subpoenaed to the grand jury two people from the white house counsel s office including the white house counsel himself, but what is standing in the way of getting all of the information that prosecutors want are claims that donald trump is trying to make about executive privilege where he s trying to protect statements that were made to him or that he said on these crucial days that are being investigated. so those claims of executive privilege, that s potentially leading to a court fight where the justice department will try to get access to those statements through these witnesses and that s what these talks are about, lining up the justice department team and trump s team, talking to one another, potentially they could be pitted against each other if this does go to court, but the big picture here is that criminal prosecutors right now are definitely interested in doing fact-finding and locking down what they can about what was said in the white house either by trump or t
back here at home, four current and former police officers facing federal charges in connection with the shooting death of breonna taylor. attorney general merrick garland accusing the officers of lying to obtain the search warrant for her home and lying again to investigators after the shooting. breaking news in the alex jones trial. a jury in texas ordering the conspiracy theorist to pay more than $4 million to parents who lost their 6-year-old boy in newtown, for calling the sandy hook massacre a hoax. extreme heat from montana to texas to maine. 70 million under heat alerts as we come on the air. the texas power grid pushed to the brink. record-breaking temperatures nearing 100 degrees in the northeast. and now the threat of flooding rain. rob marciano timing it out. overseas tonight, china conducting intense military exercises all around taiwan, responding to house speaker nancy pelosi s recent visit. china test-firing 11 ballistic missiles in less than two hours.
in the u.s. and around the world. it is thursday, august 4th and i m brianna keilar with john avalon in for john berman. good morning. good morning. we begin with a surreal intersection of the defamation case against conspiracy theorist alex jones and the investigation into the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. jones is on trial in texas for the lies that he spread about the sandy hook massacre and in a jaw-dropping moment in court a lawyer for the sandy hook parents revealed this did you know that 12 days ago 12 days ago your attorneys messed up and sent me an entire digital copy of your entire cellphone with every text message you ve sent for the past two years and when informed did not take any steps to identify it as privileged or protected in any way, and as of two days ago it fell free and clear into my possession and that is how i know you lied to me? cellphone records appear to show jones had, in fact, texted about the sandy hook shooting even thou
release her immediately. back here at home, four current and former police officers facing federal charges in connection with the shooting death of breonna taylor. attorney general merrick far land accusing the officers of lying to obtain the search warrant for her home and lying again to investigators after the shooting. breaking news in the alex jones trial. a jury in texas ordering the than $4 million to parents who - lost their 6-year-old boy in newtown. extreme heat from montana to texas to maine. 70 million uealerts as we come on theowusd t e k.regtures ro mar er se intse military exercises all around taiwan, responding to house speaker nancy pelosi s recent visit. china test-firing 11 ballistic missiles in less than two hours. and why the u.s. is now canceling a missile test of its own. and news coming in late today, four people found dead n two house fires just blocks apart in a small town in nebraska. police searching for a silver sedan leaving town, possibly
to help overturn the election and testified before the house select committee is also facing opposition backed by the former president in his state senate race. some of the very same candidates are also being supported controversially by democrats hoping to run against more extreme opponents in the fall. all of this with inflation and fears of recession as the backdrop, president biden s foreign policy decision on the table in midterm elections now 98 days away. john king is tracking the important races and trends at the wall. john, missouri polls are just closing, as you know the former president caused a lot of confusion in his senate endorsement of two people named eric, both running for the same office. how is that race shaping up? yeah, anderson, the fact that we re talking about missouri is actually the story in the sense that this is a retiring republican incumbent roy blount the wind at the republican s back. this should be a safe seat. the former president decided