tonight with this really weird moment that happened last week at a house hearing. transportation secretary pete buttigieg was testifying before a house committee and as you woulde expect, for several hou, theyfo discussed infrastructure roads, railway, electric vehicles, energy prices, all of the usual stuff until one republican congressman on the committee suddenly took the transportation hearing off the rails. and that joke was for you, transport nerd, you re welcome. have a watch. now have president biden in office for 18 months and just recentlyfi we see the mainstrea media questioning president biden s mental state and for good reason. sadly he shakes hands with ghosts and imaginary people and falls offeo bicycles and even a the white house easter celebration, easter bunny had to guide him back intonn his safe place. end of speech, where he actually states, that is, if he sta stays awake. so my question for you, is, sir, have you spoken with any other cabinet member ab
this is an embarrassment to the senate, to the country, to the founders, and all that they profess to hold dear. comedian and veterans advocate jon stewart is here, standing up for veterans and explaining why this could be a matter of life and death. plus, right now the january 6th committee is interviewing high profile names from donald trump s white house, and they re in talks to speak with even more. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. heightened fears that the u.s. economy is on the verge of a recession or is already in one. the numbers released this morning show the u.s. economy shrank for the second quarter in a row. that is the common definition of a recession. this comes just hours after the federal reserve raised interest rates once again, forcing americans to pay more for loans or credit card bills. the official rules of whether we re in a recession will come from the national bureau of economic research. but joe biden is dismissing these concerns. he says
very real sandy hook mass massacre, calling it a fake. they today a texas jury ordered him to pay more than $4 million in damages to parents of six-year-old jesse lewis, one of the 20 young children and six teachers murdered in that shooting. jessie s parents wanted at least 150 million for defamation. this afternoon their lawyer said the next step in this case is the real name of the game. the jury just returned a verdict for damages exceeding $4 million. that s a darn good start. we now have the punishment phase. it s perfectly expect-able that we are going to see an over nine figure judgment against mr. jones. that punishment phase of the trial begins tomorrow. jurors have already heard about the damage done by alex jones s lies. i can t even describe last night i have nightmares of the living hell that i and others have had to endure because of the negligence and the recklessness of alex jones. jones may soon face even more legal jeopardy. yesterday the lawyer for
[inaudible conversations] good to see you guys. call this hearing good to see you guys. let s call this hearing to order. today considering what we are dealing with i m sure there s going to be a lot of good questions. to look at the budget for fy 2023 as i said earlier we are very close as you know to having this become a reality. it s a big deal because we are taking care of all areas after decades of inaction by the government. this bill has had a broad bipartisan support with a vast majority of senators voting to move it forward, and i think everybody on the committee would agree we don t need to waste a lot more time to get the benefits where they are due. there is a negotiation on amendments going as we speak. the ranking member and i couldn t do this, but we did agree on a couple of amendments when this bill went out. both republican amendments. unfortunately [inaudible] so, they are continuing to hopefully move forward on that. so, we have a lot to visit about today
world, it is wednesday, august 3rd and i m brianna keilar with john avalon this morning. good morning? in for john berman. good morning to you. and it is the morning after election night in america where democracy was one of the things on the ballot. primary races in five states setting the stage for what will be some of the most competitive races in november. also another test of donald trump s grip on the gop. in conservative kansas voters sent a dramatic message and a resounding defeat for efforts to eliminate state abortion protections. it s the first time since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade that voters have weighed in on the issue. with 78% of the vote in as of tuesday night nearly 700,000 people have cast ballots in the primary and that number dwarfs the voter turnout in the 2020 presidential primary election. and remember when ex-president trump endorsed an ambiguous eric in the missouri senate race on election eve? well, one of the erics won, cnn projec