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
folks who have smoked marijuana have gotten far stiffer sentences than this. all right, bob. or bet on games, which are illegal, if you re a player. or hurt animals. the list goes on and on. bob ley, thank you so, so much. good to talk to you. good morning. all right, we have some big news. big baby news this morning. huge. seriously, huge. the cincinnati zoo home of the international celebrity fiona the hippo, you know fiona. this baby hippo news is big in my household. they just welcomed another star. how about that? is that it? is that the baby? is that mommy? it is hard to tell. i think that s mom. baby hippos are adorable. fun fact, hippos also known as river horses. nice. you re welcome. all right, plus, speaking of stars, chris wallace joining us live on the primaries, the biden presidency, and the surreal twist in the alex jones trial.
sector by sector and telling companies what to do. i would be a much bigger supporter of an economy-wide carbon tax, something that is the intellectual cousin of the cap and trade that john mccain proposed. getting every business in america to care about reducing emissions will solve the problem. if it s in the business community s interest to solve climate, we will solve it. and this doesn t do it. this dictates to people what they should do. it s modest from the standards of what we need to do in the climate and i don t like the financing. yes for climate change policy but let s get real about it. this isn t real. not real. well, it is the bill that s on the floor to date, but we will see whether kyrsten sinema joins the democrat coalition to pass it. doug and catherine, great conversation. great to see you both. take care. thank you. all right. could quarterback deshaun watson face a longer suspension? legendary bob looit joins us next on the showdown with the
devices in and out of the home. i mean, can i have a bite? only from xfinity. nah. unbeatable internet. made to do anything so you can do anything. the nfl thinks that six games without deshaun watson is just not enough. the league formally appealing the six-game suspension given to watson for violating the nfl s personal conduct policy. instead pushing for a harsher full-season suspension. joining us now is executive founder of the seton hall university center for sports media and former espn anchor bob lee. bob, thank you so much for being with us because what do you make of this and maybe the time that is now for a reckoning in the nfl when it comes to its conduct