i'm sara sidner. >> good morning, sara. i'm boris sanchez.kentucky. the governor there believes the death toll could double. this morning we're hearing from survivors as the state braces for more rain in the coming days. >>> and the january 6 committee is zeroing in on former president trump's inner circle. the former high-level officials now willing to testify, and how significant those discussions could be in the investigation. >>> plus, we have new details on that proposed prisoner swap to get two americans out of russia. how a convicted murderer could be the key to getting brittney griner and paul whelan home.

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sara sidner, terrific reporting.new day" continues right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar alongside john berman on this "new day." witness tampering in the january 6th investigation, amid reports that trump allies are footing the legal bill. the trial of american basketball star brittney griner under way right now in russia as her wife speaks exclusively with cnn. her message to president biden this morning. >>> america's about to hit the road and the skies for a busy fourth of july weekend. how the travel industry is bracing for impact. and he went from the number one overall draft pick to being called the biggest bust in baseball history. now the phillies pitcher is making a striking comeback and joins us live on "new day." >>> good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is friday, july 1st. cassidy hutchinson, the star witness of the january 6th hearings telling the committee that she was contacted by someone in trump world who tried to influence her testimony. this is according to three sources.

i'm sara sidner. >> good morning, sara. i'm boris sanchez. this morning 16 people are confirmed dead after devastating flooding hits kentucky. the governor there believes the death toll could double. this morning we're hearing from survivors as the state braces for more rain in the coming days. >>> and the january 6 committee is zeroing in on former president trump's inner circle. the former high-level officials now willing to testify, and how significant those discussions could be in the investigation. >>> plus, we have new details on that proposed prisoner swap to get two americans out of russia. how a convicted murderer could be the key to getting brittney griner and paul whelan home. >> i don't want go bankrupt. i don't want to lose my house. i don't want to lose my independence or the little moral value that i have. >> changes people are forced to make as inflation continues to squeeze bunts. >>> good morning and welcome to your "new day." it's saturday, july poth. >> good morning, sara. it's great to be with you, even though we have to

i am sara sidner and this is "cnn tonight."impactful cassidy hutchinson testimony has been. proof, the ongoing campaign to discredit her by donald trump herself and his allies since he

i'm sara sidner. >> and i'm boris sanchez. do not adjust your screen, that is the sara sidner, joining us this weekend in "the cnn newsroom." sara, a pleasure to be with you. >> thanks, boris. >> of course. >>> the scene of devastating flooding, 16 people are dead including six kids and authorities warn the death toll is certain to rise. >> kentucky governor andy beshear says it's hard to assess the exact number of missing or deceased. rushing waters wiped out roads across eastern kentucky, forcing a whole lot of people to evacuate. the storms caught many people by surprise because it happened in the middle of the night. >> listener to this heartbreaking story out of knots county. four kids are dead because they and their parents were forced to climb to the roof of their home to escape rising floodwater. neighbors say the parents tried to hold onto the little ones but the children were swept away. >> it's hard to put into words the amount of devastation that we've seen. you know, you're talking about some really, really good p

i am sara sidner and this is "cnn tonight."ts relating to testimony from a former trump white house aide. how impactful cassidy hutchinson testimony has been. proof, the ongoing campaign to discredit her by donald trump himself and his allies since she went under oath to describe what she saw and heard on and around january 6th. now, they've been taking aim at

cnn's sara sidner reports. >> i believe we were led by our angels, led by the spirit of may mee till >> the family have been seeking justice, not just for the 1965 murder, but for what led up to that murder, his kidnapping. the family believes one suspect is a woman who is still alive. >> we've thought of things like citizens arrest, i'm just going to tell you. we've thought of things like, well can we find the warrant and present it to her? if the authorities aren't going to do this, what can we do? >> reporter: till's cousins, debra and terry watts decided to go searching for the warrant, one authorities over the decades never found in their investigations. >> there were cobwebs across all of the boxes. dead bugs, dust, we had to get chairs to even search on different levels of the for the documents. we did have gloves and masks as well. we were definitely determined to find it. >> two men were acquitted of till's murder by an all white jury, although they later admitted to the killing in an interview with look magazine. the case against ms. roy bryant, we reached out to dun ham an

. >> i'm sara sidner. catastrophic flash floods ripped through parts of eastern kentucky and leave some communities unrecognizable. now, some of the most devastated areas could get hit again as a new flood watch goes into effect. >> and president biden tests positive for covid again. what we know about his symptoms and how rebound cases work. we're going to talk to an expert. >> plus, new york declares a public health emergency over the monkeypox outbreak. what officials are doing to control the spread as cases rise across the country. >> and democrats in a race against the recess, trying to pass president biden's key agenda items with the midterm elections looming. how much can congress get done? >>> we're grateful that you are starting your week with us, bright and early this sunday, july 31st. good morning, sarah. >> good morning to you, boris. >> great to be with you. we begin today with an update to the ongoing weather emergency in kentucky. the death toll there continues to rise as search and rescue

i am sara sidner and this is "cnn tonight." we're tracking developments relating to testimony from a former trump white house aide. how impactful cassidy hutchinson testimony has been. proof, the ongoing campaign to discredit her by donald trump herself and his allies since he went under oath to describe what she saw and heard on and around january 6th. now, they've been taking aim at her second hand account, calling it hearsay, when she testified that on insurrection day, an angry donald trump demanded his secret service detail drive him to the capitol and lunged at him. tonight, hutchinson has corroboration on part of her testimony. cnn spoke with two secret service members, including a long-time member. both say they also heard about a confrontation in the presidential suv after the rally, a story they say spread widely around the agency in the weeks and months after january 6th. though neither source heard the part about trump trying to grab the steering wheel or any physical altercation with a security agent. one source di

sara sidner, thank you. live from london tonight. thanks for joining us.e first trial, the first person charged with denying a subpoena to appear before the house january 6 committee is now fully under way. we're not just talking about any person. this is steve bannon, one-time "time" magazine cover boy who was in and out of the president's administration and whose name has come up with the january 6 committee hearings. in opening statements today, federal prosecutors argue the right wing podcaster put himself above the law. the defense

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. >> and i'm sara sidner. >> sara, great to be with you, as always.e begin this morning in kentucky. the scene of catastrophic flooding where at least 16 people are dead, including six children. and authorities warn the death toll is almost certain to rise. >> kentucky governor andy beshear says because cell service is out in many areas, it's hard to assess the exact number of the miss organize deceased. rushing waters ripped homes off their foundations and wiped out roads across parts of eastern kentucky. >> it's hard to put into words the amount of devastation that we've seen. you know, you're talking about some really, really good people here in eastern kentucky don't have a whole lot. and a lot of them have lost everything they've got. >> you can hear just sorrow in his voice. the fast rising flood waters forced many people to evacuate, but the storms ended up catching a lot of people by surprise because they happened the middle of the night. >> and we are learning some really heart breaking stories, like this one in knotts county, four people kil

sara sidner has more.y find graphic. >> i believe we were led by our angels, led by the spirit of emmett till. >> for 67 years the family of emmett till said they have been seeking justice. not just for the 1955 murder of the 14-year-old black boy whose tortured and disfigured body helped spark the civil movement, but for what led up to the murder. his kidnapping. the family believes one suspect is a woman who is still alive. >> i mean, we thought of things like citizen's arrest. i'm just going to tell you. we thought of things like well, can we find the warrant and present it to her if the authorities aren't going to do this, what can we do? >> till's cousins, deborah and terry watts decided to go searching for the warrant. authorities over the decades never found it in their investigations. >> there were cobwebs across all the boxes. dead bugs. dust. we had to get chairs to even search on different levels of the -- for the documents. we did have gloves and masks as well. but we were definitely determined

cnn's senior national correspondent sara sidner joins us live from london. sara, as i just laid out while you were standing in the heat, i know it is a million degrees there, tell us how it feels and what are people saying about this? >> reporter: kaitlan, it is a scorcher. and, by the way, since this morning, we now have an official temperature from the met of 40 degrees celsius, that's 104 degrees fahrenheit. it is provisionally the hottest day that this country has ever experienced. so when you put that into context, you know in a place like arizona, this would be like a cool summer day at 104. but here, the infrastructure and the people are simply not used to it and so the government has asked people to do a couple of things, actually they said do nothing, go nowhere. it is rare to hear a government say that to its people, especially at a time when the economy is a bit in a mess, you got inflation, you want people to be able to go to work, but they have stopped the trains from one of the busiest train depots in the entire country from going to the north.

i want to hand it over to sara i want to hand it over to sara sidner and "cnn tonight." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> thank you. and this is "cnn tonight." new information is coming to light pertaining to a star witness for the january 6th committee. did donald trump's inner circle try to keep cassidy hutchinson from speaking the truth about what she knows, and is that a crime? according to three cnn sources t former aide to then white house chief of staff mark meadows told the panel she was contacted by someone in the trump camp attempting to influence her testimony. remember those messages vice chair liz cheney read aloud at tuesday's hearing alluding to possible witness intimidation. the gop congresswoman didn't name names but she relayed accounts of two unidentified witnesses who said they were pressured by people close to the ex-president to, quote, do the right thing, be loyal to donald trump, reminding them trump would be paying close to attention to their words. the committee suggests it has many other examples of witness tampering, which is of course a very serious

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. >> i'm sara sidner. catastrophic flash floods ripped through parts of eastern kentucky. now some of the most devastated areas could get hit with more rain as a new flood watch goes into effect there. >>> plus, president biden tests positive for covid again. what we know about his symptoms and we're going to talk to an expert about how rebound cases work. >>> plus, anger, outrage, and sheer frustration after senate republicans block a bill to help veterans impacted by burn pits. we'll talk to a woman who lost her husband to a burn pit exposure. you'll hear her message to lawmakers. >>> and explosions rocked southern ukraine. some calling it the strongest shelling since the start of the war. our cnn team is live in kyiv with the very latest. we'll take you to ukraine. >>> it is sunday, july 31st, thank you so much for waking up with us. >>> good morning, sara. grateful you're starting your week with "new day." we begin this morning with an update to the ongoing weather emergency in kentucky. the death toll there continues to rise as search and rescue crews are making their

sara sidner, thank you. live from london tonight. thanks for joining us. "ac 360" starts now. >>> good evening. the first trial, the first person charged with denying a subpoena to appear before the house january 6 committee is now fully under way. we're not just talking about any person. this is steve bannon, one-time "time" magazine cover boy who was in and out of the president's administration and whose name has come up with the january 6 committee hearings. in opening statements today, federal prosecutors argue the right wing podcaster put himself above the law. the defense suggesting the contempt of congress charges were politically motivated. proceedings began after the judge denied a defense request for a delay. last week he rejected executive privilege leading one defense attorney to ask, what's the point of going to trial if there are no defenses, to which the judge replied, agreed. this is the same steve bannon who promised as he made his first court appearance to make this the misdemeanor from hell. the same steve bannon who as he recently offer

i want to hand it over to sara i want to hand it over to sara sidner and "cnn tonight." -- captions by> thank you. and this is "cnn tonight." new information is coming to light pertaining to a star witness for the january 6th committee. did donald trump's inner circle try to keep cassidy hutchinson from speaking the truth about what she knows, and is that a crime? according to three cnn sources t former aide to then white house chief of staff mark meadows told the panel she was contacted by someone in the trump camp attempting to influence her testimony. remember those messages vice chair liz cheney read aloud at tuesday's hearing alluding to possible witness intimidation. the gop congresswoman didn't name names but she relayed accounts o

. >> joining us now sara sidner, legal and political analyst terry austin and chris whipple author of the book "the fight of his life: inside joe biden's white house." sara, i want to start with you because you've done extensive reporting on the proud boys and oath keepers. this spokesperson worked for the oath keepers as an employee years ago. >> yeah. >> i'm curious what you think he might provide because what is important here according to whitney and according to jamie raskin and others is this connective tissue between the white house and the oath keepers. so what do you get from him? >> look, i think what you get from him is how much the leader of the oath keepers has an influence on the others. i think you're going to start seeing -- maybe we will hear from him does he send out directives, are they responded torques are people going to say, yes, we're going to do this? because the government has stewart rhodes as one of the nine defendants who are facing the toughest charges you can face, right, in this case and so stewart rhodes has said all these things both before and after

i want to hand it over to sara sidner and "cnn tonight." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> thank tonight." new information is coming to light pertaining to a star witness for the january 6th committee. did donald trump's inner circle try to keep cassidy hutchinson from speaking the truth about what she knows, and is that a

. >> i'm sara sidner.s of eastern kentucky and leave some communities unrecognizable. now, some of the most devastated areas could get hit again as a new flood watch goes into effect. >> and president biden tests positive for covid again. what we know about his symptoms and how rebound cases work. we're going to talk to an expert. >> plus, new york declares a public health emergency over the monkeypox outbreak. what officials are doing to control the spread

. >> and i'm sara sidner. >>> 16 people are confirmed dead following flooding in kentucky.e hearing of survivors as the rain is coming more. >>> we're learning the inspector general at the department of homeland security knew for months about the missing secret service text messages se

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