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good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, its thursday, july 14th and im brianna keilar with john berman. this morning new clues surrounding the pending january 6th witness who donald trump tried to contact. its an allegation that has been referred to the justice department, not formally, but its been sent up the chain there. first on cnn, sources say trump tried to call a member of the white house support staff who was in talks with the january 6th committee. that...

lives. >> bill: so the victims range in age of 8-85. the attack prompted nearby cities to cancel events in illinois. officers arresting a person of interest later around 5 miles away from the same. hes identified as a 21-year-old aspiring rapper with a history of posting violent imagery online. >> dana: the parade attack follows a recent string of mass shootings targeting churches, schools, grocery stores. the headline fourth of july terror and those that were there say that the script...

policies. a former top new york prosecutor says has led to quote insanity. critics have been slamming braggs decision to offer plea bargains in some cases, and his original decision in an infamous memo not to even prosecute some crimes. meantime, in los angeles, progressive d.a. is defending his record on crime in a new interview as he faces a recall effort. that comes just weeks after san francisco voters ousted its progressive district attorney in a recall there. christina coleman is...

National security analyst is with me. in this joint declaration that they just approved, the u.s. and israel among other things they said the united states stress that is integral to this pledge is the commitment never to allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon and then it goes on to say and the u.s. is prepared to use all elements of its national power to ensure that outcome. thats a pretty stark warning to the iranians. >> its strong wording, its been used before. it also is designed, wolf, to ...

Flawed. as the president said, he called it the worst deal of all-time. it gave the regime all benefits up front and then the sunset clause that could really give this regime who is not trustworthy, obviously, cover to advance a nuclear program and have a threshold capability. missiles -- >> understood. you have a this and that issue here. you have your six nation allies, okay, including the u.s. this is the best deal they thought they could get. by most accounts this has stopped, slowed, and so...

Stretch that far without breaking but north korea will try anyway. they wont succeed this year or next. whats your take on that? >> im inclined to agree. the key take away is over the last two tests, one in may and july, is that theyre getting better at it. including kpabts where theyre able to shoot it much hire and for a longer period of time, at some point it will happen. it doesnt matter whether its going to be two, three or five years from now, the bottom line, the status quo if we keep doi...

The supreme leader. that will be his decision to take. but thats a little bit immaterial at this point in time because all of the components of a program to produce nuclear weapons, to produce the delivery means and all the rest of that, all of these components have been proceeding as if they want to be in a position where he can make that decision, having reached the so-called threshold capability. that is, of course, what is so worrisome to the countries in the region and above all to israel a...

They have moved, so theres the possibility. >> in his video message the president wished the iranian people a happy persian new year but irans supreme leader ayatollah ayatollah, he responded in kind, repeating that phrase "death to america." >> i promise you the regime will play out the clock, and inevitably will have nuclear weapons, and whatever dealing we do push through we will leave them at threshold capability. >> the supreme leader also accused the u.s. of bullying. the current proposal ...