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but experts who advised downing street say ministers were responsible for decisions made. his comments come ahead of tonights penultimate conservative hustings — with rishi sunak and liz truss facing tory votes in norwich. gcse results are out today for pupils in england, wales and northern ireland — the pass rate is down on last year but higher than it was before the pandemic. good afternoon. pressure is growing on the government to help households and businesses cope with soaring...

be a witness against myself. >> did the trump legal team ask you to prepare a memorandum regarding the vice presidents role in the counting of electoral votes in the joint session of congress in january 6th? >> did you advise the president of the united states the vice president could reject electors and declare the president had been re-elected. >> fifth. >> dr. eastman, the first sentence of the memo says seven states -- is that statement in this memo true? >> fifth. >> did president...

>> good evening, we begin tonight with two developments into the january 6th investigation. the first concerns john eastman, the trump lawyer who cooked up the scheme to overturn the election. the one that former white house attorney eric harshman told to quote, get a great criminal defense lawyer. we learned tonight that the fbi has seized his phone. eastman did nothing to dispel suspicion when he went before the select committee, took the fifth over and over again. >> i assert my fif...

they just decided to do it. they are worried about security? they recently obtained evidence. what does the committee know now that they didnt know before? meanwhile, the doj investigation is heating up to. the lawyer that told then president trump that michael parents can block the election, spoiler alert, they could not. the lawyer, john eastman says, they sees his phone and got access to his account. here is a video. >> it happened the same day the day rated joseph clarks home. more...

these talks are happening as russia carried out yet one more brutal attack on civilians in ukraine. european allies accusing russia of a war crime for a missile attack on a shopping mall that killed at least 18 people. many more, poppy, missing this morning. >> absolutely devastating. were also here in the united states following major developments in the january 6th investigation. in just a few hours, a surprise hearing on capitol hill. the january 6th committee will hear live testi...

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. shes 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, lets begin with that, with our ow...

and president trump said he wasnt given any heads up that the search was happening. >> how much advance notice did you have of the fbi plan to search mar-a-lago? >> i didnt have any advanced notice. none zero. not one single bit. >> sources have now confirmed to cnn that trump era records were not returned to the government even though a white house lawyer had determined that they should be, accordinged according to a may 21 email from the chief council to trumps attorneys. lets bring ...

of staff mark meadows. she has been in some of the most dramatic motels of videotaped testimony. she identified the names of several republican lawmakers she said were asking about pardons. she talked about conversations around the legality of the fake elector scheme. she reportedly confirmed accounts that trump reacted approvingly to the chants of "hang mike pence." >> were also learning that the cell phone video of john eastman last week. youre looking at it as its unfolding, eastman...

they will present what they are calling recently obtained evidence. >> january 6 select committee is ready to hear publicly from a very important member of the trump white house. the fact that the committee has rushed to add a hearing that was not previously scheduled shows that hutchinson may have new information to reveal. >> live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with isa soares. >> welcome to the show. it is tuesday, june 28, 4:00 a.m. in washington where were just hours away fro...

efforts to overturn the 2020 election. lets get starts. kristen holmes is live. a lot of secrecy, kristen and this hearing and this witness and what we could learn today. >> reporter: kate, thats right, were told in part that secrecy is actually about concerns about hutchinsons access to the testimony. given the proximity to trumps chief of staff mark meadows also proximity to events and sources described hutchinson as always by meadows side. and given the urgency at which the committe...