hello. welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom." i'm rosemary church. a crushing but not shocking defeat for the most forceful republican critic of former u.s. president donald trump. tuesday was primary night in wyoming, warehouse republican liz cheney conceded to her trump-backed opponent. harriet hagerman netted some

2/3 of the vote. this was a seat cheney won by more than 70% 2 years ago during her time. cheney, vice chair of the general sixth committee said, she could have easily one again, but that would have it embracing trump's lie after the 2020 election. that was a path she could not take, she said. wyoming voters punished her for that stands. >> this is a fight for all of us, together. i'm a conservative republican. i believe deeply in the principles and the ideals on which my party was founded. i love its history, and i love what our party has stood for, but i love my country more. >> wyoming has drawn a line in the sand that if we put you in power, you will be accountable to us. you will answer to us, and you will do what is in our best interest if you don't, we will fire you. >> cheney went on to say, no

american should support election denies in any position of responsibility. cnn's jens only reports from jackson, wyoming. >> reporter: cons woman liz cheney concedes in her merry race. now, looking ahead where the real work begins. in a sweeping speech outside of jackson, wyoming on tuesday night, the congresswoman talked about the threats to democracy. she talked directly about former president donald trump, saying, she could have won reelection had she followed the path of election lies. she said, she was simply not willing to do that. you have two years ago, i won this primary with 73% of the votes. i could easily have done the same again. the path was clear. but it would have required that i go along with president trump's lies about the 2020 election. it would have required that i enable his ongoing efforts to unravel our democratic system

and attack the foundations of our republic. that was a path i could not, and would not take. >> reporter: the speech from cheney was infused with history. she's a student of history, a historian in her own right, talking about the young and fragile democracy that the united states, indeed, has. she talked about the need to bring americans together. republicans, democrats, independents. she urged them to join her. what she did not say is join her for what exactly. she tiptoed to the line, clearly making the case, she's going to be involved in the fight ahead for democracy. didn't say in what form that would take her cheated not talk about a presidential run of her own, as many supporters at her event certainly would like her to do. she did talk about the urgency facing the country and the imperative nature of republicans and democrats and independents to come together against donald trump.she said, her greatest goal is still keeping him from the oval office. jeff so many, cnn, jackson, wyoming .

now to alaska, where results are coming in from several key races. alaska's primaries are unique, in that the top four finishers, regardless of party, advance to the general election. in the senate race, incumbent republican and trump critic, lisa murkowski, will be on the ballot in november. so will her republican rival, kelly schumacher, who is endorsed by the former democrat. democrat, patricia chesbro, also making the cut with kelly . a republican nick begich will join her on the ballot. a fourth spot is too early to call for both bases. the house candidates took it in a special election to fill the remainder of a late congressman's term, but none of them received 50% of the

vote.so, it will be a while before a winner is determined. alaska is in a ranked-choice voting system that will start the tabulation on august 31st. so, i want to bring back cnn political commentator and former house republican, charlie dent, as well as democratic strategist and officer, caroline heller. a warm welcome back to you both too great to see you, rosemary. >> so, as we discussed last hour, liz cheney's loss in the wyoming gop primary was no surprise, given her bold stand against donald trump in a state that is truly trump country. but, charlie, did she receive sufficient support to gain the credibility she needs to confront trump and prevent him from being president again, as she has bound to do? how might she do that? >> well, it remains to be seen whether she has deep enough support. but with liz cheney, she has identified a great need in this

country, to bring our politics to a better place. certainly, bring the republican party to a better place. i have always estimated, close to 30% of republicans reject trump and want a new direction for the party, for the country, and they're looking for leaders. the question is can the minority in the party grow in rank, to challenge the ascendant trump wing, which, unfortunately, has become very illiberal and, in some cases, authoritarian, leaning to concern in this country. for both parties, frankly, have drifted.the political center, center-left, the center-left of the political spectrum in the country is underrepresented. there needs to be a movement. liz cheney is one of several people who can move this country into a better place. i'm not advocating for a new party, but i'm advocating we need a movement. people like liz cheney, larry

hogan, kinsinger, niedermayer, others, felt the wrath of trump, and i think they're well- positioned to help carry the mantle going forward.>> yeah. that courage seems in short supply on the gop side. doesn't it? caroline, what you think liz cheney's likely next move might be, given she says, her work is not over yet, and this is the beginning? so, is she hinting at a run for resident, do you think, in 2024? how might that go if she does? >> i think she definitely hinted at that when she referenced lincoln in her speech tonight. she, obviously, has aspirations for higher office. i think she has a very limited path, because she is not welcome in the republican party, and she would be welcome in the democratic party, either, because of her hawkish neoconservative positions. i think her current goes a long way. i agree with mr. dent. the fact that she is putting her democracy and her country above her party, and is going

to lose her congressional seat as a result of that, is something that everyone should be celebrating who cares about democracy. what i think is right in front of her is four months of very intensive work with the house select committee. as she has said, her primary objective is to make sure that trump can't run for office again, because she has made it very clear, and the committee has made it very clear that they think there's ample evidence that he did a number of things, including inciting the violent insurrection on generous sixth. we haven't heard the last liz cheney. i'm not sure, though, that she will be an elected official, necessarily, given that she's lost her seat now. >> all right. and in alaska, we are learning that trump critic senator lisa murkowski will advance to the november election, and former republican governor sara palin, endorsed by trumm, is hoping to fill a vacant house seat. charlie, what is your reaction to what we know so far about these results in alaska? where do you think it's going?

>> in the case of the senate race in alaska, i think there's a general well-positioned for senator murkowski but she didn't get 50% here. i think she goes into the general election as a favorite, and because of her centrist politics, center-right politics. alaska, being a republican- leaning state, i think she will be able to capture young republicans, and a significant number of independence and democrats for the day in the general election. the fact that there was a trump- endorsed challenger to her might have helped the individual during the primary, not this recent one, but i think that's a very limited endorsement going forward but in the case of the house race, they're trying to fill the expired seed of don young, the longest member of the house, i think, before he passed.

i think, right now, i think it's too close to call. we don't know what's going to happen. trying to fill a seat in the special election, expired. also, to determine the nominees for the general election. the full two-year term. too close to call there. i'm not making any predictions on that right now. sarah palin, i think, is a very -- she's a very controversial figure in alaska. and so, even though she has a trump endorsement, people in alaska know her, have strong opinions one way or another. she would have a tougher time getting a crossover vote for democrats and independents at least, michalski wants to do. >> caroline, you're clearly watching sarah palin closely. what do you expect will happen with her run? >> i think it'll be a matchup with palin and portola. if she is elected, it will be a very tight race.

as mr. dent pointed out, sarah palin is very controversial in alaska. a recent poll finds 64% of alaskans have a negative sentiment towards sarah palin. so, it might be that she gives democrats their first win in alaska in 14 years. >> charlie, was tuesday a good night for trump? >> yeah. he defeated liz cheney. albeit, in alaska, it's unclear what the outcome is there. this was an expected outcome. donald trump has been successful in advancing candidates who support his election denial unfortunately, he's been very successful in this primary. what he has also done that was helped nominate many candidates, republican candidates, in swing states, who are perceived to be either too extreme, election deniers, or just weak candidates. somebody winning a primary is one thing. winning a general election is

quite another in arizona, and sylvania, michigan, and wisconsin. so, i think that really is what's occurring here. donald trump has infuriated a republicans in a state like pennsylvania, because of his endorsement in the gubernatorial mary and senate primary. against the wishes of many of the foreign establishment republicans. and so, he has made some enemies in his process. he did the same thing in georgia, where he was actually beaten in the gubernatorial secretary of state races. so, the bottom line is, you know, if republicans underperform, in the general election, a lot of the anger will be directed at donald trump if he's going to run in 2024. well, he will have more enemies than some of these other candidates. may have a better reception from a lot of republican leaders about that. >> caroline, does trump need to watch his back with liz cheney now free enough to go after

him? >> well, i think he needed to watch his back, regardless, because the evidence is pretty overwhelming that the january 6th committee that's in this getting him has prevented -- and of course, you have the grand jury investigation. in georgia, you have two grand juries convened in washington, d.c. to look at potential electoral slate fraud. you also have the civil and the criminal case is happening in new york. donald trump is definitely watching his back. liz cheney is playing a key role in exposing what happened on january 6th and the days leading up to that. i think the investigation of the committee is putting a lot of public pressure on the doj to act. i think we are starting to see an acceleration there. that has everything to do with liz cheney's work, as well as the work of the committee. >> caroline helman, charlie dean, thank you both for joining us. really appreciate it. >> thanks, rosemary. >> thank you.

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hagerman, who won on the house ballot in the november general election. hagerman, who was endorsed by former u.s. president donald trump, has embraced his lies about the 2020 election being stolen. cheney's loss marks a big victory in trump's effort to purge perceived enemies from the party, but cheney says, she won't give up the fight to keep trump out of the oval office. >> our nation is barreling, once again, torts crisis, lawlessness, and violence. no american should support election deniers for any position of genuine responsibility, or the refusal to follow the rule of law will corrupt our future. >> donald trump's former attorney, rudy giuliani, is expected to appear before a special grand jury later today, here, in georgia. prosecutors have informed giuliani he is a target in the probe into trump's efforts to flip the 2020 presidential election results in georgia and

former national security advisor, john bolton, warns giuliani's testimony could spell trouble for trump. >> resident trump may be right behind him, in terms of liability.if rudy giuliani is in trouble as a target of an investigation, then i think trump most certainly is, as well. >> meanwhile, a judge is ordering former trump attorney jana ellis to appear before the grand jury in georgia. investigators believe ellis helped donald trump and his associates push claims of election fraud in the state. a court date is still being worked out. team trump's legal troubles don't end in georgia. we have learned two of the most senior former aides to donald trump are questioned in what's now a criminal investigation into his handling of classified documents at his florida home. cnn's jessica schneider has details. >> reporter: there are new revelations that former

president trump's two top white house lawyers interviewed with the fbi about classified documents at mar-a-lago. white house counsel, pat sablone and his deputy, pat tillman, were trump's designated representatives to the national archives when trump left office. so, they could have shared details with the fbi, maybe about what was taken to mar-a- lago, whether trump insisted that documents remained with him, and why exactly 11 sets of classified documents remained at mar-a-lago until last monday, when fbi agents searched trump's palm beach home. those details are coming out just as the court fight for more information about the search is looming. a federal judge, announcing, he will hold a hearing on thursday afternoon on whether to publicly release the affidavit of. that's what provided the basis for last monday's search. now, the justice department is seeking to keep it completely secret. they say, any release would reveal what they're calling highly-sensitive information about witnesses, plus specific investigative techniques. so, the doj is asking a judge

to keep it under wraps, because they say, if it's released, it would provide too much of a roadmap to the government's ongoing investigation. so, the outlets are coming from all sides. the justice department, trump's team that needs to file a response on wednesday morning, and also media outlets, who want this affidavit released, including cnn and all of these arguments will play out in court -- in federal court, florida, thursday afternoon. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. back in georgia, according to a new court filing, 11 trump supporters involved in the so- called fake electors scheme want the fulton county district attorney disqualified from the 2020 election probe. a judge overseeing the special grand jury recently blocked fanny willis from investigating georgia state senator jones, who also served as a so-called fake collector. the judge's decision came after

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about what is required to defeat it. i have said, since jerry sixth, that i will do whatever it takes to ensure donald trump is never again anywhere near the oval office, and i mean it. >> liz cheney was 1 of 10 house republicans who voted to impeach donald trump now, she is the eighth who will not be returning to congress next year. cnn projects she will lose the wyoming for republican house primary to trump-back attorney harriet hagerman. cheney has been outspoken in her condemnation of trump, as the vice chair of the january 6th committee. hagerman has embraced trump's false claims about election fraud in 2020. >> i did not do this on the phone. obviously, we are ready for trump, and we have to make this count. his clear and unwavering support from the very beginning

propelled us to victory tonight. in alaska, republican incumbent senator lisa murkowski, also voted to impeach trump, but will advance to the november election. her main challenger is endorsed by the former president. alaska's former republican governor, sara palin, helping to fill in a vacant house seat in a special election. the race will be decided by a rinke-choice tabulation of those later this month. palin is also competing in a second primary for the same seat in the next congress. the top four vote-getters will all advanced to the november election. ron brownstein, a cnn senior political analyst and senior editor for "the atlantic, joins us now from atlanta. >> thank for having us.

>> building to keep liz cheney out, but not out of office, yet, she is clippard what do you think she is planning to do? >> first of all, the magnitude of her defeat, she lost, 2-1, a massive defeat from the public and primaries we have seen. today, this is still a donald trump party. election deniers are winning nominations across the country, for governor, secretary of state, for house and senate races, and really, kind of ceding a potential crisis for the 2024 election, in terms of their willingness to accept the results, and potentially to try to tilt the results. cheney made very clear that she wants to continue the fight against that, and she views trump as an extra sensual threat to american democracy. not only trump, she said, more especially, than any other republican that i have heard in this cycle, that americans should not vote for any of the election deniers. that is the gop nominees for

literally hundreds of it is over well over 100 offices. so, she made clear that she wants to be a leader in an effort to rollback his influence in the party. what she didn't say, as you know, is exactly how. many of the trump skeptics in the party wanted to run for president in 2024. to bring the case against the mentally republican primary seems the most logical course, but we will have to wait and see what she does. >> yeah. certainly. of course, then in alaska, as we mentioned, we're learning that trump critic and senator lisa murkowski will advance to the november election. a former republican candidate, sarah palin, looking to fill the vacant house seat. what do you expect to happen in alaska come november? >> alaska has some unusual election rules, which are all designed, all push in the same direction, towards trying to improve their position, the position of centrists and moderates. they have what is called a

jumbo primary, were candidates from both parties run in the same mary, and top four finishers advanced to the general election. then, they add on to that a rinke building system. very rare in the u.s., when people identify the second and third choices. those bills are reallocated, as the candidates narrow down to the top finishers. because of that system, i think makowski is a clear favorite to win in november, even though the trump-backed challengers did very well against her. it's a real wild card in this house race, because the democrat is actually leading sarah palin in the special election through november, by about five points. and it's entirely possible that the rank-choice voters for the other republican in the race, who is more than moderate, they might refer the democrat to palin. it's not inconceivable that democrats could win the seat, at least for november, and of course, we have the other election in november, with more

rinke-choice building, to see what happens for the fall term. a lot of twists and turns ahead in alaska. i would bet on makowski. it would not shock me if palin was nominated this first round. >> interesting. we are also learning the fbi interviewed former white house lawyers, pats of baloney and patrick cockburn about the mar- a-lago documents, making them the most senior acts trump officials to be questioned in his criminal probe what do you make of this? >> first, as you heard on my cnn .com article this week, the striking and ominous hold of trump on the republican party is tightening, even as his legal and ethical problems are mounting. what that says, i think a clear signal, that republicans have said, in the way they have reacted to the mar-a-lago rate, that they would be even less likely to constrain his arbitrary exercise of presidential power, should he be returned to the white house, then they were during the four

years of his presidency in the first term. so, i think that is a very clear signal that they are sending. i think all of these investigations, that the notification to rudy giuliani, that he is a target of the georgia grand jury, all of these investigations are growing more serious and threatening for trump. yet, he is winning primary after primary with candidates who explicitly endorse his lies about the 2020 election. to me, experts that i talked to this week, you see all of these developments for the republican party morphing into something much more like what we see in turkey, or italy, a party that is enthralled to a straw man that is moving in an authoritarian direction. we just don't have a language or kind of a frame of reference in american politics to deal with what are the threats that are mounting, that cheney wants to run against but you saw, today, in a result, how

difficult it is to mobilize a constituency in the republican party to push back on this. this is very choppy waters ahead not for her, personally, but for american democracy, overall. >> indeed. let's look at the investigation into donald trump's efforts to flip george election results in 2020. his former attorney, rudy giuliani, forced to face the georgia grand jury. what do you expect to come out of that? >> it certainly seems like the county district attorney is driving towards indictments, in terms of trump's efforts to overturn the election there. whether that reaches all the way to trump himself, i think, is a critical question. she has been serious, both in terms of looking at, your, figures from outside the state, like giuliani, demanding testimony from lindsey graham, but also from those republicans within the state, who participated in the faye collectors scheme, which is

also the target, clearly, of the justice department investigation. we are heading towards momentous decisions at multiple levels of government, perhaps unprecedented indictments of a former u.s. president, and yet, the awareness and the likelihood that even such an indictment would not invalidate him for many, perhaps, most republicans boaters, is not inconceivable. donald trump can be both under indictment, and the front runner for the republican presidential nomination in 2024, which is a situation that, again, you think of italy, when you hear that kind of prospect. but that is what we are headed towards. that is the kind of thing that cheney is trying to put herself in the way of. you know, and it's not going to be easy to dislodge a whole other party. that's clearly the take away for the her. >> many thanks, john, joining us from los angeles. >> thank you. u.s. first lady joe biden has covid. it is the first time she's

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south korean defense officials are monitoring developments from north korea, after they apparently fired two cruise missiles towards the sea of its western coast. this would be the first time

since january north korea has fired a cruise missile, which is not banned under u.n. sanctions. it comes, as the u.s. is scheduled to hold joint of the terry drills with south korea next week. ukraine says, rescue efforts are underway after a russia ruckus straight in the odesa region saw several buildings destroyed, just a day after explosions rocked a russian ammunition depot in crimea, the second such incident in a week. the russian defense ministry is planning sabotage. ukraine has not claimed responsibility, but resident volodymyr zelenskyy urged ukrainians to stay clear of russian military sites. >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: i am's, now asking, all occupied areas of

donbas, and crimea, to be very careful. please do not go near the military facilities of the russian army and all those places where they stored an munition and equipment, where they keep their headquarters. >> to the east, ukraine is acknowledging some russian gains in the donbas. one ukrainian commander says, russian troops shelled their positions up to 800 times a day, describing the situation on the ground as intense, but fully controlled third iran is apparently worried about getting trump again if it resumes its nuclear deal with the u.s. and other world powers. a diplomatic source tells cnn, to have wants compensation if the u.s. pulls out of the agreement, like donald trump did, back in 2018. the revived deal, like the 2015 original, would limit iran's ability to produce a nuclear weapon in exchange for

sanctions relief. cnn's clare sebastian is following these developments and joins us live, from london. good morning to you, clare. so, what more are you learning about iran's goal for compensation, and what is the likely response from the u.s.? >> as we have mentioned, rosemary, we have not seen the final text, nor have we seen iran's written response they submitted on monday night in response to the final text. we do now know, via a state news agency in iran, there has been a closed session of parliament in the last hour or so. perhaps, more might come out of that. they were set to review the talks in that closed session. we could hear more from the iranian perspective. we do have one diplomat, as you mentioned. one key side he is taking, iran is seeking compensation, should the same thing happen that happened in 2018. the future administration pulls out of the deal. they want reassurances that any sanctions relief imposed --

that is brought in as a result of this deal -- stays in place. also, worry that for ministers might come back and invest in iran, then sections would be reimposed. they would have to leave, straightaway, and cause a lot of turmoil for iran's economy. we don't know exactly how this would work. regional diplomats, telling us, no real solution is on the table. as for the u.s., they are also not giving very much away. the u.s. state department spokesperson said, calling on iran to stop bringing in what he called extraneous demands outside the original agreement of the jcpoa, as he referred to another iranian list of foreign terrorist organizations for them to be taken off of. there are complicated factors

towards the next agreement. for the next steps, we know that the eu and u.s. are starting this agreement. iran's foreign minister has said, though, if the u.n. and u.s. comes back with what he called a flexible and realistic approach, they could be close to a deal, rosemary. >> all right, sebastian, joining us live from london. many thanks. a family vacation for one american family turn into a terrifying ordeal after a shooting attack in israel. cnn has the story. >> reporter: she came to graceland from new york for a 10 day trip to at a holy site before the wedding of their son, but the vacation turned a horror, and what is really police are describing as a terrorist attack. a man coming up to a bus stop outside of jerusalem's old city moscow, began shooting. this is where the attack took lace, the bus stopped for camp david's to him. she is telling me, they're waiting here for a taxi to take them to the hotel when the attack began. although she was struck in both the face and the neck and fell down, got back up despite being wounded to pull the son, away.

the wife and daughter were miraculously unhurt. back in new york, family friends say, they're not surprised by the act of shia. >> he shielded the most important to him, his wife and children. he sacrificed himself. so, it is beyond explanation. the father gave away, as a father gives away everything to his children. >> reporter: another family friend, saying, shia was granted >> miracle already, surviving cancer years before. now, he has another. >> doctors couldn't believe it or did he just missed his main artery just the thickness of the hairline. >> reporter: a people in total were injured, including a pregnant woman who had to undergo an emergency c-section. also, 22-year-old new yorker. >> bullets. bob, bob. >> reporter: the community back new york is now praying for

peace. >> we pray everybody should be at peace and harmony, love for each other. we pray this shouldn't happen again for anyone. >> reporter: for cnn, jerusalem. >> horse of southwestern u.s., facing a potentially catastrophic collapse of their water supply. this, unless they take drastic measures and cut back the water use. those details, when we return.

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designated tier-two water shortage. the designation means arizona, nevada, as well as mexico, will have to further cut back on water use from the new mexican so colorado river cnn has more. >> reporter: millions of americans, bracing for painful water cuts . >> if we don't get water, how can we keep going? >> reporter: a mega job, draining rivers and lakes throughout the southwest. lake meade, the nation's largest reservoir, at its lowest water level on record. the drought, threatening hydropower at the hoover dam. now, approaching its lowest point, to be able to produce power. upstream, lake powell, water levels, 44 feet away from stopping hydropower generation. >> crops are dying. the desert is drying. this is across the southwest. >> reporter: for the first time ever, the u.s. bureau of reclamation, announcing a tear- two water shortage for january, raising alarms in several states. looking to cut up to 25% of the river water usage at the

bureau's request for now. >> i drive around and look at empty canals. little early, i burst into tears over it a couple of times, because it's such a hopeless situation. >> reporter: across the west and south, 40 million americans are under heat alerts this week. if it's hot now, scientists warned, it could get worse in the next 30 years. more than 100 million americans could face a heat index above 125 degrees during the hardest days of the year. according to climate research nonprofit first street foundation, the study found an extreme heat belt would stretch from texas to the great lakes. i'm isabel rosales reporting. >> thanks for spending part of your day with me. i'm rosemary church. cnn newsroom continues with christina macfarlane next. sale of the year, on the sleep number 360 smart bed.

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