, all the forces have all the political legal supports and the actions once by seeing and the congress prison says the result of all decision to confront them. that is why the government has taken actions that will allow us to regain control of the presence and response. the smell. cold service groups are trying to intimidate us and believe that we will give in to the months we will not negotiate with terrorists, nor will we rest until we return peace to all ecuadorian. well, we got reaction on developments from lots and american and target being studies. professor tony shaw, who sees a current attempt by the governments across, done on going culture or ecuador, who's become the new columbia around mexico. when i used to hearing the stories of organized crime, taking power within the prison system, the new president gun, you know, boy is holes around just a few months back. the very narrow, the one, the presidential election is sworn a holy war against organized crime. but right now organize prime is the, uh, bring in is we see from these ongoing uh, rebellions within the present system speci

comrades, we must not forget that after the twentieth congress , political prisoners, dispossessed andturned from exile, they harbored a grudge against the soviet government, give them free rein, and they should be arrested to the fullest extent, according to the law, and the instigators to... "army units should tomorrow , prevent a demonstration from passing from the factory into the city, if something happens, shoot, open fire, member of the presidium, i ordered not distribute ammunition, the army, according to the constitution, cannot shoot at the people, general pliev, and you remember how in budapest in 1956." marching elements hanged communists and flayed them, i remember, and so the voice of america also called these scum people the people, don’t you think it’s strange that such a coincidence of opinions between the enemy radio station and yours? let the secretary of the army’s assignment defend the country from external enemies? general pliev, i, as chairman of the government commission, order you to immediately issue ammunition to the unit carrying combat perform your duty imm

chaos countries president has promised to bring the jails back under control of the scene in the congress prison sees the result of all decision to confront them, that is why the government has taken actions that will allow us to regain control of the presence and response. these now called service groups are trying to intimidate us and believe that we will give in to the demonstrative and get a moment. i'll say it's fairly, isabel takes us through what goals equitable into this unprecedented prices and the 1st place. what we're seeing now is a civil conflict between the organized crime and the state. now this has been a long time brewing in ecuador, but this is all due to neil liberal policies influenced by the united states. now when i say a right wing type of heal liberal policy, i mean the us coming in there and dictating the country's foreign policy. now one former president russell craft was an office, and as he left in 2017, i put or was the 2nd safest nation in latin america. it had a very low crime rate at about $5.00 homicides out of 800000 per 100000 people. and then when lending mari

what we're seeing in the congress prison says the result of all decision to confront them. that is why the government has taken actions that it will allow us to regain control of the presence as in response. these now called service groups are trying to intimidate us and believe that we will give in to the months we will mostly go shared with the terrorist know will be arrest until we return peace to all echo dorians or well, that's discussed. the turmoil with ortiz fiorella is about here in this, you do get to see you figure out uh, quite startling crisis this, but ecuador has not exactly been a beacon of stability recently, either take us through how we reach the scenes witness today. well, as the former president, rafael korea mentioned unit, and this has been a long time coming, what you're seeing on your screens as a result of just years of right wing us back. neo liberalism in my right. when i mean us backed us influence and ever since, of course, russell korea ended his term and was replaced by lenin moreno. what ended up happening was a bigger influence of the unite

what we're seeing in the congress prison says the result of all decision to confront them. that is why the government has taken actions that will allow us to regain control of the presence and response, the smell of cold service groups trying to intimidate us and believe that we will give in to the months we will not negotiate with terrorists, nor will we rest until we return peace to all ecuadorian. the latest details on this story now from fear rella, isabella, join him in the studio. thanks for coming in, stay farewell. so the situation in the country has to be referred to as unprecedented but cool has and exactly being a beacon of stipulates he recently either. so just take us through how we thought to this point. well, what we're seeing now is a civil conflict between the organized crime and the state. now this has been a long time brewing in ecuador. as you mentioned, ecuador hasn't been the most democratic country in latin america. that's. but this is all due to neil liberal policies influenced by the united states. now when i say a right wing type of he a liberal po

what we're seeing in the congress prison says the result of all decision to confront them. that is why the government has taken actions that will allow us to regain control of the presence and response, the smell of cold service groups trying to intimidate us and believe that we will give in to the months we will not negotiate with terrorists, nor will we rest until we return piece to all echo dorians. some more reaction to developments ecuadorian academic. fernando cutting mina told us that the country's government has consistently failed to enforce security in the state to use the building to get most a new. and this is the most violent event in the history of ecuador. i would say that politically, there are at least a 3 of us consequences. the 1st is that the 100 days given to new presidents have already ended. and in this case, the main counter wait is not the opposition of political parties, but rather criminal structures. this is an unprecedented case. secondly, the president's proposed holding a referendum during his election campaign. he sent out questions last week

in washington former trump white house aide peter navarro sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of congress. here's peter thomas. >> reporter: tonight a federal judge scolding former senior trump white house aide peter navarro and sentencing him to four months in prison for stonewalling the congressional investigation into january 6th. "you are not a victim," judge amit mehta told navarro, who was also fined nearly $10,000. "you are not the object of a political prosecution." judge mehta saying congress "had a job to do, and you made it harder." but navarro, after the hearing, was still defiant even as he was heckled outside of the courthouse. >> this is a case of first impressions that i have said from day one is destined for the supreme court. >> reporter: navarro was utterly dismissive of the january 6th committee, refusing to testify and never providing the committee a single document. he claimed he was protected by executive privilege. but the judge said there was "no evidence" trump "ever uttered the words executive privilege." mehta said navarro should have known of the "consequences

he's most likely to speak to the leather ship, all the senate, and the congress gets about to see prison bite. and so i think that the, the amount of support over the us and the timing, whether the really radians get the money they need to defend themselves for next year is up in the, or the fact that it's not kind of a guarantee that very well scheduled train of support is a bad news, but i think that it's too early to be desperate. but i think that the very warning side is that it's most likely will be the last massive package for the next year. and the question is, how wisely the ukrainians are to spend it later this week or you leaders meet in brussels with the possibility of making a historic decision to open. accession talks with ukraine hungry has threatened to block the move you mentioned hungry a moment ago. either way, decisions that at this meeting, put aside the outcome of this war, couldn't buy supplies to kind of already being drastically affected. but i think that it's not deciding the outcomes of this more, but i think that if we don't have a positive decision mask, that

jury meanwhile, another trump accomplice, peter navarro, was sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of congressp threatened to blacklist anyone who donates to his gop rival nikki haley. for more on this, it's time for "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause >> seth: donald trump will almost certainly be the gop nominee. but in the meantime, he still has to defeat nikki haley, and he is super pissed about it. then again, he's never not pissed we asked a.i. to generate an image of donald trump eating ice cream, surrounded by kittens on a carnival ride, and this is what it looked like. [ laughter ] trump is so furious, he threatened to blacklist any haley donors from his campaign in a rambling rage post overnight. >> overnight, donald trump increased his attacks on his only republican rival left standing, nikki haley, posting on social media, trump threatened to blacklist anyone who donates to the haley campaign >> he called nikki haley bird brain, and he warned her campaign donors they will be, quote, "permanently barred from the maga camp if they give her any more money." >> seth: if you're won

hearing began in the rules committee on whether to hold him accountable for disrespect for congress, by the way, prison they began to consider this in the committee, suddenly someone showed up there? he seemed to show respect for the congress, but his appearance immediately caused very strong reaction from a congresswoman from north carolina. let's listen. first of all, who brought hunter biden here? secondly, you are the personifications of white supremacy, you spit in the face of our committee, you ignore the subpoena? what are you so afraid of? don't have the balls to show up for the summons? i think hunter biden should be right here and... i give the floor to ms. taylor greene, r-georgia. thank you, mr. chairman. sorry, hunter, it looks like you are afraid of my words. mr. chairman, i would like to take time again. oh what a shame. i think it's obvious to everyone now that hunter biden is afraid of strong conservative republican women, because he can't even listen to what i had to say to him, what a coward. i can understand how this will help his father or i don’t care about all his antics, i’m jus

when we come back peter navarro just got four months of prison for contempt of congress by joe biden's doj. why didn't they do the same thing to eric holder, lois lerner and a bunch of other people? unequal justice under the law? peter joins us next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> this is a fox news update. i am kevin corke in washington. red sea attacks on friday escalating. they fired a missile against a u.s. navy missile. it was successfully intercepted by a u.s. destroyer and no one was hurt. the group claiming responsibility for another strike that set an oil tank on fire. in an attempt to deter the who these they have launched several retaliatory strikes. president biden is urging congress to embrace a bipartisan senate border deal and would pair border enforcement measures with more aid for ukraine. however house speaker mike johnson sent a letter to colleagues saying it would be, quote, "dead on arrival in the house. full details of the bill have not yet been released but conservatives already say the measures simply don't go far enough to limit illegal migration. i am kevin corke in washington.

, 1,200 people have been arrested in connection with the attack on the congress, more than 700 people have been sentenced to prison for up to 22 years. the political party i.e. biden and trump are against each other in the next election and they are interested in voting for a third party or another option . a new poll by us newspaper tudeh of america shows that 63 to 67 the percentage of young americans agree neither with joe biden nor with donald trump for the presidential election 10 months later. based on this , the public favorability of biden and trump in the american society, respectively. it is only 43 and 44. the american cbc news tv reporter says that this situation has worried the democrats and republicans. one of the things that the recent survey revealed is that younger voters in the american society are interested in a third party or another option other than the popular democratic and republican options. and an interest in options and old people in the political arena they don't have america. in addition to the worsening economic situation and the increase in prices, the crisis of the influx of immig

i have concerns, we have a role in congress oversight, over our treatments of prisoners. >> that was elise stefanik, chair of the house republican conference, fourth ranking republican in congress. and that's what political accountability looks like within that party, it's the kind of criminal accountability or lack of it that the former president is asking the courts to give him now. joining us now, conservative lawyer and atlantic monthly contributor or, george conway. george, -- using the term, hostages, to refer to people committing crimes on january six, what do you think? >>, it's completely obscene. the notion that these people who tried to overthrow the government, and try to and constitutional democracy in america and who are being prosecuted who are indicted by federal grand juries for their crimes against united states. to say they're hostages, it's the definition of absurd, but it's morally obscene and the notion that people accept that, that he's not dropped out of public life for saying something like that, and that people like elise stefanik, parrot his lies is just one

with the attack on the congress, more than 700 people were arrested and sentenced to 22 years in prison. trump's trial in relation to this incident is also ongoing. the use of hydroxychloroquine during the corona period has apparently caused the death of thousands of people in america and europe. medicine during the corona epidemic, hydroxychloroquine was usually used without special permission. new research shows that this anti-malarial property caused the death of about 17 thousand people in 5 european countries in the first wave of the corona epidemic. in march 2018 , he issued the license for this drug, but ordered its cancellation after four months . this drug causes severe side effects such as heart disorders. former american president trump and french president macron had recommended the use of this drug to fight corona. blizzard and ice blocks caused the cancellation of hundreds of flights in the united states. in some states, the snow height is 45 centimeters have reached and traffic has changed in different cities. more than 150 flights were canceled and more than 200 flights

we have a role in congress of oversight over our treatments of prisoners. >> that was congresswoman election stef nick, chair of the house republican congress, the fourth ranking republican in congress, and that's what political accountability looks like within that party. it's the kind of criminal accountability or lack of it that the former president is asking the courts to give him now. joining us now conservative lawyer and "atlantic monthly" contributor george conway. when you heart former president first of all using the word hostages referring to people who committed crimes on january 6, what do you think? >> oh, it's completely obscene. i mean, the notion that these people who tried to overthrow the government at his behest, that tried to end constitutional democracy in america and who are being prosecuted, who were indicted by federal grand juries for their crimes against the united states, to say that they are hostages is just definitionally absurd and morally obscene and the notion that people accept that, that he's not drummed out of public life for saying something like that and

adviser in the trump white house, peter navarro was sentenced to four months in prison today for criminal contempt of congress in september, navarro was convicted for refusing to testify and provide documents to a house committee investigating the january 6th attack he was also ordered to pay a fine of $9,500 he plans to appeal >>> in a michigan courtroom today, the first testimony in the unprecedented trial of a mother charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly failing to prevent her son from shooting four students to death at his high school adrienne broaddus has more. >> jennifer crumbley didn't pull the trigger that day, but she is responsible for the deaths. >> reporter: prosecutors laying out why they believe jennifer crumbley should be held accountable for her 15-year-old son's actions, he killed four people at oxford high school the defense hitting back >> he did something she coul have never anticipated, fathomed or predicted. >> reporter: crumbley charged with involuntary manslaughter, the first parent in the u.s. ever charged in a mass school shooting carried out by their child. >> they di

so far, 1,200 people related to the attack congress arrested more than 700 people. to be sentenced to 22 years in prison. trump's trial case related to this incident is ongoing. a new survey in the united states indicates that two-thirds of young americans are against the candidates of both political parties, namely biden and trump, in the next election and are interested in voting for a third party or another option. biden's support for the zionist regime is one of the factors of decreasing popularity. crime in the american society, biden's unconditional support of the zionist regime in its attacks on the defenseless people of gaza, is one of the important factors in the turning away of a significant part of the american society from biden. a subject that jordan chaliton, media activist. and now the second case of tonight's program, with the release of the documents of one of the most controversial sex trafficking cases in america, the scandalous case of jeffrey epstein is once again in the spotlight. in these documents, the names of famous figures such as the brother of the king of england and a numbe

legal news where ex-trump white house aide peter navarro was sentenced to four months in prison for defying congresshe second person from trump's administration to face time behind bars for stone walling the january 6th investigation. we'll bring you that and donald trump on the witness stand when "way too early" comes right back. witness stand when "way too early" comes right back >>> welcome back to "way too early." it's a little ahead of 5:30 a.m. here on the east coast, 2:30 out west on this friday morning. i'm jonathan lemire, thanks for being with us. donald trump testified yesterday in the defamation damages trial involving writer e. jean carroll. and he is expected to be in court again today for closing arguments. trump was scolded by judge lewis kaan before he took the stand for an outburst he had while his attorney alina haba was talking to the judge about the limits of trump's testimony. trump repeated his claim that he never met carroll and did not know who she was. the judge then asked the former president to keep his voice down. when trump continued speaking, the judge admonished him f

we have a role of congress oversight, over treatment of prisoners, and i believe we're seeing the weaponizationf the federal government against not just president trump, but we're seeing it against conservatives. we're seeing it against catholics, and that's one of the reasons why i'm so proud to serve on the select committee on the weaponization of government. >> it shows a growing number of voters share that sentiment. 34% of republicans believe this false idea -- it's a lie, that the fbi organized and encouraged the january 6th attack. a poll from politico says that president trump shunfairly shouldered blame. one person saying, quote, i watched it on tv that day and this is a complete joke. i could tell from the beginning that this was a setup. let's bring in to discuss john av avlon, and cnn commentator jamal simmons. leah, i want to start with you because i have a lot of thoughts about a lot of this. very personal thoughts on some of them, but what i'm more interested in at this moment in time, is you have a weekend where donald trump on the anniversary of january 6th is playing all the t

former senior advisor peter navarro has been sentenced to four months in prison and fined $9500 on two counts of contempt of congressr navarro refused to supply -- to comply to a subpoena from congress. federal prosecutors said he chose allegiance to former president donald trump over the rule of law. his lawyers say he will now appeal against that conviction. let's take to our north american correspondent gary o'donoghue in washington. i am right in saying peter navarro originally started rking with president trump in response to the coronavirus pandemic, but then turned his attentions elsewhere. gary: he was actually there from the beginning of the administration working on trade policy, very hawkish on china. but when covid came along, that took up much of his activity. but after the election, he wa part of the process that was trying to overturn the results of the election. and in fact, in 2021, he wrote a book about it, went on television about it, talked about it in great detail, calling it what he described as the immaculate deception. in other words, he believed there were a number of voting irregularities t

on tuesday, congress sentenced to ten years in prison for leaking state secrets. he maintains the charge cans are politically motivated, apt allegation that authorities deny. and these harsh sentences out this week, one after another, are just the latest in a string of legal battled. he has dozens of pending cases against him. >> we could soon see a return to power chairing in northern ireland. >> they reached a deal with the british government end to its nearly two-year government boycott. the main pro union party worked out in february in protest of trade rules. >> this latest could lead to a member of the fame party in the first minister position for the first time since power sharing agreement was put in place. it was a big deal, a big change. >> and even though the ministry opposition is posed to be equal, it's a huge symbolic moment. the u.s. has started reimposing sanctions after an opposition candidate was barred from running from for president. so far only a mining company has been sanctioned but the u.s. suggested that the lucrative oil and gas sector co

prisoners. i call them hostages. >> i have concerns about the treatment of january 6th hostages. i have concerns -- we have a role in congress of oversight over our treatments of prisoners. >> i'm just -- i'm trying to square kind of your position on this, how you view things and -- hostage is a loaded term and you know what they're doing, and you know they know what they're doing. what do you think about the republican party right now? >> i'll let my colleague speak for herself, but i have said repeatedly, january 6th was wrong. it never should have happened. those that stormed the capitol and committed acts of violence, breaking into offices including the speaker's office should be held accountable in the same way i believe anybody who stormed a portland federal courthouse or burned down a police station in minneapolis should be held accountable. when you commit acts of political violence, there are consequences for that, and so people should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law when they break the law and that has always been my position regardless of party, and i will maintain that. >> congressman mike lawler,

we have a role in congress of oversight over our treatments of prisoners, and i believe we are seeing the weaponization of the federal government against not just president trump but against conservatives and catholics. >> and harry dunn defended that. >> right now, they are in jail because they believe the lies he was spewing. obviously they are grown individuals that made decisions to go down there and commit crimes, but it was a good nudge being embowlened by arguably the most powerful person on the planet. they are hostages of his lies, i guess, if anything. >> and the justice department is not buying that, and tonight reports that a key member of trump's inner circle are cooperating with federal investigators, and his former deputy of staff, dan scavino has revealed new details about trump's inaction on january 6th according to abc. he told smith's investigators that trump was not interested in doing more to stop the violence. let's discuss that and more with john dean, cnn contributor and former white house council in the nixon administration, and special correspondent, molly jo

today, another key trump ally, peter navarro, was sentenced tafour months in prison for criminal contempt of congress thumbed his nose at the house committee investigating the january 6th attack. navarro was convicted on two counts for refusing to testify and to provide documents to the committee. he wouldn't speak to the committee but he had no problem appearing on television. he's a trump guy, after where, where he joined ari melber on this very network to describe his plans to challenge the 2020 election results. >> the remedy was for vice president pence as the quarterback in the green bay sweep to remand those votes back to the six battleground states. >> do you realize you're describing a coup? >> no. >> before all of this happened, paul, peter navarro was a regular economist. he was a business school professor, get rich quick guru, former peace corps member, former democrat. he then decides to throw his whole life away because he wouldn't testify before congress. please explain to the audience and anyone who might want to try this at home, why you would go to jail for four months for not testi

i have concerns, we have a role in congress oversight over the treatment of prisoners, and i believe that we are seeing the weaponization of the federal government against not just presidential, but we are seeing it against conservatives. >> what did you make, congressman, of seeing such prominent member of your party saying that? >> well, i, mean elise is so incredibly insanely thirsty to be vice president. that is what she is doing. she's out there mimicking what donald trump says, you know she is, watching you could probably stunt tax, told her a good job at least, keep a really good about yourself, that is what she is doing. and this is like a rank-and-file member of the house, so here's where i would be upset. i used to be able to just say, donald trump, i don't know what he says, i'm not paying, attention you know of the leader of the messaging branch, what you say as a republican, the conference chair comes up talking points, now saying january six hostages, here's what you're going to see, kaitlan this is not going to be echoed over and over as it becomes a litmus test of whe

january six commission committee on capitol hill, he is now sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of congress reaction to that sentence, is it appropriate? >> that sentence is less than what prosecutors have asked for, but it's very, very clear sending a message that there is not going to be any nonsense surrounding compliance of these subpoenas. that is a very staunch message being sent that this is illegal conduct that will not be condoned. it's a little less than what prosecutors had requested, but it certainly falls within that discretionary area of sentences. i think the message is clear, you have to comply. >> there were almost no doubt be some kind of appeal. misty marris, we have to leave the conversation there, we appreciate the time. >> thank you. >> of course. brianna? >> boeing max nine jets are expected to take off again tomorrow, about three weeks after the door plug blew off of one of them in portland, oregon, leaving pilots to land the plane with a huge hole in it. all boeing 737 max 9 airliners were grounded after the incident involving that faulty door plug, on alaska air 12

prisoners are hostages. >> i have concerns about the treatment of january 6th hostages. i have concerns, we have a role in congresssight over our treatment of prisoners. and i believe that we're seeing the weaponization of the federal government against not just president trump but we're seeing it against conservatives. >> now it should be obvious, but a person who was convicted of a crime and incarcerated for such crime is not a hostage. stefanik also had zero problem with trump echoing hitler's rhetoric by saying migrants are poisoning the blood of our country. claiming that the border crisis is what's poisoning the country's blood through fentanyl. >> the border crisis is poisoning americans through fentanyl. it's poisoning people including in my district who are dying from overdoses of fentanyl because of joe biden's wide open border. so yes, i stand by president trump, and president trump also -- >> and his words? >> yes, he has the strongest record when it comes to supporting the jewish people and the state of israel. >> joining me now is jason johnson, professor of politics and journalism at morgan state un

we have a role in congress of oversight over our treatments of prisoners, and i believe that we're seeing the weaponization of the federal government. >> those comments first from former president trump and then from republican congresswoman elise stefanik drawing intense backlash calling them hostages and not defendants in the january 6th cases. one of the officer whs who defed the capitol that day is running for congress. he's run to replace john sarbans. he was front and center of the attack. he retired from the police force in december after receiving the congressional gold medal, and the presidential citizens medal for lawmakers. this comes as this new reporting from abc news reveals special counsel jack smith uncovered new details about donald trump's actions and attitude on january 6th. now according to action, former deputy chief of staff dan scavino told investigators his violence intensified. trump, quote, was just not interested in doing more to stop it. when trump was told then-vice president mike pence was evacuated to safety inside the capitol, trump told him, quote, so what

trump's former senior advisor — peter navarro — has been sentenced to four months in prison for two counts of contempt of congress. the 74—year—old was convicted in september after he ignored a subpoena from a house committee, investigating alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. federal prosecutors said navarro chose allegiance to former president trump over the rule of law. the former trump aide has appealed the conviction. annemarie mcavoy is a former federal prosecutor from new york, and she joined me a short time ago. i want to start by talking about the stakes here, could you remind us of them? a court has found that he did actually sexually assault e jean carroll. there was a civil court finding, so a civil trial and he was found guilty in the civil trial, so this case is only about damages. that is why the judge barred him from even saying that he denies the allegations, because the allegations are not an issue in this particular case, only the amount of damages is what will be determined. you said thejudge barred him, and my colleague alluded to this, but the judge also set strict parameters. coul

for 25 years, even more, while nelson mandela was in prison, oliver tamba led the entire political and military structure of the african national congressle wa mozambia. criminals, many of them are members african national congress , which fought against the policy of racial segregation, among the many black fighters for equality , this man of european appearance stood out, this is the legendary ronnie caswells, for many years he worked underground from... ronniles, one of the founders of the paramilitary unit ankh, umkonta wesizwe, translated from the african language, is the spear of the nation. after the overthrow of the apartheid regime, kastrels would receive the post of minister of intelligence services, but this was preceded by decades of his underground struggle. about five times for sure, i used different disguises, i either looked younger or older. how did you feel during these disguises? of course, i was hunted everywhere, they said that i was dangerous with weapons, this was indicated in my profile. i knew if they caught me they would kill me. of course i was very cautious, but i was also very optimistic because we were winn

prison for their federal crimes are now hostages. >> i have concerns about the treatments of january six hostages. i have concerns. we have a role in congresst against not just president trump but we are seeing it against conservatives. >> joining us now, someone who was there on january 6th, democratic congressman ruben gallego of arizona. he's a candidate for the u.s. senate in arizona in 2024. thank you very much for being here. so now, they are hostages. >> look, this is the danger of politicians like elise stefanik, like kari lake, like donald trump who will say anything to really try to undermine both democracy at the same time gain power. i was on the floor on january 6th. me and my colleagues, both democrats and republicans, we saw the violence. we saw the danger. we saw what these men and women who are trying to do by breaking into the house and trying to wreak havoc on our democracy. and i spoke to the capitol police officers afterwards who were injured, both physically and mentally, and they still hold those scars. and for this, you know, i'll not say the whole party, but some of these republicans, especially people like stefanik

trump's former senior adviser, peter navarro, has been sentenced to four months in prison for two counts of contempt of congress$9,500. the 74—year—old was convicted in september after he ignored a subpoena from a house committee, investigating alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. federal prosecutors said navarro chose allegiance to former president trump over the rule of law. the former trump aide appealed the conviction to chat about it all, joining me is annemarie mcavoy, a former federal prosecutor from new york. thank you forjoining us. i want to start by talking about the stakes here, could you remind us of them? a court has found that he did actually sexually assaulted e jean carroll. ., , ., sexually assaulted e jean carroll. ., . carroll. there was a civil court finding, _ carroll. there was a civil court finding, so - carroll. there was a civil court finding, so a - carroll. there was a civil court finding, so a civil l carroll. there was a civil i court finding, so a civil trial and he was found guilty in the civil trial, so this case is only about damages. that is why thejudge barred him f

trump's former senior adviser, peter navarro, has been sentenced to four months in prison for two counts of contempt of congress00. the 74—year—old was convicted in september after he ignored a subpoena from a house committee investigating alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. federal prosecutors said navarro chose allegiance to former president trump, over the rule of law. the former trump aide has appealed the conviction. let's turn to other news around the world. french farmers blocked highways again on thursday, in protest against new environmental regulations and rising energy costs. farmers said the protests, now in their second week, would continue all the way to paris if their demands are not met. farmers want diesel tax—breaks for agricultural vehicles, the payment of eu subsidies, and aid for winemakers — amongst other things. activists in australia have toppled a statue of the british explorer captainjames cook and defaced a statue of queen victoria. they did this in protest at british settlement of the country more than two centuries ago. friday is australia day, a controversial national ho

: a federal judge sentenced former trump adviser peter navarro to four months in prison thursday for contempt of congress after he defied a subpoena from the house select committee investigating the january 6 insurrection. judge amit mehta told navarro that citing executive privilege is not a "magical incantation" or "get out of jail free card." in other trump news, closing arguments are being delivered today in his second defamation trial brought by writer e. jean carroll. this trial will determine whether trump owes carroll more damages on top of the $5 million a jury awarded her last year after finding trump sexually abused her in the 1990's and later defamed her. a new study has found tens of thousands of pregnancies have resulted from rape in states where abortion was banned following the overturning of roe v wade in 2022. over the past 18 months, researchers estimate there were nearly 65,000 pregnancies from sexual assaults with most, if not all, survivors, including girls, forced to carry them to term. texas topped the list with 45% of the rape-related pregnancies. in michigan, a first-of-its-kind

we have a role in congress of oversight over our treatment of prisoners and i believe that we're seeing the weaponization of the federal government against not just president trump but we're seeing it against conservatives, we're seeing it against catholics. >> and joining me now is cnn senior political commentator david axlerod and adam kinzinger. let me start with you first, adam. your response to elise stefanik referring to january 6th criminals as hostages, parenting trump's talking points there. >> i mean, i wish i had 15 minutes to address this. you know, look, there's hostages right now in gaza. these people broke the law and the crazy thing is, with everyone of them, including elise, where they say people that broke the law should be in jail for january 6th as they were trying to defend donald trump, now all of a sudden they've become hostages. keep in mind, he plays -- i don't know if it's all his rallies, some of them, with the january 6th prisoners singing "god bless america" or the national anthem or something along that line. the video you showed with the people standing at