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questions about the six-game suspension issued to deshaun watson in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations. why it won't cost him most of his $230 million contract. welcome to "the lead," i'm pamela brown in for jake tapper on this monday. and we start with our world lead. and dramatic warnings from china after sources confirmed that house speaker nancy pelosi will visit taiwan during her trip to asia. it was not listed on her public itinerary when she landed in singapore this morning, but if she makes the trip she's the first house spike speaker into 25 years to visit taiwan. a...

thanks for staying with us. there is a growing international focus on nancy pelosi's big trip to asia after warnings from the white house and the pentagon against her going to taiwan, a major red flag for china's leaders, who have again today threatened potential military action. here at home communities throughout kentucky still underwater at this hour. at least 30 people are dead as catastrophic flooding, continuing rain, high temperatures and another wave of storms hampering the desperate search for survivors. jon stewart is back in washington rallying against senate republicans...

we have a lot for you this hour, and we're following several major stories. >> president biden is about to sign a pact act, a major piece of legislation aim at expanding resources and benefits for millions of benefits exposed to those burn pits and other toxic substances. we'll take you live to the white house in just a moment for the signing. >> and it is just an extraordinary legal week for former president donald trump as he faces several major investigations. right now former president trump is sitting for a deposition with the new york attorney general's office, and this is in c...

arizona house speaker rusty bowers. bowers didn't just refuse to participate in trump's campaign to, i don't know, end democracy. he testified about it publicly before the january 6th select committee laying out exactly how team trump pressured him to throw out the legitimate arizona election results even if they admitted they didn't have a scrap of evidence to back up their vote fraud claims. after saying back in june after that dramatic public testimony that he would support trump in a rematch against biden, bowers had a change of heart and is now saying that he will never, ever vo...

against political opponents? >> the president believe in the rules of law and the independence of the department of justice. >> yes or no. >> it is a no for you. i'm answering the question. you may not like it but i'm answering the question. >> bill: or you could just say no. here is what we think we know at the hour. the search was related to a dispute with the national archives over the handling of presidential records is what has been reported. president trump left the white house with thoeps documents in january of 2021. later that year, the national archives contacted the presid...