in a letter to bannon former president trump writes, i watched how you and others have been treated spending vast amounts of money on legal fees. i will waive executive privilege for you. the committee says today it s open to bannon s testimony as long as it s under oath. bannon s potential testimony would come on the heels of testimony from another major witness. former trump white house counsel pat cipollone, part of his eight-hour closed door interview will be this week. context and nuance is important when it comes to steve bannon. the letter is essentially the equivalent of me telling you that i m waiving my executive privilege for you to talk to our bosses tomorrow in our morning meetings. what does what bannon and trump are doing here actually mean? well, look, if he actually testifies, let s say he actually goes in and does it for real that would be huge. we re so far away from that still. he basically gave bannon the cover so that he, bannon, could go to the commit
in a letter to bannon former president trump writes, i watched how you and others have been treated spending vast amounts of money on legal fees. i will waive executive privilege for you. the committee says today it s open to bannon s testimony as long as it s under oath. bannon s potential testimony would come on the heels of testimony from another major witness. former trump white house counsel pat cipollone, part of his eight-hour closed door interview will be this week. context and nuance is important when it comes to steve bannon. the letter is essentially the equivalent of me telling you that i m waiving my executive privilege for you to talk to our bosses tomorrow in our morning meetings. what does what bannon and trump are doing here actually mean? well, look, if he actually testifies, let s say he actually
i don t think there s a single path. one of the things made official today, the december 2020 white house meeting in which trump advisers floated the idea of seizing voting machines, a series of them over the course of that month. what do you want to know about that video given how you followed this? i think it s chilling. it sure doesn t sound like the united states of america. the president and the department of defense have no control over voting machines. it looks like another pass to try to mess with the peaceful transition of power leading up to the events of january 6. i think as with a lot of these things the question is what was the motivation of the president and his allies in trying to do this? did they expect they would be
step down to make way for an all-party government. home to some 22 million people sri lanka is witnessing its worst financial crisis in seven decades. a severe foreign exchange crunch bringing the country to its knees. there have been long, wining queues for fuel now limited to only essential services, power cuts relentless. analysts say the current crisis a result of poor economic decisions over the years by rajapaksa and his government. under the sri lankan constitution if both president and prime minister resign the speaker of parliament will serve as acting president for a maximum of 30 days in which time parliament will elect a new president from one of its members. it would be a sweeping change for sri lanka, largely brought about by its own people, many who have nothing left to lose.
political crisis, throngs of protesters stormed the presidential residence demanding president gotabaya rajapaksa resign. the president and the prime minister and to have a new era for sri lanka. also i feel very, very sad they didn t go earlier. had they gone earlier there wouldn t have been any destruction. reporter: under pressure from the streets and by members of party leadership, the president informed sri lanka s speaker of parliament he will step down on wednesday. the speaker relayed that decision to the nation asking protesters to return to their homes. there is no need to destabilize the country any longer, he says, adding that he respectfully requests the cooperation of everyone on behalf of the country and the country s future in order to maintain peace. a peace shattered by the biggest day of demonstrations yet that included the burning of the home of the country s prime minister. he, too, says he s willing to