media the gang who kidnapped 17 missionaries is willing to negotiate their release for a hefty ransom. we have all the details for you. and it s a spacecraft, not a missile. china denies launching a hypersonic weapon, so is it all just a cover up? announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. hello. welcome, everyone. it is tuesday, october 19th, and in just a few hours the u.s. house select committee investigating the january 6th attack will vote on whether to hold former trump adviser steve bannon in criminal contempt for refusing to comply with the subpoena. now, political analysts say the rare move is intended to send a message to other allies of donald trump the committee wants to sque. but trump s team isn t backing down. on monday lawyers for the former president filed a lawsuit against the committee to keep trump records tied to the insurrection a secret. now, the committee had asked the documents as part of its probe. both trump and banno
house records secret by claiming executive privilege. even though he s no longer in office. the man who is in office, president biden, is standing by his decision not to assert privilege here. in a new statement overnight, markedly more blunt in tone, the white house now says trump abused the office of the presidency and attempted to subvert the peaceful transfer of power, adding here, the constitutional protections of executive privilege should not be used to shield information that reflects a clear and apparent effort to subvert the constitution itself. as trump heads to court, one of his former aides appears headed that direction as well. later today the committee is expected to hold steve bannon in criminal contempt for defying their subpoena, setting up what could be a legal battle ahead. cnn s ryan nobles starts us off this morning in washington. reporter: laura and christine, no doubt tuesday night is a big night for the select committee. this is where they will ho
committee will decide whether to hold trump ally steve bannon in contempt for defying its subpoena and refer the matter this sets in motion a process which really hasn t been used in decades. now, bannon is hanging his defiance on a claim of executive privilege, but that s something the current white house vigorously opposes. cnn has obtained a letter from white house deputy counsel that states the biden administration will not support any attempt by bannon to refuse cooperation with the house committee. this issue took on more urgency last night. former president trump suing the january 6th committee and the national archives in a bid to keep documents under wraps. the committee calls it a stall tactic. the white house is doubling down on its position, claiming trump abused the office of the presidency and attempted to subvert a peaceful transfer of power. the national archives will turn over documents early next month if the courts do not intervene. so what happens now?
i m brianna keilar with john berman on this day. it is a critical day for the january 6th investigation. the committee threatening action against anyone who defies their subpoenas. and the biden white house rejecting donald trump s efforts to keep documents under seal. plus, democrats possibly inching closer to a compromise as we head into a key day for president biden s domestic agenda. and the reluctant warrior, in his own words. what colin powell told bob woodward about his health just months before his death. and truth, justice, and controversy. why superman s iconic motto is getting a rebrand. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is tuesday, october 19th. later today, the january 6th committee decides whether long-time trump ally steve bannon gets referred to the department of justice for criminal contempt. bannon is citing executive privilege for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena. but the white house, the biden
warnings that she gave her daughter before she made that trek out west. and she said that she thought that gabby would be in good hands as she put it with brian laundrie. she talked about brian laundrie s relationship early on with the petito family, saying that he was polite and quiet. he would read to their other children and brianna, she said she thought he was a nice guy. that must be just heart breaking for her as she thinks back on that. i wonder what brian laundrie s parents, what they had to say to them, randi. reporter: well, she they got they had a lot of harsh words for the laundrie family for allegedly not coming forward with all that they might know about their son s whereabouts, where he may be, why he left and also what they might know about what happened to gabby petito. so they had some harsh words for the laundrie parents and for brian laundrie as well. listen. i think silence speaks volumes. i believe they know probably if not everything they know