eye on america. cbs carter evans looks at the life-and-death consequences of the nation s e.m.t. staffing shortages. and, the ultimate pep talk. we re all rooting for you, man. garrett: college athletes lifting the spirits of kids in the hospital. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. ing from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for joining us. i m major garrett, in for norah. after a surprise trip to washington, ukraine s president zelenskyy is back home tonight, hoping more u.s. military aid will soon follow. .plus, f.t.x. founder sam bankman-fried is under house arrest tonight as he awaits trial after his first court appearance in new york. but, first, the biggest prechristmas storm in decades consumes much of the country. winter storm warnings, blizzard conditions, and dangerous cold forecast now in more than 40 states, from the pacific northwest to new england
the u.s. capitol. one revelation: the pressure campaign allegedly applied to one witness. cbs nikole killion is on capitol hill. the whole truth and nothing but the truth. reporter: she was considered one of the star witnesses in the january 6 select committee investigation. we are watching the capitol building get defaced over a lie. reporter: according to new transcripts released by the panel, former white house aide cassidy hutchinson described being pressured before her testimony. in a september deposition, she said an aide to her then-boss chief of staff mark meadows called and said, well, mark wants me to let you know that he knows you re loyal and he knows you ll cothe right thing tomorrow and that you re dignity it to protect him and the boss. select committee number lilia luciano. we need to know from mark meadows, did you give that direction. reporter: hutchinson also told the panel she struggled to find a lawyer and was directed to a trump-related attorney
can safely go into the dark places on the internet, infiltrate safe spaces for neo-nazis and document and record everything that we can. because even if law enforcement is going to fail to prevent violence we will be there to record evidence that is courtroom ready so we can present it for civil proceedings. you know, frank, i just spock to jamie raskin in the last hour and i went back and watched some of his arguments as an impeachment manager before the january 6 select committee investigation ever commenced. and his points was sort of along the lines of what kris is saying, everything was out in the open, donald trump tweeted his invitation in december to his supporters to come to washington, it will, quote, be wild. and then he gave a speech on the ellipse telling them to march down there, i ll be with you. he tweeted his attack on mike pence at the very same time that the insurrectionists were chanting hang mike pence and beating law enforcement officials with flagpoles and sp
senator lee, why were you trying to why you were calling senator jackie, the public pressure seems to have worked even in utah. very red state where he would only face a republican primary. after that ducking, he feels he needs to say something. would we even know about this without the investigations? i don t think so. i mean, these text messages came about because strictly because of this january 6 select committee investigation. they obtained a trove of mark meadow s text messages which has become the forensic analysis that the committee is doing to see and put together then connect the dots on the cod ray after lawmakers, conspiracy theorists and people involved with the president s effort and in trying to help him identify