lifting the ban on the ban, the texas appeals court is pressing pause on that order. and william shatner gearing up for a real-life space mission. we are so glad you are with us. the legal news gods knew i was coming. the subpoena showdown. former trump advisor, chief strategist steve bannon citing trump claims of executive privilege. even though he s not the executive anymore. current president biden says not so fast. good morning. the stand off over accountability continues as former president donald trump makes it clear. he wants to assert executive privilege over to the congressional committee after the biden administration that is one of the fights brewing. a number of loyalists. we heard from folks around that he plans to defy tha t subpoena. his group other witnesses they have called on would be engaged with the committee. also making clear. they don t want to dilly daly. making sure they will hold those witnesses that don t comply in contempt. let s dig a
the subpoena from the january 6th committee in congress. however do lawmakers have to go to get the truth? covid hospitalizations are down but experts warn this battle is not over yet. plus, a former navy s.e.a.l. going to sky high heights to help gold star families. and he s taking on mt. everest to help the children of fallen service members. you ll hear from him, live. we appreciate you sharing part of your weekend with us. it is saturday, october 9th. laura, the alarm going off a little later this month. it was a treat. such a treat. an hour later. i could get used to this. this is great. a lot to get to but up first here, executive privilege and the search for answers about the january 6th insurrection. donald trump is trying, trying to claim executive privilege to block the special house committee investigating the riots from getting documents. yeah, we should note. he s no longer the exec 2i6. former trump adviser steve bannon now trying to defy a subpoena fr
i am outside where the event will be taking place this afternoon but there has been growing opposition from protesters, citing the legitimacy and the cost. and work begins to remove the tens of thousands of floral tributes left to honour the queen, in central london. in the last few hours nasa has successfully managed to test the world s first planetary defence system by deliberately crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid. the dart mission is the first ever attempt to change the course of a large object roughly the size of a football stadium. a live camera relayed the spacecraft s final few seconds to nasa scientists before it crashed into the rock. there, oh, my goodness. oh, wow. four, three, two, one. oh, my gosh! whoo! oh, wow! visual confirmation. cheering they had a news conference after that and the dart team spoke of their relief that the mission had been achieved. it is wonderful to do something this amazing and we is wonderful to do something this amazing and we a
the pound remains under pressure from market concerns about government borrowing to fund tax cuts. a state funeral is due to be held for the former japanese prime minister shinzo abe. leaders from across the world are expected to be at the service. the event will start in just under an hour but there has been growing opposition with detractors citing the cost. and honours even as engalnd and germany share six goals in their final game before the qatar, world cup. of an asteroid travelling at 14,000 miles per hour! it s the first time it s ever been done, and it s hoped that it ll teach us how to change the speed and path of future asteroids and planets. our science editor, rebecca morelle, has been taking a look at what happened. closing in on the target. images beamed back from 7 million miles away as a nasa spacecraft approaches an asteroid. the details of the rocky world are revealed. but this probe isn t here to study it. itsjob is to knock the space rock off course by
hi, dodd. not seen you for a while. how have you been, you big giraffe? sally laughs. good morning. with one game to go before the world cup begins, how gareth southgate s future s the spotlight, a year after leading england to the euros final. good morning. we ve currently got some rain in the south east which will clear away and for all of us we are looking at a day of sunshine and showers and a noticeable wind too, and feeling chilly in that wind. i will have all the details about this mornings programme. good morning, everybody. it s monday 26th september. our main story. the pound has fallen to its lowest level against the us dollarfor 50 years. the record slump came after the government unveiled tax cuts funded by huge increases in borrowing. let s talk more to nina about this. how did this all start? a drop to around $1 how did this all start? a drop to around s1that s how did this all start? a drop to around $1 that s the how did this all start? a drop to around $