long-time trump adviser steve bannon is back in court. this time awaiting sentencing after he was found guilty on two counts of contempt of congress. we ll take you live outside the courthouse and explain what happens if the appeals court decision goes one way or another. and with just 18 days to go until the critical mid-term elections, president biden continues his mid-term push. next hour he ll give live reports touting his economic plan. plus, we ll head out west on one of the key races that could decide control of the senate. the biden administration now says it has evidence iran sent troops to crimea to train russian soldiers to use those iranian-made drones. we ll bring you a live report from kyiv. and we begin this hour with the sentencing hearing now underway for former trump adviser steve bannon as he arrived at the federal court house in washington this morning. bannon spoke briefly thanking the press before attacking the biden administration who was convicted
oh, no. also ahead, the latest from the war in ukraine where both sides are preparing for the next major battle among fears of a false-flag attack that could end up flooding 80 towns. plus, hospitals across the country have reported a surge in cases of a virus that s making infants severely ill. it s not covid, but covid has a big role in why the kids are getting so sick. we ll explain that just ahead. willie, our top story this morning. we begin in washington where moments ago former trump adviser steve bannon arrived in a d.c. courthouse to hear his sentencing for contempt of congress after he refused to comply with a subpoena from the house select committee investigating january 6th. the justice department has asked the judge to sentence him to six months in prison and to fine him $200,000. bannon s lawyers argue he should get only probation. they also have asked bannon be allowed to remain free until his lawyers are able to appeal the sentence. nbc news justice an
paul vaughn. he does not fit the profile of a terrorist. he s 55 years old, a former pastor who now runs a small internet service business intently tennessee. their faithful christians, he and his wife and their 11 children. celeste wednesday morning about 715, book colic seen at the household, several of the kids are standing in the front yard. suddenly their world post on around them. a team of fbi agents armed with automatic rifles swoops in with suvs and starts pounding on the front door of the family home. paul is watching this and he shocked. as he said later, when i open the door and saw guns pointed at me i asked them what they wanted. they said they wanted me and they did the agent s lead pulp on the way. inside the house his wife was in the back with his youngest child, 18 month or maybe, ran to the front door. confused and terrified she asked what anyone would ask, who are you in way take my husband away? we don t have to guess about the exchange of visits on tape.
another. no silver bullet. is your money safe? is your job safe? jesse: everybody was hurting and we needed help. in a moment of fear, we elected a rookie senator from illinois, barack obama. he promised hope and change. but the first thing he did was bail out wall street instead of main street and something snapped. this is america. how many of you people want to pay for your neighbor s mortgage that has an extra bathroom and can t pay their bills? raise your hand? [crowd boos] president obama, are you listening? jesse: the bankers that wrecked the economy got bailed out. snagged pope newses and not a sing get one went to jail. at that moment a tea party was bon. big government in bed with big business while americans got shafted. it wasn t just the right that got angry. years later occupy wall street took over the park in manhattan and socialists could smell something was fishy. town halls started getting a little rowdy, remember that? stay out of my business.
minds about our future. kamala harris made her first late night appearance. debut, slamming texas governor greg abbott for sending bus loads of illegals to northern cities like new york and some of them dropped off at her home in washington, d.c. here is how she responded. i just think it s a dereliction of duty. if you see problem and if we agree we need to address it, then if you are a leader, participate in a solution. we are offering solutions. but instead this gamesmanship with real human beings who trust us. dana: manmade answer to some. gillian turner on the growing national security threat posed by cartels along the border. josh kraushaar with cree action politically. griff jenson is live in eagle pass, texas. you already saw it is not groundhogs day, it is reality for the people there. such a great point. the vice president talks about seeing solutions to the problem. officials here don t see a solution that s ready. opening behind the national guard behind me