the only thing that will stop iran is knowing that, if they continue to develop their nuclear program, the free world will use force. i continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome and will continue to work with israel to counter other threats from iran throughout the region. all of this ahead of the president s controversial trip to saudi arabia next, a visit opposed by human rights groups, but aimed at fostering closer ties between the saudis and israel. here at home, nbc news has learned a member of the trump white house support staff is the key witness referenced in vice chair liz cheney s warning about possible witness tampering by the former president himself. that comes as the january 6th committee is preparing for a primetime hearing next week, a week from today, graphically illustrating president trump s refusal to take action during the riot and in fact goading the mob on with a tweet slamming his own vice president. when he tweet
what is going on? let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, will merrick garland indict donald trump? tonight, a major clue into what investigators are focusing on, that is the fake electors, those fake electors from contested states. bennie thompson, the chairman of the january 6th committee, saying his committee is providing the doj with witness transcripts to put up the fraj la fraudulentelectors. they ve included testimony from the chairwoman of the republican national committee, describing a call that she received from the former president and his attorney, john eastman. he turned the call over to mr. eastman, who then proceeded to talk about the importance of the rnc helping the campaign gather these contingent electors in case any of the legal challenges that were ongoing changed the result did you receive a call from andy y biggs of arizona on the morning of january 6th? i did. he asked if i would sign on both to a letter that
bannon is set to go on trial for criminal contempt for refusing to comply with the committee subpoena. days before the select committee is said to hold more public hearings, let s bring in marshall cohen. does it appear likely that bannon will, indeed, testify before the panel? it is not clear yet if this is actually going to happen. it is a change of bannon s posture from where he had been over the last several months. he refused to testify and hand over any documents. he claimed that there was executive privilege. now, he says that donald trump has sent him a letter waving those claims. i just want to be very clear. the justice department does not think that those are very legitimate claims because steve bannon was not in the executive branch. he had left the white house in 2017. that led to him getting indicted for refusing to comply with the subpoena. now, donald trump says that he is waving those claims, which opens the door to steve bannon to go to the committee and o
where to begin. it s a great way to start a press conference. this was after wave of scandal. the straw that broke the camel s back was johnson s decision to promote beneficial facing sexual misconduct allegations. his allocation lease one of america s closest allies in the state of political turmoil. we ll show you live look at a moment from 10 downing street were about 15 minutes ago they made the amount announcement. there was a chorus of cheers and cat calls that came down from > it s really not the world of the parliamentary conservative party that there should be a new leader of the party and therefore a new prime minister. the process of choosing that new leader should begin now. foreign affairs correspondent. dano that s right it s almost over. conservative u.k. prime minister boris johnson stepping down as party leader which eventually lead to him departing as the p.m. he broke the news in front of his famous office home after an amazing 36 hours in u.k. politi
china has fired missiles near taiwan in a show of force against nancy pelosi s visit to the island. and the bank of england makes its biggest rise in interest rates for nearly thirty years while saying the uk s headed, for recession. a court in moscow has sentenced the us basketball player, brittney griner, to nine years in prison on charges of drug smuggling. she was also fined $16 thousand. here s ms griner arriving at the court for the sentencing. the olympic gold medallist was detained in february at an airport near moscow when cannabis oil vape cartridges were found in her luggage. here s what she said after both sides presented closing arguments. i made an honest mistake and i hope that in your ruling that it doesn t end my life. brittny griners s lawyers spoke to reporters after the sentencing. we feel disappointment. you know, when we saw britney, i think it was tuesday and we were told we will see you on thursday. and she said, see you on doomsday. so it looks like