Welcome to the beat. I am Ari Melbourne. We're going to get right into it because we are actually tracking more than one breaking story here.

There is a major development of the January 6th investigation that's literally happening right now.

The White House lawyer who warned Trump of every crime imaginable is going under oath for the first time today.

In essence, this is what losing looks like. Trump Trump White House counsel, Pat Cipollone,

testifying under oath. And when you talk about people losing standoff with the January 6th

committee, there is another sign of another major Trump White House figure who then was out

planning and plotting about January 6 independently.

Steve Bannon, the Washington Post crossing a story moments ago that as soon as tomorrow,

Mr. Bannon may actually fold and find some accommodational route to testify.

He's going to cite potentially a letter from Donald Trump, according to brand new Washington Post reporting.

And, as you may recall, he is awaiting a federal criminal trial that could land him in prison.

So it is a big deal that Mr. Bannon now is eyeing, according to the Post, some sort of accommodation.

We're going to get to that story in a few moments, as I mentioned.

We're tracking more than one development.

As for the White House lawyer, Mr. Cipollone, well, he went hours and hours, eight and a half hours total.

In fact, we're told that it just wrapped up within the last few moments here.

Cipollone arrived before 8.30 a.m.

He's actually visible in a passenger seat caught by cameras there.

He was escorted to a conference room to provide this testimony.

There were some shouted questions from the reporters today.

This was a dramatic scene when you consider just how long this was in the making.

He did not, though, in those hallway shots, respond to the press.

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