4:00 in new york with the skies above us are hazy from those canadian wildfires. we are all under air quality warnings. we re going to get to that story later in the broadcast. but we begin with what is shaping up to be a white knuckle day for the disgraced twice impeached now indicted legally liable for sex abuse ex-president thank foss fast-moving developments in special counsel jack smith s investigations, plural, into donald trump. today, a federal jury in miami is back in action hearing witness testimony as part of the special counsel s investigation into whether the ex-president mishandled classified documents. or obstructed government efforts to retrieve those documents after leaving office. and it was not just any witness, it was one of trump s closest aides. a former trump spokesman who have as super pac. saying that prosecutors weres partially interested in taylor budowich, after sending boxes of material from his private home to the national archives, trump left a
new information that is both urgent and important. the panel has not revealed any details publicly, but cnn has confirmed through sources that cassidy hutchhutchinson, who wa top aide to white house chief of staff mark meadows will testify today live. hutchinson is considered to be one of the panel s most consequential witnesses due to her proximity to the white house chief of staff, mark meadows, before and on january 6. hutchinson has been interviewed by the select committee at least three times before behind closed doors. clips from those recorded interviews were played during previous hearings. we saw cassidy hutchinson testify on many different parts of then president trump s efforts to overturn the election. remember, this was not just about the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6, it was about various other trump schemes to undermine the democratic election. for example, hutchinson testified to the committee that mark meldadows and rudy giulian were involved in e
witnessed on and around january 6th last year were the tipping point for her. she described feeling frustrated and disappointed and disgusted with the president s apparent approval of the violence as the capital was being overrun but for the most part, we should probably stop looking for big shifts in public opinion about donald trump in reaction to new information. politically, americans seem pretty set in their opinions about him, but opinions aren t everything. there s actually this interesting pesky little thing called the law. and on that front, there s a noticeable shift happening today in one area. there s a real insignificant shift under way in analysis about whether donald trump might now, as a result of all of this new information, actually be prosecuted for his role in january 6th. people who thought that would never happen today awoke today thinking it just might and perhaps more likely than not and that shift is happening where it matters, inside the justice depa
typical. it was like what you know, informed him like this is how many people outside with mags right now. this is how many weapons possible. he listed more weapons out there, i just don t recall. and gave him a brief but concise explanation, but also fairly thorough. and i remember distinctly mark not looking up from his phone. i remember tony finishing his explanation. and it takes a few seconds for mark to say something. i was, sir, mark, did you hear him? and mark then chimed in, like, all right, anything else still looking down at his phone. and tony looked at me and i looked to tony, and tony said, no, sir, do you have any questions? he s like, what are you hearing? i looked at tony, and i said he
have on the mags right now, these are the weapons that we re going to have, possibly more, i just don t recall. and i remembered distinctly mark not looking up from his phone, i remembered telling him, this explanation, and it taking a few seconds to say quote, mark, did you hear me, and then mark chimed in, anything else, still looking down at his phone. anything else? hutchinson told the committee as the attack on the united states capitol progressed, mark meadows was informed about rioters sbet entering the capitol calling for vice president mike pence to be hanged. yesterday we learned that mark meadows was apparently okay with the president s assessment.