i m charles pain in for neil cavuto, this is your world. to greg palkot in london. greg? taiwan is under fire or the area around it. it all follows that high profile visit by speaker pelosi. china conducting unprecedented long range live fire precision missile strikes on a variety of targets in the waters nearby taiwan. the drills are the biggest held in that region according to that stop. china claims taiwan as its own. some of the six target zones are as close as ten miles to its coastline. missiles flew over the island before splashing down. exercises include ships, planes and drones. officials are calling this irresponsible. an invasion of its territorial space. earlier today, we heard from john kirby. he said the u.s.s. ronald reagan carrier group woe remain in the region to keep a lid on things. here s more of what he had to say. china launched 11 ballistic missiles towards taiwan which impacted to the northeast, the east and southeast of the island. we condemn th
the january 6th committee is not done, collecting new testimony for hearings to come in september. today we ll be seeing never before seen footage from key depositions including jared and ivanka. they are still seeking ginni thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, he was e-mailing john eastman, author of one of the failed plots to overturn the election. they say they may subpoena her. the committee is engaged with her counsel. we certainly hope she will agree to come in voluntarily but the committee is fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena if she is not. cheney is not deterred by the prospect of losing her seat in congress because of trump s organized opposition as punishment for her role spear heading the investigation. if i have to choose between maintaining a seat in the house of representatives or protecting the constitutional republic and ensuring the american people know the truth about donald trump, i m going to choose the constitution and the t
Happening now, a federal judge is imposing the Prison Sentence for the former proud Boys Chairman who was convicted of Seditious Conspiracy due to his role in the january 6th violent attack on the u. S. Capitol. He faces a steep sentence. Prosecutors are asking for 33 years behind bars. Cnns evan perez joins me now from outside the Federal Courthouse. So prosecutors asking for 33 years. Of course, it is up to the judge within guidelines. But what do we expect here . Well, jim, the judge, timmy kelly, has given far under what prosecutors have been asking for. This is the fifth member of the proud boys. Hes one of four of them who have been convicted of Seditious Conspiracy. He wasnt actually at the capitol on that date. He had been arrested just before january 6th, before the crowd gathered that day. In part because he had weapons on him and he was involved in a previous altercation, stealing a sign at a church right here in the district of columbia. So for that reason, he wasnt here. B
On capitol hill. Well have much more on that. Also ahead, the latest out of The Middle East. President biden is pushing for a ceasefire to address the humanitarian crisis in gaza. Well show you former president Donald Trumps outburst during his Civil Fraud Trial in new york. First, willie, lets go to the latest on the tragedy unfolding in maine. At least 15 people are dead this morning, up to 50 may be injured in the community of lewiston, located 30 miles north of portland, maine. Police s gunman entered two separate locations. First, a Bowling Alley, where he fatally shot seven people before moving on to a nearby bar. Some of the victims may have been injured in stampedes as crowds raced to escape as the shooting started. Officials fear many teenagers could be among those killed and injured as the Bowling Alley was hosting its youth night. Police have identified now a 40yearold male as a Person Of Interest in connection with these shootings. Hes still at large, considered Armed And D
oath at the last moment? now his defamation trial is one step closer to wrapping up, while the former mayor could be one step closer to even deeper financial ruin. plus, chilling words from overseas, hamas terrorists arrested while plotting attacks across northern europe. the latest on their targets and fears that the threats could continue to spread. and house republicans go all in on evidence-free impeachment proceedings, are they risking their power on a political roll of the dice. we begin with those jury deliberations that could start any moment now in rudy giuliani s defamation trial. earlier giuliani abruptly dropping plans to testify on his own behalf, even though millions of dollars are potentially at stake. just days ago, the former mayor insisted his testimony would prove that the lies he told about election workers ruby freeman and shaye moss weren t lies after all. but by yesterday afternoon, it seemed giuliani was already walking that back. when i testif