yesterday and according to a source, he told the panel the secret service has not fully cooperated with his probe. the secret service denies deleting any texts maliciously. the subpoena is the first time the panel has publicly targeted an executive branch agency. cnn s katelyn polantz joins us now. what more do we know about 0 how this subpoena came about, the response, and what are the other things the secret service is saying? reporter: right, fred, so this is a very fast-moving story. we only learned there may be a problem or confusion around these secret service text messages from january 5th and 6th just three days ago, july 13th. that is when the department of homeland security inspector general which is an independent watchdog conducting its own look into the secret service handling of january 6th, they flagged for capitol hill that there were erased or missing text messages from the secret service and they were this inspector general was quite concerned that they
really not lifting sentiment much because even if you are seeing some relief at the pump, which most americans are, you re not seeing it anywhere else. we re not seeing it at the grocery store, not seeing it practically anywhere else in your day, and that s reflected in the latest reading. americans remain quite sad about the state of things. but we also keep buying things. so is this retail therapy, is it something more nuanced? what is it? i think it depends on who you re talking about. we got retail sales data which shows a better than expected jump of consumer spending of 1%. the expectation heading into this report was an increase of .8%. but what you have here is a tale of two consumers. for americans who can afford it, who are still sitting okay financially, they re still spending. they re shifting where they re spending to services and experiences. for folks, however, who are struggling with inflation right now, they are shifting their spending. they re spendin
scattered here and there, probably a little bit lighter, 19 to 24 celsius, summer temperature values. that sort of weather would be more comfortable mates and days continues into the weekend, we have more rainfall to come, particularly across scotland winds again, but high pressure, the azores high will keep things very dry, particularly where we need that rain across southern and eastern areas, leaving this weekend most likely in the north and west, and we may see more in the north and west next week, but not further south. clive. thanks, helen. and that s bbc news at six on wednesday 3rd august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. welcome to sportsday. i mjane dougall, live from birmingham on the sixth day of action at the commonwealth games, with plenty of gold medals. what a win for emily campbell, a
[ chanting ] all of east germany, angry crowds lashed out on the streets. that night in dresden, they found a target. the local kgb headquarters. a mob surrounded the building, as the hour grew later, the crowd grew larger. inside, peering through the curtains was a young kgb lieutenant colonel named vladimir putin. he was terrified they were going to storm the building. putin was a junior officer, but the boss was away. he was in charge. the berlin wall had come down, police weren t going to help. he called for instruction. desperate for help, putin dialed kgb headquarters in moscow, over and over again. finally, one official told him simply, moscow is silent. i think it felt like a deep betrayal to him. vladimir putin was on his own. he went down into the bowels of the building and fired up the furnace. he finds himself in the basement, at a furnace shoveling documents, as he hears protests on the street. they were filing so many documents, that the furnace was
Israel is at war with hamas after the worst attack on this country since the 1973 war. Ordinary israelis and citizens from All Over The World with Nowhere To Run and nowhere to hide. Its the scale and the scope and the bar barety and the immediacy of it. We got used to the rockets. This was completely different attack that nobody was prepared for. We went to celebrate life and most horrible attack that happened in our history. Obviously theres no denying that theres a history of iran aiding hamas. Could unfold and get worse but well overcome it. Israelis are united. We all stand together. I need him back. We need him back. Hes a hero. We need to establish control back and do that as fast as possible in this unprecedented scenario. They also have to be incredibly aware of hostages. Theyre using them as Human Shields. Very real concerns as the tempo really continues to ratchet up. And we start with Breaking News this morning. Hamas launching a barrage of rockets on israel after the Israe