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>> reporter: so he's going to be pushing for this three-month gags holiday, and basically that would mean a 90-day suspension of the federal gas tax. if you're wondering what that's going to save you when you're actually at the pump, right now the federal gas tax is about 18 cents for a regular gallon and 24 cents for a gallon of diesel fuel. so not really that big of a difference when you're looking at an average price of gas. it is getting close to $5. of course it topped $5 earlier this month. so that's been a big question for lawmakers because getting this done is not just someth...

Now are learning that the next round of hearings will not be until next month, in july. so one of the reasons that this is going to be so fluid is that the committee is continuing to receive additional evidence, and they want to incorporate that into their presentations going forward. so twice now they have called for more people to come forward and speak to them including the former white house counsel, pat sipalone. they're asking those people to share more about what they know with the american public. so we do believe the committee is continuing to investigate, continuing to get tips and c...

The committee has sketched out some of what it wants to cover in its future hearings, and we do know already, too, that tomorrow will be about donald trump's attempts to use the justice department to give cover for his voting fraud disinformation. the witnesses are richard donahue, jeffrey rosen, steve engle, all leading the justice department and pushing back when donald trump told them on january 3rd, 2021, he wanted a new attorney general. so we are going to be hearing that story again from them. then after that, the committee has said they want to present more about what they've found rela...

Found there are a number of sort of stunning things on the time line. and one of the things, by the way, that white house counsel pat sipalone was engaged with was putting together a time line of events so that white house staff and attorneys would have access to a time line as they prepared for any questions that might result from the impeachment inquiry. and one of it things that we found of course one of the stunning bits is that the aid is released shortly after the -- the whistle-blower report's concern that there is a political connection between the decision to with hold or delay aid --...

The record of the call, mick mulvaney, ordered by the president to hold back nearly $400 million in aid for the ukraine. the white house counsel pat sipalone, whose office the acting d.n.i. testified today, he went to first when he received the whistle-blower's complaint. rudy giuliani, who told the atlantic today, and i'm quoting here, it is impossible that the whistle-blower is a hero and i'm not, and i will be the hero. these morons, when this is over, i will be the hero. that from the former mayor of new york city, rudy giuliani. curt volcker, the special representative for ukraine and g...