president biden pay respects in the wake of the assassination of former japanese prime minister shinzo abe. also, search and rescue efforts are under way in ukraine after a russian missile hit a residential building, killing at least a dozen civilians. we ll get a live report. n civil. we l welcome to way too early, on this monday, july 11th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for joining us. the next hearing into the january 6 capitol attack is tomorrow and it will focus on what the committee has called the marshaling of the mob. this will reportedly include evidence of coordination between trump world and the extremist groups that led the attack on the capitol such as the proud boys and the oathkeepers. a source tells the nbc news that former oathkeepers spokesman jason will testify. he left the group back in 2017 but he will speak about how it spreads propaganda and how it became radical over the years. he has met with the committee twice before. former produce white house
Still need more. jonathan? ellison barber, joining us live from ukraine, thank you as always. still ahead here on way too early, we ll have highlights and some lowlights from former president trump s weekend on the campaign trail. plus, president biden defends his upcoming trip to saudi arabia. why he says he is going and what he says he hopes to achieve. those stories, and a check on the weather as we look at the sun rising in washington, d.c. we ll be right back. at the sun rising in washington, d.c. we ll be right back.
Remember, if it s sunday, it s meet the press. good morning. we re following several major developments with the january 6 committee. former trump aide steve bannon now says he s willing to testify. former trump white house counsel pat cipollone has already testified behind closed doors. while a former member of one of the extremist groups that led the attack is set to appear as a witness at the next hearing scheduled for tomorrow. we will break down what all of this means for the investigation. plus, secretary of state tony blinken takes an unexpected detour to tokyo, as he and
Former white house strategist steve bannon now says he is willing to testify before the january 6th committee. that s according to a letter his lawyer sent to the committee over the weekend. perhaps not coincidentally, bannon s willingness to cooperate comes a week before jury selection is supposed to start in his contempt of congress trial. he was indicted back in november for not complying with a congressional subpoena sent by the committee. also over the weekend, former president trump released a letter saying he would waive executive privilege over bannon s potential testimony. a federal judge had previously called trump s claims of having any executive privilege there at best ambiguous. joining us now to break it down for us is our friend hugo lowell, congressional reporter for the guardian. good morning. let s talk about steve bannon, i know a lot of democrats who heard this hour and said wait a
Explicitly reference the work that the january 6 select committee has been doing but he did say this. just like a third world dictatorship, democrats only see the law as a weapon to persecute their political opponents while they let rapists and murderers go flee. we have got to get away from these political witch hunts and start focusing on making america great again. more of the same there. the former president also slammed new york attorney general letitia james investigation into the trump organization. he is set to be deposed as early as friday in that case, and dismissed james efforts as an attempt to make good on her political promise to take him down. trump then went north to alaska on saturday, to support republican candidates there. he rallied alongside the candidate challenging incumbent republican senator lisa murkowski. trump called murkowski the quote