not here to hurt me. she testified after his speech, the president back in the presidential suv, that he wanted hem to take him to the capitol. and what happened next. she testified the former president, she was told, reached for the wheel. tonight here, our team asking the secret service for reaction and what we re learning already. also, that white house aide testifying her own boss, former chief of staff mark meadows, and rudy giuliani, both asked her pardons after january 6th. and tonight, how the former president is now responding. jonathan karl and pierre thomas standing by. also tonight, the death toll rising in texas. authorities now believe the deadliy iest hue man smuggling operation in u.s. history. at least 51 people now dead in san antonio. tonight, what we re learning about what was discovered inside that truck. tonight, the abortion battle now on the state level. some states with trigger laws, looking to ban abortion immediately, halted by the courts, at l
we put a monitor on every single one of those people to make sure that there were no signs of life, and there were reporter: just to be 100% sure? just to be 100% sure. reporter: tonight, there are 13 survivors. how close to death were these living patients? very close. they were extremely critical. reporter: now facing organ failure from severe heat stroke and exhaustion. temperatures as high as 103 degrees in san antonio monday. the city on track to have its warmest jne on record. those people suffered, that the heat was torrential. there was though air in that vehicle. there was no water. the a.c. was not running. reporter: a federal official telling abc news this is the deadliest case of human smuggling in u.s. history. today we mourn for those 51 immigrants. reporter: tonight, police telling abc the truck s driver and two others are in custody. homeland security now leading the investigation, as authorities work to identify the victims. and among the dead, me