burnett. out front tonight, i begin with breaking news. a chilling warning. cnn learning the january 6th select committee has obtained damning text messages between trump s white house and one of trump s closest tv confidants, sean hannity. one of the messages was a warning the day before the insurrection. hannity texting he was, quote, very worried about the next 48 hours. now, the messages we understand were all sent in the days and weeks leading up to january 6th and in the immediate days of its aftermath. and now, the committee wants to hear from hannity about these conversations. conversations that, obviously, are now key to what trump s white house knew about january 6th. so, according to the committee, the message hannity sent the one that said he was, quote, very worried about the next 48 hours, was one of a number of messages that he exchange ed with trump s inner circle on that evening of january 5th. again, right, just to make it clear, the night before everything
hannity asking for his voluntary cooperation in the investigation. and they released more text messages. many of these to former chief of staff mark meadows from hannity, that were written in the days before and after the attack. according to the committee s letter, they have quote dozens of these texts. many appearing to show the fox news host was worried about the former president s attempts to overturn the election results 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 are going to show you those texts in just a moment. the committee previously released a text from hannity to m ma he doughs during the riot that asked thoim contact the then president. quote, can he make a statement? ask people to leave the capitol? demon demonstrate awareness of who was attacking the capitol that day, at the very least, the former president s supporters. an awareness he didn t broadcast t
voluntarily cooperate in the inquiry into the attack on the u.s. capitol. new cdc guidance brings confusion and frustration for many and we ll break down the new guidelines for you. prince andrew is trying to get a sexual assault law against him thrown out. the judge is skeptical of the arguments. we re live for you in windsor. announcer: lives from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is wednesday, january the 5th, and there are new revelations and new requests from the house select committee investigationing the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol as he we approach, of course, the one-year anniversary of the insurrection. we have learned the panel is looking for cooperation from this man on your screen, fox news host shean hannity after receiving dozens of messages sent to and from former white house chief of staff mark meadows. texts like this one exactly a year ago. hannity wrote, very worried about the next 48 hours. no
garland pledging to hold all perpetrators at any level accountable under the law but not giving a specific timeline. we understand if there are questions about how long the investigation will take and about what exactly we are doing. our answer is, and will continue to be the same answer we would give with respect to any ongoing investigation. as long as it takes, and whatever it takes for justice to be done consistent with the facts and the law. i understand that this may not be the answer some are looking for. reporter: on capitol hill, their investigation continues on a rapid clip. the january 6th select committee wants to hear from fox news host sean hannity who was texting white house officials like mark meadows begging him to encourage trump to call off his pressure campaign to prehavvent the certification of the election results. texting, we can t lose the entire white house counsel s office. i do not see january 6th happening in the way he s being told. chairman b
updated its controversial covid isolation guidelines. we ll break down the new recommendations and whether they clear up the confusion so many americans are feeling now. and we re also tracking the winter storm nightmare on i-95 in virginia. not far from where we are here in washington where hundreds of drivers and passengers were stranded in bitter cold. some for over 24 hours. we re going to get an update on how this happened, the rescue operation, and what traffic is like now as darkness falls. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news on the january 6th investigation. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles is joining us right now. tell our viewers what you re learning. first, wolf, we are learning about text messages that the fox news host, sean hannity, sent to mark meadows and other white house officials and wh