going to try and find a way to get him to talk. victor, i do think it is an important point to make that they have not had a ton of success with those that are very close and loyal to donald trump and there s no doubt that giuliani is in that category. ryan, also, we re learning that the department of justice is announcing that it s going to form this new unit to combat domestic terrorism. so, how will it do that? reporter: yeah, what s interesting about this, and this was part of hearings that took place here on capitol hill, is that they are worried about not just domestic terrorism across the country but they re also worried about the internal threats that could, you know, be a problem here at the capitol, and that goes with not only staffers and people that work for members of congress but also capitol police officers. in the capitol police chief tom manger said during this hearing part of what they re going to do to try to root this problem out is begin at the hiring process a
i guess i don t think we have that. i think it all begins with the hiring process, and you ve got to make sure that the background investigations that we do, the polygraph tests that we give, the deep dive into an individual s social media, the social media is also tremendously important to really determine, is this person suitable to be a police officer? and then, so, that s where it starts. reporter: so, you could see where the focus here is, not just from the capitol police department, these internal threats, but also the department of justice looking into domestic terrorism more broadly. you can see the different ways these federal government agencies are combatting what they see as an outgrowth of what happened here on january 6 ft. victor and alice snn ryan nobles, thank you very much. let s go now to atlanta, georgia, where president biden and vice president harris are
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
before the committee. now, the big open question here is, the form and fashion in which they seek that cooperation. the committee s done this in a variety of different ways. sometimes they send a letter asking for voluntary cooperation. they ve done that with sean hannity, for instance, and a few members of congress. other times, they just go straight to the subpoena route and issue that subpoena that would legally force someone to hand over documents and then meet for a deposition. at this point, thompson says they are just reviewing the process and talking through the process before making a final decision as to how they are going to reach out to giuliani, but the key point here, victor and alisyn, is that they are interested in talking to giuliani. they view him as an integral part of their investigation. it now just seems as a matter of when and how they go through that process. ryan, the question is, then, how successful, regardless of how they reach out, whether it s a request