i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. let's begin with the fact that the president is on possibly on the cusp of this landmark tax, but the first member of the trump administration has pleaded guilty in this russia investigation. ousted national security adviser michael flynn has now cut a deal with the special counsel robert mueller admitting that flynn lied to the fbi about his interactions with russian ambassador. and while he certainly didn't say a whole lot, as he was going in and coming out of the federal courthouse this morning, flynn's plea agreement does acknowledge el is now cooperating with the special counsel's team. >> general flynn, do you feel you've betrayed your country? >> what about your son? will your son be indicted? will trump pardon you? >> this is an investigation about that. >> all right. not saying a lot there. but here is where he is sharing a statement. let me quote this from you, from michael flynn himself. my guilty plea and agreement to cooperate with them is best interests of my family and

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. here's what's hang right this moment. capitol hill top decision makers meeting at the white house to avoid a government shut down. president is set to meet with leaders nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. funding is set to run out tomorrow but lawmakers are confident to find a temporary solution. the big question what happens after that. so things are looking better than the first go at a meeting which was a no show from democrats, remember that was just last week. moments ago the white house had this response when a reporter pointed out that this impasse is happening as republicans control both congress and the white house. >> they may control washington, but this still takes some democrats to be engaged in the process. and we hope frankly that democrats will play by the schumer rule and not hold this bill hostage by playing partisan politics and they'll come to the table and help fund our defense department, help fund our military, help fund veterans affairs

i'm brooke baldwin. you are watching cnn live special of the biggest day in the trump administration. we are mere minutes from the president celebrating the most substantial set of tax cuts in 31 years. what you are seeing now here, just a bunch of buses, but it's who is jumping on these buses that's so significant. taking these republican lawmakers from the capitol down the street to the white house for this symbolic signing of the tax cuts and jobs antibiotct. the official version of the bill for the president to sign into law will be ready later. president trump's single legislative action. it's passage nearly as passed. overnight passed the law, made some technical changes, and the house is forced to hold the revote today. passed. no democrats voted for the bill. so pretty sure bet they won't be boarding the buses at the capital waiting to celebrate. earlier the president revelled in the success of passing this new legislation. not only hailed the fact that it cuts most individual tax rates and drast

i'm brooke baldwin friday before christmas. and for the first time in 15 years the president of the united states held no end of the year news conference although he is certainly enjoying taking pictures and shaking hands, as he's about to get r & r with his holiday with his family. mentioned moments ago, obviously the president landed there in west palm beach to spend the christmas holiday at mar-a-lago. the president did take a couple questions in the oval office just before leaving washington. it happened while he signed into law his historic tax cuts. this is the most substantial set of tax reforms in 31 years. and the president says he doesn't plan on trying to sell them to the american people. he says no need. this despite the fact that the majority of people cnn polled opposed the tax reductions, which will add $1.5 trillion to the deficit over the course of the next ten years. here was the president. >> i don't think we'll have to do much selling. i think the corporations that are giving billions and billions of dollars

our brooke baldwin is joining us now. brooke? >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> wolf blitzer thanks my friend. good to be back in the seat. you've been watching cnn. you've been watching white house briefing on the same day senator al franken said he would resign in the next coming weeks. the women accuse ds him of groping or forcing them to kiss him. more than 30 of senator franken democrat colleagues has called for him to step down. he's been a senator since 2009 spoke from the senate floor just a couple hours ago. >> i was shocked. i was upset. but in responding to their claims, i also wanted to be respectful of that broader conversation. because all women deserve to be heard and their experiences taken seriously. i think that was the right thing to do. i also think it gave some people the false impression that i was admitting to doing things that, in fact, i haven't done. some of the allegations against me are simply not true. others i remember very differently. i know in my heart that nothing i have done as a senator, nothi

i'm brooke baldwin. let's take you to the live pictures on capitol hill as huge, huge win for republicans is just in sight here. quickly, on the other side of pennsylvania avenue, the white house briefing will begin in a little while in shaping up to be the biggest day of the trump administration thus far. the house is set to vote on this final version of the massive republican tax bill. the same one that the president promised by christmas. it will overhaul the nation's tax code as we know it. if all goes as planned, the nat will then vote after the house. and the president is eksz pekxpo get this bill and sign it by tomorrow. now when he autographs this, he and his party will have achieved landmark tax reform not seen since 1986. and the president himself will end the year on a huge high mark getting the first victory of his straks. y administration. yet, here is the but, the 5050 page has been panned by the people. a new cnn poll shows 55% of americans oppose it. so let's start there and go back to ca

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i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me.with jake tapper starts right now. >>> for president trump this evening, it's sweet home floramama. the president heads to a campaign rally right across the border from roy moore's state. the campaign stop was previously seen as an attempt to help moore while keeping him at arm's length. given the accusations against moore of sexual abusing young girls, still after the president endorsed him in clear terms and all caps today, why the pretense. >>> who you calling a coffee boy? the fiance of the former trump campaign aide who cut a deal with robert mueller speaks

i'm brooke baldwin. breaking news from capitol hill. sweeping tax reform here, republicans are at risk of an embarrassing failure of a government shutdown. if that happens. we are also getting word of a possible short-term solution. the house is expected to vote this afternoon on stop gap measure to let the parties have time to hash out the sticking points. this coming before the deadline of midnight tomorrow. as lawmakers scramble in the final 3 three hours. the president is tweeting this. house democrats want a shutdown who the holidays in order to detract from very popular tax cuts. don't let this happen. pass the cr today, continuing resolution, and keep our government open. so let's go to sunlen serfaty who is up on hill for us. what needs to happen? >> reporter: just a couple of hours away, brooke, from the house voting on short term cr, and that's certainly a big sign that the republican leadership in the house is confident that they have the votes they need to get this passed through today. then of course it would go over to the

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i'm brooke baldwin. breaking news this hour, an a source close to senator republican marco rubio saying he is a yes in the final version of the tax plan. he had been holding out for bigger child tax credit refunds but looks like the florida senator won that fight. republicans raising the refundable tax credit to $1400 in this final version due out very shortly. we are also keeping a close eye on sailing senators john mccain of arizona and cochran of mississippi. we did learn that a procedure that cochran had to remove a skin was more extensive. getting a vote next week is unclear. let be crystal clear these stakes could not be higher. president trump looking for first legislative win since becoming the president nearly a year ago. and republicans who have control of the house and senate want something to show for it as well. so let's go to clim to our congressional correspondent sun land here. sun land, this is a big deal senator rubio is a yes. >> reporter: it is, brooke. big hurdle removed for republic

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. >> i'm don lemon in for brooke baldwin. republican criticism as he stands by his call as a purge to the fbi and justice department. florida congressman francis rooney says he wants to see the fbi and doj remove any agents with political bias after a probe with text messages critical of donald trump. he went on to call the russia proeb, offer the rails, quote, and work of the deep state. here's congressman rooney speaking with my colleague brianna keilar just a short while ago. >> are you sure you want to be throwing a word like purge around? >> well, it might be a pretty strong word. i'm not maybe the most nuanced political person in the world coming from a career in business. but i'm pretty frustrated that all the things that have come out by the strok and orr. >> they removed strzok and orr. >> as an american citizen i'm nervous and dis content that people would have those kinds of lack of impartiality and bad animus as displayed in the emails that they would possibly use that dossier to discredit the campaign. i think th

. >>> hello and thanks for joining me, i'm anna in for brooke baldwin. we have breaking news. that contentious race in alabama where do you go jones is being certified as winner. just moments ago, a judge just rejected republican candidate roy moore legal complaint alleging rampant voter fraud across the state. moore was denying allegations that he took a polygraph test to prove his innocence. and last hour alabama secretary of state john merrill said, people are entitled to their own opinions but not their own facts. >> there is a number of things that have been introduced, and some of those i'll touch on for you, one was five bus loads of african americans have been brought from mississippi to mobile to vote in the election, that was dismissed after the investigation conducted. second thing is three van loads from people from mexico imported to come and vote and cast their ballot and they had been identified and actually an arrested and in cacarcerated. that was investigated and not true. third, there was a town near alabama where 2200 residents and more than 5,000 people ha

letter in for brooke baldwin ch. and just in gallop latest prove showing president trump approval rating is at 35%. you have 58% of disapproval. and has his approval as well for 35%. 58% disapproving among registered voters. i want to go to senior white house correspondent jim acosta. so jim, not good numbers for the president as he's hoping for here in not too long a big legislative victory. is there any worry there at the white house that his poll numbers continue to be so low? >> reporter: i think there is concern over here at the white house, breanna. and that is why you see the republicans up on capitol hill. you see people over here at the white house, including the president, trying very hard to get this tax cut plan passed before the end of the year so the president can sign it. and then head off for the holidays. keep in mind, this poll that just came out pretty alarming numbers for the president and house and senate republicans. it says here 29% say they approve of the republican tax plan, 61% say they disa

>>> hi there i'm brooke baldwin you are watching cnn thanks for being with me. calls for the president to be investigated are growing. we just learned that about 100 democrat lawmakers are now demachineding that congress take action after multiple women have renewed their sexual misconduct allegations against the president of the united states. but snoenator gillibrand along with other senators say he should resign. trump is attacking gillibrand directly calling him an flunky. but here's how she responds. >> it was an attempt to silence me. i'll not be silenced neither will the women stood up yesterday and since the women's margins policies they do not agree with. >> let's start the hour there at the white house with senior correspondent there jeff sezel any. but the president has also attacked several of his accusers saying, quote, they are false accusations and fabricated stories of women i don't know and or have never met. but, jeff, that is provable false. >> it is, brooke. i mean, it's also a change from what sarah huckabee sanders said yesterday in the whi

i'm brooke baldwin. i appreciate it. for the first time in 15 years, president of the united states held no end of the year news conference but did take questions from members of media before jetting off to florida for christmas break. here is the president shaking some hands, taking some photos before he spends his holidays with his family at mar-a-lago. as i said, he did talk to reporters earlier signing into law tax cuts. president trump says he doesn't plan to try to sell the cuts to the american people. this despite the fact that majority of people cnn polled oppose those tax reductions, which will add $1.5 trillion to the deficit over ten years. >> i don't think we'll have to do much selling. i think the corporations that are giving billions and billions of dollars away to their workers, and many more are coming, i think that's really what's selling this maybe better than anybody could, including myself. but i think come february, when they open their checks and see, wow, what happened, i have a lot more money in h

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i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. begin with the fact that the president is on possibly on the cusp of this landmark tax, but the first member of the trump administration has pleaded guilty in

i'm brooke baldwin.ump is on the brink of this big win on taxes, what he was talking about at the white house. he's also licking some wounds after stinging loss in alabama. for the first time in 25 years state is sending a democrat to the united states senate. doug jones beat republican roy moore the accused sexual molester and attacker endorsed by the president. roy moore has yet to concede to doug jones but president is admitting defeat. roy moore was a good thing to some members of the republican party. >> at lo of republicans feel differently. they are very happy with the way it turned out. but i would have, as the leader of the party, i would have had liked the seat. i'll say we have to get more senators and more congressman that are republicans elected in '18, then you'll see a lot more of what we are doing right now. >> let me bring in cnn political commentator mary kathryn ham. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> one year into the presidency and we have the elections in virginia, you have wha

i'm brooke baldwin.tching cnn live special of the biggest day in the trump administration. we are mere minutes from the president celebrating the most substantial set of tax cuts in 31 years. what you are seeing now here, just a bunch of buses, but it's who is jumping on these buses that's so significant. taking these republican lawmakers from the capitol down the street to the white house for this symbolic signing of the tax cuts and jobs antibiotct.

i'm brooke baldwin.s on capitol hill as huge, huge win for republicans is just in sight here. quickly, on the other side of pennsylvania avenue, the white house briefing will begin in a little while in shaping up to be the biggest day of the trump administration thus far. the house is set to vote on this final version of the massive republican tax bill. the same one that the president promised by christmas. it will overhaul the nation's tax code as

i'm brooke baldwin friday before christmas.he president of the united states held no end of the year news conference although he is certainly enjoying taking pictures and shaking hands, as he's about to get r & r with his holiday with his family. mentioned moments ago, obviously the president landed there in west palm beach to spend the christmas holiday at mar-a-lago. the president did take a couple questions in the

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn, thanks for being with me. we are waiting for the white house briefing to get rolling. we are getting new details on the breaking story today. this attempted terror attack this morning in the heart of new york city. this man wearing a homemade pipe bomb detonated his explosive in a walkway at the port authority bus terminal near times square. it all happened during rush hour and one of the busiest parts in all of manhattan and now new video showing the moment of the blast. you can see it's obviously quite smokey and commuters are going about the morning in the major transit hub in the city. three people were injured. the suspect is alive. governor andrew cuomo quick to label it as terror while also downplaying the threat. >>> it was a minor, and effectively low-tech device. there were several injuries, we hope minor, and it was handled extraordinarily well. there was a disruption in train service and bus service while a sweep was being done. that's all be restored

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i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn, thanks for being with me.the white house briefing to get rolling. we are getting new details on the breaking story today. this attempted terror attack this morning in the heart of new york city. this man wearing a homemade pipe bomb detonated his explosive in a walkway at the

the cnn newsroom i'm don lemon in for brooke baldwin. i hope you had a great christmas. unleashing several attacks via twitter on fbi, on obamacare, and hillary clinton. then it was of course off to the golf course. cnn captured this video of president trump golfing with georgia senator and pro golfers and dana quigley. there is he there on the golf course. let's go to abby phillip said he was back at work.

>> brooke baldwin.te are those cnn heroes, those top ten heroes, and tonight we find out who gets the prestigious title of the year. having been on the red carpet, i've spoken to some of the heroes. this is her first time in new york city. she told us a little bit about her effort that essentially takes in orphan children, many of whom lost their parents to ai aids and basically takes them under her wing. this is why they call her mama rosy. >> sometimes in the town where i'm working, you feel like you're isolated. you are doing your thing. you you're alone. here i can see that so many people all over the world are making a difference to the lives of the children. >> ah, yes. rosie. we have heard from important figures who have offered their time including diane lane who i happen to be standing with. >> hello, polo. good to see you. >> thank you so much for taking time not only for us but for this project. what does it mean to you? >> it warms my heart so much that it exists and so many people write up

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me.sident trump support growing louder with roy moore. tonight the president will hold a rally shy

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i'm brooke baldwin. you are watching cnn on what is shaping up to be extraordinarily news.e have come up with this news. michael flynn just pleaded guilty of lying to fbi about his interactions with russian ambassador. while he didn't say a whole

off the flight to the charlottesville protest and me too protest, viral moments shaped 2017 and brooke baldwin looks at the top seven trending stories of the year. >> reporter: whether it was the twitter in chief redefining the way presidents communicate or online movements creating real world change, social media dominated the news psych until 2017. here are the top seven trending stories that blew up our social feeds. number seven, kids crash their dad's live bbc interview. >> i think one of the children just walked in. >> already adorable video gets more hilarious in three, two, one. >> pardon me. >> my apologies. >> the interview that went viral on the tenth most viewed video on you tube. there was controvercio social media after people mistook kelly's wife for the children's nanny. eventually the family was able to laugh the whole slagz. number six, the solar eclipse. on august 21st, people went outside and slid on a pair of special sunglasses to witness the first solar eclipse to go coast to coast in nearly a century. it appeared as if night had suddenly fallen in the middle of the day.

letter in for brooke baldwin ch.nd just in gallop latest prove showing president trump approval rating is at 35%. you have 58% of disapproval. and has his approval as well for 35%. 58% disapproving among registered voters. i want to go to senior white house correspondent jim acosta. so jim, not good numbers for the president as he's hoping for here in not too long a big legislative victo

brooke baldwin is off today. president trump spotted golfing again at his club in florida.oast guard to join him on the links. this is on the heels of a can dade interview. president trump discussing the russia investigation with the "new york times" saying he expects special counsel robert mueller will treat him fairly. but he says the investigation and the president's words, quote, make the country look very bad. the president insisting there was,

i'm brooke baldwin. we do have breaking news. as republicans are on the cusp of tax overhaul, two senators are a no, you have senator corker that has been against it, and now senator rubio. moments ago the president said this. >> i think we'll get there. he's been a great guy and supportive. i think senator rubio will be there for sure. >> let's go to cnn abby phillip at the white house. and so obviously the president is confident. he is committed. he wants this win. what more do we know about this no from marco rubio? >> well, marco rubio has made it pretty clear publicly and privately that what he wants is more money for this child tax credit that he's been advocating for. worth noting also that the president's daughter ivanka trump has been with mark co-rubio on this one, wanting more money for that child tax credit. so the white house is actually saying that the credit has gone up quite a bit from the original proposal. it's gone from about is $100 to $2,000. rubio wants more money. hand what he really wanted was some of that

. >>> hi there i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being here on cnn this thursday afternoon.ssing tax cuts not seen in generations. republicans control both houses of congress and white house and have a bit of a new problem staring them in the face. they are facing the government shutting down on their watch, but now we are getting word of the house vote for a stop gap measure at some point this afternoon. it is coming just hours before the deadline of midnight

. >> brook baldwin looks back. >> if it was online movements recrating real-world change, social media in 2017. here are the top trending stories. kids crashed their live bbc interview. the already-adorable video gets more hilarious in 3, 2, 1 -- >> pardon me. >> the interview that went viral and finished the year as the tenth-most viewed video. number six, the solar eclipse. the first total solar eclipse to cross the u.s. from coast-to-coast in nearly a century. for those lucky enough to be in the path of totality it was as if night had fallen in the middle of the day. >> all looking at the same thing. amazing. >> number five, man dragged off united flight. >> no! >> the federal government reviewing the incident of a man forcibly dragged off an airplane and it's a disturbing moment. >> this cell phone video of a man getting dragged off a united flight threw around the web, and they agreed to give up their seat until they learned the next flight would not have left until the next day. >> no, i'm not going. >> that's what things got out of hand. he suffered a concussion and broken nose

. >>> hello and thanks for joining me, i'm anna in for brooke baldwin. we have breaking news.us race in alabama where do you go jones is being certified as winner. just moments ago, a judge just rejected republican candidate roy moore legal complaint alleging rampant voter fraud across the state. moore was denying allegations that he took a pol

. >>> hi there i'm brooke baldwin you are watching cnn thanks for being with me. to be investigated are growing. we just learned that about 100 democrat lawmakers are now demachineding that congress take action after multiple women have renewed their sexual misconduct allegations against the president of the united states. but snoenator gillibrand along with other senators say he should resign. trump is attacking gillibrand directly calling him an flunky. but here's how she responds. >> it was an attempt to silence me. i'll not be

. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. you are watching cnn thon this friday. good to be with you.ver, no more tweets. right now the bill is locked. just a couple of hours from now. but behind the scenes republicans are scrambling enough yes votes in the republican controlled senate. we are keeping an ion these four senators. bob corker, rubio, and mccain.

i'm brooke baldwin here in new york. thank you so much for being with me. let's send things to washington now. "the lead" with jake tapper "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> it turns out that big, beautiful christmas gift is from the president of the united states. so is the ious going to your grand kids. "the lead" starts now. >>> president trump celebrating legislative victory as congress passes the biggest tax overhaul in decades, but now president trump admits there were items in the bill they were trying to keep quiet. what were they? >>> distracted at 80 miles an hour? questions now about what the engineer was really doing right before that deadly amtrak crash and who else was there. >>> taking names and reporting them back to the white house. u.n. ambassador

. >> i'm don lemon in for brooke baldwin.riticism as he stands by his call as a purge to the fbi and justice department. florida congressman francis rooney says he wants to see the fbi and doj remove any agents with political bias after a probe with text messages critical of donald trump. he went on to call the russia proeb, offer the rails, quote, and work of the deep state. here's congressman rooney speaking with my colleague brianna keilar just a short

. >>> hi there i'm brooke baldwin. you are watching cnn on this wednesday afternoon.th me. very soon president trump will speak on tax reform, major development is now breaking on that. so house and senate republicans, they have hit a deal on the tax bill. we know they want this win. especially in the wake of last 24 hours. as president pushes for what could be that win for his presidency, he is now licking his wounds over t

brooke baldwin is off today. president trump spotted golfing again at his club in florida. this time he invited 60 members of the u.s. coast guard to join him on the links. this is on the heels of a can dade interview. president trump discussing the russia investigation with the "new york times" saying he expects special counsel robert mueller will treat him fairly. but he says the investigation and the president's words, quote, make the country look very bad. the president insisting there was, quote, no collusion between his campaign and russia. repeating those words, no collusion, 16 times throughout this interview. let's get more on this from cnn ryan nobles joining us live from west palm beach near mar-a-lago. what else can you tell us about this interview? >> reporter: well, this was a pretty revealing and wide ranging interview, ana, many ways sets the stage for donald trump second year in office. you are right, he talked quite a bit about that investigation into collusion with his campaign and the russia government. he even talked about robert mueller who is special

the cnn newsroom i'm don lemon in for brooke baldwin. i hope you had a great christmas. president said he is back to work. first order of business unleashing several attacks via twitter on fbi, on obamacare, and hillary clinton. then it was of course off to the golf course. cnn captured this video of president trump golfing with georgia senator and pro golfers and dana quigley. there is he there on the golf course. let's go to abby phillip said he was back at work. let's talk about the health care plan. he is optimistic over the new year. the working strategy of working out a fix. what's going on here? >> hey, don, while yeah the president this morning tweeting about health care and going back to a little bit of an old plan which is, would go with democrats, something that republicans has not been able to do successfully. he had this tweet this morning talking about the obamacare he says based on the individual mandate has been terminated as part of our tax cut bill which essentially repeals obamacare, the democrats and republicans will eventually come together and devel

i'm brooke baldwin. we'll take it from here. this breaking story out of washington. two major stories on cnn. moments from now president trump will outline his new america first strategy on national security, so of course, we'll bring that to you live with smart analysis before and after, but we want to stay on this breaking story here on the west coast. right now, rescue teams are on the scene of this deadly and grisly amtrak train derailment in washington state. investigators say the train jumped the track during the peak of morning rush hour. if you know the geography in this part of the country, this is south of tacoma. just when you look at these pictures, you think of the people who happen to be on the highway at the time, and that's i-5 and think, our thoughts and prayers go out to those who were on that train. several of those cars, either upside down on the highway or just still dangling off that overpass. we are expecting an update from officials in just a moment so we'll take that live when we hear from the ntsb. what we know right now, let me be transpare

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. let's get to washington state. the ntsb, that's the national transportation safety board, is sending 20 investigators to this scene of this deadly high-speed amtrak train derailment in washington state. investigators say the train somehow jumped the track during the peak rush hour this morning and this is south of tacoma, washington. you can imagine the train and all of the cars under the underpass during this busy rush hour morning and as you can see, some of these train cars toppling down below on i-5, others dangling off this overpass. multiple fatalities and specific numbers. we don't have those yet and we don't have specifics as far as injured, but we can tell you that those killed were all on the train which was on its inaugural run from seattle to portland. 77 victims, by the way, that is 77 out of 78 who were on the train have been taken to hospitals. there were five crew members onboard, as well and authorities have released this radio transmission of the moment the train's conductor called 911. >> amtrak

i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> thanks, brooke. an ugly back and forth this afternoon between president trump and a female new york democratic senator and it isn't hillary clinton. "the lead" starts right now. >>> just when you thought it couldn't get any nastier, democrats are accusing the president of bullying, a sexist smear and, quote, slut shaming for attacking a female senator who has called on him to resign. >>> hours until the polls close in a tragically wild race. the country waiting to see whether alabama sends an accused sexual abuser to the senate or a democrat as roy moore's wife fights accusations of bigotry with the my lawyer is a jew defense. >>> plus, a homemade pipe bomb, a rental truck on a rampage. after two recent attacks targeting new york city, new fear that crushing isis in the middle east could be like knocking over the ant hill. >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. just moments ago, the white house having to defend