CNN Tonight

The Secret Service identifies potential missing texts related to January 6 on the phones of 10 personnel after identifying metadata showing messages were sent and received, but not retained. Former Assistant Director of the Secret Service Gordan Heddell joins to discuss the political and legal quagmire the Agency now finds itself in. After Rep. Adam Kinzinger says the Select Committee has proven different components of a criminal case against the former president, what will accountability look like? CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig and former senior January 6 investigator John Wood join to discuss.

California Governor Newsom signs a new gun law modeled after the Texas abortion law that will allow citizens to sue makers and sellers of ghost guns and assault weapons. Plus, Steve Bannon is found guilty of contempt of Congress for defying the January 6 Committee’s subpoena and faces possible jail time, and retired Generals and Admirals call out Trump for his “Dereliction of duty” during the deadly riot at the Capitol.

Hosted by Laura Coates.

To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The January 6 Committee shows the public exactly what happened minute by minute, from the time Trump told his supporters to go to the Capitol to the time he finally told them to go home; with ex-aides testifying today that the then President “Didn’t want anything done”, made no calls to law enforcement and spent the bulk of his time watching FOX News. Also at today’s hearing, the public sees stunning video outtakes from Trump’s speech on January 7, where he was unwilling to say “the election is over” and if the violent insurrectionists that stormed the Capitol would face criminal charges.

Plus, the DHS Inspector General tells the Secret Service to stop investigating its potentially missing month’s worth of text’s leading up to and during the insurrection due to an ‘ongoing criminal investigation’, and President Biden releases a video after his Covid diagnosis, saying: “I’m doing well”.

To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Tomorrow’s January 6 public hearing will focus on how Trump allegedly “Refused to act” as violence unfolded at the Capitol. Rep. Adam Schiff joins to discuss the never before seen outtakes the Committee intends to show of Trump’s speech after the deadly insurrection, and the Committee’s deep concern about the month’s worth of missing Secret Service texts it requested, pointing to a possible violation of the Federal Records Act. Coincidences happen, but is the Agency hiding something?

Is the threat to democracy over? A lawmaker in the Wisconsin Assembly says Trump called him this month trying to decertify the 2020 election and more GOP election deniers win their primary races. Plus, two key former Trump aides will publicly testify at The January 6 Committee's final public hearing, climate change is felt around the globe, and CNN obtains body cam footage showing Chicago police shooting an unarmed black 13-year-old.

To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The Secret Service provides just one single text exchange after the January 6 Committee’s request for comprehensive records of messages sent by the Agency’s staff leading up to, and during the insurrection. That, as the National Archives joins a growing list of federal agencies and officials demanding answers about the missing texts. Why are they not being made available?

Plus, 17 members of Congress are arrested at an abortion rights protest outside of the Supreme Court, Trump ally Steve Bannon’s criminal contempt trial begins, and Uvalde parents want school Police Chief Pete Arredondo out.

To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Sources tell CNN that a Trump National Security Official who resigned immediately once he saw Trump’s tweet attacking Mike Pence during the Capitol riot, will testify on Thursday in a January 6 public hearing that will zero in on Trump’s three-hours of inaction during the insurrection. That, as the Committee expects to receive Secret Service texts from January 6 & 7 after issuing a subpoena last week.

The Uvalde report finds “systematic failures” in the police response to the mass shooting as an outraged community demands action amid allegations of a cover-up. Plus, an Indiana doctor is under investigation after reporting to state officials she performed an abortion an a 10-year-old-rape victim, 9/11 families blast trump for hosting the Saudi backed LIV Golf Tournament, and Cape Cod & Long Island beaches close amid shark sightings.

To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy