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questions about the six-game suspension issued to deshaun watson in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations. why it wont cost him most of his $230 million contract. welcome to "the lead," im pamela brown in for jake tapper on this monday. and we start with our world lead. and dramatic warnings from china after sources confirmed that house speaker nancy pelosi will visit taiwan during her trip to asia. it was not listed on her public itinerary when she landed in singapore this morni...

the pair were on separate stages in arizona. and no sick days for president biden at the white house while recovering from covid. well have the latest on his health. a very good morning to all of you. welcome to "way too early." on this monday, july 25th. we begin this morning with the latest developments from the january 6th select committee over the weekend. vice chair liz cheney one of only two republicans serving on the committee went on fox news yesterday to defend the committ...

his death sends a clear message. >> this mission was carefully planned, rigorously minimize the risk of harm to other civilians. and one week ago after being advised the conditions were optimal, i gave the final approval to go get him. no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. >> the white house has just released this photo from july, president biden meeting with his national security team...

Squeaker which side prevails. So whether it is saccone by two or conor lamb by two matters less than it is a four point margin or whatever it ends up. Even if the democrats looses, if it is close, the democrats are going to claim it is a sign. Difficult for them to claim it is a Success Story even if saccone victory. Psychologically, there is a different impact especially for republican members. Tomorrow morning if the republicans were to gather for their Conference Meeting and if they have lost...

And that does it for me. You have a great sunday. Up next, the gura train keeps on moving with david gura. Richard, thank you very much. Im david gura at msnbc headquarters in new york. Another tweet storm. President trump taking to twitter it attack Robert Muellers investigation, but one of his tweets may have created a legal nightmare for him and for his oldest son donald trump jr. Thats not the only cause for panic. The president in an allout effort to save a congressional seat, republicans h...

The scales for tudor dixon. >> a fantastic, brilliant candidate, tudor dixon. >> reporter: throwing his support behind the conservative commentator in a bitter fight to take on democratic governor gretchen whitmer this fall glt last few years have been tough but were tougher and getting things done right now. >> reporter: dixon established as the establishment pick. she went from embracing falsehoods about the 2020 election early in the campaign -- >> do you believe donald trump legitimately won...

He tries to be the king maker. with trump hes just trying to keep his head above water. >> usually he is dispensing a lot of money and endorsements and putting money behind what he thinks is the establishment pick, and seemingly he is afraid of trump and not wanting to go after an endorsement. >> i dont think hes afraid to trump, and if he thought it was -- >> dont forget how unpopular mcconnell is in the republican electorate, and put it this way, i dont think pat mccory would want mitch mcconn...

Establishment pick. >> just yesterday we heard the president once again publicly express doubts. ill play the clip. watch this. >> mr. president, robert mueller said russia is interfering in u.s. elections right now. >> you dont really believe this, do you? >> reporter: he said that last week. >> we didnt talk about that. >> what are you thinking? >> it fits into the pattern where the president has repeatedly cast out on the notion that russia interfered in the u.s. election despite the widespre...

Whatever hour a day. it was a rose garden kind of strategy for someone who had not been in the rose garden for eight years. it was an interesting choice. he wanted to present himself as the closest thing to the establishment pick and do it that way. now there is a recognition among his team and among him that that is not working. he needs to be more aggressive. the question is whether he starts going after people by name. does he hit back hard in the debate? theres a risk to that. there is a ris...

Doj is led by a boob so everyone looks at barr and its like the scene in "american president" when youre so hungry for leadership, youre going to crawl through the sand and you realize its a mirage, youre going to drink the sand. is there drinking of sand going on with barr? >> i spoke with a senior administration official in george h.w. bushs administration who served alongside barr in that administration and the source said immediately when this happened, wow, i got to give donald trump points...