interest rates in hopes of slowing inflation. and this morning, a key report could provide a better outlook on our economy s health. meanwhile on capitol hill, senator joe manchin finally agrees to a major deal on climate, health care, and taxes, and we ll break down what s in that reconciliation package. and potential prisoner swap for brittney griner, the state department says there s a substantial offer to bring the wnba star, and another american, back home. good morning, and welcome to way too early on thursday, july 28th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. after nearly a year of, a year and a half of on and off negotiations, democratic senator joe manchin says he has reached a deal with party leaders on a sweeping reconciliation package. in a statement yesterday, that surprised even most democrats on the hill, the west virginia lawmakers announced an agreement on what is being called the inflation reduction act of 2022. writing in part this, this bill
jones now has to pay the parents of a sandy hook school shooting victim more than $4 million for the cruel and widespread and relentless lies that added to their heartache over a ten-year period. now, of course, this does fall way short of $150 million they did ask for in compensatory damages sought by little jessie lewis parents, a number their attorney said came from the number of people who believed the false claims of the hoax spewed by jones and the baseless arguments that the newtown s grieving parents were actors. the number also factored in the emotional and mental anguish those parents suffered and continue to suffer today for years of harassment by jones and his followers. he finally acknowledged what everyone else hopefully knew to be true, that the massacre was, quote, using his words after what ten years, 100% real. but the $4 million is actually not the end of the story, not in this courtroom, not in texas, because jones legal battles are actually far from
that believe the false claims of a hoax, spewed by jones in his absolute basis argument that the newtown parents were actors. the number also factored into the emotional and mental anguish that the parents suffered, there i say continue to suffer from the day four years of harassment from jones and his followers. a seemingly last-ditch effort to try to save himself, including finally acknowledging what everyone else hopefully knew to be true, that the massacre was, quote, using his words, after ten years, 100 percent real. but the $4 million is actually not the end of the story, not in this courtroom in texas, because his legal battles are actually far from over. the compensatory damages are supposed to make you hole in some way, bring you back this where you are before this all happened, well punitive damages, they are meant to punish. tomorrow, that same jury will begin considering just how much to financially punish alex jones. the judge said no to his claim for a mistrial
into the memory. when they found that hillary wasn t going to be president. donald j. trump is president of the united states. [boos] and if you ask some people, decades from now, they will all remember where we were when cassidy hutchinson testified before the january 6 committee. you maybe asking who is cassidy has in turn? it s a good question. took a while for prime time to figure it out, but he was apparently a lower level junior staffer at the trump white house. this junior staffer became the leading lady in yesterday s made for tv drama. the new york times described it as a very special episode, and a jawdropping production. is this a serious congressional committee or an episode of west wing? because your testimony was reviewed by a new york times tv critic. cassidy was cast perfectly for this role. he gave the audience exactly what they wanted to hear. a jam-packed action scene straight out of 24. i mean, the trump white house. when barbie the president s
launching legal action against the fbi tonight. he says he s seeking an independent review of documents seized during the raid on mar-a-lago. his legal team claims his fourth amendment constitutional rights were violated. we have a live report coming up. and a fight over migrants being buffed into deep blue cities intensifying tonight after the pentagon again denies a request from washington, dc s mayor asking the national guard to help combat what she s calling a crisis. we have live reaction from texas governor dan patrick. plus developments in of the case of a missing california teen-ager the family breaking silence we begin with coverage on president biden. kevin corke break it down, good evening kevin. indeed shannon good evening to you. in politics as you know there s bad and then there s this. poll numbers showing a shocking number of americans believing that the country is headed in the wrong direction. as you pointed out, less than three months before the midterm