will receive would be 30 days in jail, at the very least. it could go up much higher than that. the justice department would like it to be quite harsh, a six-month sentence in jail. they also want bannon to be fined the maximum amount, 200,000, because wherever the court was doing their proceedings to try to figure out how much he could pay financially, he said, charge me the most. i was convicted, charge me the most. i m not giving you my private, financial information. that s what the justice department wants. they also want punishment for bannon s bayer. the trial was very simple. it was about, did he show up or did he not, wherever he was subpoenaed. today is about how he has acted throughout this process of the congressional proceedings, of the court proceedings, and the justice department writes throughout the case, the defendant has exploited his notoriety to display to the public the source of his bathe refusal to comply with the committee s subpoena. a total disregar
florida. he s laying more groundwork for his expected re-election bid on the turf of donald trump and florida governor ron desantis. and biden administration officials now reveal new evidence that a massive chinese balloon was spying on the united states, saying it was capable of monitoring secret communications and gathering intelligence. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in t te situation room. let s go right to the scene of that massive earthquake where rescue and recovery teams are working into the night. they re finding far more bodies than survivors three days after the first powerful tremor hit. cnn is on the ground in turkey, covering the destruction there and in syria. first to you. tell us what s happening where you are in southern turkey. reporter: well, wolf, earlier today, we traveled down to the city that is in hatai province, one of the hardest-hit provinces here in turkey, and on almost e
tonight keeping them honest with signs other times in the political climate today. they run the gambit from the downright dangerous to the nearly trembling and absurd. it s fair to ask if there is a threat connecting all of them, political philosophy of nihilism driving it or whether this was a moment for whatever reason that one example, new mexico, for home shot at belonging to democratic officials. the man now in custody and charged in connection with the crimes was a republican who lost the state house race in a landslide and refused to concede. he seemed agitated, he seemed a little aggressive to me. i did not consider him a threat then, but he was upset that he lost the election. that s debbie o malley, who joins us shortly. she said police who may be who tweeted after the election, quote, trump just sentenced for 2024, i stand with him. i never conceded my h g 14 race, not considering my options. the options he allegedly chose was politically motivated, that
pivotal midterm elections. in a little over 24 hours results will begin pouring in, with huge implications for the direction of the country and the future of the biden agenda. also tonight, two election exclusives. cnn sits down with republican leader kevin mccarthy to preview his plans if the gop wins the house. and speaker nancy pelosi opens up to anderson cooper in her first interview since the brutal hammer attack on her husband paul. cnn reporters and kr correspondents are on the campaign trail covering key races, the house and senate and governor s mansions across the country as well. all are at stake. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first let s go to cnn s kate baldwin standing by just outside of philadelphia. control of the senate could come down to pennsylvania. both mehmet oz and john fetterman are spending the final hours getting out their closing messages. what s the lat
governors flying asylum seekers to the northeast. a migrants advocacy group just filed a federal lawsuit against florida governor ron desantis. and in ukraine right now cnn is on the ground with rare access to the front lines of a heated battle between ukrainian defenders and russian mercenaries. stay tuned for our report from the war zone. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, the trump legal team already at odds with the special master it requested, refusing to provide evidence the former president declassified documents seized from his florida home. cnn s justice correspondent jessica schneider has the latest on the mar-a-lago investigation. reporter: tonight the special master bringing together trump s lawyers and attorneys for the juls s department to hammer out how to proceed with the review of the 1 # 1,000 documents taken from mar-a-lago including 100 docum