the president saying, they re not here to hurt me. she testified after his speech, the president back in the presidential suv, that he wanted them to take him to the capitol. and what happened next. she testified the former president, she was told, reached for the wheel. tonight here, our team asking the secret service for reaction and what we re learning already. also, that white house aide testifying her own boss, former chief of staff mark meadows, and rudy giuliani, both asked for pardons after january 6th. and tonight, how the former president is now responding. jonathan karl and pierre thomas standing by. also tonight, the death toll rising in texas. authorities now believe the deadliest human smuggling operation in u.s. history. at least 51 people now dead in san antonio. tonight, what we re learning about what was discovered inside that truck. tonight, the abortion battle now on the state level. some states with trigger laws, looking to ban abortion immediately,
heard he doesn t think they re doing anything wrong. the stunning details of an out of president, who wanted to join the mob. the president said something to the effect of, i am that i think president, take me up to the capitol now. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, and said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we are going back to the west wing. we re not going to the capitol. the president of the united states is chief of staff, his closest advisers, preparing for the violence, and then, trying to save themselves. i recall hearing the word, oath keepers. and hearing the word, proud boys, closer to the plan of the january 6th rally, with mr. giuliani s. white house chief of staff mark meadows, did he ever indicate that he was interested in receiving a presidential pardon related to january 6th? yes, ma am. tonight, one of the members of the january 6th investig
i think, i didn t care that they have weapons. they re not here to hurt me. i remember him saying to the effect of, mark needs to do something more, literally calling the vice president and mark responded something to the effect of, you heard, he doesn t think they re doing anything wrong. the stunning details of an out of touch president, who wanted to join the mob. the president said something to the effect of, i am the effing think president, take me up to the capitol now. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, and said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we are going back to the west wing. we re not going to the capitol. the president of the united states, his chief of staff, his closest advisers, preparing for the violence, and then, trying to save themselves. i recall hearing the word, oath keepers. and hearing the word, proud boys, closer to the plan of the janua
happening on the hill, and it s something that i still struggle to work through. the emotions of that. joining us now is olivia troye, former top aide to vice president mike pence. she attended the hearing today. she is a former colleague of cassidy hutchinson. olivia, i just want to read for the audience the tweet that she was just talking about. it was donald trump tree tweeting at 20 4 pm on the capitol, and that was being televised, he was watching it. he tweeted, mike pence didn t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our country and our constitution, giving states a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. usa demands the truth! and so, donald trump further endangered mike pence s life with that tweet. and what cassidy hutchinson seems to be saying is, we knew. she knew that that tweet was further endangering the vice president. yeah, and i can only imagine i
and 51 people dead in the back of the truck in sweltering heat and it happened in the united states of america. let s go outfront. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, a transformative moment in what was some of the most explosive moment in the january 6th hearing to see date. cassidy hutchinson, former top aide to trump s chief of staff mark meadows laid bare just how much trump wanted the crowd to march to the capitol, knowing they were armed, knowing his rally could turn violent. here she is talking about the warning from top white house aide tony ornato. i remember mr. ornato had talked about intelligence reports, coming in and saying we had intel reports saying there could potentially be violence on the 6th. remember tony mentioning knives, guns, in the form of pistols and rifles. bear spray, body armor, spears and flagpoles. spears were one item, flag poles were one item, tony, then relayed something to the effect of and these effing people fastening spears on to