cassidy hutchison was aide to chief of staff mark meadows. she says she was in the room when a number of conversations happened. she spoke to a special session of the january 6th committee this afternoon was w. eye-opening testimony. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is live on capitol hill with the latest. good evening, hash shah. good evening, bret. the former president has already responded almost immediately during that hearing calling this witness bad news. but, her testimony was dramatic and may have already caused serious damage. do you swear a last-minute hearing with a surprise star witness. cassidy hutchison, special assistant to former president trump in the chief of staff s office told the house committee during the riot she first felt scared when mark meadows predicted the day could go down hill. he said something to the effect of there s a lot going on cass, but, i don t know, things might get real, read bad. when january 6th came hutchison p
more landmark rulings. one could include whether the former president, donald trump could be immune from criminal prosecution. it might come. you never know until the clock strikes 10:00 a.m. eastern time and we re standing by. first, however, wandering on the world stage. so this was during a skydiving demonstration at the g7 in southeastern italy. the awkward moment redirected by the italian prime minister as you see adding to concerns about the president s fitness for the job. add that to what we saw at the white house earlier in the week and you can decide for yourself. good morning, everybody. it s friday. dana has the day off. our friend, gillian, is back for another friday addition for america s newsroom. welcome back. gillian: good to be with you. this is america s newsroom. the headlines. look at this today s new york post reads meandering chief. it has been a week marked by awkward moments for president biden. the slip-ups are overshadowing at times his trip
Kids in my arms two at a time. they were asking for help and i was asking them if anything hurts. this past hour the ntsb said for years it has been recommending upgrades to these kind of train crossings that don t have systems to warn drivers of incoming trains. those systems are not cheap though. and can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars for each location, which is in large part why nationwide only about half of all train crossings have them. bret? bret: garrett tenney live in mendon, missouri, thanks. up next, the panel on what we learned former trump white house insider s day on capitol hill and what could come next. we will talk about it with byron york, mara liasson and jonathan swan. first, beyond our borders tonight. a fire prison in southwestern colombia kills at least 49 and juries a dozen others. officials says it s not clear whether all the dead were prisoners. the fire broke out during what appeared to be attempted riot when prisoners set mattresses on