new report this morning that accuses the secret service of deleting text messages related to the attack on the capitol after they were requested by oversight officials. and new reporting that all but confirms that donald trump will run for president again. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, july 15th. we have the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. good to have you both on board this morning. joe, we re going to be looking at, obviously, what is going on abroad with president biden and his meeting with abbas, but let s begin with the secret service, accused of deleting text messages that could be critical to investigating the eve events of the insurrection. how could they be deleted? the dhs inspector general writes, after his office requested full electronic records for an evaluation of the capitol attack, the secret service deleted a significant number of text messages from january 5th
we understand that, you know, as soon as the dhs ig requested those text messages, many of them were deleted. but how much of that was the secret service of the trump administration, and how much of that was actually non-compliance under this administration, as well? unclear exactly when that would have happened. but very clear that, yes, the secret service did get politicized under donald trump. it is under new leadership now which, of course, still has some problems, some scandals under this administration, as well. it is a very large organization. when people look back at the history of the secret service, they have to remember, it started under the treasury. one of the secret service s jobs is to protect against counterfeiting money. a lot of people forget about that. when dhs was born after 9/11, they brought secret service into the fold. many would argue that since that happened, it hasn t been as well policed, as well regulated, and has been able to really grow into an agency th
and forth and almost publicly like tobin-whiter. it s foreign-based and hosted so it s more difficult for us to do something about it in terms of law enforcement. essentially it s going dark. going to these dark smaller platforms which are not as well-policed and moderated. oftentimes these companies don t have a lot of people or staff that can understand what s going on in their platform to actually do something about it and they get overwhelmed very quickly. i think the last thing is any notion of essentially being unmod rated or unobserved by law enforcement, and that s closed forups. it s almost like going back to the future when i started in this. that s when we saw al qaeda or isis do in the early days. try to go to a member only close forum which is very difficult for people to see if there s an impending attack coming. we really appreciate you being here today. we ll check in with you again soon. still ahead we ll go live to cnbc for an early look for a look at what s happe
absolutely, good morning to you, jillian, showing up brand-new technologies what the nypd, we are just hours away from counting the last seconds of 2018, officials in new york s times square testing ball drop ahead of tonight s celebration. the mayor de blasio says 2 million people from all over the world will pack midtown manhattan to bring in the new year and with all those people comes extra tight security, 7,000 officers are ready to go. it s going to be one of the most well-policed, best-protected events and one of the safest venues in the entire world. counterterrorism officers, bomb-sniffing dogs deployed tonight to stop any potential attacks and intelligence detectives will be stationed at all of the nearby hotels, over 1200 cameras will monitor the times square area where 200 blocks in place to act as safety barriers, nypd will also have
eric: all right. so it s two days and seven hours or 55 hours or 3,206 minutes, that s when the confetti will come down in times square. organizers of the world s biggest new year s celebration getting ready, even testing to make sure the confetti works as massive crowds prepare to descend on the iconic celebration. new york city people beefing up security, jessica formosa takes a closer look. reporter: the countdown has begun. i m 100% excited. reporter: people from all over the globe will be gathering at the crossroads of the world on monday to ring in the new year. it s going to be amazing. yeah, we want to see the ball drop. hopefully, we can get a spot. reporter: and as the excitement builds up, the nypd says it is ready. it s going to be one of the most well-policed, best protected events at one of the safest venues in the entire world. reporter: more than two million people are expected to fill times square. commissioner o neill says there will be thousands of offi