rights is inconsistent with who we are and who i am. still, the saudis are rejoicing at the meeting, and president biden s presence there at all, despite his campaign pledge to make saudi arabia a, quote, pariah, over khashoggi s murder. president biden in fact greeted mbs, the country s de facto ruler, with a fist bump earlier today. neither leader answering questions from the press at the very start of their meeting. jamal khashoggi, will you apologize to his family, sir? thank you, guys. a reminder, according to president biden s own director of national intelligence, quote, we assess that saudi arabia s crown prince, muhammad bin salman, approved an operation in turkey to capture or kill saudi journalist jamal khashoggi, unquote. among the reasons for that assessment, the dni notes, among the murderous thugs who killed the washington post columnist and then chopped him up with a bone saw, were seven members of mbs quote elite personal protective detail, one tha
the pair were on separate stages in arizona. and no sick days for president biden at the white house while recovering from covid. we ll have the latest on his health. a very good morning to all of you. welcome to way too early. on this monday, july 25th. we begin this morning with the latest developments from the january 6th select committee over the weekend. vice chair liz cheney one of only two republicans serving on the committee went on fox news yesterday to defend the committee s work, she exposed the network s audience to former president trump s role in the capitol riot, even noting a key editorial from the right wing new york post which is the same owner as fox, slamming trump as unworthy to become president again and pushed back on a talking point some republicans have been using to shift the focus on the law enforcement response to the riot. questioning house minority leader kevin mccarthy s motives and placing the blame squarely on trump s role that day.
former president trump wanted to be taken up to the capitol instead of the white house. also tonight here, the secret service. how do they explain the erased text messages from january 5th and 6th. rachel scott with late reporting from the hill tonight. the coronavirus in the u.s. and tonight this number 85% of americans now live in a medium or high risk area with this new variant sweeping the country. what dr. jha is now saying tonight about the current bo booster. this shall this strain of the virus. matt gutman tonight. tonight authorities in ohio now say the unarmed black motorist shot and killed by akron police had 46 gunshot wounds. what his family is now saying tonight. the war in ukraine tonight. russian forces hitting new civilian targets, and it all comes one day after that horrific attack that took nearly two dozen lives, including a 4-year-old girl. tonight here work hear from that little girl s grandmother, her message for the russians. there is also
is just declare victory, right? he is going to declare victory. but that doesn t mean he s a winner. he s just going to say he s the winner. on the eve of his trial, new audio of steve bannon, laying out trump s 2020 plans. plus, as the senate tries to trump proof american democracy, will it be enough? we re gonna get insight on that, one of in starts right now. good evening from new york. i am alicia menendez, in for chris hayes. and we have some major new developments tonight in the ongoing investigation into the insurrection on january 6th. the wall street journal reports that members of the house january 6th committee are considering seeking interviews with both mike pence and donald trump. congressman adam kinzinger, one of two republicans on the committee, says that they may request a written interview with the former vice president, or they could issue a subpoena to try to compel him to testify. the committee is still weighing whether it will ask trump to tes
secret service. the most important secret service text messages since the invention of text messaging. they were deliberately erased by the secret service, according to the inspector general. the most important text message in the history of the secret service. we don t know if any of the text messages sent to and from vice president mike pence and secret service detail survived the deliberate erasure by the secret service. those text messages good show attempts by the secret service to move mike pence away from the capital against his well. those text messages to remove mike pence from the capital during the attack on the capitol. so that mike pence would not be able to continue to participate in the certifications of the electoral college vote. the secret service text messages on january 6th are the most important text messages secret service agents have ever sent or received on their phones. the most important ever, and now, they might all be erased. why? who would the s