cassidy hutchinson. her two hour blockbuster appearance before the january 6 committee included testimony that the former president and top aides were warned that some supporters at the elipse were armed with weapons like knives, guns, bear spray, tasers. hutchinson had a unique vantage point critical to conversations never revealed before yesterday. she said that trump grew irate that the security screenings on january 6 were apparently deterring his supporters, his armed supporters, from joining the crowd. so furious that he ordered his aides to have the metal de detectors removed. another leading reason, likely the primary reason, is because he wanted it full and he was angry that we weren t letting people through with weapons. i overheard the president say something to the effect of, you know, i don t fing care that they have weapons. they are not here to hurt me, take it away. they are not here who hurt me. and she testified about trump s determination to join his su
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,
that. a packed show ahead. take a look at the photo, we have joe lieberman and christine todd whitman, olympic gold medalist dan o brien and the infamous, is that the appropriate word? honey boo boo from toddlers and tiaras. starting point begins right now. good morning, happy tuesday to you and thank you so much for being with us. in our starting point, disturbing revelations about the man police say is behind the deadly wisconsin sikh temple shooting, including word that an organization that tracks hate groups had been monitoring him for 12 years. police looking into the 40-year-old s ties to white supremacists, these photos of a page in front of a swastika are from facebook and myspace page that has since been taken down. he was the front man for a white power rock band. neighbors say he was antisocial. like a recluse almost. didn t talk to us. i would say hi and he would go she was nice and when he moved in, she just changed. you could tell he was running
we ll explain the reason for the free fall. plus, a thousand ships, a million people, queen elizabeth s diamond jubilee kicks off today. we have team coverage bringing you one of the biggest celebrations in modern history. an incredible story of heroism and self-sacrifice. how a man born with no legs and arms saved his family from a ranging inferno and now he fights for his life. good morning, everyone. i m rob marciano in for randi kaye. thanks for starting your day with us. a speck tlark fall from grace for a man who was once a trusted ail lay of the united states and was one of the world s most powerful leaders. an egyptian cord has sentenced hosni mubarak to a life in prison in the killings of unarmed protesters in egypt s arab spring last year, but initial joy has turned to fury and calls for mass protests calling for a rise in muslim brotherhood who has hilt sights on the presidency. cnn foreign correspondent ben wedeman is live watching all of this. reporter: w
jobless numbers, all these candidates on the stump today in new hampshire and south carolina say they can do better on the the job front than president obama. some are making claims about their own job-creating records that don t stand up to scrutiny. their case against the administration today got harder to make because new job numbers came out, unemployment fell again last month, down .2 to 8.5%. the economy gaping 200,000 jobs, 50,000 more than expected. these are decent, not spectacular by any means and president obama was cautious. there are a lot of people still hurting out there after losing more thain 8 million jobs in the recession, obviously, we have a lot more work to do. state and local government workers hardest hit, nearly a quarter million public sector jobs eliminated last year, including more than 100,000 teachers. jon huntsman called today s job report good news but said we can be doing better. ron paul said the same but warped the financial crisis is no