people on board the private plane was flying from tennessee to new york. instead of landing it made a sudden u turn and set off alarm bells. dana: it breached the no-fly zone over the capitol. the fighter jets tried to flag down the plane but the pilot was unresponsive and ultimately crashed in virginia. bill: scroti brenner is here with analysis. jennifer griffin is joining us live from the pentagon. well, it was a moment of high drama in washington, d.c. that shook the capitol. new details on who was on board that flight. a 49-year-old was on board with her 2-year-old daughter and nanny, the daughter of john and barbara rumpel. barbara serves on the executive committee of the nra women s leadership forum in florida. my family is gone, my daughter and granddaughter, rumpel wrote in a post. the plane was registered to encore motors of melbourne, florida. their other daughter died in a scuba diving accident. the cessna took off from elizabethton, tennessee en route to lo
good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and all around the world, it is monday, july 4th, and the independence day celebrations kicking off early in some cities. this is video from milwaukee s waterfront where thousands gathered to catch a spectacular fireworks show, just beautiful there. the mood was not so festive at america s airports, though, flights canceled, passengers stranded. if you are flying holiday weekend chances are you are not having a happy 4th and feeling anything but independent because you were at the mercy of overwhelmed airlines. more than 1,500 flights were canceled from friday through sunday and saturday was the worst, 653 flights were axed. the airlines are also blaming the weather, thunderstorms in the northeast delaying thousands of flights and adding to the chaos the highest travel demand we ve seen since the start of the pandemic and, of course, rampant staffing shortages. let s take you now to one of the busiest airports in the world, atlanta s
and costly holiday weekend for july 4th travelers. just how much will drivers have to pay at the pump? good morning to viewers here in the united states and all around the world, it is friday, july 1st. i m john berman with brianna keilar. someone within the trump orbit tried to influence the testimony of cassidy hutchinson. three sources tell cnn that is what hutchinson told the january 6th committee. she was one of the two witnesses who received threatening messages shown at this week s hearing. committee vice chair liz cheney suggested that was only a fraction of the evidence they have related to what she called possible witness intimidation. and the new york times is reporting that trump s political organization and his allies paid for or promised to cover the legal fees of more than a dozen witnesses called to testify in the january 6th investigation. this is raising more ethical and legal questions about witnesses being pressured and the possibility of trump try
this morning the wnba star brittney griner is in a moscow court for her first trial hearing, this after russian authorities accused her of smuggling drugs into the country. griner has already spent the last 130 days in a russian jail. officials have now extended her detention for six months pending the outcome of this trial. we should note the state department has said griner has been, quote, wrongfully detained. last night, cnn s abby phillip sat down with griner s wife for an exclusive interview. you ll hear part of that conversation in just a moment. back at home, though, new developments in the january 6th investigation. sources tell cnn that someone tried to influence the testimony of cassidy hutchinson, the former trump white house aide who shared damning details about what the former president was doing as the capitol attack unfolded. we ll have much more on that just ahead. we begin, though, this morning, in moscow. cnn s senior international correspondent frederik
insurrection committee. sources tell cnn that cassidy hutchinson has informed the january 6th committee that she was contacted by someone trying to influence what she would testify to. liz cheney presented evidence that member of donald trump s inner circle may have engaged in witness tampering. this morning the new york time s reporting trump s political organization and allies have paid for or promised to pay witnesses legal fees. let s begin with cnn caitlin on all of this live. what s the latest? the house select committee is now grappling with the possibility that there s been witness intimidation or even tampering behind the scenes. kate, the committee vice chair said they were asking witnesses if anyone was trying the influence testimony and she said two witnesses said yes. they received calls from someone they knew. we have confirmed that one of these people on the receiving end of up with of these calls was cassidy hutchinson. she isn t just any witness. she is now