region, which have now become a battleground. a deal to end russia s blockade could make a huge difference but it won t end the war. so here in the donbas, ukrainian farmers are racing to harvest and to store what they can, whatever the risks. a new prime minister is sworn in in sri lanka, as anti government protests continue in the capital. hello and welcome. we start with some breaking news from washington where steve bannon, who worked closely with former president trump as a strategist, has been found guilty of contempt of congress. the charges were brought after he defied a summons to testify at the congressional hearings into the january the 6th riots at the us capirol building. he ll be sentenced in october he could face up to two years in prison. but speaking outside the courtroom in the last hour, he remained unrepentant. i want to start - by thanking the jury. we respect their decision today. i really want to thank those - hard working citizens of washington,
anti government protests continue in the sri lankan capital as the new prime minister names his cabinet. and the more you look at the stars, the more you discover! we ll explain how a powerful new space telescope is expanding our view of the universe. hello and welcome. the former trump strategist steve bannon has been found guilty of contempt of congress by a court in washington. the charges were brought after he defied a summons to testify at the congressional hearings into the january the 6th riots at the us capitol building. he ll be sentenced in october he could face up to two years in prison. but, speaking outside the courtroom, he remained unrepentant. i want to start by thanking the jury. we respect their decision today. i really want to thank the hard working citizens that had to take an entire week off. we respect their decision. we may have lost a battle here, but we re not going to lose this war. in the closing argument, the prosecutor missed one very important
agents cracked open saves and took boxes of documents from the former president s current primary residence. here is what trump said in a statement. prosecutorial misconduct. the weaponization of the justice system and attack by radical left democrats who doont want me to run for president in 2024. many echo that sentiment today. what you have right now is an unchecked democrat party. most americans right now are horrified. they are doing it because the establishment is terrified of president donald trump. he doesn t play their games. 30 f.b.i. agents can take over the house of a former president of the united states, what can they do to you? if those organizations that are remaining in their current form there needs to be a top-down clean out of all the upper brass and all the upper management in all those organizations starting with merrick garland and the f.b.i. director. harris: let s think about the political things that are coming here. the raids 91 days out fro
through our tragedies. and while the nation mourns the seven people dead after monday s mass shootings of dozens of parade goers in the highland park illinois, the shooter in that case, though in custody and looking at life in prison, because otherwise unharmed. even after an intense police man hunt following the massacre. two states over, in akron ohio, protesters has stretched into the second week spread by the fatal police shooting of jayland walker last month and driven by the grim body cam footage showing the moment akron police wounded walker. more than 60 times after karen fauci s last month. two tragedies of gun violence. to glaringly different outcomes. and i will talk to akron s congresswoman, in just a moment. about what her constituents have to say about that difference. what they want from the states investigations into walker s death. and two weeks after the reversal of roe v. wade, how is the escalating abortion rights battle impacting her district and others l
It is a busy news day today, moments ago we saw the former President Trump walking back into his new york Criminal Trial and they are resuming at this time after a very short break. It is the former lawyer now, who will get a Cross Examination by defense attorneys, that lawyer represents the former porn star worker Stormy Daniels, and that former lawyer is can it take the stand for crossexamination as i mentioned by the defense and earlier today, both sides the defense and prosecution were arguing if trump committed more gag order violations. Prosecution said they were for additional ones and they are not asking for jail time this time but how generous are they, because that would be just a gift to a republican Candidate Running for the white house, trump. Right . It will put him right in the spots where the optics of that would be horrible if it ever happened. So we are all over it, we are getting moment by moment updates that we will share with you in real time from our producers and