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it is the top of a very busy friday afternoon on cnn newsroom. hello, everyone. >> the enter national criminal court issued an arrest warrant for vladamir putin today. the charge, related to deporting thousands of ukrainian children from occupied territories of ukraine into russia. a warrant is also out for the official under putin who is believed to have led to the forced adoptions, you see her in this photo with putin. >> ukraine reports at least 16,000 children have been forced to live in russia since putin's war in ukraine began. the kremlin calls the warrant outrageous and unacceptable, volodymyr zelenskyy says this will lead to historic responsibility. joining us now is the president of the international criminal court, judge piotr hofmanski. judge, thank you for joining us today. so i want to read from the icc
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statement here in your ruling. it states that there are reasonable grounds to believe that mr. putin bears individual criminal responsibility for the aforementioned crimes. do you have proof of vladamir putin actually signing off on these abductions? >> so we use the notion, which is written down, it is a standard, which is to be proven to issue an arrest warm. but i have to say that these arrest warrants are secret. that the content is secret. that the chamber just agree to publish the information about the existence of these arrest warms, and the crimes of persons, concerns of the crimes. but i don't know all the details you are asking for.
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>> judge, i want to read from this statement, which you said the chamber believes that public awareness of the warrant may contribute to the prevention of the furthering commission of crimes. the entire world has watched the invasion for more than a year, and the targeting of civilian buildings, locations, residences. why would the court believe that making this public would persuade putin to do anything different than he's doing now? >> well, obviously the arrest warrants are not the magic ones. this is not the case that the violence will stop now. but we believe in the deterrence effect of the arrest warrants in our proceedings, and we believe that it's a very important signal for the world that we are doing our job, that the victims are not left alone, that they
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are not forgotten, and we are just doing what is expected from us. >> now that the -- neither the united states or russia are cig t -- signatories. are you asking officials in these other countries to arrest mr. putin if he does travel? >> all the state parties have a legal obligation to cooperate fully with the court, which means that they're obliged to execute arrest warrants issued by the court. and it is, indeed, one of the most -- this is a kind of sanction, because a person cannot believe the country traveling. there are 123 states in which he
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will not be safe. >> "the new york times" reported that this was coming along with a case that's being prepared by the icc related specifically to russia's targeting of the infrastructure in ukraine. can you tell us anything about that, that there may be more charges, a case based on that against vladamir putin? >> so, so far these arrest warms are limited -- warm warrants ar limited to war crimes of taking children from ukraine into the russian federation. it does not mean that it is the end of the game, because the prosecutor is still investigating crimes, and the case can order atrocities allegedly committed.
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i have no knowledge about the material and evidences being collected by the prosecutor, simply because it's confidential. >> all right. judge piotr hofmanski, president of the international criminal court, thank you for your time. >> thank you very much. have a good day. now to a story you will see first on cnn. a judge has just ordered trump attorney evan corcoran to provide additional testimony as part of an investigation into the former president's handling of classified documents. >> what are you learning? >> reporter: the top defense attorney for donald trump that's been handle thing criminal investigation into his handling of classified documents at mar- mar-a-lago, a federal judge does say in an order today that that attorney, evan corcoran, is going to have to answer more questions that he didn't want to answer before a federal grand
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jury in washington, d.c. so this order, we do believe it's under seal, but we have been able to confirm it did happen today. kaitlan collins at cnn has this reporting today. this is a very, very significant thing that has happened in this investigation, because this defense attorney, evan corcoran, had previously told the justice department that they had done a thorough search at mar-a-lago for documents. then the fbi went in for that search and found dozens, more than 100 more. when he was brought to the grand jury recently, he declined to answer some questions about advice he was directly giving to donald trump or things donald trump had maybe said to him. so the justice department went to court under seal and asked a judge to force him to answer those additional questions. he still possibly could appeal and avoid testifying. but this decision is very significant from the federal judge today in washington, d.c.
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>> where does that tell you jack smith is headed with this case? >> reporter: this is quite a monumental boost to his investigation. if you look back over time, this is the sort of thing that goes down in history. a decision like this from a predecessor judge, a judge in the same position, was a major, major piece. one of the final things in the watergate investigation. so historically, we can't see what this order says at this time, but what judge howell did here is going to be crucial for not just jack smith, but going forward for the presidency, for classified documents cases. i should note too, the significance of this comes just an hour or so before chief judge howell at the d.c. district court steps down from that position, passes the gavel to the next judge in line. so it is one of the last things she has done here. >> all right.
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kaitlan collins, thank you. keep us posted. joining us to discuss, dame amberg. we were talking about we could learn soon, we have now learned the significance of the decision from this judge. >> victor, i'm not surprised by this. i think it's the right decision, because there is a crime fraud exception in the attorney/client privilege rule that says an attorney can't be used to facilitate an ongoing crime. the fact is that jack smith is focused on obstruction, which is punishable with up to 20 years in prison. it looks like it's donald trump and evan corcoran both in his sights. because it was jack smith who drafted the letter, signed by christina bob, that said all the documents had been returned. well, that could be obstruction. here is a note from one lawyer to future lawyers out there, don't sign the letter that the drafter will not sign himself. that's what christina bobb did.
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she was then called in, pointed a finger at corcoran. and now corcoran's day of reckoning is upon us. >> as we heard from kaitlan, we have yet to hear from him and his response, but we'll keep a close eye on it. dave amberg, thank you. former vice president mike pence joins a growing list of republicans who are speaking out against florida governor ron desantis and his views on ukraine. both men are expected to join the race for president in the coming weeks. a map of stinky seaweed has started to wash ashore in florida. we're live from key west, next. but to the people who build them there's nothing 'small' about them.. that's why at t-mobile for business... you'll save more than $1,000 versus verizon. and with price lock guarantee, we'll never raise your rate plan. so you can keep your focus on toe-turns and making sure the sauce is extra spicy.
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confirmed the war in ukraine would be a core part of the talks. >> a spokesman said china's proposition boils down to one sentence, which is to urge peace and promote talks. cnn's will ripley takes a deep dive on what is at stake here. >> reporter: it certainly sends a very strong message to the west, despite now this news of an arrest warrant against russian president vladamir putin.
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another mq df 9 reaper flight shortly after the flight with the encounter with the russian jet. that, according to three officials familiar with the jet itself, was to look at the area the russians were trying to get to, to see if they could reach the wreckage of the drone. we now saw on flight tracking websites an rq4 global hawk drone over the southern area of the black sea. so we know there have been drone flights over the black sea since the encounter. these drone flights will continue, and that's what defense secretary lloyd austin promised, that the u.s. will continue to fly over international air space. >> it's pretty petty that russia would decorate these pilots for an incident they initially said they had no part in. the u.s. says russia may have recovered some of the debris from that downed drone. do we know what they recovered? >> reporter: we haven't gotten a
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description of what it was. one official described it as bits of fiber glass. general mark milley said there probably wasn't much left after the drone hit the water. crucially, both milley and john kirby for the national security council says they took steps to mitigate the risk of losing anything sensitive to the russians. we later learned that was wiping the sensitive software before it hit the water. so of course, the u.s. hasn't had any navy ship there is for more than a year. >> oren lieberman, thank you. former vice president mike pence continues to draw battle lines between himself and ron desantis, setting up a possible 2024 showdown, should they decide to run for president. during a visit to new hampshire, pence again defended his support for ukraine, making clear he
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disagrees with desantis' view that russia's war is a territorial dispute. >> i think anyone who believes that vladamir putin will stop if he takes ukraine, has another thing coming. the war in ukraine is not a territorial dispute. it is a russian invasion. vladamir putin was able to overtake ukraine, if he did, it wouldn't be long before russian tanks would be rolling into nato countries where our service members would be required to enter the fight. >> gloria borger is a cnn political analyst, scott jennings, former special assistant to president george w. bush. welcome to you both. gloria, there's this new article today in the national review where they said, don't let them reagan shame you. how dare desantis defy the
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hawks. the latest poll shows that half of republicans believe that there is too much u.s. support for ukraine. so is this a rift between desantis and the republican voters, or desantis and the republican members of congress, the elected republicans? what do you think? >> i think it's both. i think desantis is clearly reading the political mood here. and what this really points to is a divide within the republican party. i mean, you have people like desantis and donald trump, and he is trying to get those trump voters here, and that's how he is reading the political mood. donald trump saying it's too much. the war in ukraine is too much. and on the other side, you have nikki haley, for example, and pence saying look, you -- this is not a territorial dispute. we have to get involved. the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell saying the same thing. so i think as we watch this
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primary play out, you're going to see a lot of discussion about the war in ukraine, and what america's responsibilities are. and whether, in fact, it is a territorial dispute or something much larger, as mike pence was just saying. >> scott, do you think this is a tenable position for the governor? >> i do, because i think if you go and look at what he wrote, all of it and not listen to how other people are characterizing it, you would find that he's squarely in the main stream of where most republicans are right now. there is a world of difference between where desantis and trump are. desantis laid out a thoughtful view. i don't like the phrase, territorial dispute, i agree that was not good. but everything else he articulated, it was main stream political thought. he said he was not for a further escalation of u.s. engagement in ukraine. well, neither is biden. further escalation is boots on the ground, and i don't think
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there's many people that want that. there is a rush with desantis to mischaracterize what he is saying. in this case, it was way overdone. territorial dispute, i don't love that phrasing, but also he's not a policymaker, he's a candidate for public office. i guess if you are in my camp, which is we're either going to have trump or someone else, i'm willing to give ron desantis some latitude here. >> i think there is a historical issue here. in 2014, as we all know, when ron desantis was a member of congress, and cnn pointed this out, he was all for arming ukraine when russia was trying to annex crimea. now he regards what's going on in ukraine as a territorial dispute. i think he will have to continue to explain his shifting positions, and how this is a
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smaller thing than crimea was. >> let's stay with desantis and trump in florida. we're about ten months out from the first votes of the primary. there is a new emerson college poll out that shows that trump is just three points ahead of the governor of florida among florida republicans. i don't know, gloria, is this good news for desantis or not? on one hand, he's not in the race and is only down by three points. where do you think these numbers play? >> we are ten months out. also, i think ron desantis is not yet an official candidate, but let me say that he is running, which he is. >> you think? >> i think. but also, this was a nine-candidate field. i mean, nine candidates. so this is good for donald trump when you're in a nine-candidate field and the rest of the vote gets split up. and then you can win the
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nomination because of the republican -- there are a lot of contests that are winner take all. so is this bad news for desantis? he's not announced and only a few points behind donald trump in such a large field, i don't think it's bad news for ron desantis. >> he's at home, though. that's what i was considering. it's in florida. >> maybe they want to keep him there. >> if i may, if i may, if you compare desantis and this florida poll to show governor sununu in new hampshire and see where ron desantis is, you conclude that desantis is in a good position there. >> and sununu acknowledged that desantis would do well in new hampshire if he were to run there. scott, former vice president pence was asked about former president trump saying that he would stay in the race if he's indicted. of course, we're waiting for
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decisions from georgia and manhattan, that the vp said it's a free country. we talked about this, i think it was yesterday that an indictment could help trump, but also it is really uncertain territory for a republican opponents. how do you play that? do you attack him for being indicted? because that could come back to hurt the opponent, right? >> i think the legal cases are all different. i think the thing that's pending in new york city right now, which i have read today, they may be preparing for indictments imminently, that's out there in the news today. that specific case, this deal with the paperwork and stormy daniels and it's a misdemeanor, but they're going to have a novel legal theory, and bank shot it into a felony. yeah, i think that right there could help donald trump. it seems silly to most people that this is still a pending matter. now, the stuff going on with the special counsel, the stuff going on in georgia, that's all serious stuff. if the first thing that comes
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out, though, are these new york indictments, there is a real chance it backfires politically on the people who want to get rid of trump and elevates him because of the -- i think the relative inconsequential nature of the matter at hand. all right, scott jennings, gloria borger. gloria, i still think of that enchantment song i played for you in my office, every time you're on. thank you two. >> it's on my play list now. >> good, good. >> i like gloria's interpretation of that poll, maybe they just want to keep him in florida. the ceo of tiktok says forces its chinese parent company to sell it off would not address united states secucurit concerns. more on that, straight a ahead. and effortlessly responds to both of you. our smart sleepers get 28 minutes more restful sleeeep per night. proven quality sleep. only from sleep number.
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it's coming. the first smelly mass of seaweed is washing ashore in the florida keys. it's about 5,000 miles. that's nearly twis the length of the united states. >> our correspondent is in key west. it looks a mess behind you. what do we need to know? >> reporter: okay. so here's the thing, right now it doesn't smell too bad, because we're not seeing too
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much. this is the seaweed that's washing up. in this mix, there it is right there, this is the particular seaweed that we're talking about here. scientists have been tracking this since 2011. it could arrive in record numbers this year. and one scientist told me this could be a new normal. >> it's thick in the summertime, it builds up and smells terrible. >> reporter: joe kaplan captured these images about a week ago, massive amounts of seaweed washing up at this beach that he walks several times a week. >> i was shocked when i saw it that day, where it wasn't even spring yet. it's still winter, which is very unusual. >> this is about a 5,000 miles long. >> reporter: this professor, a leading expect on a massive blob of seaweed, heading to florida's coast. fair to call it a blob? >> nope. >> we can't call it a blob?
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>> i would never call that a blob. >> why? >> because it's not. >> reporter: slight images he says show it's not one massive body of seaweed, rather a bunch of patchy clumps traveling from africa. it's considered a natural phenomenon. right now, it's twice the width of the u.s., carrying 6 million tons of seaweed, headed to the east coast. >> in june of this year, it may turn into 20 million tons. >> so what we're seeing here in the last moment is 6 million tons, and it's going to get biger? >> yes. there's no way to stop that. no one can stop a hurricane. >> should we be worried about that? >> no. it's not toxic. >> but it smells bad and it's a nuisance for those trying to keep beaches clean. just a few years ago, this is what it looked like in mexico. officials in monroe county, have set aside more than $200,000 to clean and remove it from the
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beaches. >> seaweed is a mixed blessing. we need it. seaweed is a nursery for all these large fish. the negative side to the seaweed, if it comes in the concentrations that i believe we are going to see, our fishing grounds are going to be covered with it. there's almost no point fishing, because we will spend the entire day cleaning weed off the lines. >> reporter: as this heads towards florida, another natural phenomenon an is hitting the west coast, red tide. it can be toxic, kill fish, and cause respiratory issues. this year's concerns canceled at least one major event here, where one family told us -- >> as soon as my son and my husband and i got out of the car, we started coughing. >> reporter: for spring breakers like this group, the concerns of massive amounts of red tide or seaweed were not enough to change vacation plans. >> i would rather it be red tide
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than raining every day. >> reporter: the pristine beaches of the sunshine state are hard to resist for many. despite what may be looming offshore. and one of the things the scientists told me, there is still more research needed to truly understand what we see coming in here. they have a good understanding of sort of the current and the movement, but they still don't have a great idea as to why it's more some years over other years. so they need more funding to be able to research that. and hopefully one day be able to forecast that, the same way they do hurricanes. when i asked the scientists, what is your best advice? he said stay away from it. >> i guess that is some advice. try to avoid it if you can. nice to see those beach goers making the most of their vacation. >> thank you, leila. we'll be right back.
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now to a new cnn investigation which reveals a failure by the u.s. coast guard to protect its female service members. two women have come forward alleging they were sexually assaulted on u.s. commercial ships that are overseen by the u.s. coast guard. but none of the cases has been prosecuted. >> cnn's chief investigative correspondent pamela brown has this story.
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>> i just felt trapped. i had no idea what to do. >> reporter: hope hicks was initially excited for her so-called sea year, spending months on a commercial ship as part of her program at the united states merchant marine academy. but her excitement turned to terror. >> it was a very hostile environment. there were comments made towards me every single day. two weeks in, the physical touching started. >> reporter: she says one night after the crew was drinking, she was raped by a superior officer. >> i spoke up completely naked in my bed. my room was destroyed. my sheets were bloody. and i immediately knew what happened. >> reporter: in the middle of the arabian sea, the only woman on board, weeks away from land. >> i was scared out of my mind. >> reporter: her safety and those of the tens of thousands of people who work on commercial ships, is overseen by the u.s. coast guard, which approves
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credentials for each crew member and investigates and punishes offenses. but a cnn investigation found the coast guard has failed to use its power to prevent and punish sexual assault on commercial ships for decades. >> i had no idea that reporting to the coast guard was even an option. >> reporter: this woman says she was repeatedly groped and harassed by a member of her crew on board the same ship, just two years later. >> every joke, every inthreat, always felt like i was being hunted. >> reporter: the coast guard has not revoked a single credential in the last decade, but revokes credentials for other offenses. last year, a merchant mariner tested positive for marijuana during a random drug test. the coast guard acknowledged it
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was likely caused by cbd oil, but revoked his credentials any way. cnn identified 25 mariners who held their credentials, mike michael vernon who continued working on a ship for five more years. and james reyes, who pled guilty to sexual conduct. he was able to return to ship work after just six months. both men denied the allegations. >> i'm pissed, tired and angry and i should be. >> i'm angry the system didn't protect me at all. if anything, it suppressed me. >> this is something that should have stopped decades ago. >> reporter: captain sandborn is a former associate professor at the academy and the first female
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captain of a ship. >> they have been absentee. >> reporter: there are no accurate numbers for people who have been sexually assaulted on commercial ships. victims are often belittled into silence. >> he was like, we need to talk. i told him, you forced yourself on me. and he told me that mariners get lonely out at sea, and if i ever wanted to report, nobody would ever believe me. >> they're told, nobody is going to believe you. >> reporter: hope hicks wrote an anonymous blog post about her attack in 2021, and that sent shockwaves through the industry. >> this problem is the most underreported problem. not enough people have come forward. not enough people have talked about it. >> reporter: as for the man who allegedly attacked hope, the coast guard turns over its investigation to the department
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of justice months ago, but no charges have been filed. the coast guard renewed his credential last year. after hope hicks' blog post, there is new focus on preventing sexual misconduct. the coast guard told my colleagues that among the changes they have made it easier for people to report incidents at sea, and they are taking part in the new monitoring system with the fbi, that would alert them to mariners convicted of certain crimes. pamela brown, cnn, washington. >> very important report thing by pamela and her team. markets are falling sharply after a volatile week on wall street after investors lose confidence in the banking sector. more on that just ahead. and you cacan't forget about the boss. sometimes- you u just want to eat your heroes. the subway series. the greatest menu of all time. i'm off to america's best i heard what you said about not overpaying for glasses. two pairs and a free, quality eye exam starting at just $79.95?
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tiktok's ceo is pushing ban on the biden administration's plan that the chinese company sell its stake or be banned. >> the ceo says selling the company does nothing to solve the administration's security concerns. oliver darcy is with us. so what is the ceo saying about the vulnerability of user data? >> reporter: tiktok says that data is totally safe. this is somewhat contradicted by reporting we have seen, but that's what they are saying. they're in a very precarious position right now. they've been negotiating with the u.s. government for the past couple of years, trying to strike a deal, neighbomainly ar security issues to continue operating in the u.s. they haven't been able to strike
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this deal. and now we are hearing that this committee that they're no negotiating with has made the demand the chinese divest from the app to keep operating in the u.s. tiktok is saying this doesn't address any of the national security concerns they have been working with the u.s. government on. they put out a statement, a strong statement the other day when this reporting came to light, and they said if protecting national security is the objective, divestment does not solve the problem. a change in ownership would not impose any new restrictions. say they the best way to address concerns about national security is with systems with robust third party monitoring, which we are already implementing. so we'll see what happens here. it seems that the u.s. government is not going to allow this company to continue operating unless there is a divestment. >> i believe the ceo is set to
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testify in congress next week. >> i imagine it's not going to be fun to be him in front of congress next week. this is the first time he has testified in front of congress. i think it's going to be interesting to see how he performs, and i think you'll see a bipartisan effort to grill him on the details regard thing company and how it can move forward in the u.s. this has millions and millions of users in the u.s., so banning it is not going to be super easy, either. >> i do -- divesting is questionable, too. oliver, thank you. the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for vladamir putin for allegedly deporting ukrainian children. we're live from the hague, next. . ...and a lot less business. inner voice (graphicic designer): as a new small business ownwner... ...i've learned that trying to b be the “cool” boss... ...is a lot haharder when you'e actually the “stressed” boss. inner voice (furniture maker): i know everything about my new furniture business.
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this week's cnn hero opened a library in memory of her father who died during guatemala's civil war. >> thousands of children can now receive food and school supplies there. here's brenda. [ speaking non-english ]
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>> to find out how brenda has helped her community, go to cnnheroes.com. while you're there, nominate your hero. here is what i love about this. she was flexible and nimble with her vision and dream. she did this great thing by dedicating a library to her father. and then said, you know what? they need something else here and then opened it up to the community. >> think about how many children she's impacted by providing them with nourishment and care and learning opportunities. >> good work, brenda.
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>> well? >> so this is my last show in this time slot. i'm not leaving. i am leaving new york and going to atlanta. i'm going to be returning to what is now "cnn this morning" and launching a new show later this year, a solo show. so this is the end of one chapter, the beginning of the next. but i'm still here with cnn. >> i selfishly was dreading this moment, because i'm so excited about the future for you in atlanta. >> you know i'm excited. >> i know you are. but i have loved getting to know you and spending time with you and becoming friends. you make me laugh. >> sometimes on air. >> i loved watching you with alison. i know from all of us behind the camera and everyone here at cnn are wishing you well. i will miss you sitting next to me, victor. >> likewise. "the lead with jake tapper" starts now