lettuce or liz truss? there was even a lettuce live stream, and last night it was projected on the walls of parliament, the victorious held of lettuce. but across the pond, president biden reacting to the turmoil for america s most important ally. the british are going to solve their problems. she was a good partner. reporter: the next prime minister, the third just this year, inherits a frustrated country. i ve seen the effect of conservativism first hand. it is incredibly unattainable. total chaos. just this sense of just a complete mess. we ve just become a laughingstock. reporter: and while calming markets and restoring stability on a global stage will be a stability, the british people are more worried about high prices and heating their homes this winter. all right. nbc s molly hunt we are that report. joining us now, u.s. national editor at the financial times ed luce. i d love your reaction to what has happened in the past 24 hours and a sense of what the
we ll take a look at the crop of third-party candidates running in these midterm elections who could play a major role in swinging the results. but first, willie, you us a preview earlier, but tell us who you have on sunday today. my guest this sunday on nbc is oscar winner eddie redmayne. you know him from les miserables , the fantastic piece, and now the good nurse, a stunning true story that people don t know about, a nurse turned serial killer. he stars with jessica chastain. really smart and thoughtful and a funny guy, great conversation. the academy award winning eddie redmayne on sunday today.
moments ago former trump adviser steve bannon arrived in a d.c. courthouse to hear his sentencing for contempt of congress after he refused to comply with a subpoena from the house select committee investigating january 6th. the justice department has asked the judge to sentence him to six months in prison and to fine him $200,000. bannon s lawyers argue he should get only probation. they also have asked bannon be allowed to remain free until his lawyers are able to appeal the sentence. nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian is live outside the courthouse in washington. ken, good morning. what should we expect here today? reporter: good morning, willie. as you mentioned, we saw steve bannon come in, he was heckled by members of the crowd, he gave his usual sort of commentary about having wanting to defeat the biden regime. you may recall he said he was going to do that at his trial. didn t work out that way. took a jury about three hours to
justice request hasn t broken through. some aproposal ray or thes said they hadn t heard about the request and were surprised that i mentioned that justice is arguing it s poised to face a cash crunch when it comes to the january 6th probe. it s a high-stakes question. the reason they believe this is so important is if republicans capture control of the house of representatives in january, the chamber is going to be run likely by kevin mccarthy, a staunch trump ally, who s not been sympathetic to the january 6th investigation, voted against the house select committee. he has compared the violence in this building on january 6th to the violence, you know, that erupted in george floyd s protests in the summer of 2020. it s very different dynamic next year if republicans capture control. it sure is. nbc s sahil kapur, thank you very much. covering a lot of ground for us this morning. up next, the latest out of ukraine, where the entire country is on the verge of losing power and heat
somebody who is very proud to be representing the people of the state of this the state of georgia. i liken the two-party system to pro wrestling, like having two people in a ring pretending to fight each other and get fund-raising up, then they go backstage and laugh about how much money they earned and the attention. i m not here to fight a wrestling match. i m here to fight for the people in georgia. i owe no allegiance to either party. i only owe allegiance to you, the voter. other outside candidates in key states like arizona, nevada, and pennsylvania are emerging as wild cards with polls indicating they have nowhere near enough support to win but more than enough to influence results in tight races that can make or break president biden s agenda for the next two years. joining us now with new reporting on this, nbc news senior national political reporter sahil kapur. sahil, what have you got? reporter: mika, it s a familiar dynamic we ve seen