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sequoia, known as the grizzly giant, to protect it from the flames that are ripping through at this hour. this tree, the national park service says its the second largest tree in yosemite. what we know about this fire is that it has doubled in size in the past 24 hours. nearly 1600 acres have already burned and fire officials are warning that they do expect this fire to continue to grow as they are also expecting continued hot, unusually hot temperatures. >> escalating drought, climate...

bannon is set to go on trial for criminal contempt for refusing to comply with the committee subpoena. days before the select committee is said to hold more public hearings, lets bring in marshall cohen. does it appear likely that bannon will, indeed, testify before the panel? >> it is not clear yet if this is actually going to happen. it is a change of bannons posture from where he had been over the last several months. he refused to testify and hand over any documents. he claimed tha...

>> the sheriff will testify monday. meantime, police in japan say, the man accused of assassinating shinzo abe had a stash of weapons in his home. a number of homemade pistols made out of pipe and adhesive tape. he had, also considered, using explosives. >> new details on what might have motivated the attack. and a scramble to save yosemites ancient sequoias, as wildfires close in. >> im standing right in front of the grizzly giant with a speaker system set up around it. >> im pame...

in a letter to bannon former president trump writes, i watched how you and others have been treated spending vast amounts of money on legal fees. i will waive executive privilege for you. the committee says today its open to bannons testimony as long as its under oath. bannons potential testimony would come on the heels of testimony from another major witness. former trump white house counsel pat cipollone, part of his eight-hour closed door interview will be this week. context and nua...

plus, economic silver lining. a rosy job support, gas prices coming off record highs, but the summer travel season marred by delays at the airport due to pandemic staff cuts and pilot shortages. we will as transportation secretary pete buttigieg about the waves of disruption and new spending to improve airports across the country. and senate democrats and make a last push for a party line package to revive the presidents stall domestic agenda. we will bring in leaders from both sides o...

and at how the pandemic has this cohort of 18—year—olds. also on the programme. the killing of 87 —year—old thomas ohalloran, who was stabbed on his mobility scooter in west london — a man is arrested. another rail strike leaves only one in five trains running — with widespread disruption for passengers. and divers say they struck gold off the isles of scilly when they found the us warship which sank during world war i. and coming up on the bbc news channel. south africa ta...

across the uk on wednesday, it is across the uk on wednesday, it is across the midlands, southern england and south—east parts of wales, the temperatures will likely to reach 32 which is 95 fahrenheit. you can see how long the heat will last in cardiff and london, right through the weekend. temperatures over 30 degree, it wont be as hot for scotland and northern ireland, as over the weekend temperatures here may start to drop away a little. a lot of people are asking when it is going...

government. those of us who believe in republican principles, ideals have a responsibility to try to lead the party back to what it can. our nation is preserved by those who abide by their oath to our constitution. >> but in reality right now liz cheney is leading an attack p on the presidency itself. so how one white house counsel pat cipollone and for questioning via subpoenaunse afr he had already talked to the committee voluntarily. by the way, its justad a sign f growing desperati...

provide more details from its closed-door interview with former white house counsel, pat cipollone. he testified friday for eight hours. yesterday at the south -- said cipollone reinforced alleged misconduct by trump, adding that his testimony included information that demonstrates the former presidents, quote, supreme dereliction of duty. a member of the committee explaining more of cipollones testimony this morning on meet the press. >> he made very clear that he took the side of man...

discriminatory to lgbtq americans. >> exactly what this is. >> new video shows 500 migrants illegally crossing into texas. >> a dangerous migrant land route on the face of the earth. >> british media reporting prime minister boris johnson has agreed to resign. the move would end stalemate over the latest scandal to rock the prime ministers office. ♪ pressure ♪ pushing down on me ♪ pushing down on you ♪ under pressure ♪ >> steve: perfect song to start this hour live from londo...