regimes get started. they get started by a demagogue, an authoritarian basically demanding fealty, and not just to himself but to his version of reality. we saw that start on the afternoon of the inauguration where, you know, alternative facts about the size of the crowd became the argument the white house was making to overlook the fact that there wasn t that big a crowd, and it continues to today where people who you would think not only know better but would want to do better are siding with this outrageous and i believe probably illegal use of classified material. so it s a mystery to me, but it is a dangerous mystery that you have the republican party still enabling the fantasies and the power-rungry dreams of the former president. that was former secretary of state and former presidential candidate hillary clinton speaking with us last hour on morning joe about the case against donald trump and the hypocrisy of how republicans reacted to her emails versus his allege
so let s walk through what happened. three days ago, july 13th, the dhs, the inspector general which was looking into the secret service handling of january 6, they notified capitol hill to say that there were text messages that were erased as part of a data migration process that dhs was doing and that present there were missing text messages from secret service phones on january 5th and 6th. the dhs inspector general was clearly very frustrated with this and felt like they weren t getting the information they wanted out of the secret service for their investigation. told capitol hill then that watch dog, the chief there, did brief all nine members of house select committee about this yesterday for several hours. the committee members emerged from that meeting very concerned. here is what congresswoman zoe lofgren said afterwards. here she is. i will say that the explanation that you have to factory re-set and eliminate your data without backing up your data just seems i
as mbs sparking intense criticism due to the conclusion that bin salman personally ordered the 2018 murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. biden said he confronted the ruler about the killing and the crown prince denied any personal responsibility. the president told he sold bin salman, he, quote, thought he was involved. phil mattingly joins us live now from saudi arabia. president biden facing backlash from jamal khashoggi s fiancee and some democrats over his face-to-face with mbs. what s the white house saying? reporter: white house officials were very aware there would be fierce blow back to hold this meeting, make this trip. there was a calculation made that the short term blowback was a necessity for the long term effort in this region. there s been a lot of discussion about oil production. it was a topic of conversation here, no immediate numbers given by saudi officials, but some acknowledgement that oil production may be coming in the weeks or months ahead. today t
from abu dhabi. a prisoner swap out of the cold war took there after ten months of being in the custody of the russia criminal justice system. her wife cherelle as word came said that brittney was free and safe and clearly by her own admission overwhelmed. over the last nine months, you all have been so privy to one of the darkest moments of my life. and so today i m just standing here overwhelmed with emotions, but the most important emotion that i have is just sincere gratitude for president biden and his entire administration. the administration bringing griner home in a prisoner swap, which played out on the tarmac in abu dhabi forearms dealer viktor bout who had been serving a 25-year sentence in the u.s. for charges, including for conspiring to kill americans. to the trade griner for bout leaving out another american paul whelan who has been in prison in russia for almost four years. he spoke almost exclusively
the choice was one or none. we ll have much more on the entire story tonight, bringing to you only as cnn can. cnn s phil mattingly is at the white house with exclusive details from inside the oval office on how this all came together. kylie atwood is at the state department with new reporting as well and what happens next for griner. jennifer hansler has more on the exclusive interview she got today with paul whelan in prison. and from nick mate on the walsh. i want to start with phil mattingly. what have you learned? there were months of fits and starts, arduous negotiations where this really crystallized over the course of the last 72 hours. just a few days ago, brittney griner was moved from a penal colony to moscow, a clear and concrete signal to administration officials that what had long been thought as a possible deal was very much coming together. they summoned cherelle griner to the white house that she was going to get an update from jake