trump critic is booted in an overwhelming primary defeat, but congresswoman liz cheney says she will continue to challenge the former president s hold on republicans and may even face him in the next presidential election in 2024. and mike pence, is he a potential star witness? the former vice president says he would consider testifying in front of the january 6th committee if asked. take a listen. if there was an invitation to participate, i would consider it. any invitation that would be directed to me, i would have to reflect on the unique role that i was serving in as vice president. it would be unprecedented innist hadry for a vice president to be summoned to testify on. ka tol capitol hill. i don t want to prejudge. we begin with rudy giuliani s appearance before a grand jury in georgia. sara murray is outside that courthouse in atlanta. rudy giuliani is a target of this investigation. there has been speculation he could take the fifth amendment today. what do we
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. at this hour, two former lawyers for donald trump are facing the subpoena power of georgia s special grand jury looking into trump s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in that state. right now, rudy giuliani is testifying before that grand jury after learning he is the target of their investigation. in the meantime, conservative lawyer john eastman is trying to avoid the grand jury. he has a hearing right now in new mexico to fight that subpoena. both men along with other trump advisers who have been summoned echoed election fallacies that trump votes were somehow stolen. cnn s sara murray is outside the fulton courthouse where giuliani has been, what is it, six hours now? reporter: he s been back there for a while. 9:00 a.m. is when they got rolling. before he went in, his attorney was pretty clear that if these prosecutors thought they were going to ask rudy giuliani anything about his conversation
kate bolduan in for erin bu burnett. going, quote, medieval, that s steve bannon. bannon is defiant on his podcast. pray for our enemies, okay? because we re going medieval on these people. we re going to savage our enemies, so pray for them. who needs prayers? not maga, not war room, and certainly not steven k. bannon. after leaving court today, bannon spoke briefly to reporters. listen. look, it was a very good first day. it was a long day for jury selection. and so it goes. now bannon faces two criminal charges for his failure to comply with a house january 6th investigation. it s been ten months since he received a subpoena from the committee. the case is a major test of how much power congress really has when a witness defies a subpoena. bannon, one of the biggest purveyors of trump s election lies was a key figure in the lead-up to january 6th. days before he was outlining trump s plan win or lose. in his words then, trump is just going to declare victory and ba
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with lynda kincaid. well, it s 10:00 a.m. in israel and gaza. day three of deepening hostilities that began friday with israeli airstrikes in gaza which have since escalated in rockets fired toward israel. they say an israeli airstrike is to blame for killing people on saturday. the israeli military deny it is was responsible and released video that it says show as militant rocket going off course. israel says that s what cause thad deadly explosion. cnn can t verify either claim. here s what one palestinian woman said after her home was destroyed. translator: i started to cry and scream. and then the drone hit. and after that, there was an airstrike, which, as can you see, put our homes to the ground. all of that was destroyed. what can i do? where will we go tonight? cities across southern israel have been sounding warning sirens as militant rockets streak out of gaza by the dozens. the israeli military say the majority ar
temperatures. plus escalating tensions between israel and gaza militants. the most violent in over a year. we ll go live to southern israel for the latest. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with lynda kinkade. we begin in washington, d.c. where a marathon voting session is currently under way in the u.s. senate. democrats are hoping to push through a sweeping healthcare climate and tax bill that tackles some of the key policy objectives. first, they have to clear one more procedural hurdle, what is known as a vote-a-rama, a series of back-to-back amendment votes with no time limit. the bill is ultimately expected to pass, then head to the u.s. house for a vote. cnn s jessica dean reports. reporter: senate democrats are pushing through midway through this complex budget process that will allow them to pass legislation focused on climate, healthcare and some tax provisions with just the senate democrats voting. they will not need senate republicans. but