share 20 transcripts from his witnesses with justice department investigators. the committee also seems to be zeroing in on former trump cabinet officials. of particular interest, conversations among those officials about possibly invoking the 25th amendment to remove trump from office. joining us now is johnwood, a former senior investigator for the january 6th select committee. he is running as an independent in missouri for the senate there. john, thank you so much for being with us. so, it was cnn s exclusive reporting, the department of justice is preparing to make a case to get around executive privilege, to basically force the testimony, to be prepared to force the testimony of key trump advisers. what does this tell you about where they are? where this federal investigation is? yeah, this is a really big step. up until a few days ago, there were very few public signs that the justice department was really focused on people in trump s immediate inner circle, as opp
this morning the wnba star brittney griner is in a moscow court for her first trial hearing, this after russian authorities accused her of smuggling drugs into the country. griner has already spent the last 130 days in a russian jail. officials have now extended her detention for six months pending the outcome of this trial. we should note the state department has said griner has been, quote, wrongfully detained. last night, cnn s abby phillip sat down with griner s wife for an exclusive interview. you ll hear part of that conversation in just a moment. back at home, though, new developments in the january 6th investigation. sources tell cnn that someone tried to influence the testimony of cassidy hutchinson, the former trump white house aide who shared damning details about what the former president was doing as the capitol attack unfolded. we ll have much more on that just ahead. we begin, though, this morning, in moscow. cnn s senior international correspondent frederik
insurrection committee. sources tell cnn that cassidy hutchinson has informed the january 6th committee that she was contacted by someone trying to influence what she would testify to. liz cheney presented evidence that member of donald trump s inner circle may have engaged in witness tampering. this morning the new york time s reporting trump s political organization and allies have paid for or promised to pay witnesses legal fees. let s begin with cnn caitlin on all of this live. what s the latest? the house select committee is now grappling with the possibility that there s been witness intimidation or even tampering behind the scenes. kate, the committee vice chair said they were asking witnesses if anyone was trying the influence testimony and she said two witnesses said yes. they received calls from someone they knew. we have confirmed that one of these people on the receiving end of up with of these calls was cassidy hutchinson. she isn t just any witness. she is now
government is corrupt, elections are rigged and that people who hold different political views are bullies. up first, the investigations into the january 6th insurrection. the justice department asking a judge to reveal who is paying lawyers representing members of the oath keepers, and if that person is the former trump attorney and conspiracy peddler, sydney powell. the january 6th committee faces a will they or won t they moment? oronado attacking the credibility of what some of what hutchinson testified to earlier this week. specifically, he denies telling hutchinson that donald trump lunged for the steering wheel inside the presidential suv after being told on january 6th he could not go to the capitol and could not join the rioters. hutchinson stands by her committee, and the committee says they are they are deciding whether or not to bring him back under oath and in public. do they want to hash this out in public or see it as too risky. reporter: there s a lot of
you have a recipe for disaster for disaster. mike: the delays and cancellations are already piling up. all signs pointing to a rough weekend. for travelers the frustration is palpable. senior correspondent casey stegall is following all of those from dallas-fort worth international airport. good morning, casey. good morning mike and dana. the folks at aaa tell us this fourth of july holiday us expected to be the second busiest since the year 2000. 20 plus years with over 48 million americans total traveling over the next couple of days where the majority by car, by air is about three and half million which is higher versus last year. only time will tell whether those holidays passengers will further bog down the airports and airlines already this morning i can tell you that more than 700 delays in more than 230 cancellations are being reported by flight aware within the united states. so cute with those long lines, weights, and frustrations. dana: like to get stressed s