sadly, it was indeed the case. now, imagine, if you will, a foreign adversary attacked any part of our country, let alone a symbol of our democracy, and imagine there s an attack and the president of the united states, the only person that you can t taunt with the phrase you and what army, stands by and does nothing or stands by and stands back. i mean, all the way back, back at the white house in the dining room for more than three hours watching it all unfold on tv. no calls to the military that he commands in chief, crickets. you d probably tell me it s impossible. it would never happen. you d probably say, look, if that wera show i d stop watching. they d jump the shark. only it did happen in reality skpr, and we heard how the president ignored desperate pleas from his own aides, his allies inside and outside of the government, even his own family. don t forget the fake electors plot in trying to weaponize the doj all in some attempt to hang onto power. but imagine just b
imagine there s an attack and the president of the united states, the only person that you can t taunt with the phrase you and what army, stands by and does nothing or stands by and stands back. i mean, all the way back, back at the white house in the dining room for more than three hours watching it all unfold on tv. no calls to the military that he commands in chief, crickets. you d probably tell me it s impossible. it would never happen. you d probably say, look, if that were a show i d stop watching. they d jump the shark. only it did happen in reality , and we heard how the president ignored desperate pleas from his own aides, his allies inside and outside of the government, even his own family. don t forget the fake electors plot in trying to weaponize the doj all in some attempt to hang onto power. but imagine just because the attackers were americans, well, that didn t change the duty of the president. it didn t change the duty of the officers to protect congress and
traffic stop. an investigation is under way into why two oakland tennessee police officers chased brandon callaway into his own home, after he allegedly ran a stop sign. the officers beat him bloody with a baton and tased him, and all of this caught on cell phone video obtained by cnn from callaway s girlfriend. and we do want to warn you, what you re about to watch is disturbing. stop, stop! stop hitting him. stop. stop it. stop it. stop it. stop. stop. stop. stop it why are you hitting him? he has no weapon? he has no weapon, sir. there s no weapon. you re being aggressive. i have all of this on video. i need to report you. don t put your hands on me. do not put your hands on me. i need to call my mom. i need to call his mom. stop. stop. stop resisting. stop resisting. stop. stop. get on the ground. get on the ground. all right, cnn naddo romero is here now and you spoke with brandon callaway about what happen. what did he say? this is such a hard time for him because
nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. firebrand former donald trump adviser steve bannon was found guilty this afternoon on two charges of criminal contempt of congress for defying subpoenas to appear before the january 6th select committee a federal prosecutor saying the defendant chose allegiance to donald trump over compliance with the law. the verdict coming less than 24 hours after a primetime session of the committee featured testimony from former white house insiders describing indifference by former president trump as deadly violence was rocking the u.s. capitol. tonight with the investigation reaching a turning point, the committee sending a strong message through steve bannon, who himself is still pushing back let s begin with pete williams reporter: just shy of three hours after getting the case, the jury came back with its verdict, guilty on two counts for refusing to provide testimony and documents to the committee investigating the capitol riot w
menendez, in for stephanie ruhle. and tonight, steve bannon is the first of trump s close aides to be convicted as a result of investigations into the capital capitol riot. i during washington found political advisor turn podcast or guilty of two counts of contempt of congress. those charges are the result of his refusal to comply with a january 6th committee subpoena. the verdict came hours after the committee s primetime hearing that saw white house insiders paint a damning portrait of a president choosing to allow a deadly insurrection to rage unchecked. tonight, the panel called today s bannon verdict, quote, a victory for the rule of law and an important affirmation of the select committees work. despite the guilty verdict, bannon and his lawyer remain defiant after the jury s decision win. the prosecutor missed one very important phrase, right? i stand with trump and the constitution. and i will never back off that. ever. this is [inaudible] what happened. this is