breaking news. cnn has just learned the january 6th committee wants to talk to rudy giuliani. >> not surprising but tell us about this timing, ryan. >> reporter: yeah, i think what's surprising, alisyn, is that the committee has not taken this step as of yet. rudy giuliani, of course, one of the key public figures that was peddling the big lie after the 2020 election and then leading up to january 6th. he also served as the personal attorney for the former president, donald trump, so i asked the committee chairman, bennie thompson, just a few minutes ago, if they do indeed want to talk to rudy giuliani and asked why they hadn't subpoenaed him yet and what thompson told me was that he agreed that giuliani was an integral part of everything that happened after the election and leading up to january 6th and he described him as being on a long list of people that they want to talk to and that at some point, they will reach out to him and attempt to get him to come