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Happening now, breaking news. The January 6th Select Committee releases texts between

Fox News host Sean Hannity and the Trump White House around the time of the

Capitol attack.

This, as the panel's chairman reveals to CNN,

that he wants to hear directly from the former Vice President Mike Pence.

We're going to tell you what we're learning right now.

Also breaking.

The CDC just updated its controversial COVID isolation guidelines.

We're going to break down the new recommendations

and whether they clear up the confusion so many Americans are feeling

right 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

...