It's Thursday, the day we usually visit with Howie Klein of Down with Tyranny and the Blue America PAC. He'll be here today. We'll talk about the three so-called Democrats who tanked the provision that would allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. It makes no sense, so we'll get Howie's take on it (and find out from him who these three so-called Democrats are). Before I get Howie on the line, I'll check in with Alex Lawson, executive director of Social Security Works whose Tweet about those three caught my attention today. It read: ".@KathleenRice you just stood with pharma to keep our drug prices the highest in the world. How much did pharma pay you to ignore the will of your constituents and the American people? Absolute villainy." We'll talk with Howie about that, and what it signals for the rest of President Biden's (and Bernie Sanders') agenda.

A bit of what's news for now

There's a lot going on today. A hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee with Simone Biles and three other Olympic women gymnasts who were all assaulted by "Dr" Larry Nassar testifying. Revelations from Bob Woodward's forthcoming book are stunning-- some are calling for Mark Milley's head, others (like me) consider him a hero. Both Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin were summoned to the White House for meetings with President Biden, in which he'll try to convince them to get with the program.... Yes, lots going on. But today, we'll take a little break from most of it to visit with my old friend Bill Mumy and his TV sister Angela Cartwright. Yes, they were Will and Penny Robinson on "Lost in Space" some 50 years ago! They have a new book out called "Lost (and Found) in Space 2), available at ncpbooks.com or angelacartwrightstudio.com or billmumy.com. We'll get back to serious business tomorrow...