this morning the wnba star brittney griner is in a moscow court for her first trial hearing, this after russian authorities accused her of smuggling drugs into the country. griner has already spent the last 130 days in a russian jail. officials have now extended her detention for six months pending the outcome of this trial. we should note the state department has said griner has been, quote, wrongfully detained. last night, cnn s abby phillip sat down with griner s wife for an exclusive interview. you ll hear part of that conversation in just a moment. back at home, though, new developments in the january 6th investigation. sources tell cnn that someone tried to influence the testimony of cassidy hutchinson, the former trump white house aide who shared damning details about what the former president was doing as the capitol attack unfolded. we ll have much more on that just ahead. we begin, though, this morning, in moscow. cnn s senior international correspondent frederik
familiar with his testimony. on tuesday, cassidy luchinson testified he told and lunged add at secret service member when he have told he couldn t go to the capitol himself. what more committee vice chair liz cheney announced they were asking their reasons regularly if anyone was trying to influence testimony and cheney laid out two witnesses said yes. they received calls from someone they knew trying to impact their testimony. one of these people on the receiving end was cassidy hutchinson. we are able to report this is confirming a punch bowl news story yesterday. she s now the star witness who revealed shocking details of complacency on january 6th despite the violence today. the legal risk for trump related to january 6th. more about the calls. the committee has not said who the calls came from with one going to hutchinson. here is one of the quotes, the witness said the caller talked about being a team player. they knew i m on the right team. i m doing the right thing.
hutchinson. we are able to report this is confirming a punch bowl news story yesterday. she s now the star witness who revealed shocking details of complacency on january 6th despite the violence today. the legal risk for trump related to january 6th. more about the calls. the committee has not said who the calls came from with one going to hutchinson. here is one of the quotes, the witness said the caller talked about being a team player. they knew i m on the right team. i m doing the right thing. i m protect wlog i need to protect and i ll continue to stay in good graces in trump world. the person told the witness,
familiar with his testimony. on tuesday, cassidy luchinson testified he told and lunged add at secret service member when he have told he couldn t go to the capitol himself. what more committee vice chair liz cheney announced they were asking their reasons regularly if anyone was trying to influence testimony and cheney laid out two witnesses said yes. they received calls from someone they knew trying to impact their testimony. one of these people on the receiving end was cassidy
security this was one of the things, those officers that testified in front of the january 6th committee on tuesday asked for, is more support and more funding in order to allow them to keep people who are visiting and work at the capitol safe. jackie kusinich, thanks. have a great weekend. thanks, poppy. ahead, the governor of arkansas said he will call on lawmakers to amend the state s ban on school mask mandates. this as the delta variant surges. but there are parents that are already looking at legal action. we ll talk to one of them ahead. is mealtime a struggle? introducing ore-ida potato pay. where ore-ida golden crinkles are your crispy currency to pay for bites of this. .with this.