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
division very clear. everyone needs a pet. you need a pet. right. yes. especially when you re sick. exactly. kate, thank you. thank you. so republicans claim the inflation reduction act negotiated by senators joe manchin and chuck schumer will increase taxes on the middle class. so is this true? joining us now to fact check this we have cnn s senior writer tammy luby. tell us, is it true? well, republicans and big corporations are desperate to kill this bill. so they re seizing upon a joint committee on taxation report that shows that federal taxes would rise for every income level under this bill, including those making less than $400,000 a year. and, remember, that s the group that president biden and the democrats have repeatedly promised to protect. the jct report shows that federal taxes would rise $16.7 billion for those making less than $200,000 a year, $14.1
folks, why we re showing you a big picture portrait of george washington. not because we think it s such great art, although i guess it s fine, it s because speaker pelosi will be in front of those microphones momentarily to be swearing in new members of congress. we may get some certainty, she may take a couple of questions on news of day topics there. jake, i know that if you, ali, get the dear colleague letter we just got it. it does not say much of anything. it just it just touts the joint committee on taxation report which as we discussed reports that the bill raises $1.5 trillion in ten years. so no no news on the path forward, hallie. ali, at some point she s got to lay that out presumably before tonight. whether it s a vote tonight or not. or not. there is a world in which people want to see the vote tonight. that exists. at the same time, she doesn t have to lay out the plan ahead. everyone throughout the halls of congress is saying we re going to see what happen
overcome. i hope it does for the good of our country. and it could well do so. just based on the information i have today, it doesn t lead towards that end. but we ll see. josh, what happened to the deficit hawks? reporter: it s very strange the way bob corker reacted to this joint committee on taxation report that came out that said the bill would grow the debt by a trillion dollars, basically said you could have pediatric what happened the report will say. the joint committee has done estimates of previous bills and they don t find ridiculous things like the enormous tax bates pay for themselves. they say it will be somewhat positive but not nearly positive enough to offset the 1.5 trillion tax cut that will caught the debt to grow t. thing is mitch mcconnell is out there this morning saying he is confident it s a revenue neutral bill. the republican, some decided they will stick with the strategy of guessing, guessing in a way that s favorable to
you read the bill? yes. is that surprising? congratulations. we found one that has. no, many have. i can tell you also that most of it in the first day, we can say to america s small businesses, if you have fewer than 25 employees, we re going to help you pay for your health insurance for your employees. those that want to repeal that tax cut for small businesses have at it. i want to be part of that debate. all right. it s going to be a great debate. senator durbin, senator demint thank you, guys, for being with us. we appreciate it. coming up, china strikes back against google. the latest move in the online chess match when we come back. on deck, the nation s katrina vanden heuvel will be here. i try to not to get in the way. gets in the way of logic, but i did read i read the cbo report, i read the joint committee on taxation report. that s an interesting spin from dick durbin. it s not a spin. it s an interesting spin.