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president biden welcomes barack and michelle obama back for the unveiling of their official white house portraits. >> i want to thank sharon sprung for capturing everything i love about michele, her grace, her intelligence and the fact that shes fine. >> we miss them. we begin tonight with steve bannon, the former white house chief strategist who is back in the news, usually for two reasons such as attempting to dismantle the west or as in this case trouble with the law. two years ago ...

president biden pay respects in the wake of the assassination of former japanese prime minister shinzo abe. also, search and rescue efforts are under way in ukraine after a russian missile hit a residential building, killing at least a dozen civilians. well get a live report. n civil. wel welcome to "way too early," on this monday, july 11th. im jonathan lemire, thanks for joining us. the next hearing into the january 6 capitol attack is tomorrow and it will focus on what the committ...

Minute, something is afoot. what do you think? is this testimony going to happen? what are bannons motivations? what do you think we could learn from this? >> well, i think what is afoot is as you say, his trial looming on the horizon. i think the select committee is going to move very, very quickly now to try and secure his testimony, they are going to try to bring him in as quickly as possible. i think zoe lofgren, a member of the select committee said on monday they expected to hear from him....

Year in prison, but he still doesnt have to cooperate with congress. and so if bannon decides to cooperate, perhaps the charges will be dropped, but this is a -- this is meant to send a signal to the rest of the people who are subpoenaed, but bannon could delay and prolong this as long as possible, and ultimately theres really a deadline in this entire process, which is the midterm elections of next year. if the democrats lose control of the house, republicans could disband this committee altoge...

Thompson announced they will move to hold bannon in criminal contempt. he writes, quote, the select committee will not tolerate defiance of our subpoenas, so we must move forward. its not like there are u.s. marshals banging on bannons door today. theres a process. it starts with a vote on tuesday, then it goes to the full house and ultimately to the u.s. attorney of washington, d.c. at the very same time, the fight with bannon should not overshadow the potentially good news. kash patel and mark...

"washington week". >> tonight with you at 8:00 p.m., ive got a hot date. i hope youll be watching. they just laid it out. this doesnt help in the short term. what if there is no long term? bannon running the clock, waiting for the midterms, hoping republicans win, and then this whole committee could be, proof, gone. >> well, steph, to the extent theres any good news, bannon will not be able to run the clock the way a dan mcgahn was able to run the clock because we need to recognize the differenc...

Process, could this thing still get detailed? >> yeah, it is a long process, and whats going to happen is the committee is going to convene next week where they will vote to recommend that the house of representatives send bannons contempt to the department of justice, and then the full house is going to have to take that vote, and then after it does, presumably, that will pass, it goes to the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia, where they will decide if they press charges or not. if the...

And moore is a disaster for trump. an absolute disaster, because moore, if he goes down, takes down bannon, too. and bannon is useful to trump. so i think theres a lot going on here. its not just that president trump doesnt want to talk about allegations of sexual and predatory behavior because they affect him, too, its because his brand is an anti-establishment brand and it is tied to moore whether he likes it or not. >> david, help me out on time here, how long can he avoid speaking directly o...

Trump. an absolute disaster, because moore if he goes down, takes down bannon too. and bannon is useful to trump. so i think theres a lot going on here, its not just that president trump doesnt want to talk about allegations of sexual and predatory behavior because they affect him too, its because his brand is an anti-establishment brand and it is tied to moore whether he likes it or not. >> david, help me out on time here, how long can he avoid speaking on roy moore? >> he can avoid it for a lo...

National economic counsel, former goldman sachs president gary kohn. and a diminishing role for steve bannon. in fact, this week mr. trump dressed down bannon, calling him, just a guy who works for me. many trump voters, though, are forgiving. at least for now. >> i think he does say things differently as all of us would if we had the responsibility. we just see the tip of the iceberg. >> reporter: but facing a unified democratic position with an uncomplicated message, not trump. republicans on ...