willing to testify before the january 6th committee. what impact if any does testimony could have on his criminal contempt try oh. plus, we will break down what to expect at tomorrow s january 6th hearing. in the next hour, president biden will pass a gun safety law and what it means for the national gun violence epidemic. gun violence activist and father of highland park shooting victim will be with us this morning. meanwhile, it s been one year after a crackdown on protest for freedom in cuba. the crackdowns by the regime continues. we will talk about what is next in cuba s fight for freedom. right now out west, firefighters are working around the clock to contain a wildfire at yosemite national park. we will bring you a live report. report. we begin this morning with the latest on investigation into the january 6th attack on the u.s. capital. attorneys for donald trump stan steve bannon and eight courtroom hearing. he is facing contempt of congress charges for refusi
the sideline have also been arrested. at least 700 people as we speak right now are behind bars for reasons related to the protests on july 11th last year. joining us now, cuban activist and founder and associate professor of the university of pennsylvania graduate school. thank you so much for being with us. one year ago today, the entire island took to the streets asking for freedom and for democracy. one year later, where are we at? well, one year later, we know there is a before and after july 11th. we know that season, the people were shouting for change. there is a major change in our history and it s the fact the cuban people have already changed and the cubans haven t been able to contend that will
lot of that, and i think you re seeing that in early vote in nevada and florida in particular for clinton. the broader point being, i don t know that this was ever going to change vast number of swing voters minds. ic its impact was on enthusiasm in the base. i think she has a big enough lead to withstand that but the race will probably be closer than we it might have been if this never came up nine days ago. that s been one of the questions here, too. we re looking a couple weeks ago at polls that show close to double digits, double digits, came down to clinton two, three, four. was that inevitable? how much of this story is that? almost a little more of the same. the only place she seems to be getting her enthusiasm is when she s right now in the middle of clouds with latino community doing markets and actually speaking to cubans. cubans haven t voted for a democrat since the 1960s. with the idea they are giving her juice, that s the kind of
400,000 since april. that is too high. economists say to make a dent in the unemployment rate. federal authorities have charged a young massachusetts physics grad in a terror plot. agents say rezwan ferdaus planned to use remote control airlines to hit the u.s. capitol and the pentagon. they would have been filled with a plastic explosive. the fbi says that they arrested him, he s an american citizen, after a lengthy undercover operation. john mccain leading a delegation of republican senators on a trip to libya today. the group has been meeting with libya s national transition council, the rebel leaders that drove moammar gadhafi from power. a spokesman says the council knows gadhafi s general location. senator mccain talked to cnn from tripoli. i think that the people of libya, the ones that i ve talked to, would like to catch him alive. they would like to see him on trial for the horrendous crimes that he has committed. every few days they come across another grave.