associates of roger stone, a long time trump ally, andrew miller, a stone associate was held in contempt of court after refusing to testify before a grand jury. miller was miller and his legal team pushed back on a subpoena from the special counsel s office, but miller was ordered to appear in court on friday. he chose not to show up, though, his attorneys say he did appear by speakerphone. we ll go to the court of appeals here in the district of columbia and then after that, if we lose, we ll go to the supreme court. if we win, the government will take to it the supreme court. the supreme court will have the last word on this. miller s attorney there says they asked the judge to hold their client in contempt in order to appeal the decision to a higher court and challenge the constitutionality of the special counsel. jon? jon: ellison barber in washington for us, thank you. for more on this, let s bring back news desk reporter for axios. so this robert mueller investigation has
fire has grown to 3,200 acres. it destroyed structures in the northern part of the state. it is about 60% contained. in the meantime, the man accused of starting a large fire near the city of los angeles, he was in court on friday and yelled, it s all a lie. he s due back in court later this month. meantime, you know, the state is suffering so much, let s get the latest from our meteorologist ivan cabrera. 19 fires that we re tracking here across california. the focus with good reason is now across southern california with the latest fire, the holy fire and as we fly in closer here you are able to see what we are talking about. because of the conditions in california any spark can immediately start a blaze and things spread rapidly here. we re up to 19,000 acres that burned with only 10%
again, was basically his parting thoughts in court on friday. jacob, thank you very much. pbs s front line is taking a closer look at the crisis with a new special entitled separated children at the border. here is a clip featuring an interview with former acting director of i.c.e. when you heard the tape, the pro publica published of the children waling, what was your reaction? i didn t hear the tape. come on. i did not hear the tape. i ve heard many children cry in my 34 years. i don t need to hear. can i play it for you? yes. it is a young girl who asked to call her aunt, she has the number memorized. how can you not condemn that? look, i ve seen a lot of terrible things in my 34 years. what we have to address the border. do you not sympathize absolutely. i m a parent. it is sad, but when a government chooses to enforce the law and
judge jackson said she struggled with the decision. she said she couldn t turn a blind eye to the allegations if these allegations prove true she said it shows obvious intent toward witness tampering when he was ordered not to do so. she chastised manafort s filings in court on friday. he was treating this whole thing as just another marketing exercise as she said. that s basically what led to his being revoked having his bond revoked at this point. a stunning, stunning development. shannon, back to you. shannon: all right, doug, so can you tell us more about the details of charges of alleged witness tampering? that certainly seems to be the biggest problem for him now that likely led up to today. reporter: yeah, yeah, sure. here s the gist of what that s all about. for a five-week period beginning in february of 2018, manafort is alleged to have called or texted or made some sort of communications through encrypted devices with two members of what s called the hatsburg
but the prosecutors want control over the investigation, how the evidence comes out, this will ensure that happens more. it s more likely it will happen that way. what s your sense of where this will go? the judge could accept michael cohen s pleading, say here s a stay based on this. he could say we ll put a stay on any deposition of michael cohen, but anything else you want to do, invite you to do other things. or he could say, no, the cohen deposition can go forward and he can invoke the fifth on a question-by-question basis, and mimi correct us, that is a standard procedure for this kind of deposition. you re right. that is a standard procedure for a deposition. i was in court on friday, and