oath keepers. so january 6th committee members have made claims that they can link members of trump s inner circle to the oath keepers. and new this morning the justice department firing back at steve bannon s sudden about face that he s willing to testify before the january 6th committee just days before his contempt trial begins. trump is waiving executive privilege as he said as bannon has said and waiving should certainly be used loosely here, perhaps in quotation marks so that bannon can testify, but the doj says that doesn t matter even one bit. more on that in a moment. experts obviously believe that never applied in the first place. we do begin with sunlen serfaty who is on capitol hill with more on tomorrow s big hearing. what are we expecting? reporter: certainly a big week up here on capitol hill with two big hearings from the january 6th committee starting with tomorrow. now, tomorrow s hearing will be largely focused on the mob who participated, how did
fbi investigators two weeks ago according to a department of justice court filing released overnight. this involving the doj s response to steve bannon s sudden about-face that he s willing to testify before the january 6th committee. justin clark says that trump never invoked privilege over information from bannon. joining us now is jeffrey toobin, who is our cnn, of course, chief legal analyst and former federal prosecutor. in effect, jeffrey, it s interesting because you have trump s lawyer here basically throwing bannon s lawyer under the bus because it seems like bannon s lawyer was not forthcoming with the committee or with the doj. what a shock that steve bannon s associates are not cooperating with the justice department in a good faith way. this is all part of steve bannon s last ditch effort to avoid trial or throw his trial into chaos because he s about to go on trial for criminal contempt for failing to
happens there is also a sense here that the russians may try to push back towards kharkiv after having been pushed out by the ukrainians, really trying to capture this city not just one of the biggest cities closest to the russian border, but ukraine s second biggest and therefore a major prize. alex, we know that you are in a vulnerable area there so we want you to head on out and stay safe. alex marquardt live in kharkiv. remarkable perspective. today marks a week since the mass shooting at a july 4th parade in highland park, illinois ultimately killing seven and injuring 12 more. adds the investigation unfolds the shooter s father is facing scrutiny because he sponsored a permit allowing his son to purchase firearms before he turned 21 including the gun he ultimately used in the shooting. joining us now state attorney eric line heart, the lead prosecutor in the case. counselor, thank you for being with us.