. a federal judge last hour handing down that four-month sentence bannon will remain free while an appeal plays out. outside the courthouse minutes after learning his fate bannon thanked the judge and immediately attacked democrats. november 8th on november 8th on november 8th there s going to have judgment on the illegitimate biden regime and, quite frankly and, quite frankly, that nancy pelosi and the entire committee, or they are about to be beaten like luria and others, or they will lose their power and become a minority. the american people are weighing and measuring what went on with the justice department and how they comported themselves. we re going to take you straight outside of the courthouse where cnn s sara murray has been covering all of the developments inside. sara, the judge seemed pretty dismissive of bannon s efforts to defy the subpoena, but ultimately bannon got jail time, which is had more or less what the government wanted. reporter: that
we also learned the mob s chants of hang mike pence erupted after a rioter broadcast a trump tweet about pence s decision to certify the election results. the committee revealing trump s shocking reaction. and aware of the rioters chants to hang mike pence, the president responded with this sentiment, quote, maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence, quote, deserves it. i m joined now by former democratic senator from minnesota and host of the al franken podcast, al franken. senator, thanks so much for being with us. we appreciate it as always. thank you, jim, for having me. absolutely. how do you think the committee did in that first prime time hearing? what was your assessment? i was very impressed, especially impressed with cheney. she gave i thought she did a devastating job. she laid out the case and not just the case, but the stakes of it. i think she showed that it wasn t just that one day, that this was a multiweek expeconspi. i think the conspi
This about where democrats find themselves, the democratic dynamic contrasts sharply with the landscape on the republican side. republican stars such as gop governor ron ron desantis of florida, senator ted cruz of texas, governor glenn youngkin of swra and nikki haley of south carolina have crisscrossed the country for republican house and senate hopefuls, especially those in tight or in pivotal races. there is a bit of a bench on the republican side and on the democratic side perhaps not so much. not quite as much. there are democrats out there, pete buttigieg is campaigning, ro khanna is campaigning, bernie sanders is going out, former president barack obama is going out. jill biden is probably the biggest democratic star on the campaign trail, but, look, the point is the president not uncommon for presidents at this moment, they simply are not in demand, which is why we see him at the white house or delaware much more than actually on the campaign trail. what a lot of those repub
A fraud, you have to show that the person either knew the underlying truth or was what we call willfully blind to the underlying truth, meaning essentially buried his head in the sand like an ostrich. that s the analogy we used to use in koucourt. i think when you take that testimony from bill barr, swra son miller, these states from the heads of dhs, the fbi, the rejection of the theory by dozens and dozens of courts, i think the committee is making a compelling argument that donald trump had to either have known or remained willfully blind to the fact that he truly did lose this election. i think that s a key focus, and i think they re driving home that point quite effectively. and the committee also played testimony from the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark milley saying vice president pence, not trump was the one who ordered national guard troops to respond to the violence unfolding that day. let s listen. so two or three calls with vice president pence, he was very a
correct. on top of that, this is not a mission you just call up on a saturday night. . right. and you re getting to a good point, martin. this is not necessarily something the president drove. he was presented with intelligence from the cia or his staff, and more than like hrly special operations commander saying, hey, we have really good intelligence. we can strike this target right now. that s how it happened with swra carry and osama bin laden. they had high confidence going in the target with a whole lot of information. he blessed the mission, as all commander in chiefs do. but this has been percolating for days, weeks, or even months. . who makes the final call of timing? like we go tonight? we don t go? that s in cooperation between