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good morning, everyone, and welcome to your "new day." im amara walker. >> and im phil mattingly. and today all eyes are on capitol hill after days of deal-making. democrats get ready to vote on a critical part of president bidens economic agenagenda. well tell you whats in the bill and what it means for millions of americans. >> plus it was a week of twists and turns in the courtroom. now a jury has ordered conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay up to the parents of a sandy hook shooti...

Good morning and welcome to your "new day." its august 6th. amara, we did it last hour. ill do it again because were not sitting next to each other. whats the status? three of the four kids are awake. were on track to an early start. >> i have access to all the cameras, and i am doing my best not to check because i dont want to get involved, you know? i dont want to get involved. i dont know. thats the answer. >> theyll be there when you get home. your husbands got it until you get home. >> exac...

Transfer of power, obviously, when it is certified and verified. >> we have two former democratic elected officials from red states. senator kerry when you ran for re-election in nebraska was this ever something you worried about, election rigging except from the other side of the aisle? >> no. never did. the big thing you always worry about whether people will register and get out the vote. never worried about rigging of any election. >> what about you >> no. i think the most amazing thing and ...

Election with respect to voting rights and people could keep coming up with new schemes each election, even if ultimately they were ruled to violate the voting rights act. it would be hard for us to catch those things up front to make sure that elections are done in an equitable way. >> he seems to be saying that election schemes are much more prevalent than in just the 16 states that are part of this aspect of the law. do you think it should actually be expand pd. >> i think thats a legitimate ...

Contributor. with a big welcome to the both of you, patricia ann, what would the impact be if this part of the law is overturned? >> i think it will deliver substantial blow to the efforts to increase equality in voting and access to the vote progress says, efforts to eliminate discrimination in voting restrictions, everything from voter i.d. laws to voter registration measures. lit really -- it will eliminate a proactive check that you have on the governments that are covered by this statute no...