>> Joining us today. Monday. Great. For Annika de La Cruz Get a great weekend. Here are the top stories we're tracking for you right now. President Trump is gearing up for more litigation in the coming weeks as his legal team awaits. >> 2 possible indictments. We expected that the target letter and the work that the grand jury continues to do well. >> Meet threshold of of seeking the the facts holding people accountable. >> Employees across various professions and skill sets are walking off the
job in 2023, I >> In most cases they're going to get most of what they want. We will withhold our labor July 31st 12:00:01am. >> On Tuesday and Wednesday this week the Fed Board of Governors will sit down in this building behind me for their monthly meeting and they are expected to raise interest rates again. >> A couple percentage points doesn't sound like a whole lot, but it could thousands of dollars. Prices are not going to come down just because they bring inflation down, just even going to
the grocery store we need like 10, $12 just to get a crack at Brown V. ♪ this hour Washington one week after former President Trump posted that he is a target of the doj is January 6 investigation. >> All eyes are on special counsel Jack Smith as to if and when that indictment is going to happen. >> It will be Trump's 3rd indictment. He has already been indicted on the alleged hush money scheme in New York. Also in the Justice Department's classified documents case. And that case was the first
time a president was ever federally indicted national correspondent at a driver net. Joining us now live from Washington to a joy. What are we watching for? What are we waiting for in this week? >> Hi, Veronica. While all eyes are on the Department of Justice to see if they're well, in fact, another indictment against the former President, Donald Trump. Remember, it was last week that he posted on social media that he was issued a target letter saying he is a target in this investigation after t
he January 6th insurrection. So everyone is watching and waiting to see if their will actually be an indictment. In this case. There's a lot of activity that's going on around the courthouse last week. There was a grand jury activity that was going on. But we won't know exactly when there will be an indictment if there will be such a thing. But keep in mind that all of this is happening as the former President, Donald Trump is the strong front runner for his party's nomination. There is a new po
ll that came out over the weekend from fox Business News and they said Iowa he's 30 percentage points ahead of his closest competitor that being Florida Governor Ron Desantis. So we spoke with the Republican strategists about this and the possibility of having this person who is so far ahead of his other competitors deal all of these other legal issues as well. And here's more about what he had to say. >> When Desantis had some missteps, that kind of failed to launch. It just brought up, brought
him back down to to Earth a bit. And now Trump really stands out as the as dominant figure and the good news there is that it means that voters will a look at other. Other candidates. Look at the full range people as alternative to Trump. >> So that is one potential investigation that we're looking the January 6th, the Department of Justice investigation. And then, of course, there is the other doj investigation and Florida revolving around those classified documents last week on Friday, the pu
t out a new trial date for this. It was initially supposed to start August, but now it's been pushed back to mid May of next year, right in the middle of one. All of those primaries will be going on. And I also spoke with Mike Ricci about the possibility of having someone who has been convicted of a crime. If this actually goes to trial, also being the Republican nominee. >> We're absolutely. You know, in terms of the grassroots of our party, we are very much. A lot of this is just felt like a y
ou break it. You bought it kind of journey where? The grassroots, the base of the party, one of the Trump, they got Trump. He lost. They wanted more Trump. And that's where where we are. And it's unfortunate situation and it's it's not just I don't think it's just unfortunate for the party. I think it's unfortunate for the country that we would we would get to this point. >> And if you watch any of the Sunday morning shows you were most likely able to see some of the people who are running again
st former President Donald Trump. They're really trying to walk a very fine line not being too critical of the former president, but also condemning the Department of Justice. One person that they promised land. He said bad judgment is not the same thing as a crime. So you really see them really trying to court some of the voters that really all the way, 100% and for the former President, Donald Trump, but also trying to not upset on Friday. >> Really interesting to see what's going to come next
. And all joy for night live for us there in Washington Joy. Always appreciate it. Thank you. >> So half of the 14 announced Republican candidates have qualified for a primary debate next month and they include Trump. Florida Governor Ron Desantis, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott. Now the other 2 candidates are tech entrepreneur, Vivek Ramaswamy and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in that debate is going
to take place on Wednesday. August 23rd and it's going to happen in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the meantime, Florida Governor Ron Desantis create a firestorm by suggesting that slaves benefited from slavery because they were taught useful skills. Florida State school board unanimously approved that controversial comment be taught in schools as part of black history. Now, Desantis has brought the ire of many, including Vice President Kamala Harris. He's accused of trying to change the history slave
ry all while running for President United States. Let's get right as national correspondent Kevin Israel. He joins us now live from Washington. All right, Kevin, let's go ahead go over. What exactly has happened here talk about not just the reaction, but the fallout. >> Been significant, Veronica, because for Florida Governor Ron Desantis, he's made Anti-woke campaign slogan of sorts and leverage. What he feels is an asset in the Republican primary for his time in the governorship as Florida gov
ernor. But specifically these are policies that he has advocated for for quite some time, even dating back to his time as a House member here in Washington, D.C., I want to pull up for you precisely the line that showing so much criticism this morning in which the Florida's new curriculum state school board approving new guidelines unanimously new standards, including teaching students, quote, How slaves develop skills, which in some instances could be applied for their personal benefit, quote.
Now for his part, Desantis trying to distance himself from that line, telling CNN last week that he was not the individual who proposed and wrote that line. But these are his policies, especially at a time when he has been so at the forefront of criticizing what he perceives to be anti-woke. Sorry, advocating for what he perceives to be anti-woke policies. I want to play for you. What he told CNN here is. >> They're probably going to show. Some of the folks that eventually parlayed, you know, be
ing a blacksmith into into doing things later later in life. >> So that's what's happening on the policy front. Now, it's on a collision course with the politics because for former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who has truly made criticizing former President Donald Trump, one of the pillars of his presidential campaign. He's now sharpening his attacks against Desantis who is polling in second place overall, by most accounts in various caucus primary. And general polls as it relates the Repu
blican primary field. Take a listen to what Christie said on the Sunday shows over the weekend. Here >> Governor Desantis started this fire with the bill that he signed. And now we just want to take responsibility for ever is done in the aftermath of it in from listening and watching his comments. He's obviously uncomfortable. >> Christie sees an opening to try to draw a sharp contrast at the first a presidential debate for the Republicans later this month. It's also going to be a notable to see
how the other candidates polling in single digits, target Desantis who weighing a campaign shakeup after a very expensive emphasis on expensive political campaign launch that has failed to gain much traction and the return on investment from the donor conservative donor And then finally, there are other candidates who are likely going to weigh in on this on that stage. Perhaps most notably Nikki Haley as well as Senator Tim Scott, a Republican running for president. You is the only black senato
r for the Republicans in the United States Senate Veronica. All right, Kevin, really live in Washington. Kevin, thank you so much. >> United Nations Command initiating a conversation with North Korea about the American soldier who has been detained private second class Travis King left his group last Tuesday and then cross the border into North Korea. Now, the day before U.S. Military officials escorted him to an airport customs checkpoint. He was supposed to fly to Fort Bliss, Texas for possibl
e further discipline after serving 2 months for an assault in South Korea. King never boarded that plane. >> State is the primary concern for us is product kings. Well, the has commenced with the kpa through the mechanisms of the armistice agreement. >> Now South Korea says North Korea fired another missile into the sea this morning and that might be in response to the U.S. Setting 2 nuclear submarines to South Korea in order to stop those actions, you can take a deeper dive on the story and a w
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Our Lauren Magarino breaks down what some of calling the hot Laver summer. ♪ >> From service industries >> 2 unhappy graduate student workers, employees across various professions and skill sets are walking off the job in 2023, their demands you need to their respective jobs. But economists say they share a common goal. >> Wages have not improved, at least not substantially. So in a this is long overdue. >> Doctor Anthony Carnival is a research professor and director of Georgetown University Cen
ter on Education and the workforce. He says there's a reason for the hopefully temporary employee exodus. A movement now being dubbed Hot Libor Summer where people in various professions are pushing for better pay amid rising costs record profits for many businesses. >> Employers have held the upper in for a long time. The way economists say, which is what my training is capital, become more and more power, laver, less and less powerful. >> Potentially next to join the growing chorus of unhappy
U.S. Workers. Hundreds of thousands of ups workers ups and its unionized drivers have until July 31st to reach a new labor agreement and avert a strike, a strike that could deal a devastating blow to not only the company but the U.S. Economy. One major U.S. Consulting firm putting the cost of a ten-day up a strike to the U.S. Economy at a whopping 7 billion dollars. >> All of a sudden you're talking about sectors like national defense and aerospace production being very affected. You're talking
about companies, you know, farmers are going to be getting around to go into, you know, harvest season, all guests. How a lot of these parts get shipped from central Distribution center's you know, forward dealers that fix farm equipment, they get shipped by parcel. >> Another major reason for labor strikes across the workforce. Doctor Khan of Ali says unions have lost their punch. Unions have been declining steadily for a long time. They lost their power largely because of globalization and tec
hnology and the decline of >> Manufacturing with film and TV production currently at a standstill and the threat of a global supply chain crisis that could rival that of the covid pandemic. With >> We'll fed-up workers come out on top and have their demands met. >> I think. In most cases they're going to get most of what they want because what they're asking for American employers forward church shift in wealth between workers in management. >> Magarino Scripps News. >> So talks between ups and
the union are expected to resume this week after breaking down earlier this month. The union heads as the 2 sides have agreed to most of a new contract. But they still stand apart on a few issues, including pay for part-time workers. A new contract offers on the table for American Airlines pilots. In the meantime, the airline has agreed to raise its contract offer by more than a billion dollars totaling about 9 billion, incremental compensation and benefits. Now, the offer also includes a pay ra
ise and a ratification bonus. It all comes after United Airlines agreed to get its pilots up to a 40% raise. But the Allied Pilots Association says Americans new offer still isn't good enough. The CEO's goal is ratify this new agreement next month. Well, the nation's top financial leaders are expected to raise interest rates when they meet again this week. Tom, part of their ongoing effort to fight inflation. National political correspondent Stephanie Liebergen has the details for us on Tuesday
and Wednesday this week, the Fed Board of Governors will sit down in this building behind me for their monthly meeting and they are expected to raise interest rates again. >> And while that makes borrowing money more expensive, it could mean good news for your savings. >> The Federal Reserve has 2 main goals, maximize employment, and minimize inflation. And the only tool it can use to achieve those goals is changing interest rates. When you raise interest rates, you slam on the brakes of the eco
nomy because you make it more expensive to borrow money for any reason. In June, the Fed decided not to raise rates citing the positive trend in job growth and unemployment. But the board is expected to raise rates this time around at the beginning of the pandemic, the Fed dropped interest rates to near 0. >> In March 2022, it raised rates for the first time in almost 2 years. Fast forward to today. Interest rates are just over 5% and that increase impacts car loans, credit cards, mortgages and
more. >> And while a couple percentage points doesn't sound like a whole lot, but it could mean thousands of dollars over the life of the loan, particularly when you're talking about something like a mortgage. >> The Fed's rate hikes do seem to be helping the economy. Inflation has slowed in recent months, but prices on gas, groceries and other necessities are still high. >> If the Fed's policy is having the impact, they hope it slows this price growth. But it doesn't necessarily turn it negativ
e. So that means you might not see prices come down on some items when you go to the grocery store. >> The goal is to slow inflation long enough. So increases in wages can catch up. But there is a positive side to higher interest rates and that's in your savings. >> So at the same time, the interest rate increases make it more expensive to borrow things. Interest rates also create really great incentives for us all to do what Ben Franklin and our moms and dads told us to do, which is saved today
because a penny saved. It's a penny plus interest that you've got in the future to buy other things. >> This meeting will be the Fed's last one before their summer break. The official announcement of this month's decision will come Wednesday at 2 o'clock. We start Stephanie Liebergen Scripps News, Washington. >> Now the Fed raise interest rates 10 times between March of 2022. And May 2023 before taking a break to evaluate the effects. This week's hike is expected to be a quarter of a percentage
point. Coming up next, a Scripps News live. Twitter's blue bird is flying the coop. What Elon Musk is saying. The new logo, the letter X. >> Symbolizes also back-to-back blockbusters hitting the theaters this weekend. How Barbie has been setting records with her big screen debut. ♪ ♪ >> The 2 were read. And the Blues. There's gray. Out there. Known as Gray zone. >> The no man's Ukrainian and Russian On edge. We to This is passageway to get between their positions from here. When you get orders
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44 billion last year. National correspondent Stephanie Sandoval explores what it all means and what other changes that we might be seeing in the future. >> Yeah, it's the latest chain to Twitter over the weekend. Twitter owner Elon Musk announced it's ditching the bluebird and going dark sporting a new logo and ex. He gave Twitter users a glimpse of the new logo yesterday. It went live early this morning on Twitter's online website. Now when you search X dot com users are redirected to Twitter.
Some have reported a glitch, though, saying that ex dot com actually takes them go Daddy site. Instead, the new logo was seen on Twitter's headquarters in San Francisco. Musk tweeting a photo and celebration of the change since the Musk takeover Twitter users have seen a multitude of changes like one only able to read a maximum number of posts a day for unverified users. You don't want any of those restrictions, you have to pay $11 a month for a subscription with a subscription users can do thin
gs like post longer tweets and videos and it we up to 5 times within a 30 minute window and of course, get that iconic blue checkmark, which for some is now yellow. The company says the present and future changes to Twitter are going to revolutionize how we all interact with each other on Sunday, Twitter's CEO tweeted X is a future state of unlimited interactivity centered in audio video messaging payments slashed banking, creating a global marketplace for ideas, goods services and opportunities
. Back to you. >> All right, Stephanie, thank you for that. So the color Pink took over movie theaters across the country over the weekend as Barbie hit the big screen. But Warner Brothers was seeing Green Barbie sold 155 million in tickets at theaters in the United States and Canada. And another 182 billion dollars over season that shattered domestic expectations. Analysts said at 110 Million. >> Greta Gerwig blockbuster set the record for the highest opening weekend for a film directed by a wo
man congratulations. And then there Oppenheimer which brought an 80.5 million in the United States Canada. 200,000 people bought tickets to see the double feature with Barbie. I missed it. Unfortunately. And Veronica De La Cruz, thank you so much for joining us for the audience. Leaving us right now. Your local programming is up next. Remember, you can always check us out on Scripps News dot com. And if you're staying with us right now, we have much more news headed your way right here. I'm Scri
pps News live. There. Welcome to Scripps News live. I'm Veronica De La Cruz. Thank you so much for taking off your week with us. Good to see on this Monday. >> Let's take a right now. The day's top stories. So Israel's parliament approved a key portion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned to overhaul the country's justice system before the vote. Opposition lawmakers chanted shame and then stormed out of the chamber. We opposition leader called Netanyahu quote, the puppet of messianic e
xtremist. Conservatives have argued that the court has too much power. Russia calling at Ukraine for drone attacks on Moscow in Crimea. It is a drone that fell near Defense Ministry headquarters hit 2 buildings Crimea struck ammunition depot and it stopped traffic on a major highway and nearby train tracks. Meantime, Ukraine's as 4 people were injured Russian drones destroyed a grain hangar and other depots in southern Ukraine. 19,000 people, mostly tourists have now evacuated the Greek island o
f Rhodes. Some left on buses. Others left by boat, strong winds and oppressive heat are helping to fan the flames. There are 3 other major fires raging elsewhere in the country right now, the Greek prime minister declaring that, quote, are at war. So no matter where you live, you can avoid extreme weather. But where you live could determine how much protection you receive. >> Before disaster strikes, national correspondent Restore takes a closer look at the problem. Some areas have been facing w
ith insurance. >> From wildfires to hurricanes to flooding and more Americans are feeling Mother Nature's wrath on their homes, cars and lives. >> I understand that they've 400 homes either or near grizzly. Fire just started. That's a number. Those are lives that will be changed. >> Know, it's our livelihood is all we got no doubt this. You have anything and adding insult to injury. More Americans are learning what happens when disaster strikes and insurance isn't there to That's because and som
e high-risk states insurance companies are halting new policies or leaving the state altogether. >> That's another 33,000 people losing their insurance with just a fraction of the total number of people in Louisiana that have already lost their insurance this year. >> More Colorado homeowners are being denied insurance now because of the risk of wildfires. State Farm joins AIG leaving California as homeowners insurance market. A spokesman tells me the move is necessary to effectively manage risk
exposure. >> While each state has unique problems facing their insurance industries. The common obstacle across the country has been the cost of payouts by insurance companies after catastrophic weather events. >> In 2022, natural disasters brought a global economic loss of 275 billion dollars. Insurance. Covered about 45% of it, meaning a cost of 125 billion dollars. The biggest single event loss was Hurricane Ian, which ravaged the southeastern United States. Global weather disasters have an
indirect impact on the insurance crisis here in the U.S. When an insurance company offers catastrophe coverage, they're essentially owning the risk of having to pay for damages in turn, many insurance companies purchase a form of their own coverage called Reinsurance. In other words, the reinsurance companies actually on the hook for the risk of a catastrophe. Many of these reinsurance companies have global reach as their catastrophe, premiums have risen around the globe. Insurance companies now
can to forward their own insurance. So they raise prices on homeowners or pull out of expensive markets altogether. This can leave homeowners with few or and more expensive options to choose from in Louisiana. More than 20 companies have shut down or left the state. The last resort ensure which is state owned a taxpayer funded is required by law to be more expensive than private insurers. The average premium for home insurance is over $2000 a year, which is 46% higher than the national average.
Should not have to choose between food. >> On the table and paying a ridiculously high flood insurance premium to it program that is governed by the federal government. There are other reasons for the soaring premiums and insurance accidents that related to extreme weather risks. >> Some insurers have also cited inflation rising costs of constructions regulations, lower premium prices as reasons for leaving states. But some observers argue that housing development. >> Needs to limited in high-r
isk areas in the first place. >> Housing continues to expand quickly and flood plains along coastlines and wild fire prone areas. For example, in Florida, the landfall area for Hurricane Ian had seen a population boom of 620% over the previous 5 years. If these trends continue, it will be the perfect storm that leaves American homeowners without crucial protection in the face of extreme weather disasters to come. >> The store reporting there for us. So relentless heat is still baking the United
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f clots. Kip lagging. And when you book a flight plan to get off at a layover city and for away the last leg of the trip, that is what this is. That is skip lagging and it's been a money saver for passengers because airfares could be higher for direct flight. But airlines view this practice is fraud and it impacts them in a couple of different ways. First with passengers under paying and then also because a seat on the final leg. We'll go empty when it could just been sold to someone else. Jaffe
joins us now. He's an internationally published travel writer and wrote about Skip-lagging for The Washington Post. Brad, thank you so much for time today. >> Thanks so much Veronica. You don't today. I'm doing great. Thanks so much. So Brad, we know that this actually has had a negative impact on some travelers. I know they've been sharing some stories. Tell us specifically about the teenager who was stopped from boarding a flight in Florida. What what kind rules were broken and what exactly h
appened here? >> Right. So, you know, this is something that's been going on in the airline industry for quite some time is actually dedicated site that people can use to kind of find these deals and that's existed since I believe 2014. But it is because of this recent incident that you're referring to, that it's kind cropping up in the news right now. There's a teenager that his parents had booked the flight as an unaccompanied minor. He was going from Gainesville to ultimately is trying to go
to Charlotte. But the flight was booked Gainesville to New York because he was just cheaper to do it that way. And his intentions are always to get off the plane in Charlotte, which is intended destination. But when he went to get check in at the counter in Gainesville, they saw in North Carolina id and that kind of tip them off to the fact that maybe wasn't can take that connecting flight up to New York and question about what his travel intentions were. >> Okay, that this is crazy because >> I
do have to question you want walk in here like would ask about your travel plans. But but I want to circle back something that you're telling me about, which was the website or this app, which is called skip lagging. That finds these fears for flyers for a lot less. So I would imagine that if any rules are being broken here, then it would be on skip, lagging on on the company and not really the passenger. >> So it's it's called skip black dot com. And the actually after that website came out, t
hey were by the airlines by think as United as well as we're we're trying to get to see them in that suit was thrown within a year of the company existing. So really they can get away with what they're doing. They're just, you know, they're not explicitly telling you you know, violate the contract of carriage, which most of these allies have a contract of carriage. It says that you need to be fully intending to take all the flights that you book. So it's kind of like a week when you're not going
to do that right kind of So to work around. But again, getting back to the scenario of the minor, it was an extenuating circumstance because his parents booked his flight and he didn't really kind of know the logistics of what was going on. The airlines can take advantage of that situation. Kind apply the pressure and be like, hey, you're not really going to New York, right? Because in normal circumstances, when people skip flag as he awaited an airline is going to know whether or not you're go
ing to go on that next leg of the flight you know that it's really they have no way to get you to admit that you're not going to on that next flight. >> I mean, unless you check your bag all the way through, then you'd be big, big trouble But but but let's talk about the contract of carriage. If you are in violation of the contract of carriage, what kind of consequences could you potentially face? >> Right. So if you are in violation of that, then they can revoke your ticket any point in time. S
o it getting back to the teenager in Gainesville. They could have said, ok, we don't think you're going to get on this flight. The connecting flight from Charlotte to New York. So we're not going to let you board this flight your your entire itinerary is invalid. Now, if you are somebody that builds up mileage and you had status with airlines, those types of things can be revoked and the most extenuating or the most extreme examples, people have been sued for trying to commit this practice. So t
here is a lot of risk. And you also hinted at the thing of the aspect if you have checked back. So if you are skip lagging, you cannot check bags because in this case, for example, they would have gone to New York and this passenger was getting often Gainesville. So that will be problem if Uber's getting off in North Carolina will be a problem. If you get off in North Carolina and your bags are waiting for you in New York. So that is off the table. You can't check anything in. So there's a lot o
f limitations to this practice. Do really think that this practice is going to stop. >> You had said that. >> They tried to go after the company Skip-lagging. They couldn't the lawsuit was tossed out but they have sued passengers. >> Do you really who do you think is in the driver's seat in the situation? Do you really think the airlines can stop this practice? >> I don't think they can. In reporting for this story, a kind just how touchy it was with the airlines kind of called attention. The fa
ct that they really don't want people talking about this quite frankly, because there's only so much that they can do to curtail it a lot of the comments I mean, there tremendous engagement with a story like this. Hundreds 100's of comments and just skimming through some of those and the Washington Post Web site, a lot of people are like, hey, they feel like the airlines are doing all kinds of things to, you know, not be right with then. You know, whether delays are overbooking of aircraft, happ
ens a lot, particularly in the summer months. So attitude of a lot of travelers that I've seen is it's like, hey, you guys are playing a game on your side where you're overbooked flight. If we're going to play a game on like good for us. You know, there's there's not a lot of more sympathy for I would say. >> Yeah, I mean, I can see that happening. People are getting charge more and more are for baggage fees are getting caught. They're getting charged for calling the airline directly these days
is. >> Yet your point, they're getting charged for for everything. So the website is skip lag dot com. Is that what it is? Skip lagged dot com is the one that kind of popularize that turn. Airlines refer to it as Hidden City ticketing. That's kind of the accepted term for But skip lacked came out in 2014 and kind of popularize that phrase and that practice. >> Flag. Alright, travel writer Brad Jaffe. Brad, thank you so much for pulling back the curtain on this one. After that, I'll have to look
at myself. Haha. Thanks, >> Thanks so much. Have a great summer of travel you too. So finding a discount on a hotel could get pretty tricky. And while some deals might just sound too good to be true, some experts are saying that they probably are consumer reporter John Materese explains why you shouldn't work too hard when it comes to searching and finding those lower rates. Hotel rooms are expensive right now. So of course, you want the best deal possible. >> But it turns out that spending hour
s searching online for a lower rate. May not always be worth it. Marty Stone is a frequent hotel traveler. And when he needs to book a room these days, he goes straight to the hotel site Mary. I got yes, I just went to the website for Robin Hoppy. Same strategy, different change. I use website. But what about all those discount travel sites? Kevin Brasler and his team with consumers Checkbook to nearly 2000 searches on 25 travel sites using 75 different hotel stays. What they found was surprisin
g. >> And over and over again. So the most part we were being quoted the same prices from each seller. >> How is that possible? Kevin says what looks like a healthy competition is a bit of an illusion with many sites owned by one of 2 companies. One is Expedia. The other is booking holdings, the hotels and these third-party Booker's. >> And entered agreements that basically say, you know, for the same, stay the same property for the same dates. They're all going to charge the same crisis. >> So
instead of hopping from site to site for a better deal, the savings really come from being flexible. Like shifting your travel dates or staying in a nearby suburb versus downtown. Kevin says researchers found one way to unlock lower prices. If you're up for a gamble, they're called mystery deals. You don't learn the name of that, I would tell. And to prepaid and your stay. And there's no refunds. There's no backing out. >> Examples are hot wires, hot rate specials and Priceline to express deals.
But Allison Whipple always starts searching where she wants to go. >> Straight through the hotel website just go direct to the source. >> Then she checks around for better deals in that way. You don't waste your money. I'm John Materese. >> Coming up next on Scripps live, the push sign up more African-American organ donors and an 11 year-old boy and his dad have made a pitch every major league team. Got to tell you the message that they want to deliver from them That's next. ♪ Municipal bonds d
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lder participated in the study they took 100 milligrams of aspirin or a placebo every day for 5 years. Iron levels declined more in people who took aspirin and the results are published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. Many times complete strangers come to the rescue of patients needing life-saving organ transplants. Brown and his family are hunting for the special person. The might be a bone marrow match. Sydney Darden was Christie's Lexington. What would the team as they search for
a potential donor? >> Those who need is one to 10 >> A 10 second swab could mean a lifetime of change for Jonah Brown, who's been living with leukemia and is now in need of a lifesaving bone marrow transplant. >> It only takes one to be a match for somebody else. >> The Brown family teamed up with be the match to find a donor. The challenge bone marrow donors have to come from people with similar genetic makeup. >> We matched donors based on your ethnicity, someone of another race could have the
same blood type U.S. Me and they can donate blood to me. But forbid that I need a transplant has to be someone that genetically looks like me. >> And right now, African-Americans only make up 29% of the donor pool, which means a slim chance to find a match in a slimmer chance for survival making the need for diverse donors that much more important. >> But it's important for just to everyone how important it to fight for life. >> As he celebrates his 39th birthday, Jonah shared the same exciteme
nt in a phone call. I appreciate everyone showing up not just for me, but for so many people around the country who trying to find a donor every cancer they're going through. And I'm just grateful for everyone showing that they have my back. >> In Lexington, Sydney, Darden. >> Well, a new study out found that people who watch a lot of television as children might be more at risk for health issues when they're adults. Researchers children in New Zealand over several decades beginning in 1973. And
the kids and teens who racked up the most screen time went on to have higher blood pressure, high rates of obesity and other ailments by the age of 45. Now experts say watching too much television isn't directly linked to those health effect. It may contribute to a sedentary lifestyle and poor eating habits. Would like to introduce you to an 11 year-old boy from Highland Utah who wants to throw out the first pitch for all 30 Major League Baseball teams. He and his dad told Darienne Debrule as S
cripps News. Salt Lake that has nothing to do with greed or fame. Now the goal is to help children with Down syndrome, get adopted. >> He plays he goes all in. So he'll slide and he's just yell and he just loves it. And he's a good hitter. He's a good thrower. Cooper. >> It is a natural athlete. He's always ready to put his men the field talk about baseball. What's your favorite part about baseball? >> Little bit and >> He's just found a knack for baseball. And so I've coached all these years, c
oached all these teams and helped him to be able to grow and develop as a player was adopted by bravery and his wife in 2016 decision that changed their lives for the better Coop was abandoned on a street corner in a city of 14 million people in mainland China. In 2016, my wife and I just felt something in our heart like we needed to adopt. And in fact, not just adopted adopted child with Down syndrome. And we found. >> Out about Cooper. And we just felt like that's our son. Now the Marines are
on the mission. >> After being invited by Chicago Cubs pitcher Justin Steele and his wife to throw a pitch a spring training. Cooper was offered a chance to show his skills >> By throwing the first pitch in the Cubs regular season game. >> Staff was there and they saw tonight we've got to him come out to Wrigley and do this in Chicago. So he said for sure. And on Memorial Day, we went out to Wrigley. >> And he wowed the crowd in a short time after that, Red Sox reached out to us and asked if we
wanted to come out threw out the first pitch there. And now we're on a mission to get it all under the state. >> The purpose is not just for Cooper to continue to wow every crowd as he does so easily, but to raise money for the Marie's organization Broad's hero. So other orphaned children with Down syndrome can find loving families. Just like Cooper did. The first ways Coop has a mission to be able to help 30 kids that have down syndrome get adopted. >> So one for every MLB team. And so the way
that we do that often times by raising funds. So one of the biggest challenges in adoption is the cost of the dots. >> With 2 down, Cooper has 28 more teams to go and hopes his next pitch can be thrown interest park for his favorite >> Oh, what a great kid. And what a great story that was. Derrion Dubrow reporting for us from Salt Lake City. Thank you so much for watching Scripps News live. I'm Veronica De La Cruz. Great to see today for the audience leaving us right now. Your local programming
is up next. Don't forget. >> You can always check us out on Scripps News dot com. If you're staying with us with much more news headed your way on Scripps News live will be right back. ♪ >> There. Thanks much for joining us on this Monday afternoon. It is now 01:00pm in the East. 10:00am out west. I'm Veronica De La Cruz. >> Thank you so much for off your week with us. Welcome to Scripps News live. We begin this hour in Israel where the Israeli parliament passing a controversial law to limit the
ability of the country's Supreme Court to overturn decisions that the government makes. Now, this is not only caused tension with the United States, but protesters have been up in arms and Israel now for months, thousands were in the streets today and over the weekend, but to no avail. Protesters fear the move is threatening democracy. Israel's justice minister says it's just the first step in a plan to overhaul the country's judicial system. White House correspondent Haley Bull is live for us
right now in Washington. Haley leading up to this. The administration really has been urging compromise on this issue. What has the reaction been like so far today? >> One of the White House calls the decision unfortunate as it is pushing for more compromise on this issue. The plan for a judicial overall has drawn concern from the administration and President Biden himself. He shared it in a phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week where the White House said he called for the
quote, broadest possible consensus. White House press secretary stating today, quote, It is unfortunate that the vote today took place with the slimmest possible majority. We understand talks are ongoing and likely to continue in the coming weeks and months to forge a broader compromise, even with the Knesset in recess. Now, National Security Council spokesperson tells they're urging leaders to take a consensus based approach with political dialogue. Now, administration also says it will support
efforts from Israeli President Isaac Herzog in building that broader compromise. Now, Herzog visited with President Biden last week at the White House where he defended Israel's democracy, calling it resilient while Biden threat in the line of those concerns over the but doubling down on the us's commitment to Israeli security. And now this overhaul plan in Israel and part limits the Supreme Court's ability to hear cases against the government, something that has drawn concerns about the erosio
n of checks and balances and prompted protests. One expert we spoke with today says we need to see how this plays out going forward. Listen. >> Israel status as a democracy in the Middle East as a country that that fundamentally operates along the same as the United States has deep thread running for U.S. Israel relations for 75 years. If Israel becomes less and less like the United States are would expect that to affect the nature of bilateral cooperation. If increasing numbers Americans have d
eep concerns about the way it is not only is governed but about the kinds of decisions, but Israel makes. I expect that to. To at least effect. Partnership that the U.S. Has developed Israel over 75 years and especially over the last 50 years were really shoulder shoulder. >> And Israel's opposition leader warned that harms the security Israel calling it a sad day. But as the White House and President Biden have expressed concerns about this planned for months and now publicly Wayne and certainl
y marks a significant a view from the White House here today. Veronica. >> Haley Bull live there in Washington right outside the White House. Haley, always appreciate it. Thank you so much. Well, the United Nations Command is now in talks. >> So with North Korea about the U.S. Soldier who sprinted across the border from South Korea, Private second class Travis King bolted from a tour group last Tuesday. The day before U.S. Military officials escorted him to an airport customs checkpoint. King wa
s to fly to Fort Bliss, Texas, for possible further discipline after serving for 2 months for an assault and South Korea. But he never boarded that plane. >> Concern for us is product kings. Well, the has commenced with the kpa through the mechanisms of the armistice agreement. >> South Korea now says the north fired 2 missiles into the sea this morning. And that's an update from earlier when it said that only one was fired. May all be a response to the U.S. Setting 2 nuclear submarines to South
Korea. Back in the U.S. Now, Florida Governor Ron Desantis creating a firestorm by suggesting that slaves benefited from slavery because they were taught useful skills. Florida's state school board unanimously approved that controversial comment be taught in schools as part of black history, Desantis brought the ire of many, including Vice President Kamala Harris. And he's accused of trying to change the history of slavery. All running for president of the United States. National political corr
espondent Kevin's really has the details here on the fallout. Florida Governor Ron Desantis under new scrutiny for his anti woke policy that now he's trying to distance himself from. >> According to the Florida's new curriculum state school board approving new guidelines that state new standards include teaching students, quote, How slaves develop skills, which in some instances could be applied for their personal benefit, end quote, Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden as well as al
l Democrats forcefully pushing back against Desantis. And now some Republicans are pushing back as well. Now Desantis for himself. He told CNN last week that he did not write the line that is drawing such scrutiny. Take a listen to what he said on CNN. >> I think that they're probably going to show. Some of the folks that eventually parlayed, you know, being a blacksmith into into doing things later later in life elsewhere, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who is also seeking the Republ
ican nomination for president. >> Had this to say on the Sunday shows. >> Governor Desantis started this fire with the bill that he signed. And now we just want to take responsibility for ever is done in the aftermath of it in from listening and watching his comments. He's obviously uncomfortable. >> Politically Desantis is trying to revamp his presidential campaign after an expensive launch earlier this year. It also comes as he reportedly is considering a campaign shakeup. In addition to that,
Desantis has consistently polled second in states like Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina as well as nationally behind the Republican front runner, former President Donald Trump. All the other candidates barely cracking 10 percentage points in most polling in single digits. Reporting from Washington. Kevin Surly Scripps news. >> They want to replace history with lies. Middle school students in Florida to be told that enslaved people benefited from slavery. High schoolers may be Todd. Victim
s of violence of massacres were also perpetrators. I said it yesterday. They insult us in an attempt to gaslight >> And we will not have it. >> The weekend's war of words may have previewed a new role for Vice President Harris. Has the culture wars become more prominent during the 2024 campaign attorney Michael Starr. Hopkins knows Florida politics. Well, he was a senior adviser to Charlie Crist who ran for governor Sanchez back in 2022, he's also a former campaign staffer for Barack Obama and H
illary Clinton. He joined morning Rush earlier today to weigh in. >> I think one of the things you're going to see from this White House is Vice President Harris is going to be the attack dog role. She's going to be more of the person to go out and go after Donald Trump. Go Governor Desantis. I think that's a very good one because it helps bring up some of those negatives. Increase your positives. And also it's a good way prepare for 2028. Should she be >> The governor try to defend himself over
the weekend. Let's listen to what he had to say. I thought it was absolutely ridiculous. It's totally outrageous. You guys can look on the website of the Florida Department of Education. They got a lot of scholars together to do a lot of standards and a lot of different things. But these are the vote. Most robust. >> Standards and African-American history probably anywhere in the Anyone who reads that will see that it's very thorough, very factual and for them to try to demagogue it. >> All rig
ht. So there he is kind of doubling My question is, have you think that's going to play with primary voters in those critical early states, Iowa and New Hampshire, specifically? >> Yeah, I think the play that well, one of the things that with a negative through President Trump's where people were exhausted of constant culture, war battles, the the divisive battles. Trump has a feeling of 30% with the Republican Party's. We've seen that he can't really get higher, but he never really goes low. On
e of the things problems is he can get out from Trump, but it's also likable person. And so as we go through the early states and goes and meet people where they are face to face, he's got really be able to increase those numbers. And that's what we've seen within his negatives. He's going to He can't connect not relay double. And the more he tries to do national press, the left people like. >> He's also called on administrators to investigate the state's investments and Anheuser Busch. We've se
en him go after Disney. How successful is Desantis, a strategy of do King going to be for the state of Florida specifically? >> But you've to get Mickey Mouse. That's a losing battle. There's one thing that can unite the country most people love Mickey Mouse. So I think could get these really nailed it on head in terms of Governor Desantis. All he wants to do is use the word well over and over and over But what that really mean? And so I think when you see that debate stage in August with them,
a Christian governor Desantis on the stage, you could see a real we do what Governor Crist label them a not mild. Former boss. Governor Christie did to Marco Rubio. We really put and ended his campaign. It's going to be shift to see those to go up against each other. I think because Governor Desantis and only use friendly right-wing media when he does appearances, he's not going to be prepared for it. >> Now is attorney Michael Starr Hopkins there on morning Rush earlier in Washington, the White
House says President Biden establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother black teenager was tortured and killed in 1955. After accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, his lynching in his mother's insistence on an open casket was a catalyst for the civil rights movement. Biden is expected to sign a proclamation tomorrow on what would have been till Ys 82nd birthday. Still to come on Scripps News live, the heatwave sticking around. Meteorologist Scott Withers is
tracking high temperatures for us. Plus Barbie winning the top spot at the box office. We're going to the details on the film's record setting opening. And don't forget, you can always count on Scripps News for all of your news from the prime time hours beginning at 06:00pm Easter. ♪ And a quick reminder right here would like to hear from you. Give us a call on our Scripps News, your Holland toll-free. That number is on your screen. It's 1, 8, 3, 3, 4, scripts. >> Free to share comments or your
story. Ideas. Okay. It is a brand new week but a heat wave is still baking much of the country right now. >> And meteorologist Scott Withers says to get ready because more heat is still in the forecast. >> For the southeast in the Gulf Coast states will cool back down to our normal summer temperatures. But this is just a short reprieve as that heat dome. Well, it's good intensify and expand starting today. But let's start in Texas. These were some intense moments here. This is Harlingen, Texas,
as a family accidentally locks or infant inside the car. The father used a crowbar to smash the window open was 99 degrees outside inside. Even hotter woman was finally able crawl through the hole. In the window hand the baby out. You can see right there. Now the infant is going to be a-ok. That is critical to always get kids and pets out a vehicle. So that this could have ended much differently. All right. The heat dome on the move right there. It is still center just right over Phoenix. 24 day
s in Phoenix so far above 110 degrees. They're going to break that again today by Wednesday. You can see the heat moving up through the central plains here up into the upper Midwest, Minneapolis, Saint Paul will be almost 100 degrees out 100 degrees on Wednesday. Feels like temperature up there could be even hotter by the end of the week is going to settle back down rate here into the Upper Plains, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, almost all of Texas while the South West. Well, you can see your
good be back hot there. Southeast back to normal summer temperatures will be setting a lot more records right out here on the national satellite. You can see why we've got this high pressure dome is just sitting here, spinning and spinning and that's just not allowing it to move it right over Utah. You can Colorado, New Mexico. That's what's holding it in place. The rain coming up around. That's the jet stream. There goes up and comes back down. Then we on the other side that that's where we're
going to see storms in the upper Mississippi River Valley today and the Ohio River Valley. Take a look at our severe weather alert. Still under storms that you can see him there in the green. We have more a wildfire smoke. This could be coming down over the next few days. Invading and then look here, the Orange and the red. 37 million Americans under heat advisories, warnings and watches the red and the Orange. It's going feel like 112 in Miami. Get this. The real temperature today in Phoenix,
Arizona, 116, the heat is really taking its toll. We're starting to see increases in heat deaths. Reports in Tarrant County. That's Fort Worth, Texas. 2 people died working outside in another 2 died because of no access to air conditioning. You're on Scott Withers there reporting for us. >> 19,000 people, mostly tourists have now evacuated the Greek island of Rhodes. Some left on buses, others by boat, strong winds in oppressive heat have been helping to fan the flames and there are 3 other majo
r fires raging elsewhere in Greece right now. In the meantime, the Greek prime minister has declared quote that we are at war. Coming up next on Scripps News live, could the Fed raise interest rates yet again? We're going floor with the top financial advisers are considering right now. Plus, another change for Twitter. Are going plain why Elon Musk is now bidding farewell to the company's pop Wheeler Bluebird. And on that front, a reminder right here. You can always find our stories and much mor
e online. Check us out at Scripps News Dot Com. Also on X. >> Which is formally known as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, tiktok and also threats will be right back. It is. 21 minutes after the hour now. The new week beginning with the Dow. Still on a roll. Look at the boards right now. Lots of green on the board. >> It is heading for its 11th straight day of gains. Checking out the rest, the numbers, lots of green on the S and P and NASDAQ as well. The SNP's of about 20 point, the NASDAQ is up abo
ut 28 points as the investors. All they don't really seem too worried right now about rate hikes. Again, the Fed could potentially be hiking rates. Other point to 5%. And that will be the 11th straight hike. Again, those meetings will be taking place this week. We'll keep an eye on it for you. In the meantime, the nation's top financial leaders expected to raise interest rates like I was just saying when they meet this week and it's been part of their ongoing effort to fight inflation. >> Corres
pondent Stephanie Liebergen takes a closer look at all of that for us now. On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, the Fed Board of Governors will sit down in this building behind me for their monthly meeting and they are expected to raise interest rates again. >> And while that makes borrowing money more expensive, it could mean good news for your savings. >> The Federal Reserve has 2 main goals, maximize employment, and minimize inflation. And the only tool it can use to achieve those goals is cha
nging interest rates. When you raise interest rates, you slam on the brakes of the economy because you make it more expensive to borrow money for any reason. In June, the Fed decided not to raise rates citing the positive trend in job growth and unemployment. But the board is expected to raise rates this time around at the beginning of the pandemic, the Fed dropped interest rates to near 0. >> In March 2022, it raised rates for the first time in almost 2 years. Fast forward to today. Interest ra
tes are just over 5% and that increase impacts car loans, credit cards, mortgages and more. >> And while a couple percentage points doesn't sound like a whole lot, but it could mean thousands of dollars over the life of the loan, particularly when you're talking about something like a mortgage. >> The Fed's rate hikes do seem to be helping the economy. Inflation has slowed in recent months, but prices on gas, groceries and other necessities are still high. >> If the Fed's policy is having the im
pact, they hope it slows this price growth. But it doesn't necessarily turn that negative. So that means you might not see prices come down on some items when you go to the grocery store. >> The goal is to slow inflation long enough. So increases in wages can catch up. But there is a positive side to higher interest rates and that's in your savings. >> So at the same time, the interest rate increases make it more expensive to borrow things. Interest rates also create really great incentives for
us all to do what Ben Franklin and our moms and dads told us to do which is safe today because a penny saved. It's a penny plus interest that you've got in the future to buy other things. >> This meeting will be the Fed's last one before their summer break. The official announcement of this month's decision will come Wednesday at 2 o'clock. We start Stephanie Liebergen Scripps News, Washington. >> The Fed raise interest rates 10 times between March of 2022 and then May of 2023 before taking a br
eak to evaluate the effects. This week's hike is expected once again to be a quarter of a percentage point. A new contract offer is on the table right now for American Airlines. Pilots. The airline agreed to raise its contract offer by more than a billion dollars totaling about 9 billion and in criminal compensation and benefits. This offer also includes a pay raise and a ratification bonus. And it all comes after United Airlines agreed to give its pilots up to a 40% raise. But the Allied Pilots
Association says Americans new offers still is not good enough. The CEO's goal is to ratify this new agreement next month. Queso X marks that spot that you used to call Twitter owner Elon Musk changing the logo from that familiar Blue bird to the letter X today. It's the latest example of Musk revamping the social media site after buying it for 44 billion last year. National correspondent Stephanie Sandoval explores what it all means and what other changes we might see in the future. >> Yeah, i
t's the latest chain to Twitter over the weekend. Twitter owner Elon Musk announced it's ditching the bluebird and going dark sporting a new logo and ex gave Twitter users a glimpse of the new logo. Yesterday. It went live early this morning on Twitter's online website. Now when you search X dot com users are redirected to Twitter. Some have reported a glitch, though, saying that ex dot com actually takes them go Daddy site. Instead, the new logo was seen on Twitter's headquarters in San Francis
co. Musk tweeting a photo and celebration of the change since the Musk takeover Twitter users have seen a multitude of changes like one only able to read the maximum number of posts a day for unverified users. You don't want any of those restrictions, you have to pay $11 a month for a subscription with a subscription users can do things like post longer tweets and videos and it we up to 5 times within a 30 minute window and of course, get that iconic blue checkmark, which for some is now yellow.
The company says the present and future changes to Twitter are going to revolutionize how we all interact with each other on Sunday, Twitter's CEO tweeted X is a future state of unlimited interactivity centered in audio video messaging payments slashed banking, creating a global marketplace for ideas, goods services and opportunities. Back to you. >> All right, Stephanie, thank you so much for that. So the Barbie movie showed the power of pink at the box office over the weekend. >> It raked in
a record 155 million becoming the biggest opening weekend for a film ever directed by a woman. Old record was 153 million for the 2019 Captain Marvel movie. Oppenheimer also open over the weekend. It brought in 80 million dollars. I'm Veronica De La Cruz for the audience leading us right now. Your local programming is up next. Thanks much for spending some time with us. >> Don't forget that. You can always check us out on Scripps News dot com. Now, if you are staying with us, we have much more n
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Monday. I'm Veronica De La Cruz. Let's get you caught right now. The day's top stories, Israel's parliament approved a key portion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned overhaul. The country's justice system before the vote, opposition lawmakers chanted, quote, Shame and then stormed out of the chamber. The opposition leader called Netanyahu, quote, the puppet of Messianic extremists. Conservatives have argued that the court has too much power. Russia is calling at Ukraine for drone att
acks on Moscow in Crimea. It is a drone that fell near Defense Ministry headquarters 2 buildings. The one in Crimea struck an ammunition depot and it stopped traffic on a major highway and nearby train tracks. In the meantime, Ukraine says 4 people were injured, one Russian drones destroyed brain hangar and other depots in southern Ukraine. It cause change. Twitter's blue bird logo to ax. The ex is a common theme in Musk's other companies like spacex and other financial startup called X Dot Com,
which is now known as PayPal. Is also limiting the number of messages and verified users can send in a day and they can send more by subscribing to Axe. Well, 7 companies including Google, Facebook's parent company, Meta and Amazon are all committed to developing technology to ensure that ai products are safe. >> Erik Waxler with Scripps News. Tampa says University of South Florida researchers have been doing their own. I work. >> Usf assistant professor John, the condo says humans have never s
een in advance like artificial intelligence before he and others in the advancing machine and human reasoning lab are working on how to I understand language better. He says he's seen 2 very different reactions from the public when it comes to the power of ai systems like Chatgpt. >> Unwarranted paranoia on one side. But also the exact extreme opposite right with some people think, well, this technology not going up all pay attention. I think, you know, both of those reaction, probably >> Tech g
iants like Amazon, Meta. Google and Microsoft are working with the White House to come up with regulations for artificial intelligence that include security and transparency with the public and the testing of their products before they are released. >> Something the necessary. But it's very easy to see how they can overdo with spiteful innovation. >> Larry Hall is a professor at usf Institute for Artificial intelligence. He says some sort of regulation is important. One example would be detector
s or watermarks to let people know when something is created by ai. >> There hasn't been enough probably focus on that piece of, you know, making sure that what you see is real and that research on that. I think that's probably something that we really need to do. It doesn't seem so exciting, but I think it's for society really important. >> A usf they say they are ramping up their ai Department with the hope of helping businesses, the government and the military in our area. Some critics say bi
g tech companies still need to do more to show what data they are using to train ai models. President Biden is expected to eventually sign an executive order for ai regulation. But officials say the final details are still being worked out. I'm Erik Waxler for Scripps News. >> Many expected benefits of passing the bipartisan Inflation Reduction Act as the U.S. Government being able to negotiate some prescription drug prices with manufacturers for Medicare. Now previously drug makers have been al
lowed to set prices in the U.S. At the time over drugs launch, but other countries around the world are able to negotiate on the basis of benefits provided by allowing Medicare to negotiate some of these high price prescriptions. Millions of Americans could see significantly lower prices. >> Of Coloradans in the 3rd Americans don't take their drugs the way there's close to those drugs that they're going to negotiate. And they'll probably be those really high cost drugs. I'm about less than 2% of
drugs are so expensive. They're consuming about 50% of the prescription drug spend. >> So Medicare and Medicaid will be publishing a list of the First 10 drug selected for negotiations. That's going to happen on September first. But the pharmaceutical industry is trying to stop this from happening last week. Johnson and Johnson became the 4th drugmaker to file suit claiming that the drug pricing section of this new law is unconstitutional. Lawrence Gostin joins me now is a professor at Georgeto
wn University's also the director of the o'neill Institute for National Global Health professor of thanks so much for your time today. Tell us more about this fight with the drug makers and how the Inflation Reduction Act could actually lower drug prices for older Americans. In terms of the legalities here. What exactly is at stake? >> Well, I mean, there's there are huge consequences, more for the same drug. Of the country and you might want ask the question, why wouldn't Congress want to save
taxpayers money and make life saving medications more affordable for patients. But the claims are I'm really riding this trying to appeal to the sweet spot of a very conservative Supreme Court. Brexit example claiming that drug negotiations somehow is a taking of their property, meaning their intellectual property without just compensation and so they literally just with the company, seemed to want to be able to set their own prices and they don't want to negotiate with the biggest buyer of drug
s in the United States. In one of the biggest in the world, which which is Medicare. >> So essentially what you're saying is on a legal front, what is at stake here is the 5th Amendment or the taking of a company's I P or other intellectual property. I'd like you to expand on that. And then also talk about what's interesting here with the strategy that the pharmaceutical the pharmaceutical industry has been tackling this with lawsuits because they've been filing lawsuits all across the country i
n different courts. >> They have I mean, the pharmaceutical industry is throwing the kitchen sink at this they're filing lawsuits in multiple jurisdictions around United States. They're doing it on multiple. Legal theories. The 5th Amendment being just one due process of law being another. But essentially what they're trying to do is to create a lower court so that some courts rules of the government's some courts rule for the pharmaceutical industry. Typically conservative lower courts and they
want to get it up to the Supreme Court quickly as they can because we have confidence that is 6, 3, conservative majority will their business interests over consumers interests. I hope that's not the case because as I say, I think that most Americans would want to shut pay share price for lifesaving medications and a price. That's not way above that, which, you know, Canadians or people with the British or the French pay. >> But why is that? You very specifically the very beginning. This interv
iew said Americans spend more for the exact same drug, then other countries spent. Why is that? I have often heard that it's all because of our indie. It's all because these U.S. Companies are paying for the research and development of these drugs. Is there any truth to that? >> Of course, there's truth to it, but it's also true when they sell to governments in Canada or Mexico or Japan, all of whom pay less yes, of they do want to their research and development. But negotiations are ongoing. Go
ing to bankrupt these companies that make billions of dollars worth of profits. Yeah, I'm not one that likes to trash. Talk the pharmaceutical industry. A wonderful industry. I wouldn't want to be without it. I absolutely don't want to C****** it. But it makes no sense. We live in a capitalist country. We live in a society that has the right to pay reasonable, be affordable prices for their medication. And all of the countries pay it pay a lower amount than we do and they do it in 2 ways. One is
they negotiate, get big, you know, like the National Health Service in the uk will negotiate with drug companies, the same drug companies that. We want to negotiate with now Medicare and then others just haven't essentials medicines list and they will only put certain cost effective drugs on that list pay for others. The bottom line is, is that we pay much more for drugs. We pay much more for health care. They have the countries we get much less that can't be right. And there's got to be a solu
tion. I do believe that Congress has the power. Fact, it has the duty too kind to taxpayers and time to patients. And, you know, come up with for a double but reasonable price that that's a win-win for both pharmaceutical industry and for American patients who are dying. >> So I understand that this could essentially end up in the But I would like you to explain how the Inflation Reduction Act was supposed to bring the cost of a lot of these drugs down and whether or not that specific legislatio
n goes far enough. >> It didn't go far enough, but it's a very, very good start you know, throughout our Medicare has been, you know, the great giant in American terms of health It spends enormous percentage of our national budget in our national health Budget, which is already very, very high. Medicare is basically entitlement program. So if a Dr company wants to chge even if it's extraordinarrate and exor T. So what th inflatys for rain mab price. Medicare is going to be able to negotiate drug
companies for a fair price. The same Y we negotiate with full wages are negotiate for anything else. It's supply and demand. And so that seems to reasonable to me. As I say, it's a first step because it only applies to a small number of drugs that Medicare will buy, but we'll soon find out whether this is a model that works well for the American public. I think it is a good model and it fits in with the way we think about American society is which is one where consumers have rights as well as c
ompanies. >> Professor Boston, before I let you go, I've got 30 seconds right here. You're saying that this is a good start >> Is there anything else? That you have a minute? You've obviously a lot about this. Is there anything else that the U.S. Could do right now to bring not just the cost the pharmaceuticals down, but just the cost of health care down for Americans. >> Well, you know, I teach the subject, you know, other countries that it set national health budget still negotiate drug prices
pay for certain drugs that are really highly cost-effective. But every country in the world has a mechanism to keep costs down. Reasonable in the United States. There are no mechanisms. And so we need to create We need to have a society that provides better health care for the entire population, including lifesaving medications and all affordable cost really can do this harming our health system, but only improving it. I'm a big believer that Medicare can be the drive for a high lower cost care
. The United States. >> All right, professor Gas as the director of Georgetown Law Schools, o'neill is 2 for national Global Health law. Professor, thank you so much for your time today. We really appreciate insight on this. >> Thanks for Take care. >> Coming up next, a script is live. Mixed reactions pouring in right now for the fda's recent approval of a new Alzheimer's drug. What's been Well, and out timers draw is offering hope for patients and care takers. Studies show it can be slows the p
rogression of Alzheimer's. Up to talk 27%. And while there is a lot of excitement around this research, there are also concerns about the drug safety accessibility. Scripps News correspondent Chris Stewart has the details. >> It's estimated more than 6.7 million Americans over the age of 65 have Alzheimer's. It's a disease that right now has no cure and it impacts entire families. But there is hope with the development of new drugs that are proving to slow the progression of Alzheimer's down. Bu
t at the same time, there are questions about whether those who are most at risk of developing Alzheimer's. We'll have fair access to this new medicine. >> I love this one. The story behind it we had a father daughter dance night with my princess. The supposed to be for small kids. >> These pictures represent some of Sylvia Waller's, most cherished memories with her dad. >> So we get there and he said, why are we the oldies here? And I said, well, it's a night with my princess and I said, I'm st
ill your princess. And he said, yeah. So that was the last night. We danced. Roughly 2 years after this night. >> Waller's father James passed away from Alzheimer's in 2017 and only child. She took care of her dad until his death. It was a tough one because the roles have changed. >> I was no longer his. Baby girl. I was his caregiver. There was no approved Alzheimer's treatment for Waller's Dat. But she says the fda approval of Leqembi offers hope the treatment is a twice a month IV infusion fo
r patients who are in the early stages of the disease that's been proven to slow Alzheimer's progression by as much as 27%. >> Waller does worry about access, especially to those in the black community, which is twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's compared to those who are white experts say health issues like higher rates of heart disease may play a role, but research has yet to identify a cause. News is exciting. >> That we're now in a treatment face. Yea, but then there's a >> Long, long, l
ong. >> A big concern is the price Medicare will cover most of what can cost of more than $26,000 a year. But the center's for Medicare and Medicaid Services tells me patients will still likely have to pay 20% of the cost, which is more than $5,000. Add that to the total out of pocket costs of caring for an Alzheimer's patient. The Alzheimer's Association estimates it to be on average. More than $238,000 from diagnosis to death. >> The majority of the people who have Alzheimer's are on Medicare.
And they're not the 10% or the one percent. You know who have money have a gray to retirement fund. Lot of tests are not available in Spanish. So a lot of my cognitive test I have to pull from Mexico from Spain and then with Phoebe and cons. He's a clinical psychologist outside Denver who works closely with the Hispanic community. >> Which is one and a half times more likely to develop Alzheimer's. He puts patients through cognitive tests that can lead to a diagnosis. What's the moment like whe
n you have to tell a patient that they have Alzheimer's? That is just as bad as giving someone a cancer diagnosis. >> Because it's it's it's a terminal disease. This is the disease they're going to die from for is difficult as a diagnosis may be. He says getting help also can be hard because of the several steps and medical professionals dementia patients often need to meet with to get treatment. He worries look, can be will be out of reach for many of his patients. Not only does do they they ne
ed to get the diagnosis. They need to get the referral back to the specialist or back to their primary care. Doctor, the provider has to be caught up on the medication and feel comfortable with that medication that can be is meant to treat those who are in the early stages of Alzheimer's, which Jim Herlihy with the Alzheimer's Association of Colorado says makes access important every day. 2000 people advance to another stage of the disease. >> So having access to these medications right now is c
ritical for those people and their families. In 2022. With Alzheimer's awareness as her platform Waller One misses Colorado at the time. I was like 16 and I've learned that. >> No matter how old you are, you continue to grow. She says, while new drug developments are a major step forward. >> Making sure people know the signs and symptoms are an important part of the fight against a disease that still has no cure. Chris Stewart, Scripps News, Denver. >> Coming up next on Scripps News live Long lo
st siblings finally meeting after nearly Went to deathbed confession to make a 90 year-old man's birthday wish come true. >> Jake Weller, us Kristen is Kansas City shows us how he reacted to this gift that he has been waiting for. >> For >> On his 90th birthday. Brits of Leawood Kansas as a gift. He always dreamed of. >> Be here. I've been brought up the snow, reach They want to be wonderful because I always wanted a brother and sister. >> And he wanted to solve a family mystery that surfaced 15
years ago. >> I was trying to get out. Passport and get my birth certificate because it had been lost. >> The birth certificate revealed that his father was actually a stepfather revolution. The Maidan wonder about his true lineage. >> So I said, you know, which I adopted well starter since his DNA to 23 and me. >> It absolutely was looking like looking for a needle in a haystack. >> Break came in the form of a deathbed confession in 2020 78 year-old Roberta best Raytown. Missouri was saying go
odbye to her ailing mother. >> The day she passed, told me a child he married her. >> His family went to 23 and me as well. And didn't take long for the pieces to come together. My grandson, a calm and >> I think you have a brother. I think found your brother finally. >> The 2 siblings road near miles away from another met for the very first time. >> As was walking up the sidewalk, I look at I don't need to be and that's my like my dad. Really amazing. It it was meant to happen. Eventually. >> T
he brother and sister reuniting is healing always and bringing new life to the 2 years. >> I've lost my lost his life, Mahdi and can kind of keep other. Caffeinated comes over and takes me after the and yes, talked constantly about things in our past where we're getting to know other. >> And beginning an adventure together, overdue in their golden years. >> My work on Traveling to do something together. She might not know it yet. We are. >> She knew what we kids. >> Never too late. Now. I guess
we're very fortunate that family together. >> Yeah, we very >> Yes. They are. What a gift. I'm Veronica De La Cruz. Thank you so much for joining us
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