hutchinson, a former top aide to trump chief of staff mark meadows. she s been in some of the most dramatic videotaped testimony. she talked about conversations around illegality of the fake electors scheme, she reportedly confirmed accounts that trump reacted approvingly to the chance of hang mike pence. and we re also learning federal agencies john eastman s cell phone last week. eastman is the architect of the scheme to install fake electors in order to overturn the election. joining us now, cnn anchor chris wallace, host of who s talking to chris wallace, chris, great to see you this morning. when you have an unannounced hearing like this, you raise expectations. whether you mean to or not. so clearly everyone looking at this hearing today at 1:00 wondering what is cassidy hutchinson going to talk about? what are you expecting? well, you re exactly right. in fact, when i unplugged last night we still didn t know the identity of the mystery witness. i woke up this
big day, unexpected and significant? absolutely. cassidy hutchinson has long been considered one of the most consequential witnesses for the january 6th committee due to her approximatety to trump many chief of staff mark meadows and therefore to critical events and conversations surrounding january 6. now, the committee has not released the topic of today s hearing, but the rush to get the hearing happening today shows just how important they believe this testimony could be. her testimony has rattled capitol hill. are you aware of any reporter: once a top aide to former white house chief of staff mark meadows, cassidy hutchinson is now a key witness in the house january 6 investigation. giving hours of testimony in multiple sessions. mr. gaetz and mr. brooks, and a handful of members that weren t at the december 21st meeting asked for preemptive pardons. mr. gaetz did. reporter: at times surfing a. hutchinson s accuracy proving critical. you hear those at the w
there is going to be a hunger, i think, for some kind of alternative to an 81-year-old running against a 78-year-old. manchin called you brother when you asked, his way of dodging the straightforward question. jonathan martin, thank you so much for joining us. appreciate it, my friend. thank you, john. see you. new day continues right now. good morning to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is tuesday, june 28th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. we have morning intrigue surrounding the january 6th committee hearing today. a surprise hearing, not on the sch schedule. one surprise witness has been central to their investigation, that witness is cassidy