welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and right around the world. i m isa soares in london. and just ahead right here on cnn newsroom. lawmakers reviewing additional text message to meadows. members who pleaded with the chief of staff to get the president to take action. it s our day of reckoning that mark meadows richly deserves. you re making excuses as part of a cover up. a significant moment in the january 6 investigation. lawmakers vote in favor of pursuing criminal contempt charges against donald trump s former chief of staff, mark meadows. health officials warn of an omicron variant take over that could bring another punishing covid surge right across the united states, and we are following breaking news out of hong kong this hour. dozens of people are trapped on the roof of a high-rise after a fire broke out. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome, everyone. it is wednesday, december 15th, and we
january 6 committee, but he s also held back plenty and he refuses to answer lawmakers questions. meadows, of course, was one of former president trump s top aides. he was at trump s side at the white house while the capitol was under siege. makes him a key witness and crucial for the select committee s investigation. cnn s daniela diaz is live on capitol hill for us this morning. daniela, this case now in the hands of the justice department. reporter: laura, that is exactly right. but it s important to note how did we get here, laura? mark meadows seen as a key witness to this committee s investigation of the january 6 insurrection, he was originally cooperating with the committee in handing over information. but everything changed when he did not attend a deposition that was previously scheduled, and he says he did not answer questions because he believed they were covered by executive privilege. but really why the panel is doing this is, remember, they initially refer
with john berman. breaking overnight, an extraordinary moment in the insurrection probe. former white house chief of staff mark meadows held in criminal contempt of congress from defying a subpoena. 222-208, two republicans, adam kinzinger and liz cheney joining democrats there. it will be up to the department of justice to decide to pursue criminal charges. house speaker p er nancy pelos adding, we will find the truth of that dark day. the vote came after meadows shared thousands of documents and texts with the committee, but declined to testify claiming courts need to decide whether the claims of executive privilege are valid. the committee released even more of his revealing text messages sent and received as the violence unfolded on january 6th. here are a few others from republican members. quote, it is really bad up here on the hill. another one,s the president needs to stop this asap. another one, fix this now. harry dunn defended the capitol january 6th. he wa
capitol. he is the first former member of congress held in contempt since 1832. that was a while ago. the democratic-controlled house voted 222-208 with just two republicans, kinzinger and cheney, joining the democrats. it will be up to the department of justice to decide whether to pursue criminal charges. more on this in a moment. first, though, a new cdc warning this morning that covid is raging across the u.s., and it is possible that a new wave is imminent as soon as january. this as the u.s. crosses the tragic milestone of 800,000 coronavirus deaths still the start of the pandemic. cornell university reporting more than 900 cases among students this week and now shutting down all in-person activities through the end of the semester. all finals, we have learned, will be taken online. in manhattan, jpmorgan chase is instructing all unvaccinated staff to work from home. they are urging them to get the vaccine and eligible employees to get booster shots. kroger said pai
i don t do social media. i don t like that word, sucks, don t say that. i hate that word. i hate that word. i ve got to go. i m late. i m laura ingraham, you re not going to want to miss my take down the lose cheney and the media obsession over january 6th texts sent by fox news host including myself and mark meadows first, your next lockdown is the focus of the angle. soon covid will be behind us you are thinking, maybe after omicron but fewer states with mandates or restrictions and you can t wait for the old normal to be back, cheap gas, affordable airfare, freedom to move around without masks, without having to show your fax card, if you feel like you don t, we are all looking forward to the end of shaving and recriminations but before you get all excited let me tell you what the organized left as planned for you, first, a end to private the nuclear travel. listen carefully to trudy harrison who works for boris johnson. the system fit for the future and free of fossil