one person who will not be in the room? yeah, that s committee chairman congressman bennie thompson. he s announced that he has covid. it s not clear if the chairman will appear virtually, but he says that his covid diagnosis will not disrupt the committee s plan. members say this eighth hearing will focus on the 187 minutes the former president trump failed to intervene as his supporters marched on the capitol, swarmed the halls of congress, and did this, took over the building there. also today, a jury has now been seated in the trial of trump s chief strategist, steve bannon. bannon is facing two criminal counts for failing to comply with subpoenas from the house january 6th committee. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles joins us now from capitol hill. so, what is the committee hoping to learn from these witnesses, matthew pottinger and sara matthews? reporter: victor and alisyn, they re firsthand witnesses to what was happening inside the white house on janu
plus, on the trail. as candidates make their pitch to voters, one democrat goes all in on a major issue. i am pro-choice and i am going to be governor because of my commitment to the women of georgia. what s the winning strategy for november? democratic nominee for georgia governor stacey abrams joins me ahead. hello, i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is watching the u.s. senate pull an all-nighter. you are looking at live pictures of the senate floor where tired lawmakers are still voting. after more than nine hours of all-night debate on the democrats sweeping tax, health and climate package. saturday vice president kamala harris cast a tie-breaking vote. right now democrats are trying to remain united as republicans and bernie sanders offer up amendments to the bill. i want to go straight to capitol hill and cnn s chief congressional correspondent manu raju. manu, you have been up all night. you don t look it, but you ve been up all night with
graham and democratic senator richard blumenthal. plus, on the trail, as candidates make their pitch to voters, one democrat goes all in on a major issue. i am pro-choice and i am going to be governor because of my commitment to the women of georgia. what is the winning strategy for november? democratic nominee for georgia governor stacey abrams joins me ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is wondering how long they will go. you re looking at live pictures of the senate floor where tired lawmakers are still voting after more than 12 hours of all night debate on the democrats sweeping tax, health and climate package. right now, democrats have stayed largely united as republicans and bernie sanders offer up amendments to the bill. but now we re learning democrats may be trying to make some changes of their own. i want to go straight to capitol hill to cnn s chief congressional correspondent manu raju. manu, what s the latest? reporte
mean the fight is over. but country, in my view. and it does not mean the fight is over. mean the fight is over. but senior republicans. mean the fight is over. but senior republicans, including mean the fight is over. but senior republicans, including former - mean the fight is over. but senior| republicans, including former vice president mike pence and mitch mcconnell welcomed the ruling. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world millions of women across the united states have lost their constitutional right to abortion, after a ruling of historic significance by the country s supreme court. it has overturned a 50 year law that legalised abortion nationwide and it now means that individual us states are legally able to ban it. up to half of america s 50 states are expected to do so and 13 have already passed so called trigger laws which automatically outlaw abortion with the court s ruling. president biden has said it w
because that is the same treatment as a foreign abortion, and they are coming under investigation or prosecution. i think what the president understands is that it is impossible to police a uterus, without the surveillance of pregnancy outcomes, the surveillance of individuals who are pregnant, who stopped being pregnant, whether through abortion, miscarriage, there is a real possibility that red states will set up a kind of dragnet, investigating individuals who are suspected of terminating a pregnancy, suspected of purchasing medication abortion illegally on the internet. it is to the effect of travelling to another state to receive an abortion. there is many legal scrutiny that many women will come under in a red states. i think it is unwise to you it solely as a matter of individual liberty for women who seek to terminate a pregnancy. this will affect so many more people and really put the spotlight on those who are carrying a pregnancy is because the states that ban abor