the overall state of the country. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is a critical week in the insurrection investigation as the january 6th select committee prepares to hold another potentially explosive hearing in prime time. at the same time, trump ally steve bannon is now standing trial for defying the panel s subpoena to testify. court just wrapped up for the day. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider has all of the new developments. tonight, steve bannon s criminal trial for contempt of congress finally beginning with jury selection after his lawyers tried repeatedly to delay and bannon made a last-minute offer to testify before the january 6th committee. prosecutors saying his late offer will not make up for the near year he s refused to comply with the committee s subpoena. the trial will likely last just a few days. bannon has pleaded not guilty to two counts of c
guess what since nineteen hundred and thirty eight, the republican two point lead on the generic congressional ballot is the best position forlo republicans at this point in any midterm cycle in over 80 years. my estimate for the twentyup twenty three house make if the election were held today which again it isn t we stiller have five months. m on five months from tomorrow would be republicans 200morr thirty six seats to two hundrede and forty one seats. democrats wonmo ninety four to a one hundred ninety nine . that is a stomping or that would be a stop. yes. yes it would and yes of course it s biden who is the drag in nineteen sixty two the president s approval rating jfk 71% bill clinton in nineteen ninety eight it was 63%. is just 41%.it was 63%. why is his approval rating so low? well i think this slide willh give you the answer. this is the net approval ratingp on the economy at this point in a presidency. joe biden minus. twenty six points. that is the lowest high f
Turbulence, and it turns so it is scotlands turn for a blast of political turbulence, and it turns out westminster does not have a monopoly on these things. Today matters, of course, for scotlands governess but it matters if you are in devizes as well as dundee, wherever you are in the uk, and that is because of the size of the snps political footprint. That is why its political rivals are seizing this moment. Well, it is for scotland and the Scottish Parliament to decide who the First Minister is. But what is happening now with the snp is that the mask is slipping. People in scotland are realising that Public Services are worse. The scottish people have been fundamentally let down. One in seven are on waiting list, there is a Cost Of Living crisis, and all the snp can offer is chaos. We have to turn the page on this now. We need an election and a fresh start. Ah, yes, the General Election. It could be a sticky moment at any time for the snp but it is particularly one with a General El
Cnn moments ago, the parents of the oxford, Michigan School shooter were sentenced to ten to 15 years in prison each. James and Jennifer Crumbley were both found guilty of four counts of Involuntary Manslaughter through their teenage son murdered four of his classmates back in 2021. And this is really a Landmark Case with the crumbleys being the first parents convicted and sentenced for a Mass School Shooting been committed by their child. Today, we heard emotional impact statements from the families of the victims, the crumbleys also addressing the court cnns jean casarez far as is joining us now for this gene, really emotional testimony from the Family Members of those victims today and this is the first time in this country ever that we have not only had charges and a conviction of homicide against the parents of a School Shooter. But now a sentencing for the parents of a School Shooter who didnt not pulled the trigger of a gun. Prosecution argued today before the judge for sentenci
Save the mothers life can be enforced. Doctors who perform one facing up to five years in prison. The key Battleground Ruling coming after gop frontrunner donald trump said abortion should be up to the states. How soon could it take effect . Also tonight, james and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of a Michigan School shooter sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison. The emotional moments in court. The couple coming facetoface with families of the victims. The Terror Takedown in idaho. The fbi saying it arrested an 18yearold before he could carry out a deadly attack on churches. His chilling text messages. The School Bus Overturning in north carolina. 11 injured. Why the driver is facing charges. A new boeing whistleblower coming forward with a Safety Warning about another mod of the companys planes. Tracking severe storms and possible tornadoes in the south. Our nbc news exclusive. The images out of new york. Subway violence, random attacks. The citys top cop oneonone. What he says is driv