the capitol riot. it s going to be quite extraordinarily different. all i can say is strap in. the war room, a posse, you have made this happen. and tomorrow, it s game day. all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. it s going to be moving, it s going to be quick. sounds unambiguous. like a mob movie where the boss pressures his guys not to rat him out, trump has directed former aides not to cooperate or hand over documents. he thinks he s shielded by executive privilege and that won t work here. today, bennie thompson and liz cheney issued a statement reading, steve bannon s indictment should send a clear message to anyone who thinks they can ignore the committee or stonewall the investigation. no one is above the law. we will not hesitate to use the tools at our disposal to get the information we need. trump pardoned steve bannon from fraud charges earlier this year. but that is not currency, and will not do anything for him now. bannon is facing up to two years max on
contempt and sent his gaze over to the justice department. he s been charged with refusing to testify, and refusing to produce documents in response to that committee subpoena. house investigators cited bannon s comments the day before the capitol right, the stuff he said out loud and publicly, one of the reasons they want to hear from him. it s going to be quite extraordinarily different. and all i can say strap in. the war room, a posse, you ve made this happen, and tomorrow s game day. all hell is going to break loose tomorrow, it s going to be moving, it s going to be quick. sounds unambiguous, like a mob movie where the boss pressures his guys not to read him out. trump has directed his former aides not to cooperate, not to hand over documents, on top of insisting that he somehow is still president, trump thinks he s shielded by executive privilege in this case. and that won t work here, today the one six committee chair benny thompson and co-chair liz cheney issued
we re learning about what should have happened when former president trump surrenders to officials at the fulton county jail in georgia. how this will look different from his previous booking and how the secret service is prepared. this loss we have suffered is unspeakable and devastating. we will continue to mourn as we care for the survivors and begin to move forward together. trying to move forward as the death toll in maui continues to climb. we re getting a look at the scope of the damage and the painstaking efforts to find all those still missing. hurricane hilary is closing in on the u.s. with parts of the southwest bracing for a year s worth of rain. we ve got a look at the forecast and areas most at risk. scientists are warning of a triple respiratory virus throughout this winter. our dr. sanjay gupta has more on how to protect yourself and when to look to the covid boosters and flu shots. former president trump has less than a week to turn himself in to th
we are so grateful. the beat with katie phang starts now. it s so good to see you. welcome to the beat. i m katie phang in for ari melber. we re going to start with what could be a consequential plea deal. the new york times reporting former trump organization ceo alan weisselberg is in negotiations with manhattan prosecutors to plead guilty again, but this time to the charge of perjury. now, this deal would require weisselberg to have to admit that he lied on the witness stand in trump s civil fraud trial and that he lied under oath in an interview with the new york attorney general s office. weisselberg previously admitted to orchestrating an off-the-books scheme within the trump organization for which he spent 100 days at rikers jail last year. this breaking news just came out from the new york times. your reaction to this news? i guess timing is everything, right? we are waiting for judge arthur engoron to issue his ruling on the remaining counts that were under
closing in, exclusive nbc news reporting reveals the finish line might be right around the bend for the federal grand jury looking into the twice impeached one term ex president s handling of classified documents. when could we possibly see federal charges brought against donald trump? plus, pride and prejudice. republicans sure are running out of things to boycott during pride month. target, nascar, even the national weather service is in the crosshairs of hate. how these boycotts could actually backfire. and later, tis the season, we re just a few days into the atlantic hurricane season, we have already seen one named storm. what we can expect this year and the climate change connection, all of this and more is coming up. and the good sunday morning to you all, i m katie phang, we start this hour with a look ahead at the 2024 presidential primary. republican candidates are descending on the battleground state of iowa to kick off their campaigns for the oval office. tonight,