teachers at the end of may. and new details about what the 77 minutes of school hallway surveillance video shows. plus, a new covid variant spreading at an alarming rate throughout the united states, and this one is not deterred even by recent infections. so how do the vaccines hold up against it? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and members of the january 6th select house committee now publicly suggesting they will use tomorrow s hearing to draw direct links between the extremist groups who stormed the u.s. capitol and have been charged with seditious conspiracy and people inside donald trump s orbit. we are going to be connecting the dots during these hearings between these groups and those who were trying in government circles to overturn the election. what we heard cassidy hutchinson testify along the lines of trump telling mark meadows, the chief of staff, to talk to roger stone and others, mike flynn, and stone and flynn ha
gun legislation in three decades, just a week after a gunman killed seven people in highland park. this legislation is real progress, but more has to be done. those families in highland park, on july 4th a parade became a killing field. the white house being urged to do more on guns as democrats are also calling for more federal action on abortion rights. yeah, there s more that needs to be done. and i know the president knows that. president biden is facing challenging political headwinds as he s hemorrhaging support in his own party ahead of the midterm elections. elections matter. a new poll shows 64% of democrats want a different candidate in the 2024 presidential race and only 26% believe that biden should be renominated. biden is already the oldest president in american history and 33% of democrats who were surveyed voiced concerns about his age. he intends to run. and if he does, i am tend to run with him. so there you go. among all voters, biden s job
expect tomorrow. cnn has learned that january six committee is planning to zero in on a key link. the extremist groups ties to trump associates, roger stone and michael flynn. the hearing comes as another key trump ally, steve bannon, is changing his tune. telling the committee, he would be willing to testify but only in a live public setting. it s a move prosecutors believe as a stunt to try and wiggle out from his criminal contempt charges but a federal judge on monday declined his request to postpone his trial for next week. i expect we ll be hearing from him and there are many questions that we have for him. the committee has already revealed a bevy of new information. among the biggest headlines, that trump and his allies were made fully aware that there was no evidence the election was stolen. i don t think it was happening was honest or professional. trump knew he lost election but kept telling the supporters he won. without evidence to back it up. that the c
cancellations. and if you add the cancelations from yesterday and today, we re at more than 1100. right now there are about 550 cancellations today alone. 2200 flights delayed. and as you know, when one flight is delayed or canceled, it has this ripple effect, this domino effect not just here in atlanta but across the world because of how important and how busy this parent is. but we spoke with one young travel who are was so wise. his parents told me you want to interview him because he knows exactly what to do to get through the airport safely and early. take a listin. we left at around 4:00 and got here at 5:00. and yeah, the lines are longer than they usually are. i think that is good to leave early and so you could make sure you have everything and be prepared. reporter: leave early and be prepared. words of wisdom coming from a 13-year-old kid who is on his way to a family vacation. i spoke with the woman on her way to belize to be with her in-laws for a tropical
sworn testimony. the president had a very strong, a very angry response to that. tony 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. that tony you just heard mentioned, hutchinson said the information was relayed to her by tony ornato. cnn s tom foreman takes a closer look at ornato s role inside the white house. the president said something to the effect of i m the effing president, take me up to the capitol now. cassidy hutchinson s story of then president trump lunging at secret service agents january 6th spurred a quick denial from the man she says told her the tale, tony ornato. according to the secret service source, we re not saying this did not happen. so who is tony ornato as a high ranking secret service officer, ornato protected presidents for years. under trump he was given leave to be elevated to a new, unusual, and powerful role, assistant to the president and deput