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debate, members of the select committee revealed more of what was in the documents that mark meadows gave the committee and now refuses to answer questions about. we ve learned that mr. meadows made a surprise visit to a state-run audit in georgia, which led to the now-infamous call in which mr. trump improperly asked the georgia secretary of state to find votes. we need to talk to mr. meadows about that. we need, also, to ask him about text messages which he provided to our committee that show an official in georgia texting mr. meadows during the trump-raffensperger call saying that they, quote, need to end this call, unquote. and emphasizing, quote, i don t think this will be a productive will be productive much longer, end quote. and to that point, committee member adam schiff unveiled another text we hadn t known about until now. this one, to meadows. sender, unknown. applauding the justice department appointment of jeffrey clark, who as you know was pushing t ....
good evening. tonight s house vote expected shortly to cite former white house chief of staff mark meadows for contempt of congress. certainly, speaks loudly on its own. after all, it s not often that a former presidential right-hand man faces criminal charges for anything, let alone obstructing the inquiry into the attempt to overthrow democracy itself. that much is historic. but like every other development in the 11 months since the former president incited a mob to attack the very site where the vote tonight takes place, there is so much more leading up to and surrounding it. for instance, in tonight s floor debate, members of the select committee revealed more of what was in the documents that mark meadows gave the committee and now refuses to answer questions about. we ve learned that mr. meadows made a surprise visit to a state-run audit in georgia, which led to the now-infamous call in which mr. trump improperly asked the georgia secretary of state to find vot ....
read a series of frantic text messages from january 6th aloud. messages pleading with meadows to convince his boss to do something about this. barricades, attacking officers, smashing through windows, and pushing through doors. as the violence continued, one of the president s sons texted mr. meadows. quote, he s got to condemn this shut asap. the capitol police is not enough, donald trump, jr., texted. meadows responded, quote, i m pushing it hard. i agree. still, president trump did not immediately act. donald trump, jr., 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. the texts show that the same fox news hosts and members of the trump inner circle who have now spent months downplaying the insurrection were, in fact, on january 6th begging the former president to call off the rioters. multiple fox news hosts knew the president needed to act immediately ....
nearby town clerk survivors describing what is left after these historic storms. it looks like a giant lawnmower just went through town. the house was right here. all of this was the house. it was a sad and scary. the house is gone. nothing left in the neighborhood. down here in the hallway, we got down over our dog and we were both praying. arthel: this is a fox news live it. arthel neville. eric: we will thank you for joining us on this sunday. i m eric shawn. there are prayers across the country on this sunday for those in the southeast who have suffered devastation. 37 separate tornadoes hitting cutting the historic path of destruction that continued for an agonizing three hours and right now, we have team fox news coverage on the latest. robert ray in dawson springs kentucky. first, let s go to stephen the hard-hit at the center of the storm in mayfield, kentucky, which is the side of the tragedy at the candle factory. all those folks working overtime for ....
o donnell: severe weather: a powerful snowstorm, tornado threats. we ll have your forecast. america s homicide surge: murder rates soar nationwide. how it s impacting college campuses. final salute. the nation s capitol honors bob dole, including a tom hanks tribute at the world war iiri memorial dole helped build. and, our 15-year holiday tradition: on the road with secret santa. who reminds us what s important this holiday season. this is for you. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell. reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this friday night. we re going to begin tonight with the staggering inflation that is hitting americans right in the wallet. prices were up 6.8% in november compared to a year ago. that is the biggest increase in nearly 40 years. the cost of pretty much everything is surging food, gas, electricity, housing, cars, and clothes. and those who rece ....