Today is Thursday, July 15th. We'll tell you about the latest multi-trillion dollar proposal in

Washington. What's included and what are the chances it will become law. Also, a painful record

hit in the U.S., why experts think overdose deaths are up so much and what's being done to help.

Plus, a medical breakthrough that involves a sort of mind reading, how a judge gave Britney

Spears reason to celebrate, and why a lot of parents are going to want to check their bank accounts

today. Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy, all the days news in about 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun,

and on the go. I'm Lacey Evans, filling in for Erica Mandy during her maternity leave. You ready?

Let's do this. Congressional Democrats are pushing a new budget that tackles everything from

climate change to education to health care to income inequality and more. And if every Democrat gets

on board, they actually won't need Republican support at all. Since spending bills only need

51 votes in the Senate, which the Dems have. Other bills require more compromising, since they need

60 votes to pass. Still, it might be tough to get all the Dems on board with this package,

since it's a pretty big one. It's worth $3.5 trillion. Here are some of the highlights.

On education, it calls for universal pre-K for three and four year olds. It also helps lower

income college students by increasing the Pell Grant. To help with income inequality, it sets aside

more money for things like paid family and medical leave and affordable housing. On health care,

it would expand Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing services for seniors. When it comes

to climate change, the proposal would give more funding for clean energy, wildfire prevention,

and more. And that's just to name a few of the sticking points to pay for at all. The Senate

Democrats want to raise corporate and international taxes. They are also talking about raising

taxes on the richest Americans. But so far, they haven't agreed on exactly which income brackets

would be hit, or how much more they'll have to pay. For sure, the Dems have said they won't

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