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hard virtual learning was, math and reading scores plummeting to their lowest levels in decades. ♪ ♪ welcome to "the lead." i'm kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the florida courtroom showdown unfold thing afternoon over the classified documents found at trump's mar-a-lago home. the hearing ended a little over an hour ago, with no immediate decision from the judge on whether or not to appoint a special master in the case. a special master would be a third party attorney put in charge of reviewing the evidence seized from trump's florida hom...

one person who will not be in the room? >> yeah, that's committee chairman congressman bennie thompson. he's announced that he has covid. it's not clear if the chairman will appear virtually, but he says that his covid diagnosis will not disrupt the committee's plan. members say this eighth hearing will focus on the 187 minutes the former president trump failed to intervene as his supporters marched on the capitol, swarmed the halls of congress, and did this, took over the building there. also today, a jury has now been seated in the trial of trump's chief strategist, steve bannon. b...

response to the robb elementary mass shooting. and we're looking closer at the state of president biden's agenda amid more dismal polling with the midterms less than four months away. we'll discuss with senator lujan. we are going to begin with the major new developments in the investigation into the january 6 attack. nbc news has now confirmed the names of the two star witnesses who are expected to testify during thursday's primetime committee hearing according to a source familiar with the plans. they are sarah matthews and matthew pottinger who is a former member of the national...

over to investigators. good morning. it is sunday, august 7th. thanks for waking up with us. the alarm went off this morning, i was a little bit in pain and i thought at least i'm not a capitol hill reporter right now. >> i was in pain this morning as well and i was excited to come in because i'm glad to be anchoring with a capitol hill insider, or what do you call yourself, a procedural nerd? i called you last night to get some study points. >> a technical term. and that's exactly where we're going to start. up first, senate democrats pulling that all nighter as they move toward f...

>> i understand. >> it does. but we have so much to get to. and this incredibly tragic news out of highland park, illinois. we learned more about the victims. a toddler is without both of his parents this morning after reportedly being rescued from beneath his father's body. meanwhile the suspect is formally charged and due in court today as new information about his past raises questions about how he was able to legally purchase firearms. and new developments in the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. as senator lindsey graham and donald tru...