contempt of congress charges were politically motivated. proceedings began after the judge denied a defense request for a delay. last week he rejected executive privilege leading one defense attorney to ask, what s the point of going to trial if there are no defenses, to which the judge replied, agreed. this is the same steve bannon who promised as he made his first court appearance to make this the misdemeanor from hell. the same steve bannon who as he recently offered to appear live before the select committee expressed contempt for the members and tried to set conditions for his testimony. here is what i need. give me a date, a time, a room number, a microphone and a bible that i can take the oath on. deliver that. we will see how good you are, raskin and cheney. serve it up. surprised he isn t speaking about himself in the third person. when people view themselves as important, they reach peak pomposity and do that. to get a subpoena means you appear. there s no optio
Though some officials expect it to be a limited strike inside the country. Tuesday morning the air drop Missions Continue in gaza this time carried out by the us central command. For now, the United Nations has voiced concerns, about escalating violence in the occupied west bank. It comes after a wave of attacks, sparked by the killing of an israeli teenager. The un accused Israeli Security forces of active participation in attacks on palestinians byjewish settlers. The vast majority of the International Community considers the settlements in the west bank as illegal under international law. Israel disputes this. Uk Prime Minister rishi sunak has used a Telephone Call with Israels Benjamin Netanyahu to appeal for calm heads, after irans missile and drone attack over the weekend. While he emphasised the uks support for israels security, mr sunak said a significant escalation in tensions was in no one s interests. Lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. Israels Prime Minister is weighing