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attorney for palm 3w5beach coun. where is this investigation potentially headed? >> good morning, erica. i think this provides further evidence that the department of justice is investigating donald trump. the doj clearly wants to learn what trump said and did on and about january 6. remember, they already interviewed marc short and greg jacob and now they want the two pats. last week we had reports that do skrchlt was trying to block the claims of executive privilege the reason why is...

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...

care decisions. now, this, of course, comes as the white house continues to deal with the fallout from the supreme court overruling roe v wade. in just a moment, we are going to see the president virtually address this issue executive order that he had issued. this is the second time he has done so since that historic decision. let me take you through some of the top headlines. he is directing the hhs to consider actions that would support women who now need to travel out of state to g...

the lead in testifying against the former president in yesterdays hearing, including the speaker of arizonas house, who says he told trump in late december 2020 that he would not go along with the scheme to steal joe bidens win in his state. >> youre asking me to do something thats never been done in history, the history of the united states, and im going to put my state through that without sufficient, and thats going to be good enough for me? >> i do not want to be a winner by cheati...

pouring gasoline on the fire by tweeting that. >> the secret service couldnt control the situation and do their job to keep him safe. >> at 2:26 p.m., the secret service rushed vice president pence down the stairs. >> approximately 40 feet. thats all there was. 40 feet between the vice president and the mob. make no mistake about the fact that the vice presidents life was in danger. the recent court filing by the department of justice explains that a confidential informant from the pro...

taming inflation. the very thing that is weighing on the u.s. economy. the worry, of course, is that the fed could tighten too much and plunge the u.s. economy into a recession. its really a delicate walk for the federal reserve, but at this point, the market wants to see the fed try to get out ahead of this because many believe the fed has been behind the curve for so long. >> alison kosik, thanks so much. >> turning to our politics lead and the january 6th committee laying out damnin...

here he is unsparing in his rejection of trump and giulianis election fraud delusions. >> i told them that the stuff that his people were shoveling out to the public was bull [ bleep ]. that the claims of fraud were bull [ bleep ], and you know, made a statement about that, but i reiterated that they wasted a whole month on these claims on the dominion voting machines and they were idiotic claims. i specifically raised a dominion voting machines which i found to be among the most distu...

exercised sound judgment. meantime, another former trump advisor was arrested yesterday for that very reason. -- navarro is facing two contempt of congress charges for his refusal to cooperate. reacting to his indictment outside the courthouse. >> they are essentially acting judge, jury, an executioner. their mission is to prevent donald john trump from running for president in 2024, being elected president. now all of this just days before the house panel set the holders first travel ...

about the ongoing effort to overthrow the last one, well, this is news you want to know about. politico reports there are tapes, video recordings of republicans meeting with grass roots activists to do something that cuts against how elections are supposed to work here. theyre supposed to be nonpartisan at the machinery side. the plan, however, is to install these partisan and party trained volunteers who can challenge voters at places where democrats tend to vote, what they call democ...

as the midterms approach. im ayman mohyeldin. lets get started. s get started. all right, some republicans arent playing by the same senate rules that democrats are. we establish that already, you know when it comes to judicial nominations, not when it comes to gun control legislation, and definitely not when it comes to our elections. this week the new york times reported that at least 357 sitting republican legislators and closely contested battleground states have used the power of ...