announcing charles as king. but on the front pages of newspapers here, prince william and harry. will we see them together again this week, and what we learned today. plus we re going to take you to those commonwealth countries outside the united kingdom. will more choose to stop answering to the crown? in the u.s. powerful ceremonies of remembrance in the new york, the pentagon, shanksville, pennsylvania, and across the country, pausing to remember those lost on 9/11. the american story itself changed that day. ukraine pushing its offensive further, taking back more land, as russia retreats from key areas. and sunday night football is back. the history tom brady will make when he takes the field tonight. announcer: this is a special edition of nbc nightly ws. farewell to the queen. reporting tonight from new york, kate snow, and from scotland, tom llamas. good evening. 21 years later, and the emotions, the grief, the trauma are still raw on this september 11t
good morning and welcome to your new day. i m kristin fisher. good morning, kristen. i m boris sanchez. why one committee says their explanation doesn t make any sense. president biden is meeting with key leaders in saudi arabia saudi arabia. what he s hoping to achieve. and then the criticism over the meeting with the crown prince yesterday. truckers are struggling with diesel prices. their concerns as costs continue to climb, coming up. this may be my favorite of the day. the deep space discovery, the heartbeat sounds that have astronomers all aflutter. aflutter. i know. do you see what i did there? good morning and welcome to your new day. it is july 16th. you know, boris, it may be a saturday in the summer, but it s a busy saturday in the summer with the president s trip overseas and all these new revelations about the jan 67 committee. there is a lot going on. we re going to take you there. first there s concern over the text going add ups sent
joining us now. so what more could you tell us. reporter: well this story is fast moving. it is only 72 hours since we first learned there was a problem at the secret service where text messages from january 5th and 6th on agents phones were erased or lost because of a data migration tech process that that agency had ongoing around the 6th, this pivotal event. but here is the story of how this played out over the last couple of days. so the department of homeland security inspector general, a watch dog that would look into the secret service related to january 6 was frustrated about not getting information from them in this investigation. and that included the i.g. learning there were erased text messages. this i.g. at dhs notified capitol hill three days ago this was a problem, that is how the public and the news organizations covering the story first learned about it and then the inspector general went and briefed all nine members of the house select committee yesterday.
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
with all on this. sandra: a big line-up, but an economy in crisis. americans are looking for solutions to those surging gas prices and the highest inflation in decades. but it has democrats staring down a red wave in november as more and more voters are coming to the conclusion biden administration is not up to the task. hello, and welcome as we begin a brand-new week. sandra smith in new york. john: great to see you back after a long weekend. john roberts in washington, and this is america reports . the price of gasoline setting a record high the tenth day in a row, an average of $5 a gallon. the cost to fill up the tank up 103% since president biden took office. sandra: and people are certainly taking notice. those numbers putting democrats hopes in jeopardy in november, 83% of the american people in a new abc news poll say the economy is the top issue for them heading into the fall. now desperation setting in at the white house as word comes, president biden might