vape cartridges of cannabis oil in her luggage. since then, family members, friends and coaches have all made impassioned pleas for griner s release. this includes griner s wife, cherelle who is pressing the u. s. government to do more to free her. earlier this week, president biden and vice president harris spoke with cherelle assuring her that they are working to get griner home. president biden also read cherelle a letter he wrote to the basketball star. this comes just days after griner wrote a letter to president biden imploring him not to forget her or any of the other detainees held in russian captivity. griner s expected to appear in court on july 14th for the third of our trial. so what legal options does he have looking forward? a russian lawyer said she may seek up an appeal or even clemency once the verdict is delivered. there are also reports that crime in or could be part of a russian s a prisoner swap. perhaps an exchange for victor bout a notorious russian arm
the committee has called him, quote, uniquely positioned to testify. the understatement of the year. just think of what he knows. think of how many times you out there heard his name from other witnesses during the hearings. mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capitol. we re going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. on his phone, i remember pat saying to him, something to the effect of, the riders got to the capitol mark, we need to see the president now. and mark looked up and said, he doesn t want to do anything, pat. and pat said something to the effect of, and very clearly, had said this to mark, something to the effect of, mark, something needs to be done or people is going to die and the blood is going to be on your hands. this is out of control. i m going down there. pat cipollone weighed in at one point. that letter that this guy wants to send, that s a murder/suicide pact.
good morning to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, july 7th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. what a moment. moments ago, boris johnson announced he s resigning as britain s prime minister. them s the breaks, he says, a defiant boris johnson, bragging about his accomplishments, his electoral mandate, but certainly not apologizing and failing or refusing to answer the biggest question, when will he actually leave? johnson says he will announce a timetable next week, but there are indications he may want to hang on for months. this only exacerbates the turmoil at the top of this key u.s. ally. his resignation is coming after just a raft, a litany of scandals and a flood of resignations in the last 48 hours, 60 officials quitting johnson s conservative party government, johnson and his speech not dressing those self-inflicted wounds that brought his government down in the end, leaving it as berman mentioned there, them s the breaks
boris johnson resigned as british prime minister. what happened next is as clear as mud. welcome to the lead. we start today with ow national lead. the father of the suspected gunman of the highland park attack said he consented to his son buying guns in 2019 thinking the son would use the weapons at a shooting range. instead the guns were used in monday s mass shooting that killed seven people. the night before the attack the father said his son mentioned the mass shooting in denmark. the father himself could face charges linked to the rampage. reporter: in the mayhem of the shooting at the fourth of july parade new details emerge from a witness that provided key surveillance video. see m running. he is walking. reporter: a sur rail lance camera connected to a building that recorded that crucial moment with the alleyway used to reach the roof top and fired off more than 80 rounds. started to look at the camera here. shows on the film at 10:07 into the alley and 1
publican engineered voter suppression is now online, just in time for our crucial midterm election. the the blueprints have also been there for years, this monster s growth has been accelerated by republican state lawmakers in the aftermath of donald trump s 2020 defeat. the first signs of its havoc is no visible in the battleground state of wisconsin with democrats and voters of color who are on the defensive at the state supreme court ruling this weekend that most ballot drop boxes are no illegal in that state. ahead of the midterm elections. of course, on cue, came the inevitable donald trump we mediately seized the court ruling to pedal the 2020 must be overturned. to undermine democracy for his benefit. as congress prepares for another bombshell hearing, we have new late breaking information tonight about a prominent member of the white nationalist militia group. the oath keepers who will on capitol hill this week. it s all connected. it s all tonight on politicsnati