tonight s other top headlines: how long the socialite who help jeffrey epstein abuse young girls will face behind bars. plus the rush on the morning after pill after the supreme court abortion ruling. and the new details in the deadly migrant tragedy in texas. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this busy tuesday night. as we detail for you the bombshell testimony today in the january 6 hearing. history is important. during the watergate hearings 50 years ago, there was only one surprise witness. it was alexander butterfield, who revealed there was a white house taping system. well, in the january 6 hearings, the surprise witness is cassidy hutchinson. then-chief of staff mark meadows top aide described the then-president s fits of rage, that included throwing plates of food, grabbing the steering wheel of the presidential limo and lunging at a secret
let s just watch it one more time. that s just too cool. captioning sponsored by cbs o donnell: tonight, for the first time, we hear what happened inside the trump white house on january 6 from someone who saw it happen, and how the former president wanted to join the riots on capitol hill. the dramatic testimony about donald trump grabbing the wheel of the presidential motorcade. the president said something to the effect of, i m the evan efeffin president, take me to the capitol now. mr. trump then used his free hand to lumpleg towards bobby engle. o donnell: president trump was warned for days not to interfere with the electoral count of the votes by his own white house counsel.
chief secret service agent, bobby engle, refusedded to bring then-president donald trump to the u.s. capitol, to which he just directed the crowd on january 6. the president said something to the effect of, i m the f ing president. take me up to the capitol now. to which bobby responded, sir, we have to go back to the west wing. the. the president reached up toward the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we re going back to the west wing. we re not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby engle. reporter: in the early hours that day, hutchinson said trump was warned of people carrying weapons, including guns, descending on key landmarks in d.c. but that trump sought to have the metal detectors removed, concerned they d reduce the size of his white house ellipse crowd.