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
their concerns were about the president s eight and potential liability if he runs again in 2024 pick apart the white house says it is a go. the press secretary had this answer when pressed by our own peter doocy. the president has been asked that question many times and he has answered it. s answer has been simple, which is yes, he is running for reelection. kayleigh: the press secretary seemed taken aback when asked about 2024 on cnn. does the president have the stamina to continue on even after 2024? you are asking me this question. oh, my gosh. he is the president of the united states. i can t even keep up with him. we just got back from california. that is, that is not a question that we should be even asking. kayleigh: i mean, oh my, he is the president of the united states. that is why we are asking the question. that is what we are concerned. it is because don lemon he have the stamina? the whole world is watching the same thing and you have to call it.
Weeks election to find out what locals here want from the politicians. In sport, two more years for Arsene Wenger. He will extend his 21 year spell as Arsenal Manager with an official announcement to be made today. As Ariana Grande announces she and some of the biggest names in pop will hold a Benefit Concert for the victims of the Manchester Bombing, well speak to the man who had to organise it all injust four days. And carol has the weather. Good morning. To date will be cloudy gcioss good morning. To date will be cloudy across the southern half of the uk, but equally, brightness, Polyanskiy Share across the north of the country with pleasant sunshine. More details in 15 minutes. Carol, thank you. First, our main story. Police say a dangerous prisoner believed to be armed with a razor blade is on the run after escaping from officers in wiltshire. The man had been taken to hospital with a head injury, before escaping from guards yesterday evening. Lets get more on this from our corres
Of chicago and the south side cultural sent, thank you for having us. [ applause ] thanks for joining us tonight, happy friday. Nice to have you with us. Look at this awesome picture from 1968. I love every single thing about this picture. This is the Central Middle School band from orville, california. This is the majorettes part of the band and they are marching through downtown orville, california, on may 1, 1968. This picture is perfec and this picture the property of the California Department of Water Resources. The reason the California Department of Water Resources had a photographer on site taking pictures that day of the majorettes in orville is because that day the governor of california and his wife came too orville, california, to tour a really big awesome new piece of Water Structure the california
governor at the time was Ronald Reagan. He and his wife nancy went to orville for the dedication of the brand new orville dam. It looks kind of fun. They got to go inside the da