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information, corruptly concealing documents, the conspiracy to obstruct justice and also 18 false statements. let s not pretend here. over the next year, maybe more than that, maybe longer, we will see a very complicated legal process that will unfold regarding this indictment. we will cover it every step of the way as it does unfold. i am sure at different points you will see merrick garland the attorney general on the hill insisting that this prosecution is all being done by the books without political fear or favor. motions will be filed. cross-motions will be filed. leaks will happen but maybe in an unconventional way. i want to be very clear upfront here. tens of millions of americans believe that donald trump is being indicted by the fbi because he is a political opponent of the dc establishment and joe biden. and of course he is the most popular republican in the gop today. the swamp cannot let it stand. they cannot risk that trump will actually win in 2024. that ....
by hamas. the lead starts right now. three hostages shot and killed today. tragic news, plus, verdict watch at a dc courthouse that any moment we expect the jury will return a verdict, one that could cost and cnn exclusive. the case of the missing classified binder. once in the hands of donald trump, how did this notebook with top secret material on russia just vanish? poof. in the final hours of the trump presidency, and could the information now be in the wrong hands? welcome to the lead. we start this hour with an exclusive from a team of cnn journalists that report a binder containing highly classified intelligence on russia s attempts to in the election, disappeared in the final days of donald trump s presidency. there s many theories of where it might be. and who may have taken it. one theory is from cassidy hutchison. who wrote about mark meadows taking the file in her book. i watched him climb into the limo, noticing the binder tucked under his arm. ....
revolutionary war, but we are. good to be you with. i m katy tur. america has been arguing about it for its existence entirely, the first debt racked up during the revolutionary war in 1776 when george washington borrowed $7 a million, a ton for that time, to pay for it. 247 years, and now $31.4 trillion later, we have hit our self-imposed limit. again, so what does that mean exactly? house republicans are promising a political showdown in washington, and it also means the beginning of what the treasury department calls extraordinary measures to stave off default. we will explain what those measures are and how they re going to impact you. we will also see what the white house has to say, jared bernstein had so much fun with this yesterday, he is back with us today and while the tug of war how to pay the debt dominated the headlines today, the investigation into president biden s handling of classified documents after leaving office is just getting started. we ve got ....
plus, the latest on house speaker nancy pelosi and taiwan. the uncertain visit is straining an already tense relationship between the united states and china. and a texas man gets the longest prison sentence to date tied to the capitol attack, but his daughters want someone else locked up, too. good morning, and welcome to way too early, on this tuesday, august 2nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. after decades on the run, the top leader of al qaeda has finally been taken off the battlefield. ayman al zawahiri was killed this last weekend by a cia drone while standing on a balcony in downtown kabul, second in command to osama bin laden during the september 11th attacks, and became the top leader when the united states killed bin laden in 2011. a senior administration official tells nbc news that the strike was so precise, none of his family inside the home were killed. in a rare evening address last night, president biden still isolating from covid ....