brian: protester bobby wegner lays him out. steve: good morning des moines, iowa. we are from my web. 52 degrees right now as you look at the des moines river going for a daytime high of 80 degrees in the capital city of iowa. ainsley: did he say it to be funny? steve: my dad? anyway, welcome to new york. and a big show, thank you very much. we have some pants in front of the building holding up umbrellas. ainsley: it is certainly rainy out there. i m sorry for them. i m glad everybody is waking up this morning and it s going to be a good day. steve: meanwhile, not so good in florida because the death toll from hurricane is now above 100 as the rescue crews work around the clock looking for still survivors. ainsley: 430,000 in florida still without power this morning as one resident compares the damage to a war zone. brian: alexandria hoff on the ground in fort myers, alexandria, what is up? we continue to see this morning just dozens of emergency vehi
new report this morning that accuses the secret service of deleting text messages related to the attack on the capitol after they were requested by oversight officials. and new reporting that all but confirms that donald trump will run for president again. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, july 15th. we have the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. good to have you both on board this morning. joe, we re going to be looking at, obviously, what is going on abroad with president biden and his meeting with abbas, but let s begin with the secret service, accused of deleting text messages that could be critical to investigating the eve events of the insurrection. how could they be deleted? the dhs inspector general writes, after his office requested full electronic records for an evaluation of the capitol attack, the secret service deleted a significant number of text messages from january 5th
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academy classes many were canceled or delayed. record number of sworn officers departed as a result. if you l look at the work for survey it was conductor last month, leo, 20% of the pd employees thought the department was well-managed. ainsley, that if reflects what is happening in detroit, chicago, los angeles, p hiladelphia and it may be the south of texas, austin but it has a woke democratic mayor, woke city council and they slashed three years ago one-third of the entire police budget. thank goodness for governor abbott to reinstate the police budget. when you have law enforcement being disrespected and telling you, we don t feel comfortable, we don t feel you appreciate us, what do you have? you have mass resignations, mass number of officers leaving the department.
happened on january 6th? i think it is important to stop and describe it from your eyes. so many people have tried to whitewash what happened that day, downplay what happened that day. oh, it was a protest that got out of hand. we know that isn t true from the january 6th committee. from your perspective, that day, what was it like to stand there and see that mob of people approaching the capitol, then understanding that they weren t just there for a protest? a couple thoughts run through my head. the first thing that pops into my head, you re all seeing me and sergeant gonell. there are so many other men and women of the capitol police force who fought bravely and heroically that day, you know, with a lot of law enforcement being scrutinized for being sympathizers or whatever. people are entitled to their opinions, but the men and women did their job regardless of any political affiliation. that s what we need from law