refused to talk about his role when loftily subpoenaed, he awaits sentencing. cnn s katelyn polantz was in the courtroom and joins us now. walk us through what happened in court today and how bannon reacted when the verdict was read? well, john, as steve bannon moved around the courthouse today, on the grounds in the courtroom, he appeared to be very much himself. he was smiling throughout the day, right before the verdict came down, when the jury came back in, he was waiting, on his phone, what appeared to be looking at social media, thanking his lawyers, patting them on the back. but then when the jury came in to deliver their verdict, they came in about two and a half hours after they started. when they came in, steve bannon didn t show a lot of emotion. he smirked a little bit. he nodded, as the judge thanked the jury. but ultimately, he wasn t really that reactive in court. and the jury had bought what the prosecution was arguing. that this was like a parking ticket, t
sadly, it was indeed the case. now, imagine, if you will, a foreign adversary attacked any part of our country, let alone a symbol of our democracy, and imagine there s an attack and the president of the united states, the only person that you can t taunt with the phrase you and what army, stands by and does nothing or stands by and stands back. i mean, all the way back, back at the white house in the dining room for more than three hours watching it all unfold on tv. no calls to the military that he commands in chief, crickets. you d probably tell me it s impossible. it would never happen. you d probably say, look, if that wera show i d stop watching. they d jump the shark. only it did happen in reality skpr, and we heard how the president ignored desperate pleas from his own aides, his allies inside and outside of the government, even his own family. don t forget the fake electors plot in trying to weaponize the doj all in some attempt to hang onto power. but imagine just b
we re going to start at the top and clean house. parents of the uvalde school shooting victims are vowing change following the release of that report into the massacre. their demands and what we re learning about the fate of the district s police chief. and mother nature is cranking up the heat. where we could see dozens of heat records and when things might start to cool down . it is saturday, july 23rd. thank you so much for waking up with us. great to be back with you, amara. great to be with you, alex. we begin this morning with the latest from the fallout of the january 6th committee hearing. they gave a minute-by-minute account of president trump s refusal to call off everyone. lifelong republicans outlined how for 187 minutes then president trump watched televised coverage of the carnage of capitol hill while refusing pleas from everyone around him to call an end to violence. we saw and heard new disturbing video and audio that showed the danger that was fa
o connor says that the quencing of the president s results have returned and it is most likely that he has the ba.5 variant, that is the variant that a large portion of the country is currently experiencing when they contract covid. so for the time being, the white house says that the president s symptoms continue to improve. of course, the last time we saw president biden was yesterday, when he appeared virtually at that meeting with his economic advisers. he was supposed to be spending the week at his home in wilmington, delaware, but instead is here at the white house and the message from the white house continues to be that the president continues to carry out his work, as he is now in his second full day of isolation due to this covid-19 diagnosis. dr. kevin o connor says he will continue to isolate according to cdc guidelines. and again, while the president remains in isolation there at the white house, it is still the case that dr. jill biden is in delaware, and they
right now more than 85 million americans are under excessive heat warnings and advisories and in the northeast, the heat forced organizers of the boston triathalon to postpone the event. new york city s triathalon will go forward as scheduled tomorrow but there will be changes to ensure safety of participants. cnn sdoval is in new york with more on how the city is trying to keep people cool. reporter: you may say it is july, it is supposed to be hot. but meteorologists are saying by the time we finally get some relief here in new york possibly next week, new yorkers will have experienced temperatures above 90 degrees for seven straight days. the last time that was experienced was back in 2013. the national weather service predicting the dangerous july heat wave is far from subsiding. after blistering parts of the nation s south this week, forecasters expect temperatures in the northeast will soar above normal for this time of year. i sat outside here until ten to 4:00 thi