and good morning, everyone. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington following the continuing devastation from historic floods in kentucky. at this time at least 30 people are dead. thousands more are still trapped in their communities. with residents desperate for food, shelter, electricity, and clean drinking water. this morning kentucky governor andy beshear updating reporters on the devastation and search for survivors. i got to talk to some of the families here and the other places too. they don t have anything. i mean the clothes on their back, but happy to be alive and grateful for the folks that are helping out. on capitol hill, senate democrats are hoping to sell their colleague kyrsten sinema on a health care package than casts hundreds of billions into the climate and energy sectors. she has tremendous, tremendous input in these pieces of legislation. this is something everyone has worked on in the last eight months or more, and she basically insisted
criminal probe. according to the posts reporting, investigators are honing in on trump s pressure campaign on mike pence to overturn the election. and would instructions trump gave his lawyers and advisers about fake electors and sending electors back to the states. now, on wednesday, cassidy hutchinson, the january 6th committee s super star witness, was the next to name whose name was what came out cooperating with doj investigators. late last, night the washington post dropping another bombshell. text messages during the lead up to january 6th from donald trump s acting secretary chad and cuccinelli are missing and likely to get recovered. the missing texts were reported to the dhs inspector general in february. but cuffari did not press the department leadership at the time to explain why they did not preserve those records, nor seek ways to recover the lost data, according to the four people briefed on the watchdogs actions. cuffari also failed to alert congress to t
january 6th just disappear? plus, with the midterms, 102 days away, how is the apparent republicans charge of obstruction and extremism working out? and, in a big lead for the biden administration, we will get into the, winds and the challenges, and the controversial comments of one supreme court justice, with one of our favorite historians, as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. and we have got breaking news just out tonight from the washington post. the paper reporting the homeland security inspector general, the watchdog, stopped a plan to locate those missing secret service text messages from january six. writing this, quote, homeland security s chief watchdog scrapped its investigative teams effort to collect agency phones to try to recover deleted secret service text this year. according to for people with knowledge of the decision, and internal records reviewed by the washington post. the inspector general an
criminal probe. according to the posts reporting, investigators are honing in on trump s pressure campaign on mike pence to overturn the election. and would instructions trump gave his lawyers and advisers about fake electors and sending electors back to the states. now, on wednesday, cassidy hutchinson, the january 6th committee s super star witness, was the next to name whose name was what came out cooperating with doj investigators. late last, night the washington post dropping another bombshell. text messages during the lead up to january 6th from donald trump s acting secretary chad and cuccinelli are missing and likely to get recovered. the missing texts were reported to the dhs inspector general in february. but cuffari did not press the department leadership at the time to explain why they did not preserve those records, nor seek ways to recover the lost data, according to the four people briefed on the watchdogs actions. cuffari also failed to alert congress to t
get into the, winds and the challenges, and the controversial comments of one supreme court justice, with one of our favorite historians, as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. and we have got breaking news just out tonight from the washington post. the paper reporting the homeland security inspector general, the watchdog, stopped a plan to locate those missing secret service text messages from january six. writing this, quote, homeland security s chief watchdog scrapped its investigative teams effort to collect agency phones to try to recover deleted secret service text this year. according to for people with knowledge of the decision, and internal records reviewed by the washington post. the inspector general and his tufted not respond to repeated requests on this reporting. the report was coauthored by carol leonnig, she will be joining us in just a moment. last, night caroline her colleague reported there are ev