mean for the social media giant. and we ll speak with the head of nasa, former senator bill nelson, as the agency prepares to return to the moon for the first time in 50 years. we begin with the elections in florida and new york last night. voters went to the polls to cost their votes for some well known democratic leaders, but it was a little watched house race in upstate new york that could give the clearest picture of what we could expect in november. reporter: in the last major round of primaries before the midterm elections, critical races in florida and new york offering clues ahead of november. what a night. reporter: in florida, charlie crist will get another shot at the governor s mansion. the former republican governor turned democratic congressman defeating state agriculture commissioner nikki freed. he will take on ron desantis, promising to put an end to desantis s 2024 presidential ambitions. this guy wants to be president of the united states of ame
avlon in for john berman this morning. it is the clearest sign yet that the criminal investigation into january 6th zeroing in on former president donald trump himself. our exclusive new cnn reporting reveals that trump s lawyers are talking directly with the justice department about the events of january 6th. the talks are said to be focused on whether conversations the former president had while in office can be kept from investigators due to executive privilege. now, in an interview with cnn s kasie hunt, liz cheney, the vice chair of the january 6th committee, weighed in on a potential trump prosecution saying the justice department must rise to the challenge. they have to make decisions about prosecution, understanding what it means if the facts and the evidence are there and they decide not to prosecute, how do we then call ourselves a nation of laws? joining us now is cnn anchor and chief national affairs analyst kasie hunt, and daniel goldman, a former federal p
post today. they call him senile. they cite his performance at the debate where he couldn t even remember who he was who he impeached. and an up-and-down week on wall street and fears a recession could be around the corner. and so the question right now is can we bring inflation down without triggering a recession. my answer to that question is i don t know. but up first. new cnn reporting on the fall-out from donald trump keeping reams of classified documents at his beach house in mar-a-lago. cnn confirming the national archives retrieved more than 100 classified documents back in january, some 700 pages worth of material. the confirmation comes from a letter from the archives addressed to trump s own attorneys. we are learning that the archives were so concerned about what they uncovered at trump s home that it asked the intelligence community to assess potential damage, if there was any national security risk posed by how the documents were handled and stored. t
the most attention for critical elections that could reshape some of the most powerful roles in congress. hello, everyone. sandra smith in new york. john, hello to you. john: sandra, great to see on this tuesday. i m john roberts, this is america reports. maloney and time to an end. new york democrats facing off in the newly redrawn 12th congressional district. one of the most hostile races of the year, with maloney questioning nadler s capacity to serve another term. sandra: and john, in florida, matt gaetz goes up against two challenges in another test of the former president s influence. and marco rubio will see who he will face in november. john: and aishah hasnie is in clearwater, florida. sandra: bryan in new york city, 17th congressional district received the attention of democratic party superstars. yes, good afternoon, it has. the one hand, representative alexandria ocasio-cortez endorsing the progressive candidate, state senator alexandria biagi, an
expecting their fourth child. teigen making the emotional announcement on her instagram page saying the last four years have been a blur of emotions and she breathes a sigh of relief every day she hears a heart beet. of course, this announcement comes nearly two years after she suffered a pregnancy loss at 20 weeks of their third child. so congratulations to them. and new day continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it s thursday, august 4th, i m brianna keilar with john avalon in for john berman. good morning. good morning. so this morning the new cnn reporting suggests the criminal investigation into the january 6th insurrection is getting ever closer to donald trump himself. sources say patrick philbin former deputy white house counsel has been subpoenaed by the department of justice. that comes on the heels of his former boss, white house counsel pat cipollone, also being served with a grand jury subpoena. as one of the