law enforcement or the pentagon to put an end to the violence and while video evidence showed rioters hanging on every word from the president, we learned that trump initially refused to use the word peace when he finally sent a tweet to that mob. and still to this day, former president trump will not say the election is over. witnesses say it took him nearly an hour to record this three-minute video the day after the insurrection due to his complete objections to the truth. watch. and to those who broke the law, you will pay. you do not represent our movement, you do not represent our country, and if you broke the law can t say that. i m not i already said you will pay. but this election is now over. congress has certified the results. i don t want to say the election is over. thursday s testimony also painted a picture of vice president pence really stepping in, taking charge, calling in the national guard, to disperse the rioters, something the president would no
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
richard haass. and nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. also with us, the founder of the conservative website, charlie. liz cheney, one of two republicans serving on the committee, went on fox news yesterday to defend the committee s work. here s how she responded to a question about why capitol police weren t better prepared for the attack. it s an entire focus of the investigation. you will see in our report. you ll likely see in upcoming hearings, so it is certainly something we re going to be focused on. but what we aren t going to do, brett, is blame the capitol police, blame those in law enforcement for donald trump s armed mob that he sent to the capitol. kevin mccarthy decided not to participate in the committee, that, somehow, the house of representatives cannot investigate the single worst attack on the capitol since the war in 1812. cheney discussed the committee s interest in interviewing ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas.
with a deadly weapon, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of ten years in prison. the 43-year-old allegedly walked on to a flat bed trailer, trying to stab zeldin with a key chain. he pulled him down on the trailer and said several times, you re done. the suspect was initially charged with attempted assault in the second degree, then released. elsewhere, wes moore has won the democratic primary for governor of maryland. three days after voting con cluded, nbc news called the race. moore, a veteran of the afghanistan war, will now take on dan cox, the trump-endorsed candidate who won the republican nomination for governor. moore is projected to be the strong favorite in the november election against cox, whose extreme right-wing brand of
matchmaking mirror. you re welcome . i love my being there to izzeldin as a member of congress from new york , eastern long island. he s runningngs for governor of the state against the unelected incumbent. the last night, a man called david jack bonus attempted to stab zeldin during a campaign event and charge the stage with a blade. there s footage of the attack. only one remember. oh, so how did this guy know where zeldin was twelve days before the attack, kathy hochuld once again, who was the governor, has not been elected governor , sent out an email listing xeljanz upcoming