the actor alec baldwin says he did not fire the gun that killed a cinematographer on the set of his latest film. the trigger wasn t pulled, i didn t pull the trigger. so you never pulled the trigger? no, no, no, no. i would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger. the army are called in to help as thousands of homes in scotland and northern england are still without power almost a week after storm arwen. and help at last for the seal pups who were caught up in the storm and separated from their mothers. coming up in the sport later on the hour on the bbc news channel: the ioc speaks to peng shuai for a second time but that s unlikely to change the wta decision to suspend all its tournaments in china. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the government has ordered an extra 114 million covid vaccine doses for booster programmes over the next two years. ministers say the deals for both pfizer and moderna jabs will future proof the uk s vaccination pr
my guest. let s go out front. and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, the breaking news. the january 6th select committee just minutes away from a vote to try to hold former-justice department official jeffrey clark in criminal contempt. now, we are going to bring that to you when it it happens. clark tried to help trump overturn the 2020 election and st stonewalled the committee last month. if the vote passes, clark is likely to become the second person to be held in contempt. the president s former chief strategist, steve bannon is, as you know, currently awaiting trial for a misdemeanor criminal contempt charge after he refused to cooperate with the committee. now, make no mistake. clark, like bannon, has crucial information about trump and possibly about his role in the insurrection. according to the committee so this is what we know about clark s role there is evidence that just days before january 6th, clark circulated a draft letter at the justice
and the one six committee is sending a signal that a critical witness in their investigation will need to show up to testify or face the consequences, which, if we re being honest, are unclear. mark meadows served as donald trump s final white house chief of staff. before that, he was a congressman from north carolina. like steve bannon, he s refusing to come play. they re set to be looking at the criminal contempt referral just like they did with bannon. benny thompson said meadows still has time to answer his subpoena, but he warns he likely won t wait indefinitely. earlier this evening, one committee member made it clear discussions about one mark meadows are at a serious stage. we had a very good discussion, making sure that all of the elements that would be necessary, the support of prosecution are present. we met with the committee lawyers, and i would say this discussion is very much ongoing. we are going to pursue every piece of evidence so that when we are through,
verdict is read. we kick off with coverage in kenosha this hour. what can we anticipate in 60 minutes? bill and dana, a big day in kenosha, wisconsin. those celebrations will begin i the courthouse behind me in kenosha for the kyle rittenhous trial. law enforcement telling me they re not expecting issues bu they are definitely prepared here in wisconsin. take a look at this video overnight from wisconsin national guard. they have 500 national guard on standby just they are near waukesha, which i close to milwaukee. many businesses covered by plywood hit as they never even reopen after the unrest just last summer. just an hour, 12 of the 18 juries jurors were chosen at random an then the deliberation will begi here. kyle rittenhouse is on trial fo shooting three male last summer following the plea shooting of jacob. the question how long will it take for the jury to decide if he was defending himself that night or if he is responsible for provoking the shootings, no faci