chicago, mayor lightfoot, is coming out of the box with a tough on crime message. the fact of the matter is voters see where the crime rates are and they are reacting. >> they're reacting. and new york they've got a new mayor. >> and he's tough on crime too. >> harry inton, thank you very much. thanks very much to all of you. thanks very much to all of you. anderson starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com a fourth grader talks about watching her friends and teachers murdered. a mother describes the shrapnel that will be in her son's body for life. a doctor recounts the kinds of wounds once seen only on battlefields but are now inflicted the movie theaters, synagogues, supermarkets, and most recently, fourth grade classrooms. the house committee heard from people whose lives were touched and changes forever by the mass shootings in buffalo and uvalde. their testimony came with lawmakers in both chambers debating gun legislation.

before getting to where it all stands tonight, i want you to hear from these witnesses, starting with this 11-year-old talking about the gunman coming into her classroom. it's graphic and difficult to hear, but it's important to hear it unfiltered. no matter where you stand on the issue of guns, this shouldn't be happening. >> we were just watching, and then she got -- and she went to lock the door. and he was in the hallway, and they made eye contact. and then she went back in the room and told us, go hide. and then we went to go hide behind my teacher's desk and behind the backpacks. and then he shot the little window. and then he went to the other

classroom, and then he went -- there's a door between our classrooms, and he went to there and shot my teacher and told my teacher -- he shot her in the head. and then she shot some of my classmates. when i went to the backpacks, he shot my friend that was next to me, and i thought he was going to come back to the room. so, i grabbed a little blood and put it all over me. >> do you feel safe at school? why not? >> because i don't want this to happen again. >> and you think it's going to happen again? >> what i did find was something no prayer will ever relieve, two children whose bodies have been p pulverized by bullets fired at

them, decapitated, whose flesh had been ripped apart. >> to the lawmakers who feel that we do not need stricter gun laws, let me paint a picture for you. my son, an has a hole in the ri side of his neck, two on his back, and another on his left leg. caused by an exploding bullet from an ar-15. as i clean his wounds, i can feel pieces of that bullet in his back. shrapnel will be left inside of his body for the rest of his life. now i want you to picture that exact scenario for one of your children. this should not be your story or mine. >> somewhere out there, there's a mom listening to our testimony thinking, i can't even imagine their pain, not knowing that our

reality will one day be hers, unless we act now. >> i choose to be a pediatrician. i chose to take care of children, keeping them safe from bacteria and brittle bones, i can do. but making sure our children are safe from guns, that's the job of our politicians and leaders. in this case, you are the doctors, and our country is the patient. we are lying on the operating table, riddled with bullets like the children of robb elementary and so many other schools. we are bleeding out, and you are not there. my oath as a doctor means that i signed up to save lives. i do my job, and i guess it turns out that i am here to plead, to beg, to please, please do yours. >> that was dr. roy earlier today, and he joins us now. dr. guerrero, your testimony was

incredibly powerful. it was important. and it must have been difficult for you. what was going through your mind today in those moments? >> i think the biggest thing that was going through my mind was deciding how much of the truth i wanted to expose and to say. but i felt it was important because only by painting that visual image could you actually get people to understand the gravity of what happened to our community and to understand how much my community is suffering and how much we're just completely devastated and still hurting two weeks after this happened. >> how much of the truth to share, you say? what is the truth? >> that these weapons of war cause wounds that are war wounds, the things you see on movies, things that no pediatrician, much less any doctor is ever ready to see. we were forced into this situation by someone that was out to murder children, and the wounds were exactly as i

described. >> you concluded your testimony by pleading with the politicians and leaders to do their jobs. now, i know physicians aren't political figures, but they're concerned about the welfare of your patients. what would you like to see happen? >> at the very least -- i don't like to use the word gun control or gun reform. just implementing safety, safety that these guns can't get in the hands of people that shouldn't have them, that, you know, these people should have background checks, especially if they suffer from mental illness or any other kind of emotional trauma or problems. you get diagnosis run on you whenever you're trying to buy life insurance. why not when you're trying to buy any type of gun? i think that's a start. and i think at least knowing that the person that is going to buy or purchase these weapons doesn't have some kind of mental issue that could cause them to perform any more of these

horrendous acts would be a good place to start. >> you spoke about seeing mia se reno at the hospital the day of the shooting. you've known her since she was a baby. can you just tell us about that moment that you saw her and her parents shortly after the shooting? >> yes. so, as i was called to the hospital, as i noted in my testimony today, mia was one of the first -- first of my patients that i saw as i walked into the er. she was bleeding. she was obviously in shock and crying, and she had a bleeding shoulder. you could tell there were shrapnel wounds all over her body. she had blood everywhere. and her first question is, have you seen my mom? and like i said, i've known mia since she was probably a couple months old. and so, i immediately told her, yeah, i think i just saw your mom -- your mom outside as i walked in. so, as i walked out, i did

locate mia's parents and let them know that she was okay. but it was horrifying to see a child that's basically like yours because you've known them for so long be in that situation and have these kinds of injuries. >> so, you say you'll never forget what you saw that day. you know, you speak about the mothers' cries that you'll never get out of your head and the fact that the only clue to the identity of the children were the blood spattered cartoon clothes they were wearing. do you think it's possible for people across the country to fully grasp the horror of what you saw? >> no. i think unless you lived it and you felt it and you still feel it like the community does today and how uvalde is still mourning still at this point, you'll never truly know or feel what we felt. but at least if i can paint a mental picture of these

horrendous acts, this shouldn't be happening. i think that's a start. like i said, no one should ever experience this. >> it's back to that initial point you made, how much of the truth you want to share with people. what do people need to know? what do people need to know about the sights that you saw? and, again, i know it's hard for people to hear, but you obviously think it's important that they do. >> yeah, i just think the people need to know that these type of guns, assault weapons, ar-15s, have no place in our society, merely because of the type of injuries and wounds that they cause. and as you mentioned, you know, with these types of scenarios and with the things that we saw that day, i'm not going to repeat what the injuries were. the reports are out there. everyone's seen my testimony. that's something that no family or no community should ever relive ever again. >> and i know you're a

pediatrician. you treat patients and you've probably treated all kinds of things in your life. but i know you've also never seen anything like this. >> no. >> how are you doing? how is your community doing tonight? >> we're struggling. we're broken. uvalde will never be the same. i think, speaking for myself, you know, two weeks from the tragedy and here i am speaking to you, here i am at the u.s. capitol. a month ago, i was, you know, treating the normal ailments of a pediatrician's normal daily task. i never thought that i would be sitting here with you right now. i really think i really haven't dealt with the full impact of what's happened to me, what's happened to my community. today we actually had a meeting on capitol hill with some policy makers just speaking of the counseling and the psychology help we're going to need for the community, the parents, aunts,

uncles, friends, even myself, weeks to months to years from now after this tragedy. >> dr. roy guerrero, i know the community is grateful for the work you're doing. thank you for being with us tonight. >> thank you so much. texas senator john cornyn told "cnn tonight" that he managed to see some of the house testimony more than what's being proposed in the senate talks. senator cornyn says he understands their concerns, says his goal is saving lives but added nobody knows what we're going to do, including me. for more on the house and senate side, we're joined by lauren fox. lauren, what's the latest on the gun safety measures being voted on in the house? and what's the outlook for action in the senate? >> yeah, john, just moments ago, the house passing their own gun legislation, the protecting our kids act, which includes several provisions that are not going to be included in those senate negotiations. one of them that got several republican votes was a increase

in the age at which you could buy an ar-15, from the age of 18 to 21. they voted individually on all of these measures before voting on the overall package. and ten republicans voted on that measure when it came to the house floor. there's also legislation included in this broader package in the house that would limit the size of high capacity maga magazines. another provision that is not going to be part of the senate negotiations. but like you said, the house making it very clear where they stand, of course controlled by democrats, versus the senate, where those bipartisan talks are going more slowly and more deliberately perhaps, but where it is certainly going to be much harder to get the sweeping kinds of reforms that you had parents begging, pleading with lawmakers to pass today. >> i mentioned senator cornyn said he saw some of the clips of the testimony today. is it clear whether the testimony in the house had much of an impact on the senate

negotiations? >> reporter: well, i was talking to several members about whether they watched pieces of that hearing, whether they saw clips. it was interesting the juxtaposition. senator cornyn said he saw clips. senator cruz said he had been in committee all day and had not seen them. they both represent the state of texas. right now it doesn't seem, given what cornyn said, about he doesn't know what's going to be in the senate package, that this has had an impact on how they are negotiating. again, the things that the parents are asking for are not going to be included in that broader senate package. instead, the senators are looking at much narrow provisions, things like including juvenile records in the background checks so people go and try to buy an ar-15, if they're between the ages of 18 and 21. they're looking at about $7 billion for mental health funding. those items are not going to reach as far as something like banning assault weapons or banning the kind of weapons that did the kind of damage to

children that the pediatrician was just talking about. >> laura fox, thank you very much. one other related item, attorney general merrick garland said the justice department will review the actions took and not took at robb elementary. just last night we reported a new bulletin from the homeland security department. it warned of an uptick of violence. not long after we left you in the early hours of the morning, the possible became the actual. now a man is in custody, charged with trying to murder a justice on the u.s. supreme court. cnn's jessica schneider joins us with all we know about the alleged attempt on brett kavanaugh. jessica, what are authorities saying about what happened, who this would-be assassin is, what he was planning to do, and his motivation? >> this is a 26-year-old man from si my valley, callal cal. he is in federal custody. he travelled across the country with the express intent to break

into a supreme court justice's home and kill him. the intended target was justice brett kavanaugh. this all unfolded outside the justice's home in maryland overnight. authorities say the suspect showed up. he was dressed all in black. he was carrying a suitcase and a backpack. those were filled with weapons and ammunition, john. it included a glock 17 pistol with two magazines, ammunition, also zip ties, a hammer, even a crowbar. now, officials say that shortly thereafter, when he got out of the cab, he called 911 on himself and he told the distacher that he was suicidal, that he also had a gun. that's when police moved in, they arrested him. and when fbi agents questioned him, that 26-year-old said that he had numerous reasons for being there. he said he was upset about the leaked draft of the roe v. wade opinion. he also said he was angered about the mass shooting in uvalde and then said that he was concerned that justice brett kavanaugh would cast a vote to

strike down a new york gun law. we're also still waiting on that opinion. and john, perhaps most strikingly is that the suspect allegedly told authoritys that he bought the pistol and the ammunition with the express intent to kill, traveling cross country in what was this plot, john. >> do we know if justice kavanaugh was at home at the time of the incident? >> so, here's the thing. the supreme court has been very tight lipped about the whereabouts of any of the justices in the past few weeks since that leak. they haven't even been telling us about public appearances. so, we don't know if justice kavanaugh was home. we know he lives there with his wife, his two young daughters. notably, john, a few weeks ago the attorney general said u.s. marshals would provide around the clock security for the justices and their families. so, the marshals were there outside the home. they also saw the suspect arrive and helped thwart this plot. >> i want to bring in jeffrey

toobin. we saw the homeland security warning. still, though, how surprising is this for you to see? >> well, unfortunately, it's not that surprising because of the incredibly tense and violent atmosphere that we see in so many -- so much now. you know, look at the supreme court. the supreme court is surrounded by this enormous, ugly fence because -- for security reasons. and this is just an incredibly, scary, awful story about the threat to justice kavanaugh. i mean, this guy had real guns with him. and, you know, maybe he was mentally ill. maybe he wasn't. we don't know all the circumstances. but the fact is this was a real threat, it appears, and we can only be fortunate that it didn't get any -- didn't get any farther than it did. >> is there any historical precedent for this, jeffrey, that a security bulletin is issued around a pending supreme court decision? >> well, certainly not in the

modern era of the supreme court. you know, not too long ago, supreme court justices travelled the world like members of congress, with very little or no security at all. i mean, they have always been public figures, but they were not the people subject to threats. those days are over, and they are getting more over all the time. the security is ramping up. obviously the bush v. gore -- the roe v. wade case, the case that may overturn abortion rights in america, is something that has raised sensitivity and, you know, provoked a great deal of anger. so, you know, unfortunately, the threat level is probably only going to rise as we get closer to that decision by the end of june. >> jessica, what does the federal case look like against this individual and what kind of prison time could he be facing? >> this is serious. it's a serious charge. it's attempted murder of a u.s. judge.

it carries up to 20 years in prison. we saw the suspect in federal court in maryland before a magistrate judge. he was remanded, so he will be locked up until his next court date, which is later in june. this is a very serious charge, attempted murder of a u.s. judge, 20 years. >> serious charge for what could have been a very serious incident. jessica schneider, jeffrey toobin, thanks to you both. next, one of the police heroes of january 6th and what he would like to see from the televised hearings, which begin tomorrow. also new audio of the top house republican on january 11th, endorsing the very same goals of the select committee and investigation he now opposes. later, the strange disappearance of katelyn armstrong. well, actually, we're from a lot of places. see, we're from here, and there.e... give dad a gift worth sharinin, at ancestry.com

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audio tonight of the one of the republican leaders who is refusing to cooperate with the investigation. it was just released by reporters alex burns and jonathan martin in connection with their new back "this will not pass." hougt republican kevin mccarthy essentially agreeing with everything the committee he now opposes says it stands for. >> we cannot just sweep this under the rug. we need to know why it happened, who did it, and people need to be held accountable for it. and i'm committed to make sure that happens. >> so, just days after he said that, he went to mar-a-lago, made nice with the former president, and is leading the opposition for everything he said he was for on january 11th. also on january 5th, telling colleagues he doesn't like the fact he's about to vote to overturn election results but is doing it anyway because his constituents are demanding it.

>> the reality is this is a political vote for many of us. i'm going to vote my district. my district wants me to object to the states that get bicameral objections. and that's how i'm going to vote. do i like it? no. >> joining us now, cnn law enforcement analyst michael fanone. he was beaten, tasered, and suffered traumatic brain injury and later a heart attack defending the capitol. you hear those comments from republican lawmakers before and after the insurrection, particularly kevin mccarthy who is now against the select committee. so, when you hear that now, how does that make you feel? >> well, i mean, i agreed with kevin mccarthy, that, you know, uttered those words i think it was -- what -- on january 11th. obviously, you know, i've talked about it many times.

he's reversed course and made the events of that day purely political. you know, he's looking for -- looking at his own political future, the future of his party. and those are the things that appear to be most important to kevin mccarthy. >> i just want to play a little bit more of what was said. the day before the attack -- and this time it's by a republican congresswoman debbie lesko of arizona. listen to this. >> i also ask leadership to come up with a safety plan for members. i'm actually very concerned about this because we have, who knows how many hundreds of thousands of people coming here. we have antifa. we also have, quite honestly, trump supporters who actually believe that we are going to overturn the election. and when that doesn't happen,

most likely will not happen, they're going to go nuts. >> this is january 5th, debbie lesko saying there will be trump supporters there who are going to go nuts. hearing that now, having gone through everything you did, what do you think? >> yeah, i just -- i don't understand it to be totally honest with you. i don't know what to think. you know, this was obviously an incredibly violent day. many officers were injured. people lost their lives, including a police officer. and, you know, that aside, it was the most -- to me, at least, the most embarrassing moment in my lifetime for our country on the national and also the international stage. i mean, we have become, you know, a parody of our selves. we're the laughing stock, america that touts the peaceful transition of power and lectures

other countries. you know, look what we've become. >> so, these hearings begin tomorrow night in prime time. what are the outstanding questions you have that need to be answered? what are the blanks you want to have filled in? >> i have the same questions that i had when i testified last year. i want to know that if there were elected members of our government or government officials who participated in an overt effort to overturn the 2020 election. i want to know about our elected members and their subordinates' internal conversations and whether or not they reflect their public rhetoric. i want to know if their subordinates coordinated with the individuals who carried out

the violent attack or if elected members for that matter coordinated with these individuals, these groups, three percenters, the proud boys, et cetera. i also want some answers with regards to the physical security of the capitol. i'm not a police officer anymore. i know i'm not privy to certain types of information. but i think the u.s. capitol police owes it not only to their own officers but also to the other agencies that responded that day to assist. there should be some assurances that steps have been taken to ensure that the events of that day won't happen again. you know, whether it's physical security, training, preparation, regardless. i mean, there were some catastrophic failures in preparation and leadership within the united states capitol police. and as far as i know, the only person that lost their job was chief son. i think that's pretty

outrageous, if you ask me. >> are you worried about possible misinformation that will be floated in the coming weeks around the hearing? just tonight, congressman troy neils who kevin mccarthy originally wanted on the committee said i think the capitol police didn't have the national guard here because maybe they just wanted it to happen. >> yeah, i mean, i try not to speak specifically to the conspiracy theories. i mean, unfortunately, we've got too many members of the, you know, tinfoil hat brigade that have infiltrated our government. you know, if the congressman has evidence of that, why hasn't he brought that forward? you know, it's that type of dangerous rhetoric, you know, insinuating things like that with no evidence, that got us here in the first place. >> michael fanone, i do

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a powerful message for democrats nationwide when you look at some of the primary results in california, one of the most liberal states and home to the two of the most liberal cities in the country. voters sent a message, address crime and homelessness. voters recalled san francisco district attorney chesa boudin by a 20 point margin. in a city that's faced a plague of burglary and public disorder. and in the los angeles mayoral race, billionaire and republican rick caruso, who promises a tough on crime approach got enough support to force a runoff against democratic congresswoman karen bass. joining us, james carville. how much of a wakeup call should this be for national democrats? >> well, democratic voters have seized control of their party. the people of san francisco won last night. the faculty at berkeley, the university of berkeley in

california lost. this is not unusual. they lost in seattle, minneapolis, buffalo, cleveland, new orleans, new york city. i mean, hopefully a lot of people in the party and a lot of people that cover the party and influencers understand that democrats around this country live in this country and they want a safe country and they want people to pay attention to them, the people that do the work and ride in the streets and ride mass transit and go to the hospital and send their kids to school. that's who counts in this country, not a bunch of snobby, self-righteous elites. >> back in may of last year, you wrote an open ed in "wall street journal." you warned democrats that they need to face crime head-on. and you concluded with the quote, democrats don't pivot on the crime, own the issue or the issue will own you. is crime owning democrats right now? >> well, it's owning a certain sliver of the democratic party. and you know, a blind acorn

finds a squirrel every now and then. i look back on that piece, and this blind squirrel found an acorn. but i could feel it and you could see it coming. and we had a very successful -- you know, president biden and president clinton in 1994 authored and passed an assault weapons ban that was in place for ten years. they appealed it. we now have 20 million assault weapons. the violent crime rate dropped between 1994 and 2019. it was only in the last year of president trump that the crime rates skyrocketed. and i just don't understand why democrats, some democrats, run away from this issue because the democratic voters are not running away from this issue because they feel it. i feel it here in new orleanss. i talk to people on the street that feel it. and this should be our issue. it really should. >> how much of the struggle do you trace back to the perception, fair or unfair, that your party embraced the defund

the police mantra? i know it's not the leaders. i know it's not joe biden. he from the beginning has been against it. but how much of a problem has that been for the party? >> it's been a terrible problem. defund is police is what we call it sticky. it's the economy stupid. it's sticky. it's sticky in a good way, but it's sticky. defund the police is sticky in a bad way. you had a lot of the commentary saying this is the move in america, this is this, this is that. of course they put it on the ballot in minneapolis and it went down terribly. and it particularly went down in more marginal neighborhoods because people feel this. and it's not too much for the american taxpayer and american voter to ask for humane, effective policing. the two are not exclusionary. and until democrats understand that, we're going to continue the setback. actually democrats have much,

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a cnn exclusive now on sophisticated american weapons being supplied to ukraine. we've been hearing about them for weeks now when each new shipment is announced. now for the first time we see them in action on the front lines. more from cnn's matthew chance. >> reporter: these are just some of the powerful american guns now on the ukrainian front lines meant to make a critical difference in the war with ru russia. because they might be targeted at any moment, media access to them is highly sensitive and rare. we've been taken here, very close to the front lines in southern ukraine, where we're being shown these u.s.-provided long-range artillery systems, it's an m-777. according to ukrainian military officials that we've spoken to,

the u.s. has so far supplied approximately 90 of these weapons. and many of them are already being used on the front line, including in this area in the south of ukraine, pounding russian positions. we were only shown a training exercise, but ukrainian military officials say these are exclusive images of the same weapons in action just this week, firing on russian forces more than 20 miles away. including on this multiple rocket launcher they say had been targeting civilian areas. ukrainian aerial footage shows the grad being destroyed, its ammunition exploded after a direct hit. ukrainian artillery troops say their guns and they're giving them an edge. and their russian counterparts are feeling the pain. >> translator: yes, they definitely notice as we became

faster and more precise. they are not able to keep up with us, as they are operating old soviet guns, which are heavier, less precise, slower, and difficult to use. these guns are objectively the best in the world. and when we started using them, our efficiency rose tremendously. >> reporter: it's giving the ukrainian military an advantage, they say, on the battlefield because these weapons are much lighter, much more accurate than they've used before, much more mobile as well. and it's giving them the edge, they say, to try to help them push back russian forces all along this region. but of course the complaint, if you can call it a complaint, is that they want more of this. they want more weapons like this, and they want even longer range rockets, which have been promised by the united states, to push back the russians even further. and ukrainian authorities are likely to need more guns still to hold them back. with no end to this conflict,

the demand for u.s. weapons may be endless too. >> that's a perspective we just haven't seen. and matthew joins me now from southern ukraine. matthew, what is ukrainian leadership saying about these weapons from the u.s.? >> reporter: first of all, john, they're saying that they're very grateful indeed for them because they're making a difference on the battlefield. but they're saying they want more of them and they want more frequent deliveries because the supplies of them are becoming depleted so they can use these weapons to push russian forces out of ukrainian cities and help save ukrainian lives and defend the country, john. >> what's president zelenskyy been saying about the latest fighting in the east, particularly in the city of severodonetsk? >> reporter: well, it's very grave. he's saying the situation is very difficult. the battle is very ferocious. and he's also making the point that the fate of donbas, that area in eastern ukraine, which russia say ss a military priority for it to conquer, the

fate of donbas is being decided in this battle. this, as russian forces, you know, are poised to take over essentially the last remaining bits in the luhansk region of donbas which is still under ukrainian government control. >> that would be a significant development there. matthew chance, terrific reporting. thank you very much. coming up, new details in the search for the woman suspected of killing an elite cyclist in what investigators believe was a deadly act of romantic jealousy. "360's" randi kaye has the latest next. and of course, puppy-friendly. we d don't like to say perfect, but it's pretty perfect. booking.cocom, booking.yeah.

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the saga continues tonight in a possible love triangle turned murder case. the search for katelyn armstrong, the woman accused of killing pro cyclist anna moriah is ongoing. we have new details on where she

was last seen. our randi kaye has the story. >> katelyn is out there watching or anyone helping her, we ask you to come forward. >> reporter: a message to katelyn marie armstrong, who investigators say fled texas after gunning down anna moriah wilson on may 11th. take a look at these security images from may 14th, just a few days after the murder. federal investigators say that's armstrong at the airport in austin, texas, just before flying to new york city's lagu laguardia airport. and now they say someone dropped her off at newark four days later on may 18th. there is no evidence she took an outbound flight from newark or at least not in her real name. all of this puts katelyn armstrong hundreds of miles from the crime saep and investigators are stuck. >> we lost the footprint in the sand.

>> reporter: armstrong's father told nbc, his daughter is innocent. >> authorities believe armstrong has the answers to those questions. the motive for the killing may be a jealous rage. both women had been in a romantic relationship with the same man, another professional cyclist. an anonymous tip to police said armstrong made prior statements expressing a desire to kill wilson. on the day of her murder, the affidavit said wilson and strickland spent the afternoon swimming together, then had dinner. after that strickland told investigators, he dropped wilson off at her friend's home and did not go inside. later that night, wilson's friend returned to find her bleeding and unconscious in the bathroom. per the affidavit, she suffered many gunshot wounds. investigators obtained video surveillance showing an suv similar to armstrong's near the crime scene just one minute after wilson went inside. that's according to the police

affidavit, which says ballistic evidence recovered from the scene is similar to bullets fired from a hand gun belonging to armstrong. >> we'd like to bring you to custody so you can have your day in court. >> reporter: but armstrong had her chance to tell her side of the story once already. before skipping town, investigators picked her up on an outstanding arrest warrant, unelt ared to this case, and questioned her about why her vehicle was near the crime scene. they didn't have probable cause to hold armstrong and let her go, even after they say she offered no explanation for her vehicle's whereabouts. >> if she thought or knew she was going to be wanted for this, she probably had a five-day head start. >> and randi joins me from dallas. randi, i know you spoke with the u.s. marshal service today. what else were they able to share with you? >> i spoke with deputy u.s. marshal brandon villa and

they're trying to figure out who dropped katelyn armstrong at newark armstrong. this was not a mass transit drop. this was a private vehicle. of course they've searched the database. nobody with her name shows up in any sort of outbound flight from newark. so, they're trying to figure out if possible she was traveling using a fake id or maybe just using the airport to throw investigators off her trail and possibly left the airport on foot or by some other means. they're poring over all the security footage to see if maybe they can spot her wearing a disguise at the airport, john. right now the reward is up to $5,000. they received more than 70 tips but still no confirmed sightings of katelyn armstrong, john. >> randi kaye, thank you very much. next, putting tomorrow's first session of televised january 6th hearings in perspective. vyret. conquer it with mavyret. cure i it. with mavyret. mavyret cures all types of hep c. in only 8 weeks. the virus multiplies d daily

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remember the iran contra hearings in the late 1980s or watched the watergate hearings, anyone familiar with any of these knows these rare proceedings often produce surprises and drama and more often than not a better approximation of the truth of what really happened than anyone might have expected. will that be the case with the january 6th hearings, which get underway tomorrow night? it will certainly be something to watch for. coverage begins at 7:00 tomorrow on cnn. the news continues so, let's hand it over to laura coates and "cnn tonight." >> i'm laura coates, and this is "cnn tonight." some people will tell you, kids, they say the darnedest things. others will simply say, out of mouths of the babes, if you're my grand mother. but say we heard the truth from the mouth of a child who should be asking to ride her bicycle with that voice, not having to testify before the house representatives about how she was forced to try and save her own life and did.