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And did not do in the hours leading up to the deadly attack and late out in painstaking detail the case to hold mr. meadows in contempt. paula reed starts from the capitol. it was a revealing hearing. what new information did the committee lay out? >> reporter: extraordinary is exactly the right word. the house select committee laying out new evidence they have obtained, including messages that the former chief of staff mark meadows received from several fox news personalities during the insurre...

Discovery evidence. they only have a third of what they intend to submit to the court and all three will remain behind bars for a bit. thank you for joining us. msnbc will continue can katy tur right now. good evening, im katy tur. mark meadows will soon become the shortest member of congress since 1800 to be considered for federal prosecution for contempt. members made an abrupt 180, cutting off communication with the committee, citing executive privilege, but not before first turning over ...

Trump, the former president, very well seemed to think he was the person in charge. he was the person who ordered the attack on the capitol. thats the implication left by their questions. any serious investigation would ask the people why did you think that? what happened in the moments and hours leading up to the attack on the capitol that led you to believe donald trump was in charge of it? thats an incredibly important question. mark meadows is one of the central people who might have an answ...

The cold reality there was an insurrection happening at our nations capitol in front of our eyes. >> sort of like what they said about september 11. it defied imagination. not something you expected to see in the united states. good to see you, great show. see you tomorrow. >> this is "don lemon tonight" and this is the breaking news. michael just talked about. matter of fact, ill get into this. criminal contempt is the breaking news. the committee breaking the news, votes to recommend criminal ...

Trump jr. and fox news hosts who have tried to white white house the insurrection. pfizer says final analysis shows the new covid pill cuts risk of hospitalization and death by 89%. dr. fauci says it could be a lifesaver as he warns that the omicron variant could become dominant in the united states. welcome to our viewers around the united states and the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." lets get straight to the breaking news. the house of representatives moving toward ...

Village. right now -- >> we will have a lot more on the tornado recovery and the efforts to find possibly more victims, but, so far, no signs of more victims in that candle factory. coming up is the lieutenant governor in a few minutes. turning now to capitol hill where the house of representatives is expected to hold former trump chief of staff mark meadows, himself, a former congressman in contempt for refusing to testify about the january 6th riot. a stunning reversal after he had provided ...

Up to january 6th. and on january 6th, people pleading with him to do something to convince donald trump to tell his supporters to back away from that riot at the capitol. now, this is all part of the committees case that theyre building for this criminal contempt referral. yes, the committee believes that meadows is in contempt, but its not ultimately their decision. it will ultimately be a decision of a jury of meadows peers. his situation is different than steve bannon or jeffrey clark, forme...

Is begging meadows you have to get him to call them off. that shows you they knew the person who the capitol was stormed for. >> do you think they will vote for contempt? what does that mean? >> it has to go to the full house that will happen soon and go to doj. merrick garland has to decide if he wants to bring a criminal charge. were talking about mark meadows. he has partially compiled but overall of this, hes the former president. we got a ruling last week from the court of appeals in d.c. t...

Alluded to more we might see. they want to show what they think they know about mark meadows involvement and indicate what they think they could get if they are able to get him to talk fully. of those text messages while the fox ones and the donald trump jr. ones are the bold face names, i think perhaps more important to the investigation are those from other lawmakers, talking about the plan to throw out electoral votes or the frustration after the fact that they were unsuccessfully able to do ...

The questions about the material that he has acknowledged is not subject to executive privilege. >> reporter: reacting on sean hannitys show monday night to the contempt vote, meadows attempted to shift the narrative. >> obviously, it is disappointing but not surprising. lets 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 ...