terry moran and cecilia vega standing by. record holiday travel heading into the fourth of july, possibly one of the busiest in decades. hundreds of pilots on the picket lines demanding higher pay. thousands of flights cancelled last weekend. nearly 50 million americans driving or flying. we ll tell you the worst times to be on the road. tracking severe weather over the holiday weekend. damaging winds and hail in the northeast from philadelphia to new york to boston. and the tropical threat in the gulf taking aim at texas and louisiana. rob marciano timing it out. the abc news exclusive. jonathan karl one-on-one with congresswoman liz cheney. defending the bombshell testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. sources telling abc news she was one of the witnesses that told the january 6th committee about being pressured by donald trump s allies to protect the former president. the case making national headlines. authorities arresting the fugitive suspect
exclusive interview with representative liz cheney, defending the testimony of former white house aide cassidy hutchinson, culturing on the men who dispute one of her claims to come forward and say so under oath. and what we re learning now about whether hutchinson was facing pressure from allies of former president trump. abc s chief washington correspondent jonathan karl one-on-one with the congresswoman. reporter: sources tell abc news that cassidy hutchinson was one of the witnesses who told the january 6th committee that she was pressured by allies of donald trump to protect the former president. as the world saw this week, she did not give in. she s an incredibly brave young woman. and the committee is not going to stand by and watch her character be assassinated. reporter: i spoke with liz cheney at the reagan library. she expressed full confidence in hutchinson, who has come under fire from trump and his allies, disputing what she said she was told about trump s fury on j
and ornato again. do you expect that that testimony will be live testimony, under oath like her testimony and for the world to see? i think it is important that their testimony be under oath and i understand very much the difficulty and the challenges that are presented when you are trying to protect somebody and the relationship that exists there. but that they have an obligation to testify truthfully to the committee. jon karl back with us now from washington. and jon, cassidy hutchinsonch theed that white house counsel pat cipollone was opposed to the idea of president trump going to the capitol on january 6th. cipollone, we know, has now been subpoenaed to testify. where does that stand now? reporter: i m told, whit, that conversations are under way between cipollone s attorneys and the committee about an appearance. there is no agreement yet, but here s the interesting thing. both sides say that they believe that ultimately cipollone will
reporter: but the president well aware that key members of his own party have said they re not on board with elimating the filibuster, even when it comes to abortion rights. and just as the president was about to board air force one for the flight home, another blow to his domestic agenda. with that supreme court ruling limiting the epa s ability to regulate greenhouse gasses. the decision effectively making it impossible for his administration to reach its goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, and eliminating carbon by 2050. the white house calling the decision devastating, saying it aims to take our country backwards. a whirlwind day for the president on this final leg of his trip. cecilia vega joining us now from madrid. and cecilia, at a press conference, president biden was also pressed on those record high gas prices and was asked how much longer americans should expect to be paying so much. reporter: yeah, whit, well, the president didn t give a date,
first. a decision of such magnitude and consequence rests with congress itself, roberts wrote. the case was brought by west virginia s attorney general, representing a group of republican-led states and coal and mining companies. lot of people are going to try to make this into an issue about climate change. this is about ensuring that congress, not unelected bureaucrats, get to make the major decisions of the day. reporter: justice elena kagan, in a scathing dissent joined by the court s two other liberals, insisted that the clean air act, passed by congress more than 50 years ago, gives the epa flexibility to address climate change, and she blasted her conservative colleagues for taking it away. the court appoints itself, instead of congress or the expert agency, the decision-maker on climate policy, she wrote. i cannot think of many things more frightening. but on immigration, a victory for the biden administration. in a 5-4 opinion, the justices ruled that president biden