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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...

thank you so much for being here. im kate bolduan. they came, they saw, and they voted. now tuesdays primary results are shedding new light on what voters want and what -- and what politicians and what strategy that politicians will need to deploy to win in november. the biggest vote overnight was in kansas. voters there resoundingly defeated a constitutional amendment that likely would have invalidated the right to an abortion in that state. its a result that is being closely watched ...

and china ramps up military drills and raises fears of a dangerous stand-off with the u.s. after house speaker nancy pelosi wraps her risky visit to taiwan. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off. im pamela brown, and youre in the situation room. we begin with a powerful message sent by kansas voters on the issue of abortion. with the critical midterm election around the corner. jeff zeleny reports on the conservative states surprising...

our exclusive reporting by cbs more hearings as new evidence pores in as cbs news obtained these new images from a never- before-seen documentary. the desperate search for survivors. a deadly earthquake his afghanistan, killing over 1,000, and injuring more than 15 money 1,500 more. dangerous heat waves. record-high temperatures from texas to south carolina. outrage grows in uvalde. our interview tonight with the father who lost his nine-year- old daughter, and said hes disappointed wi...

nearby and here stateside, nearby and here stateside, republican primaries have the attention of washington and bedminsterashi. nn iter looks like we already have winners, if you can believe itt or not, in missouri and inls michigan. h and the polls have just closed in arizona. gh now this hour, hour is going to be a high wire act as we bringal you alll of these breaking stories. but we begin tonighth with threats and truth. that is the focus of tonights angle. >> five years ago, speak...

before, zoe lofgren leading that second hearing and pete auilar talking about the pressure campaign on mike pence. this will focus on the pressure campaign at the state level. theyre going to use, as you mentioned, lawmakers from georgia to make that point. of course, thats one of the key states that we know that former president trump was pressuring election officials to overturn the election results or at least, in his words, find the overrule 11,000 votes that he would need in order...

,i personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter. second, the department does not take such a decision lightly where possible. it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken took them long enough to say something without taking any questions. and he was about an hour late. garlands mission was not a surprise. after all, this is the man who spearheading the most wide rangin...

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and rina shah, a political strategist and former republican aide. a powerful earthquake has killed at least 1,000 people and injured 1,500 in eastern afghanistan. it is the deadliest earthquake in the country in two decades and a major challenge for the taliban, the islamist movement which regained power last year after the western—backed government collapsed. the quake hit near the pakitsan border, with tremors felt as far away as india. the extent of the damage is still emerging �...

a major incident has been declared by the authorities in kent, after a second day of gridlock around the port of dover. officials are expecting to process 10,000 cars today, and travellers have been advised to allow at least three to four hours to reach the port and clear all security checks. 0ur correspondent in dover, ramzan karmali, sent this report. the queues on the motorway leading into dover. its becoming a familiar sight. yesterdays chaos seems to be repeating itself today, and...