lost data was due to a planned tech migration and that the texts investigators wanted were not actually among those that disappeared. let s bring in former federal prosecutor and lead counsel in the first trump impeachment trial daniel goldman, he is now running for congress in new york. daniel, what do you see here? what we know is that a homeland security inspector general asked for these text messages and now we are learning from this homeland security inspector general, it s a letter from this person, saying that they were destroyed according to them after this request. what does that tell you? well, first of all, let s remember these letters are not written lightly to congress. i am sure that the inspector general notified the secret service that they would have to send this letter if they did not get better compliance and they didn t, but more importantly and to the point, there are a lot of questions that this raises. they claim that it was a phone migration system
senator joe manchin s team confirming that he will, quote, unequivocally not support any climate provisions in the democrats economic package or consider raising taxes on the wealthy or corporations. moments ago president biden took off for saudi arabia in a highly anticipated and controversial meeting with the crown prince mohammed bin salman. the president is seeking to boost oil flow and reset the relationship with the kingdom, less than two years after vowing to make saudi arabia a pariah for its human rights abuses. cnn s kaitlan collins and wolf blitzer are in jeddah, saudi arabia, where the president will be visiting. wolf, to you first. the president, before he left the west bank, met with the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas this morning. he continues to advocate for a two-state solution, announced an aide, but right now there are no substantive talks between the israelis and palestinians. where do those negotiations stand and where does a two-state
. one of the most direct condemnations yet of the increasing death toll in gaza from a u.s. official. the secretary of state saying today, far too many palestinians have been killed. while israel announces another evacuation corridor to get civilians out. we ll take you live near the israel/gaza border in moments. plus, stark warnings from american diplomats in the middle east. a diplomatic cable to the white house highlighting the growing anger from the arab world for america s strong support of israel s military offensive and the humanitarian crisis it is creating in gaza. and federal law enforcement officials investigating after more than a dozen suspicious letters were sent to election offices across the u.s. at least one is believed to contain fentanyl. we re following these major developing stories and many more coming in to cnn news central. as night falls on gaza, we re seeing more fiery explosions rock the enclave. moments ago, cnn crews witnessed a heavy barra
Saying, oh, no, never mind that, youre fired. To be clear to the viewers, we dont have the reporting confirmed that youre sharing with us. But thats obviously something were trying to get information, answers to the white house, the Justice Department not commenting specifically on this firing. But lets talk a little bit more about bharara, his role here in new york, and really when it comes to litigation on such a large scale that impacts the country. He was not necessarily in just a routine post. So he gets called in the Southern District of new york, called the sovereign district of new york. Because its a huge orbit. Rudy giuliani was there. Comey from the fbi. Bhrara is looking at the mayor of new york city, has this ongoing corruption probe. Hes about to try two of Andrew Cuomos closest confidantes. And looking at Things International in scope. Really big and interesting. In addition to the fox thing i mentioned, significantly. He has an investigation excuse me, he arrested a tur
Ball on secretary austin for that one. well, three years after the u.s. capitol was stormed, we have dramatic new footage of rioters confronting members of the congress during the january 6 insurrection. what s wrong with you! hey, hey! you better watch out, boy. in the alarming footage released by the justice department, you see rioters are harassing two republican lawmakers through cracks in the entrance to the house chamber. this video is notable as the targets of this hostility are republican. however many republican members of congress continue to downplay the riot. well, the fbi has arrested three people in florida who are now facing charges for allegedly assault police officers that the riot. two men and a woman evaded authorities in saturday and are expected to appear in federal court on monday. the justice department says