five people in a tiny submersible last known whereabouts, 13,000 feet under the sea. some 33 hours of air left. also tonight, hunter biden s plea deal on we look at the effects. and the plot to assassinate a russian defector on american soil. good evening, we begin now with a desperate search for the oceangate titan. a miniature submarine with five people inside. they hoped to visit the right of the titanic on the ocean floor in the north atlantic but now they face a disaster of their own. they re slowly running out of air. that is, if they are still alive. we simply do not know. all communications have been lost. even if the craft is somehow able to surface on its own, it cannot be open from inside. rescuers would need to locate it before those on board run out of oxygen in some 33 hours. this is what five people aboard the missing oceangate titan are up against right now and what charges know all too well. joining us from st. john s, newfoundland, where the submerssible l
one person who will not be in the room? yeah, that s committee chairman congressman bennie thompson. he s announced that he has covid. it s not clear if the chairman will appear virtually, but he says that his covid diagnosis will not disrupt the committee s plan. members say this eighth hearing will focus on the 187 minutes the former president trump failed to intervene as his supporters marched on the capitol, swarmed the halls of congress, and did this, took over the building there. also today, a jury has now been seated in the trial of trump s chief strategist, steve bannon. bannon is facing two criminal counts for failing to comply with subpoenas from the house january 6th committee. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles joins us now from capitol hill. so, what is the committee hoping to learn from these witnesses, matthew pottinger and sara matthews? reporter: victor and alisyn, they re firsthand witnesses to what was happening inside the white house on janu
i ll give you this preview, the president didn t do very much, but gleefully watch television during this timeframe. we will present a lot per than that. i can only imagine, i know what i felt as a u.s. congressman and if i was a president sworn to defend the constitution and that includes the legislative branch watching this on television i know i would have been going ballistic to try to save the capitol. he did quite the opposite. s we ve discussed many times on this program in the past, more than three hours, 187 minutes, to be exact, elapsed from the time donald trump leaves the rally on the ellipse to when he tweets out a video asking his supporters to leave the capitol. congressman elaine luria who will be leading thursday s hearing alongside congressman kinzinger said they ll be going through a period of time minute by minute. take a listen. not only was it a situation that he was not doing anything and at one point the infamous tweet at 2:24 he egged people on b
why that might be an indictment of his character, his family s dealings. there s been an ongoing search, james comber coming forward saying he may have a whistle-blower and it doesn t materialize. there may be sketchy foreign dealings. we ve heard about the business practices. if it s not a chargeable crime, it frankly doesn t matter in the grand scheme of things. at the end of the day, if it s donald trump, is going to look at do you trust joe biden or donald trump? elliott, the federal prosecutor in this told jim jordan that he had ultimate authority. what role does the attorney can the attorney general have said, well, maybe, you know, let s be soft on hunter biden? he could have done that, and apparently he did not. doj regulations say if you are a u.s. attorney you have to notify the bosses, the deputy a.g., a.g., big moves. the a.g. would have the power to
the a.g. would theoretically have the power to overrule, but what he says is i make this call, neither merrick garland or any of his top brass had anything to do with it. is hunter biden still a useful political tool for the maga wing of the republican party? probably for the mega win. i think the more that republican overreach with him, the less effective he is. let s be clear. even back in the obama administration, when joe biden was vice president, hunter was a concern to biden officials about his dealings, some of the allegations around him. it was a factor in how not running in 2016 for president. there is plenty there. but you have to make an actual exit could be dual arguments. what was it he is doing,