good evening. today the house select committee investigating the january 6th riots took the rare step of subpoenaing a former president of the united states. writing that the efforts to overturn the 2020 election was something th he, quote, personally orchestrated and oversaw. the committee is demanding he sit for a deposition under oath as well as provide documents and communications with more than a dozen allies and associates. the response from the president s legal team today was only to call the subpoena, quote, an unprecedented action. unclear what their next step will be. what is clear is defying the subpoena by the select committee can come a consequences. just today the president s on-again, off-again close advisor often considered the architect of the president s rise was sentenced to prison for defying the very thing the president was served with today. steve bannon was sentenced to four months in prison plus a fine of $6,500 for his refusal to comply with the hous
the relationships mean much more to you than any stupid pronouncement. nancy pelosi made over the last year from her compound in napa. but still, politics do matter. they re not irrelevant. nancy pelosi s babblings do have an effect on your life. so what defined the politics of 2020 two? well, lying. did. this was the year of lying. the people in charge tell an awful lot of lies. that s what we learned. and we know this for sure because while they are avid and committed liars, they re not very good at it. their lies are amateur ish, obvious, pathetic, sad. and there s something insulting about that. don t take a leak on my boots and tell me it s raining, goes old cowboy phrase. don t tell me something we both know isn t true and expect me to believe it. when you do that, you insult my dignity. you diminish. you treat me like a child. if you re going to tell me a lie, put some effort into it. try something clever, have pride of craftsmanship, don t pull the same old
good morning. i m erica hill in for jim and poppy today. welcome to a holiday edition of newsroom. we re following several stories on this labor day of the right now in canada, a major manhunt under way after at least ten people were killed, up to 25 stabbed in all. a heinous murder spree covering more than a dozen crime scenes. officials are warning the two suspects are on the run. they should be considered armed and dangerous. following that story for you, we re keeping a very busy eye on the campaign trail here in the u.s. minutes from now president biden will depart for a pair of major events in two critical battleground states, wisconsin and back to pennsylvania. the president set to speak to american workers in milwaukee later today and then it s off to pittsburgh where we ll speak with a group of steel workers. the trip, of course, coming just days after pieden s predecessors told pennsylvanians that the current president quote is an enemy of the state. let s begin i
20 dead. security forces are still trying to take control of the situation at this hour. also tonight, new data on long term covid and the increased risk of brain disorders. dr. leana wen is here to discuss. and actor gary busey in trouble with the law again. you re in the cnn newsroom. it is 2:00 a.m. in the capital of somalia and a terrorist attack is still playing out, more than 24 hours later. [ screaming ] harrowing images. at least 20 people are confirmed dead in the attack on the upscale hotel. dozens more injured. and an unknown number of people are being held hostage. [ sound of gunfire ] the al qaeda linked terrorist group al shabaab is claiming responsibility for the siege. cnn has not been able to verify that claim. police say the attackers and their hostages are now trapped in the middle two floors of the hotel. and they warn the death toll is likely to rise. a short time ago, this statement from the u.s. embassy there. the united states strongly condemns t
to speak at any moment about the latest in his state. some of the hardest hit areas aren t out of the woods yet. another strong line of storms is forecast to move in later this evening. that is expected to compound the challenges for first responders and those who still have no homes. hotels and motels are full. so are shelters, which are forcing some people to sleep in their cars now. in perry county, one official said more than 50 bridges have been washed away. let s begin in eastern kentucky. cnn s evan mcmorris-santoro is in the town of hazard. we spoke to you last week. things look pretty bad. as the waters recede, you really see the extent of this devastation. reporter: that s right, jim. not only do you see what came before, you can get a look at how hard it s going to be to get everything back together here. you talk about bridges in perry county. i m in perry county and i m along highway 28, an important road here. i can explain to you exactly what went on when it