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good morning, everyone, and welcome to your "new day." im amara walker. >> and im phil mattingly. and today all eyes are on capitol hill after days of deal-making. democrats get ready to vote on a critical part of president bidens economic agenagenda. well tell you whats in the bill and what it means for millions of americans. >> plus it was a week of twists and turns in the courtroom. now a jury has ordered conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay up to the parents of a sandy hook shooti...

intimidating you, so thats good. intimidation is the best form of flattery. >> it is. hi, don lemon. over to you. hold on. well, hello, how are you are? >> i want to get to the news now. see you tomorrow night. have a good evening. >> goodbye. >> this is "don lemon tonight." were getting more and more revelations from the january 6th investigation. new tonight, this is a cnn exclusive, the former presidents lawyers now in direct talks with the justice department for the first time, tal...

this is a cnn exclusive. the former presidents lawyer is now in direct talks with the justice department for the first time, talks about his attempts to use executive privilege -- from testifying about their conversations with him while he was president. and we know that pat cipollone and his deputy, patrick filament has both been subpoenaed this week. this may be all about preventing witnesses like don from testifying about everything that they know and youve got to wonder why the for...

were almost at 10 million jobs, almost at 10 million jobs since i took office. thats the fastest job growth in history. today there are more people working in america than before the pandemic began. in fact, there are more people working in america than at any point in american history. >> cnn business correspondent rahel solomon joins me now. put this into context. what do these numbers actually mean? >> not only did these numbers surprise to the upside, but it was broad based across ...

in this case, it is quite jam packed. were covering whats gown on in saudi arabia, all of that and vladimir putin going to that neck of woods, iran next week. lets talk about what happened this week with the presidents trip, wrapped up now in the royal kingdom. peter doocy in jeddah, saudi arabia, with more. peter. >> reporter: neil, the president is aboard air force one. we expect him to take off for joint base andrews in maryland any minute. he came to the middle east looking for gul...

post" today. they call him senile. they cite his performance at the debate where he couldnt even remember who he was -- who he impeached. >> and an up-and-down week on wall street and fears a recession could be around the corner. and so the question right now is can we bring inflation down without triggering a recession. my answer to that question is i dont know. >> but up first. new cnn reporting on the fall-out from donald trump keeping reams of classified documents at his beach ...

temperatures, hitting record highs across the country, at the same time they are trying to battle this. plus, troubling signs for the u.s. economy. second quarter gdp, how much the economy grew and its expected to shrink as president biden faces several economic challenges. inflation, continued supply chain issues, gas prices high but coming down. all of this overshadowing a 3.6%, very low unemployment rate. several key economic indicators expected this week. well talk about whats ah...

halfway through his second year, president biden still has a long to-do list with pressure mounting to act on the climate crisis and turn around the economy. can the biden administration keep its promises? ill speak exclusively to biden cabinet secretary pete buttigieg in moments. hello. im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is wondering whether some people really are above the law? this week the january 6th committee presented a seasoned finale of sorts to the se...

its future but after another election denier wins his primary in maryland has the gop already made its choice? the outing republican governor of maryland larry hogan joins me to discuss. ahead. plus, feeling the heat. halfway through his second year, president biden still has a long to do list with pressure mounting to act on the climate crisis and turn around the economy. can the biden administration keep its promises? ill speak to pete buttigieg in moments. the january 6th commit...

And the Biden Administrations efforts to find missing americans. Plus, well go through the new reporting on the massacre by Hamas Terrorists, that says the terror groups main backer may have been left in the dark. Well discuss how that aligns with previous reports. Also ahead, an update from capitol hill on the speakers race. Republicans have a nominee, but it is not clear if hes got the votes to get the gavel. I mean, willie, looks like more chaos. Rough timing. More chaos from republicans. We ...