efforts to overturn the 2020 election. let s get starts. kristen holmes is live. a lot of secrecy, kristen and this hearing and this witness and what we could learn today. reporter: kate, that s right, we re told in part that secrecy is actually about concerns about hutchinson s access to the testimony. given the proximity to trump s chief of staff mark meadows also proximity to events and sources described hutchinson as always by meadows side. and given the urgency at which the committee brought this hearing it just goes to show you how explosive they believe that this testimony may be. reporter: her testimony had rattled capitol hill. are you aware of any other reporter: once awe top aide to former white house chief of staff mark meadows, cassidy hutchinson is now a key witness in the house january 6 investigation. giving hours of testimony in multiple sessions. mr. gaetz and mr. brooks, i know, both advocated for blanket pardons of all members involved in that
abortion bans put on hold. the latest tonight, as the battle over the procedure goes to the states. plus, what president biden wants to do to make abortion rights federal law.de our exclusive interview with the german chancellor what he told margaret brennan about vladimir putin and the war in ukraine. crime without punishment. our cbs news investigation continues, as we talk toestigatn continues, as we talk frustrated moms who were told to solve their children s murders. and, a sweet story involving an airline pilot and the tooth fairy it will be sure to make you smile. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this thursday night, where it appears america is ready to travel and celebrate independence day. but there won t be freedom from the frustration and chaos that s already piling up. tonight, we can report that more than 440 flights we
went under oath to describe what she saw and heard on and around january 6th. now, they ve been taking aim at her second hand account, calling it hearsay, when she testified that on insurrection day, an angry donald trump demanded his secret service detail drive him to the capitol and lunged at him. tonight, hutchinson has corroboration on part of her testimony. cnn spoke with two secret service members, including a long-time member. both say they also heard about a confrontation in the presidential suv after the rally, a story they say spread widely around the agency in the weeks and months after january 6th. though neither source heard the part about trump trying to grab the steering wheel or any physical altercation with a security agent. one source did hear from agents that trump indeed demanded to be taking to the capitol, shouting something like, i m the fing president, lunging forward in the vehicle, and berating his detail when he didn t get his way. the second source
it hearsay, when she testified that on insurrection day, an angry donald trump demanded his secret service detail drive him to the capitol, lunging at them and the steering wheel. but tonight, hutchinson has corroboration on part of her testimony. cnn spoke with two secret service members, including a long-time member. both say they also heard about a confrontation in the presidential suv after the rally, a story they say spread widely around the agency in the weeks and months after january 6th. though, neither source heard the part about trump trying to grab the steering wheel or any physical altercation with a security agent. one source did hear from agents that trump indeed demanded to be taking to the capitol, shouting something like, i m the fing president, lunging forward in the vehicle, and berating his protective detail when he didn t get his way. the second source said they heard the account directly from the driver of that suv. the most important detail corroborated
more history will also be made in the high court in minutes. judge ketanji brown jackson will be sworn in as the first black female justice on the supreme court. she will take the oath just after justice stephen breyer officially retires. let s start with cnn s jessica schneider. she is live at the supreme court for us this hour. quite a way to round out the term. reporter: absolutely. two big decisions from the supreme court. first in that 6-3 decision the supreme court really restricting the epa s power to regulate carbon emissions from power plants. and at the same time the supreme court here is sending a signal that for big issues, big decisions from the epa and even other agencies, those big issues and decisions could eventually be struck down by this court if they weren t explicitly written out by congress as agencies having the power to do. so this is what the chief justice john roberts wrote in his opinion saying it is not plausible that congress gave epa the author