know of agents faced immense pressure that day, protecting the president from himself and the vice president from the mob his boss sent to the capitol. secret service agents feeling fearing for their own lives and they rush to get america second in command away from those chanting to hang him. the secret service acknowledging records were purged as part of a systemwide update. but today, based on a letter review by the new york times, dhs inspector general has informed the secret service to, quote, halted internal search for purged texts sent by agents around the time of january 6th so that it does not interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation. that s right. an ongoing criminal investigation. all of these developments coming to light thanks to the house select committee s quest for accountability. a number of these bombshells dropping during the panels primetime hearing thursday night. the committee, taking nearly three hours to trace what the associated press calls, q
brought this up, because this is a key issue. the post-roe era is not going to look like the pre roe era. we have an entire surveillance architecture now that is very different than what we had in the 60s and 50s. this is about so much more than abortion. it s about privacy. how they are going to figure out if you have had an abortion is intrinsically linked to what information government is going to be able to access about you. i have introduced a bill called my body my data act. what it would do is create a new national standard for any reproductive or sexually of health data. companies can only correct collect and retain what is strictly necessary to provide the service. you can ask for that data to be deleted that anytime. they can t sell it and they can only share it with your express written consent. similar to the contraception bill, individuals have a right to sue if they believe their data is being misused. i think this is the level of protection that we need for reproductive
tornadoes across alabama and also in mississippi. a confirmed tornado in evergreen, alabama, ef-0 and ef-2 in covington county, mississippi. that storm system moving through parts of the east. we did have the rain earlier today in new york city. but it has since moved out. we re expecting heavier batches of rain across section of new england. this is where we do have some flood warnings in effect across maine and also in new hampshire. not only because of the heavy rain expected with this system, but also because of significant snow melt from temperatures warming up. they re going to be in the 60s and 50s, widespread across parts of northeast and farther west, california heating up close to 90 degrees today in l.a let s head back inside. thank you very much. few bands know how to rock n roll better than kiss. i want to rock n roll all night and party every day i want to rock n roll all night and party every day
winner this hour on cnn. good morning and welcome to early start, i m sor ride da sam lynn. i m ashley banfield. we re bringing you the news from a to z. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. we begin this morning with breaking news. we re just learning brand new information on that nigerian plane that crashed into a residential neighborhood in lagos. the airline s director of flight operations confirming the pilot was american. we have no idea how long that pilot worked for the airline. nigeria s president declaring three days of national mourning and ordering a full investigation. all 153 people on board were killed in yesterday s disaster, and at least ten people on the ground died as well. firefighters and police struggled to put out all of the flames. there wasn t any water left more than three hours after that crash. residents helped carry fire hoses and plastic buckets of water to the burning wreckage. into s going to be a rough day pretty much in the financial markets a
sports. i m mario solis. here s nbc meteorologist bill karins. what s your game, hockey, bainl? you like golf. baseball? baseball? you re a big golf fanatic? in the day. if i could still be playing baseball, i would. when you re awake. just didn t happen for me. good morning, everyone. cold morning up in new england once again. it was a beautiful weekend though in this region of the country. had the cold, crisp mornings, and beautiful, warm afternoons. no one was complaining. it s chilly in albany. this afternoon, another gorgeous day. sunny to partly cloudy skies. d.c. north wards, everyone is in the 60s and 50s. late in the day, pittsburgh could see some showers and storms. pittsburgh gets up to 78. they ll get into warmer air that s surging through the ohio valley. that warm air heads to d.c. today is the last day of the early spring-type air. d.c. will be in the mid 80s, maybe even upper 80s by thursday and friday.