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official told the panel that they raised text messages from the day of the capitol attack and the day before. we have new reaction from a congressman this morning. >> the odds of these texts being deleted that they are not the same odds that someone was audited by the irs randomly. >> the committee is gearing up for the final hearing on thursday. we have more on that in just a moment. also new today, growing frustration among democrats after senator joe manchin once again pulled up log...

But you need your groceries. you need to pay your rent. youre making a really good point. despite all the skyrocketing prices, retail sales rose by more than 1%. thats a lot lower than expected. what does that tell? you >> it tells us two things. number one, consumers are still spending so thats good news. but the second thing which is more hidden is that theyre not spending as much as you think. a lot of that spending is nominal, it is not adjusted for inflation. so theyre paying more for the s...