pottinger resigned in the immediate aftermath of the january 6th attack on the capitol. he will appear alongside former trump white house aide sarah matthews. also today, opening statements are expected in the federal trial of former trump adviser steve bannon for his refusal to cooperate with the january 6 committee. he s charged with two counts of contempt of congress for flouting subpoenas from the committee. the trial is expected to move quickly. and the government s case might even take one day. let s go to cnn s senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz. thank you for joining us. let s start with matthew pottinger and these details. obviously he was a pretty big figure in the west wing. he is considered to be have influence in the west wing. that s right, potting was the deputy national security adviser. that s a high-ranking position, he s alongside another person the former white house press secretary sarah matthews. they re both going to be live witnesses
so, not divulging any detailing. if the all-star is tied up, the game will be served by a home run derby. it should be awesome. everyone s rooting for a tie in the ninth so we can see that, carolyn, thanks so much. it was not owen wilson or vince vaughn, but there was a wedding crasher at one couple s nuptials in hawaii. [ bleep ]. oh! hey! [ bleep ]. hey. oh. the waves so strong that they wiped through the wedding party. tables, decorations. flower arrangements, all washed up and making my inner planner crunch. the one important thing saved, the wedding cake. let s bring in the newlyweds dillon and riley murphy whose
wedding had this unexpected crash. dillon and riley, a., congrats, and b., what was going through your mind with all of this careful planning? yeah. well, so, we knew that the weather was going to be a little crazy but we were mainly worried about hurricane darby that was supposed to come. that was the new concern. we knew the waves were up, we live add 3,000 feet elevation. we could see that the whole coastline was covered in whitewash. yeah, all day long, they weren t really reaching over the wall. but in the video, you can see, basically, it s just the catering area, that big wave got to. so, we were pretty fortunate, but, yeah, definitely, definitely pick up some of the empty catering tables and then that backup bar. unfortunately, what you can t see, on the other side of the