expecting their fourth child. teigen making the emotional announcement on her instagram page saying the last four years have been a blur of emotions and she breathes a sigh of relief every day she hears a heart beet. of course, this announcement comes nearly two years after she suffered a pregnancy loss at 20 weeks of their third child. so congratulations to them. and new day continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it s thursday, august 4th, i m brianna keilar with john avalon in for john berman. good morning. good morning. so this morning the new cnn reporting suggests the criminal investigation into the january 6th insurrection is getting ever closer to donald trump himself. sources say patrick philbin former deputy white house counsel has been subpoenaed by the department of justice. that comes on the heels of his former boss, white house counsel pat cipollone, also being served with a grand jury subpoena. as one of the
night in america where democracy was on the ballot. first a stunning rejection by voters in conservative kansas. voters defeating an amendment aimed at restricting abortion rights and the result wasn t close. kansas is the first state to vote on the issue since the supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. perhaps even more significant was the voter turnout here because nearly 700,000 votes were cast in tuesday s primary and that dwarfs the voter turnout in the state s 2020 presidential primary election. five states in all held primaries on tuesday, one other big take away here was a slue of election deniers backed by former president trump, they were winners. and here to break down the numbers is cnn s senior data analyst harry enten. hey, john. good morning. what we got? let s start in kansas which brianna was just talking b my goodness gracious, sometimes i get surprised by results and this is one of them. i did expect that no would win, that is that they w
endorsed the big lie that donald trump should somehow still be president. again, that s a lie. so let s get right to it. you know who i m talking about, steve kornacki back at the big board. where do things stand right now? the biggest story of the night this one, kansas. constitutional amendment that would say the constitution in the statet of kansas does not provide for the right to abortion goes down tofo defeat, goes down to defeat, overwhelmingly. this is a tremendous surprise what happened here. a lot of people did not see the fact of no winning coming nor the magnitude of it. ite will be significant politil repercussions from this result. also the potential here just in terms of you see where the no vote, a lot of energy in the suburbs ofin kansas city. democrats have been saying, hey, that s the area that those are the kinds of voters who will turn out in november, too, for f democrats. we ll see if that happens. this is the biggest headline of the hour certainly. a
whirlwind visit to taiwan, meeting earlier today with the island s democratically elected president, in defiance of provocative live fire drills from china s military. and also this hour we ll talk to kentucky governor andy beshear about the search and rescue efforts as the death count rises from this week s historic floods. i ll speak to senator kirsten gillibrand about the passage of new medical benefits for burn pit victims finally. and we are on sinema watch, waiting for that 50th democratic senator to signal whether or not she will support the democrats new compromise bill to cut prescription drug costs and combat climate change. but we begin with politics. joining us now, nbc s dasha burns in kansas. nbc s vaughn hillyard in aarizona. and nbc s yamiche alcindor in st. louis. the dream team. dasha, first to you. this amazing turnout. the defeat of the amendment, the kansas state constitution. it s now becoming a rallying cry for democrats and abortion rights supporters
House will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The secretary the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. December 24, 2012. I hereby appoint the honorable Mac Thornberry to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the brare will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy god of light, we give you thanks for giving us another day, as this chamber lies silent, we pray for joy, hope, and love within the homes of the members of the peoples house. Send us your spirit so that there might be peace on earth, good will among all men and women. All that is done this day be for your great honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. The share will lead the house in the pledge of alleg