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good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world it is tuesday, july 26th. im brianna keilar alongside john berman this morning. were beginning this hour with new cnn reporting that takes us behind the scenes revealing just how close the supreme court came to saving roe v. wade. according to multiple sources chief justice john roberts fought to the bitter end trying to convince his former conservative justices to preserve the constitutional right to abortion. but it was th...

plus, more evidence of an economic funk. a new data point shows american consumers are getting even more pessimistic, and its because of inflation. and a split screen day for republicans. trump in washington. so is pence. competing speeches put their rift in the wrestling match for control of the republican party front and center. up first for us, though, a federal grand jury, its highest profile witness, and what it might mean for donald trump and those who helped him try to steal the...

and houston rushes out. the country that put the first man in space is quitting the international space station. the impact on future missions just ahead. but first, your money and cnn business reporter matt egan is here with us. todays consumer confidence report was the first major data point in this critical week for the u.s. economy. what did it show? >> simply put americans are not happy with this economy. consumer confidence dropping for a third month in a row in july. to put th...

president mike pence has confirmed he testified before a grand jury investigating the attack on the capitol, a potentially major development. >> i can confirm that i did receive a subpoena for the federal grand jury, and i complied with that subpoena. but under advice of counsel, i cant say much more than that. that was my only appearance before the grand jury. im not going to comment on what others had to testify or not and what they testified to. >> hes the highest profile witness kn...

he left town in disgrace following the capitol riot and his election loss. he will be speaking to a group of conservatives and were told that he plans to focus his speech on law and order. >> trump returns to washington amid a widening probe by the justice department into the capitol insurrection that now includes testimony from high ranking officials in his administration. mark short, the former chief of staff to vice president mike pence says that he testified under subpoena before a...

the moderator is going to join us live. plus, why it matters what a media owner thinks. were going to get in the reports about him saying one thing. and well talk about the effort to relaunch an african news channel. media brian coming up later. but first, what the mar-a-lago search reveals about america. donald trump has so often taken us into unchartered water. and thats what were waiting to find out, what was he hiding, what were in the boxes, will the justice department indict him?...

strong soldier. >> but something had her terrified at home. >> im scared. i dont feel safe. >> a desperate call to police. and then she vanished. >> something made her pretty scared. >> yes. >> no way to say what that was. >> right. >> what had happened to this beautiful army sergeant? the question would launch a spellbinding mystery. >> youve got a roommate, a boyfriend who shes maybe about to dump. youve got an ex-boyfriend whos suddenly back in her life. >> there were a number of po...

could, in the end, be meaningless. according to reporting in politico reinhart carefully reviewed signing off and considers the affidavit to be reliable. judge reinhart also notes that donald trumps legal team has not at this point filed anything, anything at all in the legal battle over the affidavit that is despite their public demands that the affidavit be made public in all of their bluster and extreme rhetoric about a supposed lack of transparency from doj. rhetoric that, of cours...

the general election. plus, republicans in north carolinas 11th congressional district run out of patience with madison cawthorn as trumps pick in that race is voted out. well break down those results. and speaking in the wake of the buffalo tragedy, president biden vowed to, quote, expose those who use power and prestige to spread hate. but the question this morning, will he name names? ♪♪ good morning. welcome to "way too early" on this wednesday, may 18th. im jonathan lemi...

responsible for the house crisis as the house scrambles for a vote tonight, tonight, on a multi million dollar bill to help. plus, check out the markets. have you seen this, wall street in a free fall in the last hour of trading. investors are getting ready for the biggest loss since 2020 because retailers, walmart, target, et cetera sounding the alarm on inflation. coming up, well tell you what is going on and when things could turn around. im hallie jackson in washington and i want...