if there is anyone that could balance all of the tough and competing issues in a high stakes meeting in a region, it is president joe biden. and with that question and about that balance, especially given the murder of khashoggi and president biden has said i made it clear how i feel about that. but yet this visit is validating that there is a balance between strategic economic realities and moral issues. and at same time, it comes back to our dependence on foreign oil, does it not. there are other ways that we should be solving this problem, would you not agree? mika, i want to see us make a transition to a lower carbon cleaner economy to breaking our dependence on fossil energy more than anybody i know. as much as many of my colleagues in my caucus in the senate. and to your point, this highlights that right now at a time when prices at the pump are high for the american people, they ve come down. here in delaware 50 cents over the last month. but they are still too hig
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
sources tell the washington post that after learning of the missing messages in february, inspector general joseph cuffari, planned to contact data specialists to help retrieve the messages. but later that month, cuffari s officereportedly decided it would not collect or review any secret service cell phones. who did he talk to? i mean, i wonder. who did he talk to? what was behind that decision? congress was demanding these texts. it would take until july, joe. for cuffari to inform members of congress that the messages were erased. those texts, from january 5th and 6th of 2021 were deleted in what the secret service was a device replacement program that s a lie. which everybody at this point knows is completely bogus. maybe it was lined up to be that way. their explanation, though. it s riddled with lies. it s riddled with lies.
recover deleted secret service text messages. sources tell the washington post that after learning of the missing messages in february, inspector general joseph cuff ari plans to contact data specialists to help retreat the messages but late that month his office reportedly decided it would not collect or review any secret service cell phones. it will wake for july for him to inform members of congress that the messages were erased. this is just the definition of a cover-up. and every day that goes by, which is why it is important to point out that he took a long time to inform them, every day that goes by makes retrieval even more difficult. if it is at all possible. those texts from january 5th and 6th of 2021 were deleted in what the secret service said was a device replacement program.
the department of homeland security s top watchdog reportedly abandoned plans earlier this year to try to recover deleted secret service text messages. sources tell the washington post that after learning of the missing messages back in february, inspector general planned to contact the data specialist to help retrieve the messages. later that month, the office reportedly decided it would not collect or review any secret service cell phones. it wouldn t be for another five months until july that he would inform members of congress that the messages were erased. those texs from january 5th and 6th of 2021 were deleted in what the secret service was a device replacement program. this was reportedly done despite multiple notifications to agents that they had a legal