i'm jake tapper.breaking news into cnn just this last hour, quote, okay, we're ready, unquote. counterterror and intelligence officials tell cnn, that chilling message was found on a cell phone, sources believe belonged to one of the paris terrorists. that cell phone could theoretically help investigators fill in the glaring gap about how it is that isis terrorists managed to conceal their plans from police, from intelligence, from the national security apparatus. france responded to the terror with it bombs in raqqah, syria. how does last week's night of horror change the equation in the larger war against isis? joining me now to discuss this, bret mcguirk, the president's special presidential envoy to the coalition in fight against isis. thanks for being here. appreciate it. just, frankly put, do these attacks on france, the bloodiest day in france since world war ii, does this make your job any easier in terms of rallying support and getting other countries to get more skin in the game to take on i

i'm jake tapper. live in paris, france, right near the place de la republique, this is "the lead." we are in a war that according to the -- murdered 129 people and wounded 350 others who were just out on a friday night having dinner, seeing a show, watching the game. and right now an urgent international search is underway for a possible eighth attacker, an eighth terrorist, the brother of one of the dead seven paris terrorists. belgium born french citizen salah abdelsalam. isis has of course claimed responsibility for the atrocities committed here on friday. and according to cnn french affiliate bfm, six of the paris terrorists spent time in syria. six of the eight. two isis members are thought to have masterminded the terrorist attacks. they are believed to be in iraq or syria. we'll have more on them later. today in france president francois hollande said france must change its constitution to triegt to fight terrorism more effectively. and president obama at the g-20 summit in turkey called the pa

i'm jake tapper live in paris. this time last week we were just starting to get word that something horrible was happening in this city. in the week since parisians have tried to go back to their everyday lives as much as possible. the french senate today voted unanimously 336-0 to extend the state of emergency across france for three additional months. now, we've seen terror raids across europe. we've seen police battling suicide bombers while executing arrest warrants. soccer stadiums evacuated for fear of another terrorist attack being imminent. and we've also seen an outpouring of grief and solidarity with the french people. here with me in paris to talk about it all congresswoman tulsi gabbard, democrat of hawaii, member of the house armed service committee and foreign affairs committee and a veteran recently promoted to major, i believe. >> yes. >> thanks so much for being with us, congresswoman. so you just met with the congressional delegation meeting with french officials. you also laid flowers i believe a

i'm jake tapper. let's go back to our breaking news. u.s. intelligence sources telling cnn that the crash of a russian passenger jet in the sinai peninsula over the weekend was most likely caused by a bomb put on the plane planted by isis or an isis affiliate. let's go to the center of this investigation in egypt. cnn's erin mclaughlin joins me live from sharm el sheikh where this doomed flight took off. what's the status of the investigation there? what are the egyptian officials saying? >> reporter: at the moment egyptian authorities are not commenting on the u.s. intelligence assessment. today we did speak with the egyptian foreign minister who says it's too soon, too premature to draw any conclusions. he pointed to this ongoing investigation, egypt's civil aviation authority says they're in the process of analyzing the black boxes. in terms of the flight data recorder they've managed to download all the information from that. they're combing through that. no conclusions on that so far. in terms of the docockpit voice recorder, they say t

so i'm going to hand it over to jake tapper now for more cnn's continuing coverage. jake, you know this issue very well obviously. where new seafood combinations like the new grand seafood feast are stepped up, spiffed up, jazzed up... yeah, this stuffed lobster tail, handcrafted brown butter scampi, and jumbo hand-battered shrimp are that good. or try the new ultimate wood-grilled feast. that bourbon brown sugar glaze gets ya preeetty fired up. with new dishes like these, why wait to celebrate? but just like this time of year, this is too good to last. so hurry in. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i am jake tapper. and i'm live in paris, france. this is "the lead." we begin with some breaking news and the major headline today, abdelhamid abaaoud, the man to have been believed the ringleader of friday's attack that stole 129 innocent lives here in paris, abaaoud is dead. french officials say they have identified him through forensics after yesterday's stunning seven-hour 5,000-bullet raid on a suspect

i'm jake tapper live in paris.w herself up early this morning as police stormed an apartment in saint-denis, she was we're told the cousin of this man, abdelhamid abaaoud, the isis terrorist officials believe came up with friday's deadly plot here in paris. he was the target of the raid. officials telling cnn that intelligence from wiretaps led authorities to this apartment, the paris prosecutor says right now that he is not in custody, abaaoud. the question now, is he still alive? is abaaoud on the run? or is he the other person who was killed during this raid? we're joined now by cnn terrorism analyst paul cruickshank. he's here with me in paris along with francois bernard, senior researcher at the french institute for international and strategic affairs. paul, let me start with you. were belgium and french officials surprised that the paris organizer could possibly still be here in paris? >> jake, they weren't surprised, they were stunned when they discovered that there were strong indications that abdelhamid ab

i'm jake tapper. the politics lead now. the latest gop debate tonight has the potential to reshuffle the race. republican presidential candidates are already jabbing elbows at one another and they have not even taken the stage as donald trump looks to regain his lead by perhaps going on the attack and dr. ben carson tries to tamp down questions about the accuracy of his autobiography while jeb bush, once again, breaking out the defibrillator to jolt some life into his campaign. dana bash joining us. are we getting a sense how tonight's debate might be different from last one? >> one clue that i've gotten, in past ben carson has been notoriously mellow. a carson source tells me he's pretty fired up about what you mentioned, about the fact that there have been lots of questions into his past and that that very well may seep into his debate performance tonight. >> people are getting away with murder. i never saw anything like this. >> reporter: without a hint of irony, the billionaire tv reality star who

i'm jake tapper. we're going to begin today with our world lead. if this was indeed a terrorist attack, it is in some ways working. flights have been canceled. officials are on edge. tens of thousands of western tourists are stranded as the world now reacts to the strong possibility that isis brought down a plane pulling off the worst terrorist attack in the skies since september 11th, 2001. today we're waiting for definitive word from the u.s. government confirming intelligence that now suggests but is not 100% that the terrorist group somehow smuggled a bomb onboard metrojet flight 9268 out of the sky killing 224 people on board including 25 children. the u.s. and uk are strongly leaning that way. but egypt and russia they're saying not so fast. but the plane's black boxes possibly damaged and yet to reveal a single secret and no physical forensics yet confirming this theory from u.s. and british intelligence sources. our reporters along with our terrorism and aviation experts are all standing by. w

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i'm jake tapper. "the situation room" starts right now. >>> happening now, breaking news. bomb on board, cnn is now learning that u.s. intelligence suggests the crash of that russian passenger jet in egypt was most likely caused by a bomb on the plane planted by isis. is isis responsible? sources telling cnn that internal communications and increased activity in the region point to a terrorist plot. did an isis sympathizer at the airport plant an explosive device on the plane? flights grounded. new revelations are prompting fear and some countries suspending all flights to and from that resort. is weak airport security to blame? and how great is the risk to americans? ultimate betrayal, a stunning twist in the case of a police officer believed to have been

i'm jake tapper. our world lead today, 99.9% certain, that's how sure a senior u.s. official is that isis snuck that bomb onto that russian passenger jet taking the plane out and with it 224 people including 25 children. the official line from the egyptians, confusingly remains the same. they say that it is still too soon to definitively say just what caused this plane to fall out of the sky. cnn chief national security correspondent jim sciutto is in washington and will help us clear this all up. jim, why such a disconnect between what u.s. and british and israeli officials are saying and the public statements of the russians and especially the egyptians? >> i'll tell you, there's so many politics swirling around here. really the last thing you want in any sort of terrorism or possible terrorism investigation, you now actually have the russian prime minister dmit dmit dmitri saying all flights to egypt have been suspended since friday. that out of line with other russian officials who refuse to ident

i'm jake tapper. the money lead now.tentially losing their lunch while others lose millions of dollars. as chipotle stock fell today on news that it was temporarily closing dozens of stores in reaction to an e. coli scare. 22 cases of e. coli have been reported so far sending eight people to the hospital. all of them in oregon and washington state. most of them ate at the burrito chain before they became sick. cnn money's cristine alesci joins me now. we still don't know what exactly is causing this, right? >> that's right. the source is still unknown. jake, this is a case where chipotle's two biggest selling points are also its biggest weakness. remember, their items are highly customizable, so the people who got sick most likely all had different things in their bu burrito bowl. chipotle also prides itself on freshness. if you're not cooking the food, you're not killing pathogens. both right there really complex things for the investigators both on the state and federal level to work through at this point. but one thin

i'm john berman in for jake tapper. we begin today with breaking news in our world lead. a neighborhood in paris sealed off after police discover what may be a suicide vest in a garbage can. cnn affiliate bfm reporting the vest contained the same explosives used in the november 13th attacks along with bolts that could turn into shrapnel. all this as an urgent international dragnet is still out for this man, salah abdelsalam, the suspected eighth isis terrorist blamed for the deadly wave of carnage across paris more than a week ago. french police have launched 300 raids since the attacks. they've deployed 10,000 police officers, 6,500 soldiers throughout paris and the rest of the country. and tonight from belgium we are learning of at least one person charged in connection with the paris attacks. cnn's martin savidge is live in paris. martin, i want to start with this possible suicide vest. what is known at this point? >> reporter: you know, john, this was just at a time when parisians were starting to maybe relax a litt

jake tapper is all over it.he shores of greece, threat of isis terror is the same. after authorities revealed one of the suspected, believed to be involved in the attack friday, among the refugees, growing list of governors in states saying syrian refugees not welcome here in response to the obama administration plan's to allow 10,000 refugees to come to the united states. with me someone who met them face-to-faye. erin traveled to greece earlier this month. environmental activist sick of watching images appear on cnn and did something about it. so tell me the first, as you were in greece, who are these people coming over? >> these people are work professionals. they're like you and i, families, mothers, psychologists and engineers these are people fleeing the exact same carnage and violence we see hitting our shores every day throughout syria and iraq. >> how many coming over on individual rafts. >> designed for 20 and carrying 40, 50 human beings coming by the hundreds. they estimated that one week that i was

i'm jake tapper. this was not an accident. that coming from european investigators who examined that black boxes from the metrojet plane that crashed in the sinai peninsula, killing all 224 people on board, including 25 children. according to a cnn affiliate, these investigators are convinced it was a bomb after finding no evidence for a mechanical failure. we're also learning the u.s. and uk reached out and shared their intelligence with russia before russian president vladimir putin announced he is suspending flights between his country and egypt. our correspondents are standing by with the latest developments. we'll start right here in studio with pamela brown. pamela, what is on these black boxes? >> reporter: apparently everything was normal for 24 minutes on the flight. suddenly a loud sound was followed by a blakeout, according to a french broadcaster who says european investigators who have listened to the black boxes are convinced there was an explosion caused by a bomb. today new clues are e

this is "the lead" with jake tapper. republicans clashing on stage last night, not with the media but on each other. made for prickly exchanges and this morning another controversial statement from donald trump, the front runner on immigration. jeff zeleny fresh off the plane where he talked to trump earlier this morning. jeff, trump made his first big splash in this race talking about undocumented immigrants. and he's raising eyebrows again with talking about how he plans to carry out his plans to deport 11 or so million undocumented immigrants. >> today in new hampshire trump said two words that are gaining a lot of attention now. deportation force. that's how he said he would get 11 million undocumented immigrants out of the u.s. he said it would be very humane and pulled off with good management practices. this is one of the many flash points underneath the big tent of the republican party. donald trump set off on a victory lap today in new hampshire. never mind a victory was hardly in hand. >> we started off with 17

donald trump calling into "state of the union" with jake tapper. >>> live from new york, it's donald trump. >> it's wonderful to be here. i will tell you this is going to be something special. many of the greats have hosted, as you know, this show. like me in 2012. >> the republican frontrunner joins us live. just hours after his "snl" hosting gig. and trump's biggest threat, dr. ben carson, facing new questions about his life story. >> there is a desperation. >> they've got to be something. they're getting desperate. >> will the glare of scrutiny hurt him or help him? plus, senator bernie sanders promising to "kick butt" when it comes to hillary clinton. >> that's fine. i am not. >> will he go on the attack to beat back clinton's surge? and the best political team on television will be here with insights from the campaign trail. >>> hello, i'm jake tapper in washington, d.c., where the state of our union is up late to catch donald trump's appearance as the host of "saturday night live." the republican frontrunner seemed right at home at "30 rock," joining the sketch show as it poked

i'm jake tapper. we begin today with our world lead, but before we get to that obviously we were just watching tape coming in from colorado from the beginning of the case against the shooter at the planned parenthood in colorado springs. we'll have much more on that later in the show. but let's start with the world lead. right now the desperate international manhunt for one of the world's most wanted isis terrorists, cnn has learned that french intelligence officials are operating under the assumption that salah abdelsalam believed to be the sole surviving isis terrorist from the paris attacks has escaped to syria. this news coming as president obama is right now in paris. the city still on edge from those attacks. meeting with other world leaders including his russian counterpart talking about the heightened security threat. it also comes as the state department warns americans in afghanistan of an imminent terror attack in the coming days. i want to get right to cnn's chief national security corresp

"state of the union" with jake tapper starts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> hello i'm jake tapper in washington, d.c. where the state of our union is on edge. the breaking news this hour. a french counter terrorism source telling cnn that terrorists who were directly involved in the paris terrorist attack may still be on the loose. 129 people were killed and 352 were injured in friday's coordinated attacks. rapidly unfolding developments as police all over the world are hunting any polices who may still be at large. seven people have been arrested in belgium in a raid, although none have been charged. several ak-47 rifles were found in this abandoned car many a paris subpush. the first suicide bomber to blow himself up was smuggled -- smuggled himself in rather embedded with syrian refugees. we're live in paris. christiane you spoke this story this morning. what more do we know about how this terrorist snuck into the country? >> well, it is very clear from french authorities and i've seen diagrams and itineraries, that the person who blew himself up at the stade de france did have

"the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke. a bomb in the air and now bombs on the ground. "the lead" starts right now. breaking news, isis claiming responsibility for killing dozens in twin suicide bombings in beirut, lebanon. is there a time or a place isis cannot attack? >>> plus, surveillance video showing police tasing a man at the door of a hospital and pulling him away. he later died in custody, but what really killed him? >>> and more than 100 women now telling a drug company, hey, you're paying to raise my kid after you made a mistake with our birth control pills. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we have some breaking news in our world lead today. sirens blaring in beirut as two suicide bombers blow themselves up within minutes of one another. now isis says it is behind the twin attacks that killed at least 41 people and wounded more than 200 others. cnn chief national security correspondent jim sciutto has the latest. jim, if isis did in fact kill all these people, how significant a development is that? >>

cnn's coverage will be picked up with jake tapper after the break.chris cuomo with hala gorani. stay with cnn. >>> hello, i'm jake tapper in cnn and people still on edge and warning it may not be over and police all over the world are hunting many accomplices that may still be at large. one terrorist still being investigated, investigators found his finger on the floor where he blew himself up. his name is ismael mostefai. and some of his relatives are in custody.

with us now jake tapper, host of "state of the union."he surge now and what is behind the steady support for donald trump? >> it's interesting because there are a lot of other republican presidential candidates in the establishment lane, rubio you saw there in the national poll and kasich, chr t christie, and jeb bush and others will start thinking more seriously about their candidacies. but, of course, we don't see any evidence in the polls that they are shifting the republican voters. they still seem focussed on trump and carson, and perhaps trump and carson are still saying what the republican electorate wants to hear when it comes to the very serious issue of national security. >> and i understand you have a big exclusive coming up with former defense secretary chuck hagel. >> that's right. when he resigned, shortly before he resigned or pushed out, he wrote a pointed memo, we understand, to the administration criticizing the white house's syria policy. we'll find out more about the memo, more about his disagreements with the white ho

i'm john berman, in for jake tapper. the national lead, new worldwide travel alert from the state department with concerns over the possibility of a paris-style attack. americans are being warned to be on the lookout for suspicious activity, especially as they crowd airport terminals and train stations for holiday travel this week. cnn's rene marsh joins me now. is this related to a specific terror threat? >> when you look at the big picture, a rush be passenger plane blown out of the sky, attacks in beirut, paris, mali. absolutely, increased terror activity triggered the new state department travel alert, happening as millions of americans are traveling for the holiday season. they are being told to remain on alert and avoid large crowds we've seen this alert issued for a specific region. but what's different here is this is a worldwide alert. meaning, there's a potential for an attack wherever you travel. it is important to note, though, this does not mean people shouldn't travel, but it does mean be vigilant, because

i'm brianna keilar in for jake tapper.lanned parenthood called attack on its clinic in colorado springs an act of domestic terror. the attorney general called it a crime against women, and the president used it to, again, call for gun control. joining me now to talk about the political fall out of this shooting we have sean spicer, the chief strategies of the republican national committee. we have cnn commentators donna brazil, and bakari sellers. i want to talk about the shooting at planned parenthood in colorado springs. this is what hillary clinton tweeted about it. she said today and every day we stand with planned parenthood. this is her recent tweet about it. i wonder, though, se, when you look at the debate. even just this morning talking to republicans i certainly noticed a change in the tone. do you think this changes the tenor of the debate over abortion right now? >> i think it's a terrible idea to blame debate for what is a horrific act of violence. if you're going to do that, you have to say that leftist rheto

i'm jake tapper live from washington, d.c. pictures just in of president obama huddling with russian president vladimir putin at the g20 summit in the midst of these attacks in paris. weapons were discovered inside this abandoned car in a paris suburb. our fred is there. what do you know? >> reporter: there is a lot of broken glass where the car was found. police officers found the car and so it was brokthere and bro the windows and found three assault weapons. this is one of the vehicles used in two attacks, in which five people were killed and in another one, 19 people were killed. police are trying to retrace this car and find out who the owner may be and see if there are fingerprints they can use to find attackers. the big question is who put the car here? was it the attackers themselves or did someone else do it for them. >> what can you tell us about the latest ongoing manhunt going on in paris and beyond? >> reporter: in paris and beyond, absolutely right, jake. there's breaking news coming in to us from brussels in bel

i'm jake tapper live in paris, france. special coverage of the city that authorities here say dodged another major terrorist attack today, just five days after the coordinated assaults that killed 129 people, wounding hundreds more. french police sources say teams arrived, quote, right in time, quote, as they raided two apartments on the same street in saint-denis, a suburb north of paris. it was a major operation, police say, one that led to the arrests of eight suspects, another two killed, one by police sniper, the second blew herself up by detonating her suicide belt, police say. belgium broadcaster rtbf says the woman who killed herself is the cousin of this man, the ringleader of friday's tacks, abdelhamid abaaoud. i spoke with a woman who lives nearby this police raid. >> i heard the burst of gunfire around 4:30 in the morning and followed by, like, bomb bomb bomb. so i think it was grenades, one after another. it was horrible. i kept lying on the floor because i was scared to be hit by the stray bullets. so i didn'

hewlett packard enterprise. >>> welcome back, i'm jake tapper. it's a terrifying moment and it's difficult to watch. just released surveillance video from inside one of the paris caves and restaurants that came under terrorist attack on friday. it shows customers running for their lives while a masked gunman opens fire. cnn's chris cuomo now walks us through this chilling video obtained. >> you can see glass one does shattering as the gunman starts firing from outside. people running in to escape the bullets. everyone do i having out of the way and hiding behind walls desperately looking for cover. the gunman showing no signs of mercy coming right up o to the edge of the cafe, aiming at a woman defenseless on the ground. but in one of the more miraculous moments, either the gun malfunctions or the gunman misfires and the woman gets up and runs away. from another angle, you can see two employees ducking behind the bar as bullets start flying. one o of them managing to flee down a flight of stairs as fear grips the cafe. the other helps a woman who

. >> i'm brianna keilar filling in for jake tapper. b baby parts, that was the phrase used, robert lewis dear told police he had anti-abortion and anti-government views. his most recent address was this trailer in the community of colorado where his neighbors say people go to be left alone. >> talking to us and everything and gave us some anti-obama flyers little pamphlets and i didn't even really read them. >> before moving to colorado he lived here in this remote cabin in north carolina and his police records in the carolinas include complaints about animal abuse, as well as an accusation that he was a peeping tom. he will appear in court on monday to face charges. i spoke about this attack with republican candidate dr. ben carson who joined us from amman, jordan. >> planned parenthood is calling this an act of domestic terrorism. do you agree with that assessment? >> it certainly -- it certainly is an act of extreme hatred and violence. you know, the family research council according to some government agencies is a terrorist group.

"state of the union" with jake tapper starts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> hello i'm jake tappergton, d.c. where the state of our union is on edge. the breaking news this hour. a french counter terrorism source telling cnn that terrorists who were directly involved in the paris terrorist attack may still be on the loose. 129 people were killed and 352 were injured in friday's coordinated attacks. rapidly unfolding developments as police all over the world are hunting any polices who may still be at large. seven people have been arrested in belgium in a raid, although none have been charged. several

jake tapper, cnn, paris, france. >> all right. we had breaking news this hour.ust recapping it for viewers. russian president has confirmed a bomb, they believe now, brought down metrojet flight 9268 over the sinai peninsula. significant news this morning. >> this is the first time an official anywhere has said he has evidence it was a bomb that brought down that plane. a 1 kilogram bomb. vladimir putin promising vengeance to take the fight to whoever did this and intensify the attacks. >> and secretary of state john kerry visited with president francois hollande and announced the president would speak with president obama next week. >> the summit gop-21 will happen in two weeks. >> i'm hala gorani. >> i'm john berman. our coverage of the paris attacks continues right after this. right when you feel a cold sore, abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. without it the virus spreads from cell to cell. only abreva penetrates deep and starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells. you could heal your

general, i want you to listen to what chuck hagel told our jake tapper this morning in a fascinating exclusive interview. let's roll it. >> we needed to more clearly define our political strategy along with our military strategy. it's my opinion, it was the opinion of the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff marty dempsey, he can speak for himself. but it was our opinion there is no military solution to this. we're up against an ideology, we're up against a reality of a set of dynamics we've never seen before. the tactical tra strategic prowess that isis develops. is assad the enemy or is isis the enemy? >> i'm wondering your take on that. is there no military solution to fighting isis because this is an ideology that has spread so rampantly. >> we have said for a very long time poppy that this will not be involved militarily. i thought the former secretary's interview this morning was fascinating because it outlines some things which message the fact that -- well, let's put it this way. there has been a strategy from the very beginning. there are seven lines of operation to

what was found inside, joining me is cnn's jake tapper and atika shubert. jake, you were at this hotel. inside authorities found syringes. >> we went to a suburb south of paris, a budget hotel, and on the fourth floor, there were two apartments. residents told us on saturday police went there, raided the apartment because one of the terrorists, salah abdeslam, was there, rented rooms. what they found there after bursting through, police say according to local media reports, are pizza boxes, also as you say, syringes, tubes, forensic is testing to see if they were used to make the vests. >> tatp is very volatile. there's talk it would be hard to transport it over long spaces and distance, so it would make sense if those vests and devices were made here in paris. also interesting, these rooms rented by salah abdeslam, on the run right now. the focus of an international manhunt here and in belgium. >> these are low-rent apartments so there are individuals there down on their luck, immigrant families. also we're told by some of the residents that indigents, home

"the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> thanks, brooke. investigators zeroing in right now on a flash. strange noises. "the lead" starts right now. black boxes today reportedly beginning to tell the story of a doomed flight with 224, 225, children. a new clue moments ago raising even more questions. >>> dr. ben carson and his surgeon hands tightening their grip on the gop race. as donald trump sells his book and says being president just isn't carson's thing. >>> plus -- pot in the heartland. ohio voters going to the polls right now to vote on legalizing recreational marijuana as critics argue the law could create a cartel making a kingpin out of a pop music and reality tv star. >>> good afternoon, breaking news in our world lead now russian nud agencies recording bodies of victims in the bounded metrojet crash show no signs that they were killed by a bomb. the crash killed 224 people, 25 of the victims were children. let's go right to cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. what are we learning? >> news agencies in russia reporting no s

i'm jake tapper in washington, d.c., where the state of our union. donald trump's appearance as saturday night live. he seemed at home at 30 rock joining the show as it poked gentle fun at his policies and persona. >> part of the reason i'm here is i know how to take a joke. they've done so much to ridicule me over the years, this show has been a disaster for me. look at this guy. great, great, great, great, isn't that fantastic? i have to say you're going a great job. i think the show got better by about 2 billion percent. >> trump was undeterred by protesters outside objecting to what they view as his racist rhetoric. the latest polls have leading fresh off his snl set joining us now. mr. trump, thank you for joining us. >> good morning, jake. >> last night you hosted saturday night live. we heard there were sketches that you vetoed because they went too far. what were they? >> well, they were a little bit too far. it is saturday night live, and it's a lot of fun and people understand gets a little risque. we took out a little that went a little to

jake tapper is out front. >> reporter: these horrifying images from inside the restaurant obtained bymoments when a gunman opens fire on bystanders enjoying night out in paris. they sprayed dozens of bullets, killing five people. the cameras capturing how terrifying the experience was. three closed circuit cameras capture the instant the terrorists began just after 9:30 friday night. a midst the panic and shattering debris are people trying to survive, finding cover, hiding under tables, taking refuge behind this bar running to another floor as bullets fly. two employees of the restaurant are scene ducking down behind the bar, one slips down the stairs out of sight. the other would help pull a woman to safety out of view of the attacker. that woman escaping the terrorists from outside finding cover behind the bar as this man stumbles diving to the floor. he would later get to his feet and scramble up the stairs. it shows one of the isis terrorists approaches here at the outdoor seating area where at least two diners are hiding thankfully, however, his gun jams. this is the chilling mo

i'm dana bash in for jake tapper.t was out with the old, in with the new on capitol hill this week as john boehner handed over the gavel to a man 20 years his junior, paul ryan. is a fresh face enough to unite a deeply divided republican party? i want to start with talking about big ideas. you speak about the fact that that's what you want to achieve, big ideas, which you're kind of known for, for medicare and medica medicaid. the tax code. immigration reform you talked about in the past. this is not a place where you can get big ideas done. how do you change that? >> i completely disagree with that. >> when was the last big idea? >> this is the people's house. >> right. >> where people come to serve your country. if you don't like the way the country is headed you have an obligation to the people who sent you here to change it. >> that's true historically. how does that happen? >> i cannot pick up where john left off. that is why, in discussing this with my house republican colleagues, we all concluded jointly that t

"state of the union" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> a world on edge. an international manhunt underway for the surviving terrorists and new fears that it is not over yet. what might isis have planned for america? >>> plus, the heated battle over syrian refugees. >> to bring them into this country is suicide. i call it the trojan house. you can't do it. >> republicans attack the president's plan to take in thousands of syrians. >> he sees the world as he likes to see it as a fantasy. i see the world as it really is. >> republican presidential candidate chris christie joins us live. >> then president obama unleashed. >> what i'm not interested in doing, pursuing some notion of american leadership, america winning or whatever slogan they come up. >> president obama's syria strategy. his former defense secretary will be here for an exclusive interview. and the top political minds with insights on what it means if are the country and the campaign. >>> hello. i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of the union is on high alert. police on the hunt for

jake tapper on cnn today asked him about it, and trump said that atwater brought the idea to him, sor know exactly what happened here, because, unfortunately lee atwater died some years ago now. but it was certainly interesting to hear that trump's been thinking about presidential politics and you know kind of treading around that line for almost 30 years now. >> right. lee atwater, died at an early age. >> reporter: he was only 40 years old at the peak of his power at the time. >> a rising star. and a star that had already risen but many thought he would rise further. >> reporter: go further. >> chris frates, thank you for that. >>> dozens of university of missouri football players are planning to boycott their games over a series of racist incidents at school. why they're angry at university's response, next. ♪ well, hello... ♪ santa? ♪ (flourish spray noise) ho, ho, ho! dad...what are you doing? i am not your dad... i am santa claus. then who's that? ♪ this holiday, share the joy of real cream... (flourish spray noise) share the joy of real cream... ...with reddi-wip. ♪ (flourish

. >> i'm jake tapper in paris, france. security forces are now entering their 12th hour of this crisis. they believe terrorists could still be inside the radison hotel. but mali officials saying at least one of the terrorists has been killed. at least ten bodies are in the building. all other survivors have been rescued. that includes six american citizens. video showing some of the dozens being escorted out of the hotel. now it's not exactly clear right now how many hostages escaped. but the radison chain says there were up to 170 guests and staffers present when the terrorists siege began. a u.n. official saying it started when several terrorists with ak-47s stormed the hotel entrance and the attackers arrived. one witness says in a car with diplomatic plates. robin, thank you for joining us. we heard ten bodies were seen. presumably, that number might rise. >> yes, it could rise. local journalists telling cnn that they have seen many bodies coming out of the hotel as well as the u.n. saying to watch out because the deat

hello, i'm dana bash here in washington, in for jake tapper, where the state of our union is hotly debated. wednesday's republican debate on cnbc is like a political bomb that keeps exploding. loud complaints by several candidates led the republican national committee to suspend the upcoming gop presidential debate with nbc. the parent company of cnbc. s the campaigns are going to get together tonight, to try to figure out their differences and see if they can come up with a plan among themselves for what to do for the next debates. one republican, at least, has his own ideas. >> let me lay out a radical proposition. how about if we say, from now on, if you have never voted in a republican primary in your life, you don't get to moderate a republican primary debate. >> and joining me now is one of the republican candidates on the stage last week, and will continue to be on the stage, john kasich, the governor of ohio. governor, thank you so much for joining me. let's just start with what you heard from ted cruz there. the whole idea that in the future only republicans should moderate republ

make sure you watch "the lead" with jake tapper because he is interviewing ted cruz.hat's today in the 4:00 hour here on cnn. >>> coming up next, just a stunning story of this fox lake illinois police officer set off this it massive manhunt when he staged his own death. we'll talk to a reporter there in this community. what they told him, what they knew, next. it's back t-mobile's most popular family plan. get 4 lines with up to 10 gigs of 4g lte data, each. just $30 bucks a line thats 10 gigs each and no sharing need new phones for the family? get the samsung galaxy s6 for zero upfront, and just ten bucks a month. the samsung g s6 and 10 gigs for all get it today, from t-mobile suffering from ringing in their ears, there's no such thing as quiet time. but you can quiet the ringing with lipo-flavonoid, the number-one doctor-recommended brand. relieve the ringing with lipo-flavonoid. >>> he was hailed a hero, but now this police lieutenant will be remembered much differently. a day after learning his death was not at all a homicide, ra rather a carefully staged suicide

subscribe today, at hellofresh.com "state of the union" with jake tapper up next on cnn. >>> presidentbama has 417 days, yes, we count left in the white house and he hopes to shake the lame duck label for as long as possible. that's harder to do when you're struggling in the polls and the campaign to replace you is so loud and feisty. listen to the president talking about to the terrorist threat. responding to the paris attacks, trying to reassure americans at home. he has donald trump in mind, clearly. >> we cannot and will not succumb to fear. nor can we allow fear to divide us. that's how terrorists win. we cannot give them the victory of changing how we go about our lives. >> it gets overshadowed a lot because there's a loud and feisty campaign to replace it. it's a fascinating moment for the president as he's winding down. i remember the last year or so of the bush administration of a two-term president. his party starts to think he's the past. we forget about him. the president is standing on terrorism dropped precipitous youly when you have the candidates saying he doesn't have

"state of the union" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> live from new york, it's donald trump! >> it's great to be here. i will tell you it's going to be something special. many of the greats hosted, as you know, like me in 2012. >> the republican frontrunner joins us live just hours after his snl hosting gig. and trump's biggest threat, dr. ben carson facing new questions about his life story. >> there is a desperation. will the glare of scrutiny hurt or help him? plus senator bernie sanders promising to, quote, kick butt when it comes to hillary clinton. will he go on the attack to beat that clinton surge? an

i'm jake tapper.have even more breaking news coming in on the paris terror investigation, about how these terrorists may have been able to keep this coordinated and elaborate blood bath is secret. let's go to jim sciutto in paris. what are you finding out? >> reporter: i'm learning from multiple u.s. officials that there is concern that the paris attackers went dark as they have said many times. that is used encrypted communications to avoid surveillance. we've been hearing warnings from u.s. officials both in private and public for months now about this very possibility. they're concerned that there are very easily available means of communication that are invisible to u.s. intelligence services. there is concern that these attackers used such encrypted communications to avoid such surveillanc surveillance. how did they manage to have such a complex attack in a major western city without being caught in effect, particularly considering the terror alert level here, again particularly following "charli

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now donald trump is weighing in on this issue, speaking to jake tapper.e will tell how carson's campaign will get through all the scrutiny and pliemed that he had a part time believing the story about attempting to stab in his youth only to have the knife break when he hit a belt buckle. >> i don't know. when you say hitting your mother over the head with a hammer, when you talk about hitting a friend in the face with a lock, a padlock, and you talk about stabbing someone and it got stopped by a belt buckle, which, you know, belt buckles turn and twist, and things slide off of them. it's pretty lucky if that happened. he talked about he has pathological disease. that's a series statement when you say you have pathological disease. as i understand it, you can't really cure it. >> now, we've got into political commentators to help us discuss some of the bilgeggest headline. ben ferguson, and elaine hurd, a political commentator and editor. welcome to your both. we should establish that we still have a full year until election day here in the u.s., and we ha

he will be with jake tapper tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m.t will be a very interesting television moment. poppy, back to you. >> thank you, brian. i'm sure you will talk about it a lot on your show as well. >>> coming up next, donald trump's "snl" appearance will impact his brand. good, bad. we'll see it tonight live on "snl". that is next. >>> but first, "i'll be me" about glen campbell's farewell tour. dr. sanjay gupta explains how he is preserving memories. >> every grandfather's dream come true. >> and i was like, oh, no, my heart. >> sandy wishes these moments could last forever. but he knows they will soon disappear. such is the tragic reality of alzheimer's. >> our brains are our being. it is our brain that's controlling our body. and you lose your memory. the pain is a different pain. the pain is the emotional pain. that is maybe why i wrote the book. i wanted to get my thoughts on paper for my children and grandchildren on how i thought about things. >> sandy showed me his grandpa. on a recent rainy afternoon >> so i wrote here, duri

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