long-time trump adviser steve bannon is back in court. this time awaiting sentencing after he was found guilty on two counts of contempt of congress. we ll take you live outside the courthouse and explain what happens if the appeals court decision goes one way or another. and with just 18 days to go until the critical mid-term elections, president biden continues his mid-term push. next hour he ll give live reports touting his economic plan. plus, we ll head out west on one of the key races that could decide control of the senate. the biden administration now says it has evidence iran sent troops to crimea to train russian soldiers to use those iranian-made drones. we ll bring you a live report from kyiv. and we begin this hour with the sentencing hearing now underway for former trump adviser steve bannon as he arrived at the federal court house in washington this morning. bannon spoke briefly thanking the press before attacking the biden administration who was convicted
thank you for being with us. reminder, we re going to bring you president biden s remarks on student debt relief live at the 3 p.m. hour, 1 p.m. pacific. meanwhile, supreme court justice amy coney barrett has rejected a request to stop the debt relief program. a wisconsin taxpayer s group filed an emergency order saying it would cost taxpayers more than $1 trillion while bypassing congress. in denying the request barrett was responsible for emergency applications from wisconsin appeared to act on her own without consulting the other justices. she did not give an explanation which is not uncommon. in a separate case, federal judge rejected a similar request brought by six republican-led states saying they lacked legal standing to block the program. meanwhile, the pent gone is announcing it will pay travel expenses for service members seeking abortions. in a memo defense secretary lloyd austin ordered the defense