atlantic and the pacific. and accusations of torture against ukrainian citizens at filtration camps run by russians. we are live in kyiv. good to have you with us. well, we will get to those top stories in just a moment, but first sources tell cnn former trump advisor steve bannon is expected to surrender to new york state authorities in the coming hours. bannon was indicted by the state for allegedly diverting about $1 million from a scheme that raised millions to build a border wall. trump pardoned bannon after he was charged by federal prosecutors with the same offense, but presidential pardons don t apply to state level prosecutions. a former white house attorney predicts bannon will eventually face prison time. take a listen. i think bannon s in a great deal of trouble. two of his two of the three colleagues with whom he was charged federally before trump pardoned him have pled guilty in that case and will be sentenced. the third went to trial, had a mistrial. he
good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, june 21st, i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. we are now hours away from the fourth public hearing by the january 6th committee. this afternoon, we will hear much more about this infamous phone call. all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state. so what are we going to do here, folks? i only need 11,000 votes. fellas, i need 11,000 votes. give me a break. that was former president trump calling georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger days before the insurrection, pressuring him to find the votes needed to win georgia. 11,780. raffensperger is one of three republicans testifying today. the other two are raffensperger s top deputy, gabe sterling and arizona house speaker rusty bowers who says trump and rudy giuliani called him after the election asking for help to overturn president biden s victory in his state. we re also goi
the johnson government on oil and gas companies. that was brought in may. she does not want to extend that despite pressure from the opposition party to do that. so what s left is more government borrowing. and the risk of that that could push up borrowing costs which are already going up, help fuel inflation and could dampen investor confidence overall in the u.k. which relies heavily on foreign investors buying its government debt. so that is the risk there. however, the plan is being muted which is to cap the price of customer bills that could d d e a key purpose to bring down inflation. this is something we ve heard from economists and even the bank of england said on wednesday that is something it would look at in its forecast. the details are going to be crucial here, rosemary. yes, everyone will be listening and watching. many thanks. still to come pakistan s largest lake overflows
lawmakers? well, john, congress has always been a little skeptical about this, because doing this, it sort of robs the revenue that is used for things like highway maintenance and that sort of thing and also concerns from the administration, that a gas tax holiday isn t targeted enough to even sort of help fuel inflation, so it is kind of a jump ball, but what biden is essentially trying to decide, as you heard in that piece, is whether to call on congress to enact some sort of holiday. there remains to be seen, a, whether he will do that and b, whether they will take him up on the call. and of course gas prices remain for many americans where they re feeling the pinch most, where inflation hit, sitting right now through the course of the summer, and he is certainly looking in the cupboards trying to figure out whatever they can do on it. so not a quick fix. he didn t really have the power to do it unilaterally. and the appetite in congress is a little mixed. and his administration s