let me play chairman bennie thompson. he was asked by alli vitali about these leaked texts.-- in leadership or in a member make a statement about his non-participation or opinions and ult may it's found out that that's the complete opposite, it does not bode well for members of congress. you know, people send us here to be truthful. >> as true as that is, and he's a very calm man, bennie thompson, he's a gentleman, but do you -- inside of the democratic caucus do you think there is sufficient alarm about the clear determination up and down the ballot among republicans from the state level all the way to the congress and the united states senate. to implement the coup and make it successful next time? >> yes, joy. the fear is that they are putting in place the building blocks to ensure that a democrat would never win at the highest office again and that there would never be a peaceful transition of power again because there would never be a transition of power because they through antivoting measures that they're putting in place from the candidates that they're nominating, l

according to a chairman, benny thompson, there will be a total of eight hearings.or june 9th, just over a month away. quote, we'll tell the story about what happened to us. we will use a combination of things that we have through the lens of thousands of exhibits we have looked at, as well as hundreds of witnesses we have to post. >> one name that is certain to come up many times's former chief of staff, mark meadows. just last week a former staffer claims he was warned ahead of time that january 6th could turn violent. now, meadows, his name is in the headlines. this time over text with fox news is sean hannity. the messages obtained by cnn show the two men strategizing about how best to invalidate the results of the 2020 election. they are lamenting stolen votes. the 80 new tax or just a small portion of just 2000 messages that meadows provided to the select committee. nor him, nor hannity responded to msnbc's request for comment. this begs the question, if this is a preview, what fireworks do they have in store for the main event. joining me now is betsy, the na

this was the january 6th investigation chair bennie thompson talking with nbc news outside the hearing she answered questions i mean, you know, not in broad, chatty terms. but she's answering questions. >> has she invoked the 5th? >> not that i'm aware. >> or any other privilege or executive live? >> not that i'm aware. >> okay. that would seem to imply that ivanka trump is one of the more cooperative witnesses from donald trump's inner circle. some other allies that stone walled by invoking executive privilege or pleading the fifth is also forthcoming. the committee chairman said his committee will likely not subpoena the former vice president mike pence for testimony saying they've got enough information from his aide who already testified. thompson appeared to rule out calling the former president himself as a witness. but they did apparently want roughly eight hours of testimony from the president's daughter. so just what are the investigators learning from ivanka trump? and what does it mean that she is in fact answering questions. joining me now is nbc news justice reporter ryan

>> you hear bennie thompson lay it out. he wants to tell the story. it will be like the impeachment trials in some respect, right? they will try and tell a story through antidotes, evidence and testimony. they have interviewed countless amounts of people and countless accounts of reporting on this incident. i think they will try and build on that public narrative, what the public already knows with some behind the scenes antidotes about the president's mind-set, what he was doing on that day and most importantly, how it came to be that there was an insurrection at the capitol, who was funding it and behind it and who was behind the rally. that will come out in the eight hearings and eight hearings is a lot, and it's going to be a jam-packed summer. >> given the lessons of the impeachment hearings, and the second one was bipartisan, and given the lessons of the mueller report and how that was unveiled, is the january 6th committee looking at those and saying we have got to find a way to really cut through the noise of politics, cut through the partisan

tonight, the chairman of the january 6th investigation, democratic congressman benny thompson told reporters that, yes, they really would like to talk to some members of congress for their investigation. yes, in particular, they'd really like to talk to kevin mccarthy. listen. >> they want to hear from kevin mccarthy? >> yes, we've invited him to come earlier before the latest revelation that was reported on tapes. so, in all probability, he will be issued another invitation to come just like some other members. >> when will that happen? >> soon. >> this week? >> soon. >> mccarthy in the other two republicans, there is some new members and that was well. >> for sure, leader mccarthy, will make a decision on any others before the week is out. >> if he doesn't respond to that invitation, second innovation, which you subpoena him at that point? >> well, that'll be a consideration for the committee to decide. >> that was the chair of the january 6th investigation, congressman benny thompson saying that the committee will be issuing another invitation to the republican house leader kevin mccarthy

he is one of the reporters listening to benny thompson. thank you for joining us tonts. nice to have you here. >> thanks so much, rachel. >> i feel like today has been a day of sort of -- it's like a snowballing developments in terms of january 6th, particularly related to republican members of congress. let me just ask you if the way i described that, if i got anything wrong, or if there's anything important in terms of today's developments that you think i've missed out. >> that's exactly right. we have seen the focus turn back on the house republicans here. and this is going to be something that the committee is going to have to make some big decisions on what exactly they're going to do if they want to actually hear from any of these members of congress. >> in terms of the likelihood of getting to hear from members of congress, we have previously seen requests. i think scott perry might have been the first, that these members should come in and talk, one by one, all of these members have rejected those voluntary requests. we haven't seen subpoenas to members of congr

tell me what you make of the idea that ivanka trump according to benny thompson who has no reason toher invoking executive privilege nor the fifth amendment. do you make anything of that? >> you know, i think it's present to this broader theme that we sum throughout the trump administration where ivanka trump and jared kushner tried to make themselves out to be the reasonable people in the room. and they kept saying that they were trying to push trump in the right direction. it became a true throughout the trump administration we saw this and every decision that from administration made that was unpopular with the broader masses or may have been unpopular in their circles. there was always the story that said well you know ivanka was trying to push him in the right direction behind the scenes. so the sort of seems like an ongoing theme here. because january 6th is now this monumental event that is shaping the entire trump presidency. i think it's clear here and then she recognizes that. she has to be clear that you know she was a reasonable force in the room. she has to get the narra

>> committee chairman bennie thompson says ivanka has been answering questions, though he describes her voluntarily. she was not subpoenaed and to her knowledge, she had not invoked her fifth amendment or any other privilege as we've seen other witnesses do. and, wolf, that's notable because lawmakers have a lot they want to ask ivanka about. in addition to being the former president's daughter, and senior adviser, she really has a unique perspective on the because she physically inside the white house, in close proximity to her father and at several key meetings. in the original request from the committee to ivanka, lawmakers laid out some of the things they wanted to talk to her about. for example, they revealed that other witnesses have testified that she was present for a conversation between her father and then vice president mike pence. this was part of the pressure campaign that the vice president was facing. they said they want to ask her what she heard in that conversation. they also want to know about any efforts to encourage the former president to go out and quell the violen

to let people hang him and be lynched to stay in officer but what is interesting is chairman bennie thompsonh i found interesting siting significant information they received from two aides, thompson indicated the panel would not be likely to call trump as a witness saying i don't know anything else we could ask donald trump that the public doesn't already know. he ran his mouth for four years. what do you make of the fact that mike pence seems to be cooperating without a subpoena? >> it's really interesting. look at mike pence. he's making critical calculations now where he stands with regard to the 2020 presidential race whether he himself wants to run or back up the candidates so he is looking at this not only in terms of what his role was and don't think from what i've seen he does but we don't know the facts. certainly his behavior is influenced but what is coming down the road for the next presidential election and it seems from i agree with you this is much more his unwillingness of the committee to issue a subpoena to him is very interesting to me and does seem to indicate that wheth

late this afternoon i had a chance to talk to committee chairman bennie thompson who told me ms. trump did answer questions and did not invoke executive privilege. and other than that, she wasn't exceptionally chatty and the chairman wasn't that chatty either >> garrett haake on capitol hill thank you. >>> barack obama with his first visit to the white house in five years promoting both an extension of obama care as well as president biden and democrats who faced sagging polls ahead of the midterms peter alexander is there >> reporter: tonight stepping back into what president biden called the good old days former president obama returning to the white house for the first time since leaving office. a reunion of policy and friendship >> vice president biden -- vice president -- [ laughter ] that was a joke. >> reporter: 44 rejoining 46 to tout the anniversary of his signature health care law and to support president biden's efforts to expand it >> nothing made me prouder tha providing better health care and more protections to millions of people across this country >> both nostalg

congressman bennie thompson, chair of the house select committee, says the panel plans to hold eightt for june 9th. rudy giuliani agreed to meet with the panel next month. evan perez has been following all of this for us. evan, what can we expect from these hearings in june? >> well, bianna, i think the committee wants to present a compelling picture of exactly what happened in those key days in december, in january, around the january 6th riot, the atab attack on the u.s. capitol. they haven't said who they're going to present, the witnesses they're going to bring in for the hearings, eight hearings in all, beginning on june 9th. some of it in primetime. but we probably can expect they'll be some administration officials who had a good place to witness what was going on around the former president, in those key days. here's the chairman of the committee, bennie thompson, discussing what he's planning. >> i think there are some members who need to explain some of the information that we found out during our investigation. we have come up on significant information about a lot of peop

committee chairman bennie thompson said, "you didn't have to be in washington to know what was goingsay he would have some knowledge of the plans around what would occur." >> hi, everyone -- >> reporter: the white house says president biden will not assert executive privilege for kushner's testimony. >> the president has spoken to the fact that january 6 was one of the darkest days in our country's history, and we must have a full accounting of what happened to ensure that it never occurs again. >> reporter: the same is true for kushner's wife, ivanka trump. the committee is negotiating for her testimony. the january 6th committee is also looking to bring in ginny thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas following revelations that she worked with the trump white house to try to overturn the election. cbs news obtained texts between thomas and white house chief of staff mark meadows showing coordination including this one just after the election saying, "do not concede. it takes time for the army who is gathering for his back." house speaker nancy pelosi is among many dem

representative matt get gets rather gaetz of florida and mo brooks of alabama committee chairman bennie thompsonat the panel may issue a second request. mccarthy who has declined voluntarily appear. >> in oakland to another business owner is sweeping up broken glass after his juice bar was vandalized and broken into for the 3rd time since first opening last year. it happened. it got juice and macarthur boulevard near laurel elementary suspects broke in through the window and stole the cash register, which the owner says didn't even have much it. the store was first hit around this time last year. it was broken into again, 6 months later, the owner says as an oakland native, he's frustrated the business will now no longer be accepting cash in an attempt to try to prevent even more break-ins in the future. >> the time now as we get a live outside from kim's that that is just one of those beauty shot far away. san francisco downtown probably on sutro tower who trump king the and there she is. meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez. good to a breeze. i know. great to see to snuck into that video earlier. s

all of this in a phone call with other gop leaders, committee chair person bennie thompson says the panel may issue a second request to mccarthy who has declined to voluntarily appear. >> coming up, strong winds, warm weather and rain. all of that in the bay area forecast kron 4 meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez says timing. those weather systems out bring us the latest and a partisan splits on elon musk's deal with twitter. now lawmakers are calling for an investigation to the 43 billion dollar purchase. plus, we're following the developments out of oakland where a judge is expected to decide on whether or not the police department. we'll stay under federal oversight. those stories and more coming up on stories and more coming up on kron. 4 news at 6.30. numbers... ...move you but some can stop you in your tracks. like the tens of thousands of people who were diagnosed with certain hpv-related cancers. for most people, hpv clears on its own. but for those who don't clear the virus, it can cause certain cancers. gardasil 9 is a vaccine given to adults through age 45 that can help protect ag

committee chairman bennie thompson said, you did not have to be in washington to know what was going i don't think anybody would not say he would have some knowledge of the plans around what would occur. the white house says president biden will not assert executive privilege over kushner's testimony. >> the president has spoken to the fact that january 6th was one of the darkest days in our country's history and that we must have a full accounting of what happened to ensure that it never happens again. >> the same is true of kushner's wife, ivanka trump. the committee is negotiating for her testimony. >> reporter: the committee is also looking to bring in ginni thomas, following revelations that she worked with the trump white house to try to overturn the 2020 election. >> cbs news obtained text messages between thomas and chief of staff mark meadows showing coordination including this one just after the election, saying, do not concede, it takes time for the army he is gathering to back. >> reporter: many are calling for thomas to recuse himself from cases involving the assault. >>

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>> what bennie thompson told us i think he probably toldyou guys the same thing is he's going to issue another request to have mccarthy come to the committee and testify. they already issued one letter asking him to testify. mccarthy suggested he won't do so. the next step is a subpoena. will the january 6th committee subpoena them for a whole host of issues but mainly what they were doing on january 6th, what they knew, what they thought. time is running short. we reported this morning that the january 6th committee is going to hold its public hearings in june, they're going to release one report this fall. so all that said, they don't have a lot of time. if they want to have mccarthy subpoenaed and he's going to obviously fight this through the courts, so are jordan and perry, i have to imagine that they'd have to do so soon. >> to clarify, he did dodge the subpoena question, not whether they do want to speak with mccarthy. jake sherman, always good to see you. thank you very much. >> and former president donald trump is appealing a new york state judge's civil contempt order. trump,

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. >> i think chairman, bennie thompson, said himself they're still in contact with her team, trying toe out what agreement they can get to do get her to speak to the committee. because the committee definitely wants to hear from her. not just a daughter but one of the closest aids and someone folks were telling and talking to and she was talking to the then president about calling off the insurrectionests. so, that's an important aspect as we're watching and talking about this is what the president was doing at that time and whether or not his aids were able to get in touch with him and convince him to do something. >> it's going to be fascinating, isn't it? thank you both. and the exodus. >>> what are we're hearing from those fleeing the war in ukraine. go thrive crack ow, poland, a place opening its home to 50,000 refugees and counting. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. this is "andrea mitchell porerts" on msnbc. is now a good time for a flare-up? enough, crohn's! for adults with moderate to severe crohn's or ulcerative colitis, stelara® can provide relief, and is the first

i ran into benny thompson and asked him if he's going to be subpoenaed.to that yet. they'll be talk abouting for they move forward on subpoenas by the end of the week. whether it's a sliding time line. we'll see. >> they haven't subpoenaed moe brooks, correct? >> right. yeah. i think there are legal questions on that, i think. ali, i know you got to run. we'll let you go. >>> let me continue with my other three guests. carlos, i think i know the reason why mccarthy seems safe. that is because nobody wants to deal with the alternative mccarthy and everybody thinks they can mold mccarthy into what they want him to be. if you're a moderate like nancy, you think mccarthy will have your back. or if you're jim jordan, you think, yeah, i've got him by the short hairs and he can't move that much either. is that what keeps mccarthy in charge? >> well, chuck, i think that's right. kevin mccarthy is a people pleaser. he gets along with everyone. he has a gentle, happy dispositions about him. he doesn't make anyone angry. i will say this, chuck, it is always easier t

that's the chairman of the januaryso 6th investigation, congressman bennie thompson confirming to reporters tonight how the january 6th investigators are going to tell us, tell the public, what they have found. and start the 9th, thursday, june 9th, we don't know exactly what the format is going to be or the length of each of these public hearings, how they're going to do it, but they are planning initially to have eight hearings and we think they will all happen during thehe calenda month of june, at least that's what appears to be the plan now and they are saying they will start june 9th. we shall see it. is interesting though, having that time line does give us a little bit more information about where they u are in the process, right, if you think about it. chairman thompson confirmed today they are still taking depositions from witnesses,to including more depositions that they took, today, but you know they arens doing all of that behind closed doors, and we hear reports about what's happening behind closed doors, we had committee members talk about some of what they've learned but the

well, i talked to chairman bennie thompson about it. he said the committee will discuss whether they bring trump before them. the key, victor and alisyn, if they do it, it will be a voluntary request. they don't have plans right now to issue a subpoena to donald trump. >> ryan nobles on capitol hill, thank you. >>> it is the top of the hour here on cnn "newsroom." i'm victor blackwell. >> and i'm alisyn camerota. systemic violations of human rights against russia. the objection is the first of its kind in more than a decade. it's in response to the russian military's wanton mass killing in bucha, ukraine. as the world further isolates russia vladimir putin's military continues to wage war especially in the east fighting on the ground is escalating in the battle for the donetsk and luhansk regions. america's top general, mark milley, said today ukrainians are in for a, quote, long slog ahead. adding all of ukraine remains a combat zone. the scale of russia's operation will remind people of world war ii. >> the battle for donbas will remi

i spoke with the committee chairman, democratic congressman bennie thompson while the interview was goinge told me that ivanka was answering questions but didn't describe her as particularly, quote, chatty was the word that he used. so, you know, it's going to be really interesting to see what we can find out about what the committee learned from ivanka yesterday. >> yeah. it's interesting, you know, him saying i'm not aware of when asked if trump was citing the fifth amendment protection of self-incrimination or any other type of privilege. it sounds like she was forthcoming. what happens remains to be seen. want to ask you this, the house is set to vote on contempt charges for the two former trump advisers as part of the january 6th investigation. any chance that they're not found in contempt? >> reporter: so the house is voting today. you know, we're looking for -- we're assuming that's going to pass on party line vote but likely including the two republicans on the january 6th committee who were part of the group to initially make this referral. so these two trump aides are peter navo

. >> chair benny thompson said, afterwards, that she was a cooperative witness, and in that sense, shemplifies the vast majority of the people who we've contacted and who have come before the committee. essentially, people are cooperating. back with us to discuss, katie benner, justice department reporter for the new york times and former friend and adviser to maloney trump's. stephanie wen stir will call. stephanie, you wrote the book, melania and me, the rise and fall of my friendship with the first lady. katie, who knows what jarred said last week, who knows what ivanka said today, but the fact that the former presidents senior advisers and family members did not invoke privilege, did not take the fifth, as far as we know, and they spoke for 14 hours total, that's a giant story. we've never seen that before. what do we know about what happened? >> listen, i'm not gonna be able to say would happen in the room. i think that's to be seen. when the committee writes this report, we'll have a full accounting of what happened in that room. it's unwise to guess too much. when we do know, th

here she is meeting the small business owner of joyce's alterations after a greeting with bennie thompson and eric simmons. the destination greenville is intentional. a town in the heart of the miss misdelta. it's even been called the most southern place on earth. a place that is predominantly black and where during the height of jim crow, the threat of inchings terrorized black peel. it particularly meaningful the first black president came here days after president joe biden signed the emmit till into law. i got to travel with the vice president on air force 2, meaning i am back on the road and just a short time ago, i sat down with vice president harris for a wide ranging interview about her trip and so much more. let's dive on in. vice president harris, thank you for doing this. >> wonderful to be with you joy reid. >> it's wonderful to be with you and be in greenville, mississippi. i'm sure you noticed driving in in the motorcade, the children with the balloons and flags. who struck me first is that is wonderful but shows politicians don't come to places like this. is this something

committee chair bennie thompson tells nbc news that ivanka trump answered questions, quote, not in broad chatty terms but she is answering questions. she was in the west wing on january 6. the committee also saying that it received testimony that members of the white house staff requested ivanka trump's assistance, quote, on multiple occasions to intervene in an attempt to persuade president trump to address the ongoing lawlessness and violence on capitol hill. a representative for ivanka did not immediately respond to a request for comment. >> you know, it is interesting, willie, again as we see the events of january 6 unfold as the committee gets them and lay all the facts out, we're going to see donald trump an increasingly isolated plan inside his own west wing where ivanka, don jr., staff members, fox news hosts desperately trying to get him do what his republican members and most loyal members in congress were trying to get him to do, to intervene. >> say something. >> as we found out, not only was donald trump just standing in the white house staring at the violence unfolding, but

it's certainly not going to be led by bennie thompson and liz cheney if it still is in existence so time the essence. think of it this way, mark meadows stopped producing to the committee. meaning these are 25 or 2,600 text messages that he already turned over. it's just a stunning amount of information. he is still withholding a thousand text messages. and if these are the tebs text messages he turned over and he's withholding a thousand, you have to wonder what are in the thousand text messages. >> joyce, what are you watching out for? >> i think jake tells us exactly what we're watching out for. there's this incredibly large accumulation of information and documents. the committee has information they can use to understand what happened on january 6th. one of the interesting pieces of information includes these warnings to medios by a secret service agent who had unusually taken a job on the political side in the white house that there might be violence. you and i have discussed that in the run-up to january 6th, was claim was they didn't have the information. the fbi called it an int

after conversations with marcie fudge and jim clyburn and cedric richmond and bennie thompson, and he made that pledge on the debate stage. but i can tell you on a personal level how much my heart filled with joy. i'm married to a black woman who is a lawyer. she's a law professor at the university of south carolina. and it was emotional for us. my wife went to harvard undergrad and yale law school. and i've seen firsthand the challenges of a black woman in the legal profession, how the bar is raised so high, and to see this happen today, i can tell you, it was emotional for my wife, it was emotional for me, as well. so i want to just say congratulations, judge jackson. we are all so proud of you. the politics behind this, joy, is that this is a big deal. it was a promise made, and it's a promise kept by joe biden. you know, this is something that we should all be proud of, and we should all celebrate. because for the first time in 200 years, this court has heard cases from pressey versus ferguson, shelby county, brown versus board, all impacting black women, but never having a black

you have bennie thompson appealing to republicans. >> let me say for the record, if there is any men and testify before our committee, i invite them right now to let us know, and we will gladly entertain whatever information they have as to what happened on january 6. some of them ran out of this building, fearing for their life, so there's no question that something happened. >> i just love that sound so much. like an open invitation. if any of you are brave enough, please know that are you welcome to sit and talk with us. can you give us an idea of which members of congress the committee most wants to hear from? >> i think there were a number of them involved, any of them who spoke at the rally before hand would be of interest. there are these key sort of members that were involved in this. the committee had testimony from ivanka trump, so she was first-hand witness. she testified for nearly eight hours before the committee. so they're going to be able to get a lot of the other side of this, because ivanka was right in the room during the calls taking place and discussions with mik

bennie thompson speaking to this in the last hour. >> we're here for this contempt process today. but the president's own daughter complied with the wishes of the committee. and i would think that if his daughter compied with the wishes of the committee, everyone else should. even the people who worked for him. >> call it the ivanka rebuttal. if it sounds familiar, it's a contrast we've been reporting on, because there is a tale of two batches of witnesses here. donald trump's own family, many aides and allies testifying. ivanka trump, jared kushner, both voluntarily appearing. which would seem to cast doubt on the so-called privilege claims of people further away from donald trump. navarro and bannon don't have nearly the access or roles of the family members who testified. ivanka was right there next to her dad on january 6th, according to that footage. kushner was there the whole time, and all four years of the administration, unlike steve bannon. here's where we are as we track this vote. steve bannon already held in contempt of congress. that was all the way back in october b

committee chairman bennie thompson says the panel may issue a second request to mccarthy who has declined to voluntarily appear. presidents past and present gathered to honor the life of the late secretary of state madeleine albright today, her funeral service began this morning and it's happening right now at the washington national cathedral with more than 1400 people in attendance as the first female u.s. secretary of state. alright champion the expansion of nato such a reduce the spread of nuclear weapons and promoted human rights and democracy across the globe. president biden described her as a force of nature and a champion of democracy. >>may her memory continue? be a blessing to our nation. a neighbor remember. her words into deeds? they should always be a light. >>all those in the darkest places. reminder. we're obligation to one another. >>alright served as the nation's top diplomat and late 90's during the clinton administration. former president obama awarded her the presidential medal of freedom in 2012. she died of last month of cancer at age. 84. coming up on kron on some

i think that henry six committee under the little shepell chairman bennie thompson continues to do a phenomenal job of leading its charge, which is follow the facts, apply the law, be guided by the lloyd austin constitution and uncover the truth, and nothing but the truth. and make sure that that gets presented to the american people, one, so that there's accountability culpability, and responsibility over what took place. and also, a roadmap put forward for how to prevent this type of violent attack and insurrection from ever happening again. >> the republican party in the house seems just now proving themselves to be impervious deriving, in this case, governor kathy was lying. don't have the light publicly about what he said to his members about the attack on the capitol. and, then by the end of the day where he lied, last, week a tape was produced on rachael maddow show showing that kevin mccarthy is lying about that, and that the day lower kevin mccarthy is lying again. this is video saying when he was questioned about his communication with donald trump about the proof that was

but then benny thompson the say that senators could potentially be called. >> and, let's talk about -- the concern there would run up against them in terms now. they're really gonna start these hearings really as these midterm campaigns are getting underway in earnest. planning to release a report in the fall. i mean, is this investigation at risk here of getting lost and all of that? getting lost in the election, and getting lost in whatever happens in terms of control of congress? >> well, does it affect the campaign? that is the question, and compel in the front ways. i think democrats in the past have discovered that they won elections that the side not to focus on trump in the thousand 18 during the midterms. and they felt like and virginia lost-year-old al positive, when the focus too much on trump when he wasn't on the bella. the voters punished him for it. they should focus on health care. but, it may be that hearing a lot of democrats say, increasingly, that this election will turn on the, and would they'll say, as you want to hand over the power of the congress then you're g

from committee chair bennie thompson, including when the long anticipated public hearings are going toe and some new requests for republican lawmakers to appear. let me bring in correspondent -- capitol hill ali vitally. at least eight public hearings. we know how many. we know when. they will start in june. viewers will know and we are old enough to remember when hearings were going to start in february or march or maybe april. this is concrete information about when some of what the january 6 select committee is learning about will be made public. let me start with that piece, talk to us about that. >> reporter: exactly. we have seen the hearing timing on this shift. the latest is june. we are getting a lot more details from chairman thompson. i was talking to him on his way out of voting in the house chamber. he told our team that there will be at least eight hearings. he did not detail the specifics of what they would be. he did promise that they are going to craft the narrative for the american people using up to 1,000 exhibits that they have from all of their hundreds of depositi

this afternoon, we heard from committee chairman bennie thompson, who in the last hour, said that thelic hearings will take place on june 9th. chairman thompson weighed in on the committee preparing to ask several republican lawmakers to provide testimony. take a listen. >> and then you said by the end of the week, you would decide whether to ask additional republican members to come in. mccarthy was going to be asked. can you give us an update on that in is >> yeah. we will do that. before the week's out. >> for mccarthy? >> and the others too. >> and the others too. so you're going to ask all three once again, voluntarily, to appear before the committee? >> that's correct. well, some other members will be sent letters, and we plan to provide the press copies of the letters. >> folks, we don't already know about? >> that's correct. well, we will ask more than three people. >> this week? >> who are members. yes. >> all republicans? >> at this point. >> in the house? >> yes. >> any senators? >> yes. >> would i be wrong to say senator cruz, senator lee? >> you got to stand by. >> fun re

hearings which are now scheduled to begin june 9th, the chairman of the junior six committee benny thompsonsaid today, that house minority leader kevin mccarthy will be asked once again to testify to the committee. >> and then you said by the end of the week, you would decide whether to ask additional republican members to come in. mccarthy was going to be asked. can you give us an update on that? >> yeah, we will do that. before the weeks. out >> for mccarthy? >> and the others to. >> and the others to? >> yes. >> so you're going to ask all three once again voluntarily. to appear for the committee. >> that's correct. >> any other members will be asking to come before the committee or do you think the panel is done in terms of considerations about the members. >> well some of the other members will be sent letters. and we plan to provide the press copies of the letter. >> folks we don't already know about? >> that's correct. >> any senators. >> yes. >> would i be wrong to say hunter senator cruz, senator lee? >> standby. >> according to axios the january 6th elect committee has reportedly d

today the chair the newest committee, congressman benny thompson of mississippi and as the committeel request testimony from several congress leader including three house members who have already declined to participate. ron fine is a legal director of free speech for the people to call the counseling the challenge to marjorie taylor greene's candidacy that led to her testimony last weekend he joins me now. ron, good to have you on. maybe you can just at the context for the lawsuit that led to that exchange of the stand of martialized because -- before we get to the relevance of these texts. what is the lawsuit, why is she on the stand there? >> thanks, chris. there is a provision of the united states constitution that says that anyone who took an oath to support the constitution, but then broke that oath and engaged in insurrection is ineligible to serve in public office. and we have free speech for people on behalf of a group of georgia voters filed a state candidacy challenge to marjorie taylor greene's candidacy for congress. and that's what's brought us to this hearing where she

kimberly guilfoyle, according to the committee chairman, bennie thompson, met with donald trump insidehat took place before the capital riot and allege she plays a key role in raising and organizing funds for that event. the committee says she spread conspiracy theories about the election and bragging to organizers about the big bucks she raised. we are not privy to the details of this meeting, it is a private meeting, but it is happening in washington behind closed doors ahead of a spring of this year when the committee expects to hold public hearings and roll out its findings on what happened on january 6th and everything that head up to that attack on the capitol, chris. >> thank you for that update. >>> over in ohio, republican senate candidate j.d. vance out with a new ad after getting the endorsement from donald trump that he'd been basically begging for. just ahead of the former president's rally this coming saturday. that trip comes ten days before the start of a series of key primary elections that start with ohio followed by pennsylvania, north carolina and georgia. there wil

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committee chairman bennie thompson says hearings will likely start on june 9th, which is six weeks from tonight, those eight hearings are playing with some of them in primetime. >> it will be presented in the context that there were multiple lines of effort involving multiple players at the highest levels of our government, to overturn the election. there is ample evidence of criminality including criminality of the former president. >> committee members say former trump lawyer rudy giuliani himself and donald trump jr. are on the short list for interviews, but they will not say when that will happen. they will say that republican house members who refuse the committees first invitation to appear, are soon going to get a second invite as soon as tomorrow. there also could be new interview request for some republicans in the senate, and that investigation moves forward, there are more alarming signs that trump's big lie that the election was stolen, which it wasn't, is now firing up the republican party in the 2022 primaries. reuters reporting that trump allies released at least five dif

chairman bennie thompson says there will be eight hearings in all spread throughout the month of june. the chairman says donald trump jr., rudy giuliani, and republican house leader kevin mccarthy are all on the list of people the committee would like to hear testimony from. the justice department has filed a new lawsuit against donald trump's former campaign chairman paul manafort, the d.o.j. is accusing manafort of failing to report interest from a foreign bank account and is seeking nearly $3 million. this is just the latest in a long line of legal woes for manafort. back in 2019 you will recall he was sentenced to 47 months in prison on fraud and tax charges and released early in 2020 due to health concerns, because of the pandemic. trump later gave him a full pardon shortly before leaving office. >>> young children in the united states may soon finally be able to get some protection from covid-19. moderna has asked the fda to authorize its vaccine for children under the age of six. this comes after cases in that age group have spiked over the last few weeks in this recent covid s

committee chair, benny thompson, is inviting sitting senators to testify for the first time. they sent the second round of letters to the gop members of the house, including minority leader, kevin mccarthy. new reporting for the guardian shows that the 16 committee is getting more aggressive, considering harsher methods to get answers. once reluctant to pursue pc subpoenas of members of congress, that mood is changing. >> we are talking about members of congress getting reached out to. the list will get longer. the constituents of those people will want to know, if they were amongst people who essentially tried to orchestrate a coup. marjorie taylor greene reaches out and says, hey mark meadows, just letting you know that there are a few members of congress, we were sitting around thinking about implementing martial law. who are those other members of congress. don't you think the constituents want to know that they were involved in. >> the committee also speaking to our and see staffers who use claims of a stolen election to fund-raise. the goal, according to politico, is wh

let's listen to the chairman of the january 6th committee, bennie thompson. on the other side. >> well, we'll tell the story about what happened. we will use a combination of witnesses, exhibits, things that we have through the tens of thousands of exhibits we've interviewed and looked at, as well as the hundreds of witnesses we have deposed or just talk to in general. >> my, who do you expect the january six committee to tell the story about what happened on january 6th in a way that we have not heard before? >> you know, it is really fascinating. there is so much evidence being amassed. we know there are things that we know already that are in the public sphere. so, it hearings is a lot. i think what's the story that they need to paint for the american people have to be backed by evidence that is compelling to the american people. so what they want to show it's not just all of this violence, and horror happened. because the american public already knows that. the question is, the role the activity, the responsibility, and the reasons why trump allies and th

congressman benny thompson, the committee chair, said at the time, that meadows produced records to the committee and will soon appear for an initial deposition. well, meadows never did appear before the committee, as he stopped cooperating shortly thereafter. he was subsequently found in contempt of congress and refer to the justice department for a possible criminal charge. but the records he turned over, including thousands of his own text messages, well, they paint a clear picture of the republican effort to steal the 2020 election. they were text from donald trump junior to meadows, laying out a strategy to overturn the election. there were text from a ginni thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, imploring mark meadows to overturn the election. and now we have reports of nearly 100 texts from meadows and republican senator mike lee of utah, and congressman chip roy of texas that, quote, reveal an aggressive attempt to lobby, and courage and eventually warned the white house over its efforts to overturn the election. the texts show that senator lee was eager to keep

again, the chairman bennie thompson said yesterday that the committee is weighing approaching mccarthyly come before the committee and talk about what he knows. we are more than a year removed from january 6 and we know that the concerns that mccarthy was voicing in this audio about the safety of lawmakers and the potential for the kind of rhetoric we were hearing from some lawmakers and continue to hear from some lawmakers could incite violence are i can't last jat matt. the usdp, fbi and other agencies have consistently been warning about that since january 6. some have taken to heart, others vice president. but what is interesting about mccarthy, despite how worried and concerned he sounds, he shifted back to his natural posture pretty quickly after this. and all of this is happening with trump in the background and really top of mind for kevin mccarthy going forward. especially if he wants to one day be speaker of the house. now, we have to see what happens there and we have to see if he can continue to keep the support of his own party. we were already seeing a lot of criticism fr