risk a rise in tensions between the u.s. and china. the death toll is rising from the devastating mckinney fire in northern california. at least two more people found dead inside their homes. the fire burning more than 56,000 acres, nearly 6,000 people under evacuation orders. also, rescuers struggling to reach flood victims in eastern kentucky. dozens of people still unaccounted for. thousands without power or water. the new danger, temperatures expected to climb into the 90s beginning tomorrow. news tonight about more missing text messages following the january 6th attack on the capitol. a watchdog group is accusing the pentagon of wiping text messages from cell phones belonging to top officials. the nfl suspending the owner of one of its top teams. what the league is accusing him of doing. the monkeypox outbreak spreads across the u.s. more than 6,300 cases now reported. a fifth child now tests positive. the windsor castle includer now charged with treason in t
investigates why the secret service and the department of homeland security deleted text messages. let s get right to abc s jonathan karl. jon, what s the pentagon saying about this tonight? pentagon is saying, essentially, that it is standard operating procedure to erase cell phones when an employee stops working for the department of defense. this all came about because a group called american oversight sued to get access to these text messages and was told there are none because, quote, when an s plso presee s f communications, which are then stor it is unclear how text messages on government-issued cell phones would not be included in that, especially messages sent in and around such an historically