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were talking triple digits and it will last right through the better part of the weekend. >> that is wild. derek, thank you. thanks so much for joining us. im laura jarrett. "new day" starts right now. ♪ good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it is thursday, june 9th. im brianna keilar with john berman. we begin with the price of gas, closer than ever to the dreaded $5 a gallon mark. the national average for a gallon of regular gas hitting $4797 up nearly ...

Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in new york. Theres no shortage of news today in the legal troublesing the disgraced expresident and current gop front runner, including a third trump lawyer and fourth trump associate earlier today Pleading Guilty in the Fulton County Criminal Election interference case. We begin with a moment years in the making at Aen Manhattan courthouse. The disgraced expresident coming face to face with Michael Cohen, the former fixer who said he would take a bullet for donald trump ...

Structure structures in our political system, as envisioned by the founders, that sometimes theyre going to disadvantage democrats, but the truth of the matter is, is that if we have a strong message, if were speaking to what the American People care about, typically you know, the popular vote and the Electoral College vote will align, and i guess part of my overall message here as i leave for the holidays is that if we looked for one explanation or one silver bullet, or one easy fix for our pol...

Everyone else, lindsey graham regardless of his status as senator, owes his testimony to a grand jury. there is an old adage that the grand jury is entitled to every mans testimony. that includes people who are sitting senators. you cant use the speech or debate clause, which protects you from being questioned in any other place about your legislative goals to immunize you and shield you from answering any questions at all including those that might relate to crimes. at this point, i think he is...

Revolution and they will vote a lot of these folks out of office. we have to keep it focused on if they overrule roe v. wade and state of california dont do it but other states say that you cannot do the following, theres always a law, you cant cross the border, all the things that some states have then you have to make sure that you vote. you have to vote, let people know exactly what the devil you think. >> what do you think? he thinks there will be a mini political revolution where people wil...

Lying, this is the kind of thing that happens. and its truly tragic that we are having these conversations, that our country is so divided. our democratic process is being undermined. the election by many of our citizens is considered to be illegitimate. it was not. its because leaders are lying about it. and here is just more proof of that based on that transcript from the book. >> there is another story in here about trumps own campaign manager trying to explain to him that, yes, early in-pers...

Indication theyve done anything to change any voting totals, any voting counts. but this is a sobering report, wolf. because it reminds us that a lot of the infrastructure that was in place in 2016 that the russians managed to get into in all 50 states, that is still in place. a lot of states have not updated their infrastructure, and again, this is a country where all of this is handled on the state level. its not the federal government that runs the elections. and thats one of the strengths of...

Trump agenda item as we see the signing ceremony there at the white house. just a year and a half ago one of the final press conferences of his administration, then barack obama, talked about the election. >> look, this is a clarifying moment. its a useful reminder that voting counts, politics counts. what the president-elect will be doing is different from what i will be doing. i think people will be able to compare and contrast about what worked for the american people. >> now were getting a...

The state legislatures have made moves to shorten the length of time and reduce how much early voting counts. so the democrats are going to need even more enthusiasm going to overcome some of those changes that weve seen in recent years in the voting law that had been implemented by the state legislatures. >> and to kimberlys point, cornell, that seems to be precisely the driving force in so many republican efforts to basically restrict voter access. >> right. because what we see, lawrence, is w...

Initiative and school nutrition program is a greater threat to democracy than our government going after the press if theyre issuing a story we dont like. i mean thats an issue that i think weve got to wrestle with. and we will. people asked me how do you feel after the election? i say well, look, this is a clarifying moment. its a useful reminder that voting counts, politics counts, what the president-elect is going to be doing is going to be very different than what i was doing, and i think pe...