good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we have brand-new information this evening about the january 6th committee accusing former president donald trump of trying to contact a witness during the investigation. nbc news has confirmed reporting that the witness was a member of the white house support staff. at the end of yesterday s hearing liz cheney said that the matter had been referred to the justice department. this afternoon, the committee s chair person was asked about cheney s comments. are we going to hear from this witness? i would doubt it. we re concerned obviously about the witness, and we do not want to put that witness under unnecessary pressure. is there enough evidence that there was an attempt to influence the witness? from my vantage point, it is highly unusual to do that. that s why we, more or less, put that in the hands of the justice department. is this just one missed phone call from the former president? that s all i m aware of. as
that there was an attempt to influence the witness? from my vantage point, it is highly unusual to do that. that s why we more or less, put that in the hands of the justice department. is this just one missed phone call from the former president? that s all i m aware of. as for its future plans, the panel has not ruled out additional hearings later this summer, we will hear more public testimony one week from tomorrow. one committee member says that nest thursday s hearing will focus on what trump was doing when the capital was under attack. specifically about the time period of the 187 minutes within the white house, and what the president was doing. and how he could have played a role in preventing more violence, if he had merely gone to the briefing room and asked people to leave the capitol. it comes as trump ally and former strategist steve bannon is set to go on trial on monday for contempt of congress. he is now ready to cooperate with the january 6th coope
Welcome to the programme. We start with Breaking News from the past half hour and three men have been arrested after the deaths of five people including a seven Year Old Girl who were attempting to cross the English Channel from france on tuesday. They have been detained on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and illegal entry. You will remember yesterday we saw those dramatic pictures that were filmed by a bbc film crew in france of that boat leaving the coast full of that boat leaving the coast full of migrants, about 112 migrants on that board. It then got into trouble and people were in the water. Boats were sent out to rescue them. Around 50 people were rescued but sadly, five people lost their lives. Three men, a woman and as you mention, a seven year girl. The boat did continue its journey to the United Kingdom and there were around another 55 people believed to have been unable to made it to uk. Within the last hour or so, the National Crime agency says that three men
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Overnight, a us official told cnn, israel carried out a Military Strike deep inside iran good, this escalate the already tense situation in the middle east Jury Selection in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial could wrap up today. Opening statements in this store, a case are on track to begin monday, plus on the house floor, a critical test for a longstalled foreign aid bill for israel and ukraine hello, im wolf blitzer in washington and urine the cnn newsroom happening now a decadeslong shadow war between israel and iran spills out in the open. Us officials dow say israel launched and overnight strike on iran, appearing to target a Military Facility some 200 miles from the Capital Tehran in the hours since the attack, there has been a nearly unified Global Response arounds allies like china and russia echoing calls from israels western supporters to show restraint. And avoid a wider regional conflict. Cnn is covering the story from around the globe our chief International Security correspo