sustained, and involved former president trump himself. cnn s sara murray joins us now. that was the through line they were trying to establish yesterday and new evidence, new sworn testimony, president involved, andy biggs, sitting member of congress, senator ron johnson s office as well, sitting member of the senate. how do they tie that or attempt to tie that together yesterday? yeah, well, you know, i think we got a look at the intimate pressure campaign a number of state officials faced and now the committee isinkling ings of where they would like to go next. liz cheney was very explicit about who she wants to hear from, pat cipollone. take a listen. our committee is certain that donald trump does not want mr. cipollone to testify here. indeed our evidence shows that mr. cipollone and his office tried to do what was right. we think the american people deserve to hear from mr. cipollone personally. he should appear before this committee. and we are working to secure his
the rnc helping the campaign gather these contingent electors. did you also receive a call from u.s. representative andy biggs of arizona on the morning of january 6 th? i did. and what did mr. biggs ask you to do? he asked if i would sign on both to a letter that had been sent from my state, and/or that i would support the decertification of the electors and i said i would not. a staffer from wisconsin senator ron johnson texted a staffer for vice president pence, just minutes before the beginning of the joint session. this staffer stated that senator johnson wished to hand deliver to the vice president the fake electors votes from michigan and wisconsin. keep in mind, those moves from the former president, biggs, johnson, would have overturned the will of voters in those states. let s begin this morning with president biden s announcement expected this afternoon where he will ask congress and needs congress to suspend the federal gas tax. cnn s jeremy diamond is at the