morning"" the explosive testimony at the january 6 hearing, a former white house aide describing president trump's rage that day, claiming he lunged at a secret service agent and grabbed the wheel of the presidential suv when the agent refused to drive him to the capitol. this morning the questions now emerging about whether that testimony is true. new details about the tragedy now described as the deadliest human smuggling case in u.s. history. more than 50 migrants dying after being crammed inside this tractor-trailer in the summer heat. what we're learning about the people who have now been arrested. walmart sued, why the government access the company of turning a blind eye to scam

artists and walmart's response. the alleged case of police brutality caught on camera, the family of this man left paralyzed after riding in a police van demands justice. july 4th travel chaos, the new option one major airline is now giving to anyone who has booked a flight this weekend. and later, the story of a lost purse full of cash and the young man who found it. ♪ >> announcer: from abc news in nes "america this morning." good wednesday morning, we begin with new questions about the testimony of a former white house aide during yesterday's january 6th committee hearing. >> cassidy hutchinson an aide to former president trump's chief of staff described trump as enraged and out of control on january 6th, lunging at a secret service agent and grabbing the steering wheel of his vehicle when the agent refused to drive him to the capitol. >> hutchinson also testified that trump was angry at the secret service for not allowing his supporters who were carrying

weapons to enter his rally that morning. >> overnight we learned some of hutchinson's testimony is being disputed. abc's jay o'brien begins our coverage. >> reporter: this morning abc news has learned the secret service is preparing to dispute the explosive claims made yesterday by cassidy hutchinson. the former white house aide testified that former president trump got into an altercation with secret service agents on january 6th. hutchinson who was an assistant to then chief of staff mark meadows testified to the january 6th committee that trump insisted on leading the mob of his supporters to the capitol. >> i found mr. meadows in his office on the couch, he didn't look up from his phone and said something to the effect of there's a lot going on, cass, but, i don't know, things might get real, real bad on january 6th. >> hutchinson says after trump's rally on january 6th he was under the impression he was headed to the capitol in his

presidential suv, but hutchinson testified that she heard a second-hand account of how trump became irate when his lead secret service agent robert engel refused to take him to the capitol. >> the president said something to the effect of i'm the effing president, take me up to the capitol now, to which bobby responded, sir, we have to go back to the west wing. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we're going back to the west wing. we're not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lung towards bobby engel. >> reporter: sources say the secret service agents involved are willing to respond under oath and plan to say there was no physical altercation in the vehicle. it comes as new questions emerge about a handwritten note shown

by the committee. hutchinson testified she wrote the note as a potential statement for trump to release about the capitol riot but eric herschmann claims he, not hutchinson, wrote the note. hutchinson's attorney tweeting overnight ms. hutchinson testified under oath and recounted what she was told. those with knowledge of the episode also should testify under oath. former acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney also supporting hutchinson saying i know her. i don't think she's lying. meanwhile, hutchinson said trump was furious, more people were not allowed near the stage at his rally before the attack, some apparently unable to get through the mags or metal detectors because they had weapons. >> i overheard the president say sig to the effect of no effing care if they have weapons, they are not there to hurt me, take the effing mags away. >> reporter: hutchinson testified that mark meadows and rudy giuliani wanted presidential pardons. giuliani denies t meadows did not immediately comment.

and hutchinson provided new insight into the trump white house, describing the president leaving a trail of ketchup on the white house wall after attorney general bill barr declared there was no fraud in the election. >> i first noticed there was ketchup dripping down the wall and there's a shattered porcelain plate on the floor. the valet had articulated that the president was extremely angry at the attorney general's ap interview and had thrown his lunch against the wall. >> reporter: throughout the hearing trump denied much of what hutchinson said calling her a total phoney. as to the claim that he had an altercation with secret service agents trump called the allegation sick and fraudulent. jay o'brien, abc news, washington. >> members of the january 6th committee say they're learned trump's allies are trying to intimidate witnesses. congresswoman liz cheney read a text messages allegedly sent to

one witness. >> you have your deposition tomorrow. he wants me to let you know he's thinking about you. he knows you're loyal and you're going to do the right thing when you go in for your deposition. i think most americans know that attempting to influence witnesses to testify untruthfully presents very serious concerns. >> cheney says the committee found at least two examples of potential witness intimidation. for more legal analysis of the january 6th testimony check out our digital platforms including the abc news app. new details this morning about the horrifying conditions inside a truck packed with migrants in texas. more than 50 of them have now died, a tragedy highlighting a growing crisis along the southern border. last night a vigil in san antonio for the victims of the deadliest human smuggling case in u.s. history, 51 lives lost. >> i'm so fed up, i'm so tired. >> reporter: for jessica, this

tragedy hits close to home. >> i came here when i was 14 years old in an 18-wheeler as well and i passed out from the heat. i was lucky that i woke up. >> reporter: officials say at least 62 migrants were stuffed into the back of this tractor-trailer abandoned monday in the texas heat, temperatures topping 100 degrees. by the time first responders arrived most of the men, women and children were already dead. >> the floor of the trailer was covered with dead bodies. >> reporter: the survivors rushed to the hospital, some in critical condition. san antonio's archbishop visited them in their beds, the only one with the strength to speak was a 16-year-old school. >> they were all with tubes, they couldn't talk at all. >> reporter: at least three people have been taken into custody including the truck driver. investigators tracing the truck's registration to a home in san antonio and detaining two men from mexico on weapons charges. human smuggenling a growing problem because of the record surge of migrants arriving at the border from central america

and mexico. 239,000 were detained last month alone. the lead investigate err on this case telling me that he is increasingly concerned for the fate of migrants with migration increasing along the southwest border because smugglers are putting more people into increasingly hazardous vehicles. border patrol officials with this warning to people desperate to cross into the snoous with the rising temperatures in south texas this is a guaranteed death sentence, it's not worth t do not place your life or the lives of your loved ones in the hands of these criminals. >> reporter: the local sheriff is asking president biden for more resources to fight human smuggling calling it a humanitarian crisis. the sheriff also blamed the governor for what he calls ineffective tactics at the border. four people have died after amtrak's derailment in missouri. a donald trump truck was moving across the trucks when it was hit. adding safety features to that crossing an issue locals have raised for years would cost $400,000. half the railroad crossings in

the u.s. do not have crossing arms, lights or bells. in ukraine up to 40 people are missing after russia bombed a shopping mall far from the front lines of the war. ukrainian president zelenskyy shared new video of the moment a missile hit the mall at least 20 people were killed. meanwhile, the mother of alex drueke one of the americans recently captured in ukraine says her son was spoken to the state department and sounded strong. she says he's apparently being treated hue mainly. drueke was volunteering with ukrainian forces when captured by pro russian forces. walmart says a new lawsuit is fraud. the ftc says it allowed its money transfer services to be manipulated by services. they say fraudsters stole millions of dollars from customers. even training its employees not to tell customers about potential fraud. walmart denies the claim saying its anti-fraud efforts have protected countless consumers. a different kind of alleged

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well. delta is trying to get ahead of potential chaos at the airports this weekend. they say passengers will be able to rebook flights for travel between friday and next mob at no extra cost. you just have to fly between the same airports and stay in the same cabin service level. heavy fog is blamed for causing a norweigian cruise ship to crash into an iceberg in alaska. no injuries were reported and coast guard divers checked the vessel for damage. the crews will end a few days early tomorrow in seattle. growing speculation that gavin newsom may be positioning himself to run for president after buying ad time in florida. he bought more than $100,000 worth of commercials which will air on fox news, newsom has repeatedly criticized florida governor ron desantis. coming up, a medical emergency involving the kardashian family. musician travis barker is rushed to the hospital. also ahead the man left paralyzed after being arrested. the new video and what officers are saying. migraine attacks?

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his arrest. some viewers may find this video disturbing. >> reporter: this morning the family of a man left paralyzed after being arrested by new haven, connecticut, police is demanding justice. >> i'm calling for the officers involved to be fired and arrested. >> reporter: police video shows the arrest of 36-year-old randy cox on a gun charge. he was put in the back of a police van with no seat belts and when the officer driving the van stopped short cox slammed his head into a wall and called for help. >> this is a man who has said i can't move my neck, i can't move my arms. >> reporter: police say the officer driving hit the brakes to avoid a crash. video then shows officers appearing to ignore cox's plea for help. later at the police station dragging him out of the van and roughly putting him in a wheelchair. his family says he is now on a

ventilator, paralyzed from the chest down, unable to talk. >> bless pray for him. pray for me and the rest of my family. >> reporter: the case drawing comparisons to the freddie gray case in baltimore in 2015. gray died after suffering a spinal cord injury in a police van. >> this is freddie gray case on video. thank god we got the video so they can't deny what happened. >> reporter: in this case the officer who was driving and four others are now on paid leave pending the investigation. >> he should have received medical attention immediately. we can't defend anything that was released. >> reporter: new haven police say they've stopped using vans without seat belts and will offer more training to their officers. cox's attorneys say they will be taking legal action. andrew, mona. >> andrea, thank you. a warning for parents this morning about baby neck floats.

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