smerconish, in for chris on cuomo prime time. thank you, john berman. i am michael smerconish, in for chris cuomo. welcome to a special-holiday edition of prime time. hope you had a great independence day weekend. now, tonight, we have a central figure on the other end of that apparent-pressure campaign by team trump to change the outcome of the 2020 election in the key-battleground state of arizona. i emphasize arizona, because similar pressure was, also, applied on election officials in georgia in the run up to january 6th. this just came to light on friday night. and we played you the voicemails that surfaced from a freedom of information request made by the arizona republic. these were calls left by arizona s gop chair and rudy giuliani, on behalf of donald trump, to those overseeing election results in the state s most populous county, maricopa. a county that president biden won, by about 45,000 votes. i want you to hear it, again. by the way, the music underneath. t
republic. on behalf of donald trump to those overseeing election results in the state s most populist county, maricopa, a county that president biden won by about 45,000 votes. i want you to hear it again. by the way, the music underneath, that was part of the arizona republic s online post. hey, clint, it s rudy giuliani. i was very happy to see that there is going to be a forensic audit of the machines and i really want to talk to you about it, all right? if you would give me a call back, i would really appreciate it. thank you. hey, clint, it s kelly ward. i just talked to president trump and he would like me to talk to you ask also see if he needs to give you a call to discuss what s happening on the ground in maricopa of the give me a call back when you can. thanks, bye. so who is clint? clint hickman at the time was the chair of the board of supervisors in maricopa county, a republican. he says he never returned those calls or ones from the white house switchboard
don t you understand born in the usa i was born in the usa. hello, happy 4th of july. it is such a beautiful day in america, i am aishah hasnie with raymond arroyo and and lisa boothe. we ll take people to u.s. military academy at westpoint for a live five fire works spectacular. yes, we ll reflect on what it means to be a proud america, and hear from men and women who fought to defend our freedom. we have live fireworks from the nation s capitol, can t miss performances from john rich, lie greenwood and toby keith. we start with independence day across america. any time we get an opportunity to celebrate of being an american that awesome. really exciting this year, to have 4th of july in normal way. importance in times right now we re dealing with to remember those who help keep us safe. as far as i m concerned, the flag represents the most consequencal of all human ideals that is freedom. i m been to a lot of countries in my lifetime. the
colorado, and the golden gate of california. america is coming back. and on this july 4th, we celebrate our nation s independence and our renewed freedom to come together. tonight, the largest fireworks show on television with dazzling displays in cities all across the usa, and powerful musical performances including the beach boys with john stamos, billy ray cyrus, black eyed peas, blues traveller, brad paisley, chicago, flow rida, cool and the gang, nelly, neo, reo speed wagon, sammy haggar and the circle, tasha cobbs leonard and tricia yearwood. now a special cnn event. the 4th in america. we are live in washington, d.c. with spectacular views of the u.s. capitol and national mall. look at the crowds already gathering at the lincoln memorial. our country has been waiting for this moment. a time to celebrate. you can see people are gathering to do just that. and soon, fireworks will light up the monuments on this very special independence today and you will see it happen