from you in person, instead of hearing from the media. this is the first time, and the only time that i had threat conversation with him. and i said i would like to see just speak to you at some stage to get your side of the story, effectively. i cannot be there in march. i m going to iraq for he said he was very busy, because involve the saddam, rack at the time. i will be there very polite, very sincere. i can bring you documents, if you want. [inaudible] i arranged a meeting with him. [inaudible] the day came, i waited, he didn t turn up. all the signs were, when we were going through it, it s charade. okay, i ll go along. i ll play the game. i have never had a case like that before, which became so personal. the devils advocate, mr. murder, call him what he is. he is the who s who of the criminal world. giovanni destefano is one of the attorneys representing saddam hussein. mr. di stefano, good morning to you. good morning, katie. [inau
president biden pay respects in the wake of the assassination of former japanese prime minister shinzo abe. also, search and rescue efforts are under way in ukraine after a russian missile hit a residential building, killing at least a dozen civilians. we ll get a live report. n civil. we l welcome to way too early, on this monday, july 11th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for joining us. the next hearing into the january 6 capitol attack is tomorrow and it will focus on what the committee has called the marshaling of the mob. this will reportedly include evidence of coordination between trump world and the extremist groups that led the attack on the capitol such as the proud boys and the oathkeepers. a source tells the nbc news that former oathkeepers spokesman jason will testify. he left the group back in 2017 but he will speak about how it spreads propaganda and how it became radical over the years. he has met with the committee twice before. former produce white house
pacific. i am jose diaz-balart and president biden commemorates the historic gun safety law , the first of its kind in years. members of congress who voted for the bill and people who have been impacted by gun violence will be attending the ceremony. there are bipartisan measures for states to implement their own red flag laws and enhance background checks and mental health and cracking down on purchases. joining us with the latest, what is the message from the white house this morning? there was urgency with this important bipartisan legislation and that led to the president signing it into law without the ceremony we will see here today. there was the effort on the part of the white house to mark this moment as the most significant piece of gun safety legislation to be passed since president biden was senator. he wanted to mark this moment to celebrate with members of congress for getting this over the finish line but also families whose lives are impacted by this as well
conspiracy charges. he lived with rhodes for months and is expected to reveal how he capitalized on conspiracy theories to build membership and funding. he met with the committee for three hours and also met with the commit personally. steve bannon, with his criminal trial for contempt of congress approaching, bannon now says he is willing to testify. that s a pretty remarkable about face among those least wanting to testify. in a filing today, the department said that trump attorney justin clark confirmed the former president, quote, never invoked executive privilege over any particular information or materials in response to the subpoena bannon received. like pat cipollone s lengthy testimony on friday, panel member zoe lofgren says his testimony will be similar. would it be a public hearing or would it be behind closed doors? ordinarily, this goes on for hour after hour after hour. we want to get all our questions and answers and do that in the right format. joining
the panel considers the new testimony and new evidence from trump world insiders and tuesday s hearing is all set to go ahead and we are waiting for news on a new list of witnesses that will take the mic tomorrow morning in addition to one we already know, the spokesperson for the far right militia group , the oath keepers with some new exclusive reporting on that group coming to you as well. we are learning about just who founder stewart rhodes was trying to get in touch with just before the insurrection and what the house committee wants to know. plus, what the white house is now telling our team about whether president biden will declare a public health emergency. that report just coming in as well. we have a lot going on this hour. welcome, good to see you. 3:00 p.m. here on the east coast. joining me now is scott wong. justice reporter is ryan riley. also anna palmer as well. ryan, let me start with you as we are getting this news in, 2 1/2 hours it seems of evidence pre