good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it s thursday, july 14th and i m brianna keilar with john berman. this morning new clues surrounding the pending january 6th witness who donald trump tried to contact. it s an allegation that has been referred to the justice department, not formally, but it s been sent up the chain there. first on cnn, sources say trump tried to call a member of the white house support staff who was in talks with the january 6th committee. that is new. the exact identity still unknown at this point. the witness, though, did not pick up when trump called. this was not someone that trump would routinely communicate with. and this came after cassidy hutchinson s explosive testimony. the alarmed witness contacted an attorney. this is january 6th committee member elaine luria the congresswoman speaking to cnn. we take seriously the safety of any witnesses, anyone who comes forward to the committee and like weiise their privacy. in
we are following that news. plus, a first on cnn, we re learning new information about a potential january 6 committee witness who the panel says got a call from former president trump. details on what he or she may know that could be key going forward. and right now, president biden in jerusalem, day two of a critical trip to the middle east. at this hour, he meets with the israeli president isaac hertzog to expand security ties to counter iran s nuclear threat. we mean what we say. to have an opportunity to accept this agreement that s been laid down. if they don t, we made it absolutely clear, we will not let me say it again we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. so, let s begin this our with our wolf blitzer and kaitlan collins joining us again from jerusalem. wolf, to you first. what stood out to you most in the comment, especially from the president there, on countering iran. i thought your interview with david sanger following the press confere
reported what had happened to her daughter. they referred a complaint to the police in columbus, ohio, and that s how it all began. now, yesterday there was the arraignment of fuentes. we heard a lot of things on the record that one of the things was this young 10-year-old girl did have a medical abortion in indianapolis on june 30th. it is true in ohio, you can get an abortion and now the limit is six weeks and the ob/gyn that helped the 10-year-old girl have that procedure told cnn that she was six months and three days pregnant. now, there are some things that we also learned that the dna has been collected to make a confirmation on all of this. but the attorney general of ohio david yost said in a quote that he had confessed to the columbus police department that he did sexual assault and rape this 10-year-old girl. now, there s another issue that is brewing also in indiana. which is where the procedure was
story. here are the facts, that man, according to police and court documents is 27-year-old gershon fuentes. according to franklin county municipal court fuentes is charged with felony rape of a minor under the age of 13 years old. he is being held on $2 million bond. he is charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who became pregnant. now, police were alerted to the case because of a referral made to the franklin county, ohio, children services by her mother. columbus police detective testified wednesday at the arraignment that the girl underwent a medical abortion in indianapolis on june 30th. the procedure is banned in ohio after six weeks of pregnancy, an ob/gyn in indianapolis told cnn she did help the 10-year-old girl from ohio who was six weeks and three days pregnant have the procedure. thank you for laying out the facts of this case as we know them, jean. as brianna mentioned, there were