the president warns the republican congress would ban abortions nationwide. this is going to go one way or the other after november. i m phil mattingly in washington. pamela brown is off today. you are in the cnn newsroom. during a blockbuster hearing with the january 6th committee this week, former white house aide cassidy hutchinson painted a portrait of an infuriated donald trump on january 6th, include a individual vivid account of his behaviority inned suv and demands to be taken to the capitol. the president had the very strong, very angry response to that. described him as being irate. the president said something to the effect of i m the effing president, take me up to the capitol now. cnn has spoken with two sources within the secret service. and they say they also heard about the incident from multiple agents. the team trump has denounced the testimony as hearsay even though hutchinson says she s heard the story from white house deputy chief of staff f
cell phone, this is one permitting them to look at the contents of the cell phone. eastman is the one who cooked up the dubious rationale for overturning the election. also cassidy hutchinson, former white house aide to mark meadows, is cooperating with the department of justice. that s according to a source with knowledge of the discussions. and it comes with a caveat. we don t yet know the extent of her cooperation. we re learning, though, that she s not alone. this morning, an acquaintance of hers, alyssa farah griffin, said she is, quote, aware of other white house officials who is been reached out to by the department and are planning to cooperate, end quote. she was more specific when asked about it this afternoon. there was someone else in the broader network who i would consider mid level that could support what they re looking into specifically around similar questions to what short was asked about, which is the pressure campaign on mike pence in the days leading u
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. ukraine s president will be appealing for more international aid this week when the ukraine recovery conference gets under way in switzerland. he urged his fellow ukrainians to stay optimistic. here he is. translator: no matter how difficult it is for us today, we must remember that there will be tomorrow. and tomorrow should bring maximum benefit to ukraine. everyone should do absolutely everything possible for this. russia s relentless rampage in ukraine is now most heavily focused on the key city of lysychansk, one of the few places still under ukrainian control in the donbas. a local ukrainian military official says the city is on fire. meanwhile days after russian forces abandoned snake island in the black sea, ukraine s military is claiming it destroyed some of the equipment russians left behind. as they put it, russian spirit does not stink there anymore. scott mclean is joins us live from the ukrai
details from washington. the department of justice investigation into the events that led to january 6th is expanding at a rapid pace. i am aware of other white house officials who have been reached out to by doj, and are planning to cooperate. former weiss out staffer elissa farah, telling cnn, the doj has reached out to more administration officials and the trump white house. top aides to bike vice president mike pence. cnn learning that cassidy hoskinson, a former trump aide to the chief of staff is the latest official from the last administration to start cooperating with the doj s criminal investigating. i think doj is keeping an eye on on who s coming before january six, and who may have helpful information. the news comes at the same time sources tell the washington post post and the new york times, that federal investigators have asked questions specifically about donald trump s actions. suggesting they are probe is getting closer to the former president h
victory. and the short, she referred to their, former pence chief of staff, marc short, who testified before the grand jury, the federal grand jury. greg jacob as well they are on the right of your screen. served as a top lawyer to the former vice president. he also testified. which doesn t confirm the prosecutors are planning to make the former president s campaign to pressure mike pence into doing his bidding part of the case against him, but short and jacob s testimony, also with wet griffin just said, might suggest is, as does the washington post reporting yesterday that federal prosecutors have asked hours a detailed questions about the fake elector scheme. news of cassidy hutchinson s cooperation is also suggested because what you can tell prosecutors about former president appearing willingness to turn a mob, some of them he knew to be armed, on the capitol, and then refused to call them off. consider what she s already said to the house select committee. i was in