tonight s other top headlines: how long the socialite who help jeffrey epstein abuse young girls will face behind bars. plus the rush on the morning after pill after the supreme court abortion ruling. and the new details in the deadly migrant tragedy in texas. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this busy tuesday night. as we detail for you the bombshell testimony today in the january 6 hearing. history is important. during the watergate hearings 50 years ago, there was only one surprise witness. it was alexander butterfield, who revealed there was a white house taping system. well, in the january 6 hearings, the surprise witness is cassidy hutchinson. then-chief of staff mark meadows top aide described the then-president s fits of rage, that included throwing plates of food, grabbing the steering wheel of the presidential limo and lunging at a secret
cancer campaigner dame deborah james, host of the bbc podcast, you, me and the big c, has died at the age of a0. and, the seven time wimbledon champion serena williams suffers a shock first round defeat. she was playing herfirst singles match in a year. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the program. the inquiry into the riot at the us capitol last year has been hearing dramatic testimony from a former white house aide. cassidy hutchinson said donald trump knew supporters had weapons when he urged them to march to congress. she also said senior officials had warned repeatedly that mr trump s rally on that day to try to overturnjoe biden s victory could spiral out of control. our north america editor sarah smith has more. a surprise witness. her appearance, kept secret until today, delivered explosive testimony. describing how trump had been informed that many in the crowd on the 6th of january were carrying weapons. yet he
the scottish government announces plans to hold a second independence referendum in october next year if they can secure legal consent. and bowel cancer campaigner dame deborah james, host of the bbc podcast, you, me and the big c, has died at the age of a0. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. hello and welcome to the programme. the inquiry into the riot at the us capitol last year has been hearing dramatic testimony from a former white house aide. cassidy hutchinson said donald trump knew supporters had weapons when he urged them to march to congress. she also said senior officials had warned repeatedly that mr trump s rally on that day, to try to overturn joe biden s victory, could spiral out of control. our north america editor sarah smith has more. do you swear on. a surprise witness. her appearance, kept secret until today, delivered explosive testimony. describing how trump had been informed that many in the crowd on 6 january were carrying
got what it wanted from talks at the summit in madrid. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the travel show: venice puts forward plans to make us pay to visit the city via an app. they understand that the city is very complicated, very unique, very fragile, so i think that the people that love venice will understand, of course. cat s in northern ireland to take in the sights and sounds as the tourists return. really, with bushmills, it s very friendly on your palate. so thatjust draws you in. and actually, put it to your ear. it s saying try me! drink me! you love me! and we drop in on what claims to be the world s oldest university as it welcomes back students for the first time in around 800 years. we start this week in italy, in the canals, squares and passageways of one of the world s most popular destinations. venice has, over the years, developed a relationship with tourists that can best be described as complicated. and this is what it s like at midday
in the act, including this suspicious looking chap. there i am. look at that, bang to rights. is it a film or is it a game? when you ve got a hollywood director on board, it might be both. and is it a puffin? yeah, it s definitely a puffin. yeah, it is, although nick s been distracted by a gadget. is that a wee windscreen wiper? hello and welcome to this big, green, open space. never before have we appreciated outdoor spaces and parks like we have since lockdown. unfortunately lockdown also saw an increase in something threatening to turn our green and pleasant land into brown and unpleasant landfill, the illegal dumping of rubbish. there have been well overi million fly tipping incidents in the uk over the past year and paul carter has been to see how ai is helping us find the fly tippers. like many countries, england has seen a surge in the illegal dumping of rubbish during the pandemic. some people pull up and dispose of their waste while others. well, they literally do it