i m john berman. brianna is off. chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is here. honored as always. a very busy morning. just one single text message, just one, a few minutes before midnight our jamie gangel broke the news that the secret service turned over just one text message in response to a request by the homeland security inspector general. this is about text messages sent before and around the attack on the capitol on january 6, 2021. according to a letter obtained by cnn from the inspector general to the january 6th committee, the ig asked for a month s worth of records from 24 secret service personnel and was provided with just one single text he is change about january 6th. this comes as the national archives has asked the secret service to investigate saying they are aware of the, quote, potential unauthorized deletion of agency text messages. committee member zo lofgren calls it problematic. the secret service has turned over thousands of pages of
the story right there, kaitlan. that is quite the ratio. van ness is a, thank you. so on a different subject expiration dates on food products can be intimidating. what does the date really indicate? is it science or a suggestion? joining us now cnn business writer danielle wiener brauner, she just wrote an article titled the truth in strategy of food expiration dates. it s a wonderful article and addresses a problem i have had for years. i don t know what the heck they mean. what is the date? first of all, john, you are not alone. it s not your fault. it s a really confusing system. generally that date refers to the quality of the food item. so it s not necessarily a safety issue, it s more of the food company, the manufacturer s best guess as to when that food will taste the best. the reason that it is confusing to you and to me and to many other people is that the way that that date is described is different from product to