the united states is not going anywhere. it s come mmitted to that regio the president spoke in the plus three summit, saudi arabia, kuwait,egypt, i iraq, jordan, the plus three there. near the top of the agenda for biden, the issue of energy production, also security in the region, the war in yemen countering iran and overall of this, also the murder of a washington post journalist. reporter: jamal khashoggi clearly very much high on the agenda for the president of the united states. he s trying, though, to turn the page on u.s. relations with saudi arabia right now, which are so important. he wants to strengthen ties with saudi arabia and other countries in the middle east. listen to how he summed up the u.s. role in the region just a little while ago going forward. listen to this. let me state clearly that the united states is going to remain an active engaged partner in the middle east. as the world grows more competitive and the challenges we face more complex,
also tonight here, the secret service. how do they explain the erased text messages from january 5th and 6th? rachel scott with late reporting from the hill tonight. the coronavirus here in the u.s., and tonight this number 85% of americans now live in a medium or high-risk area with this new variant sweeping the country. what dr. jha is now saying tonight about the current booster. and how much it could help if you get this strain of the virus. matt gutman tonight. this evening, authorities in ohio now say the black motorist shot and killed by akron police had 46 gunshot wounds. what his family is now saying tonight. the war in ukraine tonight. russian forces hitting new civilian targets, and it all comes just one day after that horrific attack that took nearly two dozen lives, including a 4-year-old girl. tonight here, we hear from that little girl s grandmother, her message for the russians. there is also late word coming in tonight on the cause of death of ivana
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we just found out the inspector general met with january 6th committee members moments ago. we will bring you up to speed plus cassidy hutchinson, just got back up remember this testimony on a heated january 6th exchange between then president trump at the secret service? the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering well, mr. engel grabbed his arm and said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering well and mr. trump used his free hand to lunch toward bobby engel. a secret service official would only speak on backgrounds of the agents involved in this would deny it but today abc police officer says, it did happen. and members of the january 6th panel are working on the next steps in their investigation does it include calling former president trump and vice president pence to testify? they are mulling it. we are staying on top of all of that. let s get to jessica snyder now. let s talk about these texts. tell us what happened?
former president trump wanted to be taken up to the capitol instead of the white house. also tonight here, the secret service. how do they explain the erased text messages from january 5th and 6th. rachel scott with late reporting from the hill tonight. the coronavirus in the u.s. and tonight this number 85% of americans now live in a medium or high risk area with this new variant sweeping the country. what dr. jha is now saying tonight about the current bo booster. this shall this strain of the virus. matt gutman tonight. tonight authorities in ohio now say the unarmed black motorist shot and killed by akron police had 46 gunshot wounds. what his family is now saying tonight. the war in ukraine tonight. russian forces hitting new civilian targets, and it all comes one day after that horrific attack that took nearly two dozen lives, including a 4-year-old girl. tonight here work hear from that little girl s grandmother, her message for the russians. there is also