holding trump aide steve bannon in contempt, 229 to 202. wild democrats led the effort it was bipartisan we nine republicans joining in a statement that the rule of law matters. on this vote, the ye a s are 229 and the ayes are 202 and the resolution is adopted and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. and there it is. the most concrete next step would come at the department of justice, which must decide whether to indict and prosecute bannon if he continues to de lie a lawful subpoena and acing on that would be controversial given the intense views of the the allies or insurrectionist. but if the doj doesn t act, that failure to enforce the subpoena would also be controversial given the issues here, the rule of law and the message it risks sending to any other defiant witnesses who might see that ignoring subpoenas would, if there is no action, have little consequence. this will certainly be one of the first big tests that we know about of attorney general merri
islam of a big smear campaign is underway against the first muslim american nominee to the federal appeals court, the nomination in peril thanks to republicans and democrats. let s do it. in the race for campaign cash, donald trump is the one thing he hates, a loser. the disgraced ex-president is set to hold a big-ticket fundraiser next weekend at his mar-a-lago resort/residence. the event hosted by hedge fund billionaire comes on the heels of a massive haul from trump s 2020 for rival, president joe biden. the president raked in a record $26 million at his new york city fundraiser last week, which featured a star-studded lineup of celebrities, not to mention presidents bill clinton and barack obama. trump is pledging to break that record for the meager cost of $250,000 per person. you can attend the event saturday in mar-a-lago, if you have an $800,000 lying around you would earn the coveted title of chairman contributor. in exchange, guests walk away with a personalized cop
right now. hey, laura. i m going to listen again to that smith interview. i was on the phone listening to that. abby great. he had some great takes. i ve never seen him so call during an interview or so engaged. i was leaning in, he is leaning in for this entire interview, can t wait for that. if you have anything to spill just call me. okay? i will call you. have a good night laura. good evening, everyone, i m laura coast and this is cnn tonight. police are now searching at this very moment for a dangerous convicted murderer who escaped from pennsylvania. convicted of stabbing his girm friend to death, in front of her two young children. the question is where is this man heighting and where is this man heading? law enforcement believe that cabakante is in the general area outside of philadelphia and he may be headed south. when he murdered debra brandow in 2021 he headed toward brazil. we have evidence to suggest that he was captured in virginia but the ultimate
in more victor blackwell. you re in the cnn newsroom. sad news from the music world, legendary singer and song writer jimmy buffett has died. in his 50-year career he went from beach bum to billionaire, 27 studio albums, two grammy nods, a chain of resorts, restaurants, and even retired living communities all too his name. but hit started and ended with music, and he ll forever be associated with beaches, flip-flops and margaritas. wasting away again in margaritaville searching for my lost shaker of salt makes you want to be on a beach right now. always does. if we re anywhere outside of here we d be outside margaritaville where we find cnn s polo sandoval right now. polo, what is his team saying about buffett s death? reporter: just incredible, too, omar, that in about 4 1/2 decades jimmy buffett goes from penning those famous lyrics we have all perhaps karaoked one too many times to actually building this massive billion-dollar empire with a reach around
a very divisive start that we can attempt and put him on to the path of the shortest modern speakership when a vote was forced to later oust him. using the rules and the strength of a handful of them had built against the larger wing of the republican house conference. it took many more days to get a replacement. republicans finally chose mike johnson. now we are about seven miles out into the election. five months into his short speakership and it is groundhog day for many republicans. they are doing it again. we don t know where it will go or how it will end. we are seeing more public threats against the speaker and more infighting, which shows the nation this is a party constantly worn with itself. in the sequel to this repetitive theme the rules this time will be plagued by the speaker who replaced him, mike johnson. the role of hardliner willing to alienate most of congress previously played by matthew gates will now be played by rtg. a reboot you wanted this spring. rep