president biden continues his visit to the middle east. live photos of air force one landing in saudi arabia. take a look at that 747. it lands right now. the president will soon be meeting with the king as well as the crown prince, mohammed bin salman al saud . earlier today he met with the palestinian president after spending two days in israel. joining us now from saudi arabia is a senior international correspondent keir simmons. what more can you tell us about the president's visit today? >> reporter: well, it will be controversial. the president has a meeting with king salman and then a meeting with the crown prince and other ministers.

there has been so much angst in the white house about how he should behave, whether he should smile. you know, jose, it is more than updates. to put it mildly, he is walking into a minefield. there are so many ways in which this region simply doesn't agree with the perspective in the u.s. we saw a little bit in israel with the prime minister openly disagreeing with the president over the question of iran and the nuclear deal. they don't agree on russia. they don't agree on china. they see china as a crucial economic partner. they don't seem to agree on oil production. there won't be a big announcement of more oil production from here because of the president's visit, although that might come later. not clear. do they agree on human rights? clearly there are many saudis who would like to see human

rights and more democracy even and would like to see some of those people who have spoken out released from prison or allowed to travel freely, but there are others here who say actually what we want to see is an expansion of the saudi economy, a reworking of the economy so it doesn't just depend on oil. of course, oil prices going up takes the pressure off a little bit in the sense, but it puts the pressure on president biden who will be here hoping that he can deliver that foreign-policy for the american middle class by actually being able to see a reduction in gas prices. many people here are questioning whether he will be able to achieve that. i think reality has dawned in the white house that you have to engage with the saudis despite all of the controversy and the restriction and tension

there has been in the past few years. we will see. it will be a real challenge for the president. >> yeah, and the saudi royal family has been over the last couple of years really kind of focused on the transition from oil as being almost the entirety of their economy to some future proofing of their economy. you know, in other aspects of not just oil. >> reporter: that is absolutely right. think about things from the perspective of saudi arabia, if you would like. 50% of the population are under 25. they need to deliver jobs and for many people -- i speak to many people from folks on the streets to members of the royal family, that is the first thing they talk about. the first thing they have talked about right now, u.s. intelligence allegation that

saudi arabia and the crown prince was responsible for and it knew about the killing of the washington post journalist. they don't but that is their first priority, but of course, others do. others are saying today why is the president even coming here to meet with mohammed bin salman? again, that is one example of multiple issues with the three- dimensional chess, if you'd like. one of the aspects, jose, is u.s. power just isn't what it was in decades past. that is being said again and again by commentators here. the fact president biden is coming, the u.s. is focusing on this region again, just that is being welcomed. at the same time, they are saying well, we will not necessarily step back tomorrow and bowed the relationship with russia. we will certainly not evaporate our economic relationship with

china. it is a very difficult region for a u.s. president to navigate , whoever they are. >> keir simmons in saudi arabia, we thank you so much. we can see cameras and a red carpet about to be literally rolled out. i don't think it is read, but it is being rolled out clearly for the president who is about to step off of air force one and be received in jeddah, saudi arabia. meanwhile back here at home -- and of course, we will keep watching these i run pictures for you and bring you any developments. as you can see, the american flag and the saudi flag. here at home, the secret service is accused of deleting records related to the january 6 attack on the u.s. capital.: security inspector general says the agency told him text messages from the day of the attack and the day before had been deleted as part of a

device replacement program. details were revealed in a letter to two congressional committees obtained by nbc news. the secret service say it was not a malicious act and they are cooperating with the inspector general. this comes as former overstock.com ceo who was involved in the december 18th, 2020 meeting where he and others try to push them president trump to take extreme steps speaks with the house january 6th committee. and as the committee prepares to hold another public hearing next thursday to detail what trump was doing while his supporters were attacking the capitol . with us now to talk about all of this, nbc news capitol hill correspondent allie vitale and reporter kyle cheney and congressional reporter luke broadwater. luke, what can you tell us about the issue surrounding the secret service texts that were deleted? >> congress was alerted this

week that these texts had basically gone missing. the inspector general for homeland security used the word deleted. the secret service is pushing back, saying this is a harmless -- well, i wouldn't say harmless but unintentional consequence of data between cell phones as they were replaced and they have acknowledged that data was lost in this process, but they say there is nothing nefarious here. of course, any missing data will be very concerning to the members of the january 6th committee who are trying to get to the bottom of exactly what happened that day. anything that is lost to the secret service will be of high interest to this committee. we do know that they are bringing in additional witnesses to try to figure out exactly what happened with the secret service and they have recently obtained a testimony from a d.c. police officer was able to cooperate there was in

fact a heated exchange and that has been the subject. >> kyle, what has been the cooperation between the secret service and the office on this issue? >> it is not entirely clear. there seems to be some strain on questions whether the secret service has been fully cooperative with the attorney general. the secret service has no, they absolutely have been. they have turned over extraordinary amounts of information from the january 5th and january 6th timeframe. this tech issue aside, they have provided an enormous amount of material related to january 6th. obviously the inspector general is characterizing it that way. it is unusual to see such a public degree of disagreement and unhappiness between the agency and its watchdog. we will have to get to the bottom of it.

>> ali, is there reaction from the january 6th committee on this? >> do you want to get to the bottom of these accounts? the january 6th committee. they are very interested in the text messages and are concerned about the fact they are lost for whatever reason. the secret service and as we mentioned, this is a result of changing over systems and of course the inspector general himself using the word deleted, which uses the intention of getting rid of those text messages. here is how some of the committee members are reacting. listen. >> it is obviously an alarming thing to learn that there were secret service text messages from a january 6th itself and the day before that were deleted as part of a device replacement program. we don't know what the facts are and that we will get to the facts about why that happened and that we will do whatever we can to retrieve the substance of

those texts. >> there is so much focus around what might be happening within the secret service for good reason. we watched the cassidy hutchinson testimony for example where she detailed the battle in the beast. whether it was trump lunging for the steering wheel and his top secret service agent, as cassidy hutchinson tells it, or whether it was a very heated fight. regardless, it underscores the fact the former president wanted to go to the capitol on january 6th with his supporters and the entities around him were preventing him from doing so. that is a great entrance to the committee and as much information as they can get about it, they will want to get . >> house committee has been asked for evidence on any scheme by former president trump and his allies to put forward fake electors in key battleground states. what kind of information is the justice department looking for? >> this is another matter between the agencies. bennie thompson told reporters

on the hill that the justice department is focused slowly on the electors scheme and was asking very focused questions about that as they requested transcript information. the justice department says no, they want all of the transcripts . they want every single interview the committee has done. yes, we know they are investigating. we know there are grand juries about that scheme, but they want more than just information about the fake electors. we are getting things from different agencies but there is a justice department investigation underway. they want these transcripts and they are hopeful the committee will turn them over to them as

soon as possible. >> luke broadwater, kyle cheney, and ali vitali, thank you. we have president biden stepping off air force one onto a couple of stairs that will lead him to being received in jeddah, saudi arabia. 6:11 p.m. local time. president biden flying from israel to saudi arabia for the first time a united states president has flown from israel to saudi arabia. of course, earlier today saudi arabia announced they will be opening up flights. commercial flights. they will let commercial flights fly over their airspace. irspace. >> as we see the president

being welcomed and being received in saudi arabia, officials and the secretary of state behind him. i want to bring in democratic congresswoman of texas who is with us this morning. i thank you for being with us. i'm curious as to your thoughts as we see the president arriving to saudi arabia, an important trip for the president. one that we were saying keir simmons is not devoid of controversy. >> hi, good morning, jose. how are you? >> very well. the president is in this middle east trip. as we saw, he spent days in israel and now getting to saudi arabia. i was just thinking, congresswoman, the president says he is going to saudi arabia to meet with other

middle eastern leaders as well as the king and the crown prince , but a lot of this has to do with domestic politics as well. i mean, gas and gasoline prices in our country. >> right. you know, the president is juggling some historic challenges right now. challenges on like we have seen in our generation or generations before. he inherited a country and it was grappling with covid. we now are seeing global inflation and global increases in gas prices and those gas price increases due largely to putin's war on ukraine. decades ago, we should have acted far more quickly to transition away from fossil fuels from our dependence and in fact our addiction from fossil fuels in this country and across the globe. we should have moved toward more sustainable forms of

energy, renewable energy. but that failure, that decades long failure to act that way has left us in a position where we had not advanced our sustainable energy goals quickly enough and yet we find ourselves in this moment where because we haven't made that transition, we are reliant on gas and all of these global challenges are converging at the same time and no one should envy the position that president biden is in right now. he is really having to deal with all of these challenges all at once, and yet continue to try to move the country forward. >> and i want to bring you back to issues here at home. you actually cited all of the january 6th hearings so far. we continue to watch the

presidential limousine just leave jeddah international airport , but why did you decide and why have you been to every single one of these so far? >> well, there was a hearing i had to miss because of a scheduling conflict, but you are right. i have been a frequent attendee at those hearings. you know, jose, i have felt really compelled to be there. i was here on january 6th. i was one of the last members of congress trapped in the gallery as the mob and the insurrectionist and domestic terrorists surrounded us, threatening our republic, really trying to attack our democracy. led by a president who is doing everything possible to try to retain his power. i described it as needing to attend a jury trial.

in this seeking out of justice and wanting to make sure justice is served on behalf of the country, i have felt like i have to bear witness to that and be there. i have also taken the opportunity to thank members of capitol police who have saved our lives and our country. they saved the capitol. i thank my colleagues who served on the committee, doing the important work. i really hope the country absorbs the truths that are being exposed in those hearings because we are at a crisis moment for our democracy. i mentioned moments ago the president is grappling with crises on the front. one is the fragile democracy. i want to turn to the latest on abortion rights. on

thursday, republicans blocked a bill in the senate from unanimously passing to respect protecting interstate travel. do you see this issue in washington? >> well, we have to continue pushing for progress. i will tell you, jose, i see this as the republicans war on women. remember, this is the political party that has not only try to strip women of their right to abortion, their right to making a decision about their health, their future, their own well- being. that has now been taken away from women. that is not enough for them, jose. we saw with the case of the 10- year-old little girl who was brutally raped and had to flee her state in order to have access to an abortion. we have republicans who would force that little girl to give

birth to a baby born out of a brutal rape. we have republicans that don't care about abortion necessary to save the mother's life. in fact, in texas, the attorney general is suing the biden administration because the biden administration is trying to protect women's lives. women to republicans, we are disposable. they want to control us. i will tell you, there is one party in america standing up for women, fighting for women, fighting for these babies once they are born with child care, universal pre-k, paid family and medical leave, all of those things which republicans vote against consistently. there is only one party in america and that is the democratic party. we are going to keep fighting. >> i thank you for your time.

just your thoughts coming up on the third of august, the third anniversary of the massacre in el paso. i know you were born and raised in el paso. 23 people were killed. 23 injured. a hate filled gunmen went in there just a few weeks ago. i don't know. just your thoughts on that? there is so much healing that needs to take place but boy, is there so much suffering! >> there really is, jose. some required surgeries, physical therapies, who require mental health counseling three years after that horrific carnage at the walmart in el paso and republicans have consistently stood in the way

of advancing important pieces of gun violence prevention legislation that would prevent more tragedy. it is just a surprise. there has been more tragedy. republicans continue to use hateful, racist language that fuels some of these domestic terrorists, like the one in el paso, the one in buffalo. i am very deeply concerned about the future, which is why i will keep fighting for more gun violence prevention legislation, as will house democrats and senate democrats. on august 3rd, i will be at home in el paso with my constituents as we continue to heal. >> you know, just never forget those 23 lives that were taken. 23 people injured including one of the people killed by that racist person. it was a little boy.

a little boy was killed right in front of his father. it was his father figure that was with him. they were both injured. the gunman went and killed that little boy right in front of him. i will never forget that. thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you, jose. still ahead on indiana's attorney general is speaking to a doctor who treated that 10- year-old rape victim. but first, what happened when wnba star brittney griner appeared in a russian court today? you are watching jose diaz- balart reports on msnbc . msn. if you have one or more of these symptoms irregular heartbeat, heart racing, chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue or lightheadedness, contact your doctor.

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25 past the hour. lawyers defending brittney griner sadie wnba star was prescribed medical cannabis for a chronic injury as she poured appeared in a courtroom. her defense asked the court for more time. griner pleaded guilty last week to drug charges after russian authorities said they found vape canisters with cannabis oil in her luggage back in february at the moscow airport. joining me now is that julia yossi, founding partner and washington correspondent. julia, thank you for being with us. you had a chance to speak with griner's legal team. what did you have as far as a sense on how they think things are going? >> they are being pretty

tightlipped but i am speaking with legal experts in russia, around them, and resources here in d.c. and so far, it's not really looking good. griner's lawyers have made the case this is actually a medical marijuana prescription she had from arizona. she had a prescription for this marijuana . that doesn't really fly in the russian legal system. in fact, just last month, an american who used to work for the american embassy in moscow and who is now a teacher in russia was sentenced to 14 years for having medical marijuana in his suitcase despite having a prescription. >> well, that is troubling. president biden is facing as you know a lot of pressure to intervene in upbringing griner home. realistically, what are the president's options in doing this?

>> well, the president and the white house have made an offer. as i understand, it is a pretty serious offer. the white house is not sharing the details of what was offered but it doesn't seem the kremlin is in any mood to bargain. n. >> so, it doesn't seem like the channels are even open for this. it might change after griner's trial concludes and she is sentenced. generally we will have to wait for that to happen, but they could keep her in jail for quite a long time as they dragged their feet and, you know, weight for the u.s. to offer even more because the more the u.s. wants her, the more russia can ask for. >> and if so, julia, your sources tell you there has been

a formal offer made by the united states to russia? what -- i am just wondering, you know, you have some very good understanding of the judicial system in russia. what kind of judicial system is it? >> you can't really call it a judicial system. it is not independent and because of how it works, once an arrest is made, you can basically assume you will be found guilty once a trial has concluded. that just helps everybody work together. everybody has to keep their numbers up and a guilty verdict means the case has been solved successfully. 99.1% of criminal cases in russia result in a guilty verdict. whether or not brittney griner has pleaded guilty or not, she would have been found guilty.

there is basically no chance. the only question here is what her sentence would be, whether it would be a suspended sentence, which to russia, that means basically probation. or she could get a reduced sentence, something like six, seven, eight years. not the 10 years that the statute calls for. one russian lawyer i spoke to said that would not be a bad result for griner. >> julia ioffe, thank you so much for being with us this morning. we appreciate it. democrats in wisconsin are gearing up for a contentious debate this weekend. the race is drawing national attention. more than one-third of the voters are undecided according to the latest poll. jack brewster is live in milwaukee. jack, good morning. what is the latest ahead of sunday's debate? >> jose, this is something that

they are watching extremely closely because democrats say the path to securing and expanding their senate majority runs right through the state of wisconsin. in the state, you have a vulnerable republican senator, ron johnson. voters view him unfavorably in this state that president biden won very narrowly. those national implications are getting national attention and bringing national attention to the race. we will see booker join the front runners. we also saw elizabeth warren in this state campaigning, but barnes has been a tight battle with the milwaukee executive who turned from his personal wealth to a flood of campaign ads. i want you to listen to what we are hearing from voters because for them, it is a message we heard in 2020 where their main priority is defeating the incumbent as they evaluate each candidate. listen

here. >> it is crucial and really ron johnson was a horrible senator and you think anyone could beat him but that is not the way the environment is today. we don't expect we will win every one in rural wisconsin but if we could shave a couple of percentages off, we can help whoever is going to run against ron. >> that is my top issue, getting him out. he has caused so much damage and i find him so embarrassing as a senator. don't get me wrong, we don't have a strong candidate. what does it matter what the issues are? >> reporter: jose, we expect things to heat up as we get to the primary in august ninth. >> shakeel brewster, thank you so much. coming up, texas is doing the biden administration on guidance over emergency abortion rights. we will talk to a white house official about what the biden administration plans to do

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stormy we continue to watch the house floor. two bills are aimed at protection abortion rights. this comes as new details emerged about a horrifying case in ohio in which a man was arrested for raping and impregnating a 10-year-old girl who reportedly went to indiana to get an abortion. indiana attorney general has said he is investigating the doctor who performed the procedure for failing to report it, but nbc affiliate in indianapolis report the attorney general told the governor there is no evidence the doctor ignored state law. the doctors attorneys said she follow the law and made the appropriate disclosures. she said they're considering legal action against those that have smeared her. more now from gabe gutierrez.

>> reporter: at an arraignment on wednesday and columbus, ohio, a judge ordered the 27- year-old rape suspect held onto million dollars bail. >> my understanding, she just turned 10 years old. >> reporter: went has confessed to raping and impregnating a 10-year-old girl. she traveled from ohio, which has banned abortions to neighboring indiana to end the pregnancy. the case has become the latest point in the national abortion debate following the supreme court's reversal of roe v. wade. we first reported earlier this month by the indianapolis star newspaper citing a single source, an ob/gyn in indianapolis. the story went viral. last week president biden brought it up. >> imagine that little girl. imagine being that little girl. just 10 years old! >> reporter: republicans including ohio attorney general cast doubt on the story. >> we have regular contact with

prosecutors and local police and sheriffs. not a whisper anywhere. >> reporter: after the suspect was arrested, he issued a statement. my heart aches for the pain suffered by this young child. i am grateful in securing a confession and getting a off the streets. the editorial board had questioned the story and now they have published a new editorial, correcting the record. rating it appears president biden was accurate. still the attorney general says he will investigate the ob/gyn who performed the procedure for failing to report it. that ob/gyn said in part doctors must be able to give people the medical care they need when and where they need it. the case no highlighting deep divisions in this country as states scrambled to clarify their own laws from supporters of abortion rights. >> it is a hard truth. these horrible things happen to children and other people in your state because of the

really severe restrictions that are placed. >> reporter: with so many questions about what really happened, it is a real shame that the biden administration rushed to exploit this poor little girl's situation. >> thanks to a gabe gutierrez with that report. to continue our conversation is policy coordinator, jennifer klein. thanks for being with us. what do you make of this firestorm? >> unfortunately while others would like you to believe that the issue is whether or not a little girl was raped, what we are trying to continue to do is protect people including people who are women and girls that are victims of rape or incest. their doctors want to be able to give them legally. >> so, how are you doing that? >> well, one of the things we are doing is trying to ensure as the president made clear on

the day the decision was released that people have the right to travel to get medical services. what happened here is unfortunate for so many reasons. a 10-year-old girl was raped and people questioned the story on whether or not that actually happened. the president himself pointed to she couldn't get access to an abortion in the state of ohio because ohio has a very extreme law that doesn't have an exception for rape and incest. she was forced to travel to indiana for this service. what happened next, her doctor is put under the microscope and questioned for providing a legal service in a place for the care she needed without adding to her trauma. >> at the same time, texas attorney general ken paxton is

pursuing the biden administration over new rules announced earlier that abortions are provided in medical emergencies to save the life of the mother. what does the administration make of this lawsuit? >> you know, it is sadly another example. a law that exists and the secretary of health and human services clarified guidance under this law which people know as the emergency medical treatment act. it requires that people who appear with an emergency get the care they need and that might include abortion. what the secretary made clear in the guidance released last week is that care is not only permitted, but might be required by a doctor when somebody's in the middle of a medical emergency. again, it is another example of how extremists on the other side would question, you know, very basic not only writes, but access to healthcare.

>> jennifer, some have criticized the president for not doing enough on that position like declaring a national health emergency, et cetera. >> you know, our standard and our metric for what we are doing, we want what can be done and what is legally appropriate and responsible. who are we trying to protect from criminal liability? women. by the way, the doctors and healthcare professionals who provide them these services. we have had everything on the table. everything that has been suggested from state and local officials, governors, outside advocacy groups and we are running down every option with that standard. we don't want to do anything that is going to harm the people we are actually trying to help. >> as you know, the house will vote on two bills to qualify

abortion rights and to provide safeguards for women who travel to other states to get an abortion. those bills have no chance in the senate. what is it you think congress could or should be doing differently? >> well, i think they are doing exactly what they can and should be doing, passing these desperately needed laws. the president makes clear himself from the very beginning what has happened here is that the supreme court precedent has existed for 50 years and has been ripped away. women's fundamental rights have been ripped away and the only way to address that is at the national level. by the way, for those who wonder, republicans have been quite clear that if given the chance, they would pass a national ban. the states are really clear. it is unfortunate. these two bills will be brought before the house in the days or hours to come and they are probably

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msnbc political analyst. rick, i know you actually met the crown prince in the past. how does the president handle this meeting? you know, it has been like a process for him to get to this point. or a handshake or a smile or no smile is kind of silly of the nations have interests and the president is trying to represent the interests of the u.s. i did indeed meet mohammed bin salman in 2015 in riyadh and in very classic saudi fashion, the meeting was scheduled for 10:00 a.m. and i met him at ten minutes to midnight that night. so he's a night owl. he's a walking contradiction. i mean in some ways he's very progressive and very old fashioned. in some ways he's liberal but also an autocrat. by the way, saudi arabia is an authoritarian society that is

led by religious figures. mohammed bin salman has been consolidating his power for a number of years. i think the calculation of president biden is pretty simple. look, he's about as happy to be there as he would be going to the dentist for a root canal. but he realizes with what's going on in ukraine, what he really wants to prevent is an alliance between russia and saudi arabia that would keep oil prices high. that's really, i think, the number one thing in his book. he has been outspoken about what mbs did to mr. khashoggi, which is hideous and repulsive. but again nations have interests and his interest right now is keeping oil prices low, not letting russia succeed in ukraine and trying to keep inflation down in the u.s. >> this tells you in so many

ways the importance of saudi arabia. i mean, look, the president of the united states who said he wouldn't do it, he wouldn't meet with a pariah state, he wouldn't do this, he wouldn't do that is in jedda right now. the importance of saudi arabia for the middle east and indeed because of their extraordinary amount of oil for the world. >> yes. you campaign in poetry and govern in prose and the president is governing in prose. saudi arabia is an absolutely critical nation in the middle east. it is the leader of the sunni arab world. we've had an alliance since fdr with king syud on a boat in the 1940s so he's representing our interests. yes, he's going to bring up human rights. this is absolutely something that he's prepared to do and i'm sure that mbs is prepared to hear. i've been in those rooms when

presidents of the united states and secretaries of state talked to authoritarian figures about human rights and say this violates all of the ideas that we stand for as americans and violates any premise of our alliance. that will happen. but at the same time, there will be hopefully negotiations about how much oil saudi arabia would release and also about saudi relations with israel, which is a promising area that we've seen just developing in the last few days. >> rick stengel, always a pleasure to see you. i thank you for your time. >> thank you. up next, gangs, violence, kidnappings. all plaguing haiti right now. we'll talk to a journalist who's been tracking it all about why it is happening and is it going to continue? it is happening and is it going to continue? you're watching jose diaz-balart reports on msnbc. g jose diaz-bat g jose diaz-bat report ♪ breeze driftin' on by ♪

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57 past the hour. in just the last week, haiti's national defense network says 89 people have been killed in a slum in the capital of port-au-prince. protests have broken out as gangs fight. food and water are scarce and a fuel shortage is getting worse. with us now is jacqueline charles. you were just in haiti. what is going on there? it's such an incredible country with some amazing people, and yet they are under such difficult circumstances. >> exactly. what we are seeing is a gang war and the victims today are the poor people this time around, which a few years ago it was a model of international aid in terms of where it has been and today you can't get in.

>> yeah. it just -- it's really a crisis. you know, interesting, today the u.n. is deciding whether to continue its presence in haiti. what does its presence mean for haiti and why is this such an ongoing crisis? well, yesterday i spoke to the mayor and he said they need foreign troops because of organized gang violence. there's division. the international community does not favor a peacekeeping mission nor do some haitians. at this point you've got 12,000 police officers for 12 million people and they are outgunned by these gangs. >> you know, it's important, 12 million people and just, just in the past couple of days, you know, 89 people were killed. and then it's important because what happens there is important to all of us here. and so i'm just wondering, we're

a year into the last president being assassinated. what is the government structure like now? >> well, we have an interim government. let me just say this, 89 people that we know of. people have been burned, people have been massacred. >> good point. >> this is the second massacre in three months that we are witnessing, that we're talking about men, women and children. the government has not said anything publicly nor has other members of civil society who are also vying to take control of this country. people tell me they just feel left alone. those who have tried to flee the slum have been shot at by the gangs while they're on canoes trying to go through a waterway. this is located near the port so what happened is the fuel shortage got worse because the boats were out to sea and they could not come in. yesterday we saw motor taxi drivers that depend on fuel in order to get a living. they basically set the streets on fire. further north from the capital,

we had a city of sangt mark, hundreds of people took to the streets. 680 kidnappings since january that have been documented by the haitian police. >> and that's documented once again. imagine how many are occurring on a daily basis. jacqueline charles, i thank you so much for being with us and to keep this story alive. i thank you. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. i'll see you tomorrow night on nbc nightly news saturday. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. good day, everyone. this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington. homeland security's watchdog with oversight over the secret service has accused that agency of erasing text messages from secret service agents on duty with the president january 5th and 6th after they were told to save them for the investigation into the insurrection. a spokesman for the