republican congresswoman liz cheney is in the national spot light for her leadership on the january 6th investigation and she s also up for re-election in wyoming. she faced four gop challengers in a debate last night, including one backed by donald trump and gave a full-throated defense of her work on the committee and her criticism of trump. we are, in fact, a nation of laws, and we are a nation of laws only if we defend our constitutional republic. and as i made clear last night, we have to put our oath to the constitution above party. we are now embracing a cult of personality and i will not be part of that. i will always stand for my oath and for the truth. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles joins us now. let s talk about congresswoman cheney in a moment. first let s start with the new
hutchinson s testimony. there s no excuse for doj not to have gotten to cassidy hutchinson as a witness many months ago. it s becoming clear that the committee is way out ahead of doj in terms of getting information about the inner circles of power. forget about the 800 people that stormed the capitol, that s important, but when we re talking about inner circles of power, the committee is way ahead. the clock matters here. we re coming up on midterms, the 60 or 90 day blackout period during which doj will not announce an indictment. i think the committee has made a compelling factual presentation that has significantly upped the pressure on doj. let s bring in cnn s law enforcement correspondent, josh campbell. josh, you learned that some secret service agents, those close, were willing to testify. what now are you hearing about and your thoughts on this new reporting? it s important to keep in mind that so far only one person
where you have hutchinson testifying under oath and the secret service officials pushing back, it s important to point out the dynamic. it s not just the secret service. this one individual, the former deputy white house chief of staff who is currently an executive with the secret service, he was a political appointee. this was a very unusual arrangement. you don t see this typically in law enforcement services, a sworn federal agent who goes to the white house as a political appointee. he s very close to donald trump and it s important to point that out. if it ends up being a he said, she said, it s not just a federal law enforcement agency countering this witness, this is a source very close to donald trump. he says, according to the secret service, that he wants to testify to the committee, of course we have to wait and see whether that actually happens and whether that will be made public. that s important to point out, there s a political dynamic here at play as well. again, the
are seeing a new round of trouble. more than 300 flights have been canceled today and more than 2,000 are delayed. pilots are protesting around the country. they say they are overworked and understaffed. it s been extremely frustrating. our pilots continuously step up day in and day out to get our passengers safely to their destinations, and the cumulative effects of these fatiguing schedules is adding up. and despite the high gas prices, it will also be a busy weekend on the roads. aaa predicts an all-time record, 42 million americans will hit the road, driving 50 miles or more for independence day. gas prices are dropping slightly, but they re still high. the average price per gallon of gas at $4.84. cnn s pete muntean is at reagan international airport and leyla santiago is at a gas station in miami. airlines have been bracing for this. how are things shaping up so far? reporter: this is the biggest
nine democratic governors, the president accused the court of being extremists and called on congress to help. congress is going to have to act to codify roe into federal law. as i said yesterday, the filibuster should not stand in the way of us being able to do that. this is not over. it s not over. cnn s jeremy diamond is live at the white house. jeremy, what else did the president say? reporter: listen, as the president was talking about the need for congress to ratify to codify roe v. wade into law, he was also talking about support that he announced earlier this week for a carveout to the filibuster in order to pass that with just 50 votes in the senate, without needing those 60 votes. a right to abortion, a right to privacy. but the president also acknowledging that he ll need two more votes after senators kyrsten sinema and joe manchin, are opposed to carvouts of the