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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. she's 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, let's begin with that, with our own correspondent jessica schneider. jess, there wasn't going to be a hearing this week at all. the...

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 mot...

phone calls and meetings demonstrating how the former president personally and continually tried to convince them to support his fraudulent claims about a stolen election. >> part of today's hearing focused on someone whose home was actually rated by federal investigators yesterday. former justice department official named jeffrey clark. we are going to have more on that right in just a moment. the committee's interest about clark has to do with the former presidents effort to install clark as acting attorney general so that clark could use the levers of the justice department to sub...

good evening. i'm anderson cooper along with my colleague jake tapper in washington for a special two-hour 360, looking at what was a truly extraordinary day of witness testimony and stunning new details revealed during the january 6th committee hearings. former top officials at the justice department offering details, sometimes moment by moment descriptions of private phone calls and meetings demonstrating how the former president personally and continually tried to convince them to support his fraudulent claims about a stolen election. >> part of today's hearing focused on someone ...

this is don lemon tonight. a firsthand account from the witness who gave dramatic closed-door testimony to the january 6th committee, today. >> this is the sitting president of the united states, saying this in the white house, that was actually very scary. >> you have used the words frightening, and scary. you were frightened? those are strong words. >> of course they were pickups the. >> in the capitol, revelations on the plot to overturn the election. what the president told the doj. >> what i am asking you to do is say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican co...