president. quote, we need an oval office address. he has to lead now. it has gone too far and gotten out of hand. >> reporter: these messages of illustrative of the former president's supreme dereliction of duty. it's important to note this is the stuff meadows handed over voluntarily. it makes you wonder what he might be withholding. >> what about members of congress? what were they telling mark meadows to do in. >> reporter: more remarkable evidence ref valed by the house select committee tonight. for example, we saw one message from a lawmaker saying, quote, the president needs to stop this asap. cheney says these messages show that the white house knew what was happening at the capitol in real time, when the certification happened in the early hours of january 7th, meadows received a text calling january 6th, quote, a terrible day.