workings tomorrow and the role that it played in the effort toover turn the election. just to give a historical precedence to this group and how they have kind of radicalized. i was the propagandist for the oath keepers. committee members believe they can connect the dots between donald trump s inner circle and the oath keepers. the justice department detailing new evidence of militia trainings, of explosives and also a death list ahead of the insurrection, which highlights the threat and extensive planning by these groups as they prepared to bring violence to the nation s capitol. and an abrupt about face steve bannon suddenly saying he is willing to testify before the january 6th committee. this after the former president sent a letter waiving executive privilege. the committee and many legal experts believe no privilege existed in this case anyway, and considering the timing bannon is set to face trial on criminal contempt charges after denying the congressional subp
willing to testify before the january 6th committee. what impact if any does testimony could have on his criminal contempt try oh. plus, we will break down what to expect at tomorrow s january 6th hearing. in the next hour, president biden will pass a gun safety law and what it means for the national gun violence epidemic. gun violence activist and father of highland park shooting victim will be with us this morning. meanwhile, it s been one year after a crackdown on protest for freedom in cuba. the crackdowns by the regime continues. we will talk about what is next in cuba s fight for freedom. right now out west, firefighters are working around the clock to contain a wildfire at yosemite national park. we will bring you a live report. report. we begin this morning with the latest on investigation into the january 6th attack on the u.s. capital. attorneys for donald trump stan steve bannon and eight courtroom hearing. he is facing contempt of congress charges for refusi
workings tomorrow and the role that it played in the effort toover turn the election. just to give a historical precedence to this group and how they have kind of radicalized. i was the propagandist for the oath keepers. committee members believe they can connect the dots between donald trump s inner circle and the oath keepers. the justice department detailing new evidence of militia trainings, of explosives and also a death list ahead of the insurrection, which highlights the threat and extensive planning by these groups as they prepared to bring violence to the nation s capitol. and an abrupt about face steve bannon suddenly saying he is willing to testify before the january 6th committee. this after the former president sent a letter waiving executive privilege. the committee and many legal experts believe no privilege existed in this case anyway, and considering the timing bannon is set to face trial on criminal
the sideline have also been arrested. at least 700 people as we speak right now are behind bars for reasons related to the protests on july 11th last year. joining us now, cuban activist and founder and associate professor of the university of pennsylvania graduate school. thank you so much for being with us. one year ago today, the entire island took to the streets asking for freedom and for democracy. one year later, where are we at? well, one year later, we know there is a before and after july 11th. we know that season, the people were shouting for change. there is a major change in our history and it s the fact the cuban people have already changed and the cubans haven t been able to contend that will
knowledge that things would get crazy on january 6th. he made sort of a cryptic comment the day before on his podcast about how all could break loose. he was one of the people planning at the hotel the day the violence broke out. he had direct conversations with donald trump on focusing on january 6th, so they think he has important information for the committee to learn and they do want to hear from him, but they are talking internally about how they will handle this negotiation and when or whether steve bannon will be brought into testify. i am just thinking of what the committee makes of bannon s offer and the fact he may be working closely with the former president to act as his defender . look, no surprise to any of that because you see the way bannon has spoken of the committee since defined the