>> well put, kelly o'donnell, thank you for joining us and david rhodes and david ignatius, thank your all of context, analysis and insight surrounding this meeting for saudi arabia. that will do it for me two full hours. "deadline: white house" is next. ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> hi there, everyone. it's 4:00 in the east. we start with the series of developments in the last 24 hours that reveal the republican party's true identity, intentions and brand. it's depravity in going beyond simply celebrating in their view the overturning of a constitutional right exercised for 50 years in the united states of america upon the right's extremist mindset when it comes to

. >> david rhodes, thank you for joining us and carol lee, thank you for all your reporting. appreciate it. still ahead, gone for good. how the secret service is explaining erased text messages sent and received by agents around the time of the january 6th attack. where did they go and why? >> and donald trump says he's made up his mind on 2024. what does speculation around his possible comeback do for republicans who are up for election this november? plus, the house just passed two bills to protect abortion rights. congresswoman ayanna pressley joins me on where it goes from here. ressley joins me on where it goes from joins me on where it goes from here...is really cool. -seriously? -denied. can we go back to meeting at the rec center? the commute here is brutal. denied. -approved! -[ altered voice ] denied! [ normal voice ] whoa. covid-19. some people get it, and some people can get it bad. and for those who do get it bad, it may be because they have a high-risk factor - such as heart disease, diabetes, being overweight, asthma, or smoking. even if symptoms feel mild, the

>> well put, kelly o'donnell, thank you for joining us and david rhodes and david ignatius, thank you, gentlemen for all of context, analysis and insight surrounding this meeting for saudi arabia. that will do it for me two full hours. "deadline: white house" is next. ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> hi there, everyone. it's 4:00 in the east. we start with the series of developments in the last 24 hours that reveal the republican party's true identity, intentions and brand. it's depravity in going beyond simply celebrating in their view the overturning of a constitutional right exercised for 50 years in the united states of america upon the right's extremist mindset when it comes to denying nearly all abortion rights for all women in america in the aftermath of roe versus wade being overturned is a warning sign to all americans right now of what they envision for all women including the most vulnerable among us. on capitol hill, republicans are willing to infringe on a person's right to travel in order to hold up their draconian bans on abortion in republican-led states. >> on thursday, senate republicans b

let's bring in democratic congressman david cicilline from rhode island.was an impeachment manager for donald trump's first impeachment trial in 2019. he's a member of the house judiciary and foreign affairs committees. so many questions for the congressman. >> i have to get your reaction to the fact that the secret service understood what was at stake on getting those text messages to congress and the inspector general on january 5th and january 6th when there were physical altercations inside the president's automobile. there was a riot going on. there was an attempted fascist takeover of the united states government, overthrow of the united states government, overthrow of a peaceful election. the secret service deleted the texts. they say, we can only get you one. i'm sorry, but for a secret service that it's been reported was highly politicized by donald trump, obviously there's some disturbing questions out there that have to be answered. what do you want to know first? >> this is a shocking revelation. the secret service has the responsibility, of co

joining us now is the congressman who cosponsored that bill, congressman david sis leeny, democrat on rhodesland chairs the congressional lgbtq plus equality caucus. congressman, thank you so much for joining us tonight. you're taking a step towards getting an assault weapons ban passed in the house tomorrow for the first time in decades and that should be commended. democrats in the house have been very busy passing other legislation to protect the rights to things like marriage and abortion. my question to you tonight, sir, what do you say to people who might claim the legislative work that the democrats are doing in the house is symbolically important but is not enough considering the inability to actually pass the legislation in the senate? >> well, thank you for having me on tonight. look, the house is going to continue to do its work and we have been very focussed on a whole range of issues driving down the costs for working families, addressing a climate issues, addressing the surge of gun violence, making sure people have rights to marry and contraception. so we have a lot of legisl

democrats like rhode island congressman david sicily, knee push for this in light of the recent concurring opinion from justice clarence thomas that taking away the freedom to reproductive care. they've hinted that take you a contraception justice thomas urging a look at marriage equality. this bill passed with bipartisan support. 47 republicans joining every democrat in the house, but some republicans like ohio congressman jim jordan saw the vote as unnecessary and thinks the focus should be on inflation. latest installment of the democrat's campaign to delegitimize an attempt to intimidate the united states. supreme court says illini criticized this thought process. when you talk about inflation. >> all families are dealing with costs of fuel and food. but we do need to layer on top of that. another fear about the sanctity of your marriage. the house will take up the contraception bill this week. but house republican leadership is not expected to receive as much bipartisan support. >> reporting in washington, i'm basil, john. >> well, back at home, we spoke with a bay area lawmaker about

washington post" newsroom and outside "new york times" newsroom as democrats out to your point, rhode island's david cicilline delivered what i think is aane straight up lie at today's house judiciary committee. >> the notion that anyonete is suggesting abortion should happen up until the birth is anb absurdity and deeply offensive to women who are making important health care decisionss every single day. >> well, the woman's health protection act, which sicilian and almost every democrat voted for eve, would have allowed tha. molly?y? yes, nearly every singlevo democrat voted for something that would have prohibited peopleteha from being allowed to have any protection of any kind at anyny stage in a pregnancy in any state. i mean, it was a really radical piece of legislation. t it's officially what they believe. and again, pollingel shows that the vast number of americans support at least some restriction on abortion. n and of course, like the entireti world supports at least some restriction on new york. had that standing ovation in albany in the state legislature for basically abortionn demand up

now, take rhode island rep david sicily. >> with this, depicted here, when the test here turns this weapono an automatic weapon, this bump, it becomes a bump stock. >> he just described the arm brace, which is used by people who have a handicap, to help fire a pistol, he just described it as a bump stock. they have no idea what they're trying to ban. like if they could use wikipedia or a picture or something here really quickly to understand that what she's offering has nothing to do with a bump stock. >> laura: joining me now is congressman tom massie the man you just saw explaining the basics of a gun structure to that democratic representative. congressman have they figured out yet what they're trying to ban, other than saying weapons of war, which is a tedious phrase. >> they have such zele to ban everything and my col we shall michelle offered, i just want to make sure you're banning this device used by disabled people to fire a pistol and that's when they said it was a machine gun. look, this is a trend. we could laugh more at their ignorance but here's the problem laura. their ignor

democrats like rhode island congressman david sicily, knee push for this in light of the recent concurring opinion from justice clarence thomas that taking away the freedom to reproductive care. they've hinted that take you a contraception justice thomas urging a look at marriage equality. this bill passed with bipartisan support. 47 republicans joining every democrat in the house, but some republicans like ohio congressman jim jordan saw the vote as unnecessary and thinks the focus should be on inflation. latest installment of the democrat's campaign to delegitimize an attempt to intimidate the united states. supreme court says a leaning criticized this thought process. when you talk about inflation. >> all families are dealing with costs of fuel and food. but we do need to layer on top of that. another fear about the sanctity of your marriage. the house will take up the contraception bill this week. but house republican leadership is not expected to receive as much bipartisan support. >> reporting in washington, i'm basil, john. >> back at home, we spoke with a bay area lawmaker about th

democrats like rhode island congressman david sicily, knee push for this in light of the recent concurring opinion from justice clarence thomas that taking away the freedom to reproductive care. they've hinted that take you a contraception justice thomas urging a look at marriage equality. this bill passed with bipartisan support. 47 republicans joining every democrat in the house, but some republicans like ohio congressman jim jordan saw the vote as unnecessary and thinks the focus should be on inflation. latest installment of the democrat's campaign to delegitimize an attempt to intimidate the united states. supreme court says illini criticized this thought process. when you talk about inflation. >> all families are dealing with costs of fuel and food. but we do need to layer on top of that. another fear about the sanctity of your marriage. the house will take up the contraception bill this week. but house republican leadership is not expected to receive as much bipartisan support. >> reporting in washington, i'm basil, john. >> well, back at home, we spoke with a bay area lawmaker about

democrats like rhode island congressman david sicily, knee push for this in light of the recent concurring opinion from justice clarence thomas that taking away the freedom to reproductive care. they've hinted that take you a contraception justice thomas urging a look at marriage equality. this bill passed with bipartisan support. 47 republicans joining every democrat in the house, but some republicans like ohio congressman jim jordan saw the vote as unnecessary and thinks the focus should be on inflation. latest installment of the democrat's campaign to delegitimize an attempt to intimidate the united states. supreme court says illini criticized this thought process. when you talk about inflation. >> all families are dealing with costs of fuel and food. but we do need to layer on top of that. another fear about the sanctity of your marriage. the house will take up the contraception bill this week. but house republican leadership is not expected to receive as much bipartisan support. >> reporting in washington, i'm basil, john. >> well, back at home, we spoke with a bay area lawmaker about

democrats like rhode island congressman david sicily, knee push for this in light of the recent concurring opinion from justice clarence thomas that taking away the freedom to reproductive care. they've hinted that take you a contraception justice thomas urging a look at marriage equality. this bill passed with bipartisan support. 47 republicans joining every democrat in the house, but some republicans like ohio congressman jim jordan saw the vote as unnecessary and thinks the focus should be on inflation. latest installment of the democrat's campaign to delegitimize an attempt to intimidate the united states. supreme court says illini criticized this thought process. when you talk about inflation, all families are dealing with costs of fuel and food. >> but we do need to layer on top of that. another fear about the sanctity of your marriage. the house will take up the contraception bill this week. but house republican leadership is not expected to receive as much bipartisan support reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> and for your money this morning, gas prices are dropping around

democrats like rhode island congressman david sicily, knee push for this in light of the recent concurring opinion from justice clarence thomas that taking away the freedom to reproductive care. they've hinted that take you a contraception justice thomas urging a look at marriage equality. this bill passed with bipartisan support. 47 republicans joining every democrat in the house, but some republicans like ohio congressman jim jordan saw the vote as unnecessary and thinks the focus should be on inflation. latest installment of the democrat's campaign to delegitimize an attempt to intimidate the united states. supreme court says illini criticized this thought process. when you talk about inflation, all families are dealing with costs of fuel and food. >> but we do need to layer on top of that. another fear about the sanctity of your marriage. the house will take up the contraception bill this week. but house republican leadership is not expected to receive as much bipartisan support reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> i will back at home. we spoke with a bay area lawmaker about th

now take rhode island rep.d david cicilline. butid this stabilizing brace which is depicted here when. when attached here it turns this weapon into an automatic weapon, this bombom becomes a bump stock he just described the arm brace, which is used t by people who have a handicap to help fire a pistol. he just described it as a bump stock. they have noo ideae what they'ri trying to ban. like if they could use wikipedia or a picture orre something here really quickly to understand that she what she's offering has nothing to a do with the bomb stock. co with the bomb stock. >> joining meng now is congressman tom mccarthy, the man you just m explainingg the basics of a gun t structurec to that democratic representative. congressman. have they figuredpres out yet wo they're trying to ban other than saying weaponsn, of war, which is a tedious phraseio they're they have such zeal to ban everything that they don't even know what their bill bans. and my colleague, rep. michele fischbach, she offered a very simple amendment to say, i jus

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david jolly, thank you both for joining us tonight. i appreciate it. great to see you both. coming up, president biden's high stakes trip to saudi arabia. our dear friend ben rhodeshis visit is quote, sadly inevitable, when the 11th hour continues. sadly inevitable through our grow up great initiative. and now, we're providing billions of dollars for affordable home lending programs... as part of 88 billion to support underserved communities... including loans for small businesses in low and moderate income areas. so everyone has a chance to move forward financially. pnc bank: see how we can make a difference for you. hour continues ♪♪ ♪♪ today i'm reviewing "donuts." let's get into it. [coughing] guys, that is some good stuff right there. it's like donuts and cereal. no burn or anything. this is so good. a lot of nicotine in here. >> the president's first visit to the middle east, since taking office, has gone off largely without a hitch. but tomorrow, president biden is set to meet with saudi leaders, including crown prince, mohammad bin salman. with us tonight to discuss is ben rhodes, former deputy national security adviser, for president obama. ben and, real

david jolly, thank you both for joining us tonight. i appreciate it. great to see you both. coming up, president biden's high stakes trip to saudi arabia. our dear friend ben rhodes break down why he thinks this visit is quote, sadly inevitable, when the 11th hour continues. >> the president's first visit to the middle east, since taking office, has gone off largely without a hitch. but tomorrow, president biden is set to meet with saudi leaders, including crown prince, mohammad bin salman. with us tonight to discuss is ben rhodes, former deputy national security adviser, for president obama. ben and, really glad you are here tonight. this is a very complicated trip. during his campaign, biden promised to make saudi arabia, a pariah. but you say this meeting was inevitable. >> well, i'm not happy about it. i wish this meeting wasn't taking place. and look, i've been in the white house, and what happens is, you are looking at a lot of problems coming at you. and they're thinking, we have a huge problem for inflation, if you can get the saudis and opec to do any more production, maybe that would help. we have a huge challenge for the war in ukraine, and we don't wa

david zapatka has a sense of urgency to capture as many as possible. he's published a book, "usa stars & lights: portraits from the dark," to showcase what's at risk. michelle san miguel of rhodesland pbs weekly profiles zapatka. it's part of our arts and culture series, canvas. >> if you think of a lighthouse, it does its work at night primarily. to not have that recorded in history is a shame. michelle: david zapatka has been recording history for more than three decades. he's an award winning videographer, but his biggest project yet has him picking up his still camera. >> and i didn't realize that this was a project till i was 15 or 20 lighthouses in. and that's when i was doing more research on more lighthouses realizing, wow, there's no pictures of this lighthouse. michelle: he's photographed more than 175 lighthouses in the united states, including many on the eastern seaboard. >> oh, we got stars. that's a good thing. michelle: his goal, to capture every working lighthouse around the country at night. >> what the digital camera has allowed us to do was to open up to photographers this whole new field of shooting when the sun goes down. so these are the slick ones. not

. >> for david zapatka lighthouses are a flashback to his childhood by the shore >> i grew up listening to the sound of the watch hill lighthouse in southern rhodess that sort of instilled this innate love of lighthouses. >> dave left rhode island and traveled the globe as a network tv camera man, but ever so often, he focused his attention skyward. >> stars, that's a good thing. >> when digital cameras came along, he made an incredible discovery. with the right equipment and lighting he could capture his subjects at night beaming in a sea of stars >> in history we don't have pictures of lighthouses working at night they don't exist because film couldn't do this >> i think you have to love something to shoot as beautifully as you shoot because i don't think can you look at something like that if you don't feel it. >> oh, i agree with that and it's burning inside me if you look up at a lighthouse and the light's streaming out, it almost looks god-like because you have the light, the shadow from the structure of the lighthouse and it's helicoptering. you go, wow, that's beautiful. it's breathtaking. >> one picture followed another. and in his free

rhode island, new mexico, oregon. in washington state. also north carolina will also take part in this online meeting with president biden today. davidto you. all right, thank you. ali california congresswoman was arrested while at a protest outside the supreme court in washington, d c. pasadena democrat judy chu was among more than 100 people arrested yesterday. during an abortion rights protest. she was part of a group that marched to the supreme court, holding signs singing and chanting. we won't go back! they sat down in the road just feet from the court and were warned to move. when they did not disperse 181 people were arrested. california attorney general rob bonta is issuing new guidance on abortion rights and protections under california law, which remained fully intact. the state laws and protections include the right to safe and legal abortion. the right to confidentiality and the right to obtain an abortion without parental consent, attorney general banta says. quote during this dark moment in our country, it is important to be crystal clear. your right to choose in california remains fully protected. our time now, 7 35 3