sean hannity was right. in every one of sean hannity's texts that have been released by the committee, sean hannity is right. >>> and -- and officials in the justice department were threatening to quit if donald trump fired his acting attorney general and replaced him with jeffrey clark who has been subpoenaed to testify to the committee about jeffrey clark's only ideas about how to illegally overturn the results of the election. sean hannity says "i do not see january 6th happening the way that he is being told. we know at that time donald trump was being told the lie that vice president mike pence could reject electoral votes given to any state. sean hannity was telling donald trump go to f.l. we know that in donald trump psyche that was the same as telling him to go to hell. the hell of living in florida as a loser. on january 5th, the night before the trump mob violently attacked the capitol and screamed their hope of killing mike pence, sean hannity texted i am very worried about the next 48 hours. turn

sean hannity was right. in every one of sean hannity's texts that have been released by the committee, sean hannity is right. including the first techs. the committee quoted today, written on new year's eve 2020 from sean hannity to donald trump's final white house chief of staff mark meadows. quote, we can't lose the entire white house counsel's office. i do not see january six happening the way he's said it is being told. after the six, he should announce he will lead the nationwide effort to reform voting integrity. go to fl and watch joe messed up daily. stay engaged. when he speaks people listen. reporting by bob woodward and robert costa in their book, peril, and by others indicate that around the time of that text the white house counsel along with most of the top officials in the justice department were threatened to quit if donald trump fired his acting attorney general and replaced him with jeffrey clark. he has been subpoenaed to testify to the committee about jeffrey clark's own ideas about how t

select committee investigating the insurrection on capitol hill almost one year ago asked for sean hannityilor insist in its investigation. they have also released new text messages by hannity. one of them sent the day before the riot, which reads i am very worried about the next 48 hours. joined now by timothy snyder, history professor at yale, extensively about the ways, tyrants and dictators twist the truth. also thorough of tyranny, 20 lessons from the 20th century. professor, thanks for joining us. you said the most distressing thing about american news coverage right now is we don't treat the end of democracy in america as the story. which is obviously an incredibly alarming statement. why do you believe about the -- what do you believe about the end of democracy? >> well, i guess, anderson, we should probably get the alarm part out of the way so we can move on to the serious analysis and the repair because i think being alarmed is a way an excuse say i am shocked by this, what we really mean is we are not prepared to face thing the way we are. we are not prepared to act. most democr

these do not appear to be texts that the former president was aware of at the time, that sean hannity was sending to his chief of staff and that he was having with other allies. trump said i disagree with the response on the statement. the text he's referring to that hannity sent to jim jordan, and mark meadows, referring to him at the time, he can't mention the election again, and worse i'm not sure what is left to do or say and i don't like not knowing if it's truly understood, ideas, question mark, the reference that he should stop talking about the election, the former president saying he doesn't agree with that sentiment. clearly he doesn't. he has been talking about the election almost nonstop since he left office and left the white house almost a year ago now, and so it is notable, though, to see this divide between the former president and one of his closest allies in the media because he and sean hannity were very close. they spoke not only on a daily basis but several times a day. i'm told they are still pretty close but clearly, the former president is not happy with this a

unfortunately, for sean hannity and the country, sean hannity was sending a text to the weakest and most criminally inclined of the trump white house chiefs of staff. mark meadows had already engaged in a phone call with donald trump to georgia's secretary of state, a call that was clearly criminal in nature, a violation of state and federal law on election interference. the whole country had already heard the audiotape of that criminal phone call. sean hannity heard the audiotape of that phone call, which is now being investigated by a grand jury in georgia. he heard the audiotape of that phone call to georgia secretary of state and that may be why sean hannity's text to mark meadows are filled with fear that donald trump does not know what he is doing and that mark meadows does not know what he is doing. we know now, thanks to bob woodward and the book "peril" and other reporting, that they already knew that the white house counsel was threatening to quit over donald trump's criminal attempts to change the outcome of the presidential election. on this night, exactly one year ago, sean

hannity thinks trump is crazy. i remember a very vivid comment about sean, r why are you vaping so much? aring what i was hearing from trump, you'd be vaping too. that's the conversation you'd hear trump hannity confidantes. and i think trump and hannity need each other. this is a mutually beneficial relationship and that has not ended. trump needs -- >> trump and fox need each other. >> they do. you should not -- no matter what you think about democrats, you shouldn't have television hosts spending all their free time advising the president. they know it and knew it during the presidency. think of all the long-term damage caused and they're going to ask the biden sweech and as hard as they possibly can. they do not want to be reminded of the horrors of that day and the conspiracy since. as long as fox is part of the cover up a lot of the country is not going to hear. >>> they want to talk to hannity, pence. what do they wants to hear? (swords clashing) -had enough? -no... arthritis. here. aspercreme arthritis. full prescription-strength? reduces inflammation? thank the gods. don't thank

so what did sean hannity know? committee also writes, quote, it also appears from other text messages that you may have had a conversation directly with president trump on the evening of january 5th and perhaps at other times regarding his planning for january six. sean hannity even talk to donald trump about a january six plan the night before it happened. what did they discuss? there was this other part of the leather that also just make my head turn. it appears that sean hannity may also be talking to members of trump's cabinet about possibly removing him from office. quoting the letter again. later on january six, you texted to meadows press coverage relating to a potential effort by members of president trump's cabinet to remove him from office under the 25th amendment. as you may recall, secretaries devos and child both reside following the presidents conduct on january six, ousted members of the presidents white house staff. we would like to question you regarding any conversation to had with mr. meadows or

your prior segment with representative jamie raskin you asked him what will the committee do if sean hannity does not comply? representative raskin said we have a panoply of options. i know he can't commit at this point but he doesn't really have a panoply. he has two. one if hannity defies this request is let him go. that's it. would is subpoena him. there is really no complexity about it. so the committee has to decide are they going to serve these informal requests and then follow up with subpoenas or are they going to serve the informal requests and if people say no thank you say okay. go on your way now. that is an important decision the committee has to grapple with. >> elie, hannity's attorney telling cnn they are reviewing the letter and will respond as appropriate do you expect hannity will try to use the first amendment as a defense even though hannity himself said he is not a journalist and you heard jamie raskin saying we're not concerned about, not asking for notes or who his sources are. we are asking as, you saw the analogy he said if you witness a car crash, right, that's wha

again, he's well-sourced, this sean hannity. for some reason hannity felt the white house counsel would leave, and we have reporting they had threatened to do that. what did hannity know? committee writes quote, it appears from other text messages you may have had a conversation directly with president trump on the evening of january 5th and perhaps other times regarding his planning for january 6th. sean hannity may have been talking to donald trump the night before it happened. what did they discuss? other part made my head turn, hannity may have been talking to members of the cabinet about possibly removing him from office. later on january 6th, you texted to meadows' press coverage relating to potential effort by members of the president's cabinet to remove him under the 20th amendment. secretaries devos and chao resigned as did members of the staff. we would like to question you regarding conversations you had with mr. meadows and others about removing the president under the amendment. let that sink in for a second. was sea

what will the committee do if sean hannity does not comply? and representative raskin said, well, we have a panoply of options. i know he can't commit at this point. but he doesn't really have a panoply. he has two options. one, if hannity defies this request is let him go. that's it. two is subpoena him. there's really no complexity about it. so the committee's going to have to decide, are they going to serve these informal requests and follow them up with subpoenas, or if empeople say, , thank you, then go on your way. >> hannity's attorney jay sekulow telling cnn they are reviewing the letter and will respond as appropriate. do you expect hannity is going to try to use the first amendment as a defense even though hannity, himself, said he is not a journalist. and you heard jamie raskin saying we're not asking for notes or who his sources are. we're asking as if -- you saw the analogy. he said, you know, if you witness a car crash, right? that's what he wants to know. you're still a witness. >> yeah. i think sean hannity and his attorney wil

there is abundant rationale for the committee to speak with sean hannity. unications from his attorney expressing outrage because he's a journalist, you know, leaving aside for a moment the fact that hannity protested back in 2016 when he was accused of going too easy on trump as a journalist, and he said, i'm not a journalist, i'm a talk show host. but leaving that aside for the moment, and cloaking him in the protection of the first amendment, it's important that the committee in its letter explicitly respects those priorities and says, we are reaching out to you not in your journalistic capacity but in your capacity as a fact witness for factual information. lots more to come here. wow. >> and he is a corroborator of an account, i believe, first told by "the washington post," carol leonnig and phil rucker, i believe it's in their book that says that then white house counsel pat cipollone believed for a while on january 6th that donald trump would be charged. sean hannity, i think, becomes the second person to sort of offer any real visibility into the whi

sean hannity knew that mark meadows knew that but at this hour, one year ago, sean hannity was desperately trying to get the weakest white house chief of staff in history to step up to a deranged presidents and do the right thing, say the right thing. it was on this day, when you're ago, that mike pence told donald trump in the oval office that he was not going to violate the law and attempt to reject electoral votes submitted to congress the next day. in that meeting, on this evening, one year ago, in the white house, donald trump told mike pence -- what do you think, mike? trump asked. look, i've read this, and i don't see a way to do it. i've done everything i could and then some to find a way around this. it's not possible. my interpretation is, no. i've met with all of these, people pence said. they are all on the same page. i personally believe these are the limits to what i can do. so, if you have a strategy for the sixth, it really shouldn't involve me because i am just there to open the envelopes. you should be talking to the house and senate. your team should be talking to them a

the committee investigating the attack is focusing on one text by sean hannity, hannity, an undervaluedt to trump, was going about handling things behind closed doors. on january 5, he texted mark meadows saying he was very worried about the next 48 hours. because of this and dozens of other texts, the panel has asked hannity to voluntarily cooperate in answering some key questions. whitney wild joining us now. whitney, what more did we learn in these texts? >> we learned the extent that sean hannity was clearly worried that the president was spiraling. here's one example, and really, i think it's important for viewers to understand that the committee is trying to drill down on communications sean hannity had with trump himself, with members of the white house staff, members of trump's inner circle between december 21st and january 20th of 2021. let's go through one text message on december 21st. this is from sean hannity to mark meadows. we can't lose the entire white house counsel's office. i do not see january 6 happening the way he is being told. after the 6th. he should announce wi

keep in mind this is not a subpoena for sean hannity. asking him to come forward voluntarily. hannity has not said how he plans to respond. john? >> let's discuss now. with me to share their report and insights are cnn legal analyst, jeff zeleny. does sean hannity have any shield here to not cooperate with the committee? >> here's the deal, john. ultimately he won't. he was not engaged in news gathering. he was acting as an advisor. the problem is i think it will be a lot like we've seen with these bogus claims of executive privilege. he'll go to court over this or he may go to court over this asserting that first amendment privilege, so without being able to just push forward on him without any privileges at all, it may take them a while to get through that litigation and actually sit down and speak with him. >> if you're a fox news viewer or a hannity viewer, you have to deal with the hypocrisy. what he was saying to mark meadows and to trump versus what he was saying on television, using his program to stick with the big lie. that was

they have the receipts from sean hannity. whatever sean hannity felt, he remains loyal to trump.about their relationship and can they keep this sort of pearl-clutching about oh my gosh, the liberal media when they are as you say whoever said that to you, they are exposed as complete actors. it reminds me as what i heard several times. it was -- he knows and the sources would say hannity thinks trump is crazy. he thinks trump is crazy. i remember a vivid comment about someone saying sean, why are you vaping so much? if you wear what i heard from trump, you would be vaping too. sean was in about it and he knew the truth about trump but he could not or did not ever say it. these text messages bring it into sharp relief. trump and hannity needed each other. this is a beneficial relationship. that relationship has not ended. >> fox news presidency was such a cancer. no matter what you think of democrats are up against, you should not have television host spending all their free time advising the president. it's not the way the world is supposed to work. everybody knew it. think about

sean hannity is a propagandist. there's something so striking in the gap between what he says privately and publicly, and just the journalistic failure of having that kind of scoop, of understanding that the president of the united states is preparing to do something illegal to subvert the election and not telling your audience about it, you know, it's such a sort of betrayal of his role, even if it's a role that we all believe he doesn't take very seriously. >> that's such an incisive point you make, and it dove tails with, again, it's one of these nights we're getting a lot of news, i'm just told in my ear the producers that donald trump was planning this big news conference at mar-a-lago on january 6th trying to seize attention or time or whatever. the news breaking just now as we're on the air that he is canceling that. an ex-president and politician who has sought many ways to seek attention from his blogs to his press appearances backing down, apparently, or canceling that. that's brand new. before we go, i do

there is no doubt that sean hannity has essential knowledge and information that this committee needso get to. no question. >> andy, just the idea that hannity was aware that something was going to happen indicates that this wasn't spontaneous, that there was something that was known that was about to happen. and that's key to all of this. >> it was planned. it was being discussed. and people, including the president's lawyers -- i should say the lawyers for the presidency because of course they're not his personal lawyers. the white counsel clearly indicated to hannity they had such concerns about where this was going that they were at least communicating they were considering leaving if the pressure was continuously applied to mike pence. this is like an investigator's dream to see these texts, to have a witness like this made clear to you. you get this information that hannity is a member of the media. these are fact issues. they have nothing to do with his news gathering activity. this is fair game. >> because, al, you might have folks around the president who were saying, you kno

and the committee thinks that sean hannity could have some real insight and we'll see what sean hannity does and other interesting news, too. that is that the committee wants to speak to someone even more directly tied to this, which is the former vice president. we know that some of the former vice presidents top aides have been, at least engaging with the committee including chief of staff mark short. so, that could be a big target for the committee, too. we'll see how it plays out. >> i was curious about that. i saw what benny thompson said about wanting to hear from mike pence and what he was hearing from his detail and it made me wonder, is there, is there any way for the january 6th committee to speak with secret service agents that were in and around both the vice president and the president during the critical period that the insurrection took place or is that off limits? >> that's an excellent question. i was wondering that, too. i don't know the answer to that. but those are people that are the committee probably would not publicize that they are speaking to either, if those c

what you're learning. >> first, wolf, we are learning about text messages that the fox news host, sean hannity, sent to mark meadows and other white house officials and why that has led the committee to ask hannity to voluntarily appear before the committee at some point in the near future. the committee sending hannity a letter today asking him to make that move and appear before the committee on his own accord in part because they want to ask him questions about the regular communication that he had with white house officials and the former president himself in the days leading up to january 6th and during the period of time after the riots here on capitol hill. here's a sample of the text messages. one of them, this is on december 31st of 2020. he wrote we can't lose the entire white house counsel's office. i do not see january 6th happening the way he is being told. after the 6th, he should announce that he will lead a nationwide effort to reform voter integrity. go to florida and watch joe mess up daily. stay engaged. when he speaks, people will listen. so clearly, hannity was concerned a

they're trying to establish a fact pattern that sean hannity was worried about what trump and trump'sink that -- i'm trying to -- i'm extrapolating here, but it doesn't sound like hannity is saying, you know, we're going to be able to hold on to the presidency. he seems worried about what trump is going to do. >> right. so there's, obviously, facts that they have in their possession that indicate that sean hannity was in communication with folks at the white house and that he can potentially provide insights into the thinking that was going on either by the president, the former president himself, or others who were close to him to try to understand the events leading up to january 6th itself. but, jake, just on giving this letter a very quick look as it just came out. there's three things that stand out to me on the letter. number one, they're asking for voluntary cooperation from sean hannity. so this is not a subpoena to a member of the news media. this is the committee asking for voluntary cooperation. and that's important. the second thing that stands out to me is they say they w

now, we do know -- so that proves that sean hannity was concerned about it. now, on sean hannity's show on the night of january 6th, he did condemn the violence, but he did question who, in fact, was behind it. now, the attorney representing sean hannity put out a statement saying they are evaluating the letter from the committee. they remain very concerned about the constitutional implications, especially as it relates to the first amendment. we will respond as appropriate. so no official action yet from sean hannity and his team, but that's not the only big news of the january 6th select committee. as you mentioned, bennie thompson wants to hear from the former vice president mike pence. we know his life was in danger that day. he resisted pressure from the former president to overturn the election results. now, listen to how bennie thompson said it on cnn. >> his life was in danger. i would hope that he would do the right thing and come forward and voluntarily talk to the committee. we'd like to know what his security detail told him was going on. >> repor

you had sean hannity and allies saying yo, this is not good.ecomes which is the dog and which is the tail? because fox news serves a constituency that knows their under pinnings are. but they also have to compete with people this their right, the news max, they're in a competitive environment to get the most maga and authoritarian audience to stick with them. i wonder what do you make of this? because does this look like something donald trump is leading or something where donald trump and his followers are going along with a rabid crowd? what do you make of it? >> joy, what's clear to me and sean hannity texts are interesting. it's an interesting little subplot in the bigger story. the fact of the matter we all watched almost a year ago, not just here in the united states but around the world, we watched this happen in realtime when we knew it was coming. there was no question that donald trump and some of the people in the closest sector of the trump orbit, whether it be mark meadows or steve bannon were actively calling for the type of activ

sean hannity among them, but he's not alone. republican members of congress who seem to be aware of what the plan was, to straight-up reject the electoral votes from swing states. we're a year later. why no consequences legally for those people? >> well, it's a great question, jim. it's one i'm going to be thinking about when we watch the attorney general give his speech later today. by the way, i'll tell you four hours in advance what merrick garland is going to say. he will say we will follow the facts and the law and pursue it as high as it may good. that's good. he should say that. those words are fine, but i have not seen it yet in merrick garland and doj's actions. i'm much more interested in actions than words. first of all, they prosecuted 700-plus people who stormed the capitol. all people who physically stormed the capitol, but four different federal judges have criticized the doj for being too lenient, giving misdemeanor when they should be felonies. the chief judge in d.c. said doj has been schizophrenic and baffling

sean hannity urged. >> the committee's letter to hannity cites another takes to medals from december 31st 2020, in which kennedy appears to be referring to trump. quote, we can't lose the entire white house counsel's office. i do not see january six happening the way he is being told. after the six, he should announce that he will lead the nation wide effort to reform voting integrity. go to florida and watch joe mess of daily. stained gauged. when he speaks people listen. then, on the night before the insurrection. the committee says hannity set a stream of texas including one that read, quote, i am very worried about the next 48 hours. the committee says he texted mark meadows, quote, pence pressure. white house counsel will lead. the committee also said it appears hannity had a conversation with donald trump on january 10th, ten days before joe biden's inauguration. the panel says hannity also wrote mark meadows and republican congressman, jim jordan, saying quote, guys we have a clear path to land the plane in nine days. he can't mention the election again. ever. i did not have a

sean hannity does on his program as well and we get sort of two side of hannity here. someone who is nervous about what could happen on january 6th. someone who's warning the president against talking about this election going forward, but then somebody who's publicly standing by donald trump's side, promoting the big lie, embracing the big lie, and then more recently, sort of down playing what happened on january 6th. listen, it's no surprise that hannity is working hand in glove with this white house. i think in many ways, donald trump himself is a product of fox news and offered instruction from them and you even see more recently, the idea that he was going to have a press conference on january 6th and talk about what happened on january 6th and talk about the folks who are being prosecuted and in court and probably defend them. he has been advised in some ways by the people on fox, this wasn't a good idea. it is not a surprise to see that hannity is one way in private and another way in public to please donald trump. nor is it any surprise he's trying to advise an

they want to know how trump responded to these pleas by sean hannity. it's interesting because the posture that we're seeing in the private text messages very different than the public posture sean hannity had at that time and then of course the days and weeks after. >> has there been a response from mr. hannity's attorneys? >> so jay sekulow who's representing sean hannity at this point said that he and his client are reviewing the letter, and they're trying to decide how to respond to it but earlier before he had actually seen the letter itself he said that he is concerned there are some first amendment issues with this request. the committee makes it very clear that they're not interested in hannity's television program or his work as a television commentator, they're much more interested in his role as a political adviser to the former president and they want to know what role he played in the decisions that were made around that time and if he can offer any insight into how the president and those connected to him conducted themselves during that p

why lawmakers want to interview sean hannity. >>> breaking overnight, classes canceled in chicago. public school goes remote in the nation's third-largest school district. what teachers are demanding for themselves and 350,000 students. >>> traffic nightmare. an update on a snowstorm that left drivers stranded in freezing temperatures including a former vice presidential candidate. >>> well, good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the deadly assault on the u.s. capitol. capitol police say they are now better prepared to handle an attack, and there are no credible threats suggesting that another one is imminent. meanwhile, the h house select committee investigating the january 6th riot wants to interview fox news host sean hannity about his communication with the trump administration leading up to that day. laura podesta is in washington, d.c., with more on this. laura, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. this is the first request by the committee to a member of the media, and it shows how it's broadeni

if i were a sean hannity fan club member i would want my money back. we know that kayleigh mcenany has appeared before the 1/6 committee. we don't know how much she cooperated. we have no reason to believe hannity has responded. remember, a couple of weeks ago the committee asked hannity for help, and so far we've heard silence about that request. they appealed to his patriotism, but so far we don't know of any reason to believe hannity has actually offered to help. what he was saying in these text messages, which is not what he was saying on tv. >> and it's remarkable because hannity, you know, we just had trump on the other night, and he's acting as though he's a trump adviser all over again. he's trying to find a way to get trump back in the oval office, and yet he was texting to kayleigh mcenany we've got to keep the crazies away from him and that the 25th amendment is real. j it shows how far hannity has fallen and it also shows how little trump respects hannity. that's one of the through lines here about trump's advisers and friends and allies. th

christine, there are a number of people that the committee wants to hear from, and that includes sean hannitynews personality, and the former vice president mike pence. let's deal with hannity first. they've sent him a formal letter asking that he voluntarily appear before the committee because they want to ask him more about his interactions with the white house, the former chief of staff mark meadows, former members and the president him several. they put in their letter to hannity, examples of some of the text messages he sent to meadows, jim jordan, members of congress and others, where he talks about his concerns about the pressure campaign being put on the former vice president mike pence to prevent the certification of the election results. now, it's not clear how hannity is going to respond to that. his lawyer, jay sekulow saying they have first amendment concerns about this request. but the committee is hoping hannity complies. now, hannity is one thing. >>> separately, i had a conversation with bennie thompson, the chairman of the committee. and i asked him how interested he is in t

the committee also wants to speak with fox news host sean hannity saying he texted with >> we have sod pieces of evidence indicating that he was outside of his role as a press person acting as a political operative. >> publicly, hannity was saying this ahead of january 6. >> a big day tomorrow, big crowds apparently showed up to the point where the west wing could hear the music and the chanting of the people that were there already. >> but privately, hannity sent a message to meadows the night before the insurrection reading, i'm very worried about the next 48 hours. the committee wants to know why hannity was worried and what, if any, prior knowledge he may have had before the capitol riots. >> i want to make sure everybody knows this isn't a subpoena. we've asked him to cooperate with us as a fact witness out of his sense of patriotism. >> reporter: members also believe the fox news host has detailed knowledge of trump's state of mind following the january 6 attack. hannity texted jim jordan and meadows about a conversation he had with trump four days after the insurrection. the te

they don't know sean hannity knew about a possible coup or possible insurrection at the capitol, potentialt. at the end as angelo was saying he is involved in crisis management. you see hannity appearing at rallies with trump. >> fox pr tries to draw a hard line between what happens in the day time and at night on fox news. fox news prime is a different product and that to them is, their quote is standing up for what's right which is a pun or whatever but the line is increasingly thin and vague as to what to them is basically counseling republican candidates like donald trump and being a news network. that is the prime dishonesty is sean hannity knew this was bad. he knew what was happening on january 6th was a horrific thing, an attack on the capitol, you know, there was a riot that went too far at the very least. at worst it is an insurrection or coup. but in the year since then he has done nothing but down play it, nothing but double down on donald trump who he was trying to talk off the ledge that day and just couldn't get to him. nobody could get to him in time really. and that remain

thank you. >>> we note on that reporting from axios, attorney to sean hannity jay sekulow old axios ifise serious constitution issues regarding freedom of the press and first amendment rights. >>> and the 2020 election becoming a rallying cry for a number of right-wing groups who believed the lies about the election. talked about them. many facing charges for actions on january 6th. another group maybe you haven't heard of. stop the steel rallies trying to keep former president trump in power. a grouped call the 1ap. despite active role on january 6th and beyond. i'm joined by nbc news national security correspondent ken dilanian. explain who this group is, explain their role january 6th and why they seem to fly under radar compared to, for example, the oath keepers, proud boys, et cetera? >> reporter: hallie a group made up of military veterans and former intelligence officers began serving as body guards to maga celebrities including former national security adviser mike flynn. the group founded in september 2020 by a former army special forces medic robert patrick lewis. after the c

newly aggressive phase from the 1/6 select committee, that committee yesterday asking fox news's sean hannity to cooperate in the january 6th inquiry and revealing text messages that he sent to white house chief of staff. they indicate he was aware of and deeply concerned about what trump was planning for january 6th, embracing for a possible mass resignation of top white house lawyers as a result. last night, the first response to the committee from sean hannity's attorney who said this, we are evaluating the letter from the committee. we remain very concerned about the constitutional implications, especially as it relates to the first amendment. we will respond as appropriate. we will be waiting and watching for any response, but today we are joined by one member the 1/6 committee who was also the lead impeachment manager in donald trump's second impeachment trial, congressman jamie raskin, who has made january 6th a central focus of his work in congress in part because the attack, deeply personal for everyone present in the u.s. capitol on that day, also for him, collided with the darkest

and let's also remember that sean hannity has repeatedly and loudly for the last 11 or 12 years saidd in america. he says journalism is dead but as soon as there's a request from a legal committee he doesn't like, he wraps himself in the first amendment flag and says this would breach the first amendment. so it really comes down to the key question. what's he hiding? what does he know over the past year that he hasn't told his viewers or told the public? is he in on it in some way? we're learning about this vast conspiracy. was he in on it in some fashion? if not, i'm sure he'll want to share that as well. >> when you say what is he hiding. you mean if he refuses to show up. at the moment, what makes you think that he's hiding anything? >> i think for the past year he's defended donald trump and promoted trumpism, even though he was text messaging on january 6th trying to stop what was going on just like so many others at fox and elsewhere. as i reported on fox over the years, people have always singled out hannity as the single biggest trump sycophant and the most important adviser

i do want to get your reaction to what we have learned about sean hannity's texts. he was telling mark meadows that he was worried about the next 48 hours. he said this on january 5th, the day before the insurrection. a day he had spoken with president trump. what does that tell you? >> well, it's one kernel of information about the planning of dozens, if not scores of hundreds of people surrounding a very desperate, sick president who was trying to do anything he could through his lies to hold onto power. i was there on january the 6th. i was actually in the gallery observing the challenges to the arizona electors. sean hannity is a fact witness, as the chairman has said. he needs to come forward. but he is one of many who witnessed what was going on, the unraveling of a president desperate to cling to power, and the use of lies not over a single day but the meticulous, if not chaotic, use of lies that spurred in those people, in those american citizens, the belief that they were doing the right thing to attack their own democracy. that is a sickness that continues

sean hannity said we can't have this.tween sean hannity and fox and the white house? was there a line? >> you know, i can't speak to fox as a whole. i think some good reporters there. but i would say you've got your evening hosts, like judge janine, maria in the morning, sean hannity, laura ingraham. they were all acting as advisers oftentimes. in fact, on election night, the night before he took the stage, judge janine and laura ingraham were in the room. i'm not going to say fox as a whole was advising him or the line was too blurred there. but certainly the evening more opinion shows. >> you know, stephanie, we've talked a lot. we talked after your book came out about you reflecting on your role in the trump administration. you've said things like you're not sure that you will ever be redeemed for your participation in the trump administration. you know, you really have soul searched in the wake of leaving. i do wonder what you think is next and if there's anything that you can shed light on on what comes ahead? . >> a

point, the only prime time show i ever go on other than that one time with jesse watters is the sean hannity show. >> sean: does that mean you will fill in for me on the next day off? how about we do a poll? [laughter] i can't get him to do it. maybe you can talk him into it. to speak about the only thing i disagree with. we will give him a pass on this one. no pass. he's got to man up and host the show. leo, next time amount. you are sitting in the chair or we are just going to have an empty chair. >> i would cohost with peach. >> okay, i would like that too paired together. >> actually, that would be pretty cool. >> sean: thank you both. we are also learning tonight that thankfully no one was harmed after congresswoman cori bush is on unoccupied vehicle was hit by gunfire this weekend near st. louis. bush tweeted out "thankfully no one was harmed, but any act of gun violence shakes your soul. that is where movement is working to invest in our communities and eradicate root causes of gun violence and keep everybody safe. but remember, bush is one of the far left democrats who repeatedly cal

house committee investigating the attack on the capitol, now asking to speak with fox news host sean hannity about text messages he allegedly sent to former president trump's former chief of staff mark meadows in the days leading up to january 6th. one alleged text from hannity before january 6th saying, "i'm very worried about the next 48 hours." here's jonathan karl with the texts. >> reporter: tonight, the house january 6th committee is asking to speak to fox news host sean hannity, describing him as a de facto adviser to former president donald trump. the committee already has dozens of text messages hannity exchanged with former chief of staff mark meadows and others. on december 31st, a week before the insurrection, hannity seemed to warn meadows that top lawyers at the white house were on the verge of resigning en masse to protest trump's plans to overturn the election. he texted, quote, we can't lose the entire white house council's office. i do not see january 6th happening the way he is being told. on january 5th, the day before the insurrection, the committee says hannity seemed t

speaking of friend and mentors, put your hands together for the one and only sean hannity. applause] ♪ [cheers and applause] >> sean: thank you, fox nation. y'all having a good time tonight? [cheers and applause] aren't we lucky to live in a country with these amazing heroes, these people that risk livei we just saw the will airport and we know what happened. august 26th, 2021 is now known as one of the deadliest days for the u.s. military in the last decade 20 year war in afghanistan. the previous 18 months, we haven't lost one single american in afghanistan. isis terrorists we know bombed the u.s. check point at kabul international airport killing 11 marines, one navy -- if i was obama i would say corpseman, he is an idiot. corpsman, one soldier, 18 other u.s. troops were injured in the blast. the fallen heroes range in age from 20 to 31 years old. please join me for a moment remembering those souls and honoring their sacrifice. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> sean: i want to now ask you there are in the room tonight the families of some of the 13 that died that day. i'm going to ask them, i

that these are actual discussions happening with people like sean hannity. >> yeah. a little clip of kayleigh mcenany on fox during that era just to give you an idea of how much baseless nonsense she put out in the public sphere. paid for by your tax dollars by the way. >> for president trump to be ahead as far as he was at 3:00 a.m. in these four states, michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, georgia, and for the vote to swing by as much as it did, the probability of that in one state is one in one quad theirs rillion. >> complete nonsense that analysis is based on the idea, it doesn't even take into account that democrats overwhelmingly voted by mail and republicans overwhelmingly voted that day. it is sheer, utter crap. does the fact that privately she seemed to be acknowledging the stolen election stuff was not true, and the fact that she was acknowledging, seemed to be acknowledging to sean hannity that there were crazy people in trump's sphere pushing this, does that make her legally liable in any way? >> i think it can, jake. i mean, if anyone is going to be held

house committee investigating the deadly capitol insurrection released a series of texts between sean hannity house. the panel says the messages suggest hannity was aware of the former president's plans to contest joe biden's election victory on january 6th and is asking hannity to voluntarily cooperate. >>> the cdc updated its isolation guidance for people with covid. now saying that if you want to take a rapid test, do it toward the end of your five-day isolation period. this does appear to contradict what the cdc chief said last week about not changing guidance based on the result of the rapid test. >>> the district attorney in albany county, new york, declined to prosecute former governor andrew cuomo for a misdemeanor charge of forcible touching. despite reviewing the evidence and finding the accuser credible, he cannot prove the charge in a courtroom to the criminal standard of proof. >>> and the powerball jackpot soaring to $610 million. this is the seventh largest pot in its history. no winners in monday's draw. the last winner was october 4th. and the odds here, great odd s, right? 1

discussing their new text revealed the even more concerning influence that fox news show host, sean hannity, had on the previous administration. we are going to break it down with our sunday night panel. i'm ayman mohyeldin, let's get started. get started. so with every day that has passed since the january 6th attack, it has become more and more clear just how damaged we ours a country are. the insurrection expose but the deepening fault lines in the population. and cracks in the very structure of our democracy. it opened a wound marion knee of us want to heal from but find ourselves very honestly, quite unable to. a sentiment that president joe biden reiterated on thursday, on the anniversary of the attack. watch. >> the way we have to heal, you have to recognize the extent of the moon. you cannot pretend. this is serious stuff. you have to face it. that is what great nations do. they face the truth. deal with it and move on. >> president biden is right here. how can we heal when our cries for justice and accountability have largely gone on answered? when the people in the party who stood

this hour, did sean hannity betray donald trump? did trump dis hannity? new text messages rereal the truth about their fake friendship. >>> plus bob cost has is here, we're talking about why the upcoming olympics will be like none he has ever covered. >>> later i'm going back to school for an education about news literacy. see what these eighth graders are learning about misinformation and why they can hopefully help us all in the future. >>> blue john harris and more. >>> but first, the press corps' priorities versus the public's priorities. do reporters and viewers care about the same things? and when there's a mismatch, what should the media do differently? i would wager to say that the press cares a lot more than the public about gaffes and gripes and white house cleanup efforts, which is not to say that president biden's missteps are meani meaningless, they do matter, but do they matter as much as pocketbook issues? this brand-new nbc poll shows what matters most, only 22% of americans saying the country is on the right track. many feeling the pinch

. >>> up ahead, why the selection committee is eager to talk with sean hannity.ngs something new. so get the flexibility of the new mobile service designed for your small business. introducing comcast business mobile. you get the most reliable network with nationwide 5g included. and you can get unlimited data for just $30 per line per month when you get four lines or mix and match data options. available now for comcast business internet customers with no line-activation fees or term contract required. see if you can save by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities. >>> still no response tonight from sean hannity to the tex messages released last night by the house january 6th committee. the fox anchor sent the messages to allies of the former president before and after the riot. the committee says they demonstrate an awareness of the president's strategy during the insurrection. in one text to chief of staff mark meadows and jirm jordan four days after the attack hannity writes guys we have a clear path to land the plane in nine days. he cannot

late tuesday the committee shared text messages that fox news and sean hannity was sending to trump's chief of staff mark meadows. is hannity cooperating with the committee? rep. kinzinger: he has not yet. we will see what position he takes. i am sure he will try to claim the first amendment, freedom of press situation. he has called himself not a journalist. a question more for you and other journalists is at what point do you go from being a journalist to an advocate? the committee will pursue everything we need to on that. it is an intriguing part of the investigation, but i think that will say a lot when the supreme court takes up the archives case. i hope they expedite it. we can get that adjudicated and see a lot of the documents, see the information. with archives, that is the american people's stuff. we are not asking for donald trump to open mar-a-lago and give us his personal effects, this is the people's stuff. jacqueline: will you see cooperation from other fox news personalities who were also in talks with mark meadows on that day? rep. kinzinger: i can't answer that beca

zanona, thank you for that reporting. >> so the january 6th committee wants to speak with fox host sean hannitysays there are dozens of these texts to hannity to show that there was something different happening from what he was saying on the edge to what he was saying privately. let's bring in chris, our friend, who is now senior fellow of american enterprises, chris? >> that's true. that is true. >> okay. good. let's start with that. former fox channel politics editor, chris, great to see you. before we ask you any questions, victor, and i are going to do a dramatic recreation. >> we do that so well. >> the difference between what hannity was saying. >> here's what sean hannity texted the night before the insurrection to former president trump's chief of staff mark meadows. i'm very worried about the next 48 hours. now, later that night he seemed to express big concern about the pressure on the vice president and that the white house legal team would jump ship. he text pence pressure white house counsel will leave. >> okay. now listen to what hannity said on the air the day before the attack.

select committee has talked to 350 other witnesses, i'm sure some of whom can corroborate what sean hannity knew and when. when we zoom out in the frame of questions, my mind goes into how they're going to use anything around hannity and his conversations with trump to try to fill in some of the gaps they have around trump's state of mind, trump's frame of reference, what he was thinking, what he was considering doing, what he didn't do in those hours where he was silenced and paint that picture. that's critical, especially as they come up to the more public phase of their hearings in the next coming months. >> maya? >> cosign. i just want to point one thing out very specifically that we have seen in the requests for shawn hannity, which is we have reason to believe you talked directly to donald trump in advance of january 6th. we're not talking about -- i think the letter makes very clear, they're not asking sean hannity, tell us what your sources hold. tell us who your sources are, the types of things that typically protect journalists from these kinds of investigations. this is not that.