since roe was struck down. but it s been a grueling battle just to get to today. political divisions creating a lot of contentiousness you typically don t see in a place that s known for being midwest nice. that s because the range of issues that have so clearly created dividing lines across the u.s. are playing out right here pitting neighbor against neighbor, friend against friend, and we know abortion is one of those issues. but in addition to dividing people, will it also motivate them to get to the polls? will it drive turnout among women? and does it help one candidate over the other? looking forward, will today s vote be be the first bat until a culture war to change the complaining the complex of the midterms. democrats may already be gaining an advantage. here s why i say that. take a look at this. on june 23rd, that s the day before roe was overturned. the generic congressional battle showed republicans up by almost 3 points. today their advantage has slunk to less
people were genuinely freaked out inside the west wing. people who are now downplaying the hearings, they were freaked out that day because of what the committee laid out last night. nothing that he saw changed trump s perspective of what happened. they were shocked when they heard that, shocked it exists, that the recordings of it existed, and it was just some of the compelling testimony we heard last night. and in some cases laid out some new details. also words from the former president himself, including he said, mike pence let me down. those were the last five words that an aide heard trump say that day, before he left the west wing to go to the residence for the night. nothing about the attack, according to the committee, just his grievances with mike pence. here is a review of some of the hearing s most notable moments. the president wanted to lead 10,000 people to the capitol. i think that was enough grounds for us to are you aware of any phone call by the p
2020 director of press communications and the former campaign surrogate president biden. sandra: new york republican gubernatorial candidate zelden hitting the trail one day after he was attacked on stage by a man trying to stab him. quite something to see that video. john: the video no question is shocking. we ll get reaction as well. lawmaker talking to reporters last hour about the shocking experience, and the need to reform bail laws. put the suspect back on the streets shortly after the attack. only one option. dramatic video showing the man armed with the weapon approached zelden on stage. he was charged with felony assault, but then released from custody without bail. outcome that zelden predicted would happen due to the new york lenient bail laws. sandra: and the man who helped sub sue the suspect will speak with us in a moment. and andy mccarthy is here to weigh in on the punishment he should be facing, and what do we know about the alleged attacker? well,
steve bannon s team did not call any witnesses. so it was a quick trial. steve bannon and his team left the federal courthouse this afternoon after a jury of his peers found him guilty of two counts of criminal contempt of congress. a rare charge last brought a conviction with former nixon aid g. gordon liddy back in 1974. respect the decision. we may have lost a battle here today, but we are not going to lose this war. bannon sat and listened as the jury foreperson read guilty to the charges of willful failure to appear for testimony and willful failure to provide records. he ignored a subpoena from the january 6th committee last year. the same committee last night, bret, played audio of bannon from halloween 2020 just days before the presidential election. listen here. and what trump is going to do is declare victory. is he going to declare victory. that doesn t mean [inaudible] bannon says he did not cooperate because he was covered by executive privilege for his
good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, august 1st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we begin with the situation in ukraine. in a significant breakthrough this morning, a ship carrying ukrainian grain set off from the port of odesa to for the first time since the war started back in february. ukraine s minister of infrastructure tweeted this video of the vessel which is carrying more than 26,000 tons of corn and is on its way to lebanon. the ship is expected to reach istanbul on tuesday where it will be inspected before being allowed to proceed. the move is part of an internationally brokered deal between kyiv and moscow, to release millions of tons of grain to foreign markets, and ease a growing food crisis. ukrainian officials say 16 more ships are waiting to depart odesa s port as part of that deal. meanwhile, russia advances have slowed, almost to a standstill, as newly-delivered western weapons are helping ukrainian forces re-claim