a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i'm max foster in london. just ahead -- >> these conversations are taking place between the justice department's top prosecutor who is leading the investigation into january 6 and into the efforts to interfere with the election. >> today's sentencing is a reminder of what the world already knew. russia is wrongfully detaining brittney griner. >> that will go on and on for

him and he deserves it. he put these people through hell. >> live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster. >> it is friday, august 5, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where we're getting more revelations in the january 6 investigation including this cnn exclusive. donald trump's lawyers are now in direct talks with the justice department for the very first time. sources tell cnn that they are discussing the claims of executive privilege which he hopes will stop members of his inner circle from testifying about their conversations. we know that the federal investigators have subpoenaed trump's white house counsel pat cipollone and his deputy patrick philbin to answer questions about schemes to overturn the 2020 election and there is more, sources tell cnn trump's own

attorneys are warning him that there could be indictments on the horizon. the former president apparently skeptical grilling his legal team about whether they think that he will actually face criminal charges. meanwhile the vice chair of the january 6 committee is give willing her clearest indication so far that trump should be prosecuted for his role in the capitol riot. she spoke to analyst casey hunt. >> the question for us is are we a nation of laws, are we a country where no one is above the law, and what do the facts and the evidence show. and certainly i've been very clear, i think that he is guilty of the most serious dereliction of duty of any president in our nation eye history. you've had a federal judge in california say that it is more likely than not that he and john eastman committed two crimes.

so, you know, i think that we're going to continue to follow the facts. i think the department of justice will do that. but they have to make decisions about prosecution understanding what it means if the facts and the evidence are there and they decide not to prosecute, how do we then call ourselves a nation of laws. i think that is a very serious, serious balancing. >> you can hear more of the interview throughout the morning right here on cnn. now, after a year of intense negotiations, the democrat's lone senate holdout kyrsten sinema has now agreed to move ahead with the biden economic agenda. democratic senators sinema and manchin highlighted in the senate chamber on thursday have balance being at many provisions within the initial proposal. manchin finally signed on last week and sin 23cisinema reveale

thursday she was ready to move forward. getting them on board was crucial. manu raju spoke to us by phone after the deal was struck. >> reporter: she will now agree to move forward with the legislation after a deal that she cut with the senate majority leader on changes to his package. let me break it down. to get the bill through, to get all 50 democrats on board, sinema had concerns over the tax provisions. one of the tax provisions in there is that tax known as straight interest on hedge funds and private equity, she has agreed to remove it from the proposal. the plan that democrats estimate would save about $300 million. she also raised concerns about the issue -- excuse me, about

15% minimum tax on major corporations. now, this issue was key for her because manufacturers in her state had concerns about how they were -- whether they would be able to -- the appreciation on their tax returns under the current law. democrats saying that they needed that to raise more revenue. she pushed back on that. she wanted a change on that issue as well. and she announced a deal she said to move ahead to protect advanced manufacturing she said and remove carried interest and boost clean energy from this deal. >> senator sinema released a statement saying we have agreed to remove the carried interest tax provision and boost our clean energy economy in the senate's budget reconciliation

legislation subject to the parliamentarian's review, i'll move forward. now, we're tracking a flurry of major courtroom developments including two high profile u.s. school shootings. in texas, a jury has ordered conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay just over $4 million in damages for lying about the sandy hook elementary school massacre and calling it a hoax. in florida, jurors are being if the shooter behind the high school massacre in parkland should be put to death or in prison for life. the jury visited the high school on thursday which has been preserved since the gunman killed 14 student and lthree adults on valentine's day in 2018. also a russian court has sentenced glibrittney griner to nine years in jail. and four current and former kentucky police officers face federal charges over the death of breonna taylor who was killed

in a botched raid. let's start with brittney griner's nine year prison sentence. russia's top diplomat says moscow is ready to discuss a possible prison swap. the u.s. has offered russia arms dealer viktor bout in exchange for griner and paul whelan, another american held by the russians. thursday xwgriner was found guiy of smuggling drugs in to russia despite apologizing and pleading for leniency. >> i had no intent on breaking any russian laws, i did not conspire or plan to commit this crime. i made an honest mistake and i hope that in your ruling that it isn't end my life here. >> the decision comes after griner's arrest nearly six months ago at a moscow airport. customs officials discovered vape cartridges with cannabis oil in her luggage.

she maintains that she accidently put them in her suitcase. u.s. president biden released a statement that read in part russia is wrongfully dedining brittney, it is unacceptable and i call on russia to release her immediately. nina dos santos is tracking the developments. was the result a surprise? >> it was a surprise to the defense team because she said it would usually be about five years, compare that to nine years here, and also one of her defense attorneys said that normally actually a third of the convicted actually get parole as well. when it comes to the judge's decision, she said that she'd already knocked off about half a year to take into account the fact that griner has been in custody for now 1 of the days. and also the fact that she had admitted to bringing in the less than one gram of cannabis oil into the country .

sergey lavrov speaking at a conference in cambodia, he said that the sentence thousanow han down and so they are amenable to discussing a prison swap. and who could be on the list? the united states have offered up viktor bout oigwho has been custody about a decade now. but also russia has reportedly asking for a hacker as well serving 27 years in jail and potentially an fsb colonel who was found guilty of murdering a chechen fighter in germany. so the question is, will that be amenable to the united states. lavrov said that we're ready to discuss the topic but we're in the framework of the channel that has been agreed by the presidents, essentially between president putin and president biden himself. they want to get them at least on the telephone around the table.

whether or not that is a step too far remains to be seen. >> nina, thank you. sports world is quick to react to the sentence. coach becky hammond of the las vegas aces who also represented russia in two olympics gave her thoughts. >> it is heartbreaking. it is beyond concerning if you are an athlete. i don't think athletes really have to think twice about now where they go because all of a sudden you can just be snatched and become basically a prisoner of war, a political pawn. it is hard to play against an opponent that doesn't play by the rules or makes their own rules. so it is disturbing and wrong. >> griner's own team in the u.s., the mercury, held a 42 second moment of silence to show their support for the star.

carolyn manno has the latest. >> in connecticut tonight, a moment of unity, members of the connecticut sun joining the mercury at half court for 42 seconds of silence, of reflection, in recognition of the verdict today. 42, brittney griner's number. and i'll tell you hearts were very heavy when these players took the court earlier this evening. the mercury came up just a little short in this game, a game that has playoff implications. but honestly, who could blame them, their friend, their sister, a world away receiving the news that so many expected but weren't ready to hear. >> we come out here and we're still supposed to play the [ bleep ] game. nobody even wanted to play today. how are you supposed to approach the game, approach the court with a clear mind and the whole group is crying before the game. because you try to honor her and you try to come out and still play heard for her and you know

regardless if she here or not, right now we still got to try to keep our spirit alive, to honor her spirit and try to get some momentum for the team, something to feed off this. >> the bottom line today is just wanting them to know that we care about them and i was so incredibly proud of them. they had so much courage to just even go out there and play. >> as you heard there, we were able to speak with a couple of the players to get a sense of how they were feeling. the wnba making an exception and closing the rest of the locker room because of how emotionally charged this day has been. but mercury head coach told me that they had not hung their hat on the russian legal system prks they know that it is diplomacy that will ultimately free brittney griner. and they also know that this sentencing today is something of a positive is it en, they have been briefed by the state department, they know that it is a process, they are all just desperate for her safe return back to the united states.

for cnn in connecticut, i'm carolyn manno. a jury in texas has ordered alex jones to pay up. they found the info wars host liable for defamation in a suit brought by one of the parents of the victim in the sandy hook shooting. jones repeatedly claimed that the shooting was staged and called it a hoax. but admitted during the trial that he now believed to be 100% real. drew grifrn hafin has more on t damages awarded. >> reporter: the jury returned a verdict of $4.1 million in damages, that is how much alex jones and free speech systems, his company, is going to have to pay neal and scarlet for lying about the death of their son and so many others for so many years calling the sandy hook massacre a hoax. alex jones himself calls it a

victory, a major victory for truth is how he called it, because the parents were seeking $150 million. but this is not over. this morning the jury returns and they will begin deciding punitive damages which could be far more and alex jones still faces two similar lawsuits from other sandy hook elementary school parents who have already won against him by default and will similarly go through a penalty phase just like this is being done in texas. drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. the life or death of the parkland school shooter is now in the hands of the jury. how they got an up close look at the scene of the massacre more than four years after it happened. and later u.s. federal prosecutors go after police officers involved during the breonna taylor death. secret had ph balancing minerals; and it h helps eliminate odor, instead of just masking it.

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and the s&p 500 was basically flat. economists are worried that the red hot labor market may be starting to cool. the u.s. federal reserve will be watching closely ahead of its next meeting and another anticipated interest rate hike. cnn reporting the u.s. likely added 250,000 jobs with the unemployment rate holding a 3.6% according to estimates from refi refinitiv. stay with cnn for coverage and reaction throughout the morning. thursday was a rough day for air travel in the u.s. more than 1200 flights in the united states were canceled according to tracking site flight aware, making it the second worth day for cancellations in the last month. severe storms across several major airports in new york, new jersey and washington caused flights to grind to a halt. southwest airlines accounted for at least 370 of those canceled plus delaying a whopping 43% of

all its scheduled flights. the u.s. is following the lead of the world health organization in declaring monkeypox is public health emergency. will comes as infection numbers are rising in the u.s. there are currently more than 7100 confirmed cases of monkeypox, more than any other country in the world. the declaration will free up funding, expand the ability of health authorities to shared data and increase the number of personnel to help fight the guy v virus. the biden administration has been criticized for failing to recognize the severity of the outbreak. back to the legal stories. four current and four former lewes poli louisville police officers are facing federal charges. merrick garland laid them out. >> the justice department has charged four current and former louisville metro police

department officers with federal crimes related to ms. taylor's death. those alleged crimes include civil rights offenses, unlawful conspiracies, unconstitutional use of force, and obstruction offenses. >> the four were involved in a botched drug raid at taylor's home that led to her death more than two years ago as josh campbell reports. >> reporter: four current and former louisville, kentucky police officers have been federally charged in connection with the death of 26-year-old breonna taylor. she was shot and killed by police during a botched drug raid in march 2020. the justice department alleges two of the officers falsified and affidavit that was used to obtain a search warrant of taylor's residence, a third is charged with conspiracy in the incident. >> the incident falsely claimed had officers had verified that the target of the alleged drug trafficking operation had received packages at ms. taylor's address. >> that fails affidavit set in

motion events that led to ms. taylor's death when other lmpd officers executed had edd had w. >> reporter: and her boyfriend fired one shot towards them believing that the officers were intruders. police then opened fire, one officer has been charged by federal prosecutors with using excessive force after allegedly shooting ten times into the residence through a window and glass door, both covered by blinds and curtains. cnn has reached out to the attorneys for all four of the officers for comment, two were previously fired by the police department, the agency said thursday that it had started termination proceedings for the other two officers still on the force. josh campbell, cnn. jurorses in the sentencing phase of the trial against the parkland school shooter are deciding whether he should be put to death. nichkolas cruz has already plead guilty to the massacre in florida. on wednesday jurors were given the opportunity to visit the scene of the massacre as leyla

santiago reports. >> reporter: the 1200 building has haunted the community for four years. a crime scene left untouched since february 2018 for this day, the day jurors would walk through through what remains after the horror unfolded within those walls. after survivors escaped, the blood stains, shattered glass and random shoes were left behind. today jurors saw it all. >> i kept thinking about these kids that should not be experiencing this. >> reporter: this former teacher remembers what she left in room 1214 that valentine's day. >> there is a box of valentine chocolates sitting on high desk w my desk with pupities on it. >> reporter: the jury will have to decide if cruz gets the death a penalty or life in prison. >> is there something that you

would like to tell the jury about your dad? >> yeah. >> what is that? >> it's okay. you can tell them. >> i miss him. >> far more damage left behind for loved ones, agony, an emptiness that will never go away, strains on relationships. >> we have avoid in our lives that will never be filled. >> reporter: for days loved ones told the court about the realities of their lives. >> helena was murdered on her father's birthday. >> to try to articulate how it has affected me would be for me to rip my heart out and present to you shattered in a million pieces. >> reporter: testimony that brought even the shooter's defense team to tears. this all comes after weeks of the prosecution making the case that this was a methodical and calculated school shooting. prosecutors showed the juror social media posts by the

shooter months before the massacre, some reading, quote, i'm going to be a professional school shooter and multiple posts expressing hatred. >> just want to kill people. >> reporter: there were also internet searches including one for, quote, good songs to play while killing people. revelations in court and at the crime scene that explained to a jury what led up to the massacre that forever changed a school and shattered lives in this community. just actionable to say the truth of what happened in front of the shooter, like that doesn't happen very often. most of these mass shooters don't survive these shootings. i'm sorry to say i really don't have any sympathy for him. i really don't. i don't hate. i don't hate anyone. but he deserves whatever he is going to get. >> reporter: it was a lot for the jury to take in, a lot to see, a lot to understand. we noted one juror took and handful of tissues and two jurors were seen sobbing in the courtroom. leyla santiago, cnn, parkland,

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just a day after china fired ballistic missiles over taiwan, taipei is reporting new activity by chinese fighter jets and warships in the taiwan strait. the military might comes after u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi's visit to taiwan which

beijing strongly condemned. now in tokyo, pelosi met with japan's prime minister who made it clear the u.s. will not allow china to isolate taiwan. the japanese leader called for an immediate end to china's military exercises which saw some missiles land near japan inside the country's exclusive economic zone. meanwhile the white house is warning of more provocative actions from china. >> china has chosen to ovyoovert and use the visit to increase military activity. we anticipated that china might take steps like this, we also expect these actions will continue. >> let's go to steven jiang in beijing. so there were these missiles fired yesterday and now we see ships and planes moving through the exercise areas. >> reporter: that's right, but before i get to that, i just

want to share with you and our viewers one late breaking development, the chinese government has announced that they will impose sanctions against nancy pelosi and her immediate family because of her recent trip to taiwan saying that she did that in disregard of china's repeated warnings and in rye lviolation of chinese sovereignty. they didn't say what the sanctions would entail, but presumably it would mean that nancy pelosi and her family are barred from entering in to china and any assets that they have in china may be frozen. but this of course is not surprising given the increasingly harsh words we have been hearing targeting nancy pelosi not only from officials but also increasingly from state media. we have seen a growing propaganda blitz here really targeting her in recent days using increasingly personal terms to vilify her, calling her ugly, evil, shameless for playing the taiwan card for personal political gain. now, nancy pelosi is in tokyo for the last leg of her asia

tour. she has been very much undeterred by all the vicious attacks and presumably she would dismiss the latest sanctions from the chinese government against her as well. in tokyo she actually reiterated her unwavering support for taiwan and echoing the japanese prime minister, also called on the chinese government to immediately halt the military drills we just talked about. now, the concern, the worry right now, of course is this is not going to be just a few days of military drills around taiwan and then everything goes back to normal. the pla, people's liberation army, may actually seize upon this moment to try to permanently change the status quo. that is the biggest fear because this could mean that they will start seriously enforcing china's sovereign claim over the entire taiwan strait, that of course is where the u.s. and its allies routinely send their warships and warplanes to cross the strait because they consider them international waters. so that of course is why the situation remains very much volatile and precarious.

max. >> okay, steven, thank you. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is blasting a new report by amnesty international about ukraine's conduct in the war. it says ukrainian forces endangered their own civilians by putting their bases and operating military equipment in residential areas. in response mr. venezelenskyy s the report is helping russia get off the hook for its crimes. >> translator: we saw today a completely different report from amnesty international which unfortunately tries to amnesty the terrorist state and shift the responsibility from aggressor to the victim. there can be no hypothetically conditions on which any russian attack on ukraine becomes justified. >> mr. zelenskyy also accused of group of in his words immoral

selectivity. ukraine says it struck several russian targets meanwhile in the south of the country, ukraine says its missiles, artillery and helicopters went after ammunition and equipment depots in kherson. the announcement came after ukraine reported a russian military buildup in the area ahead of a possible russian offensive. meanwhile western officials now estimate that russia has lost up to 20,000 troops since the war began, another 55,000 have been injured. officials say russia is now recruiting people from prisons and through private security companies to make up for those losses. for more, jason carroll is joining us from kyiv. it does feel as though russia is really under pressure. >> reporter: right. and i think that there are a lot of folks in the southern part of the country who would say that that is in fact true, max. but one thing is definitely confirmed, when you listen to the president of this country

who says that fighting this war has been hell, and evidence of that, the people who are really bearing the brunt of that, seems to be the civilians in this country. when you look at what just happened in the east for example, in the area of donetsk in that region, eight people were killed simply standing at a public transport stop, killed during a russian missile strike there, apparently three children were also injured during that strike. ukrainian officials calling it an act of russian terrorism. but once again, when you look at what is happening in the south, the ukrainian military claiming that they are making some gains there in terms of taking out some russian targets. apparently destroying a russian stronghold and ammunition depot. cnn has not been able to independently verify that, but this as ukraine says that russia is really continuing its buildup of their forces there in that part of the country, it appears that russia moved one of their

battalions into the area. cnn actually geo located several videos showing that russian trucks and convoys seem to be moving into the area as well.is russian counteroffensive may be under way. max. >> okay. jason in kyiv, thank you. meanwhile three more grain ships left ukrainian ports this morning. this ship heading to britain. the other two ships will go to turkey and ireland. together they will carry more than 50,000 tons of ukrainian corn. one other ship left port earlier this week, this is after a new agreement allowed ukraine to resume its grain exports. police in thailand say at least 13 people have been killed and 35 injured in a night club fire that happened around 1:00 in the morning in a town about 170 kilometers south of bangkok. officials say injuries range from mild to serious and are mainly from burns. police are still looking into what caused that fire. just ahead, millions of

americans are under heat alerts right now. we'll look at where the temperatures are the highest and the danger is the greatest. derek. >> yeah, it is not just the heat that we are monitoring closely. it is the potential for more flash flooding over the eastern half of the u.s. in some of the areas that have been hardest hit by last week's flooding, we'll cover both of these topics coming up after the break. rapid wrinkle repair® smooths the look of fine lines in 1-week, deep wrinkles in 4. so you can kisiss wrinkles goodbye! neutrogena®

cnn now projects that keri lake will be the arizona republican for governor in america. she is arrdent denier of the 200 results. lake was ready to declare fraud if she lost. lake's false claims are likely to grow louder as she faces katie hobbs current secretary of

state in november. over 100 million americans have been under heat alerts the last 8 of the 16 days. and hot temperatures could soon break records in dozens of cities. tom foreman has more. >> reporter: the heatwave that left fatalities and wildfires out west has now crossed the whole country to scorch the east. making millions of americans swelter along the way and causing dangerously hot conditions in some places. >> it is hot. >> very warm. >> oh, my gosh, i'm dying. i'm not used to it at all. it is terrible. >> reporter: in new york city, a heat index pushing 100 is threatening weather records going back to world war ii. this philadelphia, 104 was the anticipated heat index. in washington, d.c., an index of 105 appeared within reach. and in kentucky where folks are

trying to recover from flooding that left dozens dead -- >> biggest concern for today and tomorrow is the weather. it is very, very hot. >> reporter: the temperature has been so brutal the teamster union cited a delivery man collapsing in arizona last month to say u.p.s. must provide cooling measures or they are sending drivers out to die in the heat. u.p.s. says the health and safety of our employees is our highest priority. u.p.s. drivers are trained to work outdoors and manage the effects of hot weather. but on the back side of the current heatwave, another problem. more massive storms. >> my home had about 2 to 3 foot of water in it. >> reporter: st. louis was hammered by 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts and up to 3 inches of rain an hour, closing roads, flooding homes. >> i woke up, the water was this high. almost drowned. we had to get out in boats and everything. >> reporter: in michigan, tens of thousands lost power as trees were blown down. and those blazes out west?

>> it is crazy frickin' fire going everywhere, smoke, roads blocked off. >> reporter: they are still burning. but now some firefighters fear mudslides triggered by the summer's ever wilder weather. some places might get some relief in the coming days, but don't count on it lasting. forecasters expect more than two-thirds of the country in the coming week to hit 90 degrees or above. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> the situation is changing all the time. let's get the latest from derek van dam. >> likely over 270 million americans the next seven days will experience temperatures of 90 degrees farenheit or more. so an extended period of hot weather continues. the other story, the potential for flash flooding. we'll cover both those topics. but first we start on the excessive heat. we have over 50 million americans under heat advisories as we speak. namely across the central portions of the country, but

also across some of the most populated areas of the u.s. from boston, new york, all the way to philadelphia, anywhere you see the shading of orange, heat index values today could top 100 degrees in some locations. so let's get the particular forecast, this afternoon we do anticipate the heat index to reach 97 for norfolk into the d.c. area, 93, 96 for richmond, excessively hot temperatures especially when you factor in the humidity levels outside. temperatures the actual air temperature should be about 87 for philadelphia, 85 in the big apple. we're talking temperatures in the lower 90s for many of these locations prompting the heat alerts that are in place. we can't escape the heat from the deep south as well. excessive heat across texas and into oklahoma as well. we should be about 94 in oklahoma city, but our high temperature of 100 is forecast both today and tomorrow. now, you heard foreman talk about the brief reprieve from the heat across the northeast.

it is coming for the weekend. we have to get through one more day of excessive heat, but we do see signs that more heat will return into the second half of next week and of course our ongoing heat across the great basin. the other top story that we're covering, the potential for flash flooding. not only across the four corners region with monsoonal moisture streaming in, but in the areas that have been hit hardest by some of the flash flooding last week, we have newly issued flood watches from the national weather service across kentucky, portions of west virginia, southern ohio and extreme southeastern portions of indiana. remember eastern kentucky struck with some of the worst flooding in decades across that region. the potential exists for several inches of rain through the next few days. some of the slower moving thunderstorms could trigger flash flooding. remember, max, a lot of these areas extremely saturated in the ground from the flooding that occurred not just a week ago. >> more to come, isn't there. derek, thank you very much.

much of europe once again seeing scorching hot weather as well. milan temperatures expected to pass 100 degrees farenheit or 37 degrees celsius. france is seeing its third heatwave this summer with water restrictions in place for most of the country. berlin will likely come within a degree or two of the highest temperature ever recorded in that city. and spain passed an energy conservation law this week banning public places from setting their air conditioning to cool below 27 degrees celsius or 80 degrees farenheit. now, we are getting some amazing pictures of the fissure erupting in island, it is spouting red hot lava near their capital. and officials estimate to be 200 meters wide about the length of four olympic sized swimming pools. in volcano terms that is considered small though. the location means that the threat to the population is low as well. rare piece of good news about the great barrier reef, a

monitoring group in australia says parts of the reef are bouncing back and are healthier than they have been for decades. coral cover in the upper region has increased around a third. but scientists say the reef is still vulnerable. >> so today i think what we're seeing is that the great barrier reef still is a resilient system. you know, still maintains that ability to recover from disturbances. and if you give it enough chance it can do that. but the worrying thing is that, you know, the frequency of these disturbance events are increasing particularly, you know, the mass coral bleaching events. >> scientists say four of the reefs six mass bleaching events have taken place since 2016. an apparent lightning strike near the white house in washington, d.c. has left at least four people in critical condition. the victims were riding out the storm under a tree according to a law enforcement source.

a local tv station, wttg, captured video of the lightning strike near the capitol during the storm possibly the very one that resulted in those injuries. we'll be right back. he i just got a text from my sister. you remember rick, her nghbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore. wow. so sudden. um, we're not about to have the "we need life insurance" conversation again, are we?

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zero, ignition. and liftoff. >> south korea launched its orbiter into space a few hours ago. it was sent into the sky on the back of a spacex rocket blasting up from cape canaveral, florida thursday. it is expected to reach the moon in december for a year long mission according to south korea's ministry of science. it goal, to conduct critical scientific research of the lunar surface and to identify possible landing sites for future missions. fans of american football out there, the first nfl preseason game kicked off thursday with the las vegas raiders edging the jacksonville jaguars 27-11. the hall of fame game as it is known is held each year in canton, ohio home of the league's hall of fame. preseason continues next season starting with the new york

giants facing off against the new england patriots. the wait is finally over for football fans in the uk, the new season kicks off as crystal palace hosts arsenal. arsenal is the odds-on favorite. crystal palace is coming off a disappointing campaign, but celebrating a full decade in the premier league. manchester city is the reigning champion. police near atlanta, georgia are looking for a home depot thief, and not the actor, about you bradley cooper. they post this had shot asking the public if they have any information on the man and it quickly went viral paint pointing out the likeness to the director, one saying that you know it is hard times when bradley has to steal. he stole a laser level worth more than $600. the other half of the star

is born duo is also making headlines. ♪ the singer lady gaga confirmed that she will appear alongside joaquin phoenix in the upcoming sequel to the movie "joker." still don't have details about her role, but she has been in talks to play in the musical sequel. the first "joker" was a box office hit and earned phoenix his first oscar for his role as the title character. british teen has sights set high trying to become the youngest to fly solo around the world. max rutherford landed his ultra light plane in a anchorage and plans to fly to 52 countries about h, his sister holds the record for her around the world flight at the age of 19 would you believe. >> so i started on the 23rd of

march in bulgaria because my main sponsor is based there. from there, i flew through sicily and create ote. trying to show that you don't have to be older to do something special, just work toward your dreams. >> and you can learn more and track his progress live at max solo.com. and exciting news at the ohio cincinnati zoo. the hippo gave birth to her second a fionna now the big sister, she had been born free maturely. the new baby hippo who has yet to be named weighs at least twice as much thankfully. if you are wondering whether to get your pet microchipped, listen to this story. a german shepherd who was stolen from her yard 4 1/2 years ago

was found by an animal control officer this week. when officials scanned the dog, they found that her other than lived more than 600 miles away this bay town, texas. and the dog now finally on her way home to her owner. before we go, a runaway cow, a busy highway and a lot of stunned drivers, video shot wednesday morning along alabama's interstate 65 captured this unexpected scene. a young steer streaking down the median with an animal control officer in hot pursuit. officers say that the chase lasted a few miles before the animal was safely corralled in a nearby field. thank you for joining us here on "cnn newsroom." i'm max foster in london. "early start" with erica hill is up next here on cnn. want a worry-free way to kill bugs?

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good friday morning. we made it. it is august 5, 5:00 a.m. here in new york. thanks for getting an early start with us. we begin with a cnn exclusive, donald trump's legal team now in direct talks with the department of justice about the january 6 criminal investigation. as you might expect, a lot of talk about executive privilege and whether conversations the former president had while in office have that protection. federal investigators have moved aggressively into trump's orbit issuing subpoenas to top