strained relationship between china and the united states. and on capitol hill, kyrsten sinema is in the spotlight. the arizona senator is staying sigh leapt on whether she will support a major bill for her own party. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we re going to begin with that major victory for abortion rights. voters in kansas have rejected an effort to remove the right to the procedure from the state s constitution. this marks the first time abortion rights was put to a vote since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade back in june. with the november midterms coming up, the kansas vote signals that abortion could be an energizing issue. according to an associated press estimate, turnout for yesterday s primary far exceeded other recent contests with about 900,000 kansas voters casting a ballot. president biden celebrated the win, writing in part, this vote makes clear what
the pentagon reportedly wiped cell phones of top leaders. according to court records published by the watchdog group american oversight then reviewed by the washington post the phones of high profile figures inclauding then acting defense secretary christopher miller and ryan macarthur were scrubbed in the aftermath of the attack. the deletions were done in accordance with their policies for departing employees even after freedom of information act requests for filed for the data reportedly less than a week after the insurrection. this comes, of course, as the house january 6th committee looks to obtain key communications from that day. the secret service and department of homeland security have previously said their messages from january 6th were also deleted. this story line not going away. meanwhile, a federal judge has ruled that three civil cases against former president trump related to the insurrection can