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good morning, everyone, and welcome to your "new day." i'm amara walker. >> and i'm 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 biden's economic agenagenda. we'll tell you what's 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 shooting victim. and war of words. tensions heat up between the u.s. and china after nancy pelosi's...

reduction act, would be the largest investment in energy and climate programs in u.s. history. for the first time it would give medicare the power to negotiate prescription drug prices, cap medicare out-of-pocket costs at $2,000, and extend expiring health care subsidies for three years. but before any of that happens, it must get approval from the senate parliamentarian to proceed with a filibuster-proof reconciliation process, allowing democrats to pass the bill with just 50 votes. cnn's jessica dean is on capitol hill for us. jessica, where does the bill stand right now? >> rep...

the target of the georgia special grand jury investigative ef ef efforts to overturn the 2020 election. his lawyer confirmed that to cnn saying that a prosecutor from the fulton county d.a.'s office informed him of that today. giuliani is expected to go before the same grand jury on wednesday, and it's not clear if he will invoke the 5th amendment. >> giuliani met with georgia state legislature three times in december 2020, this is right after the election, and during those meetings, he spread conspiracy theories about widespread irregularities and fraud and also the fallacy that two...

avlon in for john berman this morning. it is the clearest sign yet that the criminal investigation into january 6th zeroing in on former president donald trump himself. our exclusive new cnn reporting reveals that trump's lawyers are talking directly with the justice department about the events of january 6th. the talks are said to be focused on whether conversations the former president had while in office can be kept from investigators due to executive privilege. >> now, in an interview with cnn's kasie hunt, liz cheney, the vice chair of the january 6th committee, weighed in on a ...

and we'll go inside the negotiations. and this cnn exclusive, sources say donald trump's legal team is now talking to the justice department. it signals that there is a big and ugly fight coming over what the former president can shield from federal investigators. but we begin the hour with a wow. the july jobs report gives president biden important economic momentum on employment hitting a 50 year low. 500,000 plus more americans hired just last month. so forget recession talk. at least in the short term. yes, inflation is high, but the recovery is still humming. the economic news...