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
conspiracy to trump the transfer of power to the new president and thereby overthrow the united states government. the january 6th attack on the capital was part of that plan. we now know, next to the year of investigation, it was only part of the. plante was the integral part of the plan but it was just part of it. three term maryland congressman, jamie raskin, sits on the january six investigation now. he also was the lead impeachment manager. he personally led the impeachment effort against trump for the january 6th attempt. the week the capital was attacked last year, jamie raskin also lost his beloved 25 year old son tommy to suicide. tommy died on december 31st. he was buried on january 5th. january 5th last year. congressman jamie raskin was with its daughter and his son-in-law at the u.s. capital the following day, the day after his son s funeral on january six when the attack on
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
through the television the magic of television on new year s eve. we hope you will join us on december 31st, the last day of 2021. as we ring in the new year we welcome you in to 2022 from nashville. it s an all-american new year s special with your fox & friends weekend team. so go come join us please on the fox news channel. kayleigh and lawrence though we start this morning with a bit of sad news. news broke last night that nfl legend and quite honestly american icon john madden had died at the age of 85. almost everyone watching, i m sure, is familiar with john madden, he was an nfl legend. won a super bowl with the oakland raiders the then oakland raiders he went on to become a legend in the realm of broadcasting. he was the voice of 1980s and 1990s. in the nfl, lawrence, i know you will agree with, this as a dallas cowboy fan my entire life, it felt like he narrated