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i think you can expect some fairly big bombshells. >> let's bring you in here ron, you are not meant to be coy, i know you are not. a straight shooter. cipollone defended trump in the first impeachment hearing, the fact that he is from trump's inner circle, he was not like chomping at the bit to testify. he was not witness number one he is just coming in. how important is it that this is the first, this is the guy that is coming to testify now? how important is this to the overall committee's ability to make the case to the american electorite. >> i am not a lawyer but as a journalis...

welcome to "the lead." i'm kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start with the money lead. wall street closing this hour mostly flat after today's jobs reported exceeded expectations. great news, obviously, but not slowing rising prices and fears of a recession. according to the bureau of labor statistics, the united states added 372,000 jobs in june and on average american paychecks are up 5.1% in the last year. but that's not keeping up with inflation, which jumped 8.6% annually in last month's report. that's a problem for president biden as he is struggling to convince americans...

Everything in her power for safe access to abortion, they are starting with that 15 week ban and some are urging it to go further. it means virginia will be one of several test cases in the country as the u.s. literally becomes a state by state patchwork of abortion laws. laura? >> jeff, thank you. >> we will be right back

Health committee of which she is the chair and decides what is or is not considered by the full senate. >> i will not agree to anything less than what is codified in code in virginia right now, and that is for 20 weeks. and so if the governor is trying to push a 15-week ban, it's not going to get through my committee. i can guarantee you that. >> reporter: you can block this in your committee. you have the power as the chair? >> i do. >> reporter: senator lucas tells me she will do everything in her power to make sure virginia remains, in her words, a safe houghen for women seeking access to a...

Said he's wary of state by state laws that try to tackle this problem and at the same time, he's handing this over to doj, handing this over to the a.g. to follow the rule of law. until we hear from him, all speculation. >> but that's the whole point! >> as you well know alysha, arizona says it had to pass this law, felt it had to pass this law because the federal government is not enforcing immigration law, so now you have the prospect of the federal government suing a state to try to get it not to enforce a law that the federal government won't enforce. do have i that right? >> it's two sepa...