attorney general, laetitia james, hit trump where it hurts him the most. james filed a sweeping lawsuit of hitting trump, the trump organization, and three of his adult children, in engaging in widespread fraud of years of false financial statements related to the family s business dealings. watch. claiming you have money you do not have does not amount to the heart of the deal. it is the heart of the steel. there cannot be different rules, for different people in this country, or the state. this former presidents are no different. attorney general james is asking trump to put his money where his mouth is to the tune of $250 million, to be exact. she is also seeking to permanently barred donald trump jr., eric trump, and ivanka trump, from running a business in the state again. they want to prohibit the trump business from entering real estate deals for five years. that would be a move that would, effectively, shutter trump s business empire in his home state, right here,
possibly still to come. we are actually helping the american people instead of just playing political games. and the political payoff for doing the right thing. i ve been very clear, i think he s guilty of the most serious dereliction of duty of any president in our nation s history. reports of a quiet republican effort to try to save this chinese seat, will it work? plus, the julia podcaster from texas and his performative outrage. and a 50 million dollar judgment against alex jones for his sandy hook lies. when all in starts right now. good evening from washington, d.c., i am mehdi hassan in for chris hayes. so, it is friday morning, the first friday of the month of august, and you are producer of fox the country is awaiting the july jobs report. and even the white house has admitted that the numbers are going to be bad. of course, this is the store you go big. on the jobs report is going to be lousy. joe biden s economy is in the gutter. the white house is al
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
welcome to ayman. tonight, the former trump official who just quit the gop to help save it from ruin. is it too little too late? plus, republicans want to regulate you. i mean, everything about you. what you read, when you watch. what you do with your own body. so much for small government values. then, new details on ginni thomas s or efforts to overturn the 2020 election as her husband ruled on cases about that very election. , i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. the country is in danger of imploding. democracy is in danger of disintegrating. those are not my words. that is the ominous warning from house majority james clyburn who told the washington post quote, i don t know why people feel that this country is insulated from the historical trends. maybe autocracy is the future of the country. before you at home say congressman clyburn s language is hyperbolic, just take a look at what is happening in pennsylvania and michigan. just this week, a self proclaimed 202
Court justice. Clarence thomas and samuel alito. They were each appointed 15 years apart by president s from connecticut who wanted you to believe they were from texas. The bushes were born in connecticut where the family had deep roots. The father of the first President Bush was prescott bush. Republican senator from connecticut. The bush family preferred to go to College Close to home so father and son president s both went to yale. They were called Country Club Republicans. They hated paying taxes. The first President Bush was a supporter of planned parenthood before he was selected to be Ronald Reagans running mate in 1980 whereupon he had to suddenly pretend he was opposed to any and all abortions. By the time george w. Bush was running for president , Country Club Republicans had been banished from the party and replaced by born again christians which george w. Bush claimed to be. 1988 was one of those years when president ial Campaign Polls could not have been more wrong giving