january 6th investigation. steve bannon, a powerful player in the trump white house, now says he s willing to testify. the reaction from committee members and what we re learning about the key testimony of former white house counsel pat cipollone. the omicron subvariants are surging. nearly three-quarters of the u.s population now live in areas with medium or high risk for covid. what we re learning about a new variant now identified in the u.s. new york city once again urging people to mask up, and when the next generation of omicron targeted vaccines might be available. the fire scare for a spirit airlines flight. flames and smoke billowing from the landing gear moments after touching down in atlanta. passengers told to stay in their seats. the deadly strike in ukraine. civilians trapped in the rubble of their apartment buildings. the urgent search for survivors. new details on the investigation into the assassination of former japanese prime minister shinzo abe,
country. crowds gathering to pay their respects to the former prime minister of japan shinzo abe. what happens feel like an incident that shook the foundations of japan s safety. the funeral and services for the prime minister will be held monday and tuesday with at attendance limited to close family and friends. i m pamela brown. you re in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. hundreds of pro-choice protesters in the streets of washington today demanding more action. a day after president biden signed an executive order to try to protect abortion rights. our brian todd has been out with the crowds, brian? pamela, an intermittent driving series of rainstorms didn t stop hundreds of protesters from gathering here in franklin square park and marching over to the white h house. a very ipassionate crowd. some were threatened if they pressed against the white house fence. some did that and actually tied themself to the white house fence briefly but we didn t witness arres
the january six committee, prepping a hearing for tuesday after landing a major witness. trump s white house counsel, pat cipollone, testifying for eight hours friday. and a videotaped and transcript closed-door interview. now remember the committee said that cipollone did not contradict testimony of other witnesses, and a source told nbc news that he was cooperative, quote. cipollone was inside the white house and the days leading up to the insurrection you may recall, including a white house meeting with discussions about seizing voting machines and sending false letters to state officials about election fraud. and he was also in the west wing on january 6th, during the eight hour testimony he was likely peppered with questions about bombshell testimony invoking his name. watch. presidents white house counsel s pat cipollone was also present. do you remember what his position was? pat was very supportive. pat cipollone throughout these conversations was extremely suppor
focused on violent military tactics. i want to bring in national security analyst, julia, a former department of homeland security assistant secretary and she is also the author of the devil never sleeps, learning to live in an age of disaster. thank you for coming on. as terrifying as the attack on the capital was, with this new information, do you get the sense that it could ve been much, much worse? absolutely. the amount of weaponry that the proud boys alone had, as well as the oath keepers, just suggests that they were ready for some sort of activity that would ve been much more violent than what we saw. then, the question is, why did that happen? and in some of the filings we have seen so far in particular, in the cases against the oath keepers, because remember, a number of the oath keepers have now pled, they have turned against leadership, so we are learning a lot about what the planning was, they were waiting for some moments, some triggers, some activation from t
dumpster. tonight, we hear have a doctor who was at the parade with his family and young grandson. he describes the horrific scene on the street. alex perez and pierre thomas standing by. also today, a curfew in place and fireworks canceled in akron, ohio, tonight. tensions are rising after police released body cam video of the deadly shooting of jalen walker. more than 60 wounds on his body. frustrations return trip home after the holiday. more than 2,000 flights delayed or canceled just today. that number is likely to soar tomorrow. tracking severe thunderstorms from montana to illinois. damaging winds and possible flash flooding. red flag warnings threaten fireworks displays in the west. wnba star brittney griner s personal appeal to president biden while on trial in russia. her letter to the president saying, quote, i ll terrified i might be here forever. good evening, everyone. and thank you so much for joining us on this fourth of july holiday. i m linsey da