investigators. for their part, they say trump s team will push the argument that he did not have classified information because he declassified it while still president. more now from jessica schneider in washington. reporter: new details about the fbi search of mar-a-lago are emerging as republican congressional leaders cry foul about the target and the timing. i know doing this 90 days before aen election reeks of politics. reporter: kevin mccarthy tweeting the department of justice has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicization, warning about investigations if republicans take the house in november wri wri wri writing ag garland come and answer our questions about this action today which has never happened in american history. what was on the warrant, what were you really doing, what were you looking for, why not talk to president trump and have him give the information you are after? reporter: trump was in new york at trump tower when the search
witnesses who said they were pressured by people close to the ex-president to, quote, do the right thing, be loyal to donald trump, reminding them trump would be paying close to attention to their words. the committee suggests it has many other examples of witness tampering, which is of course a very serious crime. is that what is happening here? and will the doj be looking into this? they believe they could affect testimony of witnesses before the committee. oits a very serious issue, and i imagine the department of justice would be very interested in and take that seriously as well. the two investigations going on, congressional and criminal, are showing signs of clashing again. there s friction over access to transcripts of interviews the committee conducted that the justice department wants. the new york times reporting federal prosecutors were just as surprised by hutchinson s testimony this week as anyone else watching and left feeling blindsided. but at the same
crime? according to three cnn sources t former aide to then white house chief of staff mark meadows told the panel she was contacted by someone in the trump camp attempting to influence her testimony. remember those messages vice chair liz cheney read aloud at tuesday s hearing alluding to possible witness intimidation. the gop congresswoman didn t name names but she relayed accounts of two unidentified witnesses who said they were pressured by people close to the ex-president to, quote, do the right thing, be loyal to donald trump, reminding them trump would be paying close to attention to their words. the committee suggests it has many other examples of witness tampering, which is of course a very serious crime. is that what is happening here? and will the doj be looking into this? they believe they could affect testimony of witnesses before the committee. oits a very serious issue, and i imagine the department of justice would be very interested in and take that seriousl
allies tried to influence the january of committee star witness cassidy hutchinson. and as russia continues to fire at civilian targets in ukraine, russian forces are driven from key outposts like snake island. we re live in kyiv with the latest. plus ceremonies and speeches across hong kong as the city marks 25 years since it was handed back to china. we re live in hong kong, beijing and taipei. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is friday, july 1, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where we re getting new insight into what the january 6 select committee believes is possible witness tampering by members of trump s orbit. sources tell cnn that custody hutchinson told the panel she was contacted by someone attempting to influence her testimony before tuesday s hearing. the committee is considering making a criminal referral to the justice department. the committee has also subpoenaed trump s former white house counsel pat cipollone
ago ketanji brown jackson was sworn in as the newest justice and first black woman in the court s history. but while she brings new diversity to the court, she won t change the ideological makeup and that s a big issue for those concerned with a string of decisions are just the start of a broader push, reshaping the cultural face of america. and it was roe today that pushed president biden to reverse his long held position. now calling on congress to carve out an exception to the 60-vote filibuster and pass new laws that would protect abortion rights. i believe we have to codify roe v. wade in the law and the way to do that is to make sure the congress votes to do that. and if the filibuster gets in the way, it s like voting rights, it should be, we provide an exception for this, require an exception to the filibuster for this action. his speech came just hours before two new decisions. the first actual delivering a win for the biden administration ruling that it acted pr