i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." the world lead. five members of the taliban released from gitmo. some say they put the going rate on the heads of soldiers. and why some of his comrades say he wasn't worth it. >>> the fbi is anxious to find this man and they need your help. >>> the politics lead. you know the zip code, the stars who live there but did you know there's a political battle going on in beverly hills that is as insane as any reality show? good afternoon, everyone. i'm jake tapper. after five years in enemy hands, sergeant bowe bergdahl is currently listed in stable condition at a hospital in germany. he's a free man. this caused a lot of controversy back home. events moved fast and there was fear until the very last minute that something could go wrong. in recent days, taliban negotiators put the piece together and in the final hours before the swap, they made the unusual move of communicating directly with the taliban, according to a u.s. official. they flew near the afghan/pakistan b

i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." >>> he just walked away. that's exactly what happened. we knew that he had left. >> the world lead. he was there from the very beginning. now bowe bergdahl's former team leader says the man that the u.s. just traded for five taliban is no hero and he suggests suspicious things happened to american soldiers after bergdahl left the observation post. >>> the money lead. general motors only admits that 13 deaths may be linked to a flaw that it took a decade to recall but now a new report claims that at least five times as many died. so why isn't any of this hurting sales? and the buried lead. people lost it on flights 8,000 times last year alone. now there's pressure to come up with a global strategy to keep passengers from turning your flight into cray cray theater. good afternoon and welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. do you want answers about the captivity of bowe bergdahl? so does the army. it will conduct a comprehensive review. for now, bergdahl has not been

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i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead". >> they were telling me, get out, get out, there's a shooter. >> terror inside an oregon high school this time as a shooter enters and begins firing. and now one student is dead. >>> the money lead. her company has recalled more cars in the last year than it has sold in the last five and now she has to face her shareholders. >>> and the pop culture lead. >> that's a young man's game. i'm 40 now. this is the perfect time to take over. >> seth meyers visits "the lead" and we talk about putting his stamp on late night. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." we'll begin with tragic, breaking news in our national lead. do you remember a time when the only thing high school students had to worry about was exams and whether they could get a date for the prom? with one day left before summer vacation, one student is shot at reynolds high school. the suspect is also dead, according to the police. police gave an update moments ago. >> we have tentatively identified

i'm jake tapper. the world lead now. the middle east descending into utter chaos. today another flash point that could thrust the conflict into renewed war. three israeli teens who varnished more than two weeks ago from a settlement in the contested west bank according to the israeli military were found and confirmed dead today by israeli officials. their bodies discovered in a field north of the town of hebron. almost immediately after reports of the bodies being found trickled out, cnn journalists spotted israeli fighter jets in gaza. weeks of security raids turned up nothing. israeli guards arrested more than 400 palestinians. five died in the clashes between the degree defense forces and members of hamas, the current partner of the palestinian coalition government. hamas considered a terrorist group by both israel and the united states. hamas applauded but did not take credit for the kidnap. mahmoud abbas is condemned the kidnappings, that was not enough for israel. prime minister benjamin netanya

i'm jake tapper.ment expecting house majority leader eric cantor to come before the cameras for his first comments since his concession to david brat, who just bested the seven-term congressman in an historic primary upset. dman bash live at the capitol, feet from where cantor is about to speak. cantor is expected to be stepping down from leadership, as house majority leader at the end of the july. what does he do how to? >> reporter: well, before i get to that i will tell you, we have a little bit of news from a republican leadership source that the election to fill his slot and possibly other slots, if there's a domino effect, will be one week from tomorrow. so, that would be next thursday. and that's interesting for one really big reason, which is that the thinking in the parlor games of this house republican leadership election is that, the man who wants the job, house majority whip kevin mccarthy, now the number three, has a better chance at getting that in this happens quickly, if there aren't m

i'm jake tapper. it this is the lead". you see this man? moments after this video was shot, he showed up dead. executed like hundreds of others by the islamist terrorists threatening to overtake iraq. what is the u.s. prepared to do about it? air strikes? maybe, but is the u.s. also considering a partnership with iran? the country that the u.s. government officially considers a state sponsor cienfuegos terrorism. and the politics lead today on the 40th anniversary of the publication of the legendary "all the president's men," bob woodward and carl bernstein, the butch and sundance of investigative journalism visit "the lead" to the discuss scandals and presidents past, frent and future. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the lead. we'll begin with the world lead as the iraq security forces trained by the u.s. are dragged out and executed by the hundreds. president obama may choose in the next few hours a course of action against the extremists overrunning that country. a white house official says th

i'm jake tapper and this is "the lead." president obama about to finish a meeting with the top four leaders of congress. will he emerge with a strategy to stop the bloodshed before it can reach baghdad? >>> the money lead. what does the government do when the nfl has a name that is racist? hit them right in the trademark. how a rare patent ruling is putting pressure on washington d.c.'s football team. >>> democrats will have a choice in 2016 between hillary clinton and hillary clinton, but there is a danger to being a likely front-runner this early even if you're not officially running for anything yet. >>> good afternoon, everyone, i'm jake tapper, welcome to "the lead." the most powerful people in the united states government in a single room right now. the dilemma before them, how to respond to the chaos seizing iraq? the top four members of congress could emerge from the white house any moment now after a private meeting with the president on iraq. the president weighing his options for days now on what action to take,

i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." the world lead. fresh claims that sergeant bergdahl was spotted in an afghan village possibly on a hallucinogenic drug before the taliban captured him and he may have tried to disappear once but twice. >>> and gm recalls and 13 people leading to their lives and a pattern of incompetence and neglect. is that any comfort for the victims' families? >>> and the politics lead. president obama and vladimir putin will break bread in france this evening. they will talk about ukraine, just not with each other or in the same room. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin with the world lead. it has been something of a challenge, piecing together the events leading up to the capture of the events leading up to bowe bergdahl. but now cnn has uncovered some remarkable new claims from local afghan officials, not just about bergdahl's capture but about his actions in the moments beforehand. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr explains. what

live from the neuseum in washington, jake tapper starts washington, jake tapper starts now -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com great news about the capture of the suspected instigator of the benghazi attacks. why did it take so long to do that when cnn found him more than a year ago? i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." he is a key suspect in the attacks on u.s. diplomatic posts one year and nine months later, he is finally in u.s. government hands and going to be tried on u.s. soil. is that the right call? >>> also in world news, militants on the march. a city fewer than 40 miles from baghdad could be the next to fall. how soon could the terrorists with isis be in the capital of iraq, and what's to some them from killing everybody once they arrive? and the politics lead. benghazi, iraq and who knows what else could come up during the town hall that will hillary clinton will be holding live here on cnn in just minutes. we're inviting you to ask the questions. good afternoon, everyone. we're live from the shrine to all things journalism. the newseum here in washington, d.c. we're just

i'm jake tapper. this is the "the lead." >>> people should not anticipate that this is something that is going to happen overnight. >> the world lead. president obama announcing he's holding off on any decision about helping iraq security forces beat back islamic militants but his mind is made up of one thing. >> we will not be sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq. >> you know who is sending in troops? iran, reportedly. so good news, everyone. the country designated by the u.s. responsible for the terror is stepping over the border to mop up the problem. what could go wrong? >>> also in world news, he's waited five years. bowe bergdahl's family, when will they finally reunite? good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." we begin with developing stories in the world lead. how the obama administration is going to be getting involved in the plan with iraq. first, sergeant bowe bergdahl is back in the u.s. at this hour. the man considered the only prisoner of the afghan war is in san antonio

i'm jake tapper, this is "the lead." the world lead, the tense moment that lived only in our imaginations until now. a taliban propaganda video showing the extraordinary handover of sergeant bergdahl. for the third day in a row, one of bergdahl's fellow soldiers will join "the lead" and talk about his feelings that bergdahl was a deserter. this time his squad leader in his first ever tv interview. >>> politics lead. hillary clinton will be staring at you in checkout lines. she's opening up about becoming a grandma, monica lewinsky, say it with me now, whether she'll run for president in 2016. >>> the money lead, owning a home, providing for a family, upward mobility. most people don't expect that anymore. what happened to that thing in this country we used to call -- what did we call it? oh, yeah, the american dream. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." the world lead, everyone has been talking about it for days. now as a new video finally gives us a look at the tension fraught moment when the taliban handed

. >>> hello, i'm jake tapper, it's a home coming five years in the making. but to what kind of home will sergeant bowe bergdahl return? will he be warmly welcomed as a man finally freed from enemy hands? or will he be branded a deserter? a charge coming from the number of soldiers with whom he served. the answer may lie in the new details starting to form a clearer picture of what really happened. >> in afghanistan with the white flag of the taliban waving and the wind kicked up by the black hawk helicopter, army sergeant bowe bergdahl walked free of his captors. and blinking in the sun, knowing his final steps on afghanistan soil a fire storm of controversy. >> there would be an exchange of sergeant bergdahl for five taliban. >> totally not following the law. >> i think it was just wrong. >> before the furor, there was joy. >> after nearly five years in captivity, their son bowe is coming home. >> as president obama announced the news of bergdahl's newfound freedom flanked by his parents, jannie and bob bergdahl. >> i want to say thank you to everyone who h

"the lead with jake tapper" "the lead with jake tapper" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.comy within the coming hours as terrorists massacre the iraqi security forces trained by the u.s. i'm jake tapper. it this is the lead". you see this man? moments after this video was shot, he showed up dead. executed like hundreds of others by the islamist terrorists threatening to overtake iraq. what is the u.s. prepared to do about it? air strikes? maybe, but is the u.s. also considering a partnership with iran? the country that the u.s. government officially considers a state sponsor cienfuegos terrorism. and the politics lead today on the 40th anniversary of the publication of the legendary

is in for jake tapper. is in for jake tapper. "the lead" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> a group of hard-core to extreme for al qaeda terrorists now controls a chemical weapon stockpile. you may be saying to yourself, wait, iraq has chemical weapons? i'm john berman and this is "the lead." the world lead on its bloody marching to baghdad, isis captures what was a saddam hussein chemical weapons plant, but the labels say expired. so can they do any damage in the hands of these terrorists? >>> the politics lead. >> i don't believe it. that's your problem. nobody believes you. >> how many times have you wanted to say something like that to the irs? paul ryan unloads on the head of the agency that makes you sweat after montz of e-mails go missing in the age where no information just goes missing. >>> the national lead. by the thousands, children pouring over the u.s. border sent by parents hoping they can stay. can texas wait for washington to do something? i'll ask the man there who

and here's what his own team leader told cnn's jake tapper today about the attacks on his team after bergdahl disappeared. take a listen. >> they are getting perfect hits every time. their ambushes were very calculated, very methodical, they knew what we were going to do. obviously, there's no way to prove bergdahl was feeding them that information, at least i cannot do that, and it is -- but it's very suspicious that he did know how many trucks go on patrol, who's driving in each truck, how many members are in each vehicle. >> so larry, why is it political or partisan to ask these serious questions about bowe bergdahl's disappearance that day? >> well, general dempsey, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff put it well, let's get this young man well, then we'll find out and have an investigation, but these are accusations that may or may not be proved, and the real question is, he was a person who volunteered to fight for this country, and we don't leave people who do that on the battlefield. >> right, but should these accusations against him, should they matter? >> no, they shou

i'm jake tapper. the world lead. it was five years in hell.e're learning new details about the suffering, abuse, and isolation that sergeant bergdahl endured while a prisoner of the t taliban. he told medical staff that he was kept in a box for weeks that was pitch black and bergdahl still has chosen not to speak with his parents. what is the psychological damage after being beaten and treated like a caged animal by the taliban. joining me is chris. good to see you again. you've been personally involved in the debriefing of released hostages. how can the situations change or even break a person, especially after five years? >> well, that's it exactly. and i think that sergeant bergdahl was shattered by this. i mean, not just him but his family has been done quite a it about of psychological harm, also. it's hard to describe how horrific this was. >> what do you make of the report that he has not chosen yet to speak with his parents? is that unusual? >> no. i mean, the amount of stress and the changes coming back, it's been likened to have been

. >>> jake tapper is in for john king for "inside politics." that starts right now. >>> hillary clinton readies her roll-out with a friendly lunch and a series of strategic leaks. >> choices is at the core of what kind of people we want to be and what kind of countries we want to have. >> also the political fallout from the veterans affairs scandal former general eric shinseki will be gone, but will the failures of the va system continue to haunt democrats. plus the big primary week ahead be the tea party's last hope? i'm jake tapper in for john king. thanks for sharing your sunday with us. with us, molly ball of the atlantic, politico's manu raju, npr's shin ski and margaret toll live. hillary clinton's new book comes out in ten days. perhaps you've heard about it oovps. we've already been treated to a roll-out. first came the mother's day excerpt in "vogue" magazine. and then an audio of the former secretary reading her author's note. >> everything i have done and seen has convinced me that america remains the indispensable nation. >> next ca

jake tapper starts right now. >>> a sideline summit in normandy, france. i'm jake tapper. this is the "lead." the world lead. they look like a couple at a wedding. president obama and vladimir putin cannot avoid each other at d-day. the politics lead, more leaks coming out from hillary clinton's new book. how much trash does she talk about sarah palin? you might be surprised. and also in world news -- >> these letters and my mother's love is the reason why i think i feel like i know them. >> stephen colbert sharing us the story of his uncle eddie who fought on d-day, on this, the 70th anniversary of the invasion that saved the world. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." we begin with the world lead. on this day 70 years ago, 1944, allied forces led an assault against nazis on the beaches of normandy. today is a day for remembering the more than 4400 allied service members who died in the d-day invasion as well as the veterans who survived the war that turned the tide of world war ii. how the world has changed since then. today the only known prisoner in the afg

i'm jake tapper. this is the world lead. two 1/2 years after the last u.s. combat troops left iraq, the country is in chaos. city falls to militants, so extreme al qaeda kicked them out. will the u.s. get involved in iraq again? >>> the politics lead. hillary clinton getting into it with an npr host who asked if she flip-flopped on gay marriage out of political convenience. >>> and mass shootings this week, last week, the week before that. they are dominating headlines but are they really on the rise? the numbers may surprise you. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead". i'm jake tapper. we're going to begin with our world lead. 2 1/2 years ago when the last troops were pulling out of iraq, president obama hailed it as a moment of success. >> we're leaving behind a sovereign and self-reliant iraq with a representative government elected by its people. this is an extraordinary achievement. nearly nine years in the making. >> all right. so how are things going with the extraordinary achievement,

jake tapper joins me. roup, isis, which we're talking about so much today? >> it stands for the islamist state in iraq and syria, a group that has evolved since the early years of the iraq war. more recently in the last few months analysts say while there are certainly terrorists there is also a militia, an army trying to take control of land. and their goal is to establish a sunni islamist state, extremists, of course in syria and iraq. and obviously, they have proven very effective fighters against the iraqi military. >> yeah, and they're even so extreme that i guess al-qaeda doesn't even want to be a part of them. jake tapper, thank you, much much more coming up with jake tapper. >>> and the assassination of president kennedy has been looked at. and tonight we take a look at the conspiracy thinking of the assassination throughout american history. >> the president has been hit. >> john f. kennedy died at approximately 1:00 today. >> the whole world is swerved because of his loss. >> america was a differe

with us is our chief washington correspondent jake tapper, the host of "the lead." about d-day and his special connection. >> you were showing some of those old photographs, some of the ones viewers might remember the most are the paratroopers from the 104st airborne parachuting in to normandy right before d-day. one of those was stephen colbert's uncle, uncle andrew edward tuck iii, that he would hear about from his mother, and he heard about and read about in this volume of dozens of letters that uncle eddie wrote home. >> a lot of these letters start when he's 19. and he's dead by 23. and you see his maturation process in the letters. you see the experience. he starts off as someone who's very proud to be serving his country, wants to get the job done. and by the end of it, he is someone who has seen terrible things. but is actually steel in his conviction that it was the right thing to have done and wants to keep going. because he lives all the way through the war in europe and then wants to go over to japan, but unfortunately dies before he gets there. >> uncle

jake tapper and jeff toobin joining me. jake, let me begin with you.this team leader, talking to you about after bowe bergdahl left -- i should say, was no longer at his post, what did he say to folks in this village? >> well, the team leader with whom i spoke, in the interview airing at the top of the hour, talked about, he was actually at the observation post with bowe bergdahl, knew bowe bergdahl, was surprised when bergdahl was not there the next day. was looking for him. two afghan children said that they had seen an american soldier crawling through the reeds earlier that day, and pointed in the direction of a village. and then he also said that in the ensuing couple days, he heard an interpreter pick up over the chatter that is listened to, the walkie-talkies that the taliban and insurgents speak to each other over, information that there was an american soldier who had come to a village known for a lot of taliban activity, seeking to talk to the taliban. so that's the team leader, evan, who spoke to me earlier today. again, we've reached out to

i'm john berman in for jake tapper.r in "the situation room." >> john, thanks very much. happening now, show of force. thousands of shiite militiamen parade through baghdad. they're vowing to fight the sunni-led isis as forces who are closing in on the capital. is iraq on the verge of a sectarian civil war right now? >>> surprise visit. john kerry makes an unannounced trip to baghdad pledging support for the embattled prime minister with conditions. is the u.s. seriously considering air strikes? >>> and comment controversy. hillary clinton throwing some fuel on the fire with newra, about her financial status. is she out of touch with middle class americanss? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room."

jake tapper has more on that right now on the lead". jake? >> anthrax. the word itself just sounds scary. how did dozens of government scientists, trained to handle anthrax end up in possible dangering? i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." the breaking news. as many as 75 scientists working for the u.s. government now being treated for exposure to anthrax. how did such a lethal bacteria get out? is it a danger to the public right now? >>> the world lead with the militia of hard-core terrorists leaving a bloody trail across iraq, president obama today announces he is ready to send troops back to the nation he vowed to get us out of. is he breaking a promise of no boots on the ground? >>> the politics lead, he's a former lottery winner and deli owner from a democratic family and he'll slice your swiss cheese paper thin if you ask him. today in a secret vote, kevin mccarthy became the next leader of the republican party in the house of representatives. >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." breaking news in the national lead. just minutes ago,

jake tapper's going to have a special on this, in fact, at the top of the hour as well.ether we send forces or whether it's much, much more than that, yet to be seen. >>> in the meantime, since we've been talking about jihad and terror and a lot of violence, why not talk about it again, but not overseas and faraway places. instead, right here at home. in fact, no, not syria, not iraq, the good old united states of america. because federal authorities right here in the u.s. have moved in and arrested these two men in the state of texas. they are charged with trying to provide material support to terrorists. michael todd wolf and khan, both of them 23 years old. and the fbi says they both told undercover agents that they wanted to go overseas and fight the insurgent fight. whatever that means. here's ed lavandera on how the fbi caught those two wannabe jihadists in texas. >> reporter: these two men, americans arrested in texas, have been charged with supporting terrorist groups in syria and somalia. a s.w.a.t. team surrounded 23-year-old khan's home in austin. according to

i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." the national lead. red flags and swasticas.ce are saying about the possible white supremacist ties. >>> also in national news, the truck driver that hurt funny man tracy morgan. he may have been awake for more than 24 hours before that horrific crash. and it's hillary clinton book week. she say she and bill were dead broke

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and jake tapper was on top of this from the start. got give him credit. >> wrote a book about it. >> msnbc have been hands off on this. they're letting us do the dirty work first, and -- >> not us -- >> got to go. we have a whole other block on this. we have a whole other block. next, the soldiers who served with bergdahl say he was a deserter. but susan rice went on the sunday shows again and said he served with honor and distinction. >>> plus, why is the administration all of a sudden calling bergdahl a prisoner of war when it avoided that designation for years? all coming up. ♪every day is so wonderful ♪then suddenly ♪it's hard to breathe ♪now and then i get insecure ♪from all the pain ♪i'm so ashamed would it be ok if i sat here? ♪i am beautiful no matter what they say♪ is she serious? ♪i am beautiful no matter what they say♪ what ver! ♪words can't bring me down♪ new irl! ♪words can't bring me down♪ ♪i am beautiful in every single way♪ ♪yes, words can't bring me down.♪ ♪so don't you bring me down today♪ hafg report there was an --

i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." the world lead.spotted in an afghan village possibly on a hallucinogenic drug before the taliban captured him and he may have tried to disappear once but twice. >>> and gm recalls and 13 people leading to their lives and a pattern of incompetence and neglect. is that any comfort for the victims' families? >>> and the politics lead. president obama and vladimir putinil

jake tapper, host of "the lead," and also the author of "untold val valor," is shehere desserter, or hero? what do they say? >> specifically in blackfoot company, in the second platoon, which is where bergdahl served. there are two big issues they have. first, they're the circumstances of his disappearance. he was supposed to be on guard at an observation post the night of june 30th, 2009. the circumstances of his leaving seem to be suggesting he left on his own volition. that's what people who served with him think. there was an anecdotal account from a young afghan child saying he had seen an american soldier walking away from the observation post that day. second, there was so much time and energy and money devoted to finding bergdahl. and several troops were killed in the course of that recovery and that rescue effort. so let me quote a couple of these soldiers i spoke to. i spoke to a sergeant would said bowe bergdahl deserted during a time of war and his fellow americans lost their lives searching for him. and then bergdahl's former squad lead, not at that exact time, but earli

lead with jake tapper starts lead with jake tapper starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com a horrifying discovery that could spark bloody retribution in the mist. the world lead, israel vowing to hit back with fury after three kidnapped israeli teenagers, one with dual american citizenship, are found dead. israeli fighter jets already in the air and an emergency meeting going on right now. is this the tipping point for another war? also in world news, a new generation bombs. hard-core terrorists may have figured out how to sneak explosives through airport security and might have the people with theas

that's jake tapper who wrote a book about afghanistan. if you read tapper's book, every unit in afghanistan, it's a crazy war and they're alone by themselves, of course they can't keep track of every person if that person chooses to voluntarily desert. to my knowledge there's only been one deserter coming out of afghanistan, that's bergdahl. everybody else manages to deal with the same situations and stay loyal. >> we can't all agree, right? i believe overall with some exceptions the media's response to this story has been shameful because they took a narrative, you just used the word, deserter, the word you hear most on to describe sergeant bergdahl is he was a deserter. we do not know that. we haven't heard his story. we know he walked off twice and he came back to his post. a deserter doesn't do that. why did he go off? we don't know. there are a lot of different reasons. to call him a deserter in the media i think is just going way over the line. >> here's the problem, is that we can't talk to him. we don't know what he was thinking. t

jake tapper has more on that right now on the lead". jake? >> anthrax.ust sounds scary. how did dozens of government scientists, trained to handle anthrax end up in possible dangering? i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." the breaking news. as many as 75 scientists working for the u.s. government now being treated for exposure to anthrax. how did such a lethal bacteria get t?

live from the neuseum in washington, jake tapper starts washington, jake tapper starts now -- captionsof the benghazi attacks. why did it take so long to do that when cnn found him more than a year ago? i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." he is a key suspect in the attacks on u.s. diplomatic posts one year and nine months later, he is finally in u.s. government hands and going to be tried on u.s. soil. is that the right call? >>> also in world news, militants on the march. a city fewer than 40 miles from baghdad could be the next to

i'm jim shut toe filling in for jake tapper. the world lead, it's what could be viewed as an escalation of the u.s. involvement in the conflict now tearing apart iraq. american drones are flying over baghdad, but not the observe and report kind. the kind that can kill. iraqis have repeatedly asked the u.s. to carry out air strikes on the terrorist militia called the islamic state in iraq and syria, or isis which has rapidly seized huge sections of iraq through a campaign of blood. but air strikes are not the u.s. mission there yet. american drones armed with hell fire missiles are now patrolling the skies over baghdad. but they will not go after isis targets. flying instead to provide protection for 180 u.s. military advisors deployed to iraq. frustrated by the lack of american air support, iraq has now turned to russia, buying second hand russian fighter jets. just the latest in a spring of american adversaries from syria to iran now aiding iraq. iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki slammed the u.s. in an interview with the bbc

and jake tapper was on top of this from the start. got give him credit. >> wrote a book about it. >> msnbc have been hands off on this. they're letting us do the dirty work first, and -- >> not us -- >> got to go. we have a whole other block on this. we have a whole other block. next, the soldiers who served with bergdahl say he was a deserter. but susan rice went on the sunday shows again and said he served with honor and distinction. >>> plus, why is the administration all of a sudden calling bergdahl a prisoner of war when it avoided that designation for years? all coming up. man: i know the name of eight princesses. i'm on expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for, because i'm raising two girls on my own. i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. ready to plan for your future? we'll hel

is in for jake tapper.tarts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> a group of hard-core to extreme for al qaeda terrorists now controls a chemical weapon stockpile. you may be saying to yourself, wait, iraq has chemical weapons? i'm john berman and this is "the lead." the world lead on its bloody marching to baghdad, isis captures what was a saddam hussein chemical weapons plant, but the labels say expired. so can they do any damage in the hands of these terrorists? >>> the politics lead. >> i don't believe it. that's your problem. nobody believes you. >> how many times have you wanted to say something like that to the irs? paul ryan unloads on the head of the

i'm jake tapper, this is "the lead." the politics lead. a political earthquake.erican history to be defeated in a primary. what does this mean for the republican leadership? should establishment republicans be running scared? we'll hear from cantor, live this hour. >>> the world lead, new revelations about the hours leading up to the

jay shut toe is in for jake tapper on the lead. jim, take it away >> spain out, italy out, england out but the u.s. moves ahead. i'm jim sciutto. and this is "the lead." and the world lead, he rejected calls for a salvation government in iraq like the u.s. wants to see. now a growing consensus if iraq wants american firepower unleashed on extremists, the country's leader must go. >>> the sports lead. when is a loss really a win? when team usa drops its world cup game to germany without a single goal and still makes it to the next round. so who's up next? and the money lead. they can go wherever humans dare and places where humans dare not. now, you can own a piece of the gopro craze. but is there really big money in these tiny cameras? i'm jim sciutto filling in for jake tapper. we begin with the world lead with very simple terms, iraq is falling apart. extremists are seizing entire regions inside the country. among the many, many issues concerning president obama right now, this one is paramount. except when the world cup is on. c

i'm jake tapper and this is "the lead."ma about to finish a meeting with the top four leaders of congress. will he emerge with a strategy to stop the bloodshed before it can reach baghdad? >>> the money lead. what does the government do when the nfl has a name that is racist? hit them right in the trademark. how a rare patent ruling is putting pressure on washington d.c.'s football team. >>> democrats will have a choice in 2016 between hillary clinton and hillary clinton, but there is a danger to being a likely front-runner this early even if you're not officially running for anything yet.

he tells jake tapper on "the lead," he considers bergdahl a deserter.e insists bergdahl just walked away, intending to talk with the taliban. >> the things that he did prior to him leaving at the time weren't alarming. however, when he comes up missing and all of his sensitive items are left behind, it just kind of hit us in the head. it was like a light that went on. man, he just walked away. that's exactly what happened. it's hard to explain, and i've tried to explain it to people and it's hard for people to understand, but it was just -- we knew that he had left. i was standing right next to the radio when they heard that there is an american in a village called yayakale, which was about two hours from where we were at, and it's a village that has a very, very large presence of taliban, that there is the american is in yayakale, he's looking for someone who speaks english so he can talk to the taliban. >> as we said, the u.s. defense department says it is poring over the video we're showing you right now, trying to determine what might be in it. they

the anchor of "the lead" jake tapper has some thoughts. >> christian did great job. let's give a great round of applause for christiane amanpour. she's here with us as well. you did an excellent job. give me a kiss. beautiful job. [laughter] >> jon: i swear to god, you know, cnn, from now on i'm just going to call your network ron jeremy because you're the only network that can blow yourself. , no you did a good job. we here at "the daily show," we did such a good job, we chipped in and got you something. i dhiet, this it's the missing plane from ma lay shampey it's for you. i know you really wanted one. you've been dropping hints. happy exclusive. oh, no, i broke it. you know what, let's hear it for that joke, everybody? great work for that joke. how about a round of applause for the prop guys. don't forget me, a rudd of applause for the best joke. hey, who [bleeped]. son of a bitch. we'll be right back. well, we're peanut butter and chocolate. we're perfect together. he says when something's good, why change it? what if you were to try something different? [ chocol

i jam june berman in for jake tapper.lf blitzer in "the situation room." >> now 10,000 insurgents, their numbers are soaring with their success on the battlefield as isis threatens another key target. can 90 newly arrived american advisors really make much of a difference? >>> baghdad exposed. while iraqi troops claim some successes we'll take you beyond the outskirts can of the capital where defenders are hard to find. >>> and a big night for the tea party. an ugly very important battle under way for the gop in mississippi. why are democrats voting for a republican? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." right now, there's a closed door briefing on iraq for all members of the united stat

jake tapper called me and said, i wasn't speculating about this. it's made up entirely out of whole cloth. >> "time" had fascinating reporter, you all actually spoke with a taliban commander, unnamed taliban commander about their thinking around all of this. and really interesting and really troubling stuff came out of that conversation. one of the things that that commander said very sort of jubilantly is, this is a historic moment for us. today our enemy for the first time officially recognized our status. why sta important to them, do you think? >> well, one of the core questions of the debate about this exchange is, as we know, we don't negotiate with terrorists. so in order to negotiate with the taliban and do this swap, it's an acknowledgement that officially, we don't see them as a terrorist organization, we see them as an institution with whom we can negotiate and do business. what we found in our reporting, not too surprisingly, is that they see this as going forward, an opportunity, we can get something out of the american government. we'