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 he, quote poernly orchestrated and oversaw. committees demanding he sit for a deposition under oath as well as provide documents and communications from over a dozen allies and associates. the response what it 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 house s subpoena. the washington post had new details what was in those intelligence documents seized by fbi agents at the former president s residence in mar-a-lago. the post reporting there were documents describing iran s miss
The coverage of the president ial election has been highly controversial. You can call in with your thoughts on how the media has done. Democrats your number is 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. 2027488002. Share your thoughts on social media. We are on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Many news outlets were consistently wrong in the prediction of who would win the president ial election and that erode american state and the Mainstream Media, a poll done in september before the election, Americans Trust in mass media sinks to a is the headline for this poll. 1997, 53 of americans said they had a great deal or fair amount of trust in the mass media. That number is down to 32 of americans who have either a great deal of faith or a fair amount of faith in the mess media. That is in 2016. Andwitter, the founder president of the Media Research center and also publisher of news busters and cns news. Com put out this statement he said this is why the pundits got it wrong, they believe the
Coming up, as president obama second inauguration approaches, religious voices on the mood of the country and the outlook for the next four years. And bob faw reports on the shameful history of lynching in america, and African Americans who found ways to forgive. Major funding for religion and ethics news weekly provided by the indianapolis based Family Foundation dedicated to religion, Community Development and education. Additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. The jane henson foundation. And the corporation for public broadcasting. Welcome, im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. Final preparations are underway in washington, d. C. , for the second inauguration of barack obama, taking place on monday, Martin Luther king, jr. Day. The benediction will now be given by the reverend luis leon of st. Johns episcopal church, where the obamas sometimes attend servic
After months of campaigning and hundreds of rallies and town halls and debates. The first actual votes will be cast in hours at the Iowa Caucuses. 7 00 p. M. Local time. 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Voters will tawalk in at the caucus site. Im here at the cafe. The city beginning to wake up. They are waking up to tight races on both sides. Democrats and republicans locked in the lastminute battles. Every candidate in each party engaged in a huge turnout. I will make a prediction here. Whoever turns out with the most voters will continue. They say what else will it come down to . Donald trump and ted cruz very tight. Cnns jim acosta with the latest. Reporter trump sounded confident in the caucuses. He was here in sioux city where the chief rival was accused of dishonest attacks. Heres what he had to say. We have to win this election. We have to win in iowa. A lot of people say donald do well in iowa. I say i cant do that. I really want to win. If we do win, we will run the table and make this co