good morning, everyone, and welcome to your new day. i m amara walker. and i m phil mattingly. and today all eyes are on capitol hill after days of deal-making. democrats get ready to vote on a critical part of president biden s economic agenagenda. we ll tell you what s in the bill and what it means for millions of americans. plus it was a week of twists and turns in the courtroom. now a jury has ordered conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay up to the parents of a sandy hook shooting victim. and war of words. tensions heat up between the u.s. and china after nancy pelosi s trip to taiwan. antony blinken s warning it could have major consequences. good morning and welcome to your new day. it s august 6th. amara, we did it last hour. i ll do it again because we re not sitting next to each other. what s the status? three of the four kids are awake. we re on track to an early start. i have access to all the cameras, and i am doing my best not to check because i don t
afternoon, we ve seen islamic jihad extend the range of its rocket fire to israel again, something it didn t do until yesterday evening. and going the other way, israel air strikes continue to hammer islamic jihad inside the gaza strip. it s targeti i ing cruise and o sites. we ve seen renewed hostilities and the gaza-based militant group. israeli prime minister said he would be convening the supreme court cabinet later this evening to assess where this is heading. and islamic jihad told cnn earlier this morning, that fire was on the horizon and its group would continue if battle and take the battle to israel. since may 2021, that war lasted 11 days between israel and the hamas militant group. hamas, the bigger and stronger