hot texas sun. and now word of children among the victims. plus, shocking new video of a powerful blast in the war that russia started, as the u.s. and allies rush to prevent any chance of a similar fate in two other countries. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead and the paulout from the damning, stunning january 6th hearing yesterday. it is becoming more and more clear just how distressed trump and his allies seem to be in the wake of the testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. based on how relentlessly they re attacking her. nonetheless, the former top aide to the chief of staff, mark meadows, is standing by her comments. cassidy hutchinson s lawyers telling us in a statement, you re hearing about first on cnn, quote, ms. hutchinson stands by all of the testimony she provided yesterday. under oath, to the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol. unquote. now, one mig
incident cassie hutchinson described having been told about by then secret service agent, tony renato, the story trump lunged for steering wheel and lunged at robert ingle, they will say it didn t occur, the event. i m gnaw sure if they re also claiming they didn t tell cassidy hutchinson that the story occurred. will they testify under oath in open hearing? well, first of all, ms. hutchinson testified under oath. i think she provided credible testimony to the committee. and if there are others who have information about the facts she covered, we would like to hear from them. we look forward to hearing their testimony under oath. and as to whether that will be in a public hearing or in a different part of our investigation, we look forward to receiving as much information from those secret service officers and others who can provide information relevant to the work we re doing.
california. so excited about this. massive cheez-it 16 times the standard size slipped into these things. i don t eat at taco bell, but 4 by 4 for a cheez-it, anything is possible. goldfish, your ball. you re up next. do something. i can t tell if it s gross or awesome. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. you can tell how panicked trump world is by how viciously they re attacking cassidy hutchinson. the lead starts right now. maga media, rudy giuliani, even former president trump himself all trying to discredit star witness testimony that may actually reveal crimes committed, leading up to and on january 6th. their denials of pardon requests and more, a member of the january 6th committee will join me in moments. also ahead, more undocumented migrant deaths linked to a tractor trailer abandoned in the
his capture. plus, it s become a haven for women who live in states with bans on abortion. we re going to talk to a colorado doctor who has been b performing abortions since before roe v. wade. he ll have a warning on what s happening in states like colorado where abortion is legal. leading this hour, she must have struck a nerve. the lawyer for former white house aide cassidy hutchinson issued a statement stating that hutchinson stands by all of the testimony she gave to the january 6th select committee yesterday, under oath. several of donald trump s staurchest republican defenders have attacked her publicly, though not under oath, we should note. others have been publicly silent after hutchinson s stunning testimony. in private, however, former trump aides tell cnn the testimony painted a picture of trump completely unhinged and losing all control. a damning portrait. cnn s capitol hill reporter melanie zanona starts us off. most republican officials are not willing to talk publ
him committed crimes. as cnn s ryan nobles reports, the committee is now calling for other first-hand witnesses of trump s behavior leading up to and on january 6th to come forward and also testify under oath. one day after a bombshell hearing featuring former white house aide cassidy hutchinson you swear. the january 6th select committee signaling their investigation and what they have to reveal is far from done. we have serious legal concerns if we go up to the capitol that day. hutchinson delivered close to two hours of damaging details of conduct by the former president and his closest advisers that could be damaging politically and open the door to legal liability. mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capitol, cassidy. keep in touch with me. we re going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. the committee wants to hear more. zeroing in on trump white house