willing to testify before the january 6th committee. what impact if any does testimony could have on his criminal contempt try oh. plus, we will break down what to expect at tomorrow s january 6th hearing. in the next hour, president biden will pass a gun safety law and what it means for the national gun violence epidemic. gun violence activist and father of highland park shooting victim will be with us this morning. meanwhile, it s been one year after a crackdown on protest for freedom in cuba. the crackdowns by the regime continues. we will talk about what is next in cuba s fight for freedom. right now out west, firefighters are working around the clock to contain a wildfire at yosemite national park. we will bring you a live report. report. we begin this morning with the latest on investigation into the january 6th attack on the u.s. capital. attorneys for donald trump stan steve bannon and eight courtroom hearing. he is facing contempt of congress charges for refusi
and find some accommodation route to testify, he is going to cite potentially a letter from donald trump according to the brand-new washington post reporting, and as you may recall, he is awaiting a federal criminal trial that could land him in prison. it is a big deal that mister bannon now is i according to the post some sort of accommodation. we are going to get to that story in a few minutes. we are tracking one element. as for the white house lawyer, mister pat cipollone, he went hours and hours, a .5 hours total. in fact, we are told that it just wrapped up within the last few moments here, pat cipollone arrived before 8:30 am, he is visible in the passenger seat caught by cameras there, he was escorted to a conference room to provide this testimony. there were some shouted questions from the reporters today, this was a dramatic theme when you consider just how long this was, he did not respond to the press, mister pat cipollone matters because he is someone who has bee
but this source says that it was january 27th, after the request. what do you think of that discrepancy? they clearly have some explaining to do here. the secret service certainly has nor explaining to do. and the department of homeland security, which houses the secret service, really needs to take more of a leadership role in helping to manage this response to congress and get to the bottom of what has happened to these messages. i think congressional overseers at this point, what they really need to start asking from the secret service and from dhs is what are the steps that they are taking to determine first of all whether any of these messages are still recoverable. i think i am holding out, don, that there is still a possibility that this agency will be able to turn up more of these messages. let s not forget the secret service is a law enforcement agency. it is an investigative agency, and it has substantial forensic capabilities. so recovering messages, investigatin
that blue state. we begin with the january 6 committee and nbc capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. brendon buck and kimberly atkin-store and sam stein. ali, is it possible that chairman thompson s absence could push this hearing or are they determined to keep this schedule? reporter: they are determined to keep this schedule, chris. especially because what s clear yesterday after my conversation with chairman thompson, who i would note was wearing a mask when he was talking to us yesterday, he seemed to leave the door open as all of the committee members have to the idea there are more hearings to come, specifically the idea that at some point in the last few days, the committee seems to have decided that their final report will come in the early fall still but that there will be some kind of scaled back report prior to that. in part, it s because they keep getting new information and they want to make sure that the final report is reflective of everything that they kn
get through before the judge hands down a sentence. what bannon s team was hoping for that he would get probation, maybe that he if gets some kind of sort of prison sentence that he would be able to serve it from home and ultimately they re hoping that any punishment is delayed while bannon tries to appeal his conviction. and the judge has already shot down at least a piece of that. the judge made it clear this morning that there is a one-month minimum behind bars. so not showing up to testify when he got a subpoena from the january 6 committee and not handing over any documents. so the judge making clear bannon is looking at least a minimum of one month behind bars. and the judge points out that bannon hasn t shown any remorse for his crimes, for not showing up. any willingness to comply with the subpoenas. now bannon s attorney was speaking to the court a little bit after that and he said, look, bannon doesn t owe an apology for anything. he said there is nothing here to punish.