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to give sworn testimony rebutting hutchinsons story. >> dana: also being called into question those hutchison note she wrote impression of her former staff was part of a presidential statement will former white house lawyer eric harshman says such a not write it out all and that it was in fact written by him. high asia. >> high there good morning to you both look bottom line here is to proceed with caution has even some committee members are saying that some of hutchinsons testimony wa...

federal offenses, obviously the state did not and that explains how determination in this case. >> were also on veterdict watc in texas. jurors are deliberating how much alex jones should pay the 6-year-old sandy hook victim for pushing his lies after the massacre of 20 first graders and six adults did not happen. the judge in the case denied jones request for a mistrial after it was revealed that his lawyer mistakenly sent two years of jones cell phone records and text messages to the...

committee and other law enforcement agencies want access to the text messages his lawyers accidentally sent to the plaintiffs. plus, changes to airline cancellation rules may be about to take off. why passengers could actually get refunds for all of those canceled and delayed flights. ♪ ♪ welcome to "the lead." we start with the world lead. a russian court found wnba star brittney griner guilty today of drug smuggling, quote, with criminal intent. the judge ordering griner to s...

also, will the administration talk nancy pelosi out of her trip to taiwan as she riles up china with her travel. huge economic data released almost every day this week, will it point to a recession. and as russian forces strike the main ukrainian port is the grain deal between the two countries already in jeopardy? lets going to sunlen serfaty live for us on capitol hill. the january 6th committee doesnt plan any more hearings until september that doesnt mean they are not going t...

previous reluctant witnesses. one is the secret service. according to new cnn reporting, investigators have identified potential missing text messages on the phones of ten agents. messages from on and around january 6th. committee vice chair liz cheney calls the developments regarding the agency deeply troubling. >> i have just tremendous respect and admiration and real affection for members of the secret service, particularly those who were with my family on 9/11 and in the aftermath ...

incredibly important for policymakers and for washington. look, weve got consumer confidence numbers tomorrow, i mean, they could be really rotten. we know that people feel terrible about where the economy is going, a lot of people feel like they are already in a recession already. terrible consumer confidence. we will get those numbers. on wednesday we have a federal reserve interest rate hike expected, we are expecting another 75 basis points. thats big. we saw that in june, 75 basis...

temperatures, hitting record highs across the country, at the same time they are trying to battle this. plus, troubling signs for the u.s. economy. second quarter gdp, how much the economy grew and its expected to shrink as president biden faces several economic challenges. inflation, continued supply chain issues, gas prices high but coming down. all of this overshadowing a 3.6%, very low unemployment rate. several key economic indicators expected this week. well talk about whats ah...

trump in the midterms. the panel is preparing to get new witnesses on the record, including former trump cabinet members but the committees next hearings in september will take place during the final stretch of the high stakes midterm campaigns. and any minute, we will get a white house update on president bidens health as he deals with covid. so lets begin with that fight over reproductive rights underway in indiana. right now, lawmakers are holding a special session to consider a n...

stolen, and a live stream captured the crime going down. welcome to "the lead." im kasie hunt in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the january 6th committee releasing new evidence in its case against donald trump as it narrows its focus for the coming weeks. on the agenda, trying to compel testimony from ginni thomas, a conservative activist and wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, over her role in advocating to overturn the 2020 election. committee vice ...

president, take me to the capital now. to which bobby responded sir, we have to go back to the west wing. the president reached up toward the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm and said so you need to take your hand off the steering wheel, we are going back to the west wing. we are not going to the capital. and mr. trump then used his free hand to lunch towards bobby engel and went he recounted the story to me he had motioned towards his clavi...