also today, the man who acted as donald trump s secret weapon to keep some of the most salacious stories out of the headlines, be suddenly a surprise witness for the grand jury in manhattan. and prime minister netanyahu calls off reshaping the judiciary appearing to avert a national crisis. up next, the negotiations meant to keep things from boiling over again and the invitation that may be coming from the white house. we start with the six families who may be starting the day without the people they love the most. the horrors of the nashville shooting more gut wrenching because three of the victims were 9-year-olds. -year-olds who should be coming home from school in an hour or two. instead evelyn dieckhaus, halli scruggs, william kinney are gone. cynthia peak, katherine koonce also gone. the maps drawn by the shooter audrey hale, we have to ask the question why does it keep happening and why don t we stop it? we saw from video, locked doors did nothing. hale shot right
difficult meeting tomorrow? as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. there are major developments in the january 6th investigation tonight. according to a letter obtained by nbc news, the secret service erased, i m gonna say it again, erased text messages from january 6th, 2021, and from the previous day. the letter to house committees from homeland security watchdog says, those messages were deleted, after being requested as part of an investigation into the capitol riot. that inspector general says he was told, many of the messages have been erased as quote, part of a device replacement program. tonight, the secret service issued a statement, saying this. that insinuation the secret service maliciously deleted text messages following a request is false. in january 2021, before any inspection was opened, the secret service began to reset its mobile phones to factually settings, as part of a preplanned, three
the january 6th investigation tonight. according to a letter obtained by nbc news, the secret service erased, i m gonna say it again, erased text messages from january 6th, 2021, and from the previous day. the letter to house committees from homeland security watchdog says, those messages were deleted, after being requested as part of an investigation into the capitol riot. that inspector general says he was told, many of the messages have been erased as quote, part of a device replacement program. tonight, the secret service issued a statement, saying this. that insinuation the secret service maliciously deleted text messages following a request is false. in january 2021, before any inspection was opened, the secret service began to reset its mobile phones to factually settings, as part of a preplanned, three months system migration. in that process, data on some phones was lost. there s also new reporting that efforts to get testimony from the two most important figures on
Politicsnation. Tonights lead destination, georgia. All political roads are leading the states controversialeek. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene made good on her threat to challenge Mike Johnsons speakership yet begun. While Many Democrats followed through on their vow to join republicans in defeating that effort, but not every democrat was on board with saving the speakers skin. Atlanta congress wam Williams Joins me shortly. Meantime in atlanta, georgia governor mike kemp signed three new Voter Repression Bills into law ahead of the 2024 election, making it even harder for black and brown voters to exercise their right to vote. And theres anticipation mixed with controversy on the campus of Morehouse College where President Biden is due to deliver the Commencement Address this weekend. Hell be speaking to the student body deeply divided over to war in gaza as mass protests continue in colleges and universities across the country. All of that tonight plus were 100 days away from
give us his. good day. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. breaking news. several idf soldiers have been killed in an incident in southern gaza. let us go right to matt bradley. he is joining us from tel aviv with more on this. matt, we are not able to get a lot of details yet. what do we do know, you probably have them. what do yoyou know? reporter: they have said that they are investigating this.at by that i mean the israeli defense forces. this was an meincident that the regret. it is not supposed to happen per se. they said that this was a bomb or explosion of some kind that ignited an armored personnel vehicle. some sort of armored vehicle that was caring large number of troops. eight people were killed. the only one we can mentioned is a 23-year-old captain. there were others who are not identified because according to the idf their bodies were so badly burned that they still cannot actually make a positive identification. because of the situation they are saying