cassidy hutchison was aide to chief of staff mark meadows. she says she was in the room when a number of conversations happened. she spoke to a special session of the january 6th committee this afternoon was w. eye-opening testimony. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is live on capitol hill with the latest. good evening, hash shah. good evening, bret. the former president has already responded almost immediately during that hearing calling this witness bad news. but, her testimony was dramatic and may have already caused serious damage. do you swear a last-minute hearing with a surprise star witness. cassidy hutchison, special assistant to former president trump in the chief of staff s office told the house committee during the riot she first felt scared when mark meadows predicted the day could go down hill. he said something to the effect of there s a lot going on cass, but, i don t know, things might get real, read bad. when january 6th came hutchison p
a brand-new update just minutes away. and consumer confident in the u.s. economy plummets to the lowest level in more than a year. consumer outlook has a decade-long low, as president biden is informed by french president macron in an exchange caught on camera that there may be little saudi arabia can do to increase oil production. dream team handle standing by. ghislaine maxwell sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in aiding jeffrey epstein. we begin with a busy tuesday night of primaries all around the country. bret baier is up late with us, having us covered at the big board. kicking off tonight in utah where senator mike lee facing multiple primary challengers. good evening, rich. good evening, shannon. this sets up a general election that is one of the more unique in the country heading into the midterm season here in november but let s look at that primary first. and covenant know my senator mike lee fends off a couple of challengers. it was about 20-25 minute
department tonight with the latest. good evening. discussions are underway this evening over potential testimony involving the secret service agent mentioned during yesterday s explosive testimony. fox news has learned those agents are prepared to testify, what the key witness said in part was not true. the whole truth and nothing but the truth. former white house aide cassidy hutchinson said he was down by tony or not to come out of secret service official that president trump, in a fit of rage, lunged towards a secret service agent and try to grab the steering wheel of the presidential suv on january 6, 2021. 2021. agent bobby angle and an unknown driver were in the suv with the president. president trump used his free hand. when he recounted the story to me, he motioned. he denies her story about the suv. he was not in the vehicle, meaning hutchinson s story on second-hand, which she does not refute. the store sells orenado and the suv driver are willing to testi
hearing. cassidy hutchinson testified that donald trump and chief of staff mark meadows ignored warnings about potential violence before the attack and did nothing to stop it once the attack was under way. according to hutchinson, trump knew there were weapons in the crowd but during his speech at the ellipse, still ordered his supporters to march to the capitol. and new details about efforts close to trump to intimidate witnesses who have cooperated in the congressional investigation. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, june 29th. it seems that history bends every day this week. mika, we, of course, had the supreme court decision last friday. and yesterday, had the most testimony on capitol hill since watergate, what was your takeaway? well from my perspective, it was revealed, exposed really that the men around trump are weak, feckless cowards who had this pathetic need to be close to a failed president. and they almost destroyed our democracy. and
you do? trump asked. he just it outside, with a massive crowd of his supporters had gathered. they re cheering their bullhorns could be heard through the oval office windows. i wouldn t want anyone person to have that authority, pence said. but wouldn t it also be cool to have that power? asked the president of the united states. no, pence said. i m just there to open the envelopes. you know understand, mike, you can do this. i don t want to be your friend anymore if you don t do this. trump s voice became louder, and he grew threatening. you betrayed us, i made you. you were nothing, he said. your career is over if you do this. cut! because that s where the director would yell cut. if this working from a movie. but it s not. it happened. june 6th, today, it s been a year and a half since january 6th. in that time, the contours of what happened, of what happens, had become very clear. after the president of the united states lost reelection, he and his supporters launched a f