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contempt of congress charges were politically motivated. proceedings began after the judge denied a defense request for a delay. last week he rejected executive privilege leading one defense attorney to ask, whats the point of going to trial if there are no defenses, to which the judge replied, agreed. this is the same steve bannon who promised as he made his first court appearance to make this the misdemeanor from hell. the same steve bannon who as he recently offered to appear live b...

put himself above the law. the defense suggesting that to contempt of congress charges against him were politically motivated. proceedings began today after the judge in the case, carl nichols, who is a trump appointee, denied a defense request for a month long delay. you will recall that last week he rejected the number of defenses, including bannons claim of executive privilege, leaving one ban a defense attorney to ask -- and these are his words -- whats the point of going to trial ...

the winner of the democratic primary is very, very likely the next member of congress throughout this week. we have a new youngest member of the house representatives in january. he was on this program last night, we are going to try to find him somewhere in the celebration at the end of the hour. see if we can get a couple of minutes with him on the phone at the end of this hour tonight. >> it is a good news story. i love it, jen see in the house. it is time, this is what changes demo...

celebration at the end of the hour. see if we can get a couple of minutes with him on the phone at the end of this hour tonight. >> it is a good news story. i love it, jen see in the house. it is time, this is what changes democracy lawrence. >> it really is. >> find that maxwell frost. >> that age group good that win. >> have a great show. >> thanks alex, thank you. well, donald trumps continuing unsolvable lifetime problem is that stupid attracts stupid. that is why don trump has alw...

update from the state department as americas strongest ally in the middle east faces growing calls worldwide to retreat from gazas largest hospital. >> sandra: the idf saying troops are still going room by room at al-shifa hospital and have found extensive military equipment belonging to hamas, as well as computers that contain photos of the israeli hostages that could be beneath the hospital in an extensive tunnel network that we have been showing here on the program. well take you th...

The former presidents representatives throughout 2021 about what appeared to be missing presidential records, which resulted in the transfer of 15 boxes of records to the national archives in january 2022. in its initial review of materials within those boxes, the national archives identified items marked as classified national security information, up to the level of top secret including sensitive compartmented information and special access program materials. the letter points out to don trump...

A fair shake and when in the supreme court. >> donald from freed up $8 billion for his border wall on top of the nearly $1.4 billion deal just approved by congress and signed by the president today. >> we are talking an invasion of our country with drugs, human traffickers, all types of criminals and gangs. >> reporter: democrats are accusing him of fabricating an emergency. in a letter to donald trump tonight they say we believe your declaration of an emergency shows reckless disregard for the ...

Troops. mike? mike: gillian turner, thank you. arthel? arthel: thank you. the former vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is reacting to the departure of general jim mattis. >> when all those national security decisions were being made in the white house, we could all take comfort that well at least jim mattis is in the room, and hes not going to be in that room much longer, as his letter points out, he had some fundamental disagreements with the president, and as the old adage says, eithe...

Memory of getting warnings from the intelligence community. so what is is all about and does is add more in questions to what the main motivation is for this fbi investigation? is it about simply finding meddling with the russians in our campaign or is it directed rectally for president trump? >> john: i think thats a question most americans want to know. i just think senator grassleys letter points out the fundamental reason why the fbi shouldnt be making decisions about breathing campaigns abo...

Protect government whistle blowers, so if you are inside the v.a., you want to come forward something with you know is harming patients. this is the agency you go to. this agency just wrote a letter to the president, we dont believe the v.a. is investigating our cases, we dont believe the v.a. is investigating or coming to the right conclusions when it comes to patient arms -- harms. they detailed ten different cases where obvious patient harm took place but there was no follow through. in addit...