also tonight, one of former president trump s long time allies steve bannon found guilty on two counts of contempt of congress for refusing to comply with the subpoena from the january 6th committee. pierre thomas with late reporting. the bannon verdict coming less than 24 hour after that dramatic public hearing. the january 6th committee sharing testimony from former top trump officials showing how the former president failed to act. the dramatic secret service recordings from agents protecting then vice president mike pence. the testimony that some feared for their lives, calling to say good-bye to their families. and the outtakes of the former president refusing to say the election was over 24 hours after the mob stormed the capitol. jonathan karl standing by. the dangerous and deadly heat wave sweeping from coast to coast. 94 million americans in 28 states under heat alerts. rob marciano timing it all out. new video just coming in. the moment a small plane crashed i
going to pay for it. maria: coming up, texas senator ted cruz on the bill moving through the senate this morning and fresh off of his committee testimony of fbi director christopher wray. so do you agree the allegation of secret collusion between president trump and russia was a hoax? yes or no? i, i don t think that s the terminology i would use. do you agree that the hunter biden laptop was not russia disinformation? now you re asking about an ongoing investigation that i expect our folks to pursue aggressively, and i can t comment on that. okay. maria: yes, a fake russia collusion investigation, a potential made-up attack on michigan s governor while putting ordinary, honest americans many jail. what happened to the nbi? fbi? plus, more buses are moving illegal migrants right to washington d.c. now you re catching ire from the mayor of new york, mayor of d.c. they want federal funding, they want the national guard. tell us about that. it s making my day. it s
we re going to start at the top and clean house. parents of the uvalde school shooting victims are vowing change following the release of that report into the massacre. their demands and what we re learning about the fate of the district s police chief. and mother nature is cranking up the heat. where we could see dozens of heat records and when things might start to cool down . it is saturday, july 23rd. thank you so much for waking up with us. great to be back with you, amara. great to be with you, alex. we begin this morning with the latest from the fallout of the january 6th committee hearing. they gave a minute-by-minute account of president trump s refusal to call off everyone. lifelong republicans outlined how for 187 minutes then president trump watched televised coverage of the carnage of capitol hill while refusing pleas from everyone around him to call an end to violence. we saw and heard new disturbing video and audio that showed the danger that was fa
the united states successfully concluded an air strike in kabul, afghanistan that killed the immere of al qaeda. ayman al zawahiri. he was deeply involved in the planning of 9/11. let me make it clear again tonight that no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. and good morning to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is tuesday, august 2nd. i m brianna keilar. john berman is off. john avlon is with us this morning. and president biden delivering that message to the nation, that justice has been delivered. ayman al zawahiri, the leader of al qaeda, and the world s most wanted terrorist killed in a precision u.s. drone strike. zal zawahiri was bin laden s leader and the leader of the terrorist attack of 9/11, his death coming after the u.s. took out bin laden. these are image of the neighborhood where the taliban said the strike was carried out. mission was the
but the president, once again, shifted the blame for all of that. pointing fingers at republicans and blasting at the makkah crowd yet again. speak of this is not your father s republican party this is the maga welcome party the republicans on plate square we have seen it such a radical shift and one party that minority of the maga folks purity kayleigh: will i am dismayed he didn t use the maga kang. that was my favorite. tells the i would say it was a favorite obsession but it seems to be beyond that now. i don t know that this is a winning strategy amid all of these crises. tulsi: i m not a political strategist but i can tell you just as an american. having the president of the united states not exercising leadership and just playing the blame game is incredibly disappointing. we look to the president, our commander-in-chief to be a solution oriented and to really address the problem and challenges that people are facing. so, his interview last night, i think it was, i