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 on a climate, energy, and tax package. that is the latest here for the party. a tried for months to pass a slimmed down reconciliation bill that would require support from all 60 senate democrats. we now head overseas. joe biden this is his first trip to the middle east as commander-in-chief. they met with leaders in the region. they met with the saudi crowned prince, mohammed bin salman al saud. the president soul shared vail veiled criticism of the saudi ruler. you always protect the rights
strengthen their resolve. yeah. more on the russian campaign of terror. it is absolutely heartbreaking to see those photos and the description of that eight year old boy. ali, thank you for bringing it to us. i don t know how you do it sundays. we will see you again. let s go now to the latest developments in the january 6th investigation, the committee has subpoenaed the secret service over there missing text messages related to the capitol riot. this comes after a newly-released letter to congressional committee is revealed that the secret service erased text messages from both january 5th and sixth, 2021. the department of securities internal watchdog requested the weather records. the agency says that the text messages went missing after a systemwide tech migration. joining me now is a congressional reporter for the guardian. hugo, good to see you. let s take a look at the new article. you pointed out that this is the first subpoenas issued to an executive branch agency.
what prompted the committee to make this move? how could these missing tax messages effect the investigation? it came hours after that dhs inspector general briefed members on friday morning. it was quite an interesting briefing. from what i understand, recording amount importing, the inspector general said that the story an explanation, the secret service gave him a reason as to why these text messages were lost or raised. it kept changing. it was not because there was a software update. no, it wasn t a software update. it was replacement devices that got lost in the transfer. that kind of procured the committee. they told us light panel that the secret service did not want to do the review. they jeopardized him to do it.
the secret service also says that the department of homeland security inspector general, the messages they were seeking, they were not part of what was lost in that system migration. on friday, the dhs inspector general briefed all nine committee members of the january six committee on this issue. as you mentioned, just hours later, the chairman issued a subpoena to the secret service. this is the first they have done for the executive branch agency. the subpoena said, quote, they are looking for the relevant text messages as well as any other things that have been issued in any and all divisions of the secret service that pertain or relate to the events of january 5th and sixth. here s what jeanne raskin said just hours before the subpoena was issued. as of right now, what we know is that there was
reporting that he has watched them all, kevin mccarthy made that decision to withdraw from the committee not had any members of his choosing on the committee, so trump has not had anyone out there defending him. but has really got to him. i think that has expedited his timeline. he is getting out in front of the camera again. these hearings, we are going to see the primetime one this coming thursday. they have been devastating. this is an area that has been able to be told without interruption. this is without the usual games and showmanship that we see. it is a unified message. it is driving donald trump crazy. adrian and kurt, good to see you guys. thanks to the chat. we will see you again soon. coming up next is a look back another time when gas prices were skyrocketing. they eventually dropped. after how long? you might cry when you see the price and drivers were paying. see the price and drivers were paying.