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
committee s star witness cassidy hutchinson, sources tell cnn that hutchinson was one of two wh exam pals that liz cheney used that terrorism was putting pressure. our committee commonly asks witnesses whether they have been ka contacted by any of their former colleagues or anyone else who attempted to influence or impact their testimony. reporter: witness intimidation among a growing list of potential crimes the committee believes trump and his top advisers could be at the center of. it is a serious issue and i would imagine the department of justice would be have interested in and would take that seriously as well. reporter: but trump and his allies are pushing back, attacking hutchinson and questioning her credibility, all because of a despite ispute ove aspects. the recounting of the president