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another countdown, five days until the senate's scheduled august recess, about a week for democrats to stick to leader chuck schumer's stated goal of passing a monumental health care and climate bill, including key components of president biden's legislative agenda. just a week. now schumer could always slide his schedule to give democrats more time, time to figure out if he actually has the votes that he needs because we still don't know where kyrsten sinema stands. she's been silent on the issue so far. our best insight to her thinking comes from joe manchin, far from a guarantee. manchin says there is lots for sinema to like. >> she has a lot in this bill. she's the one who negotiated basically and no one changed the

medicare negotiations. and they thought that wasn't. and she got involved and that was great. i support that. she's been very adamant and clear on no tax increases. i take that very seriously. i feel the same way. so i'm hoping that when she reviews and sees it and she's had time to do that, then we'll see where she is, but i'm not going to make any predictions on that at all. >> also on senate democrats' to do list, another shot at the bipartisan bill to extend medical care to millions of veterans, the one that senate republicans overwhelmingly voted to pass back in june but then in a surprise reversal blocked last week, john stewart, joined by veterans, returned to capitol hill again today to voice his support for legislation. the timing is super important. democrats accusing republicans of taking this bill really as revenge for the reconciliation deal democrats struck with joe manchin. joining me to talk all about this ali vitali and ashley

parker as well. ali, let me start with you. we just heard from senator manchin about whether sinema will support the spending bill. what are you hearing? have we heard from her? have democrats really made progress today as we march towards five days or so left before august recess? >> well, five days or so, because the expectation from senators is that if they can stay in town this weekend and get it done, that's probably what they're going to do. ultimately no one is going to be able to speak for senator sinema other than senator sinema. her office is reiterating that she's not commenting. when i spoke with chuck assumer before the weekend, i asked him in the same way we've asked joe manchin have you been in touch with sinema on this? both said no. they'll cop to the fact this was a bill negotiated between the

two of them because manchin wanted to keep the circle small to keep thing from getting to widespread and messy. they ultimately got the deal but what they have to now deal with is sinema, who in the same way manchin has been adamant with what he will and will not accept, sinema has been the same and now we have to wait to see if the carried interest loophole be closed are still a red line for her or not. manchin does make the point that the medicare piece of this on prescription drugs is something sinema herself had previously negotiated, so that is something that she should like in this bill. but again, that doesn't mean that she's on board for it until she says she's on board for it. >> just quickly, ali, before we go to ashley, do we have any reason to believe that manchin and sinema are speaking directly during this process? >> reporter: not yet but manchin did just tell reporters he

intends to speak with her today on the floor when the senate comes back. >> ashley parker, talk to me about what's at stake here. we're not just talking about the passage of this bill and the benefit of so many millions of americans if this gets across the finish line but you're looking at an agenda item here the democrats can check off a list, something they can really kind of campaign on. >> that's right. this would be a tremendous win for the democrats and for the biden administration, which is, frankly, desperate for a tremendous win after months of bad news and heading into the mid terms in this sort of surprise deal with manchin would be a win on a number of levels, including lowering prescription drug prices is something that previous presidents, both democrat and republican have tried to do, have been unable to do and it something that would be broadly popular with most of the population. it could help potentially democrats in purplish districts

have a leg up. and then when you now take into account this, again, surprise twist with manchin that the climate stuff is back in, that of course are priorities that appeal to the democratic base, progressives, young people. so this bill as it has expanded a little bit from its previously winnowed down version has a lot to offer all of the constituency the democrats will need to have a fighting chance in the mid terms. >> we've got the spending bill. i want to talk about the pact act as well, health care for veterans, hearing john stewart speaking on the hill once again today there. what is the likelihood, the possibility of republicans blocking the passage of that last week. what is the likelihood it could happen before august recess? >> it seems likely they will take this bill up again before august recess. republicans facing a lot of pressure for blocking this bill because just a month ago it passed in bipartisan fashion and the only thing that had really

changed in the bill itself was about four lines that didn't substantively impact the central premise of the bill, which is expanded health care access for veterans who were impacted by burn pits, toxic burn pits. i have to tell you, i spent time today on the steps of the call toll with john stewart and other veterans. some of them even slept here overnight trying to keep the focus on this. over the course of the last few days, many have been in town last week because they expected to be here for a celebration, a moment where their hard-fought legislative victory was finally coming to fruition. senate republicans blocking that and the passion and emotion that i have been hearing from these veterans who have loved ones suffering from cancer, they say that this vote cannot come soon enough. i think soon enough up here at least means it's going to come in the early part of this week based on what my sources are telling me. i posed that to john stewart and he said i'll tell to the people

suffering from cancer that they'll get to it later this week. clearly so much emotion. >> and then we have kind of this headache over taiwan it seems. lots of different opinions on the speaker's trip to taiwan. we're hearing she's going to be making this trip tomorrow. there are those supporting it and those against it. where is the white house at on this? >> reporter: well, it's interesting. president biden, our understanding has never directly or explicitly asked her not to go. it's unclear if something like that would have been a deal breaker or helped change her opinion of what we expect to this trip to taiwan, but of course this is absolutely a real tension point between leader pelosi and the white house writ large because it complicates their public message, it complicates things for them and it something they would prefer not to have happen in this moment. keep in mind she was supposed to

take this trip earlier and then she couldn't because she had covid but this is also a real flash point for the u.s. and china in part because of things biden has said a little bit out of school on the one china policy. so that is also kind of in the background that affects the dynamic that pelosi is potentially landing into if she goes as expected tomorrow. >> we're going to be watching a lot on capitol hill and overseas as well over the next 24 hours as this is all developing. oh, and by the way, there's covid still looming over the march towards august recess. ali vitali, thank you and ashley parker, thank you as well. we're keeping an eye on the rescue efforts in kentucky. crews are working around the clock to try and find more people before the waterways rise once again. we are learning now an updated number of 35 people have now

been confirmed dead after this deadly flash flooding. hundreds more are unaccounted for, roadways and bridges have been washed away, isolating entire community, making the search and rescue efforts even more complicated. george joins me from jackson kentucky. take me there. what have you been seeing so far? >> reporter: the devastation here is truly heart breaking. traffic is starting to pick up here in jackson where people are getting into their neighborhoods to see what's their homes. the national guard is deployed to tried to get to those people. more than a dozen bridges in this region have been completely erased. some people are still stranded in areas. that is the urgency, to get to people who have not seen any kind of aid over the last several days after this devastating flood. as you mentioned, the death toll

continuing to rise. 35 lives now lost and that number unfortunately expected to go up and hundreds of people still unaccounted for. and that's not counting for those that have been displaced as a result of this tragedy. and as you know right now it is an all hand on deck effort from volunteers and other people from neighboring states that are coming to lend a hand. not far from me we've been watching people hand out food and water to families who presumably have nowhere to go as a result of this flooding. again, utility work another concern right now. more than 12,000 people right now still without power, about 25 without water and those that may have it are still under a boil water advisory. so conditions here still far from normal and people are doing their best to keep their spirits elevated. earlier some people that we spoke with doing their best to cope with the losses. here's what they had to say. >> my granddaughter keeps saying that she wants to go home to her

house, and we keep telling her that her house is broke, that we'll get her a new house. she says i want to go home to my house, i want to go to my room. she's asked for some of her toys and we just told her her toys are gone. we have salvaged what we can out of it. the only thing can you do and what i've told them is we can't dwell on that because it's gone. we have to start over. that's the only way you can deal with it. >> reporter: your heart really goes out to all of these families that are affected by this. the waters here are starting to recede but they're still fast moving as you might be able to see from the river behind me. the governor today announcing people don't clothes, they need food. a silver lining, cell phone service is starting to get back up, which will hopefully lead to more reunions. >> more reunions. that is the thing amidst it all, to be able to hug one another and find out that your loved ones are in fact safe hopefully.

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welcome back, every. more than 5,000 cases of monkeypox have now been confirmed across this country. and more states and cities are issuing alerts to try and stop the spread. over the weekend new york governor katy hochul named

monkeypox a health emergency. according to chuck schumer, more than 8,000 more monkeypox doses will be released from the federal stockpile, more than 10% of them are going to go directly to new york city. the state is accounting for nearly 30% of the cases in the united states, which has reached 47 states and 72 countries that do not normally report monkeypox activity. joining me is the senior scholar for john hopkins health security. it's so good to see you in person. thank you for coming in. how worried should folks be? we've seen a handful of deaths outside of the continent of africa. how worried should people be here in the united states? >> i think there's a tendency to

look at every emergency through the lens of covid-19 but you really can't. monkeypox is not something that pose as general threat to the public. we are going to see cases increase and some people be hospitalized but this is not something that has pandemic potential and not something outside of the men who have sex with men population, where it's really concentrated. >> what about protecting yourself, especially if you are in the gay community? how do you protect yourself and who should be getting vaccinated? >> anybody that is a man who has sex with men, that has multiple sexual partners, people who take hiv preexposure pro phylaxis, that is who we want to get it to. contact tracing, all of that will be necessary until we get more vaccine available. >> you talked about the spread

be mainly in the gay community, men having sex with other men, right? there was a stigma attached to hiv, especially in the 80s. how do we make sure something like that does not happen to gay community again when it comes to monkeypox and the messaging surrounding it? >> it's very difficult. you want to tell people who are at risk they are at risk but you don't want to get all of that stigma stirred up again. there's no moral aspersion on a person who gets monkeypox. it can affect anyone but it's using this network to get around. we have to call people out for that. it not something that speaks to someone's moral stature or something that we should try and stigmatize. that's the lesson. it's the human species versus a virus. >> good to see you once again. coming up, it is primary day in

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endorsement to back conservative commentator tudor dixon. she's facing off against four other republicans, including, by the way, a january 6th rioter, ryan kelly, arrested and charged last month for trespassing and other crimes connected to the insurrection. joining me is vaughn hillyard. and jack brewster, who is grand haven, michigan. hey, vaughn, let me just start with you on this one. there is so much going on as i just mentioned in the state of arizona right now. could this feasibly be a clean sweep for the president. >> it could be. kelly ward is the chairwoman of the arizona republican party. just before donald trump took the stage for his final rally ahead of his primary, she took the microphone and said she was, quote, a proud member of the orange mafia.

i think that says it all about what this republican party is here today. it's no longer the party of john mccain, jeff blake. jeff doocy is headed out the door and we could be having a conversation tomorrow night about a clean sweep of trump-backed candidates for governor carey lake, abe hamedeh. they are calling for the decertification of the 2021 election. they are talking about going back in time and send donald trump's fake slate of electors to the u.s. congress. that is the sort of conversation that the state of arizona could be facing if these potential republican nominees were to win their offices. of course there are individuals in these crowded primaries that they are running against, but right now polling here in

arizona shows that each of these individuals are sitting atop the polls and could very well take on the democrats this november. >> from arizona we're going to shift over to, shack, where you are. that is michigan. you spoke to two major gop candidates for governor there moments ago. what did they have to say? >> reporter: this is a race that has been chaotic and full of surprises. it's been extremely close. it's the battle to take on democrat gretchen whitmer and you saw some of the leading candidates kicked off the ballot because of invalid signatures and democrats pour millions of dollars to influence the result and then we saw that endorsement of trump early this weekend. listen to how they're painting that picture. >> there's nothing like president trump coming in to a race. we've seen that across the country. so we feel very honored to have his support and i received that phone call from him, it was a great night to get that right at

the end of the race to have him say i see your message, i see your vision and i want to support you. >> if president trump was so convinced that tudor was great, why didn't he endorse her months ago? he waited until two nights before the election and it's the wrong choice. his advisers gave him bad information. >> reporter: now, that is not the only race in which people will look at to test former president trump's influence over voters in this battleground state. there's also the primary this the third congressional district. you have john gibbs, trump endorsed candidate, taking on peter meyers. meyers was one of the ten house republicans to support trump's impeachment after the january 6th capitol hill riot. so there are many races that will really give a sense of trump's influence and power in this important battleground state. >> a lot to watch over the next i guess 72 hours or so. vaughn, shaq, for now thank you both. i appreciate it.

meanwhile, we're going to move over to kansas where it's not who is on the ballot but what is getting the most attention on the ballot. for the first time since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, abortion protections will be up for a vote. kansas voters will weigh in on what's being called the value them both amendment. it could deny abortion access in the state's constitution, the first popular vote on the issue in almost 50 years. nbc's dasha burns is joining us now from overland park. good to talk to you once again. what do you hear in there from folks on the ground? >> reporter: well, behind me here is just one of just five abortion clinics in the entire state of kansas and it recently became one of the few in the entire region after the fall of roe, many of. surrounding states enacted total bans or significant restrictions to abortions and that is why the

stakes are so high here. >> it's the first state to put a bush on the ballot since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. everywhere you look there are signs of the ballot battle ahead. from the streets -- >> voting yes -- >> reporter: to the airwaves -- >> vote no. >> reporter: in 2019 the kansas supreme court ruled the state constitution protects the right to an abortion. if they vote yes, that protection would be removed. the power to take action on the issue would be in the hands of the heavily conservative state legislature that could mean more restrictions or a possible ban.

if they vote no, a constitutional right to an abortion would remain in place making further restrictions much more difficult to pass. polling show as tight race with 47% planning to vote yes, 43 intending to vote no and 10% are undecided. >> this constitutional amendment will mandate government control over our private medical decisions and pave the way for a total ban on abortion. >> reporter: but anti-abortion activists here say it's about putting the power in the hands of the people. >> does this amendment pave the pathway to a ban potentially? >> it paves the way for future conversations to be able to happen. i want to see a future where we are involved in the discussion, where unelected judges don't decide for the rest of us the right kind of limits on abortion in our state. >> reporter: experts say it's a pivotal vote, one the whole nation will be watching. >> a yes vote probably doesn't tell us a lot because kansas

city is a conservative state. and no vote will tell us abortion supporters have a vote in 2022. >> reporter: and turnout could also be the big bellwether looking ahead to november. is this an issue that gets voters to the polls? >> thank you, dasha. i want to bring in dave wasserman. thanks for joining us. we've been talking about a lot of things to watch over the next 48 to 72 hours, this being the most crowded primary montana month of august. also what's happening in the state of kansas with the vote that dasha just walked us through. what are you watching tomorrow evening? >> yeah, the kansas race may be more important than any race with actual candidates on the ballot because it is a test of

just how amped the pro-choice side is to vote. i agree. if the referendum is remotely close or the no side wins, then it is a sign that republicans who hold positions in favor of flat bans on abortion are at risk, particularly in suburban districts where that view is vastly out of step for the electorate. tomorrow what we're going to see in these primaries is that they've polled republican candidates farther to the right. we're going to see obviously a huge decline in the number of trump skeptics who currently are in the republican conference, but the question is do candidates like john gibbs in michigan who could unseat peter meyer, is he so far right on abortion that a democrat wins that seat? >> i want to read for you an analysis from the "new york times" and i want you to weigh in on it let me know what you think. "republicans missteps, weak

candidates and fund-raising woes are handing democrats unexpected opportunities in races for governor this year. democrats are counting less on their own contenders and more on voter backlash." i'm wondering if you feel as we're speaking about this vote happening in kansas, if you feel as if some of this has been bolstered by the overturn of roe, for instance, and other rallying cries from the voters from the mid terms? >> it's not just governor races. it's most impactful at the state level but we're also seeing in congressional races and particularly in the senate a spotlight on republican candidates and nominees that increasingly unflattering. if you've only looked at joe biden's approval rating at 39%, it would be a category five hurricane headed democrats' way. but then you factor in republicans such as herschel walker or potentially blake masters in arizona or mehmet oz

in pennsylvania and you have candidates with a potential to seize defeat from the jaws of victory because their unfavorables are so high. we could also see that in perhaps a dozen house races and that could really mitigate democrats' losses in the house, even if it unlikely to save their majority there. >> as we look ahead, i know this isn't going to be affecting anything in this primary evening that we have ahead of us, but how much do you think the passage of a spending little in the senate by democrats, obviously negotiated by schumer and manchin, how much could that affect voters as we look ahead? >> it could help democrats recover with their own base. keep in mind the big reason why biden is in the high 30s or low 40s is a lot of democrats are down about the state of the president's ability to get things done in washington. if gas prices continue to go down, if we see some green shoots in congress legislatively

that could help bolster democrats' optimism about their own agenda in addition to opposition to the republicans' agenda, we could be talking about a significant shift before november that cuts into republicans' gains. >> so it really is imperative for senate democrats to get the job done if in fact they want to see the winner to maintain control if that's a possibility. >> it's one element of many. >> one element of many, as it always is. dave wasserman, thanks so much. coming up next, the capitol rioter whose teen-age son turned him in to the fbi is back in court today for sentencing. the time that he's facing and what it means for other defendants. that's coming up next. g up next. for too long, big pharma has been squeezing americans for every penny, and inflation has only added to the pain. but congress has a historic opportunity to deliver relief, by passing a bill to let medicare negotiate lower

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the judge said guy reffitt's call for a maximum. back in march, he tried to enter the capitol with a handgun with the goal of kidnapping members of congress. ken, good to talk to you. there was no formal domestic terrorism charge here in the united states as of yet, though that's been disputed and many say that needs to be there. nonetheless, they pursued this terrorism enhancement and tell us what happened. >> reporter: they did pursue it and they lost. the judge said the terrorism enhancement does not apply in this case which makes it a tough day for the department of justice, which heralded its decision to pursue the first ever use of a terror enhancement

in the january 6th cases. it says in certain crimes it can make the sentence longer. if you think about it, a lot of people who showed up for january 6th may have acted out of that motive from the public evidence but the d.o.j. has not sought to use the enhancement. the reason they lost is the judge said it might create a sentencing disparity, they were treating him different of many different defendants. many were convicted of assaulting police officers and he was not. they said the other reasons they were doing that is some sass -- aspects-his conduct was worse than other people. he brought a loaded gun to the capitol. he didn't get in but urged others across police lines.

he later threatened his two children, one of whom testified against him. at the end of the day, looks like they're going to get the longest sentence ever in a january 6th case so it will be a mixed victory. >> expand on that if you would, ken. i believe they were in recess until 2:30. at this point we're looking at 2:44. they should be back in session. what are we expecting from sentencing here? are we expecting this judge in a way to really make an example of him? >> reporter: it's hard to read the judge. she's been very tough on the prosecution so far today but also tough on the defendant saying his diatribes from jail suggests he still wants to overthrow the government and still believes in the big lie that the election was stolen. his daughter testified on his behalf, he was crying during that. there's been some emotional testimony. on the other hand, the son's testimony was read in a letter as a victim impact statement.

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a trail blazer of stage and screen who redefined what is possible for black americans and women, that is how the president is remembering the actress nichelle nichols, who passed away this weekend at the age of 89. she was the first black woman cast in leading role in a primetime tv series, "star trek." she made more history with the first interracial kiss on television with co-star william shatner. beyond the screen, she dedicated herself to the space program and worked with nasa to make the agency more diverse. her co-star writing "my heart is heavy, my eyes shining like the

stars you now rest among, my dearest friend. we lived long and prospered together." and remembering a formidable voice in sports. at his unparalleled accomplishments. >> the only really important thing is to try to win every game. >> reporter: bill russell dominated basketball. >> look at russell come down. what a play. >> reporter: he won two college championships and olympic gold before leading the celtics to eight straight titles and 11 in 13 years, later becoming pro basketball's first black head coach. but this morning, he's also being remembered as a trail blazing activist, fighting for equality on and off the court. joe biden calling russell a great american, and president obama, who awarded russell the

presidential medal of freedom in 2011, tweeting, we lost a giant, as tall as bill russell stood, his legacy rises far higher, both as a player and as a person. russell was one of the first high profile athletes to take a stand for civil rights. he marched with dr. king in the '60s, went to the south after medgar evers was assassinated and supported muhammad ali's refusal to join the military during the vietnam war. in the '60s, he battled hostile racism in boston. but russell never backed down and stayed politically active into his final years. posting this photo in 2017 in solidarity with nfl players. >> every time i could do something, i seen it as an opportunity. >> reporter: he received an nba lifetime achievement award in

2017. >> where do they find all these tall people? >> reporter: and inspired generations of nba stars, including michael jordan, jayson tatum and magic johnson, who wrote -- >> what a loss, but what a life. joining me now is david aldridge, two has covered the nba for 35 years. talk to me, david, the loss of bill russell here, it's astounding to think about all that he accomplished in his incredibly full life. you call him the g.o.a.t. of winning. talk to me about that. >> well, look, if you just look at his body of work, you look at what he did at the university of san francisco, won two national championships, he went 71-8 as a player. he came to the nba, he won 11 championships in 13 seasons. he was 11-1 in nba finals.

that means he lost one championship series in 13 years. perhaps the greatest stat is when his team faced elimination in a game, he was 21-0. so he never lost with the season on the line. so he's the greatest winner in the history of basketball. for those who tend to dismiss it because the league was smaller then, it's asinine. if it was easy, somebody else would have done it. nobody else has done what bill russell has done. >> so here's the thing, because he wasn't just a player, as you well know, right. he was a coach in one of the most difficult times to be coaching a team like boston in 1966. but a coach as a black american, the first ever of an nba team. i believe all major american pro sports leagues, which is just an astounding accomplishment. and what he stood for and what he really had to be up against.

>> there's no doubt. even though that was later at the end of the 1960s, it's still a very turbulent decade obviously. and for bill auerbach who said the only person that can coach bill russell is bill russell. but he understood how important it was and he had to excel and they ending up winning more championships with bill russell as their head coach, because he was the ultimate motivator of men who were good enough to play alongside him. he checked so many boxes. he went to the south before medgar evers was assassinated at his request to go down to mississippi and work with young people in that state. so this guy walked the walk when it was not convenient for him to do so, when he was an icon and celebrated as the best winner professional sports. he made a point to stay, i am much more than a basketball player, and that you have to treat me with a certain humanity. and that really cost him a lot

of circles. but he stuck to his guns. >> talk about the legacy of his activism, if you could, really quickly here, what he left behind for so many following in his footsteps. >> if you look at the nba, it's almost without question the most progressive of all the sports leagues. and a lot of the players now feel very empowered to speak out on social issues. and to their credit. but bill russell, again, did it when it was not convenient and when it really cost him. it cost him a lot. and so he really is the trailblazer in that as much as he is winning on the basketball court. everything that nba players kind of take for grant it now bill russell is responsible for. he was one of the leaders that created the players union that produces the wealth that so many nba players have now. bill russell was present at the creation in 1964 at the all-star game when the union was created.

so his, his impact is so substantial on so many different levels on and off the floor. it's hard to put it into cop text. >> bill russell, forever a giant to be felt for decades and decades. david aldridge, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> that does it for me, everybody. i'll be back in the chair tomorrow. catch me on the weekends from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. right here on msnbc. hallie jackson picks up our coverage, next. p our coverage, next “i say, “not yet”. ♪ ♪ aleve. who do you take it for? riders! let your queries be known. yeah, hi. instead of letting passengers wrap their arms around us, could we put little handles on our jackets? -denied. -can you imagine? i want a new nickname. can you guys start calling me snake? no, bryan. -denied. -how about we all get quotes to see if we can save with america's

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