hot texas sun. and now word of children among the victims. plus, shocking new video of a powerful blast in the war that russia started, as the u.s. and allies rush to prevent any chance of a similar fate in two other countries. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead and the paulout from the damning, stunning january 6th hearing yesterday. it is becoming more and more clear just how distressed trump and his allies seem to be in the wake of the testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. based on how relentlessly they re attacking her. nonetheless, the former top aide to the chief of staff, mark meadows, is standing by her comments. cassidy hutchinson s lawyers telling us in a statement, you re hearing about first on cnn, quote, ms. hutchinson stands by all of the testimony she provided yesterday. under oath, to the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol. unquote. now, one mig
versus 16 grams in ensure high protein. boost® high protein also has key nutrients for immune support. boost® high protein. good afternoon. i m chris jansing at msnbc headquarters in new york city. we re still working on getting a full picture of the impact of cassidy hutchinson s bombshell testimony even a full 24 hours after she spoke. but there s no question it s the closest we ve gotten to seeing a direct line from former president trump to the violence at the capitol on january 6th and it does raise new questions about if and when the justice department might decide to get involved. the headline in the conservative national review said the system was, quote, devastating, and argued that things will not be the same after this. i overheard the president say something to the effect of, i don t care that they have weapons, they re not here to hurt me, take the effing mags away. i remember saying something to the effect of, mark, we need to do something more, they re
who is saying this was a particularly damaging hearing, especially for mark meadows, and raises the stakes for the committee in getting cipollone and getting the secret service into the room to testify. to that point, and what jackie said as well, robert, i do want to remind people of hutchinson s physical proximity to power in the west wing. here is part of the hearing yesterday, the one that shows the map of the white house. on the right you can see the president s oval office. on the left, the chief of staff s office suite. within the chief of staff s office suite is the heart of the west wing, was your desk. you know the west wing well, robert, almost immediately after her testimony began donald trump disparaged her on social media and among other things he wrote, i hardly knew who this person cassidy hutchinson is. given where she worked, given
meanwhile, some republicans are pushing back. questioning hutchinson s credibility. trump himself clearly watching the hearing, claimed, quote, i hardly know who this person cassidy hutchinson is. but privately, republican leaders expressed real concerns. one senior republican member of congress telling cnn the testimony could, quote, lead to indictments. trump s former chief of staff, mick mulvaney, rushing to hutchinson s defense, saying, quote, i know her. i don t think she is lying. so it s clear that the committee would like to speak with pat cipollone, the former white house counsel, but it is not exactly clear how they plan to compel him to cooperate. at this point, they re making it a very public showing of the fact that they would like him to do so voluntarily. the question is, do they put some legal weight behind it and formally issue him a subpoena? that could be complicated because as white house counsel, there are privilege issues involved in it. at this point, they re t
decision at that moment to resign. that s where i knew that i was leaving that day, once i read that tweet. ultimately members of the white house staff, sara matthews, cabinet members resigned as well. here is secretary devos s resignation letter. as you can see, in resigning on january 6th, being secretary devos said to the president there s no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation and it is the inflection point for me. let s also look at secretary chow s resignation statement. secretary chow resigned, spoke of the january 6th attack and said as i am sure is the case with many of you, this is deeply troubled me in a way i simply cannot set aside. miss hutchinson, in our prior interviews we have asked you