down. the united states and nato and a coalition of more than 50 countries standing strong with ukraine, we will not walk away. that was president joe biden pledging not to walk away from defending ukraine as he commemorated the 80th anniversary of d-day. in this next hour biden will meet with ukraine wherein president volodymyr zelenskyy in paris amid russia s ongoing aggression and tensions over the pace of military aid, and biden then later delivering a major speech on democracy. plus we now have a date when israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will address congress as a growing number of democrats and the biden administration have become critical of israel s ongoing handling of the war. and steve bannon has been ordered to report to prison to serve his contempt of congress sentence. we ll discuss why his lawyer brew up over the ruling and how bannon himself responded. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, june 7th. folks, we made it to fri
d-day observances, but she s expected to rejoin her husband for the state visit in france meaning she flew to france, flew back to delaware, and will return to paris. elsewhere on the legal front, former trump advisor steve bannon has been ordered to report to prison next month. a judge ruled yesterday bannon must begin his four-month sentence on july 1st. a stay on bannon s sentence was lifted after his appeal in the case was denied, but as nbc news reports bannon could still appeal the ruling. he said yesterday his team plans to appeal all the way to the supreme court. we re going to go all the way to the supreme court if we have to. but i want to say something specifically about the justice department. merrick garland, lisa monaco, the entire justice department they re not going to shut up trump, not going to shut up bannon and certainly not going to shut up maga. bannon was found guilty back in 2022 on two counts for contempt of congress for defying subpoenas from the january 6
who was interviewed last friday by mueller s team for at least the third time. the washington post reports bannon was asked about comments stone made privately in 2016 about wikileaks that was just before wikileaks released emails prosecutors say were hacked by russian operatives. it could be a big break for searchers trying to find a passenger jet that mysteriously crashed monday. a live report from indonesia. and a notorious mobster meets his end in a west virginia prison. what happened to boston s whitey bulger.
and some tweeting his comment, actions, and retweets are completely inappropriate. we must stand up against white supremacy and hate in all forms, and i strongly condemn this behavior. a new face this morning on the legal team representing longtime trump political adviser roger stone. first amendment and constitutional law expert bruce rogau joined the roster of attorneys as special counsel robert mueller tightens his focus on stone. r one of the first steps, encouraging rogau to take a polygraph on questions mueller may asked. he has told us he passed two polygraphs, although we have no way to confirm that. dozens of stone s associates have been summoned for testimony including steve bannon, who was interviewed by mueller s team friday for at least the third time. the washington post reports bannon was asked about comments stone made privately in 2016 about wikileaks. that was just before wikileaks
this is new day with chris kco como and alisyn camerota. here s our starting line. we have new details about the fbi raids on president trump s personal lawyer michael cohen. investigators were looking for communications between cohen and donald trump related to the infamous acce access hollywood tape. and president trump s ousted former chief strategist steve bannon is reportedly pushing a plan to fire rod rosenstein. the man overseeing the russia investigation. . . washington post reports bannon wants the white house to stop cooperating with mueller s team. at the same time, a senate pan has a bipartisan bill to protect mueller. right now sewer syria s ruler assad is addressing the public,