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
thank you for staying up late with us, i will see you at the end of tomorrow. lat with us, i will see you at we have breaking news about january 6th out tonight news about one of the key law enforcement agencies that has been at the center of several january 6th hearings so far. tonight, we are learning that the u.s. secret service service erased text messages sent by secret service officials between january the 5th and sixth of last year. that is according to a letter sent by congress a government watchdog that oversees the secret service. importantly, the letter says that the text messages were erased after they were requested as part of an evaluation of what happened on january the 6th being conducted by that government watchdog. the letter notes that the secret service is claiming that the messages were erased as part of a device replacement program. again, it is important to note that the messages were erased only after they were requested by the inspector general. the
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
tonight. love beats hate. it has been two months since a gunman opened fire at a top supermarket in buffalo, new york. killing ten people, and leaving a tight-knit community and mourning. today, the justice department announced that a federal grand jury charged the 19-year-old gunman of 27 counts of hate crimes and firearm violations. he also faces ten counts of first degree murder, and ten counts of second degree murder in the state of new york. in moments of silence and prayer, was held today, outside the tops of friendly market story. to honor the victims, employees impacted by the shooting. now, fully remodelled, the store will be open to the public for the first time tomorrow morning. shoppers will be greeted by this water wall memorial. inscribed with a poem by julian hans worth, a poet laureate from buffalo. it reads in part, let the hopeful waters flow, cleansing
inscribed with a poem by julian hans worth, a poet laureate from buffalo. it reads in part, let the hopeful waters flow, cleansing all pain and fear. all hurt and regret. let the water heal our were people. buffalo s mayor spoke about the importance of the stores reopening at the prayer service today. how everyone has come together, for the opening of our tops on jefferson avenue. is proof positive that love beats hate. we will take this place of tragedy, and in the days, the weeks, the months, the years to come. it will be a national and world wide example, of a place of triumph. amen to that. love beats hate, east buffalo, new york, tonight. may that be a lesson to us all.