we have breaking news tonight on the investigation into the january 6th attack ob the capitol. the house collect committee sending a letter to fox host sean hannity requesting his voluntary cooperation saying it has dozens of text messages with the trump white house indicating that he had, quote, advance knowledge regarding trump and his legal team s planning for january 6th. more breaking news the committee saying it also wants to hear directly but voluntarily from former vice president mike pence on what he witnessed during the insurrection. also tonight senator manchin signaling he might be open to some changes in the filibuster. will there be possible movement on voting rights legislation? we ll talk about all of that this evening. i want to get straight to cnn s senior legal analyst and also the author of the new book just pursuit a black prosecutor s fight for fairness. good evening. elie, this text from hannity on janu january 5th says it all right here. i am very worr
on january 6th, also that he appeared to have a familiarity with what was going on behind the scenes in the days leading up to the certification. we re going to show you those texts in just a moment. the committee previously released the text from hannity to meadows that asked him to contact the president, can he make a statement, ask people to leave the capitol, demonstrating an awareness of who was attacking the capitol that day, at the least, an awareness he didn t broadcast to viewers on tv or radio, instead blaming outside actors. we also knew there s bad actors that will infiltrate large crowds. those that truly support president trump, those that believe they are part of the conservative movement in this country, we do not support those that commit acts of violence. that peacefully protest, and we had the reports that groups like antifa, other radical groups, i don t know the names of all of them, that they were there to cause trouble. i m joined by jamie, who ha