have been calling on president biden to take action may finally get their wish. but for some, this executive action won t go nearly far enough. we ll explain. plus, vladimir putin takes his first foreign trip since the invasion of ukraine as the russian president looks for an ally in a nation also isolated from the west. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 20th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. the secret service is now saying text messages that may have been able to corroborate some of the events of january 6th are likely gone forever. after being issued a subpoena by the house select committee investigating the attack, the agency had enough yesterday to turn over its records from january 5th and 6th of 2021 that it said had been accidentally erased. but after initially being hopeful that the data could be recovered, committee member stephanie murphy revealed otherwise on msnbc last night. we received a letter today that di
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then we learn the text messages were lost after they requested federal investigations and by congress and starts to look like possible obstruction of justice case. all these texts are part of records requests. records preservation requests and they don t get complied with. the select committee now is seriously considering talking to doj about and making a referral. it s a really important story line and questions raised about pro trump sympathies within the secret service. thank you, hugo. we ll talk to you again soon. this of course these revelations of course come just a day and a half before tomorrow s primetime january 6th hearing. here is what we know so far that will happen tomorrow night. the hearing will focus on a minute by minute account of what president trump was doing during the 187 minutes, three hours, of the insurrection. congressman adam kinzinger and congresswoman elaine will lead the questioning. so far, we know of at least two witnesses who will appear live. for