allies tried to influence the january of committee star witness cassidy hutchinson. and as russia continues to fire at civilian targets in ukraine, russian forces are driven from key outposts like snake island. we re live in kyiv with the latest. plus ceremonies and speeches across hong kong as the city marks 25 years since it was handed back to china. we re live in hong kong, beijing and taipei. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is friday, july 1, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where we re getting new insight into what the january 6 select committee believes is possible witness tampering by members of trump s orbit. sources tell cnn that custody hutchinson told the panel she was contacted by someone attempting to influence her testimony before tuesday s hearing. the committee is considering making a criminal referral to the justice department. the committee has also subpoenaed trump s former white house counsel pat cipollone
hutchinson testifying that lead white house counsel pat cipollone warned of legal exposure if trump followed his supporters to the capitol. we re going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we let mat move happen. do you remember what crimes mr. scipollone was concerned about? we had conversations about potentially ubstrucking justice or defrauding the electoral count. hutchinson relaying a second hand account about a defiant trump who wanted to go to the capitol anyway, allegedly even attacking the leader of his secret service detail while in the presidential motorcade. i m the f ing president, take me up to the capitol now. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engle 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. hutchinson telling the commi
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,
flank, including new troop movements, equipment, shipments, and military installations. some of them permanent. all of this as russia s relentless war on ukraine grinds on. so many significant developments to get to there. back here in the united states, groundbreaking testimony from a former top aide in the trump white house, cassidy hutchinson, describing in great detail the former president s state of mind that on and around january 6th, and his actions, also testifying that trump was personally aware of the potential for violence that day. listen. i was in the vicinity of a conversation where i overheard the president saying to the effect of, i don t effing care they have weapons, they re not here to hurt me, take the effing mags away, let my people in, they can march to the capitol from here. she also testified that former white house counsel pat cipollone warned that trump and others could be criminally liable if they had gone to the capitol that day. as she testi
thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. there s growing with damning new details about what trump did before, after, and really didn t do in the capitol hill insurrection. hutchinson saying under oath trump knew the crowd was armed, yet still wanted them to have access to the capitol ground. hutchinson testified that personally insisted on leading the armed mob to the capitol and recounted being told by the president and lunging at a secret service agent after being told he couldn t go there. liz cheney this morning is calling on former white house counsel pat cipollone to testify. hutchinson told the panel that he explicitly warned that if trump and others went to the capitol, quote, we are going to get charged with every crime imaginable. cnn s jessica schneider is starting us live in washington. it seems people are still processing everything that came out yesterday. they are, and the fact that cassidy hutchinson is just 26 years old, but she did have this up close a