contempt of congress. he refused to comply with the subpoena from the committee investigating the insurrection. they say bannon s indictment should send a message to other potential witnesses not to defy congressional subpoenas. the panel wants to know about bannon s role in lead up to the capitol riot and presence in the so-called war room at a d.c. hotel as the attack was unfolding. a series of statements bannon made before the insurrection, pointing to comments on his podcast the day before the riot where he offered a preview of things to come. all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. just understand this. all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. it is not going to happen like you think it is going to happen. it is going to be quite extraordinarily different. all i can say is strap in. the war room, a posse, you have made this happen, tomorrow it is game day. steve bannon is expected to turn himself in and appear in court monday. for more on his indictment, bring
wants do in her life. stephanie elam, thank you so much. clearly the force behind her fans was pretty fierce. all right. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka whitfield. we begin this hour with a trump ally in danger of going to jail after being indicted over a january 6th investigation. steve bannon will appear in court on monday and face criminal contempt charges. a former trump adviser has repeatedly refused to produce documents or appear before the committee concerning the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. bannon s attorney has stated his client would not be cooperating with the investigation into what happened that day because of executive privilege. cnn s kara scannell is following these developments for us. kara, steve bannon is expected to turn himself in, however, how defiant he has been. this occurred on monday. then what will happen. he ll face a judge where he s been charged with two counts of contempt of congress. one
been suggested? a lot of it depends on donald trump. in the past, he has not taken kindly to criticism, particularly from people who were his allies or supporters. then again, this is an opportunity for him to distance himself a bit from trump, not only to keep his reputation intact, he will have decades worth of time to issue laws and decisions and opinions on laws, but also it could make him look better in the eyes of democrats because of fears willing to stand up to donald trump and show his independence, a few of them may come round to supporting him because the last thing they want is a donald trump nominee on the court who supports donald trump s priorities. thank you very much. an australian man has survived after spending hours struggling to keep his nose above water, after his digger toppled into a dam. daniel miller had been using the excavator at his remote farm north of sydney, when the rim gave way, and he was pinned down by the three tonne machine. he said he ad
wales take on early lead in the six nations. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. president trump says he may bring forward a new immigration executive order to enforce america s homeland security. but there s still no clarity on what he s planning. the administration will continue to argue for the temporary ban on migrants from seven countries that s been blocked by federaljudges. earlier i spoke to dr larry sabato, professor of politics at the university of virginia, and asked whether he expected the president to introduce a new executive order. that appears to be the route the trump administration has chosen. they may still appeal the earlier court decisions to the supreme court. but i think they re more likely to issue a new executive order. and if they do that, how different will it have to be from the first order to avoid legal challenges? it must be substantially different. it will have to be much more carefully and narrowly tailored than the first one. even that ma
the pressure on the health service. this can lead to long waits for those needing to be admitted from accident and emergency departments, but also for those needing planned surgery. i sometimes feel that i spend as much energy on trying to organise and manage beds and the movement, the flow, of patients within the hospital to allow us to do what we want to get on with, which is to operate. the programme showed how if beds are not available for patients to recover in safely, operations simply cannot go ahead. now the royal college of surgeons and the nhs body that represents nhs trusts says this is damaging efforts to improve productivity with surgeons left kicking their heels while they wait for beds to be made free. we are waiting for someone to let us do work. it is not good for the staff and it is not good for the patients and it is not good for the efficiency of the nhs. the latest figures from nhs england reveal more than 95% of beds were occupied last week, well above t