cnn has now spoken with two secret service sources who both say they also heard about a confrontation in the presidential suv that day, a story they say was spreading widely inside the agency in the weeks and months that followed january 6th. they say trump indeed demanded to be taken to the capitol, and when the secret service said no to the trip, trump berated his secret service detail. despite that corroboration, trump and his allies have been working in overdrive to discrept hutchinson s testimony about what she saw and heard on january 6th. this lady yesterday, there s something wrong with her. is there something wrong? the woman is living in fantasy land. she s a social climber, if you call that social. she s got serious problems. let me put it that way, mental problems. what d you make of fox news? for this girl to sit there and just i think just make up and again, i hardly know who she is. of course she was a top staffer to the chief of staff at that tim
new today, the texas supreme court ruling a 1925 law banning abortion can take effect, 1925. the ban had been temporarily blocked after abortion clinics sued in the immediate aftermath of roe versus wade being overturned, and for a time abortions up to six weeks were allowed to resume. for now that is over. texas attorney general ken paxton celebrating by tweeting our state s pre-roe statutes banning abortion in texas are 100% good law. litigation continues, but i ll keep winning for texas s unborn babies. joining me now cnn political commentator s.e. cupp and contributing writer for the atlantic, molly john fas. she s the author of the news letter, wait, what? both of you thank you so much for being with us. what s happening in texas right now really illustrates some of this chaos that was set off by roe versus wade being overturned. do you think the supreme court intended to resurrect a law in
trumpism, you know. we may not agree on anything, but i do think that, you know, it s certainly better than the alternative. that s very thrue. s.e. cupp, molly jong fant, molly, your news letter, wait, what? which is a very fitting title for the times now. thanks to both of you. we really appreciate it. an urgent warning for swimmers because of sharks off cape cod. check out this incredible video, a shark lurking off the coast of massachusetts. it s giving me the willies just reading this tease. insight from renowned wildlife expert jeff corwin, there he is, the great jeff corwin, he joins us next.
thing, right? which is peace on earth and good will towards others and celebration of another year, and this year we ve had an incredible year and now we have vaccines and people can get together and there s a lot to celebrate. there is indeed a lot to celebrate. i m reminded of that episode of sex and the city when charlotte york was converting to charlotte goldenblatt, such a great episode. thank you so much, dean o beda la and molly john fas. i think we re going to talk more about this, there s much more of our christmas the cross connection spectacular coming up. but first a look at today s headlines. good morning, i m lindsey riser with an msnbc news update on this christmas morning. surging covid cases have caused more than 2,500 flights to be canceled in the u.s. today
holidays to both of you on this day. molly, something i thought about because christmas just dominates so much of society in america. and nobody ever stops me and says hey, happy hanukkah, and i have to stop and say, wait, i m jewish, what s that mean for somebody who doesn t celebrate christmas? people are trying to be nice, and i don t take it as offensive at all. i think christmas is like this amazing day where you get to do stuff and nobody s around and it s very uncrowded. so i m a big fan of christmas. and what are you doing today? like on christmas, you know, things are closed down like you said, so how are you spending the day? well, a lot of times i love to fly on christmas because it s just a great time to fly. it s not that crowded. you can go away during the