there has been so much angst in the white house about how he should behave, whether he should smile. you know, jose, it is more than updates. to put it mildly, he is walking into a minefield. there are so many ways in which this region simply doesn t agree with the perspective in the u.s. we saw a little bit in israel with the prime minister openly disagreeing with the president over the question of iran and the nuclear deal. they don t agree on russia. they don t agree on china. they see china as a crucial economic partner. they don t seem to agree on oil production. there won t be a big announcement of more oil production from here because of the president s visit, although that might come later. not clear. do they agree on human rights? clearly there are many saudis who would like to see human rights and more democracy even and would like to see some of those people who have spoken out released from prison or allowed to travel freely, but there are others here who say actu
service disputing the inspector general s claims saying a reset of the agency s mobile phones and a system migration where some data were lost began more than a month before the request to save them. those messages would be critical evidence about january 6th committee testimony that the president got physical with his protective detail for not letting him join the rioters at the capitol. moments ago, president biden and crown prince mohammed bin salman meeting each other with a fist bump after more than 18 months of tense negotiations and more than two years after then candidate biden said he would be making mbs and saudi leaders a pariah for their role in the brutal murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. i ll be joined by dr. ashish jha to learn more about the hypercontagious ba.5 covid variant sweeping the country, when the next booster shot is approved for people 50 years of age and whether monkeypox is a pandemic. we begin with pete williams. pete, the letter from the off
hundreds of people took to the streets. 680 kidnappings since january that have been documented by the haitian police. and that s documented once again. imagine how many are occurring on a daily basis. jacqueline charles, i thank you so much for being with us and to keep this story alive. i thank you. that wraps up the hour for me. i m jose diaz-balart. i ll see you tomorrow night on nbc nightly news saturday. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. good day, everyone. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington. homeland security s watchdog with oversight over the secret service has accused that agency of erasing text messages from secret service agents on duty with the president january 5th and 6th after they were told to save them for the investigation into the insurrection. a spokesman for the secret