turning up the pressure on pat cipollone to testify after hutchinson revealed that cipollone was worried that he and trump s entire team would face a litany of criminal charges if trump went to the capitol on january 6th. hutchinson said the president knew his supporters were armed and trying to join them. there are also new questions, though, about the former white house aide s claims that trump lunged for the steering wheel of his presidential suv when secret service agents told him he couldn t go to the capitol. now the secret service tells the committee that agents are willing to dispute that story under oath. cnn s ryan nobles is on capitol hill. ryan, big day for the committee. do we know what s next? reporter: well, there s no doubt, victor, and alson that the committee seems to be razor focused on pat cipollone the former white house counsel and his role in all of this. to this point he s only had very base level conversations with the committee. he has not had an
noon. breyer says his successor ketanji brown jackson is prepared to, quote, take her prescribed oaths and will begin her service as the high court s first black woman justice. meanwhile, legal chaos continues since the supreme court overturned roe versus wade. several states already enacting trigger laws or trying to enforce centuries old abortion laws. this is setting up a slew of legal battles. cnn s erica hill has been tracking all of these for us. erica, great to have you. it feels like they changed for the day already. it s very hard to keep track of. let s start with texas, what s happening there? you see on this map that we have the dark orange states, these are states where as of now abortions are either banned or severely restricted. the issue in texas is that certain clinics not the entire state but certain clinics yesterday were granted a temporary restraining order, which means that they can now continue to provide abortions up until the period of six weeks t
than 62 million covid cases seasons the pandemic began with covid hospitalizations in the united states doubling in more than a dozen states in the last two weeks. i want you to look at this screen, the dark orange states on this map show where hospitalizations have surged the most. there s some encouraging news, a new study from california shows the omicron variant causes fewer hospitalizations and much shorter stays. just this morning the biden administration announcing several new actions to increase the number of covid tests available to schools by 10 million per month. joining us now to discuss, morgan chesky in dallas, and dr. vin gupta, global health policy expert. dr. gupta, hospitalizations are doubling in more than a dozen states, but this california study shows that omicron causes fewer hospitalizations, shorter stays, and when you look at those states, what do they show you? high concentrations of unvaccinated people. good morning, stephanie. you know, i do think we shoul