GOOD MORNING I'M DIANE MACEDO. THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MEETING WITH ALLIES OVERSEAS. WORKING TO CONFRONT WITH THE HEAD OF NATO CALLS EUROPE'S BIGGEST CRISIS SINCE WORLD WAR II. I'LL SPEAK WITH JOHN KIRBY FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL ABOUT THE PRESIDENTS GOALS IN MADRID AND WHAT'S AT STAKE. ALSO AHEAD, NEW TESTIMONY FROM THE JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS, A FORMER TOP WHITE HOUSE AIDE SAYS AN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTED TO TRAVEL TO THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6TH AND EVEN TRY TO GRAB THE STEERING WHEEL OF HIS VEHICLE AND LAUNCH A SECRET SERVICE AGENT. HEAR HOW THE SECRET SERVICE IS NOW RESPONDING TO THAT. PLUS WHICH HE SAYS ABOUT THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE RIOT AND WHAT FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF MARK MEADOWS KNEW BEFORE THE INSURRECTION. AND NEW DETAILS ON WHAT HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIALS CALLED THE DEADLIEST MIGRANT SMUGGLING INCIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY. 51 PEOPLE ARE NOW DEAD. WELL WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE CONDITIONS INSIDE THE TRACTOR TRAILER. WE BEGIN WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCING A STRONGER MILITARY PRESENCE IN EUROPE EXTENDING TRIPPED APPOINTMENTS THERE AND SENDING MORE MILITARY AID TO UKRAINE. THE PRESIDENT IS IN MADRID FOR THE NATO LEADER SUMMIT AND HAS SAID RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE QUOTE SHATTERED PEACE IN EUROPE IN EVERY NORM SINCE WORLD WAR II. I WANT TO BRING A NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCILS COORDINATOR FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS JOHN KIRBY. FOR MORE ON THIS. JOHN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. EXACTLY HOW MANY MORE U.S. TROOPS WILL BE ADDED TO THE 100,000 ALREADY IN EUROPE AND HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS STRENGTH AND MILITARY PRESENCE? >> AND THIS CHANGE THAT THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED TODAY REALLY SOLIDIFIES AND MAKES IN SOME CASES PERMANENT SOME OF THE INCREASES THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD. SO YOU'RE RIGHT BEFORE THE INVASION WE WERE AT 80,000 THROUGH SOME TEMPORARY SEARCH DEPLOYMENT WE GOT TO ABOUT 100. BUT WITH THE PRESIDENTS ANNOUNCING TODAY WILL KEEP US FOR THE SPHERE -- AT ABOUT 100,000 TROOPS BOTH ON PERMANENT AND ROTATIONAL ORDERS. KEY TO THIS IS SOME PERMANENT CHANGES LIKE TWO EXTRA DESTROYERS NOW WILL BE BASED AT A STAIN. TWO FRT FIVE SQUADRONS ADVANCED FIGHTERS ARE GONNA BE BASE IN THE UK. AND NOW A COMMAND POSTS OF A HEADQUARTERS ELEMENT GROUND HEADQUARTERS ELEMENT PERMANENTLY BASED IN POLAND. THAT'S A MAJOR MUSCLE MOVEMENT. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T DONE AT ALL IN RECENT YEARS. SO THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT FORCE POSTURE CHANGES. THEY ALSO COME WITH WHAT WE CALL HEEL TO TOE ROTATIONAL DEPLOYMENTS. SO FOR INSTANCE, IN ARMENIA NOW WILL MAINTAIN HEEL TO TOE BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM GROUND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM DEPLOYMENTS IN AND OUT OF ROMANIA AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL ROTATIONAL DEPLOYMENTS IN THE BALTICS. SO TAKEN ALL IN SOME, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO OUR FORCE POSTURE IN EUROPE AND AGAIN FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. ONE WAS 80,000 NOW WILL STAY AT ABOUT 100,000. >> AND WHAT'S THE ROLE OF THESE TROOPS? >> AGAIN IT COVERS THE WHOLE REALM OF MILITARY CAPABILITIES. THAT'S WHAT'S SO SIGNIFICANT ABOUT WHAT THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED. IT'S NOT JUST AIR, IT, IT'S NOT JUST GROUND, IT'S ALSO SEE MARITIME. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MEET OUR ARTICLE FIVE COMMITMENT TO NATO. THAT IS AN ATTACK ON ONE IS AN ATTACK ON ALL. AND THAT MEANS WE'VE GOT TO BE READY TO DEFEND NATO'S EASTERN FLANK ACROSS ALL DIFFERENT WARFARE CAPABILITIES. SO IT'S GROUND ITS AIR IT SEE ITS CYBER ITS SPACE AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE COMMITTED TO. >> HOW REAL IS THE CONCERN THAT THIS COULD COME TO THAT? >> WE HOPE IT NEVER DOES COME TO THAT BUT MR. PUTIN HAS INVADED NOW A SOVEREIGN STATE IN A COMPLETELY UNPROVOKED FASHION. AND HE HAS SHATTERED AS PERSON BIDEN HAS SAID, SHATTERED THE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT THAT EXISTED IN EUROPE SO NOW WE RECOGNIZE, THAT SECURITY ENVIRONMENT IS PERMANENTLY NOW CHANGED. IT'S NOT CHANGING, IT'S NOT THAT IT WILL CHANGE. IT HAS CHANGED. AND SO WE HAVE TO TAKE THE THREAT THAT MR. PUTIN AND HIS MILITARY POSES TO THE NATO ALLIANCE SERIOUSLY. WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY IMMINENT FRONT OR ANY IMMINENT INDICATION THAT HE INTENDS TO ATTACK NATO TERRITORY. OR WATCHING THIS VERY VERY CLOSELY. BUT WE'VE GOT TO BE READY. OUR ALLIES ARE DEPENDING ON US AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ANSWER THAT CALL. >> SHE SEVEN LEADERS ISSUED A STATEMENT CALLING THE AIRSTRIKE ON A SHOPPING MALL IN UKRAINE A WAR CRIME. AND SAYING THOSE RESPONSIBLE WOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, WHY HAVEN'T WE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THIS? >> WE HAVE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN ABOUT THE WAR CRIMES THAT THE RUSSIAN FORCES HAVE BEEN COMMITTING IN UKRAINE. FOR THESE MANY MONTHS. AND THE UNITED STATES IS GOING TO WORK HARD WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES. YOU SAW MERRICK GARLAND WAS JUST OVER IN UKRAINE NOT LONG AGO. HELPING WORK WITH AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING THESE WAR CRIMES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE UNITED STATES IS PARTICIPATING IN PROVIDING EVIDENCE TO THESE INTERNATIONAL BODIES. SO THAT MR. PUTIN AND RUSSIA CAN BE PROPERLY HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND THE RIGHT TIME. >> JOHN JUST LAST WEEK THE BIDEN MINISTRATION AUTHORIZED 400 AND $50 MILLION IN MILITARY AID PACKAGES FOR UKRAINE. ALONG WITH THE U.S. FINALIZING A PURCHASE FOR AN ADVANCED MISSILE SYSTEM FOR UKRAINE'S DEFENSE. WHAT IMPACT DO YOU THINK THAT COULD HAVE ON THE WAR? >> WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE AID TO UKRAINE THAT IS RELEVANT TO THE FIGHT THAT THEY'RE IN. AND RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE IN THIS BATTLE FOR THE DONBAS WHICH HAS BEEN HEAVILY RELIANT ON WHAT WE CALL LONG RANGE FIRES. ARTILLERY, ARTILLERY AND ROCKET SYSTEMS THAT CAN GIVE THE UKRAINIANS SOME DISTANCE FROM THE RUSSIAN FORCES THAT THEY'RE FACING. THAT GIVES THEM NOT JUST DISTANCE IT GIVES THEM TIME. TIME TO REACT, TIME TO BETTER DEFEND. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SOME PEACE ADVANCE ROCKETS ASSUMES IN. AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS FROM OTHER ALLIES AND PARTNERS TO PROVIDE UKRAINE THE KINDS OF CAPABILITIES THEY NEED IN THIS PARTICULAR FIGHT. BUT WE WANT TO METER THIS OUT AS APPROPRIATE TO THE FIGHT THAT THEY'RE IN. BECAUSE WAR CHANGES WAR EVOLVES. THREE MONTHS AGO EVERYBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT JAVELIN ANTI TANK MISSILES AND STINGER SURFACE TO AIR SHORTER FILE MISSILES BECAUSE THAT WAS THE NEED THAT WAS THE THREAT THAT THE UKRAINIANS WERE FACING. FROM TANKS AND FROM AIRCRAFT. THAT'S A DIFFERENT FIGHT NOW. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING RELEVANT TO THE FIGHT. >> AND TURKEY HAS NOW SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT FINLAND AND SWEDEN'S BIDS TO BECOME MEMBERS OF NATO. WHAT MADE TURKEY SIGN ON NOW AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE ALLIANCE? >> THE PRESIDENT -- WERE OBVIOUSLY GRATEFUL AND WELCOMED THE FACT THAT THESE THREE NATIONS WERE ABLE TO RESOLVE THE DIFFERENCES AND PAVE THE WAY FOR FINLAND AND SWEDEN TO BECOME NATO MEMBERS, THESE ARE ADVANCED MILITARIES THAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE WORKING WITH. VERY INTEROPERABLE, THEY WILL LEND INCREDIBLE DEFENSIVE CAPABILITIES TO THE ALLIANCE. BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS, OVER ISSUES LIKE AN EMBARGO ON ARMS AND TERRORISM BUT AGAIN, I THINK MR. -- THE LEADERS OF SWEDEN AND FINLAND TALK ABOUT THAT. PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THIS EXPANSION OF NATO. HE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT ERDOGAN IS TODAY. URGING MR. ERDOGAN TO COME TO CLOSURE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ON THESE ISSUES SO THAT WE COULD GET TO THE POINT WE ARE WITH THIS NATO SUMMIT. THAT WAY, WE'RE NOW ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT PROCESS FOR BOTH COUNTRIES. >> JOHN I WANT TO SHIFT GEARS A LITTLE BIT OF -- THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE HAS LED TO QUESTIONS OF WARTIME SERVICE MEMBERS STATION IN STATES THAT BAN ABORTION. SOME ARE SAYING THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPTION TO RELOCATE. WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO SERVICE MEMBERS OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS IN THOSE STATES TO TERMINATE A PREGNANCY? >> THERE ARE EXISTING D.O.D. POLICIES ABOUT ABORTION AND THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS ON THAT. D.O.D. POLICY IN REGULATIONS ON HOW AND WHEN THEY CAN BE DONE. BUT I KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS LOOKING AT THIS NOW MUCH MORE CAREFULLY AFTER THE DECISION ON DOBBS AND THEY ARE EXAMINING OR KIND OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES NEED TO CHANGE GOING FORWARD. I WOULDN'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THE PROCESS. >> JOHN KIRBY WE APPRECIATE TIME TODAY. NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL COORDINATED FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS. THANKS AGAIN, JOHN WE APPRECIATE IT. >> MY PLEASURE, THANK YOU. >> AND THE FAMILY OF ONE OF THE 11 WOMAN CAPTURED IN UKRAINE SAYS THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT HAS SPOKEN TO HIM AND HE IS DOING QUOTE OKAY. THE TWO AMERICANS WERE TAKEN BY RUSSIAN FORCES DURING A BATTLE NORTH OF KHARKIV EARLIER THIS MONTH. MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS THE U.S. WILL INCREASE ITS MILITARY PRESENCE IN EUROPE ESTABLISHING A PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS IN POLAND. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT TOM SOUPY BURGEONING LIVE NOW FROM KYIV, UKRAINE. WITH MORE ON THIS. TOM, HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS MOVE BY PRESIDENT BIDEN AND WHAT IMPACT COULD IT HAVE ON THE WAR? >> HUGELY SIGNIFICANT, DIANE. WE'RE SEEING A RAMPING UP OF THE U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE ACROSS EUROPE. THIS IS LESS ABOUT IMPACTING THE WAR DIRECTLY HERE, IT MIGHT HELP THE U.S. TRAIN UKRAINIAN FORCES IN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES. BUT MORE, IT'S REALLY ABOUT DETERRING RUSSIA DETERRING RUSSIA FROM TAKING ACTION AGAINST NATO MEMBER STATES IN EUROPE. PARTICULARLY THE BALTICS. WE'LL SEE MORE U.S. TROOPS THERE. THAT ANALYSTS BELIEVE IS THE BIGGEST THREAT COUNTRIES LIKE LITHUANIA, ZELENSKYY SAYING IN HIS SPEECH TO THE NATO SUMMIT TODAY THAT REALLY DOSES OF COUNTRIES ARE IN RUSSIA'S CROSSHAIRS TO. AND THAT WAS HIS PITCH TO THE NATO SUMMIT FOR MORE SUPPORT, MORE WEAPONS, MORE FINANCIAL SUPPORT. HE WANTS FIVE BILLION DOLLARS IN THE U.S. AND ITS ALLIES EVERY MONTH. HE SAYS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF INDEPENDENT EUROPEAN STATES IS AT STAKE. >> TOM, YESTERDAY -- JANICE OLDENBURG CALLED THE WAR IN UKRAINE THE MOST SERIOUS SECURITY CRISIS EUROPE HAS FACED SINCE WORLD WAR II. IS THERE AN AND INSIGHT, WHAT'S THE LATEST ON NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA? >> THEY'RE LIMITED. AND I THINK THIS IS WHEN WE SAY TO PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY DON'T KNOW UKRAINE THAT WELL. IT'S THAT THERE IS A LOT OF TALK IN CAPITALS LIKE PARIS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION CAN BE NEGOTIATED AT THIS POINT. WE'VE HEARD THE WORD FROM PRISON MACRON RECENTLY TALKING ABOUT WHETHER THERE IS A COMPROMISE THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE AT SOME POINT. DESPITE THEIR SOLID SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE. AND THE REALITY IS, THE UKRAINIANS RIGHT NOW, UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS SAY THIS PUBLICLY TO. IS THAT THEY REALLY DON'T SEE A WAY OUT OF THIS AT THE MOMENT THROUGH THE POLICY. YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT RUSSIA STARTED A WAR IN THE EAST OF UKRAINE BY A PROXIES A YEARS AGO. THE UKRAINIANS AND WENT INTO VERY CONTRACTED AND PROLONGED GAUTHIER SHUNS WITH THE RUSSIANS WHICH WERE CALLED THE MINSK NEGOTIATIONS AND IT ABSOLUTELY LEAD TO NOTHING. ACTUALLY, IT LED TO THE INVASION THAT WE SAW BACK IN FEBRUARY AND THE DESTRUCTION WHICH RUSSIA'S INVASION IS BRINGING TO THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. THAT'S WHY THERE'S NO APPETITE HERE IN KYIV REALLY FOR ANY KIND DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION RIGHT NOW. THEY SAY, AND THEY PUSH THIS TO ZELENSKYY TO THE NATO SUMMIT TODAY, THEY SAY RUSSIA CAN ONLY BE DEFEATED ON THE BATTLEFIELD. >> AND TOM, WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE CONVERSATION THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAD WITH ALEX DRUEKE, ONE OF THE AMERICANS CAPTURED IN UKRAINE? WHILE HE WAS VOLUNTEERING WITH UKRAINIAN FORCES. >> WE'RE LEARNING THIS DIANE, IN AN INTERVIEW WITH HIS MOTHER AND HIS AUNT. GIVEN TO ABC NEWS. EFFECTIVELY, THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY'VE BEEN TOLD THAT ALEX ROOKIE IS BEING TREATED HUMANELY BY HIS CAPTORS. THAT HE IS IN A GOOD STATE, HEALTHWISE. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ALSO PASS A MESSAGE TO HIM. OFFICIALLY WE'RE STILL GETTING FEW DETAILS ABOUT WHETHER THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HE CAN BE RELEASED AT ANY POINT. AND SO I GUESS FOR, NOW WE'RE IN THE DARK ABOUT THAT. >> TOM SOUPY BIRDS IN KYIV UKRAINE, WE APPRECIATE IT TOM. THANK YOU. AND A FORMER AIDE TO DONALD TRUMP'S CHIEF OF STAFF HAS DELIVERED A STUNNING NEW TESTIMONY AT THE JANUARY SIX COMMITTEE HEARINGS. CASSIDY HUTCHISON DESCRIBED AMONG OTHER THINGS THE PRESIDENT'S BEHAVIOR ON JANUARY 6TH SAYING SHE WAS TOLD THE PRESIDENT WANTED TO GO TO THE CAPITOL SO BADLY, HE TRIED TO GRAB THE STEERING WHEEL OF HIS VEHICLE AND LUNGED AT A SECRET SERVICE AGENT WHEN HIS SECURITY DETAIL REFUSED TO TAKE HIM THERE. NOW THE SECRET SERVICE IS RESPONDING AT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HIMSELF IS PUSHING BACK ON HUTCHINSON'S TESTIMONY. SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE HAS MORE ON THAT TESTIMONY. AND WHAT HUTCHINSON SAYS HAPPENED IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO JANUARY 6TH. >> UNDER OATH, CASSIDY HUTCHINSON, A TOP WHITE HOUSE AIDE PAINTED A CHILLING PICTURE. DETAILING HOW THE PRESIDENT WANTED TO GO TO THE CAPITOL HIMSELF ON JANUARY 6TH. SOMETHING SHE SAID SHE LEARNED FROM TRUMP'S LAWYER, RUDY GIULIANI, FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE ATTACK. >> HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF CASTS, ARE YOU EXCITED FOR THE SIXTH? IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY. >> CONFUSED, SHE WENT AND HAD TALKS WITH HER BOSS, CHIEF OF STAFF MARK MEADOWS. >> HE DIDN'T LOOK AT FROM HIS PHONE AND SAID SOMETHING TO BE EFFECT OF THERE IS A LOT GOING ON, CASTS, I DON'T KNOW, THINGS MAKE A REAL REAL BAD ON JANUARY 6TH. >> HUTCHINSON SAYS WE'LL MEADOWS ACKNOWLEDGE SOMETHING WAS WRONG HE DID NOTHING TO STOP IT. EVEN ONE ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY SIX THE WHITE HOUSE LEARNED THAT SOME TRUMP SUPPORTERS WERE ARMED. >> AS THE PRESIDENT PREPARED TO DELIVER HIS REMARKS, HUTCHINSON WAS BACKSTAGE. SHE SAYS TRUMP WAS ANGRY THAT MORE OF THE CROWD WASN'T BEING ALLOWED INTO THE SECURE AREA. SHE SAID TRUMP DEMANDED THAT THE SECRET SERVICE REMOVE THE METAL DETECTORS BECAUSE HE WASN'T THE TARGET. >> I OVERHEARD THE PRESIDENT'S SOME OF THE EFFECT OF, I DON'T EFFING CARE THAT THEY HAVE WEAPONS, THEY'RE NOT HERE TO HURT ME, TAKE THE EFFING MEGS AWAY. >> THE PRESIDENT TELLING THE CROWD HE WOULD MARCH WITH THEM. >> WE'RE GOING TO WALK DOWN AND I'LL BE THERE WITH YOU. >> SOMETHING THE SECRET SERVICE AND WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL PAT CIPOLLONE INSISTED TRUMP COULD NOT DO. >> MR. CIPOLLONE SAID SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF PLEASE MAKE SURE WE DON'T GO UP TO THE CAPITOL, CASSIDY. KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ME. WE'RE GOING TO GET CHARGED WITH EVERY CRIME IMAGINABLE IF WE MAKE THAT MOVEMENT HAPPEN. >> SHE SAYS THE PRESIDENT WOULDN'T HEAR IT. HUTCHISON SAYS LEAGUE SECRET SERVICE AGENT, ROBERT ANGLE, REFUSED. SAYING IT WASN'T SAFE. HUTCHINSON SAYS SHE SAW ANGELA AND DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TONY ORNADO SHORTLY AFTER THEY RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE. >> PRESIDENTS ESTIMATED EFFECT OF, I AM 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. >> HUTCHISON ALSO ADDED INTO THE DAYS AFTER THE ATTACK, MARK MEADOWS WAS AMONG THOSE SEEKING A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON RELATED TO JANUARY 6TH. AND WE ARE NOW HEARING FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF TRUMP'S INNER CIRCLE PUSHING BACK AGAINST OTHER PARTS OF HUTCHINSON'S TESTIMONY, INCLUDING PUSHBACK FROM A FORMER WHITE HOUSE LAWYER UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND AS FOR THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF, HE IS ALSO QUESTIONING CALLING INTO QUESTION OTHER PARTS OF HUTCHINSON'S TESTIMONY. DISPUTING PORTIONS OF HER ACCOUNT. HE RESPONDED WITH A FLURRY OF ONLINE POSTS IN REALTIME, DIANE, IT'S CLEAR THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION HERE. >> HE SURE IS. MARY BRUCE, THANK YOU. AND THE DEATH TOLL HAS RISEN TO 51 IN WHAT HOMELAND SECURITY CALLS THE DEADLIEST HUMAN SMUGGLING CASE IN U.S. HISTORY. MIGRANTS WERE DISCOVERED ABANDONED IN A TRACTOR TRAILER IN THE BRUTAL TEXAS HEAT. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE ALLEGED SMUGGLER ABANDONED THE TRUCK ON A REMOTE ROAD TO GIVE HIMSELF MORE TIME TO GET AWAY. CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MET GOVERNMENT HAS THE LATEST FROM SAN ANTONIO. >> FIRST RESPONDERS DESCRIBING A SEMI TRUCK FULL OF HORROR. >> THE HEAT WAS TORRENTIAL. THERE WAS NO AIR. THERE WAS NO WATER. THEY SUFFERED, THEY LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AND THEN THEY ENDED UP DYING. >> OFFICIALS SAY DOZENS OF MIGRANTS IN THAT SEMI ON A DESOLATE ROAD IN SOUTHWEST SAN ANTONIO. AROUND 5:31 PM, A WORKER WHO CRIES FOR HELP INSIDE AND CALLED 9-1-1. SAYING THE DRIVER HAD FLED. 6 PM THE FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED. >> PRIORITY ONE, I'M COUNTING RIGHT NOW THAT ARE 12 THAT ARE BREATHING, WE'RE TRYING TO ATTEMPT -- >> INSIDE, MUCH HOTTER. >> HOW CLOSE TO DEATH WHERE THESE PATIENTS? >> VERY CLOSE. THEY'RE EXTREMELY CRITICAL. THEY NEEDED IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE. >> BUT THE DEATH TOLL KEPT RISING. >> THE OFFICERS HAD TO SEPARATE SOME OF THE DECEASED, TRYING TO FIND WHO MIGHT BE STILL ALIVE. >> ULTIMATELY, 51 DIED IN WHAT OFFICIALS CALLED THE DEADLIEST MIGRANT SMUGGLING INCIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY. AND THIS MORNING FIRST WAS PONDEROUS STRUCK -- STARTLING TO SHAKE WHAT THEY SAW. >> I THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH, WITH THOSE DOORS CLOSED. I THINK ABOUT THE REST OF THE TOOK. I THINK ABOUT PEOPLE BEING TREATED WORSE THAN ANIMALS. >> DIANE, SO HARD FOR THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS WE SPOKE TO TO SHAKE THE IMAGES THEY SAW. HERE OF THE HORROR AND THE CRUELTY TO PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO FIND A BETTER LIFE IN THE U.S.. OFFICIALS TELL US THEY HAVE THREE SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY. NOW THE GRIM TASK BEGINS OF IDENTIFYING THE VICTIMS. THAT COULD TAKE DAYS. WE'RE TOLD THERE FOR MEXICO, GUATEMALA AND HONDURAS. OFFICIALS ALSO ARE WARNING THAT WITH TEMPERATURES RISING AND THE VOLUME OF MIGRANTS INCREASING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST BORDER HERE, WE COULD SEE MORE DEADLY INCIDENTS LIKE THIS THIS SUMMER. DIANE. >> MATT GUTMAN, THANK YOU IN. AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE ARE NOW DEAD AFTER AN AMTRAK TRAIN DERAILED IN MISSOURI ON MONDAY. ARE THE CROSSING WHERE THE TRAIN HIT A DUMP TRUCK WAS NOT EQUIPPED TO ALLOW DRIVERS TO AN APPROACHING TRAIN. BUT OFFICIALS WHO A NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD SAY THEY MADE NUMEROUS RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE THOSE CROSSINGS SAFER. ONE DATING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1998. OUR TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT GEO BENITEZ IS INDEPENDENT, MISSOURI, WITH THE LATEST. >> THE DEATH TOLL RISING TO FOUR AS FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS FIGURE OUT HOW IT AMTRAK TRAIN COLLIDED WITH THE DUMP TRUCK IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. AND HE HAS -- JENNIFER -- THE CROSSING HAD NO CROSS ARMS, BELLS OR LIGHTS. LIKE HALF THE CROSSINGS IN THE U.S.. >> IT CONCERNS ME BECAUSE THE SAME TRAGEDY COULD HAPPEN AT ANY ONE OF THOSE CROSSINGS. >> THE AMTRAK WAS TRAVELING FROM LA TO CHICAGO. NEARLY 300 PEOPLE ON BOARD. WHEN IT STRUCK THE TRUCK WHICH THE IMTIAZ -- TRANSPORTING AGGREGATE TO AN ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROJECT. >> WELL YOU ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS PERHAPS THE TRUCK WAS IN MOTION IT WAS NOT STOP ON THE TRACKS. >> IT WAS IN MOTION. THAT'S RIGHT. >> THAT DRIVER WAS KILLED ALONG WITH THREE PASSENGERS. MORE THAN 150 INJURED. BUT IN TRAGEDY SIGNS OF HEROISM. 16 MEMBERS OF A WISCONSIN-BASED BOOK HOW TROOP SPRANG INTO ACTION. >> I'M PROUD OF THEM. ONE SCOUT WRAPPED HIS HAND, TOOK A SHORT, OF HAD TO BRING SOMEONE WHO'S TO TAKE -- ANOTHER SCOURED AND COMFORTED THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK THAT WAS HIT. TRY TO STABILIZE HIM. THAT SCOUT IS PRETTY SHOOK. UP >> THE CROSSING WHERE THIS HAPPENED, A CONCERN FOR LOCALS FOR YEARS. LOCAL FARMER MIKE SPENCER POSTING THIS VIDEO IS JUST TWO WEEKS AGO. SHOWING HOW DANGEROUS IT CAN BE. >> IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE THE TRAINS UNTIL YOU GET ALMOST UP ON THE TRACK. IT WAS PRETTY PREDICTABLE. >> AND THE NTSB FINDING I WOULD'VE COST $400,000 CROSSED ARMS -- THE NTSB CHAIR TOLD ME WOULD BEEN WORTH IT. DIANE. >> SHE OPENING TEST, THANK YOU. COMING UP, NEW DETAILS ON THE LEGAL BATTLES RAMPING UP AFTER THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE. HOW ONE STATE IS QUICKLY BECOMING A SAFE HAVEN FOR WOMEN SEEKING ABORTIONS AFTER THE BREAK. NEWS. FREE TO YOU 24/7. WATCH AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE NEWS WHENEVER YOU WANT IT, WHEREVER YOU ARE, ANYTIME. ABC NEWS LIVE. STREAMING LIVE AND FREE ON ALL PLATFORMS. WELCOME BACK. WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS NOW. THE U.S. SUPREME COURT JUST WIDENED THE POWER OF STATES OVER NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES, HANDING A VICTORY TO REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. THE COURT RULED 5 TO 4 IN FAVOR OF OKLAHOMA OVER THE STATES EFFORTS TO PROSECUTE VICTOR CASTRO QUOTA, A NON NATIVE AMERICAN CONVICTED OF CHILD NEGLECT IN THE CRIME COMMITTED AGAINST HIS FIVE-YEAR-OLD NATIVE AMERICAN STEPDAUGHTER. ON THE CHEROKEE NATION RESERVATION. AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS UNDER PRESSURE TO TAKE ACTION FOLLOWING THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING THAT OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE. ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT WILL PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS INCLUDING INCREASING ACCESS TO MEDICATION ABORTIONS BUT OFFERED VERY FEW SPECIFICS, ABC'S CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT HAS THE LATEST. >> CONFUSION AND UNCERTAINTY AS THE FINAL -- PLAYS OUT STATE BY STATE. >> RIGHT NOW WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT SERVICES WILL BE ABLE TO BE CONTINUED SUBJECT TO THE CONSTANT BACK AND FORTH OF LITIGATION. >> ABORTION BANS ARE BEING CHALLENGED IN COURT. JUDGES IN LOUISIANA AT TEXAS AND UTAH ALLOWING SOME ABORTIONS TO RESUME FOR NOW. >> WE WILL BE CALLING BACK THE WOMEN WHO WE HAD TO TURN AWAY ON SATURDAY. SO THAT THEY CAN COME BACK AND GET THEIR PROCEDURE IF THEY HAVEN'T MADE OTHER ARRANGEMENTS. >> THE PATCHWORK OF ABORTION ACCESS CAUSING WHIPLASH FOR ADVOCATES ON BOTH SIDES. >> NOBODY BELIEVED THAT THE FIGHT WAS OVER THAT OVERTURNING ROE ISN'T AND ALL. >> IN TOTAL AT LEAST 30 STATES -- OVER A DOZEN OTHERS ARE LIKELY TO TAKE ACTION IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS. WE MET DR. AMY WHITAKER AT A CLINIC IN -- ILLINOIS. THIS STATE HAS QUICKLY BECOME A SAFE HAVEN FOR LEGAL ABORTION. AS SURROUNDING STATES MOVE TO BLOCK ABORTION ACCESS. >> IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT COUPLE OF DAYS. I'M NOT GOING TO SUGARCOAT IT. IT IS HEARTBREAKING TO SEE PATIENTS WHO HAD TO TRAVEL SO FAR TO GET BASIC HEALTH CARE. >> STUDIES SHOW THE STATE WITH THE MOST RESTRICTIVE ABORTION LAWS HAVE INVESTED THE LEAST IN POLICIES AND PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. >> THE IDEA THAT YOU WOULD MAKE A COMPLETE ABORTION BAN WITHOUT HAVING THAT INVESTMENT, WITHOUT HAVING UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO FREE COMPREHENSIVE QUALITY PRENATAL CARE. WITHOUT HAVING ACCESS TO FUNDED CHILDCARE. TO ME, IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. >> THEY, AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS THAT EVERY OPTION IS ON THE TABLE WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING ACCESS TO ABORTION. INCLUDING EXPANDING ACCESS TO MEDICATION ABORTION. BUT THEY OFFER A FEW SPECIFICS AND CLEARLY THE LANDSCAPE IS CHANGING QUICKLY STATE BY STATE. DIANE. >> RACHEL SCOTT THANK YOU. COMING UP, THE RESULTS ARE IN FROM THE LATEST PRIMARY ELECTIONS. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT COLORADO WERE REPUBLICANS REJECTED TWO PROMINENT CANDIDATES WHO BACKED FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT ELECTION FRAUD. WE'RE INOKCASE PODCAST. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. WELCOME BACK RESULTS ERIN FROM LAST NIGHT'S PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN COLORADO, ILLINOIS, OKLAHOMA, AND UTAH. RUNOFFS IN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTH CAROLINA, AND A SPECIAL ELECTION IN NEBRASKA. IN COLORADO, FAR-RIGHT CANDIDATES BOOSTED BY DEMOCRATS IN THE HOPES OF GETTING AN EASIER MATCHUP IN THE GENERAL ELECTION, ACTUALLY LOST A MORE MODERATE REPUBLICANS IN THE PRIMARIES. ABC'S REPORTER HAS THE LATEST FROM DENVER. HI SERENE. >> DIANE, THE BIG STORY IS THAT MODERATES ONE IN THE MAJOR REPUBLICAN STATEWIDE RACES. IN THE REPUBLICAN RACE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, THE CANDIDATE WAS THE ELECTION DENIER PROJECTED TO LOSE. THE RACE FOR SENATE, THE CANDIDATE WHO ATTENDED THE JANUARY 6TH RALLY, PROJECTED TO LOSE. -- ABORTIONS, PROJECTED TO LOSE. A DEMOCRATIC ALIGNED GROUPS ACTUALLY BOOSTED THESE FAR-RIGHT CANDIDATES, HOPING THEY WOULD BE -- ANOTHER WILL NOT BE ABLE TO. LAUREN BOEBERT IS THE PROJECTED WINNER. DEMOCRATS APPEAR TO HAVE A STRATEGIC CROSSOVER VOTING IN THAT DISTRICT. BUT IT DID NOT WORK. DIANE? >> ALL RIGHT AND SERENE,