that the messages were missing back in february the ig didn t push the department on why the texts were deleted nor did he try to retrieve those messages. these missing records are just a part of a mountain of missing pieces of the puzzle related to january 6th that pose a challenge for the january 6th select committee as well as the justice department s probe into the insurrection. that poses a to investigate the actions of the inner circle. a spokesperson for the select committee telling nbc news that the panel is sharing 20 witness interview transcripts with the department of justice. that news was first reported by politico which adds this, quote, the committee did not indicate which transcripts would be part of the initial tranche provided to the justice department, however prosecutors recently deposed two top aides to former vp mike pence, mark short and greg jacob who both had previously interviewed with the committee and it would be of high interest to investigators
preplanned this attack for several weeks. people need to place to go when they re going to do harm. neil: people making sense of that awful attack on innocence. we re learning a little more about the alleged shooter. let s get the latest from mike tobin ahead of authorities giving us an update as well in highland park. mike? neil, the very sad detail today is that another of the shooting victims as you mentioned succumbed to the victories. the death total here from the highland park parade shooting is now at 7. we re getting more details about the suspected gunman. bobby eugene crimo iii, 21 years old. he lived in his father s basement. police say he dressed like a woman on the day of attack to avoid detection. the weapon used is a rifle similar to an ar-15 purchased legally in illinois. crimo possessed another rifle and additional guns. he accessed the roof from which he fired 70 rounds down on spectators. he dropped his rife and blended in with the crowd. following
d.c. for the first time since losing the election and leaving town in disgrace, following the capitol riot. he is about to give a key note speech to a conservative group focused on, of all things, law and order. this morning, former vice president pence gave a speech urging conservatives to focus on the future and avoid looking back. let s begin with the doj investigation. our senior cnn analyst and former u.s. attorney for the district of new york. why is mark short so important to the doj? this is a big deal because for the first time we know the justice department has gotten inside the white house. mark short is the highest ranking person who we know have of who has been subpoenaed to the grand jury. short was the chief of staff to mike pence. we don t know what he said in the grand jury. he won t talk about it. but we do know he talked to the january 6th committee and he had this crucial meeting in the white house in the oval office where donald trump and this lawyer, j
it s called christ of the ozarks. christ of the ozarks was the subject of a huge a suspiciously huge fund-raising operation by gerald l.k. smith. he died in 1976, but that statue still stands 1 in arkansas toda. but gerald l.s. smith is about to have another moment in the public eye because what he really wanted to be remembered for, even more than that statue, was a nationwide movement that he tried to build, a movement that he named and that he led and that he promoted tirelessly and that he wanted to outlive him forever. the motive behind the term christian nationalist is easy to define and simple to interpret. we believe that the destiny of america in relationship to its governing authority must be kept in thein hands of our own peopl. we must never be goonchd by aliens. we must keep control of our own money m and our own blood. in other words, we must remain trueor to the declaration of independence. that is nationalism. woe believe that the spiritual symbol of our s
fundraising operation, he died in 1976 but that statue still stands in arkansas today. but he is about to have another moment in the public eye. because what he really wanted to be remembered for, even more than that statue, was a nationwide movement that he tried to build. a movement that he named. and that he led. and that he promoted tirelessly. and that he wanted to outlive him. the motive behind the term christian nationalist is easy to define and simple to interpret. we believe that the destiny of america in relationship to its governing authority must be kept in the hands of our own people. we must never be governed by anyone. we must keep control of our own money and our own blood. in other words, we must remain true to the declaration of independence. that is nationalism. we believe that the spiritual symbol of our statesmanship is the cross, which indeed is the symbol of christianity. we believe that the inspiring dynamic out of which america grew is christianity.