hot texas sun. and now word of children among the victims. plus, shocking new video of a powerful blast in the war that russia started, as the u.s. and allies rush to prevent any chance of a similar fate in two other countries. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead and the paulout from the damning, stunning january 6th hearing yesterday. it is becoming more and more clear just how distressed trump and his allies seem to be in the wake of the testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. based on how relentlessly they re attacking her. nonetheless, the former top aide to the chief of staff, mark meadows, is standing by her comments. cassidy hutchinson s lawyers telling us in a statement, you re hearing about first on cnn, quote, ms. hutchinson stands by all of the testimony she provided yesterday. under oath, to the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol. unquote. now, one mig
california. so excited about this. massive cheez-it 16 times the standard size slipped into these things. i don t eat at taco bell, but 4 by 4 for a cheez-it, anything is possible. goldfish, your ball. you re up next. do something. i can t tell if it s gross or awesome. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. you can tell how panicked trump world is by how viciously they re attacking cassidy hutchinson. the lead starts right now. maga media, rudy giuliani, even former president trump himself all trying to discredit star witness testimony that may actually reveal crimes committed, leading up to and on january 6th. their denials of pardon requests and more, a member of the january 6th committee will join me in moments. also ahead, more undocumented migrant deaths linked to a tractor trailer abandoned in the
way to set cipollone to tell the committee what he knows. ryan nobles, thanks so much. i ll be talking with mick mulvaney in the next hour of the lead. joining us now to discuss is a member of the january 6th select committee, democratic congresswoman elaine luria of virginia. you told cnn after yesterday s hearing there s. no doubt in your mind that former president trump was involved in criminal activity. what exact crimes do you believe he committed? congresswoman, can you hear me? it s jake tapper. can you hear me? it sounds like we re having some we re going to take a quick break and figure out the audio problem we re having with the democratic congresswoman. we ll squeeze in this quick break and be right back. music tech: . .we can replace your windshield and recalibrate your advanced safety systemem. dad: looks great. thanks. tech: stay safe with safelite. schedule now.. singers: safelite repair, safelite replace. [zoom call] .pivot. work bye. vacation hi!
hot texas sun. and now word of children among the victims. plus, shocking new video of a powerful blast in the war that russia started, as the u.s. and allies rush to prevent any chance of a similar fate in two other countries. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead and the paulout from the damning, stunning january 6th hearing yesterday. it is becoming more and more clear just how distressed trump and his allies seem to be in the wake of the testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. based on how relentlessly they re attacking her. nonetheless, the former top aide to the chief of staff, mark meadows, is standing by her comments. cassidy hutchinson s lawyers telling us in a statement, you re hearing about first on cnn, quote, ms. hutchinson stands by all of the testimony she provided yesterday. under oath, to the select
and paper and the telephone. katie watson, thanks so much for your time. coming up, a tragedy getting worse in what s being called the deadliest case of human smuggling in u.s. history. add least recent u.s. history. what we just heard from a police chief is next. plus, a case we have been monitoring for years here on the lead, a supreme court decision today giving a major victory for an army reserve veteran. stay with us.