just because russians wanted to do so. they don t know why they came here, but they had fun doing it. in anastasia s case, her grandmother says her son-in-law has already talked to authorities, but for now, her once bright, lively granddaughter is alone. her final resting place awaits her remains. anastasia will finally be beside her own mother, who died of cancer not long after anastasia was born. sara sidner, cnn. now to a cnn exclusive. the chairman of the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection at the u.s. capitol is giving us some insight now into testimony from the former president s daughter, ivanka trump. house democrat bennie thompson tells cnn the testimony was not against donald trump himself, but it was useful in confirming other key testimony about what was going on inside the white house on that day. and thompson said this, quote, there were questions asked about
getting a complete, and detailed picture of the violence of that attack? what we don t know is how they will organize these hearings. we do not know how they will bring in witnesses who might be adversarial. of course, we do know they spoke to hundreds of people. in fact, it is a tiny percentage of people they have reached out to who have not cooperated. are they going to bring in witnesses who are trump supporters? will they tried to interview away or hold people accountable? will they bring in folks like the former doj officials who have cooperated with the committee? will they talk about trump s efforts to co-opt that department? we do not yet know yet. it is possible the select committee does not know yet either. they still have a month to hammer out all these details. it is really a top priority. it is also a challenging priority for them to grapple with right now. i guess the question is, for many of us who watched january six, and heard everything that came out afterward, we h
forward voluntarily. probably, because some of these materials or incriminating, or damning for them. they have their choices to make in the days ahead. what do you think the committee members mean? they have all had some version of it. jamie raskin, obviously, used the term blow the roof off the house. they all have some version of what is going to happen in these public hearings. i am curious as to whether you think there is big material coming out, and even if there is whether or not it will have any impact on anybody in america? i do not know if there is anyone in america who does not have a view about what happened on january six 2020 and what is responsible for it. 2021, i am sorry. i think the information is going to be big. these text messages with sean hannity and mark meadows are just a slice of the evidence the committee has. i think a committee member put it to me, and under 10%, which is pretty significant. i think the story of the public hearing, the story that comes
straight ahead, a new batch of text messages from the cell phone of the former presidents chief of staff, regarding the january 6th insurrection. another hour of velshi begins right now. f velshi begin right now. here on the west coast, i am ali velshi. jot down the state. june 9th. 40 days from now, that is when the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection is scheduled to begin its long awaited public hearing. detailing the findings of its nearly year long investigation. committee members have been teasing these hearings since the beginning of the year. this is the first time we received any details about the committee s plans. the chairman of the committee, bennie thompson, told reporters that the panel is scheduled to hold eight hearings. these will begin on june 9th. some of these hearings are taking place during prime time hours. witnesses will be called. many exhibits will be presented
ivanka trump s conversations with the den president trump. we do not know a ton about any perspectives that jared kushner might have had on the efforts to block the election from being moved forward, while he was traveling overseas. there are a number of senior trump and minister who have not spoken publicly in any great detail about the way that day unfolded. we know the select committee has had access to many of those officials for lengthy, and detailed interviews. we do not know how forthcoming those folks were. that is something we will find out during these hearings. when the report comes out, exactly how candid were they, how transference were they, that, in my view, is the biggest area where there is still capacity for many people in the public and media. where the sucked lacked committee has a unique level of visibility, it is a very interesting area. i think, but we will find out soon. we will be watching the space carefully, betsy.