good evening, trace. a real surprise to be sure. just four years ago, lori lightfoot win every word in the runoff and made history becoming the first black and openly gay female mayor and the city s history. he s on her way to becoming the first windy city mayor to his reelection in about 40 years. paul vallas, with more than 30 percentage points. he will advance the runoff. he was billed as a tough on crime candidate, and he also has the backing of the city police union. he s expected to face brandon johnson, the current county commissioner, former schoolteacher has the endorsement of the chicago teachers union, and as you see, just about 20% of the vote going his way. lori lightfoot, meanwhile, who famously tingled with the teachers union, came in third with just more than 16% of the vote. we will have a safe chicago. we will make chicago the safest city in america. [cheers and applause] no matter where you live, no matter what you look like, you deserve to have a bet
urged the crowd to march to the capitol, to when he finally called off the mob. tonight, will also feature never before seen outtakes from this video message, that the former president recorded for his supporters the day after the attack. we will also hear live testimony for first time from two key trump white house aides. senior ones, former deputy national security adviser matthew pottinger, and former deputy press secretary sarah matthews, both of them resigned in the immediate aftermath of january 6th. we begin this morning with cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider. this is quite a moment for the january 6th committee, break down for us what we should expect to hear this evening. yeah you heard it, outtakes, but also this crucial testimony. matthew pottinger, sarah matthews, they will provide key firsthand testimony of what was unfolding inside the white house. and particularly with then president trump, during those 187 minutes, where trump refused to act as t
together and say, let s iron this out? does this or does this not end all the legal perils for hunter biden, which is what the defense wanted, expected? as a prosecutor, like most prosecutors, i have handled hundreds of these kinds of plea hearings. they almost always go without a hitch. they go very smoothly. that s because the parties have talked extensively about the terms. i fault both lawyers for not having the meeting of the mind. i give great credit to this judge who are talking with the parties and making sure everything was on the same page. it turns out, they weren t. on the one hand, i guess i would fault the prosecutor for not making it clear in its language that there was the possibility to continue with investigating other crimes. i also fault the defense attorney because, as you said, the u.s. attorney made public statements that the investigation was ongoing.
lied about that. i was there, but i went back to the house. they will be able to see how far the house is from the kennels. i didn t hear any again dumb at gunshots and i came back to find them dead. this is going to be key f for te jurors. it is key, because it s a field trip the defense wanted. it s different when you re looking at pictures and video versus being there and putting the space into perspective. i think it will be important for the jurors to look at everything with her own eyes in person. trace: the crime scene expert is with the orangeburg county deputy, the sheriff s apparent there. he said the 2-shooter theory she wasn t really buying it. he also didn t buy that shooter had to be 5 4 instead of 6 4 . could have been 7 4 . does that help or hurt? i don t buy his. i think gene jurors often cancet dueling experts. he said there s no way one person could have done this. you talking about two different murder weapons, long guns paid
legal arguments before the jury comes in, there is a question right now that the defense team can stand up and ask the judge to acquit bannon right here and now, and they ll make an argument that the prosecutors didn t prove their case, and it is very unlikely the judge would grant that. it is a standard thing that happens at this point in proceedings and we did see a lot of evidence, a lot of paper trail yesterday about the exchanges between bannon and the house select committee. that s legal arguments. they could wedge a few things back into the case, that have not been allowed in as much as the defense wanted. maybe they could ask again, can they call house select committee chair ben nie thompson to the stand? we ll see if those arguments play out. and the jury comes in at 11:00. and that is when the questions of the day, the big questions will get down to it, and those are how many witnesses will the defense team call, who will those people be, and then will bannon himself decide t