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
Information he has provided. Reporter what does that mean for democracy. If he does believe that, what does it mean for democracy . Ive answered your question. So how will the media and democrats carry on trying to challenge the new president . And a north korean diplomat who defected last year from its London Embassy claims its leader kimjong un would be prepared to attack los angeles with Nuclear Weapons if his survival in power depended on it. Kimjong un, i kim jong un, i think, kimjong un, i think, will press the button of this dangerous, you know, the weapons when he thinks that his rule and his time is threatened. That full interview before 11am. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. As always well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories throughout the programme. Later well be covering a story which the govt has been accused ifa if a woman has a third do get in touch. Use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the S
down but there are some bright spots to point to. i think what joe biden is trying to achieve, jose, is the contrast between democratic leadership under joe biden trying to take a responsible approach to growing the economy and the irresponsible approach, as democrats would want to label, the republican response on the economy. joe biden a more sober leader, republicans a more reckless leader. that is the wrestling with the economy. the numbers still show that the american people do not have the confidence in the economy that they used to have, but joe biden is making the case that he has a plan getting us back to stable ground. it s a hard case to make but a necessary one because voters wants want to know what are voters going to do on the economy. i want to bring in garrick haque who joins us from las vegas. garrett, good to see you. the polls there in nevada show a tightening senate race. what role is the administration playing in this race?
it does indicate that the trump administration, perhaps even the president, has reluctantly conceded the obvious, that, in fact, we re allied with an impulsive reckless leader who is undermining american interests and values. he is creating some mitt cpolit space to distance himself. you have the turkish investigation. you have the saudi investigation. the reality is you want a credible investigation? the u.s. launches its own investigation. the magnitsky act calls for the president, gives him 120 days to give him a determination as to what happened. then if the saudis are complicit to impose sanctions. so the most credible investigation of all is ours. if we don t ask the right questions, guess what, we are not going to get the right answers. good to have you both. thanks for being with us on this story all week. we ll keep on it, of course.