condition as he recovers from covid. dr. anthony fauci is standing by live. we will discuss. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with the guilty verdict in steve bannon s criminal contempt trial. the former top trump adviser convicted on two counts of contempt of congress for defying the january 6th committee s subpoena. cnn s senior crime and justice reporter, katelyn polantz is joining us from just outside the federal courthouse here in washington. katelyn, give us the latest. reporter: well, wolf, steve bannon was convicted today, even though he had vowed this was going to be the misdemeanor from hell for the select committee. it was not that. by the end of the day, we had two criminal convictions of steve bannon. now, these were both misdemeanor charges, but congress writes the law, and when they wrote this law, they said that it would be punishable by a minimum
taiwan, despite these warnings we have been discussing from beijing. the biden administration showed support for her decision. we want to make sure that when she travels overseas, she can do so safely and securely. we ll make sure of that. there s no reason for the chinese rhetoric. there s no reason for any actions to be taken. it is not uncommon for congressional leaders to travel to taiwan. it is very much in keeping with our policy. our will ripley is in taipei, the capital taipei, taiwan, this morning. and will, i wonder, we ve heard, as we discussed, rhetoric like this, inflammatory rhetoric often from china as it regards taiwan. they amped it up, but i wonder what taiwan is feeling about this visit, particularly from such a high level? reporter: well, there s certainly a difference probably what they re feeling at the president s office versus what we would be observing evidence folks, this is pretty universal, don t care much about it. they re not following it
workings tomorrow and the role that it played in the effort toover turn the election. just to give a historical precedence to this group and how they have kind of radicalized. i was the propagandist for the oath keepers. committee members believe they can connect the dots between donald trump s inner circle and the oath keepers. the justice department detailing new evidence of militia trainings, of explosives and also a death list ahead of the insurrection, which highlights the threat and extensive planning by these groups as they prepared to bring violence to the nation s capitol. and an abrupt about face steve bannon suddenly saying he is willing to testify before the january 6th committee. this after the former president sent a letter waiving executive privilege. the committee and many legal experts believe no privilege existed in this case anyway, and considering the timing bannon is set to face trial on criminal contempt charges after denying the congressional subp
now. i will let other see you. it has been one of those days. this is don lemon tonight, by this time tomorrow, we expect to know a whole lot more about what happened behind closed doors at the white house on january six. we know that because we have a couple people speaking to us, but i digress. i will get into that. new tonight is the committees outtakes at then president s message to his supporters the day after the riot at the capitol, showing him having trouble getting to the message, refusing to say the election was settled and attempting to call the rioters patriots. tonight, my colleague anderson cooper got congressman jamie raskin to tell him more about well takes the committee has. in just moments, committee member adam schiff reveals that you will hear people urging the ex president to say things to try to get the attackers to get home, things that he cannot be prevailed upon to do or say. that as one day after the secret service turn by precisely one text exchan
is the night the committee has been building up to. the final for now hearing. they re putting it in primetime with the clear expectation that even more people will be watching. we re getting new details about what they will hone in on tonight. 187 minutes. 187 minutes they say that points to a dereliction of duty from former president donald trump. get used to those words, dereliction of duty. the time from the end of his speech on the ellipse when he told people to go to the capitol to his video asking the rioters to go home. the committee will say trump failed to act, despite pleas from his aides, allies and family, refused to call off the mob who stormed the capitol and threatened lawmakers, including his own vice president. the committee is also going to present new testimony and new evidence, including outtakes of this moment where trump delivered a message to his supporters one day after the attack, but only after being urged by his advisers to do so and struggling t