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adamant that he had one and that we were not doing our job. >> the president said, just say the election is corrupt and leave the rest to me and well. republican congressman. >> we will wear that any members of congress had [inaudible] >> mr. gaetz and mr. brooks -- mr. gaetz was the first to ask for a pardon. mr. biggs did, mr. gohmert asked as well. im sorry. >> the only reason i know to ask for a pardon is because you think you have committed a crime. >> the president is getting ver...

ahead this week, theres two things you should drop into your calendar. first of all, the next hearing of the january sixth investigation is gonna be tomorrow, tuesday. it starts at 1:00 eastern, whether or not you are available at 1:00 eastern, whether or not you are available to watch that live, you should know that were gonna have a primetime recap tomorrow night after the hearing. we will recap all the most important stuff from the hearing and what it means, tomorrow night, in prime...

china has launched several ballistic missiles into waters around taiwan in response to a us senators divisive visit to the island. and how disposable facemasks are blighting birdlife in 23 countries around the world. the bank of england has predicted that the uk is set to enter a recession this autumn lasting more than a year. the bank says inflation is likely to peak at 13% by december, and today it has announced the largest rise in interest rates for 27 years. the 0.5% hike means tha...

were gonna discuss lord of the flies. another hour of velshi, begins right now. good morning, and this sunday august 14th, i am velshi, its been a week since the fbi has conducted mar-a-lago, as donald trump tried to branded, and we learned it is the third time that we know of, that representatives of the american government have to go visit former president trumps west palm beach hideaway, where he has been stashing a highly sensitive documents, that belong to the united states. back ...

this hour. right now election battles are underway in two of the biggest states. these are really important primaries happening today in new york and in florida. they are out voting. reporters are fanned out in each of those states. bryan llenas is here in new york city. phil keating is on board in florida this afternoon in the sunshine state. brian, whats going on in new york? >> martha, good afternoon. all eyes are on new yorks we drawn 12th congressional district which pits two demo...

screaming reading that. pretty much sums it up. there are a lot of shiny object being dangled in front of a slightly by the democrats. and a few of those diminutive never trumpers im here to tell you that none of them will have any measurable effect on the midterms or really changed the publics realization that under democrat leadership, america is just going down the tubes. the first attempt at distraction or shiny object, a former aide to mark meadows. cassidy hutchinson was flooded ...

also tonight, the world health organization is now calling monkeypox a global health emergency and vice president kamala harris is in indiana urging democrats to fight back as the legislature begins a special session to take away reproductive rights. good evening. im jason johnson in tonight for joy reid. we wont see the january 6th committee again until fall in september. theres another shocking preview of why the enpresident was dogmatically opposed to speaking to his supporters who ...

i am considering dealing with some depth reduction. i am not considering $50,000 of debt reduction. but i am in the looking at whether there will be additional debt forgiveness. >> are you close to making a decision on the data? >> yes. >> jesse: president biden and expected to keep his word on canceling student debt, so get ready for a subsidized liberal arts degrees. announcing the decision to raise $10,000 to student loans for earners making less then $125,000 per year. thats a lot....

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com thats it for us. lets hand it over to laura coates and "cnn tonight." laura? >> anderson, thank you so much. im laura coates and this is "cnn tonight." look, ive got to get right to it. i know were supposed to think about politics and other notions today. but ive got to tell you about alex jones because ive been thinking about it all day since i heard and watched that testimony. alex jones spent so many years trying to get people to believe in hi...