gop. will they fight off maga challengers? if the i don t know in office is to stay in office you should find another job. inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. welcome inside politics supd. i i m manu raju in for abby phillips. joe manchin is supporting the plan to fight the climate crisis and fight prescription drug costs. it was a deal 18 months in the working. the work of the government can be slow and sometimes infuriating. then the hard work of hours and days and months from people who refused to give up pays off. history is made. lives are changed. with this legislation, we are facing up to some of the biggest problems and we are taking a giant step forward as a nation. but as democrats were celebrating new data shows the american economy shrank for a second straight quarter. two negative quarters of gdp growth is not the technical definition of a recession. you do not see the major contraction or layoffs that have be
positive for covid again. what we know about his symptoms and we re going to talk to an expert about how rebound cases work. plus, anger, outrage, and sheer frustration after senate republicans block a bill to help veterans impacted by burn pits. we ll talk to a woman who lost her husband to a burn pit exposure. you ll hear her message to lawmakers. and explosions rocked southern ukraine. some calling it the strongest shelling since the start of the war. our cnn team is live in kyiv with the very latest. we ll take you to ukraine. it is sunday, july 31st, thank you so much for waking up with us. good morning, sara. grateful you re starting your week with new day. we begin this morning with an update to the ongoing weather emergency in kentucky. the death toll there continues to rise as search and rescue crews are making their way through flooded areas and as we re expecting yet another round of heavy rain and flooding today. and the death toll rose from yesterday
the deal that shocked washington. this senate democratic majority will finally take on big pharma. this legislation will be the greatest proclimate legislation the congress has ever passed. and the rhetorical battle the white house can t win. we have a record job market. businesses are investing in america at record rates. that doesn t sound like a recession to me. we have to cut back a lot right now just to get back. are we in a recession or does it just feel like one? does the answer really matter politically? new signs the justice department s january 6 probe entered the oval office. i think the indicators are really pointing at severe legal peril for donald trump. is merrick garland zeroing in on the former president? tuesday s big primaries are a test of the influence over the
congressman jordan over to the house intelligence committee. do you think that s a smart move on their part? anderson, i came to congress with 27 years of law enforcement experience. i ve conducted numerous investigations. i have always been in search of the truth. if congressman jordan is interested in joining me in that effort, i welcome him to the committee. congresswoman demings, i appreciate your time. thank you very much. thank you. potential impeachment is not the only battle the white house is fighting. up next, how americans just got one step closer to possibly seeing the president s tax returns as soon as next month. we ll look at the last-ditch effort to keep them private.
the ambassador said during their testimony. i think volker went before, but i hear you on jim jordan s point. there is reporting tonight also that as the inquiry moves into the public phase, republicans are considering actually moving congressman jordan over to the house committee. do you think that s a smart move on their part? anderson, i came to congress with 27 years of law enforcement experience. i ve conducted numerous investigations. i have always been in search of the truth. if congressman jordan is interested in joining me in that effort, i welcome him to the committee. congresswoman demmings, i appreciate your time. thank you very much. thank you. potential impeachment is not the only battle the white house is fighting. up next how americans got one step closer to seeing the president s tax returns as soon as next month. we ll look at the last-ditch effort to keep them private. most people think of verizon as a reliable phone company. (woman) but to businesses, we r