welcome to the lead, i'm jake tapper. we start with a warning about democracy, a warning from the man who himself may pose the greatest threat in our lifetime, exactly 6 weeks until the crucial iowa caucus, donald trump is ignoring his republican opponents instead trying to flip the script, the current commander in chief is hostile much like biden has been warning about trump. >> of joe biden wants to make this race a question of which candidate will defect our democracy and our freedoms, i say to crooked jokes, -- crooked joe, he's the most corrupt president we've had, we are going to win that fight very big. he's not that of under of american democracy, joe biden is the destroyer of american democracy. >> it does not matter how many of the signs they print up, you see biden protects democracy, before trumps event, we all know it's odd with our own eyes, it was donald trump and his minions who tried to overthrow the 2020 election and try to undermine democracy, we should be clear with his speech today, donald trump's so-

i'm jake tapper. texas governor greg abbott any moment is expected to sign a controversial bill that would make it illegal for migrants to cross the border into texas. is this law necessary? i'll ask a democrat in congress whose district sits along the border. >>> plus, a significant shift, some say, for the catholic church, now allowing priests to informally bless same-sex couples, although not their union itself. there are limits that come along with this ruling that some call landmark. leading this hour with four weeks until iowans cast the first votes in the 2024 presidential race, the dehumanizing rhetoric of adolf hitler is once again alive and well on a national political stage. this time, of course, in the united states. this time given liech by former president and current republican presidential front-runner donald trump whose thoughts on immigrants were made shockingly crystal clear over the weekend. >> they're poisoning the blood of our country. that's what they've done. they've poisoned m

our jake tapper joins us to discuss >>> a string of raids in moscow against lgbtq bars. we'll tell you why it's happening, next. >>> new this morning, police in russia raided several gay bars in moscow over the weekend, after a top court in russia banned the lgbtq movement calling it quote extremist. according to two independent online news outlets. shocking news, why were the raids carried out and what are the long-term impacts? >> the long-term impacts could be huge for the gay and lesbian and traens gender and queer community in russia. there were three venues that were raided this weekend and they're not necessarily gay bars or clubs per se, but gay entertainment venues where apparently events wither taking place and that's very significant even though the authorities there are saying that no one was detained in those raids, some documents photographed from those people there that in and of itself could have a chilling effect. they're saying they were normal drug raids but folks from the gay and lesbian community on the ground don't buy that. they're definitely terri

welcome to the lead with jake tapper, we start with our law and justice. the new impact of the january 6th insurrection on trumps legal and political future. federal prosecutors say they plan to use drums continued with these lawbreakers against him at trial. the justice department saying the fact that trump continues to celebrate and support the insurrection is. he his intent was to commit federal crimes, trump quote sent supporters including groups like the proud boys who they knew were angry and now calls patriots. to achieve the criminal objective of obstructing the congressional certification, after a stunning comment by house speaker mike johnson, republicans have not yet released the full capital security footage from january 6th as he promised his right flank. they are busy store blur -- still blurring the face of people to protect them in part from prosecution. >> we're going through a methodical process of releasing them as quickly as we can, we have to blur the faces of persons who participated in the events of that day because we do not want th

former republican congressman liz cheney joins jake tapper for a one on one interview. be sure to tune on with that. it's on the lead with jake tapper at 5:00 p.m. >>> earlier today, president biden spoke to benjamin netanyahu. we'll speak to a spokesperson to get details on their conversation and request from the united states that israel do more to protect civilians in gaza. >>> plus, calls for resignations and emergency board of trustees meeting. and now a house investigation. inside growing backlash over comments by ivy league leaders at a hearing on anti-semitism. >>> cnn has learned president biden spoke to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu today. the attacks left 1200 people dead. defense forces say they breeched defense lines, including in the southern gaza city of khan younis. the wounded are overwhelming that facility, which is critically short on medication, space and supplies. the hamas run palestinian health ministry says 17,000 people have been killed in gaza. another 46,000 wounded since october 7th. we want to bring in a spokesperson for the isra

jake tapper starts right now. >>> flying private to overturn the election, the lead starts right now. we have a brand-new cnn report revealing how trump operatives drew fake elector ballots to d.c. in a last-ditch effort to overturn the 2020 election, we will bring you those details and audiotapes delay -- detailing their plot, nikki haley under scrutiny over controversial comments she made on the campaign trail, the exchange she had with one man in new hampshire and how her campaign is responding today, taking you on the road. the house were four university of iowa students were demolished just hours ago, why some of the victims families were pushing for it to be torn down after the suspect trial. welcome to the lead, everyone, i'm in for jake tapper, we start for breaking news, cnn has revealed a chaotic last-ditch effort by former president trump's campaign to get fake elector ballots to d.c., they were trying to get the fake ballots to former vice president mike pence and a final push to overturn the 2020 election, it involved a haphazard chain of messengers, staffers, and talk of

i'm jake tapper. leaders finally addressed the elephant in the room when it comes coclimate change, fossil fuels. former vice president al gore has been warning the world about fossil fuels for more than 20 years and he is still working on the issue. he runs a non-profit devoted to solving the climate crisis and somehow looking to the future with hope that maybe human beings can change. >> and joining me now is former vice president al gore. thanks for joining us. mr. vice president, 2023, officially the hottest year on decades and devastating wildfires and more powerful storms and we've gotten dangerously close to the 1.5 degrees celsius threshold beyond experts say humanity and the planet will struggle to adapt. what do you think 2024 will look like? >> well, we still have the ability to seize control our destiny. here's the good news, jake, if we stop adding to the overburden of these greenhouse gas pollutants in the sky, if we reach what we call true netzero and stop adding to the heat trapping ca

i'm jake tapper. world leaders finally address the elephant in the room this month when it comes to climate change. the burning of fossil fuels, that is the primary cause of our warming planet. former vice president al gore has been warning the world about fossil fuels for more than 20 years, and he is still working on the issue. he runs a non-profit devoted to solving the climate crisis. and somehow looking to the future with hope that maybe human beings can change. and joining me now is former vice president, al gore. vice president gore, thanks so much for joining us. so mr. vice president, 2023, officially the hottest year on record. deadly heat waves, catastrophic floods, devastating wildfires. more powerful storms. we've gotten dangerously close to the 1.5-degree celsius threshold beyond which experts say humanity and the planet will struggle to adapt. >> stronger than the tropical diseases and climate and migrants crossing international borders in larger numbers. they were dead right when they

welcome to the lead, i'm jake tapper. off the top are live images of that incredible volcanic eruption in iceland. the largest in this region in the last two years. the volcano is spewing magma fountains nearly 100 feet high. releasing toxic gases, the bright orange lava flow is visible some two miles away. fred pike and is trying to get as close as humanly and safely possible. his live report is coming up in a few minutes but things are also heating up in our 2024 lead with just 27 days into the first voters get their say. cue the music. yes. the suite sounds of cnn's election season. it's an all-out blitz in iowa where republican presidential hopefuls are holding a dozen official campaign events on the schedule today that includes former president trump back in iowa for the fourth time in less than a month. today, trump's campaign is projecting confidence. not only confidence they will win the iowa caucuses, but confidence they will have the entire race secure by mid- march. the senior trump campaign official says based

i'm jake tapper. we're five weeks out from the iowa caucus, but much of the dialogue focused on what a second term might look like particularly after comments by trump, after he called concerns about what he might do in office, the threat to democracy hoax. for more on that and a debate that is dividing the senate, j.d. vance joins me live in studio. thank you for being here. so you just heard secretary blinken try to make the aid to ukraine and israel and you blocked a package among and the reasons more support for a border package to protect the southern border. mitch mcconnell, however, talking about the aid for israel and ukraine, said that threats from russia and china and hamas are all interconnected. take a listen to what he had to say. >> sure. >> challenges facing america and our allies today, are not on a la carte menu of projects. we could address at our leisure. america couldn't have the luxury of facing these threats individually. our ability to contend with complex simultaneous threats i

be right back in just moments with the lead with jake tapper. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> i'm jake tapper. we have this breaking news. >>> reports of a shooting. reports of multiple victims. that according to las vegas police who apprehended the suspect. she is monitoring this from her . what can you tell us? >> reporter: we are getting a lot of information. we are just trying to sort out right now. what we are learning is noteworthy to say that we do know the shooter come as the las vegas metropolitan police department has said, the shooter has been contained and is now no longer alive. that part we do know. however, we do know this started around noon local time. just about an hour ago when we saw the campus impacted by this mere beam hall. also reports around student union as well. those are very close. we do know that this was steady week at unlv leading up to finals. we know that there were lots of students who were on campus. >> we have lost it. >> reporter: they were close to their classrooms. some of them were locking doors. they said they heard/uttered. we heard one studen

i'm jake tapper. the dialogue centered around what a trump term might look like particularly after comments by the former aides and trump called concerns about what he might do in office, quote, the threat to democracy hoax and key trump ally and republican senator j.d. vance of ohio joins me live in studio. thank you very much for being here. >> you heard secretary blinken and you and senate erepublicans among the reasons more support for a border package to protect those southern border. senate republican mitch mcconnell said that threats from china, russia, china hamas are all interconnected and i want you to take a listen to what he had to say. >> sure. >> the challenges facing america and our allies today are not on a la carte menu of projects we can address at our leisure. america couldn't have the luxury of facing these threats individually. our ability to contend with complex, simultaneous threats is exactly what our adversaries are testing. >> you disagree with that, and you oppose aid to ukr

i'm jake tapper. this hour, a dramatic new prisoner swap. the united states securing the release of ten americans, including six wrongfully detained in venezuela, for years. this deal includes the extradition of leonard francis, aka fat leonard, former military contractor who orchestrated the largest corruption scandal in the history of the united states navy. coming up, who else is involved in this exchange? plus, a top harvard review board accused of allowing a double standard, drawing the line on students in imagine plagiarism, clear with questions of plagiarism with the ho

i'm jake tapper, after the rejection from the supreme court denying the request of jack smith if donald trump has immunity from prosecution and what you need to know about the fakes and the counterfeits leaked into the market. and israel is planning to widen its military operation against hamas in gaza ordering residents in the central part of the strip to find safety in shelters. let's go right to cnn's jeremy diamond in tel aviv, islanders. the u.n. security council is pause pausing aid to gaza and you went to the karem that low crossing, one of the crossings between gaza and israel. >> what did you see there -- what's going on there? >> reporter: well, before they passed the resolution, the u.s. was bringing enormous pressure on israel to allow the entry of more aid into gaza and allow it directly from israel into gaza, and 300 plus trucks have gone directly from israel across security into this shalom plaza and we saw many of the trucks making that journey today. but still, it's not simply enough to immediate the humanitarian need in gaza. the u.n. world food program warns that abou

you hear them when they're challenged, like mark was challenged by jake tapper the other day. their defense is, well, those people shouldn't have been where they are because we told them to move. that is not how international law works. the way it works, he still have to protect civilians even if they -- got >> you worked in the biden administration, in the obama administration. this administration has been very stalwart in support of israel's war efforts here, support for the netanyahu government, the coalition unity government. as someone who personally worked in this administration, what do you think about that? >> i think they are in a very hard spot, and it is partly a very hard sport of their own creation. they're very sincere in wanting to protect civilians in gaza. i think they are not yet ready to recognize, and to make some of the policy trade-offs that would entail. they want to have two things simultaneously, they want to support the israeli military offensive, and continue to arm it, equip it, and give it diplomatic backing. at the same time, they want, and they h

and next, jake tapper joins me on the democratic congressman now backtracking on our comments about thence committed by hamas.s. president biden tonight announcing, sexual hustle by hamas. saying quote, hamas terrorists inflict as much pain and suffering on women and girls as possible, the world can't just look away at what is going on. it is on all of us to forcibly condemn the sexual violence of hamas terrorists without of quiver keyshawn. >> for more on this i want to bring in cnn's jake tapper who aired a really powerful report on the sexual violence perpetrated by hamas on october 7th, and in some ways really put this issue on the map for the world. jake, thank you for being here. what do you make of biden making these comments today, the timing of it all? >> i was told last week by some of his top aides, that the president would be saying something publicly about it because it was something that hamas had done, that the white house had not yet commented on, that the president and not yet commented on. i think the reason he did it today was because yesterday there had been that eve

don't miss jake tapper's conversation with florida governor ron desantis next tuesday at 9:00 p.m.versation with ramaswamy next wednesday at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. >>> and next some american cities are looking to ban ski masks that they say is necessary in order to respond to rising property crime. we'll discuss that next. >>> you might want to think twice about what you wear during your next visit to atlanta, specifically when it comes to facial coverings. city council is proposing a ban this week on ski masks or any other item that will hide or conceal or hide a person's identity. now the reason according to the legislation is to help maintain public safety. the city has seen a jump in property crimes this year with auto thefts rising. and shoplifting is up 20%. now atlanta's proposed ban will come on the heels of philadelphia's city council. autothefts are up, 29% this year. and now it is important to note that if you are an offender of both of these potential rules, you would face a fine. but the question that's being hotly debated is this really a right call to b

don't miss jake tapper's conversation with florida governor ron desantis next tuesday at 9:00 p.m.tern. and my conversation with vivek ramaswamy right here on cnn. >>> and next, some american cities are looking to ban ski masks that they say is necessary in order to respond to rising property crime. we'll discuss that, next. >> you might want to think twice about what you want to wear during your next visit to atlanta, facial coverages. ban on ski masks hoods or any, that covers a person's identity. the reason is to help maintain public safety. the city has seen a jump in crimes o auto thefts upably 15%. the question that is being hotly debated is, is this really a right call to begin with? i want to write in van leigh la. what do you say is it a good call? >> long ignored, the condition between clothing and crime which is why me and my colleagues at the black negro american think tank are looking into bans, armani, hugo boss, brooks brothers, keep white collar crime in check, won't steal millions of dollars from american people so i think that's a great call abby. >> look acknowle

. >>> welcome to the lead, i'm jake tapper. we have a lot but we will start with breaking news on the money lead. the dow closing moments ago at a record high for the sk day in a row. let's get straight to vanessa. what is driving this surge and what might it mean for americans' wallets? >> another day, another record. the dow closing up 158 points, beating the record it just set yesterday. yesterday's record was because the fed announced it was holding rates steady and it was projecting three additional rate cuts next year. this is important because today on wall street, we also saw better than expected retail sales boosting the dow and mortgage rates dropping below 7% for the first time since august. this is obviously good news for anyone who has money in the markets, who has a 401k and also for the millions of americans who don't. stronger than expected retail sales shows the strength of the u.s. consumer. and mortgage rates dropping below 7% will certainly pull some first time home buyers off of the sidelines and ultimately

i'm jake tapper. tracking the flow of money to hamas. why his critics say benjamin netanyahu helped support the terror group by turning a blind eye to that funding so as to hurt the palestinian authority in the west bank. >>> the texas woman pregnant with a fetus with a fatal condition after fighting to get an abortion in texas, an attorney for kay cox says she's left the state to get the procedure. could that put her in jeopardy for criminal prosecution by the state of texas. >>> leading this hour, the u.s. supreme court has been asked to intervene in the case against donald trump. special counsel jack smith is going around the appeals process and asking the high court directly, is donald trump immune from his alleged crimes during his time as president? let's get right to cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez. this trial was set to start in march. how does this u.s. supreme court request impact that? >> reporter: jake, that's exactly what the special counsel is trying to do. they're trying to make sure this trial remains on track

i'm jake tapper. what if donald trump wins? i'll speak with the authors behind 24 new essays in "the atlantic" magazine, with what they call the lack of guardrails to keep him in line. >>> plus, 250 days detained unfairly, unjustly in russia. i'll speak with the parents of american journalist aaron ger gersing vic. >>> a school in the northeast that housed tunnel shafts and stocked weapons and explosives. today the red cross described the level of human suffering in gaza as intolerable. we're going to start today with cnn's jeremy diamond who is in sderot, israel. how is israel expanding its ground assault? >> reporter: i sat down with israel's top tank commander to talk about how tanks are going to play a central role in the offensive in the south as today the first israeli tanks were spotted in southern gaza. as israel expands its ground offensive into southern gaza the brigadier general, the head of israel's armored corps, said tanks will once again be central to israel's war strategy. >> -- >> reporter: israeli tanks were a

i'm jake tapper. we are live from greenview university in des moines, iowa.a few hours, i'm going to be moderating a town hall with republican florida governor ron desantis as he feels question from voters lesson five weeks before the all-important this. he seeks to distance himself from the front runner former president donald trump while picking up his voters. he's also fending off a challenge from close competitor nikki haley who is about to score a major endorsement in new hampshire the first of the nation primary state. iowans have lots of questions from the governor about domestic and foreign policy, the economy, social security as to what inconsequential wars and united states finds itself in a critical inflation time. >>> right now ukrainian president trenton is at the white house on an 11 hour invite from president biden as u.s. support for the nation hangs in the balance and republicans tie the destiny of $60 billion of new a to ukraine to u.s. border policy. more radical board policy change be on the $14 billion in additional funding in border secu

jake tapper hosting that. don't want to miss it. >> we even do ventrilogy on this show, as well. watch for that. >>> new coming up, exclusive cnn reporting about donald trump's classified documents case, what we're learning about who the former president contacted just a few months after the fbi seized those classified records from his home. that's ahead. >>> new data out just this morning, the latest read on the closely watched inflation gauge appears to show signs of progress. annual inflation continuing to cool. in november -- we have more. what happened, what does it mean? >> this is in line with expectations. this is a good report, dare i say a boring report which is actually good news. you don't want to see crazy elevated prices right now. you want to see prices continue to cool, and that's what we're seeing. so the top line number, in line with expectations, up 3.1% on an annual basis. economists were hoping that month over month, so october to november, that that was going to remain at zero, so unchanged, up .1%, not dramatic. >> okay. >> so overall this picture looks rea

until then, you can follow me on facebook, instagram, threads, x, and the tiktok at jake tapper. tweet the show at the lead. if you ever miss an episode of the lead, you can listen to the show, all two hours, whence you get your podcasts. our coverage continues now with one mr. wolf blitzer next door in a place i like to call "the situation room". see you tomorrow. >>> happening now. breaking news. president biden says he's not sure he'd be seeking re-election if donald trump wasn't running for the white house. we're breaking down the stark revelation about biden's decision making and what it says about the state of the 2024 presidential race. also breaking. after republican senator tommy tuberville finally backs down on his nearly year long blockade of u.s. military promotions, hundreds of nominees have been confirmed tonight. and the israeli military is claiming new advances across gaza. new video showing the frantic search for survivors in the rubble over the israeli strike as the u.n. chief warns conditions in gaza are apocalyptic. welcome to our viewers here in the united st

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>>> welcome to "the lead" i'm jake tapper. this hour actor felicity huffman opening about thought college admissions scandal that land her in the clink. huffman said she was trying to give her daughter a future and she felt like she had to break the law. >>> plus donald trump's attempted defense today pushing to get his criminal case in georgia dismissed arguing the indictment against the former president violates his free speech. >> and leading this hour unfortunately the cease-fire is over. izal is launching new strikes in gaza accusing hamas of violating its deal to hand over more hostages. the fighting resumed just hours after a report in "the new york times" that israeli leaders dismissed warnings of a pending hamas attack. let's start with cnn's jeremy diamond near the israel-gaza border. and jeremy, we've seen explosions over gaza all day. what is the israel government, what is the idf saying about the renewed military operations? >> reporter: well, jake, not only has the israeli military renewed its military operation

home of the xfinity 10g network. >>> welcome to "the lead" i'm jake tapper. this hour actor felicity huffman opening about thought college admissions scandal that land her in the clink. huffman said she was trying to give her daughter a future and she felt like she had to break the law. >>> plus donald trump's attempted defense today pushing to get his criminal case in georgia dismissed arguing the indictment against the former president violates his free speech. >> and

. >> joining us now chief washes correspondent jake tapper.e has been out front on the story for weeks. seems like people are starting to recognize how slow many organizations have been to pay attention to this. why? >> well, i don't know why they have not been more active and aggressive when it comes to recognizing the evidence and the eyewitness testimony that israeli -- that atrocities against israeli women and girls and men took place on october 7th by hamas. but because the united nations and other international organizations and feminist organizations had been so silent, the israeli mission to the united nations held this special event yesterday at the u.n. in which they invited various feminist leaders, including sheryl sandberg and hilbert margol and senator gillibrand and others to talk about this issue and to invite others to bear witness as to what happened on october 7th. >> on october 7th, hamas perpetrated rape and sexual violence, exploiting these unforgiveable crimes as weapons of war. >> nearly two months after the october 7th

it will be moderated by jake tapper.esantis is trying to mitigate his diminishing poll numbers by attacking two of his biggest opponents, donald trump and nikki haley. >> he is his own worst enemy by not being able to control his mouth. that has consequences for governance and us being able to get things down. you can't have hawkeye haley here saying she is conservative and more nuanced nikki appealing to independents and liberals in new hampshire. you have to have the same message everywhere. >> jessica dean live from iowa. nuance in life, does matter a lot. but nuance nikki and tricky nikki. a lot of nicknames for nikki haley. what are you expecting tonight? >> yeah. he sure does, poppy. as we would imagine as we get closer to the january 15th caucuses here in iowa the attacks do get sharper and desantis now kind of fighting a fight on two fronts against the frontrunner, former president donald trump, and then also nikki haley, seeing a surge heading into the late stage of this primary before the voting. so we are seei

i'm jake tapper.end there is growing concern about president biden's standing among progressives, concern among democrats athe president considers striking a deal with senate republicans in exchange for foreign raid to israel and ukraine. biden would be acquiescing to tighter asylum rules and restrictions at the border where a flood of migrants is straining border facilities and creating a head for democrats across the station. joining us to discuss is joe manchin. thank you so much for joining us. so senators are still here in washington. >> thanks for having me, jake. >> to try to strike an agreement on foreign aid and immigration. you've been part of this. how close is the senate to any sort of deal on the border that would then also allow israel and ukraine funding to pass? >> well let me just is a this, that i've been communicating with the negotiators, my colleagues and friends on the democrat and republican side. also with the white house, too and i'm very encouraged and optimistic, they're mov

and next, jake tapper joins me on the democratic congresswoman, now backtracking on her comments aboutlence committed by hamas. >>> the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. >> president biden tonight, denouncing reported sexual assault by hamas. saying quote, hamas terrorists inflicted as much pain and suffering on women and girls as possible. the world can't just look away at what's going on. it's on all of us to forcibly condemn the sexual violence of hamas terrorists, without equivocation. for more on this, i want to bring in cnn's jake tapper, who aired a really powerful report on the sexual violence perpetrated by hamas on october 7th. and in some ways, really put this issue on the map for the world. jake, thanks for being here. what do you make of biden making

up next, "state of the union" with jake tapper and dana bash and dana's guests are chris sununu and democratic senator chris murphy. thanks again for sharing your sunday morning with us. happy new year. ♪ ♪ >>> ballot bombshell, the special counsel argues former president trump does not have immunity as another state moves to strike him from the ballot. >> mr. trump engaged in that insurrection. >> could the supreme court buy that argument? >> the constitution could not be any clearer. >> former january 6th committee member jamie rask inis here exclusively. and closing in, two weeks until iowa and nikki haley is still cleaning up comments about the civil war. her allies say -- >> acknowledge it and move on. >> her opponents disagree. new hampshire is seeing the slippery, slick, nikki haley. how will she fare in new hampshire? governor chris sununu joins me exclusively. american epidemic. this holiday season there's a new public health crisis. isolation. >> people are feeling more lonely. why and how can we fix it? senat senator chris murphy is here ahead. ♪ ♪ >>> hello. i'm dana bash in washin

here's cnn's jake tapper reacting to mace's pr stunt. >> congresswoman nancy mace walked in with the" on her shirt as she walked in the closed doors she was asked by her colleague andy graham what that was about. she said it was a scarlet letter jake >> okay. that's not making me convinced that they have their act together [ laughter ] >> seth: damn, you just got sassed by jake tapper. aka, you just got tapped [ laughter ] >> tapped! ♪ [ laughter ] >> seth: i do wish news anchors were more sarcastic. it's fun to imagine walter cronkite using that same tone to report on apollo 11. "american astronauts successfully landed on the moon, which scientists say is almost as charmless and dusty as yo mama." [ laughter ] and the dysfunction isn't just paralyzing the gop conference, it's threatening to paralyze the entire u.s. government again, here is a republican member of congress explaining the stakes of this gop leadership dispute >> funding the government is part of our fundamental duty, and we can't even do that so, and now, here we are at the 11th hour with the clock ticking and we can'

you know, jake tapper is an intelligent guy, but he's playing to a low iq audience >> seth: i'm sorryto a low iq audience you think newsmax viewers are a bunch of geniuses just because they're smart enough to find newsmax on their cable guide "honey, i found it up here between telemundo after work and espn five and a half honey? honey? oh, that's right, i forgot, you left me. anyway - [ laughter ] it's not just cnn anchors who are laughing in comer's face even fox and friends host steve doocy said recently there's not enough evidence to justify impeachment. so comer said he stopped going on that show, too. >> if they find enough evidence, don't you think the voters are smart enough in those districts to say, you know what, we did vote for biden, but this looks really bad >> and ab -- if they have the stuff. >> if they have the stuff, right. >> i mean, the republicans at this point don't have -- they've got a lot of ledgers and spread sheets but have not connected the dots they've connected the dots - the department of justice did on hunter, but have not shown where joe biden did anyth

before the iowa caucuses, and the republican hopeful ron desantis is going to join cnn moderator jake tapper for a town hall. >>> and now, what prpresident z len si zelenskyy y is saying g to lawms behindnd those clolosed doors.s >> all right. this is just moments ago on capitol hill. the house side, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, and you can see his head there amidst that group of people walking down the hallway. we believe he is coming out of his meeting with the u.s. house speaker mike johnson right now. we have been watching him move through the capitol building all morning long and waiting for him to comment if he chooses to do so, but he has not chosen to do so. but we are getting comment about the pitch he is making behind closed doors from some of the lawmakers themselves who have emerged from the meetings, and then chased down by roving news finder manu raju on capitol hill. manu, what have you heard about what is taking place at these meetings? >> yeah, zelenskyy is actually telling members that he does not expect the united states to fail in its push to provide aid to uk

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in this war for actions specifically as to what is happening in gaza, and this is started by our jake tapper, and his really in-depth, and important piece on the atrocities of october, and including deputy director -- >> i think that we have that sound. it does not do justice, because you tried to give, and you give ample opportunity to get a straight answer and you did not. can we play this, guys. >> is there a reason though, sara, that you cannot specifically call out hamas and the mounting evidence now over seven weeks that israeli investigators have collected and that we have shown our viewers of the atrocities that they have committed october 7th. >> indeed. the u.n. women always supports impartial and independent investigations into any serious gender-based and violence against women. in these, the investigations are led by the high office of the u.n. human rights. >> this was over seven minute, and never once did we hear anything about the condemnation, and once again, the statement came out condemning hamas for the allegations of these atrocities, and they said they would look furthe

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the oversight committee chairman james comer just said this to jake tapper about the new federal charges>> my concern is that weiss may have indicted hunter biden to protect him from having to be deposed in the house oversight committee on wednesday. >> weiss, the special counsel, is a donald trump appointee. he was the u.s. attorney in delaware held over for this case. does that make any sense to you? >> no. you could easily dismiss that as searching for a reason and grasping at straws to suggest the reason they will not take yes for an answer on capitol hill as to his statement he'll testify in front of the camera, but they want to do it behind closed doors. they ca it's fascinating to think about hunter biden and donald trump having something very much in common these days. that is, they are both talking about the political machine trying to undermine their pursuit of justice. on one hand, we talk about donald trump, he has a hand in that by trying to, in many respects, dictate the terms and express it in ways that are not truthful and forthcoming. on the other hand, hunter biden aski