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and the important health care item that was blocked by republicans. plus, another loss for supporters of abortion rights. indiana becomes the first state to pass a near total ban on the procedure since the overturning of roe v. wade. and it was a big weekend for maga world in dallas. well have the recap of cpac just ahead. good morning. and welcome to "way too early." on this monday, august 8th. im jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. senate democrats have done it. after more...

Glaxo smith klein, what can you tell us about that? >> well, this company came into focus last week, for its consumer health care arm, being the object of affection for uni-lever, the consumer giant based here in the uk. it had bid three times for this business unit, unilever shareholders were up in arms and the stock plummeted 11% last week on the news. the shareholders clearly didnt like this idea, so unilever came out at the end of last week and says were not going to increase our offer for t...

Infancy, the device appears remarkably similar to the current tablets. i bet theyre regretting that. now a first look at how wall street will kick off the day. dow opens at 12479 after dipping 46 points yesterday. the s&p shed two point. the nasdaq rose five. taking a look at overseas trading, in tokyo the nikkei sank 1 13 points while in hong kong the hang seng dropped 130. fears of rising commodity costs has suddenly gripped wall street and will continue to do so throughout this busy week ...