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white house officials zeroing in on efforts to overturn the 2020 election. and with us now, state attorney from palm beach county, dave air renburg. as we learn that the talks are happening, executive privilege featuring prominently here, remind us what would not be covered protected by executive privilege? >> executive privilege is designed to protect the republic, not the president. and so it should not apply to a former president, but there is it some ambiguity. but it is not to cover up a crime. especially a crime involving the attempted overthrow of the united states government....

economic legislation through the senate. the inflation redaction act represents what would be the largest investment in energy and climate programs in u.s. history. it would extend health care subsidies and give medicare the power to negotiate prescription drug prices. senator schumer says it will close tax loopholes and reduce the deficit by $300 billion. cnn's sunlen serfaty is on capitol hill with the latest on the deal. >> reporter: good morning. this is certainly a big breakthrough on capitol hill and democrats and the white house certainly breathing a huge sigh of relief this...

something, tucker, i have never seen before or heard of, an electronic sniffing dog and they took all of the electronics from my house. >> new fallout this morning from revelation that is six republican lawmakers sought preemptive pardons from former president trump before and after the attack on the capitol. that is according to emails and testimony revealed by the january 6th committee. >> was representative gaetz requesting a pardon? >> i believe so. a pardon that he was discussing, requesting, was as broad as you could describe. >> mr. biggs did, mr. jordan talked about congressi...

had after their gun decision, after their voting decision, after their union decision. they just took the last of it and set a torch to it with the roe vs. wade opinion. >> but republicans are claiming a major victory and giving one man the credit. >> this is a huge victory for the pro-life movement. president trump deserves the lion's share of credit here. he fought like a tiger to put three constitutional conservative judges on the court. >> and outside the supreme court keeping an eye on the protests for us, what are you seeing today? >> reporter: jim, it is emotional and at times...

expecting their fourth child. teigen making the emotional announcement on her instagram page saying the last four years have been a blur of emotions and she breathes a sigh of relief every day she hears a heart beet. of course, this announcement comes nearly two years after she suffered a pregnancy loss at 20 weeks of their third child. so congratulations to them. and "new day" continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it's thursday, august 4th, i'm brianna keilar with john avalon in for john berman. >> good morning. >> good morning. so t...