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griners case disgusting. lets go "outfront." and good evening. im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight above the law. federal prosecutors making a simple case tonight against steve bannon who they say is guilty of blatantly defying the january 6 committee. if convicted hes looking at jail time. the man once dubbed donald trumps brain, bannon leaving court after the first day of testimony, lashing out at the january 6 committee and at its chairman, bennie thompson. >> hes too gutless to c...

>> this room and the next contain my archives. its magazines, newspaper articles, depositions, documents. everything relating to watergate. >> i was 31 when i went to the nixon white house to work. >> i have no intention of ever walking away from the job that the people elected me to do. >> the job forever changed the trajectory of my life. >> were not on the road to fascism. but were dangerously close to it. >> these are the events that are going to follow me to my grave. >> i told th...

is the witness who vice chair liz cheney name checked at the end of one of those recent investigative hearings, which was itself a powerful move because theres rangling that goes on over time, so tub lick -- publicly calling out a witness is a last resort, but thats what congresswoman liz cheney did to name and shame a trump white house lawyer who she said was not fully cooperating at the time. you probably heard his name, pat cipollone. he had talked to the committee once, so he was n...

could easily win a national election. he had left the 1960 election which he lost narrowly to john f. kennedy with bitterness. and a sense the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demon that is he always had within him to play during elections. >> it is about lust for power and absence of morality. >> it was all about holding on to power. no one can find out about this. whatever it takes. >> when the president does it it means that it is not illegal. >> i told the americ...

were learning that person is matthew pottinger. and he is set to testify, apparently this coming thursday. he served on then-president trumps national security council. but he decided to resign in the middle of the riot. >> one of my staff brought me a printout of a tweet by the president. and the tweet said something to the effect that mike pence, the vice president, didnt have the courage to do what should have been done. i -- i read that tweet and made a decision at that moment to r...

and its all on the record. but what exactly did the panel learn? does donald trump have a lot more to be worried about tonight? >> mr. cipollone did appear voluntarily and answer a whole variety of questions. he did not contradict the testimony of other witnesses, and i think we did learn a few things which we will be rolling out in the hearings to come. so, i think it was a, you know, a grueling day for all involved. mr. cipollone and the staff and the members. but it was well worth i...

what we will start to find out on thursday night is what was happening inside the white house during those 187 minutes? who was talking to the president. but where they say. but was the president saying in response. why was it going to the public saying stop this madness? >> you said you remember it. we all remember it. everyone was saying, where is the president? why isnt he saying anything right now? but the heck is going on? the chairman, benny thompson, is telling our colleague, mo...

woman went on to say that not contradicting is not the same as confirming. more on that. and two people familiar with cipollones testimony says the committee did not ask him if he told hutchinson that they would quote get charged with every crime imaginable, unquote, if they went to the capitol. he would not have confirmed that, apparently, confirmed that statement if they had asked the question. you also heard the congresswoman say that some of what they learned from pat cipollone tod...

pandemic, americans are celebrating independence day with fireworks, pool party and barbecues but flight cancellations and delays are im impacting travelers. more than 1500 flights have been cancelled since friday morning amid staffing shortages. this comes as were seeing a big increase in demand for air travel. even if you plan on driving today, youll be paying a lot of the pump. the nationwide average for a regular gallon of gas, 4.81. thats nearly a 1.70 more than it was last year. ...

the next insurrection hearing as a top committee member tests positive for covid. ultimatum from the families in uvalde to school officials. that is what we are watching at this hour. thank you very much for being here. im kate baldwin. the stream heat affecting people around the world. the united kingdom recorded its highest temperature mp surpassing 104 degrees and temperatures are reaching triple digits across europe. the heat fueling wildfires from france, spain, portportugal. so...