the next few minutes. let s begin with cnn white house correspondent fphil mattingly. reporter: when you talk to u.s. officials leading up to the phone call, it s equal parts an update, letting the president know about the details with president putin two days ago. obviously their teams have been in touch since then. also coordination, i think that s increasingly important in these very tenuous days right now with that russian troop build up on three sides of ukraine s borders, making clear where the u.s. stands, what the u.s. is intending to do, and laying out in detail what the u.s. and its allies are planning if russia decides to move on the offensive. obviously president biden made clear in his warnings to president putin in that two hour and 1 minute phone call, there would be severe repercussions if russia moved forward with an invasion, not just unilateral repercussions on the united states side, it would be in concert with u.s. allies in europe, when sanctions have
guitar. 469 rooms in this hotel. and this auditorium seats 40,000 people. brian: going to be hopping in a little while. steve: holds 7,000. ainsley: i read 40,000. that would be a football stadium. steve: how cool is this. brian: very successful division 2 team. ainsley: we have 7,000 people coming to the patriot awards tonight. we are so excited. isn t this beautiful? we are going to highlight first responders, law enforcement. steve: we have a drone. ainsley: so many wonderful things for our country and this is where it is all going to be held. steve: absolutely is. things kick off 8:00 eastern time on fox nation. if you don t have fox nation, it s a good reason to get it. it will be on the weekend on the channel. nonetheless, take a look at this place. this is awesome. they really rolled out the red carpet for us. we got here late in the day yesterday. it s a fun place. i have never been to this particular location. it s great. brian: reminds me of las vegas a little bit.
arguments in the kyle rittenhouse trial set to begin. we have new details how each side will present the case. steve bannon to turn himself in today. brand-new cnn reporting about frustrations between vice president kamala harris s team and the west wing. the exasperation running both ways. two of music s biggest stars returning to the stage and letting us in on the heartbreak behind their songs . the heartbreak behind their songs. making us a little sad on monday morning. good morning to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is monday, november 15th. we re on watch for a major development in the january 6th investigation. we have live pictures of steve bannon s home in washington, d.c. the former chief strategist for president trump expected to turn himself in this morning to face a two-count indictment for contempt of congress. bannon defied a subpoena from the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection. he faces a year
break. there s five charges related to three separate shoot that is left two people dead and another injured. the shootings taking place in kenosha, which is wes last summer after police shot jacob blake. here are the charges against rip the house. reckless homicide, two counts of reckless endangerment. intentional homicide and attempted intensional homicide. the most serious charge carries a sentence of life in prison. rittenhouse has pleaded not guilty to all charges. the judge has allowed lesser charges for two of these original council to be considered. if the prosecutors are unable to prove those more serious counts are, you know, beyond a reasonable doubt, they are not able to prove them beyond a reasonable doubt. also today, a sixth misdemeanor weapons charge was dropped, and that marked a stunning blow to the prosecution. we ll discuss all that have in just a moment, but here s where the trial stands right now. court is in lunch break. up next, the prosecution will fu
about what this investment means for her state. meanwhile, a rare day of protests expected in cuba today, but will demonstrators be allowed to take to the streets? nbc s morgan radford spoke to organizers in cuba about the intimidation tactics they are facing from the regime. at any moment, the judge in the kyle rittenhouse trial will deliver instructions to the jury. shortly after, the prosecution and the defense will give their closing arguments. and as the jury prepares to deliberate the case, kenosha, wisconsin, is on edge, with the governor putting 500 national guard members on standby. joining me now is nbc news correspondent, gabe gutierrez outside the courthouse. also joining me, nbc news legal analyst, maya wiley. gabe, let me start with you. you spoke with rittenhouse s mother ahead of closing arguments. what did she tell you? reporter: hi, there, jose, good morning. she says that knowing what she knows now that her son probably should not have gone to kenosha