you joining us this morning. capitol police officer harry dunn, thank you. . thank you for having me on. have a good day. in you too. joining me now cnn political commentator and host of firing line on pbs, margaret hoover. thank you for being here with us. i have to confessed, i ve been surprised by these text messages that were released the last few days. the amount of stuff meadows handed over. this week has been not what i expected. along those lines, what i truly did not expect was the reaction to senate minority leader mitch mcconnell to all of these revelations yesterday. i want to play that for you. i do think we re all watching, as you are, what is unfolding on the house side. and it will be interesting to reveal all the participants who were involved. it will be interesting to reveal all the participants who were involved? that sounds like as close as
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.
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. these messages are illustrative of the former president s supreme duty. this is the stuff meadows handed over voluntarily. makes you wonder what he may be withholding. what were members of congress telling mark meadows to do, paula? more remarkable evidence revealed tonight. for example, we see one message from a lawmaker saying quote the president needs to stop this asap. cheney says these text messages show the white house knew exactly what was happening at the capitol in realtime. but that s not all. when the events of the decertification of the electoral college happened in the early