who may have tried to intimidate star witness before she testified. the loved ones of the uvalde shooting victims are sick of waiting for answers. we re sitting here just listening to empty words. that s all it is. empty words. my sister died protect ing her children, her students. sd why the mayor claims he can t tell them anymore. welcome to the lead. we begin with our politics lead. breaking news as we follow the repercussions from cassidy hutchinson bombshell testimony. we have the very latest. reporter: witness intimidation has become a serious focus of the january 6th select committee. cnn has learned both instances the committee presented as examples of possible witness intimidation during the hearing on tuesday were directed at their witness, cassidy hutchinson. he knows you re loyal and you re going to do the right thing when you go in for your deposition. i think most americans know that attempting the influence witnesses to testify untruthfully presents
he followed escrowing the white house warning china s military drills near taiwan are quote an extreme reaction to speaker pelosi s visit to taiwan. president biden out trying to manage a crisis that s getting more dangerous by the day. he tested negative for covid today. but he will stay isolated in the white house until he has a second negative test. all this comes during a busy weekend here in washington for democrats on the verge of scoring a major political victory as a senate prepares for a marathon voting session on their new spending bill. arthel: straight hit reaction and analysis on china s rising threat when james joins us. live and we have fox team coverage chat is tracking the vote on capitol hill. lucas tomlinson is falling white house developments, jeff paul is at cpac for president trump will speak tonight. alexandria hoff gets us started on the latest taiwan crisis, alexandria. this morning officials in taiwan reported 14 chinese warships and 20 planes cond
asked them what can the federal government do for the people of mississippi. what does that state need, as well as committing more federal assistance. now we also know that the president spoke to fema administrator dion chris. well who told cnn that really what? what the focus was here was connecting with those local officials and state officials to give the state what they needed as well as entities like the red cross. we know that she as well as dhs secretary a lot. alejandro mayorkas will be on the scene, surveying that site later. now when it comes to that emergency declaration, what did encompasses, of course, encompasses. for a counties, including sharkey county, which were the hardest hit in mississippi, and it does things like provide temporary housing provided money for housing repairs provide low cost loans to uninsured property damage and other things trying to release set this community right in the days ahead. now an open question , of course, is whether or not the preside