Elaine Maxwell, the former socialite who conspired with financier
Jeffrey Epstein to sexually exploit and abuse underage girls,
some as young as 14 was sentenced to 20 years
in prison on Tuesday. There's still a lot of
work to be done on this issue. But in
this fight we need to celebrate the victories and today
this is a big victory. Now, it was
a much shorter sentence that the government had recommended.
Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking and other counts back
in december, prosecutors said, quote years of sexual
abuse, multiple victims, devastating psychological harm. None
of this could have happened without Glenn Maxwell and the
Supreme Court's decision on abortion continues to echo across the
country. At this point, most states are engaged
in abortion debates, judges in texas Utah and Louisiana
. All states with trigger laws have lifted abortion bans
temporarily. States like florida and indiana are looking to
tighten restrictions on abortion while governors in Nevada and California
are using executive orders to protect people seeking the procedures
. Meanwhile, CVS and rite aid are limiting purchases
of the so called morning after pill due to high
demand. Meanwhile, eight states held primary or runoff
elections yesterday, the first elections in the country since
the Supreme Court overturn roe v wade in colorado's third
house district Lauren bober, the conservative freshman member of
Congress, she's projected to win the Republican primary.
There. Meanwhile, here in new york governor Kathy
khokha will win the Democratic nomination. She's going to
face off in november with Representative lee Zeldin, he
secured the Republican nomination and the world of politics has
waking up this morning and it's waking up after a
bombshell revelations in Tuesday's surprise, january 6th hearing.
Yeah, indeed. So let's go straight to aerial
Hickson who's covering that for us on Capitol Hill.
Good morning, Ariel, Good morning, baker and
Hannah. So the january 6th hearing yesterday, including
bombshell after bombshell. So much tea was spilt.
We've got to break it all down Cassidy Hutchinson,
the former principal aide to former White House Chief of
staff. Mark Meadows is the 1st january sixth witness
to testify in these public hearings who had an up
close and personal look at what President trump was saying
and doing. On january 6th, she told the
committee that trump knew many of his supporters had weapons
on the six, but that he still wanted them
to attend his rally at the ellipse. She also
said that the President desperately wanted to go to the
capitol and when Secret Service told him no, Hutchinson
said trump grabbed at the steering wheel of the car
and then at the throat of the Secret Service agent
who stopped him. She also painted a picture of
a violent and angry president in the lead up to
the six, She said at one point he threw
his lunch at the wall and broke dishes when he
was told his attorney General had said that the election
was not stolen. Hutchinson told the committee that overall
, she was get this horrified and disgusted at what
happened that day. Take a listen as a staffer
that works to always represent the administration the best of
my ability and to showcase the good things that he
had done for the country. I remember feeling frustrated
, disappointed and really it felt personal. It was
really sad as an american. I was disgusted.
Now this testimony is key because Hutchinson was a longtime
Meadows Aid. So many republicans on the hill know
her and that has helped her testimony land with a
larger number of people than testimonies in past hearings.
So Ariel given the bombshells in this testimony, will
the committee try for more hearings soon? No new
hearings have been announced. So we're expecting nothing more
until after Congress returns from the july 4th recess in
the week of july 11th. I'm telling you now
, all eyes are definitely open after this testimony.
Absolutely. It's pretty much changes a lot of things
now. Ariel Hickson live on Capitol hill. Thank
you. Ariel, take a look now at some
of the other business stories we're following for you this
hour. JD Power has just released their year.
Initial quality study. It found vehicle quality declined 11%
this year that amid part shortages and shipping problems.
That's the biggest decline in the survey's history Buick Dodge
and Chevrolet topped the list. Volvo and Chrysler and
every Newcomer Pole Star were at the bottom of the
rankings based on survey responses of new car buyers and
leases. Meanwhile, bed bath and beyond has seen
cooling sales lately and their stores might be heating up
A new report from Bank of America is claiming that
the company has cut air conditioning that to quickly lower
expenses to make up for a sales slump. The
company representative, however, telling CNN, quote no
bed bath and beyond stores were directed to adjust their
air conditioning. There has been no corporate policy changes
in regards to utilities usage. So far, sales
of the retailer dropped 22% last quarter. Finally,
the days of partying at Airbnb s officially over,
that's because the company is making their ban on parties
permanent. Now, back in 2020 Airbnb banned parties
at homes on their platform that to help curb the
spread of Covid. But since that implemented they implemented
that policy, Airbnb has now seen a 44% drop
in the rate of party reports year over year.
The company also plans to scrap their 16 person limit
that would allow bigger homes to be fully booked.