good morning, everyone, welcome to cnn this morning. it is the top of the hour, 8:00, i m sure you re all already awake. and i mara walker, and i m omar jimenez in for victor blakwell. you do have coffee. yeah. somewhere. i just happened to get a good night s sleep last night which is rare. you re glowing. i do my best. we have a lot to talk about. we start with lawmakers, getting ready to return to capitol hill. they re facing a critical deadline crunch. we ll break down everything on their plate. and a death at the burning m manfestival. and blistering heat is impacting millions. who will see the worst of it and whether relief is an owe the way. and covid cases are back an owe the rise. experts warn the number of cases could be higher than what the data shows. so, this week congress is heading back to d.c. with a lot on their plate. senators return from their august break on tuesday followed by the house next week and with the fiscal year ending on september
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