cnn tonight, there is so much news on the multiple ongoing investigations into donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. he will spend the whole hour unpacking it all this evening. we have not one but two former trump white house insiders who are going to help us do it tonight. in a moment you will hear from former trump acting chief of staff nick mulvaney. his message for some of his fellow republicans, pay attention. to the january 6 hearings. and big developments tonight on that front. we will also hear from former trump white house press secretary stephanie grisham she like mulvaney resigned on the day that our capital came under attack. stay tuned for both of them. the select committee meanwhile apparently just finalized plans for what could be its most critical testimony yet. our sources say the committee struck a deal for a closed door recorded interview with former white house counsel, set to happen on friday. he met with members in april for an informal i
in the u.s. and around the world, it is friday, july 1st. i m brianna keilar with john berman. we are now learning that cassidy hutchinson told the house january 6 committee that she was contacted by someone in trump world attempt to go influence her testimony, that is what three sources told cnn. hutchinson was one of the two witnesses who received threatening messages shown at tuesday s hearings. members of the committee suggested the two examples that they presented were only a fraction of the evidence they have related to possible witness intimidation. we have learned that forming white house deputy chief of staff tony ornato met with the january 6th committee twice earlier this year. ornato has come under scrutiny after hutchinson testified that he told her about trump lashing out in anger and lunging at a member of his secret service detail demanding to be taken to the capitol on january 6. now a secret service official who spoke on condition of anonymity told cnn orn
hutchinson, a former top aide to trump chief of staff mark meadows. she s been in some of the most dramatic videotaped testimony. she talked about conversations around illegality of the fake electors scheme, she reportedly confirmed accounts that trump reacted approvingly to the chance of hang mike pence. and we re also learning federal agencies john eastman s cell phone last week. eastman is the architect of the scheme to install fake electors in order to overturn the election. joining us now, cnn anchor chris wallace, host of who s talking to chris wallace, chris, great to see you this morning. when you have an unannounced hearing like this, you raise expectations. whether you mean to or not. so clearly everyone looking at this hearing today at 1:00 wondering what is cassidy hutchinson going to talk about? what are you expecting? well, you re exactly right. in fact, when i unplugged last night we still didn t know the identity of the mystery witness. i woke up this
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. This hour, oh, canada. The Standing Ovation that created scandal for our neighbors to the north. How a roomful of canadian lawmakers got a standing o for a ukrainian veteran who fought for the wrong side in world war ii. After he was found out he fought with the nazis, there was an apology from Justin Trudeau. Look at this video, a night in center city, philadelphia. Shocking images of lawlessness, prompting for ing more question basic safety in the cities in the united states. And leading this hour, yes, the election music. You know i love it. A critical night in the republican president ial race. Only seven will be allowed on the stage in this second debate instead of eight in the first round. Asa hutchinson, the one not making the cut tonight. Sorry, governor. The dominant candidate also will not be on stage, donald trump. Though that is voluntarily. Instead, hes going to michigan with a message for union workers, oddly hes chose on the do so at
Sentence, no recorded vote, no dissent. Alabama has been ordered to come up with two majority black districts, or something quite close to, that better represent the states 27 black population. The map that republicans offered still only had one majority black district. But with this decision today, alabama will now have be on its way to having any map and have the 2024 election, something that could have national implications. Thank you so much for joining us for this busy news hour tonight. Cnn prime time with abby phillip starts right now. Tonight, we are going to play for you, jake tappers entire interview with Cassidy Hutchinson. She is the former trump aide, whose testimony may end up leading to his conviction. She discusses her tumultuous time in the white house, her biggest fear about the trumps second term, and her message to anyone who is still loyal to the former president. But first, we have two breaking stories that are unfolding right now. Good evening, everyone abby phil