at least a short-term agreement with an additional cease fire to get large numbers of hostages freed. but i want to be very clear, that is absolutely not a necessary, you know, sort of signal that suddenly the war is about to be over. we're not close to that right now. the israelis aren't close to that, hamas is not close to that. >> ian bremmer, thank you very much for your expertise, we'll see you soon. there's alarming new data coming in highlighting the dire conditions of rising global

temperatures. >> and we're going to show you live pictures right there, out of iceland, another volcano is erupting, the third time since december. the radiating lava can be seen for 30 miles. no injuries have been reported. stay with us.

overnight, we have a very important update to a very important story we brought you two days ago, and it's actually good news, who would have thought it. the pod of ten orcas trapped by sea ice near japan's northern island, it appears they're free. this is drone video when the whales were struggling to get air in a small patch of ice. it appeared they wouldn't be able to get out until the ice

started to melt. now it appears they have escaped. people in the coastal town say there has been no sighting of the whales. we hope they are happy and free. >> yay for good news. now, bad news, new this morning, an alarming data showed that our planet is not getting any cooler, according to climate and weather monitoring service copernicus. the world just experienced its warmest january, i can attest to that, on rortd record. >> if that wasn't enough, over the past 12 months, we breached a threshold. walk us through the reports, what are you learning? >> if you remember back to the paris accords, the world came together and said we've got to limit this out of control over heating. 1.5 if we can manage it. now the world has just spent an entire year above 1.5. the worry for scientists is we do that year after year after year, what happens, but this is just sort of the opening attractions. if we're on this path going up

with the thermometers here, all the changes we're seeing around the world intensifying. >> what happens if we stay on this trajectory? >> all the bad stuff gets worse and lasts longer. the enormous devastating fires that are happening in chile right now because they're so dry, the flooding in california because they're so wet and because of the atmospheric rivers, all the water cycles are shifting in a way we have never experienced. no snow in the ski areas, glaciers melting in the mountains, millions of species right now trying to move out of their range so they can survive. many will go extinct as well. tens of millions of people moving around the world, trying to escape, higher seas around the coast or unlivable temperatures around the tropics. >> if we have already surpassed, the red line, the threshold, where we want to be, is it possible to go back down. >> there's some science that says yes, when fossil fuel pollution stops that the warming can go down a little bit, but that has to be happen first, and

it hasn't. we're living through this incredible industrial revolution, where solar and wind power is cheaper than ever and going on lines in ways that are blowing people's minds but not replacing the old dirty fuels fast enough at all really, and the legacy of big oil companies backing away from climate pledges. until one of these big majors says, look, we have this oil reserve we have found, we're not going to tap it. instead, we're going to build a wind farm or something renewable over here. that just isn't happening. they're fighting the end of the business model dtooth and nail. >> it's just such a prime example of how much corporate america can do. it has to be a partnership with government but so much power in the private sector to change. >> a few years ago, they did the math on historic decisions, the most polluting companies, the biggest source of the problem in a couple of buses. these are 75 big companies in petrol states around the world that are driving a lot of the

pollution. people's every day lives, it matters to be aware of it, but until that log jam changes institutionally, we're heading this way. >> they would be very nice buses, we should say that. i have to ask, i am fascinated by this factoid, super bowl is going to be powered entirely by renewable energy for the first time. >> yeah, the new stadium in vegas is really built with sustainability in mind. there's about 600,000 solar panels in the desert that will power the super bowl for the first time. the way they built that stadium, the roof is painted with a special paint that recflects a lot of the heat. you're going to see that more and more. cities try to reflect heat. they get physically whiter as well. the grass on tracks, roll it out, instead of spending money on lights to grow grass indoors in the desert. which doesn't make tha lot of sense. you don't have to sacrifice quality of life. you can run super bowls on energy. it's a pivotal moment. all of what they say, the claims

are true about the energy savings here, but it's encouraging to see big pieces of americana shifting in this way. >> it gets attention. >> absolutely. today, big pharma executives will testify on why america has the most expensive prescription drugs. also this. ♪ yay. just how far will moana go? we won't have to wait much longer "moana 2" set to hit theaters this november. it's safe to say maui is currently saying you're welcome. our kids are also going to be so excited. we'll be right back.

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health this morning is brought to you by agino moto. ♪ coming up in just a couple of hours, the ceos of some o. largest pharmaceutical companies will testify before a senate committee on the very high price of prescription drugs in this country. the ceos of bristol-myers squibb, johnson and johnson and merck, will be ahead of the committee chaired by bernie sanders. >> according to a poll taken in july, 31% of americans don't

take their prescribed medications because they're too expensive. joining us now is cnn medical correspondent, meg tirrell. there is a reason we noted that bernie sanders is chairing this hearing, and that these individuals are at this hearing, it's fair to say they likely are not going to agree or get along on anything. what should we be watching today? >> i wouldn't expect us to come out of today with an agreement that drug prices are going to come down and everybody is on board with it. people feel like their drug prices are too expensive to afford. the focus is to compare prices in the united states versus prices in the other countries. the senate health committee put out a reporting leading into the meeting comparing some of the drugs made by these companies. if you look at merck, it's $200 per year. if you look at if you look at stellar, an arthritis drug, $16,000 per year in the

uk, $79,000 per year in the united states. these are not atypical prices. you see this for a lot of things. all of the medicines are on the u.s. list of prices of drugs to negotiate under the inflation reduction act. these could be coming down. right now, they are very high. >> question for you. is that because of the amount of taxes that are paid in france and the government paying for more of a drug than the system we have here? >> the main reason prices are lower in countries like france is they have a central negotiating power in the government. >> companies are making less money from selling them in france? >> way more money from the united states. it's the most important market for them. the pharmaceutical industry argues americans get drugs faster. they say it works better for a number of ways. they will mount a defense with that in mind. they argue the middlemen profit

on the system here and that contributes to high drug prices. we will hear arguments we have been hearing for a long time. we are at a moment where we see change because of the medicare price negotiations which we haven't seen before. >> something that donald trump pledged he would do but never did but biden did which stunned me. the negotiation and how that works is being rolled out. thanks. >> thanks, guys. big day for donald trump. the supreme court set to hear the case on colorado's decision to remove him from the ballot. an update on a story we have been following about the 23-year-old palestinian american who was stabbed at a rally. he spoke to cnn about his condition. you will hear from him next.

the 23-year-old palestinian american stabbed after a pro-palestinian rally is speaking out this morning. he provides an update on his condition and describes how his injuries are affecting him

caring for his 5-month-old son. this comes as the austin police department says it was a hate crime. joining us is diane gallagher. he has spoken to cnn. what are you hearing? >> he has a six to eight-week recovery from his injuries ahead of him. it's up to the travis county district attorney to decide whether they will elevate the charged offense to a hate crime and prosecute did that way. there is no doubt in his mind that he is one of a growing number of victims of attacks across this country. the stabbing of a 23-year-old palestinian american meets the definition of a hate krcrime. he agrees, this crime against him was motivated by hate. >> i was the only one there that had a palestine flag.

he came specifically to my door and drug me from the vehicle. >> it happened on sunday following a pro-palestinian rally in austin. the suspect approached his car. >> i looked around. i didn't see anything. my door was open ed by a crazy guy. and he dragged me from my truck. >> he was stabbed in the left side of his back and has a broken rib. he worries about caring for his 5-month-old son. >> that's one of my greatest joys coming home to my son. that was taken away from me. i haven't been able to pick up my son, be there for my son, do anything for him for the past couple of days. >> he believes u.s. politicians, including texas governor abbott

and president joe biden should call for a cease-fire. >> if those two people would have stepped up and said something to stand for us, said something to defend us, this would have never happened. but because they haven't said nothing for us, this is the cause. i'm not the first. i'm not the second. i'm not even the third. how many more have to go on for them to realize that this is wrong? >> he says this attack will not stop him from advocating for the people of gaza. >> i just really wish that people would realize that we go

out there and protest, it's not to cause a problem. it's to end a problem. that's the problem in gaza. something like this is not going to stop me from standing up for my people. >> we reached out to a public defender for burt james baker. he declined to comment. >> thank you very much for that important piece. "cnn this morning" continues now. trump engaged in insurrection and cannot appear on the ballot. >> frankly, president trump didn't engage. he didn't carry a pitch fork to the capitol grounds. >> this case, which a lot of people saw as a long-shot case, is a very strong case. we have every expectation that the supreme court will take this very seriously