most people were on the side of finding the truth. former trump chief of staff one step closer to facing criminal contempt charges as investigators reveal text message showing just how much the trump white house knew about the insurrection. communities rebuild after storms leave a trail of devastation. and boris johnson could face a rebellion from his own party as he tries to push through new covid measures in parliament. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa suarez. welcome, everyone it s tuesday december 14th, 2021. and we begin on capitol hill, where the house committee has voted to put charges on mark meadows for husis failure to comply with the subpoena. if you re listening at home, mr. meadows, mr. bannon, mr. clark, i want you to know this. history will be written about these times, about the work this committee has undertaken. and history will not look upon any of you as martyrs. the resolution is expected to come to the house floo
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. they
entertainers, even lawmakers, that all privately and, for a time, unsuccessfully beg to do something to stop the violence as the attack unfolded at the capitol. there s plenty of focus about people speaking out of pboth sides of their mouths on tv about this. while that is salacious, there are legal implications here. what could be a road map as to what the white house knew, what the white house did, what the white house didn t do, even what the white house may have coordinated before, during, and after the attack. it shows an acute, keen awareness the capitol was under siege. donald trump jr. writes meadows about his father. he s got to condemn this shit asap. laura ingraham writes, this is hurting all of us. he is destroying his legacy. sean hannity writes, ask people to leave the capitol. of course, the same people who were pleading with mark meadows that day have spent months downplaying the insurrection, saying publicly the opposite of what they were texting privately.
capitol. now, there s a lot of focus this morning on people speaking out of both sides of their mouths, entertainers ers at fox. while it is salacious, there are important, legal implications here. what could be a road map to exactly what the white house knew, what the white house did, what the white house didn t do. even what some of the white house may have coordinated or known before, during, and after the attack. it certainly shows an acute, keen awareness that the capitol was under zbsiege. the messages were read by congresswoman and vice chair of the committee liz cheney. multiple fox news hosts knew the president needed to act immediately. they texted mr. meadows. he has turned over those texts. quote, mark, the president needs to tell people in the capitol to go home. this is hurting all of us. he is destroying his legacy, laura ingraham wrote. please, get him on tv. destroying everything you have accomplished, ryan kilmeade texted. quote, can he make a statement?
i m laura ingraham. governor ron desantis normally has a plan for removing illegals from his state but an idea where he wants to send them, i screamed laughing, he s here tonight with more but doctor jill stepped in to save her husband and regenerations. raymond arroyo explained in seen and unseen but first, the walking dead, that s the focus of tonight s angle. a political party like a company or a sports team or school should always have a succession plan. is about preparing for the foreseen and unforeseen. who could step in as the next ceo, the next head coach, the next school principal. how about the next speaker of the house, democrats have no such plan for their leadership at the top and a very shallow bench. consider the leadership lineup. looks like a new version of cocoon in washington with a faltering debilitated 79-year-old president who will be 83 of the start of his second term. the devastation is stunning. there s nothing left standing. they are gone. the un