condition as he recovers from covid. dr. anthony fauci is standing by live. we will discuss. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with the guilty verdict in steve bannon s criminal contempt trial. the former top trump adviser convicted on two counts of contempt of congress for defying the january 6th committee s subpoena. cnn s senior crime and justice reporter, katelyn polantz is joining us from just outside the federal courthouse here in washington. katelyn, give us the latest. reporter: well, wolf, steve bannon was convicted today, even though he had vowed this was going to be the misdemeanor from hell for the select committee. it was not that. by the end of the day, we had two criminal convictions of steve bannon. now, these were both misdemeanor charges, but congress writes the law, and when they wrote this law, they said that it would be punishable by a minimum
lee zeldin shockingly attacked at a campaign rally by a man who tried to stab him, and the very brief stint in custody for the man arrested has zeldin and others sounding off. proceeding with caution. could the optimism in one american city inspire us all to think big and more positively about our inflated economy right now? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re going to start with our politics lead and a clear sign from the january 6th house committee they believe it is time for attorney general merrick garland to charge donald trump with a crime. this morning, republican congressman adam kinzinger from illinois, one of the republicans on the committee, told cnn that the timeline laid out by the committee is not just damning of the president but leaves trump with clear criminal culpability. we have proven different components of a criminal case against donald trump or people around him in every hearing. and i think taken in totality, this represents the greates
weather center. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with both new hope and a new round of fighting in ukraine. officials say 13 missiles struck a city about 300 kilometer north of mykolaiv, leaving a number of people injured and killed. the missiles targeted military airfield and a railway facility. officials are urging people to stay in shelters for now while the mayor of mykolaiv is reporting what he calls powerful blasts in that city. but on the hopeful side, ukraine and russia have signed an agreement that will allow ukraine to resume grain exports through the black sea. much of that grain has been stranded because of a russian naval blockade, leaving 47 million people around the world in acute state of hunger according to a u.n. estimate. president zelenskyy says russia may not fully keep its side of the bargain. here he is. translator: the text of the document signed today is published, and everyone can read its points. they ful
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with both new hope in ukraine and a new round of fighting. officials say 13 missiles struck a city about 300 kilometers north of mykolaiv, leaving a number of people injured and killed. the missiles targeted a military airfield and a railway facility. officials are urging people to stay in shelters for now while the mayor of mykolaiv is reporting what he called powerful blasts in that city as well. on the hopeful side, ukraine and russia have signed an agreement that will allow ukraine to resume grain exports through the black sea. much of that grain has been stranded buzz of a russian naval blockade leaving 47 million people around the world in state the u.s., britain and the eu all have welcomed the agreement. president zelenskyy seems skeptical that russia will keep their word. here he is. translator: we trust the u.n. thousand it is their responsibility and responsibility of international part
you can see in this video right here, held out a key chain with two sharp point ts on it. cnn s evan perez is following all of this for us. he s here with me now. evan, what more are we learning about this man? that video, again, we ve shown it a number of times. very alarming. it s a very disturbing thing to happen, obviously. li lee zeldin, a congressman was on stage when this attack happened. the suspect s name is david j jakabonis. he s charged with assaulting a member of congress with a deadly weapon. you can see that he s carrying this object, he has this object in his hand as he approaches the congressman. now, according to the federal criminal complaint, these are federal charges that he is now facing. he told the fbi that he had consumed whiskey on the day of this attack and that he, quote, must have checked out as he walked on stage and asked if zeldin was disrespecting veterans. we should note that according to the army, jakabonis had served in the army. he s a v