real quick before you go, i know you ve been quite watching it closely. we have the surprise insurrection hearing coming up in just two hours from now. and this witness is mark meadows former assistant cassidy hutchinson. she was in the west wing on the day when the attack unfolded. she s considered kind of a star witness for this committee now. what do you think she could provide? i have idea. obviously, i m assuming that most, if not all of everything that she can provide today has already been provided through testimony. but there is a difference, quite frankly, watching someone live. someone live answering questions. just to get there s just i think there s more information in terms of providing more information to an audience. and so, you know, but in terms of anything new, we ll have to wait and see. there may be you know, her memory may have been jolted by something else that was said during the hearings.
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