it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. at this hour, two former lawyers for donald trump are facing the subpoena power of georgia s special grand jury looking into trump s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in that state. right now, rudy giuliani is testifying before that grand jury after learning he is the target of their investigation. in the meantime, conservative lawyer john eastman is trying to avoid the grand jury. he has a hearing right now in new mexico to fight that subpoena. both men along with other trump advisers who have been summoned echoed election fallacies that trump votes were somehow stolen. cnn s sara murray is outside the fulton courthouse where giuliani has been, what is it, six hours now? reporter: he s been back there for a while. 9:00 a.m. is when they got rolling. before he went in, his attorney was pretty clear that if these prosecutors thought they were going to ask rudy giuliani anything about his conversation
hang outside the sea. wonderful. new york 83 today. it s really nice. steve: look at that august 16th already. time is awasting, the summer is pert near over for a lot of kids in some of the some of the states they have already gone back to will school. ainsley: hard to believe. where did the summer go? steve: i know. welcome, folks. brian is off today in his dent in the couch is will cain. ainsley: are your kids in school yet. will: first day tomorrow. ainsley: you will be there for that. will: i will be there for that winding down and nothing better than to milk every bit of summer by getting up early. ainsley: everyone wants to know did you find your lug gag? will: no. i think it s somewhere in dallas. gigantic airport. ainsley: have you been wearing this suit every day? will: i keep all my suits in new york. i have had fresh clothes on to appear in front of you for the last seven days. steve: cosmetically, shaffers. will: it s all that temporary
harris making administration case on wednesday. there s no question we still have work to do but it s important to note these numbers do not fully reflect the recent drop in gas prices. average national gas price have fallen everyday nearly 30 days. since mid-june, prices are down 40 cents a gallon. paul: republican constant kevin brady of texas, top republican on the house ways and means committee. welcome mr. chairman. you heard the vice president say this is out of date, the numbers are out of date, what do you think that? they have no good news to talk about, maybe that s their effort but the fact is, most americans are learning joe biden s economy is a cool economy and we got to double down and inflation is raising both for families and mainstream businesses. it s getting worse, accelerating. you are seeing significant pay cuts for families, mainstream businesses already struggling with shortage and high prices. this tells inflation staying high for an extended perio
i m jake tapper. aides say this second hearing will drill down on evidence that president trump knew he lost the election but spread false claims of fraud anyway, ignoring court rulings, ignoring the will of the american people. lead-off witness, bill stepien, who has firsthand knowledge about what trump knew about the election numbers. stepien tells cnn he is appearing under subpoena. also testifying today, former fox digital content director chris stirewalt. he was fired after his accurate call of arizona for joe biden. we ll hear directly from republicans who investigated and rejected claims of election fraud in the key states of georgia and pennsylvania, and felt trump s anger for it, former u.s. attorney bijay . . ak and al schmidt and ben ginsburg will testify there was no widespread fraud in 2020 and discuss the trump team s failed challenge to the election results. the select house committee is aiming to connect more dots between the insurrection and its allegation
approximately 13 hours. depp is suing heard for $50 million in damages over a 2018 op-ed published in the washington post in which heard claims she was a public figure representing domestic abuse. it s important to know that never mentions johnny depp by name. depp s attorney say that piece indirectly referred to claims heard made against depp during their divorce. depp claims it cost him movie roles. she is counter suing and sought to prove he did physically abuse her. she claims she was only ever violent with depp in self-defense or defense of her younger sisters. jurors have heard 100 hours of testimony. you see everyone seated as they prepare to hear the verdict. some of the big names who testified include kate moss, depp s former girlfriend. now a source close to johnny depp says he ll not be in the courtroom. he had previously scheduled work commitment. joining me now to discuss this and to track this coverage live, nbc s ron allen and we re going to go to the cou