Afteraction News Today

Hello and good evening, it is 11 00 here in New York. Were following the breaking news out of West Palm Beach. Where former President Donald Trump is unharmed and at home. Hours after what the fbi is calling an apparent attempt on his life. At his maralago resort. It was at his Golf Course, earlier today. Vice president harris just responded with a statement saying she is disturbed by The Incident. Condemning political violence and thanking the Secret Service officers who protected trump. Presid...

yesterday and according to a source, he told the panel the secret service has not fully cooperated with his probe. the secret service denies deleting any texts maliciously. the subpoena is the first time the panel has publicly targeted an executive branch agency. cnns katelyn polantz joins us now. what more do we know about 0 how this subpoena came about, the response, and what are the other things the secret service is saying? >> reporter: right, fred, so this is a very fast-moving st...

january 5th and 6th, until 72 hours ago, when the inspector general over that agency announced in a letter to capitol hill that they had learned the texts were missing, that there was a data migration in process at dhs at the secret service to caused the erasure of some text messages from secret service phones. the inspector general announced that to capitol hill. the january 6th committee received a briefing from that watchdog agent on friday. all nine members sat for several hours, t...

Specifically, they changed their minds and went along with the rapid withdrawal. and their argument was -- and this is very important to understand -- we had only 3,500 troops there. that was a low. and they both concluded that this was not sufficient leverage with the taliban to achieve anything. and i think military experts would agree on that. thats just not enough. and so, they changed their point of view on this. now clearly, there was a lot of hydraulic pressure from one commander in chief...

In fact, we quote him in an afteraction report from 2009. joe biden, then-vice president, saying the military doesnt f with me. very, very strong on, you know, lets get out. lets end this war. and weve seen it. so, like all presidential decisions that are difficult, it goes one way. their recommendations. then, they change. and then, there is a decision made. historys going to judge whether that decision is wise, good, or sound. obviously, the outcome has not been a happy one. >> robert costa, y...

Were also contacteding people proactively, saying tell us where you need our help. well always do an afteraction report to find out if any of the systems broke down in the process and i want to know that answer in case it did. but in the meantime, theres just some things you cant control and that would be mother nature. >> governor hochul, thank you for joining us this morning. well check back in with you later to see how the assessment of the damage is going and once those subway lines are back...

An incredible unsung success. i think in a certain way the best job we did was puerto rico but nobody would understand that. chris: but this summer fema did an after-action report that said this, the agency could have better anticipated the severity of hurricanes irma and maria would cause long-term significant damage to the territorys infrastructure. so which is it? >> well, look, i mean, our afteraction report is an open and honest assessment. the way this works, chair of four legs, one leg is...

Are out there at the state federal level that can help. chris: what have you thought of the response from government at all levels, federal, state, local? were they as prepared as they could be for a terrible storm like this? >> well, i think so because with the way the storm is tracking, you know, there were some people that would say position here, position there, i think they positioned in a central location that got them out there as quickly as they could. the governor is doing a great job. ...

Are out there at the state federal level that can help. chris: what have you thought of the response from government at all levels, federal, state, local? were they as prepared as they could be for a terrible storm like this? >> well, i think so because with the way the storm is tracking, you know, there were some people that would say position here, position there, i think they positioned in a central location that got them out there as quickly as they could. the governor is doing a great job. ...

An incredible unsung success. i think in a certain way the best job we did was puerto rico but nobody would understand that. chris: but this summer fema did an after-action report that said this, the agency could have better anticipated the severity of hurricanes irma and maria would cause long-term significant damage to the territorys infrastructure. so which is it? >> well, look, i mean, our afteraction report is an open and honest assessment. the way this works, chair of four legs, one leg is...