developments and changes overnight on capitol hill. this afternoon, the committee investigating the january 6 insurrection will call a special witness in this surprise public hearing. that is former white house chief of staff mark meadows aide, former aide, cassidy hutchinson. she s expected to testify starting at 1:00 eastern today. last week in videotaped testimony, she revealed the names of several republican lawmakers who sought blanket pardons. so, let s begin with that, with our own correspondent jessica schneider. jess, there wasn t going to be a hearing this week at all. then when one was announced, didn t know who the witness would be. very similar in the leadup. why? yeah, last-minute announcement, possibly, poppy, to try to keep things secret because of concerns about security. the committee concerned about the security of cassidy hutchinson and other possible witnesses. that may be why it was kept under wraps to this point. cassidy hutchinson in her hearing tod
strictly on the parents interactions with him preshooting. and what they knew, and not get into the rest. but obviously, there is a concern about self-incrimination there legally. the parents have pleaded not guilty, areva. my question to is how high is the bar for prosecutors to prove their case here because the question is how much did the parents know. and how much action is a parent required to take when hearing and seeing such troubling things from their child. the bar s pretty high, poppy, we don t tiply see parents charged in these school shooting cases. there have been hundreds of cases and we haven t seen involuntary manslaughter charges. this case is unique. there are some factors that suggest that the parents had an ability to secure this gun and they didn t, according to the prosecution. and there were warning signs that their son had mental health