deadly heatwave is baking parts of europe, sparking wildfires along its path. we ll look at what s causing these record-breaking temperatures. it s now noon here in saudi arabia, and the leaders of the gulf cooperation council plus three will soon be gathering for their rather important summit. president biden will be meeting one-on-one this hour with the president of the united arab emirates. earlier he talked with the leaders of egypt and iraq. the summit officially gets under way in the next hour after president biden and others is a assemble for what s called the classic photo, which is expected at the top of the hour. the brutal murder of journalist jamal khashoggi certainly cast appal. president biden is hoping this trip will help move the two countries forward, while still making clear, he says, that he holds mohammad bin salman, the crown prince, responsible for the killing. here s what he said after meeting with the crown prince in jeddah on friday. i made my vie
good morning and welcome to your new day. i m kristin fisher. good morning, kristen. i m boris sanchez. why one committee says their explanation doesn t make any sense. president biden is meeting with key leaders in saudi arabia saudi arabia. what he s hoping to achieve. and then the criticism over the meeting with the crown prince yesterday. truckers are struggling with diesel prices. their concerns as costs continue to climb, coming up. this may be my favorite of the day. the deep space discovery, the heartbeat sounds that have astronomers all aflutter. aflutter. i know. do you see what i did there? good morning and welcome to your new day. it is july 16th. you know, boris, it may be a saturday in the summer, but it s a busy saturday in the summer with the president s trip overseas and all these new revelations about the jan 67 committee. there is a lot going on. we re going to take you there. first there s concern over the text going add ups sent
service for information about text messages that were later arrested. cnn s jessica sni snyder has th latest. reporter: he briefed all nine committee members on his claim that the secret service erased text messages from january 5th to 6th, 2021. now that the committee has heard his take, they want to talk to the secret service is. one of the things we want to make sure is what the secret service is saying and the a.g. is saying is that those two issues are one in the same. reporter: the inspector general said he raised questions with alejandro mayorkas more than once, bun ultimately turned to congress saying many cease caret service text going add ups of jan 6, 2021, were replaced as part of a device erasing
heartbeat sounds that have astronomers all aflutter. aflutter. i know. do you see what i did there? good morning and welcome to your new day. it is july 16th. you know, boris, it may be a saturday in the summer, but it s a busy saturday in the summer with the president s trip overseas and all these new revelations about the jan 67 committee. there is a lot going on. we re going to take you there. first there s concern over the text going add ups sent the day before and during the insurrection that were deleted. they issued a subpoena after meeting with the inspect e general. this is the first time they have
timing of this, i mean, this is something that will come heading into a midterm year and will probably paint a very unfl unflattering portrait of the former president. it will be up to the american people to determine whether or not this is something that they want to make an election issue. democrats certainly seem like they might want to make it more. nicholas wu, boy, we appreciate you, rapidfire, getting through all of those questions this morning. there s so much to talk about. thank you. thank you so much. still ahead, as co-vlade cases decline, states across the country are rolling back mask mandates, but is it too soon, and are people getting mixed going add ups from officials? plus, a potential showdown along the u.s./canadian border after truckers and protesters are refusing to back down. now officials are warning them the consequences will be severe. we ll have a live update coming up next.