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privilege, i think as we talk about what these conversations could be between pat cipollones attorneys and the doj, that grand jury, i should say, what is covered by executive privilege? just remind us here. what conversations could potentially be covered. >> what we know is that pat cipollone and others have claimed executive privilege to allow them basically to avoid answering questions about conver conversations, private conversations they claim they had with donald trump leading up...

world, it is wednesday, august 3rd and im brianna keilar with john avalon this morning. >> good morning? in for john berman. good morning to you. and it is the morning after election night in america where democracy was one of the things on the ballot. primary races in five states setting the stage for what will be some of the most competitive races in november. also another test of donald trumps grip on the gop. in conservative kansas voters sent a dramatic message and a resounding de...

night in america where democracy was on the ballot. first a stunning rejection by voters in conservative kansas. voters defeating an amendment aimed at restricting abortion rights and the result wasnt close. kansas is the first state to vote on the issue since the supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. perhaps even more significant was the voter turnout here because nearly 700,000 votes were cast in tuesdays primary and that dwarfs the voter turnout in the states 2020 presiden...

robson was endorsed by mike pence. cnn has not yet called that race. also in arizona, cnn is projecting that rusty bowers, the state house speaker who testified before the january 6th committee, will lose his primary to david farnsworth. bowers refused to participate in trumps efforts to throw arizonas 2020 election into doubt. >> and in michigan, cnn projects election denier tudor dixon has won the republican primary for governor. she will face gretchen whitmer in the fall. also in mi...

>> plus the justice department marks a new phase of its investigation into donald trump. a federal grand jury subpoena now demands testimony from a key west wing insider. the trump white house counsel pat cipollone. and chinas response to nancy pelosis defiance by dispatching 27 war planes into taiwans airspace. the house speaker says her taiwan visit a clear marker now in the battle between democracy and dictatorship. >> today the world faces a choice between democracy and autocracy...

and it ended up being a decisive factor in the victory for abortion rights advocates in this state. a lot of credit has to be given to cannons for constitutional freedom. they are the manu bortion rights coalition that was pushing out the vote, and they had to overcome a lot for this decisive win here. not only are registered republicans outnumbering registered democrats in the state by a nearly 2-1 margin, this is deeply conservative state. they have a democratic mayor, yes, but the l...

pledging americas unwavering support for democracy in taiwan. the ccp is not taking that lying down. >> china putting out a new saber rattling video this morning showing missiles at the ready and fighter jets moving into position as beijing prepares to hold its largest taiwan military drills. they will go on for six days. we havent seen them at this magnitude in 30 years. >> bill: theyre set to surround the island while conducting live fire exercises. some of those drills will happen i...

strained relationship between china and the united states. and on capitol hill, kyrsten sinema is in the spotlight. the arizona senator is staying sigh leapt on whether she will support a major bill for her own party. ♪♪ good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this wednesday, august 3rd. im jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. were going to begin with that major victory for abortion rights. voters in kansas have rejected an effort to remove the right to the procedu...

of ukrainian grain needed to feed the developing world will start to rot, if export routes are not reopened soon. rock music. back after three years, the iconic glastonbury festival opens its gates to music fans again festival goers hello and welcome. a california jury has found the american comedian bill cosby was liable for sexually assaulting a woman at the playboy mansion in 1975 when she was 16 years old. the court also ordered that cosby must payjudy huth, who is now 64, half a m...

on the edge of bankruptcy and the most vulnerable people on the edge of famine. we report from the farms on the frontline in the donbas region which have now become a battleground. a deal to end russias blockade could _ a deal to end russias blockade could make _ a deal to end russias blockade could make a _ a deal to end russias blockade could make a huge _ a deal to end russias blockade could make a huge difference, i could make a huge difference, but it— could make a huge differen...