justice. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with new evidence that at least one trump ally attempted to influence the january 6 committee s star witness, fearing what cassidy hutchinson would reveal to the panel and to the nation. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles is working the story. reporter: new information tonight about the january 6th committee s star witness, cassidy hutchinson. sources tell cnn that hutchinson was one of two examples that vice chair liz cheney used to show trump allies were putting pressure on former staff members to stay loyal to the president. our committee commonly acts witnesses connected to mr. trump s administration or campaign whether they have been contacted by any of their former colleagues or anyone else who attempted to influence or impact their testimony. reporter: witness intimidation among a growing list of potential crime
capitol hill. and striking back. how new york state is bucking the supreme court when it comes to carrying concealed weapons in public places. every single one of these are preventible. it is terribly tragic and heartbreaking. and following a deadly train crash and derailment, new safety concerns about tens of thousands of train crossings across the country. good morning, it is saturday. july 2nd. thank you so much for waking up with us. and boris, after seeing what travellers are dealing with this weekend, it might not be so bad that we have to stay put and work this weekend. that is right, kristin. good morning to all of you. and we start with what kristin mentioned. major travel disruptions at airports across the united states that are threatening to spoil the holiday for millions of americans. airlines are being put to the test. as the number of people traveling by plane this fourth of july weekend climbed to levels not not seen since the pandemic. but staffing
two deep blue states looking to capitalize on democratic failures in the white house pull off a victory. brooke singman has all of those results. brooke: good morning, yesterday s primaries setting up match ups for a big red wave in november midterm. in new york, congressman lee zeldin wins for governor, and will face kathy hochul, running for her first full term after rising to power in the wake of disgraced former governor andrew cuomo sexual assault scandals. zeldin promises to clean up the mess by their policies. she s been pandering, when tax and control spend nothing albany and pro liberal criminals incysts insist on taking our state in the wrong direction, kathy hochul didn t lead them, she got led by the far left. brooke: gubernatorial race in illinois, darren bailey is up against incumbent democrat j.b. pretzger. bailey says she is the change needed. illinois is a lot worse off than it was 40 years ago and time for something different. brooke: moderate de
so many travel nightmares ghislaine maxwell s 20-year sentence for sex trafficking underaged women for jeffrey epstein. and our exclusive with the tennis player who had the ultimate save announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone jaw-dropping testimony here in washington in today s short notice january 6th hearing focusing on former president donald trump s actions that day that may have included trying to wrestle away the wheel of the presidential vehicle in order to get to the capitol where his supporters were gathering we were also told today the ex-president waved off concerns about armed supporters at his rally that preceded the attack. trump quoted as saying they re not here to hurt me. let them in. let my people in. the stunning stories came from the day s only live witness, 25-year-old cassidy hutchinson, an assistant to former trump chief of staff mark meadows she was in the west wing on january 6th and is now offering pot
ware county no audio ] [ no audio ] thank you. hopefully everyone wears their orange today. it s going to be a sea of orange across colorado today and we really have a perfect day across the state. let s take a look at the broncos forecast. if you re headed out to all the fun downtown, 88 degrees. it s going to be warm this afternoon, kickoff 85 degrees around 6:30 tonight, and then half time 76. so we have a great day for football ahead for us here in denver, and i ll talk about the right now alan, i ll send it back to you. lauren, thank you very much. broncos are going to show us what they are made of tonight as they take on the panthers here in our house. here are broncos insiders with a preview. reporter: well, don t call it a rematch of super bowl 50, the broncos and panthers set to kick off the 2016 season later today. hello, everyone, alongside mark haas i m mike spencer. all eyes on the bronco s offense, especially the quarterback position. i think that puts