this christmas sunday, as we wrap up 2022, we can t ignor the fact that it s been a toug year over the past 12 months, there s been a recurring theme and the stories we ve covered. the fight for democracy here and abroad we have witnessed th resilience determination of th ukrainian people as they continue to resist russia invasion over in a wrong, the death o mahsa amini sparked mass protests and civil unres against the ruling regime. here in the u.s., voters pushe back pushed back at the ballot box. overcoming ideological differences to reject election denialism. and as we head into the ne year a new poll by ipsos showe that 65% of adults worldwide say they re optimistic tha 2023 will be a better year for them then 2022 earlier, i spoke with the most reverend michael curry and dr. barry see black. chaplain of the senate who reminded us that in a worl that can often seem dark, ther is always one thing that can provide light and guidance hope the most reverend michael curry
as the justice department accuses the far right militia group, the oath keepers of plotting an armed rebellion to keep donald trump in power. we ll go live to the federal courthouse in washington, d.c. where testimony begins today. and liz cheney steps up again, this time speaking out against trump s recent attack on mitch mcconnell and mcconnell s wife, calling trump s remarks about elaine chao absolutely despicable and racist. we ll have the latest update on a growing scandal. that s actually one republican that s spoken out. exactly. against donald trump attacking the senate majority leader with violent rhetoric and making racist statements about his wife. i don t really not a lot of other republicans, elected republicans who have done that. i guess we can t be shocked anymore, but it is shocking. it still is shocking. it should be. that the leader of the united states senate in the republican party had a quote death wish placed on him by the former president
condition as he recovers from covid. dr. anthony fauci is standing by live. we will discuss. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with the guilty verdict in steve bannon s criminal contempt trial. the former top trump adviser convicted on two counts of contempt of congress for defying the january 6th committee s subpoena. cnn s senior crime and justice reporter, katelyn polantz is joining us from just outside the federal courthouse here in washington. katelyn, give us the latest. reporter: well, wolf, steve bannon was convicted today, even though he had vowed this was going to be the misdemeanor from hell for the select committee. it was not that. by the end of the day, we had two criminal convictions of steve bannon. now, these were both misdemeanor charges, but congress writes the law, and when they wrote this law, they said that it would be punishable by a minimum
do you approve of the fbi s trump raid, president biden? did you know about it in advance? it would not be appropriate for us to comment on any ongoing investigation? again, we are not just going to comment on any ongoing investigations from here. again, we defer any incoming on this particular incident yesterday to the department of justice. again, i m just not going to comment on, um, any reaction to what happened yesterday, we are going to refer any incoming to the department of justice. i don t have anything more. jesse: joe biden campaigned on uniting the country. and then raided his predecessor s house with guns. and has nothing to say about that? where s the attorney general? where s the fbi director? you can t just break into a president s safe and then go silent. we need answers. biden has now divided the country in a way that can t be repaired. this is unforgivable. here is some answers we need. why did they shop the warrant to a judge involved with jeffrey ep
good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. two former trump white house officials will be key witnesses at thursday s january 6th hearing on trump s 187 minutes of inaction during the violent riot. nbc news has learned, former deputy national security adviser that will testify in person. he resigned after the insurrection, and has already given closed-door testimony to the committee. one of my staff brought me a print down off a tweet by the president, and the tweet said something to the effect that mike pence, the vice president, didn t have the courage to do what should ve been done. i read that tweet. and made a decision at that moment to resign. that s where i knew that i was leaving that day, once i read that we. also appearing on thursday, former deputy press secretary, sarah matthews. she also resigned after the riot, and testify to the committee behind closed doors already. we had all talked about, at that point, about how it was bad, and you know, th