not here to hurt me. she testified after his speech, the president back in the presidential suv, that he wanted hem to take him to the capitol. and what happened next. she testified the former president, she was told, reached for the wheel. tonight here, our team asking the secret service for reaction and what we re learning already. also, that white house aide testifying her own boss, former chief of staff mark meadows, and rudy giuliani, both asked her pardons after january 6th. and tonight, how the former president is now responding. jonathan karl and pierre thomas standing by. also tonight, the death toll rising in texas. authorities now believe the deadliy iest hue man smuggling operation in u.s. history. at least 51 people now dead in san antonio. tonight, what we re learning about what was discovered inside that truck. tonight, the abortion battle now on the state level. some states with trigger laws, looking to ban abortion immediately, halted by the courts, at l
the president saying, they re not here to hurt me. she testified after his speech, the president back in the presidential suv, that he wanted them to take him to the capitol. and what happened next. she testified the former president, she was told, reached for the wheel. tonight here, our team asking the secret service for reaction and what we re learning already. also, that white house aide testifying her own boss, former chief of staff mark meadows, and rudy giuliani, both asked for pardons after january 6th. and tonight, how the former president is now responding. jonathan karl and pierre thomas standing by. also tonight, the death toll rising in texas. authorities now believe the deadliest human smuggling operation in u.s. history. at least 51 people now dead in san antonio. tonight, what we re learning about what was discovered inside that truck. tonight, the abortion battle now on the state level. some states with trigger laws, looking to ban abortion immediately,
reporter: just steps away from the president, david. but the presformer president is a flurry of statements while the hearing was still under way, attacking cassidy hutchinson, denying what she said. two things are clear, one, donald trump was watching this hearing, and the second thing is, that cassidy hutchinson s testimony clearly struck a nerve with him. and jon, we re also hearing tonight from the former chief of staff before mark meadows, mick mulvaney, who tweeted that he knows cassidy hutchinson and that he believes her. reporter: he said that and mulvaney said that the testimony was explosive and he predicted that others close to trump, as a result of testimony, would be testifying themselves soon.f tonight. jon, thank you. and one more question on this, so, let s bring in our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas, because this was a significant piece of testimony, pierre. cassidy hutchinson saying she was told that the former president lunged at that secret servic