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
and the rain continues, a flood watch is in effect for southern and eastern kentucky. the floodwaters, you see the devastation there. the floodwaters lifting homes off their foundations, washing them away. the governor and the people of eastern kentucky just reeling from the sheer scope of this tragedy. a lot of people are still trapped up in there, going on three days now, no food, no water. i take what i can on the atvs, a lot of other people are doing the same thing. the house is gone. they just washed away. we don t know how many is missing at this point. we know that there are bodies that we are still processing. and when you see the devastation of this flooding that have carried houses hundreds of yards, if not more, we know we ll still be finding people sadly in the days to come. as we mentioned, still some concerns about the forecast. let s get the latest forecast for the region. any relief in sight? reporter: it looks like on tuesday we get relief here. unf
to speak at any moment about the latest in his state. some of the hardest hit areas aren t out of the woods yet. another strong line of storms is forecast to move in later this evening. that is expected to compound the challenges for first responders and those who still have no homes. hotels and motels are full. so are shelters, which are forcing some people to sleep in their cars now. in perry county, one official said more than 50 bridges have been washed away. let s begin in eastern kentucky. cnn s evan mcmorris-santoro is in the town of hazard. we spoke to you last week. things look pretty bad. as the waters recede, you really see the extent of this devastation. reporter: that s right, jim. not only do you see what came before, you can get a look at how hard it s going to be to get everything back together here. you talk about bridges in perry county. i m in perry county and i m along highway 28, an important road here. i can explain to you exactly what went on when it
also tonight, one of former president trump s long time allies steve bannon found guilty on two counts of contempt of congress for refusing to comply with the subpoena from the january 6th committee. pierre thomas with late reporting. the bannon verdict coming less than 24 hour after that dramatic public hearing. the january 6th committee sharing testimony from former top trump officials showing how the former president failed to act. the dramatic secret service recordings from agents protecting then vice president mike pence. the testimony that some feared for their lives, calling to say good-bye to their families. and the outtakes of the former president refusing to say the election was over 24 hours after the mob stormed the capitol. jonathan karl standing by. the dangerous and deadly heat wave sweeping from coast to coast. 94 million americans in 28 states under heat alerts. rob marciano timing it all out. new video just coming in. the moment a small plane crashed i