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justice. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. we begin with new evidence that at least one trump ally attempted to influence the january 6 committee's star witness, fearing what cassidy hutchinson would reveal to the panel and to the nation. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles is working the story. >> reporter: new information tonight about the january 6th committee's star witness, cassidy hutchinson. sources tell cnn that hutchinson was one of two examples that vice chair liz cheney use...

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>> explosive testimony today about what trump and those closest to him new heading into the insurrection. in a to the former white house chief of staff mark meadows publicly testifying trump was told his supporters were armed but said they are not hurt t here to hurt me. ryan nobles has more now. >> from the moment she was sworn in, cassidy hutchison, former aide to trump white house chief of staff mark meadows made it clear she had much to share. >> that was the first moment that i remember feeling scared and nervous for what could happen on january 6. >> providing unique insight i...

on january 6 and we heard from cassidy hutchinson. she's a 26-year-old former top aid to then white house chief of staff mark meadows. i'll play a lot of what she had to stay right now. i think it's important. if you didn't see it or think someone should see it, call them and let them know. we're playing it for you. it's important for the country to see. the world to see. listen to every word she had to say. because it's like nothing we have ever heard before about an american president insisting on joining his supporters headed to the capitol, supporters by the way armed with knives...

cassidy hutchinson. her two hour blockbuster appearance before the january 6 committee included testimony that the former president and top aides were warned that some supporters at the elipse were armed with weapons like knives, guns, bear spray, tasers. hutchinson had a unique vantage point critical to conversations never revealed before yesterday. she said that trump grew irate that the security screenings on january 6 were apparently deterring his supporters, his armed supporters, from joining the crowd. so furious that he ordered his aides to have the metal de detectors removed....