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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...

I followed it out. i had a lot of time to think about a lot of things, you know, and how quick that life can go by you, you know? the next day i saw my kids and that made it worth it. >> reporter: now, look, he says that he spent 15 hours on top of that tanker. he didn't know if he was going to survive but now that he has he says he is making it a point they're going to rebuild back their community, that is what i'm hearing from everybody here, john, brianna. the governor says that the death toll stands at 37 but does expect it to go up. the heat is not helping because of those power outages, ...

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Here are your next three days, at least it cools down close to normal. >> a smidge. it cools down a smidge. i will take it, though. chad, thank you. >> you're welcome. and while parts of the country are being smothered by heat, people in eastern kentucky are just trying to pick up the pieces after historic flooding this week. now power outages and a fresh round of hot weather promise to add to their misery. dianne gallagher joins us live from eastern kentucky. diane? >> reporter: john, it's not as hot today as it was yesterday, but it is still extremely brutal out here and there is now rain ...

>> yes. >> mr. nadler? >> too early to say. doesn't serve the purpose of the democratic party to -- to deal with that until after the midterms. >> ms. maloney? >> i don't believe he's running for reelection. that was democratic congresswoman carolyn maloney in the congressional primary debate in new york's 12th congressional district and she is with us now. you took heat for those comments. you did later say that if president biden does run for reelection you're going to back him, but why did you say that? why do you think he's not going to run for reelection? >> well, first of all, i think ...