even sean hannity. well, just moments ago, that committee voted unanimously to hold mark meadows, donald trump's chief of staff, in criminal contempt for refusing to comply with their subpoena. and the amazing thing is that mark meadows served in that body for seven years. and tonight every single member on that bipartisan committee, many of his former colleagues, voted to hold him in criminal contempt. tonight's vote comes ahead of a vote from the full house of representatives. that is expected to happen tomorrow. if the house votes in line with the committee as they are likely to do, the department of justice will then get the case and they will have to decide whether or not to prosecute mark meadows. and if doj moves forward with those charges, meadows could face time in prison. we've already seen that process play out with trump ally steve bannon who was indicted last month on two counts of contempt of congress. he faces up to a year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000 for each count. a judge rec

ask people to leave the capital, sean hannity urged. as the violence continued, one of the president son texted mr. meadows, quote, he's got to condemn this shit asap. the capitol police tweet is not enough. donald trump jr. texted. meadows responded. quote, i'm pushing it hard, i agree. still president trump did not immediately act. donald trump jr. texted again and again. urging action by the president. quote, we need an oval office address. he has to lead now. it has gone too far and gotten out of hand, end quote. but hours passed without necessary action by the president. he knew, they all knew, even sean hannity, while moments ago that committee voted unanimously to hold mark meadows, donald trump's chief of staff in criminal contempt. for refusing to comply with their subpoena. and the amazing thing is that mark meadows served in that body for seven years. and tonight every single member on that bipartisan committee, many of his former colleagues voted to hold him in criminal contempt. tonight's vote, comes ahead of a vote from th

does sean hannity really believe that? does don jr. actually is he that unhinged?r believed for a second that this was real, that these were people who had somehow forgotten everything they had always known and become true believers. i knew from get-go they were selling bs. and that almost makes it worse if you thought they were true believers and actually believe what happened on january 6 was righteous or even not as bad as it was, that might be better than knowing that they didn't think that. they never believed in any of the things they were saying but they kept peddling trump's garbage to impressionable rabid and in some cases violent and extremists viewers. to me, that is the very definition of selling your soul. >> and s.e., i mean, i'll put this up. this is don jr., his son. he's got to condemn this shit as quickly as possible. this is don junior. the biggest twitter troll in the world, one of the biggest supporters of his dad couldn't get his own father on the phone saying how bad this is. if you watch what he says publicly in his twitter feed today, you w

sean hannity urged. as the violence continued, one of the presidents sons, texted mr. meadows. quote, he's got to condemn this shit asap. the capital police tweet is not enough. donald trump jr. texted. quote, we need an oval office address. he has to leave now. it has gone too far and gotten out of hand. >> the unifying theme from those messages sent to mark meadows from through fox news hosts and donald trump's own son when the mob was attacking the capitol and trying to undo our democracy, is that everyone watching what happend that day was horrified in the moment. they were desperate for donald trump to condemn the insurrection and call off the mob. everyone, even these prominent figures on the right, understood that the mob would listen to one person and one person only. that they were, to use a metaphor here, the dogs trump had sic-ed on the capitol. and everyone wanted trump to call them to heal. >> the only exception was donald trump himself. that's why those texts are coming into meadows who's with trump. everyone agrees. not trump. maybe not meadows. we don't know. tr

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that's what sean hannity said in that moment. he's one example of how he's talked about that day in public to his viewers. we don't have it? >> i'll tell you what he said. >> right, go ahead. >> he said i'd like to know who the agitators are. hannity said it wasn't trump supporters who were terrorists in the capitol that night. he brought on guests to say it was antifa who attacked the capitol. tucker carlson the same night made those same lies, yet we see in these text messages the truth. yesterday chris wallace had enough and quit fox news. tonight we had these text messages proving that these fox stars knew what was happening. yet fox didn't even broadcast this tonight, erin. neither did newsmax. they are keeping the echo chamber so protected that the truth doesn't get out anymore. i don't know why anybody calls these prime time shows anything related to news anymore. >> they're certainly not going to get it on their network. it's not even carried live. ellie, there's a fundamental point being made by liz cheney as she lays th

material that he has acknowledged is not subject to executive privilege. >> reporter: reacting on sean hannity'show monday night to the contempt vote, meadows attempted to shift the narrative. >> obviously, it is disappointing but not surprising. let's be clear about this, sean, this is not about me holding me in contempt. it is not even about me making the capitol safer. we see that by some of the selective leaks that are going on whright now. this is about donald trump and actually going after him once again, continuing to go after donald trump. when we look at the real results of this investigation, it is not really -- the foundation is not based on a legislative purpose. very high probability that they will refer me for criminal contempt to doj. >> what will you do, congressman? >> at this point, sean, it'll be turned over to the hands of doj. i can say this, that when you look at the criminal component of this, the intent, there's never been an intent on my part. i tried to share non-privileged information. truly, the executive privilege that donald trump has claimed is his to wave. it is n

even sean hannity and laura ingraham couldn't stop him from letting the riot go on.he power of fox and the feebleness of these stars at the same time and bit end of the day, they're also pushing falsified narratives, they're pushing riot denialism within the same day. this is deeply revealing and deeply damning for fox news. now, it is important to know their viewers are not hearing about it. this is not being covered on fox, it is not being acknowledged by hannity or ingraham. i haven't heard back from fox's pr people when we asked for comment about this. this is embarrassing and yet they're going to try to pretent none of this has been revealed. >> to erica's point, about chumminess here, it is remarkable. laura ingraham's text this is hurting all of us. in effect putting fox in the same bucket with the white house. he is destroying his legacy. britain kilmeade, destroying everything you have accomplished. it is like they're on the same team, right? john avlon, have we had that kind of relationship between an administration so directly with very prominent members o

sean hannity, can he make a statement? ask people to leave the capitol. keep in mind, these are just the texts mark meadows decided to hand over to the committee. there's others he said, "i'm not going to give you." >> he knew the severity of what was going on during this timeframe, during this gap, which we really haven't had much visibility on for some time. let's focus on meadows. what is the process now that the committee voted to refer him to criminal contempt? >> select committee voted to refer for contempt. it'll go to the full house of representatives. they need a majority vote. democrats hold a narrow majority in the house. then it'll go over to the justice department. ultimately, merrick garland. it's not up to congress whether mark meadows gets charged criminally. it's up to doj. if he gets charged, there is a federal crime for contempt of congress. it is less serious than a felony, but it is serious. the maximum penalty is 12 months in prison and a fine. there is a minimum of one month. you almost never see that with a misdemeanor. if mark mea

here's sean hannity with more on the breast feeding cat. >> sean: and on alec baldwin crying a lot tonight. welcome to "hannity." we are tracking breaking news including alec baldwin's interview. he shot two people on a movie set killing one and claims he never pulled the trigger and tried a lot. take a look. >> she was someone who was loved by everyone who worked with and admired. [sobbing]. i'm sorry. >> tucker: first our count continues sadly. >> american held hostage behind enemy lines. day 110. >> sean: the media turned the page and joe biden turned the page -- we will never turn the page. 110 days since joe biden abandoned americans in afghanistan. military families and green card families and afghan allies. 123 days since he promised he would leave nobody behind. joe biden lied to every american. you can still go rescue the americans, the green card holders and the military families that you abandoned. back home joe is barely able to form a sentence. today during another rambling and mumbling speech about covid 19 the frail joe biden struggled to speak at all and coughing up a lung

talk radio, for example, take sean hannity. he has 15 million listeners and that's one show. it is talk radio. people talking about fab but talking radio remains the get out the vote engine. the engine of disinformation. in many ways, it has this effect, because there is a local component to it. it can really distort local politics which then translates both up and nationally. >> fox has become more trumpy, if you can believe it since trump. think of tucker now versus bill o'riley in 2016. that's still main stream conservative media. what's happening outside of our view? >> i think the simplest way to think about it. the fever swamps have been the focal point, the pivot point. what they've decided to do in the last couple years that help explain that phenomenon with tucker carlson and fox, they're organizing power on what used to be considered the fringes. so it is not that it is brand new. alex jones has been around 20 plus years. a lot of things that alex jones says now are actually reflect in people in congress. they're actually reflected in main stream politics. and that

ask people to leave the capitol sean hannity urged. as the violence continued, one of the president's sons texted mr. meadows. quote he's got to condemn this shit asap. the capitol police tweet is not enough. donald trump junior texted. meadows responded quote i'm pushing it hard, i agree. still, president trump did not immediately act. donald trump junior texted again and again urging action by the president. quote we need an oval office address. he has to lead now. it has gone too far and gotten out of hand end quote. but hours passed without necessary action by the president. these non-privileged texts are further evidence of president trump's supreme duty during those 107 minutes and donald trump's testimony will bear on another key question before this committee. did donald trump through action or inaction corruptly seek to obstruct or impede congress' official proceedings to count electoral votes. mark meadows testimony is necessary to inform our legislative judgments yet he's refused to give any testimony at all. even regarding

sean hannity called for the perpetrators to be arrested and prosecuted. but he also dug into the big lie on the very night it exploded in the capitol, calling the election a train wreck, and citing millions of people, he said, don't have faith in the results claiming, quote, you can't just snap your finger and hope that goes away after he created, helped to create the lie. why are people so upset? why can't you just make them stop thinking that way? because you created that. and you knew it wasn't true when you were doing it. every bit of intelligence, every person that had anything to do with the election, every court, there's no fraud. but yet you are on television telling people there is fraud, and then you wonder why they're so upset because you're lying to them. and then there's laura ingraham who called the assault on the capitol disgraceful but also suggested that the rioters were some kind of left-wing agitators. >> i have never seen trump rally attendees wearing helmets, black helmets, brown helmets, black backpacks, the uniforms that you saw in

sean hannity was an advisor from the outset of the candidacy.aham, tucker carlsen, who does not appear in this particular roster of text messages has sent to mark meadows. nonetheless, it sharpens the disconnect between what we know that fox news stars no when they are purveying conspiracy theories supporting the president's most outlandish claims and amplifying, projecting, and embracing lies that are corrosive to american'' understanding to their own civil society. that they know better. they turned to the chief of staff because he was the person best situated to try to defuse this tense and violent situation even as hours later laura ingraham and others blamed antifa, blaming somehow that there might be deep state plants of fbi informants for which there has been no credible proof in any meaningful way. what you have here is a question of fox news having that word news appended to its name, but not operating like a news outlet. yes, they are starting more than 24 hours after this was released by liz cheney to address this in their own coverag

howard: we'll show the january 6 texts later from laura ingraham, sean hannity and brian kilmeade.ain, detractors are free to criticize, but wouldn't the public want these hosts who have interviewed trump many times and mostly sympathetic to donald trump to do whatever they could to get him to halt the violence? >> yes. it was a lot of stir-up that day that we hadn't been covering it. but we did on air. chad pergram did from capitol hill, i did it on "special report," and, you know, the big thing was what critics said was the hypocrisy of what they were saying privately on texts and publicly on their shows. i called all three of them directly and said what do you say about this. and they said, we stand by everything we've said publicly and privately. we reported that. you know, sometimes we have to report on things that are in the news that are us, and it really stinks because i'm trying to never be the news and trying to report and cover things fairly. sometimes it has to be us, and we did it that way this past week. howard: yeah. and i think that's a fair approach. and we'll show

for action from his right wing allies at fox news including laura ingraham, brian kilmeade and sean hannity. i should note per mother jones, meadows mentioned none of those texts in his book published last week. despite the urgency, trump didn't lift a finger. in dereliction of his duty. two organizers of the rally at the e lims are poised to expose the members of congress who participated in the insurrection. that is according to rolling stone which reports that dustin stockton and jennifer lawrence will deliver testimony and turnover documents including text messages that indicate the extensive involvement members of congress and the trump administration had in planning the house challenge to certify biden's election. joining me is adam schiff of california. a member of the house committee. i want to start off where i ended in the open. two more people are poised to come forward, hand every documents and evidence specifically about members of congress and about members of the administration who participated. at what point, chairman thompson said eventually there will be a public release o

sean hannity was an advisor from the outset of the trump candz si into the white house.ham, tucker carlson whop doesn't appear in this roster of text messages as sent to mark meadows. nonetheles i think it sharpened the disconnect between what we know the fox news stars know when they're purveying conspiracy theories, supporting the former president's most outlandsh claims, in fact,. fy'ing, projecting, embracing lies corrosive to american's understanding of their own civil society, that they know better, that they knew the person they turned to was the chief of staff to president trump because he was the person best situated to try to diffuse this incredibly tense and violent situation, even as, hours later, you know, laura ingraham and others are on the air blaming antifa, claiming somehow there might be deep state clamps of f.b.i. informants for which there's been no credible proof in any meaningful way. so i think what you have here is a question of fox news having that new appended to its name but not operating like a news operation, you're not seeing -- brought to

ask people to leave the capitol, sean hannity urged. >> that's just some of the evidence. now, congress wants the rest of it to account for what happened, and to deal with accountability, but this evidence alone tonight does add new information. it shows how people who were horrified by trump-fueled violence would then go on to quickly lie about it and defend it on air. ms. cheney there was very dry, very measured, there just giving you just the facts, but we have more than just those facts isolated. i want to show briefly comparing some of this starting with fox's laura ingraham, her private text appeal versus her lies on air. >> more than 99% had to be, were peaceful, but because of a small contingent of loons, these patriots have been unfairly maligned. >> or her colleague privately said the violent day was destroying everything in trump's legacy while publicly lying about the violence that occurred. >> i do not know trump supporters that have ever demonstrated violence that i know of in a big situation. >> or sean hannity who literally campaigned with trump privately p

can you make a statement, ask people to leave the capitol, sean hannity urged.as the violence continued, one of the president's sons texted mr. meadows, he has got to condemn this [beep] asap. amy: those were text messages sent to trump's former chief of staff mark meadows by fox news hosts on january 6. this was the response monday on fox news from sean hannity. >> the hyper-partisan predetermined outcome anti-trump january 6 committee just voted 9-0 to hold mark meadows in contempt for refusing to comply with their orders. amy: sean hannity had also mark meadows back as a guest on his show to discuss the vote to hold him in contempt, but hannity did not bring up the message he sent him during the capitol riots. this comes as the january 6 committee has also voted to cite former white house adviser stephen bannon and ex-justice department official jeffrey clark for contempt of congress after they refused to testify after receiving a subpoena. for more, we're joined by jose pagliery, political investigations reporter at "the daily beast." one of his latest piece

laura ingraham saying you are destroying your legacy and sean hannity saying can the president make a statement to ask people to leave the capitol and here's congresswoman liz cheney laying out some of the memos donald trump jr. sent to meadows in the heat of the moment. >> donald trump jr. texted again and again urging action by the president. quote, we need an oval office address. he has to lead now. it has gone too far and gotten out of hand, end quote. >> that oval office address never came. as congresswoman liz cheney stressed it would hours before trump would heed those calls, three hours and seven minutes to be exact. for three hours and seven minutes a chaotic, violent, deadly scene at the capitol played out. police officers were battered. the capitol was ransacked. some of the people doing it carrying trump flax and confederate flags. chants of hang mike pence ring out in the seat of american democracy. three hours and seven minutes after getting these desperate texts trump released an impromptu address telling the rioters to go home and also saying, quote, we love you. these

ask people to leave the capitol, sean hannity urged. as the violence continued, one of the president's sons texted mr. meadows, quote he's got to condemn this shit asap. the capitol police tweet is not enough donald trump jr. texted. >> meadows sat down with sean hannity who was among those urging trump to call off his supporters. no mention of the text messages, but meadows did try to argue the committee is over stepping. >> if we look at senior officials, chiefs of staff and those senior to the president of the united states, compelling them to come in and testify and what we're seeing now, there's lots of jurisprudence and legal opinions and law that would suggest that that's not something that should be in the purview of congress. >> the full house is expected to vote on the committee's recommendation tomorrow night. should it pass, it will then be up to the justice department to file charges. another former trump insider, steve bannon already of course faces two counts of contempt of congress. his trial scheduled to begin in july.

i mean, i don't consider sean hannity or laura ingraham to be journalists, but i do consider them toions for a living the way i do have a set of values and standards, ethical values and standards that they should follow, and the first one is to be independent and not to be overly beholden or overly attached to either political party. >> which brings me to this question. how unusual is for members of the media to have such direct relationships with top administration officials like this? i mean, they weren't just reaching out for comment on an ongoing story. the point you made was they were looking to influence the president's actions. >> well, we've seen reporting that indicates that when trump was in office he regularly consulted with sean hannity after hannity's show was over on actions that he would take as president and that he also spoke with tucker carlson regarding some of the actions that he would take as president. so it's been known for a long time that donald trump is such an avid consumer of cable television news, especially on conservative oriented channels and especiall

now ladies and gentlemen, the great sean hannity. >> sean: thanks, tucker. welcome to "hannity." we are tracking multiple stories surrounding joe biden. the sham january 6th committee. a new scheme from elizabeth warren to pack the supreme court. we begin with a brief update from afghanistan. >> day 123. >> sean: 136 days since joe biden promised not to abandon americans. not only are our fellow americans trapped in afghanistan, the administration still doesn't know how many americans were left behind. this it arrogant retort from jen psaki from the biden white house should bring comfort to all especially the holidays for those suffering in afghanistan with no hope on the horizon whatsoever. take a look. >> i would reiterate the united states did not put a tracker on american citizens traveling overseas in afghanistan or any country around the world. that would be quite a fox news story. >> sean: you don't put trackers on people. what jen said the biden administration has written our fellow americans that they abandon off completely and saying to them drop dead. you are on your o

here's sean hannity. >> sean: they cue, tucker. welcome to "hannity." everybody else seem to have turned the page. we refused to on this program. 109 days counting and tonight the taliban along with the rest of america's enemies are now taking advantage of your president joe biden's obvious weakness on the world stage. coming up, former secretary of state mike pompeo will join us with the very latest out of russia, china, the middle east, afghanistan. and later, stacey abrams thi

he will share the details with sean hannity. he will share the details with anybody who will shell off $25 for his book, but in the face of a lawful subpoena as we work to get answers for the american people, the only thing mr. meadows will share our his excuses. we do not accept his excuses. he must be held accountable. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida, misses murphy. >> thank you, mr. chairman. in a few minutes i will vote to recommend that the house of find former has chief of staff mark does in contempt for failing to comply with our subpoena for documents related to the january 6 attack. mr. meadows was a central participant in the events that culminated in this assault on our country and core democratic values. to create the most accurate account of what occurred, why it occurred and what steps we can take to prevent it from happening again, our committee needs to hear from mr. meadows. supreme court once observed that a subpoena is not "an incident a she and to a

. >> reporter: and sean hannity. >> can he make a statement? ask people to leave the capitol? >> reporter: cheney suggested the former president may have illegally obstructed an official proceeding of congress, which is a felony. >> did donald trump, through action or inaction, corruptly seek to obstruct or impede congress's official proceeding to count electoral votes? >> monday night, the former white house chief of staff addressed the move to hold him in contempt. >> this is not about me holding me in contempt. it's not even about making the capitol safer. this is about donald trump and about actually going after him, once again. >> reporter: the justice department will ultimately decide if meadows will face criminal charges similar to steve bannon. also today, retired general keith kellogg, who was mike pence's national security adviser and reportedly was with president trump on january 6th, met with the one-sixth committee to provide a deposition. norah. >> chris van cleave, thank you. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. do you have a life insurance policy yo

geraldo rivera pleaded with hannity to come back to the real word. >> i beg you, sean, to remember theu wrote that text on january 6th, when laura did, when brian did, which done junior did. remember the concern you had, remember the frustration you had at our beloved 45th president. is. >> beloved? i don't know about that one, but he sounds like he's speaking in code, using the cult-like language often heard in trump world, language that hannity understands. it makes sense considering what we're seeing around the holiday with the trump wrapping paper, how the disgraced ex-president saved christmas? >> when you came into office, america had gone through a long period where people quit saying merry christmas, all happy holidays. you deliberately changed that. >> this was in 2015, when i started campaigning, i said are you going to say merry christmas again. now people are saying it. >> ah, yes, it's santa trump now, sort of how the old story goes. his cheeks were like roses, nose like a cherry drorks droll also mouth drawn up in a bow. we started saying merry christmas because donald tr

sean hannity urged. as the violence continued, one of the president's sons texted mr. meadows, quote, he's got to condemn this sh-- asap, and the capitol tweet is not enough. >> and mark meadows responded, i'm pushing hard-- >> and the president did not react. donald trump, jr. texted again and again urging action by the president, quote, we need an oval office address, he has to lead now. it has gone too far and gotten out of hand, end quote. but hours passed without necessary action by the president. these nonprivileged texts are further evidence of president trump's supreme dereliction of duty during the 187 minutes and mr. meadows' testimony will bear on another key question before this committee, did donald trump, through action or inaction, seek to obstruct or impede congress's official proceeding to count electoral votes. mark meadows' testimony is needed to inform our legislative judgments yet, he has refused to give any testimony at all, even regarding nonprivileged topics, he's in contempt of congress. mr. meadows has knowledge recording president trump's eff

meanwhile to sean hannity's point this is close to the press. carley: additional tanks and snipers as griff mentioned 70,000 troops in ukraine border, american intelligence says the number could reach 175,000 by the beginning of the year and the goal of the between president biden and russian president vladimir putin is for president biden to de-escalate the situation, way foreign policy expert say he would do that is by showing strength telling vladimir putin if you invaded ukraine you are going to because off financially and he has to show strength not only to stand up to our adversaries around the world but to show our allies we are still one with him because after the afghanistan pulled out and leaving our allies behind that was called into question. todd: you heard about the reuters report about tanks meeting moved in, 100%, testing president biden and in light of what we have seen the first 11 months of this administration on the foreign-policy stage you understand why vladimir putin is doing this, he sees an ability to get his way, to mak

and now our friend, the great sean hannity, takes over the airwaves for the 9:00 p.m. hour. >> sean: thank you for reaching out and asking actually what did i say. nobody else in the media did that. >> tucker: i called you this morning. i wanted to know what that was about. and you sounded in that text like you did on television. >> sean: exactly. and i'm going to play it. but i appreciate it. i said journalism is dead. not completely. a little fragment left. we have to hang on as long as we can. anyway, thank you as always. and welcome to "hannity." and tonight, i will address liz cheney, i will address the sham january 6 committee. i will address the dishonest media mob and their bff friends in the democratic party. to begin tonight with an important number. the number is 574. because that is how many violent riotses reps to this country in the summer of 2020. 574. now, dozens of americans were killed during these nights of terror. more than 2,000 police officers were injured. some were run over by cars, others stabbed. pelted with bricks and rocks and water bottles a

now ladies and gentlemen, the great sean hannity. >> sean: thanks, tucker. welcome to "hannity." multiple stories surrounding joe biden. the sham january 6th committee. a new scheme from elizabeth warren to pack the supreme court. we begin with a brief update from afghanistan. >> day 123. >> sean: 136 days since joe biden promised not to abandon americans. not only are our fellow americans trapped in afghanistan, the administration

sean hannity texted... rules committee in the house and this is what you said about the former president's failure to intervene. $5 the about the former president's failure to intervene. . , ., . about the former president's failure to intervene. . , ., . ., , to intervene. as the violence was underway on _ to intervene. as the violence was underway on the _ to intervene. as the violence was underway on the sixth, _ to intervene. as the violence was underway on the sixth, was - to intervene. as the violence was l underway on the sixth, was evident to all. we know that for 187 minutes, president trump refused to act. he refused to act when his action was required and it was essential and it was compelled by his duty, by his oath of office. we can bring in our senior north american reporter. what was missing from this thread of what was going on in the white house at the time was the messages that were going back and forth and we now have some idea of the incoming. as i changed some people'sperceptions of how

get this shutting down what i'm really trying to do lasted 48 hours until i went on sean hannity lasthis is the kind of thing we are dealing with. go to dr. oz.com our fight against big tech laid out. i have the battle scars to prove this. if you don't go to war with big tech they will come after you over and over again. >> will: i'm glad you brought up your appearance on sean hannity, dr. oz. i watched you last night. i will be honest, i didn't know that you held conservative beliefs. i didn't know that should you run for office then you would run as a republican. and to be quite honest, i don't know that many people knew what your political core was or your principles might be. and there are some if we're to state the obvious here, there are some out there who are concerned, are you truly a principled conservative? and they point to. so things you have said over time on guns or abortion or whatever it may be. what can you tell us about your principles? >> i stand by what i have said. and my show tackles controversial topics just because i have a show on a topic doesn't mean i agree

quote, can he make a statement, ask people to leave the capitol, sean hannity urged. >> so, speakingty, mark meadows appeared on hannity's show last night. you might think the two would talk about these text messages. but no, meadows did, however, mention the text on newsmax. >> we've tried very hard in a very transparent and accommodating way to share nonprivileged information. >> right. >> and what we found out tonight is that not only did that just get disregarded, but then they tried to weaponize text message, leak them to put out a narrative that, quite frankly, the president didn't act. and i can tell you, the president did act. this is all about -- you it's not about holding me in contempt. it's about coming after president donald trump. >> cnn's ryan nobles has more from capitol hill on all of this. >> reporter: christine and laura, first the headline. for the third time, the january 6 select committee has voted out of their committee a referral of criminal contempt of someone with a close association to the former president donald trump. this time someone who is as close as

sean hannity, brian kilmeade, and laura ingraham all texted mark meadows, urging him to urge trump totop the insanity. gee, if only they had some sort of media outlet where they could have said that publicly. [ laughter ] and of course the right-wingers are furious with fellow republican liz cheney for doing the right thing. liz cheney is the vice chair of the house committee investigating this attack on our democracy. and listening to her read these texts aloud is as damning as it gets for donald trump and the fox news sycophants who suckle his flabby pink teats. >> quote, "mark, the president needs to tell people in the capitol to go home. this is hurting all of us. he is destroying his legacy," laura ingram wrote. >> there was certainly a lot of violence that day, but it was not a terrorist attack. wasn't 9/11, wasn't the worst thing that ever happened to america, it wasn't an insurrection. >> "can he make a statement, ask people to leave the capitol?" sean hannity urged. >> why isn't liz cheney looking into the 500-plus riots that took place in cities across the country in 2020? >

in the middle of his text messages from fox host laura ingraham, sean hannity and brian kilmeade.riot, he told meadows meets the people at the catapult old to go home. on they are that night laura ingraham said you can't tell at the time who was in the crowd, she also said the attack did the opposite of showing support for the press. and she also said there was no license for violence or chaos. >> laura ingraham, sean hannity and brian kilmeade all say they stand by what they text to meadows privately and what they talked about on the year publicly, shannon. >> chad pergram, thank you. coming up a little hinting under the tree. yikes. take a deep breath, everyone, a high profile arrest, the videos are next. ♪ ♪ without worrying if it's too late, or where i am. one dose can quickly stop my migraine in its tracks within two hours. unlike older medicines, ubrelvy is a pill that directly blocks cgrp protein, believed to be a cause of migraine. do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. most common side effects were nausea and tiredness. ask about ubrelvy. the anytime, anywhere migrain

quote, can he make a statement, ask people to leave the capitol, sean hannity urged. as the violence continued, one of the president's sons texted mr. meadows. quote, he's got to condemn this shit asap. the capitol police tweet is not enough, donald trump jr. texted. >> the nine members of the bipartisan committee unanimously voted tonight to hold meadows in contempt for refusing to answer their questions. but it's clear even in the absence of his testimony, the committee has amassed a tremendous amount of evidence. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles joins me now from capitol hill. ryan, i said at the outset, it was really a stunning evening. i don't know what surprised me more, to hear the names called out of fox news personalities who frankly don't talk about the events of january 6 and yet they were urging mark meadows to get the president to shut it down or the references made to republican members of congress who were doing likewise except they weren't named tonight. >> i think you're absolutely right, michael, and i think that is the big question that n

we also know this news has not been covered by fox, really, until last night when fox host sean hannity was confronted by one of his own colleagues on air. cnn's chief media correspondent, anchor of "reliable sources" brian stelter is here with me now. brian, what happened? >> that's right. sean hannity and laura ingraham both defended themselves saying they've always been consistent, they've always condemned the violence of january 6th. and that's true. both hosts did very quickly come out to condemn it but then they've spent the last year whitewashing it, trying to blame others and excuse the behavior. here's what happened on hannity's show when geraldo rivera called hannity out and tried to hold him accountable. >> i beg you, sean, to remember the frame of mind you were in when you wrote that text on january 6th and when laura did and when brian did and when don junior did. remember the concern you had. remember the frustration you had at our beloved 45th president. >> yeah, because i wanted a riot to end. >> why doesn't he say something? why -- >> okay, and -- but the point is he di

and now, ladies and gentlemen, sean hannity. >> sean: thank you, tucker. and welcome to "hannity." turned the page, we will not, 114 days now americans trapped behind enemy lines. 127 days since joe biden lied and promised he would leave nobody behind. the media mob, the big tech mob, they've all turned the pages as well. and tonight in afghanistan where the islamic emirates of afghanistan are now facing widespread starvation, economic

sean hannity, can he make a statement? ask people to leave the capitol. donald trump jr., he's got to condemn this, the capitol police tweet is not enough. meadows responding, i'm pushing it hard. i agree. donald trump jr., we need an oval office address. he has to lead now. it has gone too far and gotten out of hand. now, madam vice chair, why is it not sufficient to say he complied up to the point where donald trump essentially told him to stop complying, why is his testimony further needed by our committee? >> first of all, it's compelled by the sub ppoena. he's compelled to hand of documents and testify. there are a multitude of questions we need to ask him and understand what was going on, what were his discussions with the members of this board about making jeffrey clark attorney general. why did they want to make jeffrey clark attorney general? what did he think about the letter that jeffrey clark was proposing to send to state legislators in georgia to overturn the results of those elections. why were fox news hosts texting him and telling him to