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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 ...

nearly a decade in a russian prison. good morning. and welcome to "way too early." on this friday, august 5th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being here. news from last night, senator kyrsten sinema has agreed to back democrats reconciliation bill. clearing the way for a vote later this week. her decision comes after days of fellow democrats lobbying her on the deal. in a statement last night, the senator said she would come on board after the carried interest tax provision was removed. lawmakers also agreed to combat droughts that plague her home state of arizona. democrats are...

>> look at that, there's a whole lot of crazy right there. election deniers. insurrectionists. weirdos, freaks, you have it all. the republican candidates in arizona, all of them extreme, all of them insurrectionists, all of them people who actually don't believe in american democracy. they believe in their form of government, where, well, you only recognize elections where your side wins. >> and this is what folks on the far right have been working on for quite some time. what this says about trumpism and the future of the republican party. also, a russian court sentences wnba sta...

we went to memphis to find out and only the show but first things first we begin with the out-of-control department of justice. it is about the raid but in reality it'shi not just relegated to this week but it is common with the trump camp and the group targeting the 45 squad the same agency that the biden clinton obama and policy slide by. target number one was donald trump empty home that mar-a-lago. thirty agents to send helicopters and boats an unprecedented move to boston to continue their investigation into the records he allegedly took with him to his private residence when he...

that had -- couldn't even get an abortion after being raped. and then went to indiana, brought to indiana, and got her health care there, and then the doctor that performed the procedure got in trouble, or at least didn't really get in trouble, didn't do one thing wrong, but the attorney general starts looking into her. when you hear stories like that, voters here it, regular people hear it. and i think that's what was resonating with them. they want to be able to make their own decisions on reproductive health care. and i don't think we can put in their minds what they thought of re...