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as the oath keepers. a new court filing is revealing the extensive planning of the far right malitia group, including a death list and attempts to obtain weapons ahead of january 6th. also today, former trump strategist steve bannon having a sudden change of heart. he faces possible jail time and now just days before his contempt trial, he says he is willing to testify before the january 6th committee after all. let s start with cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles. what are investigators hoping to reveal to the public during tomorrow s hearing? reporter: i think it s twofold. first, they want to make it clear those right wing extremist groups that came to the capitol on january 6th, the oath keepers, the proud boys, they came here with a specific intent, and that was to cause chaos and even use violence if it meant accomplishing their goals. and they re going to show that there was premeditation here to basically establish the fact that what happened on januar ....
to the violence that occurred here that day. we ve already seen this committee detail how donald trump pressured all aspects of the government to try to overturn the electoral results, the justice department, state officials, vice president mike pence. for tomorrow at the hearing they plan to show the oath keepers, and proud boys to take action and lead to the violence we saw in this building on january 6th. we will hear live testimony from one former member of the oath keepers, a former spokesperson, jason van patenhove someone he said had a lot of inside information, according to what he told a colorado tv station, said he had inside access to the oath keepers. we ll learn about that, and we ll also learn about a meeting that occurred mid-december, december 18th. jamie raskin, the congressman from maryland plans to lead the questioning tomorrow, says it will be a key focus of the hearing tomorrow. one of the things that people are going to learn is the fundamental i ....
the virus latest strain powers a covid comeback. reporter: i m danya bacchus in los angeles where new restrictions could trigger a requirement to mask up. all-star spotlight. the wnba s biggest names gather while brittney griner s detention in russia takes centre court. and later, the stones still rolling after 60 years. the band this week marking the anniversary of their first performance. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. we begin tonight with new developments from that january 6th committee investigating the capitol attack and what many have called an attack on american democracy. so far, the committee has held six hearings. and this week, we could see the final two. the back-to-back hearings will focus on white nationalist groups and what former president donald trump was doing as he capitol was under siege. today we re learning new information following frid ....
joining us at the white house. we have dr. sanjay gupta joining us to break it down for us. what more do you know about the president s condition? president biden tested positive for coronavirus this morning. we re told that the president went to bed last night, largely feeling fine, but he woke up this morning having not slept very well, tested, according to the white house s routine screening procedures, that s according to the white house doctor, dr. kevin o connor, who says that the president is now experiencing mild symptoms, which include a runny nose, fatigue, and an occasional dry cough. the president s physician recommended that he begin a course of paxlovid, that antiviral that is considered the gold standard of care for coronavirus, particularly early on in the onset of the disease. and, we re told by the white house that the president has, indeed, begun that course of paxlovid. now, i also spoke separately with dr. ashish jha, the white house s coronavirus ....
spoke to a small group at an outdoor event in massachusetts. you see here he shook some hands with people after the speech, exchanged a few words. the first lady, she tested negative this morning. she attended events with the president and the first lady of ukraine earlier this week. mrs. biden spoke to reporters about the president s condition. watch. i talked to him just a few minutes ago. he s doing fine. he s feeling good. i tested negative this morning. i am going to keep my schedule. i am, according to cdc guidelines, i m keeping masked. cnn white house correspondent mj lee is with us now. so, mj, what s the latest? reporter: any minute now, we should be seeing white house press secretary karen jean-pierre and the white house covid coordinator, dr. ashish jha give us an update. you showed the tweet from the president earlier saying that he is doing great. we know, of course, that he tested positive for covid this morning, so let me just walk you through a ti ....