insurrection, privy to nearly every major decision leading up to and during that day. according to the testimony of cassidy hutchinson, his top aide, meadows appears to have been at the center of the scheme to overturn the election. the 26-year-old, cassidy hutchinson, was brave enough, patriotic enough, to come forward. 62-year-old mark meadows is not. just a refresher, here s some of what we learned from ms. hutchinson about mr. meadows, something the committee would want to ask him about if he had the courage or decency to talk. i remember leaning against the hallway and said, i had an interesting conversation. it sounds like we re going to the capitol. he said something to the effect of, there s a lot going on, guys. but i don t know, things might get real, real bad on january 6th. do you know if mr. meadows ever intended to go to the willard hotel on the night of the 5th? i had made it clear to mr. meadows that i didn t believe it was a smart idea for him to go to
so, of course, has former white house chief of staff mark meadows despite having already been subpoenaed and cited for contempt of congress for refusing to appear. he was one of the former president s closest advisor in the runoff to the january 6th insurrection, privy to every major decision before and leading up to that day. according to the testimony of cassidy hutchinson, his top aide, meadows appears to have been at the center of the scheme to overturn the election. the 26-year-old, cassidy hutchinson, was brave enough, patriotic enough, to come forward. 62-year-old mark meadows is not. just a refresher, here s some of what we learned from ms. hutchinson about mr. meadows, some of what the committee presumably would want to ask him if he had the courage or decency to talk. i remember leaning against the doorway and saying i had an interesting conversation with rudy, mark. sounds like we re going to the capitol. he didn t look up from his phone and said something to the
the u.n. estimates more than half of the population needs some form of humanitarian assistance. the world banks say they re at the lowest level in a decade and after promising to respect women s rights, the taliban have banned most girls from going to school past sixth grade. even in the past, there were restrictions and violence but there was hope. we had school. we could have knowledge. now they lost their only hope, which is education. this a somber reminder of how desperate people were a year ago to get out of afghanistan anticipating a taliban takeover. you can see them there clinging to the side of a u.s. military plane taking off from kabul. some afghans tragically fell to their death. the chaotic u.s. exit led to a terrorist attack outside the airport. now republican congressman is out with a report accusing the biden administration of a strategic failure anybody the country. congressman michael mccaul and general jack keane join us in just a moment. but first, we
we will put into context just how devastating it was for certain rights, some of which originated with thomas jefferson. and later, florida schools rolling out lgbtq restrictions as the states don t say gay law takes effect. it s impact already being felt. all of, that and more is coming up. and they re good saturday morning to. you i am katie phang. if you are one of the millions of people flying or hitting the roads this holiday weekend, pack your patience. sky high gas prices, canceled flights, and picketing pilots are just a few of the travel woes americans are facing ahead of their vacations. it s live from reagan national airport with what we can expect. gary? katie, if you needed any indication the pandemic is over in the minds of many of mayor cans, look no further than the airports and the roads this week. according to aaa, 40 million people are going to be taking to the skies are hitting the roads this weekend. just yesterday, 2 million people walked through tsa
the clash of civilization. a politician cannot be racist. viktor orban was accused of pure nazi rhetoric with one of his own aides but that did not stop him from receiving the red carpet treatment by republicans at cpac. the russian trial ended just as everyone knew it would, with a barbaric sentence for brittney griner. how soochb before a deal gets done to bring her home. breaking news in the alex jones defamation trial. the jury has rushed a verdict on compensatory damages. we begin with a future the republicans want. it kicked off in dallas with a keynote speech if you didn t know any better could have easily just been delivered by ron desantis or donald trump. just take a listen. i am an old-fashioned freedom fighter. politics, my friend, are not enough. this war is a war. we were the first ones in europe who said no to illegal migration and stopped the invasion of illegal migrants. we have to build not just a physical wall on our borders but a legal wall aroun