steve bannon to testify publicly on the eve of his federal criminal contempt trial for refusing to honor the committee s subpoenas. among those scheduled tomorrow, a former spokesman for the oath keepers which played a central role in the coordination and execution of the capitol insurrection. just moments ago, president biden was joined by gun safety advocates at a white house event celebrating bipartisan legislation signed last month. while the administration is struggling with the grim reality, on the cover of today s new york times about how many in the president s own party as well as independents are souring on him. and hundreds of firefighters in california are in a desperate battle to protect 3,000-year-old historic sequoia trees from the wildfires. we begin with the january 6th insurrection. joining me now ali vitali, jeremy peters. and tim miller, author of why we did it. ali, take us through what we can expect this week from the hearings and how they might
mississippi are told to close their mouths and they have a shower after floods contaminate the water supply. coming up later in the hour, they start in the forgiven, find out what mark thinks of that and the rest of the week s big releases in the film review at 545. hello and welcome to bbc news. after weeks of debate, the conservative party leadership contest has come to an end. on monday, the country will know who will takeover as prime minister rishi sunak or liz truss. it s been an often bitter contest, lasting almost two months. whoever wins, faces an agenda that includes a cost of living crisis and soaring energy bills. our political correspondent helen catt reports. good evening, thank you. it s fantastic to be here. for weeks, liz truss and rishi sunak have toured the country. good evening, it s fantastic to be here. here in darlington. it s fantastic to be here. here, in eastbourne. gosh, it s fantastic to be here. in birmingham. racking up miles, and, they hope, v
the man who inspired that attack. former president donald trump. a series of monumental decisions from the supreme court will also be front of line for so many voters this november. none greater than the unprecedented decision to overturn almost a half a century of privacy rights and roe v. wade. coming up we are gonna be joined by georgia s democratic nominee for governor, stacey abrams. she s gonna talk about everything because on the line this fall. but first let s bring in an incredible roundtable, we have former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele. former white house press secretary under president obama, robert. gives host of msnbc s politicsnation in president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. former aide to the bush white house and state department, elise jordan. and former white house director of communication to president obama, and director of communications for hillary clinton s 2016 presidential campaign, jennifer palm
plus, economic silver lining. a rosy job support, gas prices coming off record highs, but the summer travel season marred by delays at the airport due to pandemic staff cuts and pilot shortages. we will as transportation secretary pete buttigieg about the waves of disruption and new spending to improve airports across the country. and senate democrats and make a last push for a party line package to revive the president s stall domestic agenda. we will bring in leaders from both sides of the al republican conference shared job grasso and senate majority whip dick durbin to discuss the fate of the massive spending bill ahead of midterms. plus, shock and sadness after the assassination of an american ally in one of the world s safest countries. and another key ally resigns after a stream of personal and policy scandals. and politics, no it is remotely indispensable. will ask or send a panel but impact back here in the u.s. all right now on fox news sunday. mike: and hello a
brittney griner is pleading guilty to drug charges stemming from that february detainment at the moscow airport. she faces up to ten years in a russian prison unless negotiations can get under way for a prisoner swap. more on the reporting from the new york times overnight that former fbi director james comey and his deputy mccabe were both subjected to intensive, intrusive irs audits during the trump presidency. the odds of a single person being selected for that kind of audit are one in 30,000. for two men who basically had the same job, well, it s kind of like winning the worst lottery. certainly raising suspiciouses about the trump appointed leadership at the irz. we begin with keir simmons. how are the people reacting to this shakeup? another at the top of their political leadership. reporter: there will be those who are breathing a sigh of relief. there will be those who are disappointed because he s a colorful character. there are people and many people who liked