and trusted insider in the trump white house delivered blockbuster testimony before the january 6th committee. painting a damning portrait of an unhinged trump before and during the capitol attack. she described a volatile and irate president who knew the crowd was armed and still wanted them to have access to the capitol. i was in the vicinity of a conversation where i overheard the president say something to the effect of, you know, i don t effing care that they have weapons. they are not here to hurt me. taking the effing mags away, let me people in, they can march the capitol from here. this morning you will hear from an array of attorneys including several former federal prosecutors who will explain why that exchange, the one you just heard there, puts the former president in a different legal category. and there s more. according to hutchinson s testimony former white house counsel pat cipollone warned about the criminal liability trump and others might face saying,
Good night. [music playing] us here in the United States, canada, and all around the world. Im kim brune, whom for this is cnn newsroom, reports of progress, but no breakthrough from Ceasefire Talks in cairo between israel and hamas has thousands vent their anger toward israels government opposition to the war here in the is one reason joe biden is facing a new problem in the polls the loss of young voters by a majority say they think biden presidency has been a failure and flooding is Wreaking Havoc around the world from texas to brazil is a local governments urged residents to lee the rising waters live from atlanta. This is cnn newsroom with kim gruber how talks are going in Cairo Depends In Part On who you ask Egyptian State media report that negotiators have made some progress between israel and hamas towards a ceasefire and releasing at least some hostages. But they dont appear to be close to a deal in both us and israeli officials shell say any agreement could take days to final
Scary morning, at least five suspicious packages picked up, addressed to different politicians and to cnn. Obviously, the intent was to scare. None went off. No one hurt. But a message was certainly sent as the investigation continues, so does our consideration of how to make this better. Jake tapper picks up our coverage now. This is cnn breaking news. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We begin with breaking news in our national lead. The fbi and other Law Enforcement agencies are trying to figure out who sent at least six suspicious packages to a number of highprofile targets, including former President Bill and Hillary Clinton in chappaqua, new york. Former president barack and Michelle Obama in washington, d. C. , former obama Attorney General, eric holder, though it was sent to the wrong address, so it was sent back to the Return Address, which was oddly democratic congresswoman, Debbie Wasserman schultz in sunrise,
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Under oath that the incident did not occur. the committee standing behind hutchinson s account while encouraging others with information to come forward. look, i believe cassidy hutchinson, i think she is a very, smart, capable, honest individual. she has no incentive to make up something that isn t true. reporter: the committee also says it has evidence that has emerged of witness tampering. liz cheney presented several messages from witnesses saying they have been pressured from trump allies to say the right thing. cheney says the committee is taking it seriously and indicated they re looking into next steps, something that could potentially indicate a possible criminal referral for witness tampering. jessica schneider, thank you for that report. joining us now laura jarrett, state attorney in palm beach county, florida, dave ehrenberg, former secret service agent jonathan whack row and amy
It is so rarely brought. but if you read the law, it does seem like it fits what is being alleged by federal prosecutors here. okay. evan perez, thank you. joining us now former federal prosecutor and jonathan whack row and gloria borger, welcome to you. ronaldo, let me start off with you, that the a.g. balked at this charge of seditious conspiracy. first, when you look at the evidence, is it going to be an uphill climb to prove this or is it clear in the indictment they have a very strong case? well i think there is plenty of evidence. the statements we heard from the defense counsel i think were very foolish a minute ago. i think there is plenty of evidence that they forcefully were entering congress, that they were engaging in that sort of activity. the evidence in the indictment is more than sufficient to prove that.