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we should have been for you in a few minutes. this is the kind of thing that a president, any president, would usually be monitoring while its in progress from the oval office, from the white house situation room. that was impossible as we learn more about this raid because the president is quarantining. he got covid. this is something that was in progress while he has been isolating. we know that about 30 minutes, because of the covid, hes going to be speaking from the blue room balco...

good morning. and welcome to "way too early." on this monday, august 1st. im jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we begin with the situation in ukraine. in a significant breakthrough this morning, a ship carrying ukrainian grain set off from the port of odesa to for the first time since the war started back in february. ukraines minister of infrastructure tweeted this video of the vessel which is carrying more than 26,000 tons of corn and is on its way to lebanon. the ship is ...

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 ...

>> sandra: begin with house speaker nancy pelosi arriving in taiwan, it happened a short time ago for her trip there, raising concerns of how china could, and could still respond. and already beijing issuing a series of threats. hello, welcome, everyone. john, great to be with you. >> john: happy tuesday to you, im john roberts in new york. chinese fighter jets flew nearby, the speaker arriving safely but the u.s. and taiwan remain on high alert, as four u.s. warships have been reposit...

a killer, we just dont want any part of that. history should not remember this persons name. instead, history should remember, and we all should hear the names of those murdered here, the children and their teacher. they are the ones that matter. amory joe garza matters. she was 10 years old. her dad is going to join us in just a few minutes. he says his daughter was full of life, always telling jokes, always smiling. on social media this monk, he wrote, please dont take a second for g...

The senate finally passing that bill to improve the health care of veterans who are exposed to toxic burn pits. this after republicans had blocked the bill just days prior. what changed with the bill? it got overwhelming support this time. >> reporter: yeah, and it didnt actually change at all on the policy front. in fact, 25 republicans flipped their votes and blocked it from getting a final vote last week over procedural concerns. they contended that they wanted to have pat toomey, a republica...

Today on TAP: With Xi bailing out Putin, the China bill pending before Congress needs to be stripped of special-interest measures that actually help Beijing.

Kind. >> and even though the majority of people were behind the idea of background checks, an influential few were not. >> the shooters in aurora, the shooters in newtown, theyre unrecognizable. theyre not going to be in the system. who is going to be in the system you and me. >> guess who won out in the end? >> the gun control legislation that was supposed to tighten background checks was defeated today in the u.s. senate. >> the manchin/toomey amendment was defeated despite broad popular suppo...

People buying guns are among the most popular policies of any kind. >> and even though the majority of people were behind the idea of background checks, an influential few were not. >> the shooters in aurora, the shooters in newtown, theyre unrecognizable. theyre not going to be in the system. who is going to be in the system you and me. >> guess who won out in the end? >> the gun control legislation that was supposed to tighten background checks was defeated today in the u.s. senate. >> the man...

Now. there are a number of democrats, people on the left, organizations who are not happy with those religious protections and so what were saying is log cabin republicans is if you support religious liberty, you need to support this version of the employment nondiscrimination act because it protects the liberties. if the democrats pass this bill as they would like to, they would run roughshod over the religious liberties. >> you believe -- take for instance, the proposed toomey -- the portman a...