. >> bonnie willis means business. after the nearly unprecedented subpoena of a sitting united states senator, the georgia prosecutor says she's not done with her investigation of trump's effort to find votes to reverse the results of the election and that trump himself could be next. also tonight, mary trump joins me as her uncle's constant demand for loyalty is severely tested. more people are coming forward to reveal what they know about the big lie including trump's former white house lawyer pat cipollone. as access to abortion gets more scarce by the day, we're asking the question tonight, how long before an american woman is prosecuted for having an abortion? >>> we begin with unprecedented measures. today fulton county district attorney bonnie willis spoke out after a special grand jury sent a fresh round of subpoenas in her investigation into interference in georgia's 2020 vote. it's worth noting that one of the recipients is pretty extraordinary. among those summoned was sitting united states senator lindsey g

listen, fani willis is a prosecuting prosecutor. is 90% prosecutor and probably about 10% politician. she is a newly elected district attorney, and i think that she views this case the way that most prosecutors view it. she is looking at the facts, she is looking at the evidence, she's going after it. and the question is whether or not the facts support a charge. i think that's the focus. i think that anybody who thinks that fani willis is not playing around with this grand jury. she does not understand funny willis, does not understand the tradition of the fulton county district attorney's office. and does not understand faulty county. >> that is well said, obviously the subpoenas are, as you said, a very funny quote. nobody wants to talk time to a prosecutor, that's why we get the power of the state to compel. it you have lindsey graham saying this, asha. fulton county is engaged in a fishing expedition. and working in concert with the january 6th committee in washington. and the information from an interview or deposition with se

when blaine alexander asked fani willis today, why lindsey graham? district attorney willis said this. >> i'm not going to get into the details of the investigation, but this is what i will tell you. election interference is a very important subject. we have been granted a special purpose grand jury by the judges here, i think it is an important investigation. what is important is that the grand jurors hear from anyone that may have impacted this election. >> anyone that may have impacted this election. that's why lindsey graham has been subpoenaed. his criminal defense lawyers issued a written statement today saying, in my conversations with fulton county investigators i have been informed that senator graham is no longer a subject or target of the investigation, simply a witness. this is all politics, fulton county is engaged in a fishing expedition and in concert with the january 6th investigation in washington. any interview would be immediately shared with the january 6th committee, as chairman of the judiciary committee was well within his righ

willis have an impact on the broader committee getting meadows testimony? >> very significant ruling. sorry, very significant filing by the department of justice -- the judge in that case had asked the department to weigh in on its position. mark meadows had made a motion seeking to quash the subpoena seeking his testimony. and the department of justice made a filing saying a number of things that were very adverse to mark meadows. first, he said he is not protected by absolute immunity. at most he is protected by qualified immunity. but in any event, the congressional committee had established the need to qualify for immunity, that means there is a balancing. but the other is that this doesn't apply to documents. it only applies to testimony. they also made it clear that the testimony really has two [inaudible] things that mark meadows was doing in his official capacity, not in a follow-up and detour and not in a criminal capacity. so, there are lots of ways that this filing, the department gives mark meadows not a lot of hope and really supports the judge

fa fani willis' office is investigating the fake electors. it just applies to jones. while she can continue to collect evidence and ask questions about him with other witnesses, she cannot bring a case against jones. she cannot continue to call him a target of the investigation. and the report by the special grand jury cannot include him in it. you know, whatever evidence she amasses, if there's something that they think could be worthy of prosecution, that will go to another prosecutor to make that charging decision. for jones, he is now free from this investigation under fani willis, but her investigation into the other electors can continue and into the broader issues of the activities of the former president. >> again, we're talking fani willis, the d.a. in fulton county, and her investigation, nonetheless, is still charging forward. today, one of the targets of trump's pressure campaign, georgia governor brian kemp, is taping a sworn statement for the special grand jury there. what can you tell us about this key testimony? >> yes, he is one of the most high profi

willie? i don't know what that movie is. i wikipediaed it. [ laughter ] >> right. >> this is the upside, hopefully a love story in the end, i like to think that as the market has gone down 25%, 30% this year, things can only look up longer term. you're welcome. >> that's a love story in and of itself. cnbc's brian sullivan trying to keep it positive as we head into the weekend. always great to see you, my friend. thank you so much. >> thanks. >>> the end of the supreme court's session this year also meant the beginning of a new chapter in american history. >> all the members of the court, i am pleased to welcome justice jackson to the court and to our common calling. [ applause ] >> justice, yes, justice ketanji brown jackson officially sworn in yesterday to the supreme court, making her the first black woman ever to serve on the nation's highest court. her swearing in comes after justice steven breyer retired after 28 years on the bench. justice jackson issued a statement following the cerem

>> they should not mess with fani willis.illis is like the merrick garland from the globe boy, federal society ivy league school network. fani willis was a greater from howard university, went to work as a prosecutor for 17 years, and we -- she knows every in and out of the justice system. there she will hold him accountable. the idea of some ponying donald trump is a little weird as a lawyer to say that you would subpoena the target of a investigation. i think she should, say we are -- she's freaking out trump already. he's yelling out a few minutes -- there was a phone call with georgia. this is the guy with who's on the phone with the secretary of state, saying i want my hundreds of thousands of votes, just -- and bingo! there's crimes here. donald trump has committed crimes, federally, there's no doubt in my mind, but statewide, i think it's a cleaner case. i hope fani willis forgets subpoenaing donald trump. getting a report, and then charge donald trump and we could be a defendant in the trial. that's what i would like

willis,.actually testified and spoke to the georgia state legislature a number of times around this, just pedaling beastie monk, false claims about voter fraud in the state of georgia. the da in that state, the da in fulton county, they've got a lot to work with here. talk you don't call georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger because you're going to get in trouble if you do. there's been so much focus on the call to former president trump to the georgia secretary of state, asking him to find the specific number of votes needed to flip the results in that state, give him the victory as opposed to joe biden . now, this call, which we did not know he resisted in the past has come under intense scrutiny, that graham, calling raffensperger, suggesting you should perhaps not count some of these ballots, which officials in georgia interpreted to mean casting out some of these votes that were legally cast, which of course is a real problem. giuliani, as you mentioned, it's so want who traveled

there's this motion to disqualify da willis have any merit in your opinion? are you surprised to see a move like this? >> i'm not surprised. i think that, obviously, fani and her team, they have spoken about it, they have indicated that she has no personal bias against the senator and she, again, is following the evidence that has been put before her. i anticipate she will also argue that, because of that, it does not rise to the level warranting her disqualification. this is not a situation where the senator is the only target. we have talked about the several individuals that are being treated or are being asked to appear of will for the grand jury. so, this is not a selective prosecution. it's not just him by himself. and i believe she will argue that she has testimony that is relevant to her ability to investigate this case, consistent with the oath that she took. >> gwen keyes fleming, a former district attorney of dekalb county, georgia, greatly appreciate your insights, great to have you tonight. >> thank you. >> -- these developments, the january six

so what's fani willis today did obviously has significant legal implications, but it also has enormous we have two high-profile state races, and this is a bombshell that has been dropped in the georgia election by far -- by fani willis. >> what do we know, michael, about the witnesses who may have spoken to the special grand jury so far? >> there has been a lot of witnesses. special grand journey was convened on june 1st and they've been hearing witnesses that started out with brad raffensperger, the secretary of state. we got that phone call from donald trump that had been state senators, state officials from the -- from georgia secretary of state's office, and the attorney generals office, in georgia, and the governor's office in georgia. they've all been up before the grand jury, including, as we reported today, and independent journalist george cheney who actually found the room where the fake electors were meeting, tried to barge in, attended, observe it was going on, and got kicked out. escorted out of the room. that is a sign of the secrecy with which these electors were meeting

good morning >> reporter: willie, good morning. today, we expect the governor to tour damage in the flood zone and meet with people who have been impacted by this natural disaster west of the flood zone where i am now, the nation's top national guard general will meet with officials here of what is essentially mission control for coordinating rescue and relief efforts here in kentucky right now, the death toll is at least 25 people confirmed dead we expect that number to go up and no w more bad weather headed to the region. this morning, heartbreak growing in eastern kentucky. among those killed, four young siblings, taken by the floods. a relative sharing that 8-year-old madison, 6-year-old riley, 4-year-old naveah and 2-year-old chance, all lost their lives. and officials worry the death toll will keep growing, as the water level drops, revealing more devastation >> i'm worried we'll be finding bodies for weeks to come >> reporter: one couple raced from their home up the hillside to stay alive. the house itself was swept away. no

willis.rning for lieutenant governor of the state. willis, who is the district attorney, has held a fundraiser for jones' rival, his political opponent in that race. the judge said that is an untenable conflict of interest. he has disqualified lewis and her office from investigating jones. she can't question him. she can't call him a target, and he can't be included in the report that will be produced by the special grand jury. however, the judge said that she can continue to ask questions about him and any potential prosecutorial decision would be made by another district attorney appointed by the attorney general. this does not have broader implications on the investigation. 11 other fake electors are scheduled to appear before that special grand jury this week. >> the judge called this a what were you thinking moment for d.a. willis. kara says it doesn't have a broader implication on the investigation, what does this mean, then? >> well, victor, first of all, it means this could create som

he was among seven trump allies subpoenaed yesterday by that same district attorney, fani willis.ight think that because senator graham's supposed interest in the election integrity, he would be very interested in cooperating with the district attorney willis's investigation. into the efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. but today, senator graham and his lawyer said that he will not comply. they he said that the investigations is a fishing expedition -- and then senator graham plans to go to court and challenge the subpoena. today, my colleague got an exclusive interview with the fulton county district attorney fani willis, and got her response to what she will do about witnesses who defy subpoenas, and specifically about senator lindsey graham. >> if you are met with resistance, how will you respond to that? if you're met with resistance to people who say they do not want to come testify? >> nobody wants to come to the prosecutors party, that's part of the work that we do. we will take it before a judge, and he will make a ruling if we have a legal right to bring him

freeman, producer and editor here at and i'm pleased to enter introduced tonight's guest, deborah willis. the author of opposing beauty african-american images from the 1890s to the present, reflections in black photographers, 1840s to the present. and michelle obama the first lady and photographs, among others. university professor and chair of the department of photography and imaging at the tisch school of the arts at new york university, a recipient of macarthur and guggenheim fellowship and in addition to her work all over america, doctor willis has curated numerous photography exhibitions, served as a museum consultant and has appeared in and consulted on several media projects. she's here tonight with her latest book, "the black civil war soldier" a visual history of conflict and citizenship." in it, doctor willis offers a far ranging but intimate photographic essay about black experiences in the u.s. civil war from the conflicts all the way to the turn-of-the-century. henry louis gates junior proclaims that, quote, in this breathtaking volume, the scholar deborah willis reveals t

willie?kathy, thanks so much. >>> joe biden remains in isolated while he's being treated for covid. his doctors say he likely contracted the highly contagious ba-5 variant. peter alexander has more. peter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. nice to see you. president biden is beginning his third full day in isolation here inside the residence. the white house not sharing any new photos of him saturday. but they say he is getting better, and keeping a full schedule. >> are you feeling better? >> reporter: president biden this morning on the mend, his doctor writing after two days of paxlovid, his symptoms continue to improve. though he's still dealing with a runny nose, loose cough and body aches. friday, he had a raspy voice to show for it. >> i'm feeling much better than i sound. >> reporter: he's using an inhaler two to three times a day. his doctors say he most clikly contracted the ba-5 subvariant, that accounts for 75% of all infections. his predecessor, former president trump, is

the district attorney willis has not been afraid to subpoena members of congress. beyond what we've heard about so far, who are we seeing receive some high profile subpoenas in the future. >> the district attorney has shown as you said definitely willing to subpoena as many people as she thinks is necessary to get to the bottom of the potential election interference that we saw in 2020. to that end, what we can tell from the graham and hice subpoenas is that she is very interested in targeting not just members of congress who may have had a role in directly pressuring election officials or interfering with the election administration here in georgia, but also in questions of how they were muddying the water, shall we say, into the legitimacy of the certification of the results back in washington. so that could open up the subpoena that would be interested in, to a much broader array of georgia lawmakers in the stateside and federal level. >> the last time we talked about this a couple of weeks ago there was a real sense that this case in georgia might actually pose

ktvu is evan sernoffsky spoke with jennifer willis about her priorities for the job. i always say that this has been a calling for me to willis will be the new head of the victims services division in the san francisco district attorney's office. d a . brook jenkins made the announcement wednesday the latest high ranking position to be filled after a staff overhaul following the ouster of former d a chase a boudin coming into an office that has so much honestly, controversy going on around it. my first priority is to really make sure that the victims advocates and the staff that's in the office fill hard area native she spent two decades as a community health professional, recently working as a psychiatric nurse practitioner at children's hospital of oakland and a professor at ucsf. super important that we recognize the impact of trauma and individuals, but the impact of trauma on communities because, as i'm sure people are starting to hear hurt people hurt people , her unit assists crime victims and families with resources like counseling and financial assistance. th

. >> that's exactly right, willy. good to see you. this is a continuation of what the white house has been doing for months. kamala harris has been talking to different constituecy groups and clergymen and different abortion rights groups and more importantly, last week, last thursday they talked to state a.g.s about kind of what the president is going to talk to these governors about today, hoping to find a blueprint. what are the things they're doing in their state to protect the access to abortion and where are the places the federal government can help and places the federal government has more power to do so. i can't over state and everyone knows this well. we've seen this and talked to different groups but also, i was out last week on the day that roe was overturned and the left is looking for president biden to be swift in his action, they have said they are not happy with what we've seen people who want to see a woman's right to choose, a pregnant person's right to choose enshrined in law are hoping for more action. they want

others, unwilling to wait, attempt to cross into america illegally with the help of men like willie.you're doing is illegal? >> reporter: willie is a third-generation coyote who sees his decades-long profession not just as a business, but as an act of selflessness. the u.s. is cracking down on people like you, on coyotes. are you worried this is going to end your career? >> reporter: he charges up to $3,000 per person, money that's split between him and his team on both sides of the border. >> so the guards on the border, the u.s. side, are allowing you in? are you paying them? in a statement to abc news, a spokesperson for u.s. customs and border protection says the agency has robust anti-corruption measures in place and that cbp has zero-tolerance for corrupt personnel. you know that a lot of the people that come to the border are running away from danger and poverty. don't you feel like you're exploiting them? >> reporter: now 70 years old, willie says he might retire as it becomes harder and harder to run his operation. are you worried that you will get caught and arrested? >> re

willie's been here this week. >> yeah. >>

willie, it is interesting. we keep hearing, and we've heard about the rise of the authoritarians and western democracy on the skids. we've heard about the rise of the right-wing populist. it is going to overtake western democracy. we saw boris johnson. we saw it with brexit. we saw it with donald trump. there is, without a doubt, a growing sense of exhaustion. boris johnson getting the boot from his own party suggests that it's not just happening here. because we're starting to hear more and more about it with donald trump. it's not just happening in france, where the french people said, "yeah, we don't like macron but, man, we're not voting for the crazy woman." and we're seeing it really across now great britain and across a lot of europe, that it looks like the age of the right-wing populist, with johnson's departure, may be coming to a short, short end. it was a false spring but, wow, a spring with some very, very bad hair. >> it really is. you look at this collage of photos -- >> across the pond. >> -- and

good morning, willie.'ve talked to white house officials here and they say that vice president harris is going to talk about this mass shooting in her speech at the national education association conference. this is, like you said, something that they had already planned for her to go to. and so she is going to be right now the face of the administration on the ground in chicago. they haven't said whether or not she's adding any events or anything like that. but this is something that vice president harris does do at times, talk when there is a large event like this. but this is one of those where she was already going to be there. and when you talk to folks here about hearing all of the public pressure that is on them to do something, when you hear what the governor of illinois said right there, that president biden was going to give all of the resources that the federal government can give, that is kind of the sense that there is only so much that they could do. at this point, the administration feels th

willis also has been very close to the vest here with these details. in fact, news of these potential criminal charges was buried in the response of a motion filed by the attorney of one of the fake electors to get willis thrown off the case. her investigation so far, guys, has been very broad, very wide reaching, and this new development shows just how wide reaching it is. and we should remind our viewers that this news comes on the heels of seven key trump allies being issued subpoenas and that includes his lawyer, rudy giuliani, and the republican senator in south carolina, lindsey graham. poppy, jim? >> nick valencia, thank you so much. >>> joining us now to discuss, john danforth, former republican senator from missouri, also served as u.s. ambassador to the u.n., now leading a super pac that is supporting an independent senate candidate in missouri. senator, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> we're more than a year and a half out from the 2020 election efforts to overturn it. and a local affiliate in milwaukee, wisn, is repor

i'm willie geist. we have the bureau chief at politico and host of "way too early," jonathan lemire. and associate editor of the "washington post," eugene robinson. we begin with the latest developments in the mass shooting in illinois. six killed, 38 injured when a gunman opened fire at a fourth of july parade in highland park. that is an affluent suburb of chicago. this video shows a band playing as people begin to run. other footage caught the jarring sound of gunfire. ♪♪ [ gunfire ] >> imagine the shock and confusion. maybe it was fireworks, they could rightly think. no, those were gunshots. the series of shots you heard followed by a second round of shooting that lasted about 7 seconds. the gunman was on a rooftop with a high-powered rifle. parade-goers scattering in all directions once they realized what was happening. you see a band running there. the crowd left behind chairs, toys, baby strollers, and blankets. here's one witness describing that scene. >> a few minutes into the parade started,

now willis will begin her new role at the da's office on august 8th. she told me she's already been in touch with the former head of the unit under d. a george gascon. it's learning everything she can. in the meantime, heather take on this new role, which is so important. all right, evan. thank you. thank you. the california attorney general's office says it will not take over a case. involving the brother of san francisco mayor london breed san francisco de a . brook jenkins has recused herself in the criminal case against napoleon brown. he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, armed robbery and carjacking. jenkins asked the california attorney general's office to consider brown's request to reduce his prison sentence of more than 40 years. the district attorney was recently appointed by mayor breed and wanted to avoid any appearance of conflict. she said that she is now exploring other options, including transferring the case to other agencies in the bay area. was quickly contained a fast moving brush fire that broke out in sonoma county. today

fani willis is an elected democratic official as the da in fulton county.emocratic nominee running for lieutenant governor. she also has notified the republican nominee for lieutenant governor, state senator bert jones that he is a target to this investigation. he is very close to donald trump and works to serve as a fake elector here in the state. so she has held a fundraiser for the opponent of somebody who is a target of her investigation. the judge said it may not technically be illegal, but it was sort of a what you were you thinking moment. he said that to her in open court. we were there. we have noted that that was really a public display of chastising the district attorney. her camp has said that was a fundraiser for the primary election not the election against bert jones but a lot of people here in the state agreeing with the judge, what were you thinking? this is a high profile investigation. she is an elected democratic official and said she's doing these two things separately. i don't expect her to hold another fundraiser for charlie bailey in

we'll get there. >> willie, it is always, my default is terrance and philip.betty, what is wrong with you. what is wrong with you? it is a southpark thing. default back to southpark. >> we're going to get you some voice work one of these days. so from the los angeles times, jonah goldberg has a new piece looking at this from the sitting president, where did biden go wrong. in this piece, goldberg writes there is a lot of theories why he's such a political mess. and my own is their correct to one extent or another but the biggest problem is ideological and structural. he will be remembered as last democratic president shaped by the old fdr coalition and reliance on the white working class and bipartisanship. meanwhile the democratic party base is philosophically and cultural contemptuous of politics, yes, the same is true of the gop and all too happy to blow up that old coalition. and if biden had followed an eisenhower like policy as leaning into his image as a grandfatherly figure, above the childish biggers of washington, it might have worked but biden let h

watch that one in the day as head for something hopefully, willie. but unfortunately look for more of this war criminal behavior from russia. >> and rick stengel, just as we're on ukraine here, how would you describe the strategy in terms of how it is going? is this a success so far or remains to be seen? >> i think, mika, it remains to be seen. i think in retrospect, we would probably decide we should have been more vigorous and aggressive in giving iran sophisticated weapons, mid range missiles, all of the kind of heavy artillery we're giving them now. the ukrainians have been just stalwart and heroic in what they're doing. they are a model to the rest of the world. but i think doing more earlier would probably have been a better strategy. and yet we're pretty much doing as much as we can. this circles back to where we started. i mean, the war in ukraine is shaping biden's trip to the middle east. biden despises what mbs did to khashoggi, but he needs more energy supplies around the world and try to keep the per barrel price of oil down. that is wh

michael isikoff reports for yahoo news, quote, fulton county georgia district attorney fani willis has sent so-called target letters to so-called to prominent georgia republicans, informing them they could be indicted for their role in a scheme to appoint alternate electors pledged to the former president despite joe biden's victory in the state, according to legal sources familiar with the matter. isikoff is reporting that a number of people on the receiving end of those target letters are prominent georgia republicans, including state senator robert jones, governor brian kemp's running mate for lieutenant governor. david schaffer, the chairman of the georgia republican party and state senator brandon beach. both jones and schaffer reportedly participated in the fake electors scheme that trump and his allies cooked up as a way to float the results of the election. the washington post previously obtained an email that was sent out by the trump campaign to the fake trump electors. the email said, quote, i must ask for your complete discretion in this process. your duties our imperative

willis has been disqualified from conflict of interest.er counsel tried to indicate that support for rival and lieutenant governor's race should not be grounds for disqualification. a judge clearly disagreed. and now they may question burt jones. that's yet to be seen. but a big point here, others set to testify. remember, guys, they were served a letter saying they had gone from witness to targets of the criminal witnesses. fani willis' investigation of election officials have been broad reaching. and seven key trump allies who have received subpoenas including the republican senator in south carolina lindsey graham and the attorney for trump, rudy giuliani, it remains to see how how this for willis will affect her case. brianna. >> going back, michael smerconish, on this piece here, what do you think about what she did? are you as surprised as the judge was, this is a what are you thinking moment? >> no, i think the judge is of absolutely correct. big picture, fani willis has argumentably the most comprehensive investigation going on und

my name is tom willis. senator marshall -- you guys can read my testimony, there's three or four points i'd like to make in the allotted time i've got. number one, this drought is real. the easiest way can signify, that we have not had participation on my farm, i farm in four counties in western kansas, since last august. this morning at 3 am i got a call from my wife. usually when that happens it means we've got cows on the highway, and the cowboy is going somewhere. that's not why she called. she called to tell me it was raining. we got a inch last night, that's the first rain since last august. number two, when that happens in our area because the harshness of the climate we pull heavy on the arc over. when i first bought my farm, we farm, my son and i farm 7500 acres in kansas, southwest kansas. when i first bought it after the first year, my pull down on my wealth was ten feet. at ten feet of water that we used out of the top over that was non replenished. i could see it was non sustainable. we develop

matt willis for his advice and forecast.lso san francisco bay's task rabbit is shutting down offices, all of them, even the headquarters. we will talk to the company's vice president to talk about where the future of productive work does not need to include coming into the office. first governor newsom today signed a bill allowing californians to sue makers and dealers of illegal firearms for damages. it is another first in the nation law by california. and that is the latest move by newsom to position the golden state as the archrival of texas. joining us live to talk about all this is politico reporter jeremy white. great to see you. >> thanks for having me. kristen: explain the bill the governor signed today. it takes effect in a year. how does it work? >> so, not long after the supreme court allowed a texas law to stand that allows private citizens to sue abortion providers, governor newsom said he wanted to do the same thing for firearms. that's exactly what this bill authorizes. it is clearly an attempt to provoke a le

who's that daddy and then i said willie mays. who's willie mays? storytime storytime. alright, so i have some work to do. well, you know , there's such a great things to show. show her about him, so yeah. all right. all right. time now is 9 32. he moved to this happening now people are getting monkey pox vaccines at walk in clinics in san francisco that opened just about 90 minutes ago. ktvu sally restless joins us live at san francisco general hospital with much more ali. andre the vaccine clinic here opened at eight o'clock this morning, and they went through the line very quickly these busses that they move out of the way. take our word for it. there's no more line here for this vaccine clinic. most of the people who wanted to vaccine were able to get one. let's show you some video from earlier this morning, though, and at one point before this clinic opened at eight there as many as 2 to 300 people waiting in line. the line stretched from the entrance of san francisco general all the way down the block to potrero and 22nd street. some of the first people in line go

just talking about the politics for a moment, clearly willis seems to be not terribly concerned withoing to play politically because in sending a target letter to a statewide office holder, statewide office candidate from the republican party, she's an elected democrat. and by the way, a candidate for lieutenant governor, who's running against a close ally of hers, charlie bailey, who used to work with her in the fulton county district attorney's office, and willis recently co-sponsored a fund-raiser for him. so this has big political consequences in georgia. it's like the journal constitution reported today this has jolted the state wide races down there with some people saying this is a political move by willis to hurt trump republicans and others saying, look, she's just doing her job, pursuing evidence of criminal acts in her jurisdiction. >> we'll see how aggressive she's pushing has any impact on how fast or if the doj even speeds up what they're doing, how fast she's moving. it's good to see you, michael, thank you. >> sure, any time. >>> outfront next, disturbing new details

willis has long denied. that she says she is letting the evidence take the prosecutors wherever it goes. she says she has no pre-determined kind of outcomes in her mind. that said, she did kind of pause or at least delay bringing in witnesses until after our may primaries here in georgia, and i believe she also mentioned to your reporter today that should this not be resolved by october, which is when georgia begins early voting, she will also pause until after the elections are passed, just to kind of prevent the perception that she is playing politics. but no matter what she does, people are going to accuse her of playing politics. >> true. thanks for being with us tonight. senior reporter for the atlanta journal constitution. we'll be right back. us tonight. tonight. senior reporte that's been saving people money for nearly 60 years. i gotta go, ah. for a great low rate, and nearly 60 years of quality coverage, go with the general. journal minutes more restful sleep per night. and now, the queen sleep num

willie, it's actually worse than that. republicans agreed to pass the chips package because reconciliation was theoretically off the table, this kind of reconciliation was off the table. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell got worked and john cornyn, the lead sponsor of the chips bill. quite frankly, it's a black eye for them. i don't think they're going to be able to stop this chips aboutily from passing and even if they stop it from passing it's self-defeating. republicans understand this needs to get through and they'd be punishing chip manufacturers and national security if they killed it in the house, but progressives are lining up behind this in the house because of that reconciliation process and democrats are confident they'll be able to get it through today. >> jake sherman, such an interesting day on washington, more ahead. thanks for being up early with us. >>> coming up the new issue of "time" magazine, is brittney griner and the fight for free tom. we'll talk to admiral james stavrides about that and the po

all we know is willis said she is contemplating doing it. and so that's definitely a space worth watching. . >> dana? >> it's definitely space worth watching. and if you talk to people who are in and around the former president still, i talked to somebody who talks quite frequently to him this week. and it's -- what we are seeing in georgia, what we are seeing at the doj, most importantly, what we are seeing in the united states house of representatives with these hearings, is trump is fixated on it. and he's thinking about his 2024 run through the prism of that. not whether he will run. all indicators is he does plan to do it. but when he wants to make that announcement. he's thinking about it when it comes to the timing of these, about the narrative changing. and even the political peril he is in about trying to get out ahead of things potentially getting even worse by putting his candidacy out there. >> thank you all very much. and to everyone, don't miss dana and state of the union this sunday. she is going to be joined by the arizona go

up until now, we know that the state electors -- some of them had been participating with willis. but this is the first time we are hearing that the 16 electors could face criminal charges. according to one of the attorneys, many of these electors had been cooperating with willis as witnesses, but not as targets. all that changed according to court filings, in late june, when attorneys for willis's office say that new evidence came to light. attorneys for the electors are pushing back on this claim. they are saying that this is all a publicity stunt and the electors agreed to be witnesses for willis's investigation. but it was not in good faith. why this is so significant is that it shows that willis is potentially inching forward towards these criminal charges. it also shows, anderson, just how wide ranging, wide reaching in the broad scope of her investigation, as well. anderson? >> is there any indication this investigation is drawing closer to the former president? >> there is. and it does suggest that this may be drawn closer to former president trump. we should remind our vi

fani willis is investigating things that the 1/6 committee is looking. .ed before a special grand jury. what does merrick garland have to wait for congress to proceed with a criminal probe? >> i'm not saying it's necessary appropriate. i can see arguments on both sides. i can see a difference between a coordinate branch of government, the executive branch where merrick garland works deferring to the legislative branch of government. they have so many different issues versus a state or district attorney who doesn't quite have that. it also is possible that garland is doing stuff in the shadows and we haven't heard about it. i would caution too much of a comparison, this shouldn't be a race. this should be everyone trying to get the right answer, do it carefully and methodically and the like and it seems like that's going in georgia right now. >> you know, i think jeremy bash, that the spirit of the questions and what is so amazing about blayne's interview with district attorney fani willis is her last answer to us. this isn't about being savvy to the way do

willie. >>> let's turn to president biden's trip abroad. kick off his first visit to the middle east since returning to office. much of the conversation around the trip has been focused on the president's second stop in saudi arabia. there he will come face-to-face with the crown prince believed by u.s. intelligence to have murdered the murder of "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi in 2013. joining us retired rear admiral john kirby. admiral kirby, good morning. thanks for joining us. let's start in israel. we know the president will meet with the palestinian authority mahmoud abbas. >> in israel, we reaffirm our ironclad commitment to israel's security. the relationship with israel goes beyond just security. there's a tremendous economic cultural ties. israel has been a supporter of ukraine's efforts in their war against russia on their own turf. there's an awful lot on the itinerary. he's looking forward to meeting with the prime minister to advance again u.s.-israel relations and security across many fronts. with president abbas

i'm pleased to be here, and excited to introduce today's guest deborah willis. deborah willis is a ph.d., author of opposing view the african -- from 1920 to the president. and, michelle obama, the first lady of photographs, among other books. university professor and chair of the department of photography and imaging at the tissue school of the arts at new york university. she is the recipient of mcarthur and guggenheim associates. as well as sharing her work all across the country, she has served as a museum consultant, and appeared in an consulted on several media projects. she's here tonight with her latest book, the black civil war soldier a visual history of conflict and citizenship. in it, dr. willis offers a far ranging but intimate photographic essay about black experiences in the u.s. civil war from the conflicts outset all the way to the turn of the century. debra lewis -- in this breathtaking volume, the scholar debra willis reveals us the fullness of their inhumanity through the photographic record she interprets, through the paper trail they left b

willie? >> let's get some reaction now from the white house this morning to the news that prime minister johnson will be resigning. joining us now white house reporter for politico, eugene daniels. it is good to see you. so the relationship between johnson and biden hasn't been particularly koezen. johnson was said not to love the term special relationship, felt it made the u.k. was needy before the united states. what are you hearing. >> they are pretty mum. throughout the scandals that have happened over and over to boris johnson, they continued to be this way. they don't want to be seen as meddling or want to meddle and don't want to be on the wrong side of whatever decision ends up happening. and i think there is a surprise here in the white house. just like was said. this is happened over and over. people have -- it is not the first time that boris johnson has been found to or accused of lying to his people. and so that this was the last straw and it happened so quickly even after he sai

it's pretty simple, willie.ed to give veterans the health care they need who have been exposed to burn pits and other toxins leading all of the way back to agent orange and their benefits have been denied because they haven't been able to be service connected so veterans were getting cancers and lung diseases and all kind of other immune logical responses and immune disorders and it wasn't being covered in their health care and benefits and they were dying and their families were going bankrupt and struggling and so this bill addresses those things and by the way, has already passed. it passed on june 16th, 84-14 in the senate and there was a technical glitch in it that was blue slipped by the house. it was just one sentence about rural medical practices being utilized by the va so that veterans who live far away from a big facility can also access specialized care. that's the only thing that the house picked. so that's where it stands, but if i could, willy, i want to address the talking point that the republic

that is a setback for willis's investigation in georgia but a specific one that only applies to that one subject of her investigation, and it really doesn't appear to impact the rest of her case. but you know, bigger picture here, just as it seems like the investigations and potential prosecutions for what happened on january 6th are stretching on and on and on and on and on, and i think a considerable section of the public is being impatient to see people at the top are going to pay any price for what they did or just the low level people who physically ran into the capitol that that day, just as that is stretching on and on and on, on the other side of particular the effort to overthrow the last election and re-install trump in power, that is not in the distant past at this point, it is literally ongoing. the week before last, the leader of the wisconsin state assembly told reporters that trump had called him and told him two weeks ago that he needed to decertify the results of wisconsin's presidential election from 2020 now. which seemed insane that trump was still making calls li