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former federal prosecutor andy mccarthy is standing by. first, david spunt who has been covering this all along, this very quick verdict. >> very quick verdict. were talking three hours and ten minutes. when you have a verdict that quick, its not favorable to the defendant. steve bannon, the former white house adviser to former president donald trump convicted on two counts of criminal contempt of congress. willful failure to appear before testimony before january 6. guilty. count two,...

makes it all the more concerning when you look at how many of trumps pardons carried the stink of political patronage and best in corrupt self-interest at worst. according to pew research center over the course of his four years in office trump only granted 237 acts of clemency. thats the third lowest number of pardons for any president in history. only the two president bush is pardoned fewer people. it would seem that trump was extremely selective about who he pardoned. still some of...

quote, in the interest of transparency, unquote. teams trump interest in transparency doesnt extend to testifying. lindsey graham is trying to dodge a subpoena to appear before the fulton county special grand jury. a federal judge today refusing to put on hold her own ruling that the senator must appear. he filed an emergency request with the u.s. court of appeals for the 11th circuit asking them to put the subpoena on hold. talk about transparency. a federal appeals court ruling today...

line—up and the weight that most are pledging to tax cuts if they win. —— and the way. also on the programme... a week of very high temperatures ahead for much of the uk, as the met office issues an extreme weather warning for the weekend. train drivers at eight rail companies have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike in a dispute over pay. and englands women are the first team through to the euro quarterfinals after a stunning victory against norway. and coming up in the sport o...

the news continues. was handed over to the next level. transparency. that is a word you are hearing a lot from the former president and his allies in the wake of the fbi search of his former home. he is calling for the unredacted affidavit used to justify the search to be released. but his interest in transparency does not seem to extend to testifying. lindsey graham is trying to dodge a subpoena to appear before the special grand jury investigating republican efforts to under overturn...

possibility of more classified documents on the property. here is a teeny tiny, teensy-weensy hint, it came from inside. >> hold on. hold on. are you telling me the call came from the inside? wow. >> just going to leave that there. good morning. good morning, everyone. >> it is kind of like the mob, isnt it? >> oh, boy. welcome to "morning joe." it is thursday, august 11th. with us, we have -- >> scene from the "sopranos." >> associate editor from "the washington post", david ignatiu...

does best is leaking and lying and trying to clean it all up. the bureau told "newsweek" they had under covers inside mar-a-lago. the fbi had a mole at mar-a-lago. "newsweek" says, quote: the raid on mar-a-lago was based largely on information from an fbi confidential human source one who was able to identify what classified documents former president trump was still hiding and even the location of those documents. so the fbi had a mole and the trump campaign had moles in the trump adm...

china warns of "counter measures" after the us approves a $1 billion arms package to taiwan — saying its to maintain its self defence capabilities. millions of people in england and scotland will be invited for their autumn covid booster vaccine from monday — with care home residents first in line for the jab. ready for lift—off again. nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon — five days after technical problems scuppered its f...

inside parliament — sri lankas lawmakers choose their new president. outside parliament — the protests continue as controversial prime minister ranil wickremesinghe is selected. a window into the past — newly—discovered footage of mardi gras — the oldest moving images of new orleans. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. joe biden used a visit to a former coal plant in massachusetts to issue the latest stark warning on the threat posed by climate chan...

into the past. newly—discovered footage of mardi gras — the oldest moving images of new orleans. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. joe biden used a visit to a former coal plant in massachusetts to issue the latest stark warning on the threat posed by climate change. the us president is using executive powers to usher in measures, including offshore wind farms and expanded flood control. more on that in a moment. meanwhile, wildfires are still raging in ...