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possibly still to come. we are actually helping the american people instead of just playing political games. and the political payoff for doing the right thing. i ve been very clear, i think he s guilty of the most serious dereliction of duty of any president in our nation s history. reports of a quiet republican effort to try to save this chinese seat, will it work? plus, the julia podcaster from texas and his performative outrage. and a 50 million dollar judgment against alex jones for his sandy hook lies. when all in starts right now. good evening from washington, d.c., i am mehdi hassan in for chris hayes. so, it is friday morning, the first friday of the month of august, and you are producer of fox the country is awaiting the july jobs report. and even the white house has admitted that the numbers are going to be bad. of course, this is the store you go big. on the jobs report is going to be lousy. joe biden s economy is in the gutter. the white house ....
also in the programme: one of america s top lawmakers, nancy pelosi is reportedly expected to visit taiwan on tuesday, putting further strains on relations with china. doctors successfully separate conjoined twins with shared fused brains in historic virtual reality surgery. champions! champions! and as england s lionesses celebrate winning the euros 2022, we ll talk to gurinder chadha, director of the classic celebration of women s football, bend it like beckham. now look my god, we did it! cheering live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news: president biden has confirmed that the al-qaeda chief, ayman al zawahiri has been killed in an american drone strike conducted in kabul. zawahiri was on the fbi s first ever most wanted terrorist list following the 9/11 attacks, which he had helped to coordinate alongside osama bin laden. this is what presidentt biden announced a short time ....
trump s political strength is still evident at the polls. overnight south carolina republican congressman tom rice was defeated by a trump endorsed candidate. rice was one of ten republicans in the house who voted to impeach the former president and one of the first to face republican primary voters. another race in south carolina did not go trump s way, congresswoman nancy mace at times a trump critic survived a primary challenge. in another significant development republican mayor flores flipped a democratic house district in south texas, this is a pretty significant special election victory that builds on republican gains among latino voters in the region in the 2020 election. joining me now is cnn senior data reporter harry enten. harry, i think the marquee race last night was in south carolina, people looking to see what would happen to this republican that voted to impeach donald trump. looking to see what exactly would happen and here is what happened, look ....
was injured at the capitol after an altercation involving proud boys members. this comes as the doj just announced the most serious criminal charges so far in its ongoing investigation of the capitol attack. it is indicted the head of the proud boys enrique tarrio and four others with seditious conspiracy. they are accused of working together to intimidate members of congress and law enforcement on january 6th, prompting them to flee. trying to prevent congress from performing its official duties of certifying joe biden s presidential victory. joining us now, cnn senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz and legal analyst elie williams. seditious conspiracy, that s significant. it is. it is a new charge, it is a more ambitious charge, jim. these are five leaders that are charged in this case, five leaders of the proud boys that we heard of before. these guys have been charged previously with conspiracy, to obstruct the january 6th certification of the electi ....
to the parents i say i m sorry. i tried my best. it s what i was told to do. please don t be angry with me. new charges from the biden justice department. the proud boys top leaders face ten counts including seditious conspiracy for allegedly directing the storming of the capitol. and shifting politics of crime and prices. san francisco voters decide whether to dere call a liberal prosecutor, and one hopes a tougher on crime message gives him a shot to be the next mayor of los angeles. up first, an important white house meeting as gun reform talks enter a critical stage. a democratic senator murphy, telling reporters there are no artificial timelines far deal and he says president biden is giving him space to broker a pact with senate republicans. but already what is possible seems more and more narrow. republicans say one democratic idea, raising the legal buying age to 21 for semi automatic reps is unlikely to get enough republican support. today senator murphy ....