jake: that's right.avid: i guess you were a superstar in elementary school, junior high, high school, president of your customer class, president of student government. is there anything you failed to do that you wanted to do in high school? jake: i did not win all the cross-country races i wanted to win. david: you went to yale. you were elected as a rhodes scholar. from oxford, you later came back and went to your law school and became a supreme court clerk for justice breyer. when you're having this career, did you ever think you could make a mistake where your career could go off the deep end because everything was working out perfectly? jake: it is true i have had incredible opportunities. at every one of those stages, i went through the same fears, growing pains, slip-ups, and stumbles that everybody did, and that was true with respect to academic work. that was far from perfect. it was true with respect to relationships that did not work out. you know i had what i think was, , you know, an incredi

>> thank you to george and jake. i wonder what are you able to tell us about your reported meeting with the russians and what do you think the outlook is? george: i knew someone would ask that so i did not bother. adviser jake sullivan: what i will say on the stage is what i have said publicly before witches is that we in the biden administration has -- have had the opportunity to engage with the russians at senior levels to communicate to reduce risks of nuclear weapons. we have not described the channels we have used to protect them and i'm afraid i cannot go further than that today. george: let's get a question from virtual membership. >> our next question will be from fred. fred: thank you, jake and george. i loved your last two books but that is not my question. my question is -- a lot has been mentioned of the lack of foreign investors around the world. and frankly, we are at an impasse. we know the confirmation process is somewhat broken. what is the workaround? we do have less representation and it does look

and jake, i want to point this out. if people are wondering how could there be not guilty verdicts as to the bottom three defendants on the seditious conspiracy charges but guilty verdicts as to obstruction of an official proceeding charges, the difference there is the use of force. what distinguishes seditious conspiracy is that they're plotting to use force. and so the jury found that, yes, the top two defendants, stewart rhodes and kelly meggs, they were in on a plan to use force. the evidence here involved amassing weapons and attack plans. but the other three defendants, yes, they were part of a plan to obstruct congress but not necessarily by using force. so big picture, this is a win for prosecutors. it's a win for doj, and the jury clearly was very careful and went count by count and defendant by defendant here. >> all right, hold on right now, because we're going to go back to sara at the courthouse for more information on this breaking news story. sara, just to get people up to speed, people who are watching r

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jake?ur panel here. john berman, let me start with you. if you look at this debate, if i look at terms of the context of the republican senate and nominees in arizona. the blake masters supporters say mcconnell didn't do enough to help elect me. the mcconnell people say and that's the rick scott position, josh hawley position. the mcconnell people say this guy rated lower in focus groups than anyone in the history of focus groups. we decided to put our money in states where we could do better. what do you think? >> look, i think look at the record. look what happened on election day in the weeks since election day. the people mitch mcconnell chose to help largely did better. the people he was concerned about from the beginning including blake masters did worse. you know, it's just the facts. you know, and josh hawley complaining about division worried there is going to be more division, he is the division. sources familiar with hawley's thinking tells him there will be division within the c

jake, let's be clear.ust played was about was who's questioning the outcome of elections. and that started with donald trump. and we all know it. let's be clear, that $53 million, it's $400,000 at the dccc in one race, one, where we ran a true general election ad two weeks early. calling john gibbs an extremist who's too conservative. >> it's a booster. >> and hillary is going to -- excuse me -- beat him like a drum. let's be clear. not one dime was spent from the dccc supporting any republican. it was spent criticizing a republican for being too extreme, and it is going to result in a pro-choice strong candidate named hillary skull ton winning that race. >> come on, you guys were boosting john gibbs, an election denier, a maga republican so he would beat congressman peter meijer, who voted to impeach donald trump after the capital attacks. you thought gibbs would be easier for your democratic candidate to beat, so you boosted him. that's -- that's the only reason he won that race. >> well, you're using th

welcome to "the lead," i'm jake tapper and we start with a money lead. a potentially catastrophic rail strike might be avoided. top democrats and republicans met with president biden at the white house. they seem to agree on legislation that would block a walkout by more than 1,000 union workers forcing them to stay on the job. those workers are pushing for paid sick long beaeave after ha worked through the coronavirus pandemic. they say a deal made earlier this year to avoid a strike between leaders and rail companies falls short of basic labor rights and, now president biden is facing criticism on capitol hill on both sides of the aisle for ignoring those workers' needs. >> they're going to come to congress, and they're going to ask congress to intervene and impose the deal. i'm not voting for a deal that the workers have rejected. >> it's incumbent in congress to do everything that he can to protect these workers to make sure that the railroad starts treating them with the respect and the dignity that they deserve. >> a strike could potentially start

i'm jake tapper.the man at the center of one of the most fateful days in american history, january 6th, 2021. tonight, the former vice president will lay out the details of that day along with behind the scenes accounts of the trump presidency, which he writes about in his newly published book, which is entitled so help me god. mister pence joins us just 24 hours after donald trump announced that he is running for president president. for the furred -- about issues important to them. the question is that republicans and independents and democrats from the new york area and from mr. pence's home state of indiana. please welcome former vice president mike pence. [applause] >> good to see, sir. thank you for joining. [applause] so we are going to get to the audience in just a moment. i have to ask, you of course, about the elephant in the room, which is your former, boss donald trump, just announce he is running for president. will you support him? >> it's great to be here at cnn, jake. it really is. tha

i'm jake tapper. new cnn projections in putting republicans closer to securing control of the u.s. house of representatives and a secret ballot strovote puts kevin mcca that much closer to being spoker of the house. exclusive action to a water treatment plant in jackson, mississippi. see why the problems could persist for years to come. >>> and leading this hour, the breaking news a reported missile strike beyond the borders of ukraine hitting poland. nato territory. cnn has the first international news team at the scene. so let's go right to cnn matthew chance on the ground in poland. matthew, tell us what new you're learning. >> reporter: well, there's a lot of activity taking place here right now as the polish authorities you can see, they have sealed off this street here, which leads directly to the location where that apparent rocket strike missile landing happened. they won't let us go any closer than this but the polish authorities have now confirmed officially within the past few minutes that two people were killed in this incident. local residents i have spoken to said the

i'm jake tapper. he is the man at the center of one of the most fateful days in american history, january 6, 2021. and tonight the former vice president will lay out the events of that day in detail, and his days in the trump presidency. mr. pence joins us just 24 hours after mr. trump announced he's running for president a third time. the questioners are republicans and independents and democrats from the new york area and from mr. pence's home state of indiana. please welcome former vice president mike pence. so, we're going to get to the audience in just a moment. but first i have to ask you of course about the elephant in the room, which is your former boss, donald trump, just announced that he's running for president -- >> i've heard that. >> will you support him? >> well, it's great to be here at cnn, jake. thank you. it really is. thank you for bringing together so many great americans, including -- i heard some people from my home state -- >> a lot of them. a lot of hoosiers in the house. >> l

i've got to tell you, jake.fter the primaries in georgia, president trump came and endorsed every one of the incumbents. and every one of the incumbents won. governor kemp thumped his opponent by over 50 points. raffensperger thumped his opponent. it's calmed down in georgia. are there going to be issues in georgia potentially? absolutely. that's why we have the poll worker first response text program so we can alert our headquarters, local county headquarters, and law enforcement with fast response with thorough information so we don't get these crazy rumors that get around twitter and stuff, we have real information to respond with. >> most people learned your name two years ago after you gave that emotional public plea to trump and others that people are going to get hurt if they didn't stop lying about the election, lying about all these election conspiracies. donald trump obviously has not stopped. and sadly, the numbers of those who believe his lies about the election, especially about georgia, have only g

. >> just like jake tapper. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> yes, it's six days after election day, but the term too early to call still very much applies. "the lead" starts right now. 19 uncalled congressional races means we still do not know which party will control the house of representatives, but center stage right now, both republican leaders mccarthy in the house and mcconnell in the senate are facing rebellions from within their own ranks. >>> also, this hour america's most popular governor, republican charlie baker of massachusetts in a cnn exclusive, reacting to his party's midterm failures and talking about where he thinks the gop needs to go now. >>> plus a horrifying campus tragedy, three university of virginia football players killed, and now a former team member is in custody, and apparently police had already been warned about him. welcome to "the lead," i'm jake tapper and we start in our politics lead where the fight to control the house of representatives is down to 19 key races. cn

i'm jake tapper. the first major election since president biden took office and the first chance for voters to weigh in on his record at a moment when so many americans are struggling with high inflation, and economic anxiety, republicans believe that will work to their advantage, as they fight to win the 218 house seats they need to e reclaim the majority. the battle will take place in 82 key house races, competitive contests that could go either way. in the senate, republicans need 81 seats to take back control. we're watching 13 key races that will be crucial to the fight for the senate. another factor, former president donald trump who has endorsed a slew of republicans who support his false claims about the 2020 election. some of them could have influence over certifying the results in 2024 or refusing to do so, if they win tonight. that includes some of the candidates for governor in races playing out in 36 places across the nation. the pivotal battle grounds of georgia, wisconsin, michigan, and

i wanted to ask jake this. when the president meets president xi, their first time meeting in person since president biden took office. the republicans are going to take control of the senate and the house, even if so, one body, they want to look into the origins of covid-19. will president biden ask president xi about the origins of covid-19 and bring up that issue with him in person? karine: again i'm not going to get -- and jake said this as well. i'm not going to get ahead of the agenda of what they're going to discuss when they have their bilats. we will share the conversation what came up they feel president has always been clear on getting to the bottom of covid. and has been very clear in reports that we have put out on the origins of covid as well. but i'm not going to get ahead of that conversation. >> the president said yesterday i'm not going to change anything in a fundamental way. the president's approval ratings are still, the overwhelming majority of voters, as the poll said the country is heade

jake say moments ago. nothing occurring about ukraine. we see that as an important strategy moving forward. this is ukraine's decision when it comes to any type of negotiations. we see our part. nothing about ukraine. so i will leave it there. >> heading live now to a discussion on the 2022

my name is jake johnson. i'm a senior research associate at the center for economic policy research in washington, and focus largely on 80 and u. s. policy. yet to have you and with law, nice to see you on the screen, please say hello to have you as around the world. hello everybody. my name is william miller. cool. i'm a journalist based in for the prince and the editor, and she for april. first, i also wrote so to washington post and to having all right, viewers, i know you're seeing scenes of haitian deportees trying to get to the us being taken back to haiti. what are your thoughts about this? is this an intractable problem? or can the be some very easy solutions? we would love you to be part of our conversation. could be right with us right now on youtube in the comment section. gillian, i am thinking about the last time i think many of our audience would be thinking about haitians and haitians seeking safety and security. and that was just over a year ago, september 2021 on the border of the u. s. patti

in d.c., jake?right, anderson, thank you so much. standing here at the magic wall, obviously, with mr. king, taking a look at the u.s. senate. and what we've got, we've got 46 democrats leading right now, two of them republican seats. 46 republicans leading right now. one in a democratic seat. give us the lay of the land. >> one of the democrats leading a republican seat is mandela barnes, lieutenant governor of wisconsin, leading right now, 47% of the vote counted over the incumbent senator by a 30,000 vote margin. remember, donald trump won the state by 20,000 votes, and then joe biden won the state by 20,000 votes, that is today's wisconsin. it will be close. and then you happen to see all the great. those are mostly republican areas. so, we are still waiting for votes to come in. this is going to go. this is a very competitive race. this is one those races, though, north carolina, ohio, and wisconsin, where you have democratic candidates in traditionally red-leaning states in a mid term year. th

>> thanks, jake.i was having that conversation with my counterpart would be to understand what they know and what don't they know. what have they determined, for instance, from the forensics on the guard with regard to the componentry. is it russia or is it not russia? are there targets nearby that would signal it was an an intentional attack, and then we would compare notes, for example, based on what we understand from our radar tracks, trying to get to the bottom of it and trying to understand from the polish perspective what are they thinking, not just in their defense ministry but throughout the government and where they think this may be? so sharing those ideas and then, of course, expressing cole date with my counterpart would be very important. >> and i assume that the secretary of defense and those under him would be gaming ou responses based on what the facts on the ground ultimately prove. i mean, it could be a random explosion. i doubt that's what it is, but it could be that. it could be a

jake? >> thank you so much, for us. and i want to remind everyone of the competitive seats. there are 82 competitive seats. republicans have to win 23 of them and they are leading in 22 of them. so, that is for control of the u.s. house. republicans are on their way, of the 23 competitive seats they have to win their currently leading in 22. what about democrats? what do democrats have to do? they have to win 49 of the 82 competitive seats -- 49 of them. and right now they are leading in 42 of them. not bad. but not as close as where the republicans are. and i want you to take a look at some of these margins. right now when it comes to these house races. in oregon, alex skarlatos is ahead by 0.08%. in -- zach nunn -- in california congresswoman michelle steele up by 0.4%. in new york, mola now row up 0.6 7%. in arizona, eli crane is up 1.38%. democrats as well, there leads are pretty narrow as well. we are looking at kermit jones up by 0.06% in california, and tony vargas up by 0.1 5% in ne

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you're correct, jake, we're not satisfied.ur top nongovernmental goal must be re-claiming the house in 2024, and i'm committed to making sure that that happens for the good of the american people. but if you take a step back, we held the senate. election deniers are on the run, have gone down in flames, have been defeated all across america, held key governorships in the heartland of america in pennsylvania and michigan and wisconsin, and of course flipped state legislative bodies including in michigan and one house in pennsylvania, which is almost unheard of in a midterm election. >> yeah, i notice you're not mentioning new york there because democrats didn't do too well in new york, and i know you said you want to get an after action report on that. you said that senior democratic leadership wants to take a look at raising the debt limit before republicans take over. you said this before pelosi announced her retirement. they want to take a look at it so republicans can't use this as leverage to force spending cuts. you're ab

jake: first, india is a president of the g20 next year. so, president biden certainly will intend to be a participant in that g20. i will not announce visits prior to that to india or business to the white house, but i will point out that prime minister modi has already been to the white house since president biden took office. the two of them had the opportunity to meet in person multiple times and talk by phone multiple times and to talk on video multiple times. you add all that up, it is a productive, very practical relationship between these two leaders, who see a common interest on a number of critical issues, and have really worked together to strengthen u.s.-india partnership. president biden is looking forward to seeing prime minister modi at the g20 as well as we look ahead to next year. reporter: mentioned a world agenda for biden. does he intend to bring up human rights and specifically call for the release of jailed activists paula [inaudible] let me part of his agenda? jake: i didn't have too many of you that he feels if you a

>> of course i will, jake. i've said that many times.020, we all know we had a free and fair, safe and secure election here in pennsylvania. that's because of the dedication of republican and democratic clerks of elections in each of our 67 counties and the good work of our department of state. i have full faith in our democratic clerks and elections here in pennsylvania, and i will respect the will of the people and accept the results of the election. on the other side, doug mastriano is someone who participated in the violent insurrection on january 6. and he was there that day, jake, to stop pennsylvanians' votes from being counted. he's already pledged he wants to undermine the vote in the future, and he has not pledged to accept the results of this election. it's just more of the same from a guy who is undemocratic and a guy who tries to undermine our freedoms every step of the way. but of course i will accept the will of the people and the results of this election. >> homicide -- the homicide rate in philadelphia was at a record hi

click, call or visit a store today. >>> welcome back to "state of the union," i'm jake tapper.o. former president donald trump is free to tweet after twitter's owner, elon musk, lifted a ban on trump's account based on the results of an internet poll. trump of course was banned from twitter after the january 6th insurrection for violating the company's policy against glorification of violence. joining us now to discuss january 6th house committee member republican congressman adam kinzinger. congressman, thank you so much for joining us. trump was taking off twitter in the first place for inciting the violent insurrection against the capitol. you're a member of the committee investigating the insurrection, what do you make of elon musk reinstating donald trump? >> well, look, i get that people are on all sides of the debate. the fact that he did it with a poll of however many of those could be bots, they aren't real people voting in that. secondarily, i don't know if that decision should be made by some poll. what happened -- remember specifically when this was all done, so not

attacks on the critical infrastructure of ukraine, spoke about the situation at the front, this is jake sullivan's first visit to ukraine after the start of the full-scale invasion of russia, the united states is going to be with ukraine as long as it takes in this fight, there will be no support from us fluctuations, no relaxations, and today the pentagon will announce the next round of military support for ukraine, including air defense systems . we are aware of the urgent need for air defense at this critical moment when russia is directing missiles and iranian drones at the civilian infrastructure of this country, what we have formulated is the full return of our territorial integrity - this is compensation for all that the invaders have done to our country, this is the return of all our people from captives who are there and this is the return of the world to a clear system of international security, here we understand what we are talking about, these are security guarantees that ukraine needs so that never could not be repeated in the future, significant personal merits in strengt

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and, jake, at that sunday night protest in shanghai, police arrested a bbc journalist. he was held for several hours before being released and the bbc said the journalist, ed lawrence, was beaten and kicked, video shows him being led away by police officers. it wasn't just him, a broadcaster was also briefly detained. the protest i witnessed was peaceful but that's not happening in all the cities, jake. >> selina wang in beijing, thank you so much. >>> americans in china, lits time to stock up on two weeks of food, water and medicine and prepare for possible separations. that comes from the u.s. embassy in beijing where they have regularly raised concerns about the harsh covid restrictions to the chinese government leaders. let's bring in cnn's chief correspondent, phil mattingly. are white house officials supportive of the protesters? >> reporter: it's important to look at the language that they're saying here because it tells a story. the story is that there's some caution as they watch what's going on on the ground. they've made very clear they're watching closely wh

i'm jake tapper. nearly one week after donald trump dined at mar-a-lago with openly antisemitic holocaust denier nick fuentes along with another, rapper kanye west, not only has mr. trump not publicly condemned fuentes or his sick ideology or ye's, the number of republican officials willing to name him by name or helping to mainstream him remains shall we say rather small. i reached out to the offices of a few top congressional republican leaders today. none offered comment. a few republicans have publicly condemned trump's actions. liz cheney and adam kinzinger, bill cassidy and susan collins, but trump is the only publicly declared 2024 candidate. and only a couple of rivals have criticized his move. former new jersey governor chris christie and this man, asa hutchison. >> we need to avoid those kinds of empowering the extremes. when you meet with people, you empower and that's what you have to avoid. you want to diminish their strength. not empower them. >> fuentes is certainly at the extremes in a

i'm jake tapper.6, 2021. and tonight the former vice president will lay out the events of that day in detail, and his days in the trump presidency. mr. pence joins us just 24 hours after mr. trump announced he's running for president a third time. the questioners are republicans and independents and democrats from the new york area and from mr. pence's home state of indiana. please welcome former vice president mike pence. so, we're going to get to the audience in just a moment. but first i have

>> jake, it saddens me but that day it angered me. you when the secret service took us down to the loading dock accompanied by my wife and my daughter charlotte and our secret service detail, i was determined to stay at my post. i told the secret service that i was not leaving the capitol. i didn't want to give those people the sight of a 16-car motorcade speeding away from the capitol that day. but, frankly, when i saw those images and when i read a tweet that president trump issued, saying that i lacked courage in that moment, it angered me greatly. but to be honest with you, i didn't have time for it. the president had decided in that moment to be a part of the problem. >> i'm wondering just what your takeaways of mike pence -- it's interesting sort of describing that from a distance without any emotion or actual feeling about it. >> well, to dana and abby's point, that's kind of who he is. he tries to be dispassionate. his pacing and story telling is very much who mike pence is. i did think it was interesting when jake pushed back

taboo for the americans, and accordingly, they act against russia in such a way, you can not like jake, but he performs his tasks as a representative of the administration of the united states and not as a citizen of ukraine who was sent there, you know, this reminds me of the situation when everyone started talking about what will happen in this well, next year there will be elections for the secretary general of nato, and among the candidates is khrystyna frint and we in ukraine perceive her as well, of course, who else but a person with ukrainian roots can claim to become the secretary general of nato, moreover, the people who talk about it are completely serious they forget the fact that nato is usually headed by representatives of small states. and the frillin represents canada, which is a member of the assessment, you understand, well, we should not adapt our aspirations to the task of the taskmaster, you know, to adapt the task to the condition written at the end, it is wrong for us to do so we shouldn't and we won't of course we won't, but here's another question for me about t

i want to head over to jake tapper in cnn tonight. >>> welcome to cnn tonight. i'm jake tapper. we're just one week away from the midterm elections. one week. one key issues for voters is now surging to the front of the pack of issues. and that issue is crime. tonight we're going to try to explain why this issue seems to be resonating with so many voters. and we'll investigate whether the perception of rising crime matches reality. let's begin by examining this through the lens of one particular high profile assault. david depape, the man accused of attacking paul pelosi last week. he entered not guilty during his initial court appearance. according to the assailant's own words, depape's main target was nancy pelosi. a sharer of far right conspiracy theories. depape allegedly wanted to break her knee caps with a hammer. >> there's also been a lot of speculation regarding mr. depape's vulnerability to -- to, um -- misinformation. >> now this story is one about misinformation. about the risks of deranged conspiracy theories and dehumanizing political rhetoric. but this is also a s

the ukrainian side said anything about it, and the national security adviser of the us president, jakelivan, when he was, for example was in kyiv last friday and met with volodymyr zelenskyi, by the way, it was his first visit to kyiv since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion of salliv on the common at the press conference with andriy yermak said that the united states will do everything possible so that the armed forces of ukraine can continue to liberate their territories. is washington really forcing kyiv to declare its readiness for negotiations with moscow? if so , can kyiv answer? office of the president good evening well, you have already heard the question whether the representatives of the white house really asked the ukrainian authorities to declare their readiness for negotiations with moscow, let's go here very clearly, we are forming the right positions, first of all, it is impossible to force ukraine into negotiations, which do not exist , because it is very important to understand that russia does not offer any negotiations and has never offered russia, at f

veniyu, i would like to ask you about your impressions of jake sullivan's visit. what he brought to kyiv , so that there was also a joint press conference in the center , myromko, the head of the office, so jake sullivan and mr. yarmak answered all the questions in kyiv. i think it is very important that you if the visit would take place, the president listens to saliva, it is precisely the issues of armaments, the position, the speed of providing these weapons, the types of weapons, because of course, the ministry of defense works with the pentagon in parallel, it works with the militia what governs so we have villages in the united states, it is very important that we have these connections, we work with the congressman as deputies and these connections are at all levels at the level of zelenskyy biden, definitely and er, i think that we have already managed to convey the message to everyone e- well, not only the united states, or the united states is also focused on allies in europe, and we have seen how the rhetoric of germany has changed, and this article by

i'm jake tapper in washington.d tonight new horrific details are emerging about the attempted violent attack against house speaker nancy pelosi, the one that ended with the wounding and hospitalization of her husband, paul pelosi. the alleged violent intruder david depape is facing federal charges for breaking into the pelosi's home and beating paul pelosi with a hammer early friday morning. the suspect who trafficked online in far right conspiracy theories about covid and the 2020 election and holocaust denialism, quote, stated that he was going to hold nancy hostage and talk to her. if nancy were to tell depape the truth, he would let her go. and if she lied, he was going to break her kneecaps. depape also explained, she would then have to be wheeled into congress, which would show other members of congress there were consequences to actions, unquote. several prominent republicans have condemned the attack, including today donald trump. >> with paul pelosi, that's a terrible thing. with all of them, it's a the re

jake tapper is here with us. you spoke exclusively with a charlie baker, the outgoing republican in massachusetts. how does he explain what went wrong? >> let's look at who charlie baker is. he's the two-term republican governor of one of the most democratic, blue commonwealth states in the nation. he's leaving office with an approval rating about 75%, even higher than the election rate of the democrat governor healy who was just elected. he is somebody maybe republicans could listen to and learn from in terms of governance and in terms of winning elections. i asked him why he thinks his party did so poorly, underperformed so much in these midterms, and in one word he put it this way, "extrem"extremism." >> i've never really seen a midterm election like this. you have a substantial percentage of the country d disapproving of a democratic president, thinking the country is on the wrong track and yet so many people in battleground states rejected republicans. democrats are going to hold the senate, if not, pick up

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were awkward when jake was trying to ask him, aren't you angry? was put in danger, and he did not have a full-throated answer on that, and it is much more on forgiveness and that is potentially trying to win the trump base, and those base voters are still with the trump supporters or maybe a desantis. >> yes. >> and so thank you all. appreciate the conversation. and mike pence told cnn why he is not going to appear before the january 6th committee and i will ask a panel committee about the coming days. >>> and also, we will look at the smuggling of the border, and the tragic end of this one ahead. >>> system overload, and now a major look at ticket master canceling the sales for taylor swift's new tour. well, us... . no matter how much we paidid it was always just... there. yoyou know? so, i broke up with my bad s student loan debt and refinanced with sofi. turns out we could save thousands. break up with bad student loan debt and refi with sofi. you could save thousands and pay no fees. go to sofi.com to view your rate. sofi get your money right.

>> jake, it saddens me. but that day, it angered me.t tell you, when the secret service took us down to the loading dock, accompanied by my wife and my daughter charlotte, our secret service detail, i was determined to stay at my post. i told the secret service, i was not leaving the capital. i didn't want to give those people the site of a six car motorcade the set of speeding away from the capitol that. frankly, when i saw those images, and when i read a tweet from president trump issued, saying that i lacked courage in that moment. it angered me greatly. but to be honest with you, i didn't have time for it. the president had decided in that moment to be a part of the problem, i have decided, and was determined to be part of the solution. >> joining me now, cnn political commentator -- former top aide to the mitt romney presidential campaign. -- and white house reporter for the wall street journal, sabrina -- good so glad to see you back as well. you know, first of all, you heard him, he was angered. i've used more charisma just now r