coronavirus cases creep up and the latest tool in the fight to contain the virus. and wnba star brittney griner pleads guilty in a russian court. how it could impact her case and why experts say that was a smart move. a very good morning to you, and welcome to your new day. it s saturday, july 9th. so great to be with you on this july morning. my pleasure as always, jessica. we still have a few more hours ahead. stick around. much more to come. first this hour, he was behind closed doors for more than seven hours. that s how long former white house counsel pat cipollone testified before a january 6th committee. sources say he provided a great deal of new information. keep in mind portions of yesterday s closed door meeting are going to be made public in upcoming hearings. cipollone is one of the committee s most important witnesses. he was among a handful of people who spent time with then president donald trump as the riot at the capitol unfolded, and the committ
appear voluntarily and answer a whole variety of questions. he did not contradict the testimony of other witnesses, and i think we did learn a few things, which we will be rolling out in hearings to come. during pivotal moments, cipollone was in the know and very much in the room, including the oval office on january 3rd shooting down trump s plan to replace the acting attorney general with an election denying doj lawyer. and two sources say he was with trump during the riot itself watching it unfold on television. with me now is former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york elie honig who is also a cnn senior legal analyst. elie, let s be honest here. neither of us were in the room for all eight hours, which would have been great for news, but less good for actual having a life. that said, we have gotten bits and pieces from our reporting from our team at cnn about what pat cipollone was asked about when he may have said. what s your biggest takeaway
the corridor of uncertainty marched england s bettors. alex lees hit 12 off the first over, spectators getting right into the game and still coming into the ground. they could have missed zak crawley, gonf or non . remember, ten wickets for new zealand to win. gone for zero. elizabeth has the weather. lots of blue skies and sunshine across much of the uk, set to continue for much of the week. a lot more sunshine and for some but not all it will turn rather hot and humid. across northern and western areas it will be quite cloudy and cool areas it will be quite cloudy and cool, namely northern ireland and scotland, and outbreaks of rain here into the rest of the week. there is currently a heatwave across the iberian peninsula, temperatures have been soaring to over 40 celsius, thatis been soaring to over 40 celsius, that is set to track northwards over the next few days also, across france and eventually reaching the uk, temperatures are likely to peak on friday. we could se
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