right-wing media in the days leading up to the january 6th insurrection. cnn s chief media correspondent brian stelter has the story. reporter: in the weeks leading up to january 6th congress will decide in january, so we will see what happens. reporter: kayleigh mcenany said donald trump was fighting to stay in office. this president s a fighter. he s not giving up. reporter: fight, fight, fight. that was the right-wing tv narrative until insurrection day. i think it s not an understatement to say we re in a constitutional tinderbox right now. reporter: these shows supplied the firewood and the matches. but behind the scenes, some claimed to fear a fire. multiple fox news hosts knew the president needed to act immediately. reporter: the house s 1/6 committee keeps sharing text messages that show how two-faced some of these stars are. on december 31st, 2020, sean
of in the thick of it. at least, what s the white house chief of staff and apparently with the president himself. they say, quote, they re mr. hannity the select committee now s information indicating that you had advance knowledge regarding president trump and his legal teams planning for january six. it also appears that you were expressing concerns and providing advice to presidential and answered and whiteout staff regarding the planning. you also had relevant communications while the riot was underway and in the days thereafter. these communications make you a fact witness in our investigation. the select committee is in possession of dozens of text messages you sent to and received from white house chief of staff mark meadows. these are related to the 2020 election and trump s effort to contest the outcome of that vote. for example, on december 31st, 2020, you texted mr. meadows the following, quote, we can t lose the entire white house counsel s office. i do not see january six
their letter to hannity, it seemed as though he had a good idea of just what lengths the white house and trump campaign were willing to go to to try to pressure mike pence to stand in the way of the certification results on january 6th. here s a sample of some of those texts. on december 31st, 2020, hannity to meadows, writes, we can t lose the entire white house counsel s office. i do not see january 6th happening the way it s being told. this is hannity raising alarm bells about this strategy to try and convince pence to stand in the way of the certification results. then on january 5th, the day this was supposed to take place, a year ago today, hannity said to meadows, very worried about the next 48 hours. so the committee wants to know why hannity was so concerned. they also want to know if he talked specifically with the former president on that day and then of course, why his rhetoric in these text messages didn t at all match what he was saying on
0 watching, we really a pretty shot you. joining thank you very much. cher, that s tonight s last word. let that happen again, please. 11th hour, starts now. 11th hour, starts now. good evening once again, i am ali velshi, day 350 of the biden administration. tonight, the house committee investigating the capitol insurrection is now seeking information from fox news primetime host. the panel sent kennedy a letter asking for his voluntary cooperation and saying that it has information that he had, quote, advanced knowledge regarding president trump and his legal team is planning for january six. and the hannity had relevant communications while the right was underway and in the days there after. the committee described hannity as a fact witness. and adds that he is in possession of dozens of text messages that he sent to and received from the former white house chief of staff, mark meadows and others. last month, committee vice chair, liz cheney, read out loud one of the text messages f
information from mr. stockton. and by the way, he and his fiancee also played a role in fundraising for this riot. there was surprising specificity on alex jones show, but it was delivered by a substitute host on his show on december 31st, 2020, just seven days before the attack on the capitol. let s listen to what he told the audience then. we re going to only be saved by millions of americans moving to washington, occupying the entire area, if necessary, storming right into the capitol. we know the rules of engagement. storming right into the capitol. that s the week before. that s being communicated directly to the kinds of people who showed up that day. exactly right.