developments and changes overnight on capitol hill. this afternoon, the committee investigating the january 6 insurrection will call a special witness in this surprise public hearing. that is former white house chief of staff mark meadows aide, former aide, cassidy hutchinson. she s expected to testify starting at 1:00 eastern today. last week in videotaped testimony, she revealed the names of several republican lawmakers who sought blanket pardons. so, let s begin with that, with our own correspondent jessica schneider. jess, there wasn t going to be a hearing this week at all. then when one was announced, didn t know who the witness would be. very similar in the leadup. why? yeah, last-minute announcement, possibly, poppy, to try to keep things secret because of concerns about security. the committee concerned about the security of cassidy hutchinson and other possible witnesses. that may be why it was kept under wraps to this point. cassidy hutchinson in her hearing tod
interesting, hutchinson recently ditched her trump lawyer. and recently hired a career political, jodie hunt. he left in recent years to return to private practice. maybe now she seems unbound by any trump connections because she previously did have a trump-affiliated lawyer. she s essentially going to tell all and that s essentially what the committee is proposing here. jessica, in washington, thank you for reporting. also this development late new details about former election attorney john eastman. new video from fox news shows fbi agents seizing his cell phone. saying, quote, that s invalid on eye its face. this is part of the department of justice investigation into january 6, separate from the committee s investigation. cnn senior justice correspondent