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government circles, to overturn the election. >> one witness we are expecting to hear from is a former spokesman for the oathkeepers. that is the group that we now know brought explosives to the dc area ahead of january 6th, according to the justice department. one person we won't hear from tomorrow, trump allies steve bannon. days before he goes on trial for stonewalling the select committee, bannon now says he will testify. prosecutors say this last minute 180 won't get him out of next week's trial. we will have the latest on that case in just a moment. first, let's go to ryan nobl...

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, what's 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 before the select committee expressed contempt for the members and tried to set conditions for his t...

bannon is set to go on trial for criminal contempt for refusing to comply with the committee subpoena. days before the select committee is said to hold more public hearings, let's bring in marshall cohen. does it appear likely that bannon will, indeed, testify before the panel? >> it is not clear yet if this is actually going to happen. it is a change of bannon's posture from where he had been over the last several months. he refused to testify and hand over any documents. he claimed that there was executive privilege. now, he says that donald trump has sent him a letter waving those...

>> the sheriff will testify monday. meantime, police in japan say, the man accused of assassinating shinzo abe had a stash of weapons in his home. a number of homemade pistols made out of pipe and adhesive tape. he had, also considered, using explosives. >> new details on what might have motivated the attack. and a scramble to save yosemite's ancient sequoias, as wildfires close in. >> i'm standing right in front of the grizzly giant with a speaker system set up around it. >> i'm pamela brown in washington. you are living the cnn newsroom. we begin this hour with the congressiona...

of course he was essential to the coup plot, it was a very supporter of the big lie of the stolen election, but when the january six committee subpoenaed him back last year, steve bannon essentially told him to get lost. i like some of the other trump supporters who were subpoenaed, like john eastman, and jeffrey clark release faced a committee and pleaded the fifth over over again, or white house counsel pat cipollone who negotiated what he would and would not talk about with concerns to privilege. and then again bannon, refused to come he said forget are not coming. so if you're st...