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in the u.s. and around the world. it is thursday, august 4th and i'm brianna keilar with john avalon in for john berman. >> good morning. >> good morning. we begin with a surreal intersection of the defamation case against conspiracy theorist alex jones and the investigation into the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. jones is on trial in texas for the lies that he spread about the sandy hook massacre and in a jaw-dropping moment in court a lawyer for the sandy hook parents revealed this -- >> did you know that 12 days ago -- 12 days ago -- your attorneys messed up and sent me a...

incredibly important for policymakers and for washington. look, we've got consumer confidence numbers tomorrow, i mean, they could be really rotten. we know that people feel terrible about where the economy is going, a lot of people feel like they are already in a recession already. terrible consumer confidence. we will get those numbers. on wednesday we have a federal reserve interest rate hike expected, we are expecting another 75 basis points. that's big. we saw that in june, 75 basis points that was the biggest move since 1994, we're expecting that again. why? because the fed is ...

streak could be ending. meanwhile, the busy father's day and juneteenth holiday weekend was a nightmare for airline passengers. according to flight aware, more than 900 flights were canceled sunday across the u.s. since thursday there have been more than 4,000 flight cancellations, another 1,500 flights have already been canceled today. let's bring in cnn chief business correspondent and "early start" co-anchor christine romans. we were talking last week about a vibe shift and, man, does it feel like we are right there. >> it really does. the mighty american consumer, the backbone ...

world, it is wednesday, august 3rd and i'm brianna keilar with john avalon this morning. >> good morning? in for john berman. good morning to you. and it is the morning after election night in america where democracy was one of the things on the ballot. primary races in five states setting the stage for what will be some of the most competitive races in november. also another test of donald trump's grip on the gop. in conservative kansas voters sent a dramatic message and a resounding defeat for efforts to eliminate state abortion protections. it's the first time since the supreme co...

night in america where democracy was on the ballot. first a stunning rejection by voters in conservative kansas. voters defeating an amendment aimed at restricting abortion rights and the result wasn't close. kansas is the first state to vote on the issue since the supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. perhaps even more significant was the voter turnout here because nearly 700,000 votes were cast in tuesday's primary and that dwarfs the voter turnout in the state's 2020 presidential primary election. five states in all held primaries on tuesday, one other big take away here...