now a jury has ordered conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay up to the parents of a sandy hook shooting victim. hi, everyone. it is saturday, august 6th, and thank you so much for waking up with us, especially you, phil. i m glad your alarm clock went off. yeah. my big question right now looking at my phone, are my kids awake yet? has the circus fully started in my household? did yours? mine almost did when my alarm clock went off at 3:00 not 3:00, 2:00. my son started crying. i got to take him out of bed and stick him with my husband and leave the circus. you deal with it. yeah, exactly, exactly. there s plenty going on at home, but we re going to be r gin a crucial test. voting is set today on the major economic and climate bill. the bill has the support of arizona senator kyrsten sinema who demanded several changes to the tax provisions, which she got. support is essential as senators pushed for passage under what we call a convoluted procedural passage. here
six months to plan. and brittney griner is returning to a russian courtroom as she is possibly learning her fate in a russian penal system. welcome to the lead with jake tapper. house speaker nancy pelosi is in taiwan and ignoring weeks of learning from president biden and threats of retaliation from the chinese government, and she says it is america s unwavering commitment to the american democracy which china views as inseparable part of its territory. and president biden said that the u.s. military does not believe it is a good idea for her to visit and it would and could increase tensions between beijing and washington, but president biden stopped short of instructing her not to go. and short of her arrival, there was a sign that flashed welcome to taiwan, speaker nancy pelosi. and china was furious. the foreign minister renewed xi jinping s warning that she was playing with fire in taiwan and added that those who play with fire shall surely perish by it. and ma
the washington white house, on the great maga king. just for emphasis one time, the poll found 18% of america is on the right track. the president s approval rating hovering 38%. the majority of the country disapproves of the job he s doing with inflation and a 40 year high with family struggling to find baby formula. the president put the blame on republicans. my republican colleagues see these programs with the working class and middle class people, they say that is why we have inflation. they are dead wrong. under my predecessor, the great maga king, the deficit increased every single year he was president. our colleague, jackie hunter followed up at the white house. i was just wondering if this is the best strategy for biden to win support at of midterms especially the inaugural theme? speak with the president is not afraid to call out what he sees with his extreme position that is out of line. with where the american people stand purity will not stand back and st
We begin with the latest drama surrounding former President Trump. Today the judge overseeing classified documents case against trump here in florida will hear motions from his codefendants. Trump and his attorneys are not required to attend the hearing. This as the prosecution and the Defense Teams in trumps New York City Hush Money Case are making their final preparations. Jury selection set to begin monday morning. Donald trump has been trying to delay the start of the trial, but so far has been unsuccessful. With us now to talk more about all of this, ken dilanian. And also our reporter for the Washington Post who covers the justice department. And also katie phang Host Saturdays at noon here on msnbc. So what can we expect at todays hearing in the classified documents case . Reporter good morning. Typically these have been all about donald trump. He has been attending them and when he does there is a strong of supporters usually on the street behind me. Today he is not here. Some
a dictator on day one, but only day one. donald trump in his own words on what a second trump presidency will look like. a cnn exclusive, guess who was on the witness list when donald trump goes on trial in georgia? former vice president mike pence, on a coalition course for a historic courtroom standoff. and a rampage across two cities leaves six people dead in texas. the grisly killings at five different crime scenes. i m sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. a dictator for a day. donald trump in iowa last night offered ample offered ample opportunity by a fredly host and audience to make clear he won t lean into his authoritarian tendencies if he wins the election, an opportunity that trump took and did this do you in any way have any plans whatsoever if reelected president to abuse power, to break the law, to use the government to go after people? you mean like they re using right now. also in all of that asked about