extensively throughout the six hearings the committee has already held. but it was after we heard from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson late last month that the pressure really ramped up on cipollone to testify, under oath, before the committee. i saw mr. cipollone right before i walked out onto west exec saturday morning and mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capitol, cassidy. keep in touch with me. we are going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. there are developments today of potential new testimony the committee may hear from two other individuals who were closely aligned with trump. here s the headline for my paper, the washington post. trump considers waving claim to executive privilege for steve bannon. my colleagues isaac stanley-becker, josh joce and jacqueline alameda report, quote, former president donald trump is considering sending a letter to stephen k. bann
small puff of smoke into a full raging, all consuming fire. norah: why firefighters are struggling to contain the blazes. the fire is moving pretty quickly. it s a difficult situation and it s a rapidly changing situation. norah: the record-breaking heat wave for much of the country. cbs evening news starts now. fast-moving wildfires, record-breaking heat, and a tropical storm threat. good evening. i m norah o donnell and thank you for being with us. and the weather is where we re going to begin tonight because right now, americans are facing extreme conditions from coast-to-coast. 76 million people are suffering under oppressive heat across 24 states, as high temperatures scorch the midwest and northeast. and the worst of the heat is yet to come. down south, parts of texas are under tropical storm warnings. as we track a system in the gulf of mexico that is likely to become the first named storm of the season. and out west, dozens of wildfires are raging, includi
in the swing state of colorado. there he is. let s listen in, shall we? and once again building around the core idea that built this country, the idea that if you work hard you can make it. the idea that in america everybody gets a fair shot. and everybody does their fair share. and everybody plays by the same set of rules. the idea that in america we rise or fall together. and government can t solve every problem, and it shouldn t try. and it certainly can t help folks who are not willing to help themselves, but there s some things that we can do together as a people that makes us all better off. that makes our country strong. and that our economy works best when the middle-class is growing and feeling secure. now, i have to tell you that we have less than three months left in the election. less than three months. time s flying. and over the next three months, you will see more negative ads, more money spent than you have ever seen in your life. i mean, these super pacs, a