pat cipollone has corroborated almost everything that we have learned from the prior hearings. and he had clearly tried to talk president trump down from his efforts to override the election. reporter: cipollone speaking to the committee after bombshell testimony by former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. he 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. reporter: meanwhile, in a stunning reversal, steve bannon now saying he is willing to testify publicly before the january 6 committee. after spending months refusing to cooperate. on monday, a judge ruled bannon s new willingness to testify will not delay his trial next week. for contempt of congress. charges brought because bannon stonewalled the committees s repeated questions. federal prosecutors calling it a last ditch attempt to avoid accountability. the main
there are new developments on whether steve bannon will testify before the committee. and nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen welker has the latest. reporter: in just hours, the committee s 7th hearing will butt the spotlight on members of extremist groups who stormed the capitol, aiming to show their ties to trump world and link the forrer president s words and their actions. a source familiar with the process telling nbc news, stephen ayres is skpeblted to test. last month he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and admitted he reposted mr. trump s december 19th tweet encouraging supporters to go to the capitol hill on the sixth saying it will be wild. no comment from his lawyer. another major focus, taped testimony from pat cipollone who answered questions for more than eight hours last week. committee member jamie rask inteling ali vitali.