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Senate Committee to Vote on Fauci Contempt; Blanche Aims to Make Dobbs Decision Permanent; Wisconsin's Gubernatorial Race; Tucker Carlson Fuels '28 Speculation. Aired 6:30-7a ET
Aired August 06, 2026 - 06:30 ET
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AUDIE CORNISH, CNN ANCHOR: So, in just two hours, a Republican-led Senate committee will vote on holding Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress.
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SEN. JOSH HAWLEY (R-MO): What day of the week is it today?
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, FORMER DIRECTOR, NIAID: I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.
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CORNISH: Dr. Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times last week during a hearing into his handling of the Covid pandemic. Now, Senate investigators have just obtained a copy of Dr. Fauci's work iPhone from the pandemic era.
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MANU RAJU, CNN CHIEF CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: What do you expect on this contempt vote? Is that on Thursday? And what do you expect to happen?
SEN. RAND PAUL (R-KY): Thursday. And I'm not sure yet what the vote will be, but we'll find out Thursday.
RAJU: If you get the votes in the committee, is that enough to charge him?
PAUL: Well, we don't do charging. The Department of Justice does.
RAJU: Right.
PAUL: So, we -- if we win the vote on Thursday, my plan is to send it to the Department of Justice.
((END VIDEO CLIP) CORNISH: A contempt finding could open the door to an investigation into whether Fauci had a valid constitutional right against self- incrimination when he refused to answer the committee's questions.
The group chat is back.
Stephen, can I talk to you about this? Because it gets in the weeds a little bit. And it's not unusual for some lawmaker or policy person to plead the Fifth in these scenarios. I'll play for you the president, over the last couple of years. But this is what -- this is how Trump criticized Fauci about pleading the Fifth.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The mob takes the Fifth. If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?
I think it's disgraceful.
Have you seen what's going on in front of Congress? Fifth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, Fifth Amendment. Horrible. Horrible.
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CORNISH: When he said in front of Congress, is that the key here? Because he himself invoked it 400 times, right, in a deposition. What is it about Congress that makes it special?
STEPHEN NEUKAM, CONGRESSIONAL REPORTER, "NOTUS": I think -- I think -- well, you know, one, I think Congress -- when you come in front of Congress and there's a legit sort of legislative oversight or, you know, that's what lawmakers do on these committees and you refuse to answer questions, they're going to be upset in general.
I think the thing looming over this is the fact that Dr. Fauci already has a pardon. That is what a lot of Republicans on The Hill are saying, that if you already have a pardon, he was pardoned by former President Biden, why are you not willing to answer questions? Now, Democratic senators argue that having a pardon does not restrict you from using your Fifth Amendment right. We'll have to see what --
CORNISH: So, it was a blanket pardon across the board.
NEUKAM: That's right. But it's not going forward. It was only backward looking.
CORNISH: Got it.
NEUKAM: And I think that that's also the argument that Democrats are making that Fauci has the right to assert the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination.
CORNISH: Since Trump is pretty -- given a lot of pardons out there and given a lot of blanket pardons out there, is this a door Republicans want to open? Meaning, isn't there a world where, when Democrats are in charge they'll be like, hey, remember, someone pleads the Fifth, you can just --
DOUG HEYE, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: So, Audie, I think you're thinking very long term, meaning next year. And in Congress, we don't -- we don't even think --
CORNISH: November. Yes.
HEYE: We don't think that long term anymore.
CORNISH: Yes.
HEYE: And I think that's the reality. What I can do today is what I'm going to do today. And what happens in a future Congress, you know, hello, filibuster, goes by the wayside.
And I've worked a lot of Congressional hearings, and I worked on the contempt holding for Eric Holder. That issue was that he wouldn't show up. There's a very --
CORNISH: I was going to say, usually they don't show up.
HEYE: Yes.
CORNISH: They don't sit there and plead the Fifth.
HEYE: So, I don't know the legalities on this one.
But what's troubled me for months now is, this has been a very long and I think sad kabuki theater.
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And that's been with Rand Paul. It's also been with Dr. Fauci, who I first had meetings with in 2005. And they've both sort of fed into each other with their, you know, indignation and so forth. And meanwhile, we're not getting to the bottom of what actually happened. And if the lab leak theory is true, we're not getting to the bottom, as all of this is happening, of why there was a real gag on people not being allowed to say that that was a possibility.
CORNISH: How are you feeling about it? I hear Democrats saying, oh, well, the whole reason they're doing this is because they want to catch him in a lie, and then the lie will be the thing they can actually go after him for and get around the pardon.
JOSH ORTON, PRESIDENT, DEMAND JUSTICE: Well, first of all, I'm like checking my calendar for what year it is, right? It's 2026, right, and prices are so high. There's a midterm election in a couple of months. It's shocking to me that Republicans are still laser focused on Anthony Fauci. They are talking to a small segment of their base.
CORNISH: I don't think so. Here's why. So many independent voters who swung to Trump were people who were activated by their concerns out of Covid. People who hated lockdowns. People who didn't want to wear their masks. This, that and the other thing. That's a real constituency. And are they trying to reactivate it? ORTON: I mean, I think that would be true if they were actually
looking for the, as Doug said, the original cause of Covid. This back and forth, Fauci has become a boogeyman in a certain segment of the Republican Party.
CORNISH: A bobblehead or a boogeyman.
ORTON: Yes. And to focus just on him, to me, is speaking just to that constituency and not to a broader group of parents and workers who actually had to deal with what happened in Covid. They would want answers. And I think that would be a legitimate conversation.
This is political theater aimed at a very narrow group of people.
CORNISH: OK. Well, it's all we've got for now.
It is now 36 minutes past the hour. This is your morning roundup.
Now, three people from three different states have been charged with threatening a judge, a witness and local officials tied to the Nolan Wells investigation. And the case is receiving nationwide attention and the threatening calls and Facebook messages, they came from three states, Ohio, California and Illinois. Now, no one's been charged in connection with the Wells case, and the black teens cause of death remains undetermined, at least to local officials.
And the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis has spread to even more states. This lettuce parasite has been reported in 15 states. Two people have died. More than 6,000 people have fallen ill. Now, the CDC is saying they're actively monitoring and working on it, but that the risk to the general public is low.
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MEEK MILL, RAPPER: We trying to survive. We fighting the system.
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CORNISH: Eagle-eyed viewers may have caught Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro there in Meek Mill's new music video for "Nightmares to Dreams." And that surprise cameo was even a surprise to the governor. His office says it was Shapiro's kids who first spotted him in it, but this isn't the first time Mill and Shapiro have collaborated. In the past they've worked together on criminal justice reform.
Next on CNN THIS MORNING, on the verge of confirmation, Todd Blanche makes a lofty promise to restrict abortion in every state. We're going to talk about whether or not he can do that.
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MEGYN KELLY, HOST, "THE MEGYN KELLY SHOW": I believe Tucker's so disgusted.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ys.
KELLY: And the, you know, the neocons and what's happened within the Republican Party --
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.
KELLY: That, for the first time, he actually would consider it.
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CORNISH: We're going to follow up with this question. Is Tucker Carlson teeing up a run for president with his new America First party?
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TODD BLANCHE, ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL: I've been talking to Republicans and Democrats for the past several months. And I'll continue to do so. And my team has been as well. So, no, I'm not worried about what's going to happen over the next couple days.
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CORNISH: Todd Blanche's attorney general nomination is still hanging by a thread. He can only afford to lose one more vote. And earlier this week, Senator Susan Collins says she's a no. Now, Senator Bill Cassidy is saying he's unsure.
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SEN. BILL CASSIDY (R-LA): I've got to be convinced that he is an attorney general who just happens to have once been President Trump's personal attorney, as opposed to person -- as opposed to President Trump's personal attorney who is now the attorney general.
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CORNISH: Then there's this. Blanche made, last week, these comments, adding fuel to concerns that Cassidy is bringing up. In a since deleted recording of Blanche's call with faith leaders, he laid out his goals for the future of abortion policy.
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TODD BLANCHE, ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL: We're working, you know, hand in hand with HHS and the FDA and the White House and President Trump's team to get permanent solutions so that -- so that the Dobbs decision becomes permanent in every single state.
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CORNISH: All right, joining me now, Irin Carmon, senior correspondent for "New York Magazine." She's also the author of "Unbearable: The Truth about Pregnancy in America." I believe the paperback is coming out now. So, Irin, what I wanted to talk to you about is the mail order part of
it. The Justice Department said in a statement that Blanche was referring to just that. And then he made these comments in his hearing last month where it came up again.
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TODD BLANCHE, ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL: I've seen video myself of what appears to be pills coming even from overseas to young women. And it doesn't matter who applies for it. Anybody can get it. There's no instructions. They just come dumped out of a little plastic bag. And it's wrong.
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CORNISH: Irin, give me a sense of things here. I mean the telemedicine industry is huge. So, are people getting plastic bags of abortion pills from overseas?
IRIN CARMON, SENIOR CORRESPONDENT, "NEW YORK MAGAZINE": Well, Audie, there is a sea change in how people are getting abortions, in states where it's legal and in states where it's not legal.
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What happened is that during Covid many of the regulations about getting abortion pills in person, or at least having to have one visit in person, were relaxed by the Biden administration, and it became clear that this -- there was a lot of research showing that this was a safe way to get an abortion, and patients were really interested in it.
And so now the majority of abortions take place using medication and a slight majority of them take place with telemedicine. If you're getting an abortion in a state where abortion is illegal, the odds are that it is through telemedicine from a doctor, a legitimate doctor, not just, you know, random website who is practicing in a state like New York or California that protects their right to see patients across state lines in states that it is illegal.
And this has made it so that, you know, we used to hear these dark warnings. It was the pre-Roe reality that women would be bleeding in alleyways when abortion was made illegal. Because abortion medication is so safe and effective and accessible now, that is the big reason why we do not have that. And, you know, understandably, those who would like abortion to be illegal are extremely angry about this, and they're looking for legal and medical solutions to try to -- or policy, regulatory solutions through HHS to try to undermine this.
And so, there's a study underway at HHS which medical associations say is kind of looking for evidence that doesn't exist, that medication abortion is harmful. And on the legal perspective, what the attorney general could do is he could revise the Biden administration's opinion that it is legal under, you know, that it doesn't violate this 19th century obscenity law, the Comstock Act, which bans selling obscene materials through the mail. Anti-abortion activists feel that the Trump administration has not done enough, and they are demanding that they find a way, any way, through federal agencies to make it impossible for these women to access these pills.
CORNISH: Can I underscore something you just said when you mentioned using obscenity laws to go after material that crosses state lines? This sounds like something where there's still legal question. I don't know if it's something the Supreme Court maybe has nodded to either in dissents or rulings, but is this something we're going to hear more about? Is it a ripe area for legal challenge?
CARMON: It is absolutely a ripe area. I will say that the -- so far the Supreme Court hasn't been interested, even though it's been asked, to take up the question of the Comstock Act. But it is certainly expected by advocates in this space that there will be a challenge to the shield laws that protect doctors in states like New York and California that are currently, you know, being sued by, you know, in Louisiana and Texas for sending these pills across state lines. And so, whether, you know, when Todd Blanche says make Dobbs permanent in every state, Dobbs does not say that blue states can't have their own abortion laws that both make it legal and protect these doctors.
But Justice Alito said in a recent dissent about these very medication abortion pills and how -- pills and how they're regulated, that this -- that these laws undermine Dobbs. And so the question is, is there a majority on the Supreme Court for curtailing the free flow of medication through the mail from, again, legitimate, licensed doctors in their states, sending them to desperate patients in red states? And that, I believe in the next year, two years, three years, we're going to see those kinds of challenges reach the Supreme Court.
CORNISH: OK, Irin Carmon, thank you so much. And please take a look out for her book. It's called "Unbearable: The Truth about Pregnancy in America."
We're going to turn to this, fresh off a win from Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, Francesca Hong in Wisconsin hopes to be the next big win for the left. The Democratic socialist is the clear frontrunner for the gubernatorial primary coming up on Tuesday in purple Wisconsin. Now, Hong, of course, has been critical of U.S. policy on Israel. She has previously backed defunding the police. She is anti-ICE. She has been stumping with the far left.
Her stance that's got everybody riled up, however, is her opinion on Thanksgiving. So, it all started with this now deleted post from 2020, when Hong called for the holiday to be canceled.
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KAITLAN COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: Do you still believe that Thanksgiving should be canceled?
FRANCESCA HONG (D), WISCONSIN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE: I'm a chef. And one of the first meals that I made that was for the community when I was 16 was a Thanksgiving meal.
But Thanksgiving is also a time that's incredibly painful for many people in our communities.
My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving because I love to --
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There you have it.
HONG: Yes. I don't want to cancel it. I actually love it.
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CORNISH: OK, the group chat is back.
Can't believe this is happening. But here's the conversation.
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Can I start with you guys? Like, my messaging folks. Some things are a gotcha question. Some things are not. But I think going back to like a post from 2020 is emblematic of a certain era of candidate we're dealing with now.
HEYE: Yes, absolutely. And look, it's not just to me. It's not just that she hates Thanksgiving for whatever reason. If you look at the tweet --
CORNISH: And also loves Thanksgiving.
HEYE: Apparently now -- well, now. And that was sort of a tortured explanation. She talks about how it -- how it impacts indigenous folks. How does she spell folks? With an x. And I think the problem that a lot of these candidates have is they don't talk like normal people. Those voters that El-Sayed needs to win, that voted against him in the primary, white, working class African American voters, they don't speak like that. And so when you do, as a candidate, you're really turning off voters who could potentially support you.
ORTON: Yes, I can't imagine anyone wanting to cancel Thanksgiving.
Look, I think, actually, El-Sayed is sort of a good contrast here because he's focused so much on the economic plight of Michiganders and talked about how he was going to take on power.
I think that for, you know, for people who are running for higher office, for statewide office, in this moment, that needs to be the focus. And I think, you know, talking about these other particular things, you know, I don't think it's going to bring together the coalition that she needs to win. And, you know, I love Thanksgiving.
CORNISH: Good God.
OK, I just want to note one thing, that Bernie Sanders has endorsed Abdul El-Sayed, but he has not done the same for Hong. And when he was asked about this, he just said, look, she seems nice. I'm not familiar with the race. I was sort of surprised to see that. Is there -- is he really not doing gubernatorial races or has she just not caught his favor?
NEUKAM: I guess I don't know enough -- I can't remember the last time Bernie's endorsed a governor candidate.
CORNISH: Yes.
NEUKAM: Very Congress focused. But I will say, I think the most interesting thing about this whole saga to me is where it's happening.
CORNISH: Yes.
NEUKAM: It's happening in a critical area for the party. The blue wall. A wall that crumbled in 2024, turned away from the party. The stakes couldn't be higher for progressives. If they fail in the midterms in 2026, if they are the candidates and they cannot win, Michigan, if you cannot win Wisconsin as governor --
CORNISH: Yes. Yes.
NEUKAM: The party is going to be very critical of that.
CORNISH: I didn't think I'd be hearing about the blue wall so early, but here we are. Midterms. OK.
NEUKAM: Cannot avoid it.
CORNISH: All right. So, I want to turn to something else. Is Tucker Carlson plotting a third party run for president? So, Carlson hosted a dinner party of jilted MAGA members, and it was starring former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, Congressman Thomas Massie and former Trump official Joe Kent, who actually resigned over the war with Iran. Take a look at that Thanksgiving dinner picture. The White House called the picture a, quote, "embarrassing collection of mostly whiny turncoats." In a new podcast, Carlson laid out his vision for a new political system.
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TUCKER CARLSON, HOST, "THE TUCKER CARLSON SHOW": That the parties on the big issues are identical. Trump initiates the one thing he said he'd never do, a regime change war in the Middle East against Iran, a country much bigger and more powerful than the last regime change we attempted, which didn't work.
So, we're probably going to get a third party or multiple parties. Is that the best system? I don't know. It's better than the one we have.
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CORNISH: The group chat is back.
I wanted to talk about this because every once in a while there is a third-party spoiler. I'm old enough to remember like a Ross Perot. But is this a person we should be paying closer attention to because of how loud he is and the platform he has?
NEUKAM: I mean that platform is massive. I mean, if you remember when he was a cable news host, he was one of the, if not the biggest in the country. I think that his podcast audience is pretty large. And I think he's tapping into an anti-war sentiment, not just in the Republican Party, but with independents too, that is extremely strong. And if you listen to Carlson's podcast, which I do periodically just to sort of check in, there's a lot of talk about the anti-war and Iran and the decisions that the president has made specifically around foreign policy. So, I think that that is the lane that, if he was going to run, I think it's clear that Carlson's going to run on that.
CORNISH: Online it has sparked a lot of dialog. You had Laura Loomer calling all of this a threat. Saying, quote, "paging Vice President Vance, Tucker wants to hijack the GOP in 2026 and 2028."
And then Megyn Kelly, Tucker's former colleague at Fox News, was talking about this on her show yesterday. Here's how that conversation went.
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MARK HALPERIN, HOST, "NEXT UP WITH MARK HALPERIN: He might do it as a lark. But as a credible campaign --
MEGYN KELLY, HOST, "THE MEGYN KELLY SHOW": No.
HALPERIN: I don't believe it. I don't believe that support's their for him.
KELLY: I got to tell you, I disagree.
HALPERIN: What would -- what would the -- what --
KELLY: I haven't talked to him directly about it, but I believe Tucker's so disgusted --
HALPERIN: Yes.
KELLY: And the, you know, the neocons and what's happened within the Republican Party --
HALPERIN: Yes.
KELLY: That, for the first time, he actually would consider it.
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HEYE: Well, one, our friends at "USA Today" say it's not too early for preseason considerations.
CORNISH: OK.
HEYE: Now, that's about a football season that starts in about three weeks.
CORNISH: Yes.
HEYE: So, what happens after the midterms, I'm not entertaining yet. But I think -- I don't think -- there's not enough time in -- space in my brain or time in my life to focus on what I would call the cartoon characters in our politics. And whether they have Nazi tattoos or they sell cheap pillows, we spend too much time on these people. And I get it. You know, sunshine is the best disinfectant. But it also turns out, if we've learned anything in these past ten years, it's also how weeds grow. So, I don't have time right now to focus on any of this.
CORNISH: But you did have time for those amazing metaphors, and I salute you.
HEYE: Thank you.
CORNISH: OK.
ORTON: I sort of love this for the Republican Party, right? Look, I'm never going to say that I think Tucker Carlson is earnest. I think that, like, there's always an underlying motive here that I'm not really sure that -- you know, I would never take this at face value.
However, I do think this is an interesting sort of analysis of what happened to the Trump coalition now that he is grossly unpopular. He uniquely was able to sort of patch together the make America healthy again, these anti-war folks. He really did pledge no more wars. And what does he do? He gets into a war that every other president disavowed. And so, I think that this is actually a function. And I -- and I know Doug is -- doesn't want to focus on the preseason, but I think this is a focus -- this is actually a window into what is going to happen post-Trump where --
CORNISH: Yes. Yes. And these are also people responding to market forces.
ORTON: Correct.
CORNISH: So, yes, rage bait is a thing. Yes, I understand what you're saying. But also, they have to believe there's an audience there for the thing they're talking about and who believe that those arguments about war, et cetera, resonate in some way, otherwise they wouldn't do it. I mean they're not known for doing stuff out of the goodness of their hearts here. Like, they're trying to respond to a constituency.
CORNISH: All right, so, because we are almost at the end of the week, I'd love to hear what's in your group chats. And let me start with you, Steven.
NEUKAM: Yes, my group chat is all about my brand-new baby niece who last week was born. Five days ago.
CORNISH: Oh, look at that nose.
NEUKAM: Yes. That's Wrenlee. And she is seven pounds one ounce. And that is the only thing going on inside of my group chat is that beautiful face.
CORNISH: That makes sense because you are -- are you like a cool uncle? NEUKAM: I think I'm a cool uncle.
CORNISH: Yes.
NEUKAM: I have four nieces and nephews at this point. So, I'm pretty seasoned, I think. But we're fired up for this one.
CORNISH: OK. Doug.
HEYE: So, a few weeks ago Steven's colleague at "NOTUS," Tom Sietsema, he used to be the restaurant critic for "The Washington Post," wrote an ode to the BLT. I've never had a BLT in my life. But it has sort of inspired me --
CORNISH: I'm sorry, are you even American?
HEYE: I don't -- I don't like lettuce.
CORNISH: What?
HEYE: But I do like --
CORNISH: You don't like lettuce?
HEYE: I do like spinach. So, I replaced it with spinach.
CORNISH: Yes. And (INAUDIBLE) --
HEYE: Threw in a little basil. I've had about six of them in the past two weeks. It is my obsession.
CORNISH: Oh, my God. You're a Democrat now. Did you just say -- what --
HEYE: How do you -- how do you figure?
CORNISH: Didn't you say, what, basil and what else?
HEYE: Spinach.
CORNISH: Oh, well, I don't know about that. That's --
HEYE: Was Popeye a Democrat?
ORTON: Arugula is next.
CORNISH: Arugula is next. Yes. It's a slippery slope.
HEYE: Well, like Obama said. You've seen the cross of arugula. I have.
CORNISH: Yes, it's a slippery to microgreens, Doug, OK.
Go. What's in your group chat?
ORTON: My group chats all about post-trade deadline baseball, right? Like, I love -- like, you know, I'm a Cubs fan, right? And yesterday you saw the Dodgers play the Cubs. You see the number one and two contenders for NL MVP both hit two home runs in the same game. Baseball is amazing right now. It's fun to watch. And look, between now and October is prime baseball season. It's a joy. And I think the Cubs have a legitimate shot at the playoffs.
CORNISH: Are they also thinking of having a female league again? Have you guys heard about this?
NEUKAM: I think they started one.
CORNISH: They started already.
NEUKAM: Love it.
CORNISH: So, I'm very intrigued. I'm excited for any baseball fans.
NEUKAM: As an Orioles fan, I'm ready for football.
CORNISH: You guys, thank you so much for being here today.
HEYE: Thank you.
CORNISH: I really appreciate having new people in the chat.
We've got a couple of big news stories coming up today we mentioned earlier. One, Anthony Fauci. He's going to be back. Theres going to be more conversation about whether or not he can be held in contempt for things that he, I guess, didn't say by pleading the Fifth so many times in his congressional hearings.
We're also following bilateral talks between Iran and Oman about safe routes and passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Of course, fighting has resumed between the U.S. and Iran. And therefore, we don't know yet if there's going to be a deal. The president talked earlier this week about strikes and backed off, saying there could be a fresh round of negotiations.
And lastly, we're going to be talking about this week, Todd Blanche, the attorney general, whether or not he is going to get the votes he needs to get the job officially. He's currently acting attorney general. The most recent lawmaker to speak out against Blanche is Susan Collins of Maine, who says that she may not be voting for him after all.
We're , now keeping an eye on Senator Bill Cassidy. He has raised concerns about Blanche and whether or not he would be a rubber stamp for the president.
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People are all taking a fresh look now at what Blanche has to say about mail order abortion pills, and the effect that that could have on telemedicine.
So, we've got a lot of things happening this week. I know that you could spend your time nearly anywhere else, and we appreciate that you are spending it here with us. I'm Audie Cornish, and the headlines are next.
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