hot texas sun. and now word of children among the victims. plus, shocking new video of a powerful blast in the war that russia started, as the u.s. and allies rush to prevent any chance of a similar fate in two other countries. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead and the paulout from the damning, stunning january 6th hearing yesterday. it is becoming more and more clear just how distressed trump and his allies seem to be in the wake of the testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. based on how relentlessly they re attacking her. nonetheless, the former top aide to the chief of staff, mark meadows, is standing by her comments. cassidy hutchinson s lawyers telling us in a statement, you re hearing about first on cnn, quote, ms. hutchinson stands by all of the testimony she provided yesterday. under oath, to the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol. unquote. now, one mig
who s continuous next on cnn hello and welcome to all of viewers watching from the united states and around the world. i m on a current life from hong kong, ahead on cnn newsroom. the princess of wales returns to the public stage in a few hours for the first time since revealing her cancer diagnosis, we ll go live to london the us supreme court strikes down a ban on bump stocks. once again, allowing semi semi-automatic weapons to fire hundreds of rounds per minute and emotions run deep as family members and survivors watches demolition begins at the site of one of the deadliest school shootings in us history in the coming hours, catherine, princess of wales, is expected to make her first public appearance since late last year. she set to attend trooping. the colour events, the official celebration of the british monarchs birthday, king jr tall said he s quotes delighted that the princess will be there she s been out of the public is since last christmas in march, she
haven t ornoto and engle already testified but behind closed doors? because congressman raskin told me he didn t know of any corroborating evidence. i m just confused about this. were they not asked about it when they testified? i believe their testimony happened earlier, and therefore, we have additional questions to ask them, so we look forward to them and we re glad the secret service has said they re willing to return and speak to the committee more. will they do so openly, in open hearing? you know, as far as which parts of the testimony will be provided live in the hearings or which will be provided through different means to the public, i think that s yet to be determined. all right, democratic congresswoman elaine luria, thank you so much. turning to the still evolving landscape of abortion, and now even contraception in the united states, laws are changing around the country after the supreme court s decision to overturn roe v. wade. the states you see in orange ha
pits to destroy items such as trash, human waste, dangerous chemical material. he told me last year he has struggled to get the treatment he needs. in 2018, i was diagnosed with a toxic brain injury. it s been one thing after another. it s been a constance battle for specialized health care. torres says he was forced to resign as a texas state trooper because of his lung condition. and that s when his case ended up in court. when he tried to sue. torres told me the supreme court decision could help up to 1,000 veterans who have also had their jobs compromised because of health situations. congratulations to leroy and rose. next here, the new actions in the u.s. to contain monkeypox as cases spread at an alarmingly high rate. stay with us.
country from courts to campaigns. it is suddenly a central issue in battleground governor s races in michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania, where democrats say they re the last line of defense from republican challengers and gop-controlled legislatures, pressing for more restrictions. the most important economic decision a woman makes in her lifetime is when and whether to have a child. and this court decision threatens to rip that away from every woman in the country. and it s going to be up to governors. that s why this fight is so important. dixon, michigan mom on a mission. tudor dixon is the leading republican candidate for governor. strongly opposed to abortion rights. on both sides it energizes people. certainly you have the pro-life people who feel like this was a win, and then you have the pro-choice people who want to see something different. have you signed the reproductive initiative petition yet? abortion supporters are collecting signatures put the issue on th