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
from british filmmaker, alex holder. it features a december 2020 interview with trump. a source who watched that video tells cnn, that she said her father should continue to fight the election results until every legal remedy is exhausted. the committee says they are learning new information from their own hearings. evan joins us now. evan, tomorrow s hearing, still a go, but what is after that? the hearing tomorrow is an important one, but you are right, after that it looks like the committee will take a break and come back in july. tomorrow is going to be an important hearing because it really does sort of help the committee tell the story of what happened, before january 6, and the effort that the former president was making to use the justice department, to essentially give some support, to what he was trying to do, trying to pressure the states, to send alternate blades of electors and they find a way to remain in power tick you off three important witnesses, jeffr
The explosion on a failed Rocket Launch by Islamic Jihad. The hospital filled with patients and civilians seeking shelter. Just moments ago, President Biden leaving the white house for his high stakes trip to the region, speaking about the horror at this hospital. One key part of the trip, we have just learned, has been canceled. Martha raddatz live in tel aviv. She has late reporting for us. Also tonight, the hostages. Hamas now claiming to be holding up to 250 hostages, releasing that video of a 21yearold Woman Held Captive. Tonight, you will hear from her family. And the parents originally from chicago who showed me the last known Text Messages from their son, their new message. And tonight, is hamas considering releasing some of the hostages . Matt gutman reporting from israel. On capitol hill tonight, jim jordan does not get the votes for house speaker. The Behind The Scenes Wrangling at this hour. Jordan hoping to get more support. When is the next vote . And is there a chance he
Ties with israel. And in fact, israel has stayed largely neutral, in the war in ukraine or, in what is perceived to be partially because it is trying to maintain its relationship with moscow. And, so russia clearly has some allegiances, on various sides of this conflict, and it remains to be seen how, and whether it is going to try to insert itself, diplomatically, to play either a productive, or a counterproductive, role in bringing an end to this. Violence yet, not to mention it still has relationships with iran, and that also complicates everything even more. Iran, be accused of being the backer of hamas, and being a proxy to both hezbollah and hamas, and other militant groups in the region. And, obviously because of what is happening in ukraine, israel, sorry what has happened between russia, it has relied heavily on iran for some support, on that front with ukraine. Dan, do we have a sense of what intelligence capabilities the United States is prepared to share with israel, Going
[background sounds] pete we begin this hour with the war on israel. A hezbollah senior official now telling hamas that, quote, our guns and rockets are with you. As the Group Claims Responsibility for new attacks of their own on a location called sheba farms in the north of israel. Kayleigh israel entering the second day of a multifront war after hamas invade ised during a major jewish holiday, killing at least 350 israelis, churn included, in the deadliest attack in decades. Children included. Babies, women, the elderly were dragged outside of their homes, were taken hostage. This is our 9 11. Will Israeli Defense forces now going after hamas in gaza city. An idf Spokesman Says they have closed nearly 30 of the entry points hamas used to get into israel. Meanwhile in egypt, at least two israelis and one egyptian were shot and killed in the mediterranean city of alexandria. The suspected assailant, who is an Egyptian Police officer, was detained. Pete trey yingst joins us live from Sou