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>> plus, wnba star brittney griner is set to take the stand in russia, while the family of another american also held by the kremlin, also on drug charges, calls for more attention to his case. >> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead and merrick garland saying moments ago that the justice department will not hesitate to hold donald trump accountable for the events around january 6th even if trump is the republican nominee for president. if that's where the evidence leads them. listen to what else attorney general garland just told nbc's lester...

office? an historic apology: pope francis humbly begs for forgiveness in canada. why some say it's too little, too late. global health emergency: frustration growth of grows as monkeypox cases increase across the united states. when will more vaccines arrive? rent prices on the rise: more americans are being forced from their homes. we'll speak to one woman who says it's cheaper to live in a hotel. whale of a story. spectacular video of a fishing boat getting walloped. and a cancer patient takes a risk: find out how one woman's honesty and bravery changed her life and inspired anothe...

it's called christ of the ozarks. christ of the ozarks was the subject of a huge -- a suspiciously huge fund-raising operation by gerald l.k. smith. he died in 1976, but that statue still stands 1 in arkansas toda. but gerald l.s. smith is about to have another moment in the public eye because what he really wanted to be remembered for, even more than that statue, was a nationwide movement that he tried to build, a movement that he named and that he led and that he promoted tirelessly and that he wanted to outlive him forever. >> the motive behind the term christian nationalist is ea...

forgiven. he is no longer a famous figure. but in his day, he was a famous fish guy. a preacher and political figure. at one point, he ran for senate in michigan as a republican. in 1944, he ran for president against fdr. he ran for the ticket on the america first party, which he had founded. gerald l k smith did not go far with that bid or the bid as a republican. either if gerald l k smith, is remembered for anything, today it is probably mostly for this, this is a statue that he erected in arkansas in the 1960s, it is called christ of the ozarks. crisis of the ozarks was a suspici...

president trump. we'll have more on that speech and why he gave it just ahead. plus the january 6th committee releases more of what the former president wouldn't say the day after the insurrection. meanwhile, on capitol hill, covid is complicating crunch time for congress. democrats are running out of time to get things done before a month-long august break. good morning. and welcome to "way too early." on this tuesday, july 26th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being here. there are new developments with the justice department's investigation into the january 6th attack. two t...