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[ cheers and applause ]. congresswoman cheney made a point of calling out election denying republicans across the country and hinted this is not the last we will hear from liz cheney. today, as we meet here, there are republican candidates for governor who deny the outcome of the 2020 election and who may refuse to certify future elections if they oppose the results. we have candidates for secretary of state who may refuse to report the actual results of the popular vote in future elections. no american should support election deniers for any position of genuine responsibility where their refusal to follow the rule of law will corrupt our future. i have said since january 6th that i will do whatever it takes to ensure donald trump is never again anywhere near the oval office. and i mean it. [ cheers and applause ]. tonight we are also keeping a close eye on the special election for alaska s at-large house district where former ak ank governor and 2008 vice preside ....
cheney will give up her seat in january. she says her work is far from finished. we ll have much more from yesterday s primary elections just ahead. plus, we re learning more about who the fbi interviewed and what agents saw before they seized classified documents from the former president s home. meanwhile, in washington, president joe biden celebrates a major legislative win ahead of the midterms. something that seemed very unlikely just a couple of months ago. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 17th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with a big win for former president trump and a huge loss for republicans against his lies about election fraud. gop congresswoman liz cheney, the vice chair of the january 6th select committee and a one-time leader of the house gop, was just ousted by a landslide in wyoming s primary. trump s name wasn t on the ballot, but he loomed large after ....
in the process, giving the parties some very real weapons to carry into midterm elections. now, just barely three months away. starting with senate democrats rallying around a major spending package aimed at reducing record consumer inflation. but also a massive investment in health care and climate interventions. central to the biden agenda. and now, on the cusp of receiving this weekend, after previous hold, arizona senator kristen sinema announced her support for the bill. giving senate democrats the votes they need to pass it by monday morning. and another shot in the arm heading into november, that is on the top of a surprising strong july jobs report that just more than doubled economists expectations. one of the main architects of the september 11th attacks, and a major vote in favor of abortion rights coming from the deep red state. all in the last week. but is it enough for the democrats in either chamber to keep the majorities in three months? i will ask the c ....
anderson. was far less than families have requested. still the question of punitive damages. plus, the infowars host also faces two more trials involving families of those killed in sandy hook. today an attorney for the parents in this texas case told cnn they are, quote, thrilled by the jury s decision. remember, jones is the man who claimed repeatedly including, directly to the parents of the children murdered in sandy hook that it was all a lie and never happened. let s go right to cnn s drew griffin, who has been following this trial from the start. first, drew, break down this for [inaudible] us. how did the jury get to this figure, one point $4 million? the jury was asked a series of questions. keep in mind, the jury came in only for the i look jones was found liable by default in this case. one of the default cases was against the father of six-year-old jesse lewis. name is neil heslin and he claims defamation. that jury will voted the release for ....