HOUR 1
- Sound of Freedom film skyrocketing in sales / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/08/01/sound-of-freedom-the-anti-hollywood-box-office-hit
- Trump indicted a third time / (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/indictment-jan-6-trump-08-02-23/index.html
- "A federal grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump on Tuesday for his alleged attempt to stay in power after losing the 2020 presidential election. Trump faces four felony charges, including conspiracy to defraud the United States. Scott MacFarlane reports from Capitol Hill." / (CBS News) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/breaking-down-unprecedented-third-indictment-for-trump/
- U.S. credit downgraded / (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/01/business/fitch-downgrade-us-debt/index.html?utm_campaign=mb&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=morning_brew
- Uber reports 2Q profit / (WSJ) https://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-q2-earnings-report-2023-453c335a?utm_campaign=mb&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=morning_brew
- Former FBI agent (whistleblower re Jan 6th investigations) Steve Friend on defunding the FBI
HOUR 2
- Ursula Sharp discusses her healthcare journey and the United Network for Organ Sharing [there are more than 106,000 people on the national transplant waiting list with 92,000 (87%) waiting for a kidney] / https://www.nkr.org/hpb754.
- Gov DeSantis interviewed by Brett Baier / (FOX News)
https://grabien.com/getmedia.php?id=2025479&key=4b2acfdd8ea135dfa1cc9d6e5d887981&userid=18055 - "The numbers at a Midtown homeless camp next to Cuddy Park have slowly increased ever since the camp was abated in early June to make way for a three-day concert event." / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/08/01/homeless-campers-return-midtown-site/
- "Jurors decided that a death sentence should be imposed on the gunman who killed 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in October 2018, in what is considered the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history." / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/02/us/pittsburgh-synagogue-trial?
- Tom and Charles discuss the death penalty