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eight football greats will be inducted into the hall of fame tomorrow. thank you so much. new day continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it s friday, august 5th, i m brianna keilar with john avalon in for john berman. good morning. good morning to you. we have some exclusive new cnn reporting this morning. donald trump s legal team is now directly talking with the department of justice about the january 6th criminal investigation that they are undertaking. the talks center on claims of executive privilege and whether conversations the former president had while in office fall under that protection and can be kept from a grand jury. congresswoman liz cheney, vice chair of the january 6th committee, weighed in on a potential trump prosecution.