not talk to his father about the 2016 meeting with russians. he also said he did not pay close attention to the trump tower moskow project because it was one of many potential deals. since the release of the mueller report there have been questions about discrepancies between trump, jr. s testimony and what other witnesses told congress and mueller s team. one of the president s longest serving and closest aides set to testify next week on capitol hill. hope hicks, former white house communications director and long time campaign aide, will appear before the house judiciary committee. more from washington. reporter: good morning dave and christine. this will be such a huge moment up here on capitol hill. hope hicks has been such a key member of president trump s inner circle for so long. one of his longest serving and closest aides. most recently as a white house communications director. the house judiciary announcing she has agreed to testify next wednesday up here on capitol hill
of date rape. i ve never said that in public and i do not want to go into detail, but i have never said that last part ervin public because it is impossible sometimes to share these sort of things. and i m doing it here to try and help. sorvino says she is speaking out because she knows there are other survivors who need time to sort through the trauma and shame of what they ve been through. she did not give details of who assaulted her or when it happened. for the first time in eight years amanda knox is returning to italy today. knox was released from an italian prison in 2011 and later acquitted in 2015 of the murder of her roommate. in an instagram post knox admitted to being nervous about the trip. she s expected to speak in a conference organized by the italy innocence project this week. melissa, good morning. reporter: good morning, dave. now it is on saturday she will be speaking specifically on the question of trial by media.
closed doors under subpoena. a source close to the president s eldest son said he stuck to his testimony from 2017. afterward trump, jr. told reporters he was not at all worried about perjury charges. i don t think i changed anything of what i said because there was nothing to change. i m glad that this is finally over. our source says trump, jr. told senators wednesday he did not talk to his father about the 2016 trump tower meeting with russians. he also said he did not pay close attention to the trump tower moskow project because it was one of many potential deals. since the release of the mueller report there have been discrepancies. one of the president s longest serving and closest aides set to testify next week on capitol hill. hope hicks, long time campaign aide will appear before the house judiciary committee. more from washington. reporter: good morning, dave and christine. this will be such a huge moment
transcript afterwards. and of course she ll be facing questions about her time in the trump campaign, transition and during her time in the white house. now, significant thing to watch is the white house last week, they told hicks not to provide any documents to the committee related to her time at the white house. so the thing to watch here is whether they assert executive privilege to prevent her from talking to the committee about her time at the white house. but of course a campaign time will be fair game. dave and christine? some breaking news, oil prices spiking right now after a fire on a tanker ship in the gulf of oman. this follows media reports that two oil tankers have been attacked. the companies that managed the tankers, were evacuated with one minor injury. the manager of the courageous says it s in no danger of sinking and its cargo of methanol is intact. cnn has been unable to confirm whether there was an actual attack. this morning s incident follows
reporter: good morning and of course as we know, trying to summit mount everest is among the most challenging experiences that exists out there, challenging physically, emotionally, and mentally. experts will tell you it s a very delicate balance of trying to know exactly how much risk to take but also how far and how hard to push your body. a lot of those who we have been speaking to have been posting on social media are blaming the number of deaths that took place this year on overcrowding in the death zone, that last push to try to get to the summit, called the death zone, dave, because oxygen levels there about a third of what exists at sea level. three more deaths added to bring that death toll to at least nine. as you mentioned there, one of them, a british man named robin hayes fisher who actually warned, spoke about his concerns about the overcrowding just before he attempted to make it to the summit. he did make it to the summit, but then as he was descending,