january six committee wants answered. as the into trump and his allies. overnight, the committee subpoenaed the secret service over deleted text messages on and before january 6th. so how did those text messages just disappear? this, week the homeland security general the ig says it happened after the messages were requested for an investigation into the attack. the secret service is telling a different story though. it says there were no malicious intense, the messages were deleted after the request because of a, quote, preplanned distant migration. what about the requests from congress? the secret service says it plans to responsibly to the subpoena. this comes as the committee gathers new facts about the so-called unhinged december 18th meeting at the white house. that is the meeting where outside advisers known as team crazy suggested that trump administration should seize voting machines to sniff out widespread voter fraud, fraud that trump knew simply didn t exist.
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Tonight the world is still coming to grips with the devastation in the wake of the worst mass murder of jewish people since the holocaust. Today three days after hamas fighters launched a devastating surprise attack, the Israeli Government announced it had finally taken back control of its border with gaza, the area were hamas broke through a security barrier, often referred to as the iron wall. Israeli Officials Say they have discovered the bodies of about 1500 hamas militants inside the country. Over the course of the day, military forces say they continued to find in kill isolated hamas gunman. The death toll in israel continues to rise, to now over 1000 people. The vast majority of whom were civilians. We are learning more horrific details from the small communities in southern israel, along the border there where men, women, in children were slaughtered in their homes. In one kibbutz, 100 bodies have been found. In another nearby, an Arm
Man mookie dean, its 5 am in tel aviv where citizens are waking up to a Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described as a state of war. Less than 50 miles away in gaza city, these are live pictures, aerate sirens continuing to run into the early hours of the morning, as israel continues airstrikes hammering the strip. Israel counterattack comes 11 24 hours after the Palestinian Militant Group hamas launched an unprecedented, and brazen attack on the southern border of the country. Forces firing a barrage of more than 2200 rockets from gaza into israel, that began at around 6 30 a. M. And that is according to the countrys military. Hamas fighters took to the air, the group also infiltrated Israel Southern Border by land and sea, taking an unknown number of civilians and soldiers captive in the process. Its in the soul of the likes of which the country has not seen in decades. Following saturday mornings attack, netanyahu vowed mighty vengeance for the assault. Israeli officials at le
on in gaza. deadly attack, those in the south. really forces are headed that way. this is the israeli government faced with tough questions today about what it knew in when after reports from the nbc news in the new york times that intelligence about what hamas was planning, and when. also today the fallout from the historic vote in congress to remove george santos. it may have been information shared by one of his colleagues that sealed his fate. also this, our donald trump hitting the campaign trail in iowa. the will wake up two losses on his claims of immunity due to presidential and we will speak with charles blow about his new documentary, from south to power. we want to start this hour in the middle east for prime minister benjamin netanyahu wrapped up the prime as israeli forces wrap up operations in gaza. here s some of what was said. translator: we maintain a very firm negotiation under fire, from morning tonight. i discussed extensively with president biden. w
ahead this hour, a shocking new poll, and this headline, trump and his allies plot revenge, and how they might use the military. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, tell us what reports. it is one pm here on the east coast, a pm in the middle east. we begin with breaking news as the israel-hamas war enters the second month of fighting. here is what s new this hour. secretary blinken met with palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas, he claims hamas claimshat dozens were killed and a strike in a prime minister netanyahu again says that there will be no cease-fire until hostages are freed. the world food programme is requesting more humanitarian access to relieve the nightmare of life in gaza. [sound of artillery] there s new video released by the hamas military weighing shows what it says are rockets being fired into israel. also new this, our police in turkey are using water cannons on protesters who came to close to