thank you for rolling here. i appreciate you coming on. this is afternoon on the show. ali vitale thank you for scrambling to the camera with the breaking news. that it for us. we will see you tomorrow. and "deadline: white house" will be picking up coverage of this in just a second. be picking up coverage of this ♪♪ hi there, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york, we come on the air with big breaking news a. few moments ago, the january 6th select committee requested information from house republican leader kevin mccarthy. in a letter to mccarthy committee chairman benny thompson rights, quote, we write to request your voluntary cooperation with our investigation on a range of critical topics including your conversations with president trump before, during, and after the violent january 6th attack. you have acknowledged speaking directly with the former president while the violence was underway on january 6th. the letter adds this, quote,