Closer. Im Michael Smerconish in philadelphia on friday, the thirdparty group no labels ended months of speculation about whether it would field a unity ticket for the president ial race in a Virtual Convention with an 800 delegates from all 50 states voted to move forward with the process and on the heels of that news, several outlets are reporting theres a particular candidate. Now under consideration. Geoff duncan, 48 yearold, was a republican Lieutenant Governor of georgia under brian kemp from 2019 to early 2023, is a conservative republican and also a vocal critic of Donald Trumps efforts to over returned the 2020 president ial election. Duncan recently wrote an oped in the Atlanta Journal constitution titled end doesnt justify the means on trump about why he wont support trump for president. Writing quote, trump has become incapable of leading in a respectable or mature way until more of us are willing to acknowledge that pardon, truth, we will be on the outside looking in. The
craig melvin: the story gripped the nation in the series making a murderer. so many americans have learned about it. laura nirider: it s being heard by people around the world. craig melvin: steven avery and his nephew, convicted of murder and the haunting killing of a young photographer. but were they really innocent? andrea canning: did you have any kind of vendetta against steven avery? absolutely not. craig melvin: for the first time on television, a lead investigator defends his interrogation which led to a conviction overturned. andrea canning: this was seen by many as a false confession. i feel it was a real confession. he knew right from wrong. laura nirider: those officers wanted that information in the worst way, and they got it in the worst way. craig melvin: the prosecutor fights back with an explosive book. people are going to hear the other side of the story. craig melvin: and a promise from steven avery s high-powered, new attorney. andrea canning: do you thi
immigration restrictions expire. the white house is taking unprecedented measures as federal and local officials are preparing for the worst. also this hour, high-stakes debt limit negotiations between president biden and congressional leaders have been called off for tomorrow. we re going to tell you what we re learning about the postponement as the country is another day closer to a potential default. and new republican reaction to donald trump s controversial positions and brazen lies at cnn s town hall in new hampshire. the state s governor, a republican, chris sununu, weighs in as a prominent trump critic and potential 2024 rival. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. the countdown is on at the southern border. the trump-era immigration policy known as title 42 ends in less than six hours. we have correspondents on both sides of the border. rosa flores in texas. david culver is in
january 6th. we know today that the clock is ticking for the former president and his legal team. they have one week to produce evidence to back up donald trump s repeated attacks on the fbi, including allegations that agents planted records at his mar-a-lago home. he said it again this week. the problem that you have is they go into rooms, they won t let them in the same building. did they drop anything into those files or did they do it later. there s no chain of custody with them. but now special master raymond deer ri ordered lawyers late thursday, he did this just last night torks account for in court those unsubstantited claims that trump of keeps making on tv. and that s not all the judge is asking for. he also wants trump s attorneys to say whether they think the fbi was mistaken about what evidence was taken or where it was found. tz and he s giving them one last chance to say whether they want to claim the fbi took anything that s not on the list. if they don t,
and the important health care item that was blocked by republicans. plus, another loss for supporters of abortion rights. indiana becomes the first state to pass a near total ban on the procedure since the overturning of roe v. wade. and it was a big weekend for maga world in dallas. we ll have the recap of cpac just ahead. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, august 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. senate democrats have done it. after more than a year of negotiations and dead ends, democrats have passed a reconciliation package that includes a bulk of their priorities. the yeas are 50, the nays are 50, the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative and the bill as amended is passed. no republicans voted in favor of the final bill. it passed with a tie-breaking vote from vice president kamala harris. the bill went through some last-minute changes during an overnight vote-o-rama. that process al