details from washington. the department of justice investigation into the events that led to january 6th is expanding at a rapid pace. i am aware of other white house officials who have been reached out to by doj, and are planning to cooperate. former weiss out staffer elissa farah, telling cnn, the doj has reached out to more administration officials and the trump white house. top aides to bike vice president mike pence. cnn learning that cassidy hoskinson, a former trump aide to the chief of staff is the latest official from the last administration to start cooperating with the doj s criminal investigating. i think doj is keeping an eye on on who s coming before january six, and who may have helpful information. the news comes at the same time sources tell the washington post post and the new york times, that federal investigators have asked questions specifically about donald trump s actions. suggesting they are probe is getting closer to the former president h
after the floods the struggle to reach millions of people affected by the rising waters in bangladesh and northeast india. and after meeting president zelensky on a brief trip to ukraine, the hollywood actor ben stiller praises the spirit of the ukrainian people. these does people like you and i who have been caught and ate circumstance totally beyond their control. and nobody wants to flee their home. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. three us republican state officials have been describing the direct pressure they were put under by donald trump and his team to overturn the 2020 presidential election result. in an at times emotional testimony to the congressional committee, they described threats of violence directed at them from trump supporters when they refused to bow to the pressure. we have various groups come by, and they have had video panel trucks with videos of me, proclaiming me to be a paedoph
menendez, in for stephanie ruhle. and tonight, steve bannon is the first of trump s close aides to be convicted as a result of investigations into the capital capitol riot. i during washington found political advisor turn podcast or guilty of two counts of contempt of congress. those charges are the result of his refusal to comply with a january 6th committee subpoena. the verdict came hours after the committee s primetime hearing that saw white house insiders paint a damning portrait of a president choosing to allow a deadly insurrection to rage unchecked. tonight, the panel called today s bannon verdict, quote, a victory for the rule of law and an important affirmation of the select committees work. despite the guilty verdict, bannon and his lawyer remain defiant after the jury s decision win. the prosecutor missed one very important phrase, right? i stand with trump and the constitution. and i will never back off that. ever. this is [inaudible] what happened. this is
the capitol riot. this afternoon a jury in washington found the political advisor turned broadcaster guilty of two counts of contempt of congress. those charges are the result of his refusal to comply with a january 6th committee subpoena. the verdict came hours after the committee s primetime hearing that saw white house insiders paint a damning portrait of a president choosing to allow a deadly insurrection to rage unchecked. tonight, the panel called today s bannon verdict, quote, a victory for the rule of law and an important affirmation of the select committees work. despite the guilty verdict, bannon and his lawyer remain defiant after the jury s decision. the prosecutor missed one very important phrase, right? i stand with trump and the constitution. and i will never back off that. ever. this is round one. that s what happened. yeah. this is a bulletproof appeal. you will see this case reversed on appeal. as bannon awaits his sentencing on october 21st, the
recorded testimony by former pence chief of staff mark short who was with vice president pence an january 6th. was a firsthand witness to trump s pressure campaign in the days leading up to it. we re told house investigators will try to make the case that the pressure on pence directly distributed to the insurrection at the capitol and the continuing ongoing threat to the rule of law and democracy in the united states. many aides are promising new information about what the vice president was doing during the riot, and where he was hiding as that mob chanted, hang mike pence, hang mike pence. the panel also will focus on the role of conservative lawyer john eastman in pushing the bo fgus unconstitutional theory that pence has the power to invalidate legal, lawful e electoral votes. let s go to ryan nobles on capitol hill right now. ryan, the chairman of the select committee congressman bennie thompson of mississippi just chaired a block buster new information about a potentia