of donald trump s top allies now says he s ready to testify. plus, president zelensky message to russia on a deadly strike in an apartment building in ukraine. live from cnn, this is cnn newsroom. thank you for joining us, japan is preparing to form a leader just hours after his party won big in parliamentary elections. a private wake will be held about three hours from now, followed by funeral service tuesday afternoon. u.s. secretary of state anthony lincoln made an unscheduled trip to tokyo to pay his respects. during his time in office, he really took the relationship between our countries to new heights. as i share with our colleagues we saw in him something rare. a man who had the vision and the ability to realize that vision. but mostly, i came because more than allies, we are friends. and when a friend is hurting, other friends show up. in the meantime we are learning new details about the suspect and his anger over an unnamed group he thought they were conn
testify after months of refusals. sue france it frantic rescue efforts in ukraine after a russian strike on an apartment building leaves nearly 20 people dead, and others trapped under the rubble. [ music ] forcemac by from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. penn is set to begin a two day farewell to former leader shinzo abe. this is where his body will be arriving at the temple, where a private wake will begin two hours from now. his funeral service will be held tuesday afternoon. us secretary of state anthony blinken made a scheduled trip to tokyo to pay his respects. during his time to dohfoz during his time in office, he took our country to new heights . as i shared with our colleagues, we saw in him somewhat rare, someone with a vision and the ability to realize that vision. i came at his behest, more than allies, we are friends. when a friend is hurting, other friends show up. meanwhile, new details are emerging about the suspect and what he
break loose tomorrow. there are many questions we have for him. within a mile or two mac. it is really a ground and air attack. a all-out battle to save those majestic sequoias. it is monday, july 11. 5 pm in japan where the former prime minister 2 day farewell will soon get underway. hours after passing in the parliamentary elections. this as the hearst arriving there. where private wake is set to get underway in less than an hour. his funeral service will be held there on tuesday afternoon. the essex estates made an unscheduled trip to tokyo to pay his respects. during his time in office, he really took the relationship between our countries to new heights. as i shared with our colleagues, we saw in him something rare. had the ability to realize. that vision. mostly, i came at the presence because more than allies, we were friends. when a friend is hurting, other friends show up. meanwhile new details about the suspect and his life. along with information about
quote, irrelevant to the contempt of congress case against him. that is set to begin next week. the doj wrote, quote, the defendant s sudden wish to testify is not a genuine effort to meet obl gigations, but a last-ditch attempt to avoid accountability. bannon s reversal comes after he received a letter from former trump that waives executive privilege, but new court documents show that an attorney for former president trump actually spoke to the fbi weeks ago and contradicted bannon s claim that the former president had invoked executive privilege over particular information or materials, so who is telling the truth and who is not? more on that in a moment. also, in the january 6th public hearing that is tomorrow, this is the next one, the panel is expected to focus on how the violent mob came together, the rule of extremist groups in the deadly insurrection, and any connections of those groups to trump s inner circle. a former spokesman for the oath keepers, a far right
government circles, to overturn the election. one witness we are expecting to hear from is a former spokesman for the oathkeepers. that is the group that we now know brought explosives to the dc area ahead of january 6th, according to the justice department. one person we won t hear from tomorrow, trump allies steve bannon. days before he goes on trial for stonewalling the select committee, bannon now says he will testify. prosecutors say this last minute 180 won t get him out of next week s trial. we will have the latest on that case in just a moment. first, let s go to ryan nobles on capitol hill. how is the committee planning to show links between trans allies and the 60 myst groups tomorrow? that is a great bastion. it will probably come through closed-door witness testimony which we have already seen the committee display over the past few weeks in these public hearings. we know the committee has spoken to a lot of people inside and outside the white house who knew a