members at a base in jordan. joining us now, nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons joins us from erbil, iraq. we do not have keir yet. we are waiting to get him. we are waiting to get in to you some of our correspondents waiting at the pentagon. help us understand the planning that did or did not go into this attack, the targets of this attack, the significance of this group. again, this is breaking news happening as we come on the air. we have learned that there has been a strike against an iran-backed armed group in iraq. the pentagon suspects led the broad coalition of iran-backed militias behind the attack in jordan that killed three u.s. troop members. we are getting on air, our correspondents at the pentagon to break down what this all means, the planning that was behind this attack, whether or not this was part of the tiered approach we have heard so much about from the u.s. government in the past few days, the significance of the attack, how these ta
Top of the hour on cnn newsroom. Im victor blackwell. And im bianna golodryga. President biden is in florida to rally democrats ahead of the midterms. Meantime two major developments in the two separate investigations involving the former president the Supreme Court has just rejected senator Lindsey Grahams request to block a subpoena into the 2020 election in georgia where a District Attorney is demanding that he testify before a grand jury. The Committee Investigating the january 6th insurrection they could be one step closer to getting former President Trump to testify. The committees in discussions with President Trumps attorneys, and he has an obligation to comply and we, you know, treat this and take this very seriously we havent made determinations about the format itself but it will be done under oath, it will be done potentially over multiple days, we have significant questions based on the evidence that we developed and as i said what we know already about the extent to which
top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. and i m bianna golodryga. president biden is in florida to rally democrats ahead of the midterms. meantime two major developments in the two separate investigations involving the former president the supreme court has just rejected senator lindsey graham s request to block a subpoena into the 2020 election in georgia where a district attorney is demanding that he testify before a grand jury. the committee investigating the january 6th insurrection they could be one step closer to getting former president trump to testify. the committee s in discussions with president trump s attorneys, and he has an obligation to comply and we, you know, treat this and take this very seriously we haven t made determinations about the format itself but it will be done under oath, it will be done potentially over multiple days, we have significant questions based on the evidence that we developed and as i said what we know already
or france at wembley on sunday. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are benjamin butterworth, who s a late editor and senior reporter at the i newspaper, and martin bentham, the home affairs editor for the evening standard. let s ta ke let s take a look at tomorrow s front pages. the i leads with the conservative leadership debate, which ended abruptly after presenter kate mccann fainted during the live programme. talk tv have said she s recovered, but followed medical advice not to continue. the express stays with the tory leadership, saying liz truss will set new targets for police to cut serious crime by 20%. whilst the times says rishi sunak has pledged to scrap vat on energy bills next year if he wins the race to be the next conservative party leader. the guardian says a report by the public accounts committee has found the government acted fast and loose with more than £700 a committee of government advisers h
hearing takes new turns. the january 6 committee accusing donald trump of scamming his supporters out of $250 million. laying 0 out the case that trump solicited money from backers by using lies as a fundraising tool. adding that he sent up to 25 emails a day, soliciting donations for illegal funds that simply didn t exist. but is it potentially criminal and will attorney general merrick garland pursue or prosecute it as such? those are the key questions emerging from the hearings overall. and there seems to be a new rift emerging from the january 6 committee itself on the very subject. whether they will make a specific criminal referral to the justice department. as for witnesses, some of the most stark testimony is coming from trump s former attorney general william barr who offered a line-by-line debunking of some of trump s ongoing lies about fraud. and he calls trump detached from reality after the election. cnn is live with the new reporting, trump s supporters, kai