. >> the lead with jake tapper starts right now >> and welcome to the lean. >> i'm doing jake tapper and we start today with our out of this world lead and the once in a generation phenomenon across the united states right now, parts of the northeastern united states are still experiencing the solar eclipse, which passed across the us, plunging parts of 15 states into darkness. mexico's pacific coast was the first to experience what's called the totality. that's when the moon fully blocks out the sun. huge crowds gathered along the path of the totality in cities from mazatlan, mexico to one of the largest watch parties in the united states at the indianapolis motor speedway all the way to niagara falls, new york and all that travel is expected to provide a 6 impact on the economy according to some analysts, if you miss today's eclipse, you might not need those special sunglasses again until august 2045. that's when nasa says the us will experience. it's next total solar eclipse. but we're going to bring the highlights from coast-to-coast. let's go straight out to derrick van dam, liv

our panel breaks down what to watch next >> he's cnn's breaking news >> hello, i'm jake tapper in washington with a special live, expanded edition in a state of the union where the state of our union is bracing for what comes next. new out of the middle east >> president >> biden is meeting virtually today with g7 your ears as israel's war cabinet has been gathering to deciding how to respond to iran is unprecedented overnight assault. a member of that war cabinet, benny gantz on saying israel will quote exact a price from iran in a way and time. and that suits us on iran last night fired around 170 attack drones, more than 30 cruise missiles, and more than 120 ballistic missiles over the course of five hours from iran to israel, according to the israeli government, which says 99% of the projectiles were successfully intercepted. israel says a seven-year-old girl was injured by shrapnel in the evening's activities, president biden telling israeli prime minister netanyahu overnight that israel should consider the overall results a win, and that the us will not participate in any offensive ope

i'm jake tapper. going to bring you brand new audio from moments before that horrific bridge collapse and that bolton more port radio transmissions revealing confusion as that massive cargo ship hit the bridge and crews scramble to try to stop traffic across the bridge. plus a texas national guard member, is under arrest, accused of trying to smuggle migrants near the border. the police video, but high-speed chase that led to the arrest and leading this, our president biden trying to lay down the law today with

i'm jake tapper and we begin today with multiple breaking stories. all of which will have wide-ranging impacts on the 2024 election and moments from now and florida, former president donald trump will welcome the house speaker mike johnson. to his mar-a-lago resort. the two men are holding a press conference in which they will discuss. they say election security, though we should note the last time the two teamed up on this issue they worked to try to undermine the 2020 election. so skepticism may be warranted. we are told the two republican leaders are expected to highlight the issue of non in citizens voting in federal elections. and if you're thinking, doesn't federal law already van, non-citizens from voting in federal elections, you would be correct. it is true but some municipalities allow non-citizens to vote in some local elections, like the mayor of tacoma park, maryland. but that said the republican party is seizing on this issue to try to make a larger political issue for the run-up to november. we shall see how allegiant to the facts of t

i'm jake tapper in washington with the special live expanded edition of state of the union, where the state of our union is bracing for what's next new this >> morning out of the middle east, israel's war cap i'm going to use meeting this hour to decide how to respond. >> that >> iran is unprecedented overnight assault. that's according to israeli visually, israel says that israel and other nations intersect that. did it 99% of the more than 300 missiles and drones fired by iran directly from iranian soil during its five-hour strike on israel. over the us intercepted more than 70 of those attack drones and at least three ballistic missiles. according to officials, president biden is set to convene a meeting of the g7 today to coordinate what he calls a united diplomatic response to iran's brazen attack. >> it >> was a night of booms and flashes of light and explosions over israel for all his air raid sirens wailed israel says seven year-old girl was injured by shrapnel and the rockets did not come just from iran more than 55 were fired from lebanon and israel, according to the israeli

follow me on facebook, instagram x, formerly known as twitter, and on the tiktok, all of them under jake tapper, you can follow the show on x at the lead cnn, if you ever miss an episode of the lead, you can listen to the show once you get your podcasts all two hours, just sitting there like a big, big, big, big potato. let's call it that. the news continues on cnn. i'll see you tomorrow >> happening now >> breaking news a bit consequences how serious is this us threat to change its israel policy? i'll ask white house official john kirby. he studied by live also breaking donald trump loses his bid to documents.he judge's ruling included a heated response to the ecial counsel scathing criticism of how she's handng the case and trbling new details are emerging about the chaotic us withdrawal from afghanistan. cnn as exclusively obtained transcripts ofnterviews with state department officials that were kept under wraps until now welcome towein the united states and around the wod i'm lflitzer, a year in the situation room the skis cnn breaking >> news because that's good right to the breaking news

>> though >> online to get 50% off your first application >> the lead with jake tapper next on cnn closed. captioning brought to you by mesobook >> are firm only represents mesothelioma victims and their families. if you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, call us now arizona, going back to the civil war era for their abortion laws, the lead starts right now the arizona supreme court ruling think the state must comply with a 160 year-old law barring all abortions. the only exception to save a while pregnant woman's life, but no exceptions for rape no exceptions for incest just the latest example of the abortion rights battle, heating up since the us supreme court overturned roe v wade. reaction, this our including arizona center the mark, kelly plus donald trump rejected again in yet another attempt to delay the new york hush money trial, which is set to start and just six days. can his legal team attempt another hail mary will ask a former trump attorney about those potential conversation and a traffic stop to turn deadly in chicago killing dexter read police weapons fir

i'm jake tapper. you're looking at new video today from the israel defense forces showing israeli fighter jets downing is iranian projectile is targeting israel specifically missiles and attack drones joining us now, the former director of national intelligence under president obama retired general james clapper so first of all, just the size and scope of this. we've never seen anything quite like this in terms of iran directly launching attack on israel. so it does seem to mark a change and inflection point of some sort. yes. >> oh, no question. which take that uh, reuben khan was been crossed her with the rahm directly attacking from iranian iran proper to israel proper >> that's >> though the size of the attack, i think was very measured it did not. i think the iranians had to know that it would not overwhelm the coalition air defense system >> and then >> at the end of it, they declared it was done without having accomplished much in the way of damage. so i think there was a messaging here but i s

i'm jake tapper and we start today with our world-leading and international outrage over the deaths of seven aid workers, including a dual canadian american citizen in central gaza, killed is they were attempting to deliver food to stop starving palestinians despite coordinating the trip beforehand with israel's military and traveling and vans marked with the world central kitchen logo on the roof of the vans. israeli strikes hit the aid, can't convoy in a quote, deconflicted zone according to world central kitchen, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that the strikes were unintentional, adding quote, it happens in war. >> but a >> british weapons expert, i'll cnn that the strike was carried out with a quote, highly accurate drone world central kitchen founder, chef jose andres posted quote, these are people, angels. the israeli government needs to stop this indiscriminate killing. it needs to stop restricting humanitarian aid, stop killing civilians and aid workers now, world central kitchen is, kitchen is pausing altogether operations in gaza along with a different america

i'm jake tapper. we started in our national lead with the death of oj simpson from celebrated football star to the face of hertz rent-a-car, to a star on the big screen. oj simpson was beloved and then it all took a disturbing turn in 1994, that's when he was arrested and tried for the gruesome murders of his ex-wife, nicole brown simpson and her friend ron goldman. it's a case that became a nationally televised spectacle beginning when simpson fled police a white ford bronco the trial became a cob, international focus. were other issues often eclipsed the fundamentals, such as that nicole brown simpson was stabbed seven times in the neck and scalp that the gash across her throat nearly decapitated her. and the autopsy confirms she had defensive wounds on her hands it's ron goldman also stabbed multiple times in the face slashes, leaving his neck sever plus stab wounds in his abdomen and leg. it's believed goldman also tried to fight off the attack. the criminal trial of oj simpson captured the world'

mourn liebermann at the pentagon and this cnn and welcome to the lead. >> i'm jake tapper. this our nfl owner, robert kraft will be here. he's a columbia alum, the schools jewish center for jewish student life is named after him now, mr. kraft says he has lost confidence in the university coming up. his strong reaction to colombia's handling of tens. and at times harassing protests against israel, prompting questions about the safety of jewish students on campus. plus investigating how hollywood production work ended up on internet servers that belonged to north korea, that someone at a us studio unknowingly outsource animation work. cnn is following the trail and leading this our opening statements and testimony from a key witness today on the unprecedented criminal trial against the former president of

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i'm jake tapper, quote, together, we shall win. that is the message from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his very first public comments hours after iran aimed hundreds of missiles and drones at israel in an unprecedented attack joining us now to discuss democratic senator john fetterman from the great commonwealth of pennsylvania. senator, what is your reaction to iran's attack on israel and how worried are you? that is the beginning of an open war between the two countries >> well, a couple of things actually, i think it really demonstrates how it's astonishing that we are not standing firmly with israel and there should never be any kinds of conditions. all of that when a nation can launch hundreds of drones towards israel. and i'm not going to be talking about conditions ever and second, i think that also was iran had to have some fireworks after israel smoked that iranian general and i am here for that and i think it's just a matter of theater. part of it as well. two, and finally, it demonstrates how unstable thi

i'm jake tapper. we begin with our breaking news jury selection in former president donald trump's criminal trial in new york city is underway, but moments ago more than half of this first batch of prospective jurors were sent home packing. why? well, they said they could not be filled here or impartial. and just about 30 minutes, donald trump's first day in this trial will come to an end. but before jury selection even began, prosecutors were already asking judge juan merchan to find donald trump. they were accusing him of violating his gag order with three social media posts he made about the case, including one at 9:12 eastern in this morning, possibly while actually inside court trump in one post referred to two key witnesses as sleaze bags. those were his former attorney, michael cohen, and his former alleged paramour, adult film star and directors stormy daniels. remember, donald trump is being charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover for up the alleged role in a hush money

and be ready for monday, sign up for free, visit otter.ai, ai or download the app the lead with jake tapper. >> next, odd cnn house speaker mike johnson is about to speak at columbia university at that podium where he is set to call for the schools president to resign. >> this among several major us colleges facing a wave of pro-palestinian protests on their campus this is, we've seen saenz of tension and violence of the university of texas and the university of southern california as well. briana. >> yeah, we certainly haven't. we've been watching these developing. it seems like today there just is a bit of a fever pitch being reached in some of these college communities, particularly usc and ut austin today we will continue to keep an eye on that here on cnn, where the lead with jake tapper starts right now this is cnn breaking news welcome to the leading. i'm jake tapper and we are following a breaking news coast to coast, large pro-palestinian protest underway right now across us college campuses and universities after weeks of tension over the israel-hamas war or at the university of t

i'm jake tapper and we start today with our law and justice lead. and what could be a looming battle between special counsel jack smith and the judge overseeing donald trump's classified documents case. judge, aileen cannon, they're already appears to be no love lost between federal prosecutors on smith's team and judge cannon, who was appointed by donald trump. and whose performance has been questioned by legal observers. cannon has been slow to make some decisions which happens to help trump's delay strategy. and one of her major rulings in the investigation was overturned by a higher court you might remember just a few days ago, prosecutors took the very unusual step of harshly lambasting her, suggesting that some of the judges actions seemed based on a quote, fundamentally flawed understanding of the case. though one one that has no basis in law or fact. well, judge cannon's now firing back in a filing of her own, leaving one to wonder how far this back-and-forth might go and whether special counsel jack smith might try to get judge cannon remov

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. >> i can't believe it's gone on this long, but it's so important the lead with jake tapper starts right now trump's relationship with the national enquirer was even sleazy or than it looked into the lead starts right now former tabloid publisher david pecker, under oath& on the record revealing just how far donald trump wins, allegedly to protect his 2016 presidential campaign. but when it comes to whether trump committed a felony in the process how damaging was today's testimony. and that infamous meeting in august 2015, what packer said went down in that room that could hurt donald trump's case nearly nine years later, plus trump's legal team admonished in court today, scolded by the judge over social media posts by the former president that prosecutors say violated a gag order coming up the tough decision for the judge deciding how to punish trump welcome to the leaf i'm jake tapper. >> we're going to start with our law and justice lead a dramatic day of testimony in the new york hush money cover-up trial. tabloid mobile. david pecker testified in front of his longtime friend, donald

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this one is longer and busier than the one that i just went down welcome to the lead on jake tapper, we start today with our law injustice lead aid and special counsel jack smith and blasting the judges approach in donald trump's classified documents case in florida, basically suggesting the judge, aileen cannon does not understand what's going on in new court filings jack smith's team claimed the judge cannons recency recent actions were based on a quote, fundamentally flawed understanding of the case. one that has no basis in law or fact, unquote. >> this >> constitutes a remarkably harsh critique of judge cannon, a trump appointee, and how she is doing her job no clear sign that prosecutors are quite worried that her actions could and will benefit the defendant. donald trump. cnn's paula reid starts off our coverage today with a closer look at exactly what the special counsel's team is requesting and the trump team's counterarguments we very much look forward to presenting our case to a jury of citizens in the southern district of florida. a trial in the mar-a-lago classified >> d

yeah, it was good to have the lead with jake tapper starts right down a split second. this courthouse went from the scene of a high-profile trial to a high-profile security seen elites starts right now hey horrific scene outside this courthouse after man lit himself on fire. inside the courthouse, there's a major developing and then in the hush money case against former president donald trump, a full jury plus alternates. now, all seated, setting the stage for opening statements. this hour, we're gonna go all in on this okay. it's dissecting the next steps. how long can the prosecution hold out and keep its witness list out of the hands of donald trump and his defense team also this hour, in an extreme jordan, berry moves from 100 house democrats came to the aid of republican speaker mike johnson, drawing the ire of hard-line republicans in putting johnson even close closer to potentially losing his job welcome to lead on mattingly in today for jake tapper and we are live outside the new york courthouse where the former president's criminal hush money trial is playing

i'm jake tapper in this hour, the goon squad faces the music deep down in mississippi.for six former police officers convicted of torturing two black men the rulings in the shadow of the rankin county confederate monument right outside the courthouse, plus former major league baseball player in current republican senate candidate steve garvey here i'm the lead from his days on the mound now, making a pitch for politics, taking on congressman adam schiff and a high-profile race for the us senate. and leading this our a conservative revolt holt

welcome to the lean on jake tapper. we start this hour with breaking news and what we just heard from her house speaker mike johnson live right here on the lead just minutes ago, he is

. >> thank you the lead with jake tapper starts right now jury selection in trump's hush money case has taken a dramatic turn. the lead starts right now the shocking actions that lead to, to jurors suddenly dismissed and unusual occurrence. what this might mean for opening statements which the judge had thought could start part as soon as monday plus name-calling and fresh threats, house speaker johnson was physically cornered on the house floor, pinned against the wall by hard-right republican in is demanding that he keeps his hands off. >> the rule that as of right now allows just one member of congress to force a vote to remove him as speaker the house adjourn today before anybody could make a move will tell you all about it and arrests at columbia university protests new york city, just one day after that schools president testified before congress about antisemitism on campus. >> we're going to go to columbia, live welcome to the lean. >> i'm jake tapper and we start today in our lawn justice lead with a dramatic day in the courtroom during the third day of donald trump's hush mone

show powering progress i'm sunlen serfaty in washington in this is cnn welcome to the lead on jake tapper. >> this our new blame for all the divisions and in congress these days, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell was pointing the finger at this specific political commentator. who is it will tell you, plus a new settlements in what may be the biggest scandal in the history of athletics the us justice department is saying about its deal to try to close the books on its investigation into the larry nassar's sexual abuse case against girls and women in gymnasts next, we're going to get reaction from the attorney representing the gymnast survivors of larry nassar's abuse, and leaning this our a-major de and the new york city pasha funny cover-up case. a key witness for the prosecutors was back on the stand. his name? david pecker, the former tabloid publisher, and he detailed how he says donald trump used the national so enquirer tabloid to help his 2016 presidential campaign cnn's paula reid has a look now at today's task testimony as former tablet executive pecker went from killing dama

. >> sunday, april 21 at nine welcome to the lead i'm, jake tapper. this our eight whistleblowers frightening claim that boeing took shortcuts making two kinds of passenger plane shortcuts it could eventually lead to catastrophes a former top transportation official weighs in on whether you should be worried about booking that next flight plus a new college athletic policy but effectively bans transgender women from competing in sports and leading this our in our law and justice league, chicago police firing 96 shots in 41 seconds at one man and a deadly traffic stop last month that killed 26 year-old dexter read newly released bodycam video shows what led to this. all police say hey, they pulled read over for not wearing a seat belt when officers approached his suv, this situation quickly escalated. cnn's omar jimenez spoke exclusively to the family of extra read and has their reaction to seeing the body camera video that was just released a few hours ago what was your reaction to seeing that video >> it was terrifying for dexter read sr. his mother.

i'm jake tapper. this hour we're going to bring you brand new audio from moments before that horrific bridge collapse and that bolton more port radio transmissions revealing confusion as that massive cargo ship hit the bridge and crews scramble to try to stop traffic across the bridge. plus a texas national guard member, is under arrest, accused of trying to smuggle migrants near the border. the police video, but high-speed chase that led to the arrest and leading this, our president biden trying to lay down the law today with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. biden making new demands, warning of consequences if israeli forces do not take concrete steps to try to protect civilian lives in gaza the 30-minute call was the first conversation between the leaders since israel strike monday in gaza. so that killed seven aid workers from the world central kitchen. the non-profit started by celebrity chef jose on dress the killings, touching off a new level of frustration from the president with the

what senator bernie sanders told are jake tapper just a few moments ago, listen to this israel should not be getting another nickel in military aid untold these policies are fundamentally changed. so if my view is no more military aid to israel when children in gaza are starving >> so if the status quo continues, do you think president biden would be willing to condition military aid to israel? >> well, again, i don't want to get ahead of the president or closed down this decision space on national tv his statement today, the readout from his conversation with prime minister netanyahu was very clear that we will make decisions about our policy in gaza based on our assessment of how they meet their commitments and changes that they're willing to make in the way they're prosecuting operations and protecting innocent civilians, including aid workers. so we're going to watch and see what they announced and what and how they act on those announcements that changes they make will monitor it very closely. we're going to judge it by what they do, not just by one but they say i just don't want

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welcome to the lean on jake tapper. we start this hour with breaking news and what we just heard from her house speaker mike johnson live right here on the lead just minutes ago, he is facing a potential revolt from his far-right flank over his plan to bring three different foreign aid bills to the floor this weekend? it's a move his fiercest critics say, could ultimately cost him the speakership. but speaker johnson tells me he's not worried about what could happen. he's going to do what he thinks is right. even if the bill gets democratic votes this is very simple. >> i'm operating with the smallest margin in us story. i have a o ve margin oy. so in order to getomhing into this underlying package, we have to havthe tes in the orida pass aule. i don't ha all mrepublicans who agree on that ru. and a rule on the floor or is that it requires a couple of democrats l's speaker johnson explaining why there isn't. a tougher border measures this legislation as many house republicans want there to be coming up anjust moments. e

. >> i'm jake tapper. we're going to start today with our law and justice lead quotes. i will not have any jurors intimidated in the courtroom, unquote that stern warning this afternoon coming from judge juan merchan talking about donald trump's behavior during de to of his hush money cover up trial in new york city. the judge's is management came during the meticulous jury selection process. today is lawyers from both the prosecution and the defense consider one by one each and every potential juror deciding who they want to kick off. >> that >> during part of that questioning, the judge says trump was gesturing and speaking in the direction of one potential juror. a clear violation of court rules as all of this plays out in the courtroom in new york, we have also just learned the first six jurors in the case have been seated let's get straight to cnn's kara scannell, who's live outside the courthouse in manhattan care >> this is the >> third trial you've covered with donald trump has the defendant, this behavior by trump is something we have seen before yeah, jake, we

starts right now these cnn's breaking news walkability. >> and i'm jake tapper. we start with breaking news stark scenes of division protest, arrests, and the time in this blatant antisemitism sweeping college campuses will bring you to the university of texas in austin in just a minute. we're police in riot gear just encircled a group of protesters. summer grass tebor reportedly been made, but first this afternoon at columbia university in new york, student protesters just blew past 2:00 p.m. deadline to clear the encampment or risk suspension or even expulsion, according to columbia administrators students circled the tenths as a group of student leaders addressed the crowd. take a listen you can see outside you now that are mobilized there's hundred of them here today. they will not be weak divest we will not be moved on rough by force right now, the new york police department is on standby waiting for an official order from the university. >> meanwhile, and anonymous jewish newton is suing columbia today. accusing the newly the college for the newly institute

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this fall, our political >> panel is coming up hello, i'm jake tapper in washington, dc we're the state of our union is frankly heart sick news this morning out of israel as the region marked six months since those brutal hamas terrorist attacks >> on october 7 against israel killing 1,200 and taking more than 250 people hostages, the israeli military now says it is withdrawn forces from the southern gaza strip though quote, significant force remains in other areas of gaza that as an israeli official told seen in this morning, that an israeli delegation is expected to join hostage release and ceasefire negotiations in cairo, egypt. all of that as israelis anger over the roughly 100 hostages still in captivity spilled onto the streets of israel last night, demonstrators demanding the resignation of prime minister benjamin netanyahu over his handling of the war and his failure and their view to sufficiently focused on bringing those hostages home meanwhile, in gaza the brutal toll continues in the israel defense forces war against hamas, which embeds within the populace israeli attacks ha

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please guilty the lead with jake tapper weekdays at four and cnn >> what does it mean to be out fronthere. >> we >> are just about three miles from the gaza border it's finding out something unexpected. >> well, this >> all of our conversations, its context, the economy has by far the top issue for americans in this election. >> curiosity. >> someone else needed jump in the race devolve all. it's about >> sharing that. >> so you can be out front two. >> let's go out front >> erin burnett outfront week nights at seven on cnn every night, you're going straight to the source. we begin with the breaking news tonight. oh, and inside the biggest stories, where is the common ground between you and the senate? and the white house sharing the latest with you, the source with kaitlan collins week nights at nine >> cnn breaking news i'm wolf blitzer in washington. we're following major breaking news over the skies of israel, a wide scale aerial assault is going on right now with

>> the lead with jake tapper? and cnn >> it's monday, april 8 right now on cnn this morning, donald trump closing the financial gap with president biden with a record fundraising haul as he he uses a big announcement on abortion this morning. president biden, preparing to bring a student loan relief to a new group of borrowers plus bad weather threatening to spoil plans for millions of americans hoping to get think glimpse of today's solar eclipse all right 5:00 a.m. here in washington, dc. a live look down the national mall in washington monument and lincoln memorial. good morning, everyone. happy monday. i'm kasie hunt. it's wonderful to have you with us. >> team trump claiming they >> raked in more than 50 million at a palm beach, florida fundraiser saturday night, that is nearly double what president biden raised last month at a starr new york event featuring former presidents clinton and obama. trump's campaign has struggled to keep up with biden's fundraising numbers. >> the new >> head of the republican nat

but now in a separate vein& a conversation that would art jake tapper had opportunity to have with a rabbi associated with colombia's orthodox union jewish learning initiative that rabbis sending a message from a personal account so about 300 mainly orthodox students on campus warning that is likely a good idea for them to return home. in the conversation, the rabbi had with a colleague, jake tapper, out to read you a portion of what he what this rabbi said and the reason why he issued this warning to some of the students on campus rabbi writing in a response to the scene on campus last night to just horrific videos of protesters on campus calling for jews to be killed. just off campus. jews being yelled at to go back to poland, text messages. i'm getting, he writes constantly from jewish students about how unsafe they feel the rabbi wrote, i thought it is important to state the severity of the situation now, adding to the rabbis message, we've actually also heard from other jewish organizations on campus that feel that the university is simply we're not doing enough to make sure tha

. >> i'm jake tapper and we are following the breaking news at college campuses across the united states protests against the war in gaza, the idf activity in gaza are up, universities are cracking down many schools bringing in law enforcement officials to curve the demonstrations which the students insist are peaceful so as a factual matter, they have at times been disruptive, some have been anti-semitic. cnn's ed lavendera is watching all of this unfold on one particular campus, university of texas, austin we're texas state police. i'm moved in on protesters earlier, made some arrests and what is the latest there now hey, jake was the camp just moments ago? >> hi, has essentially been cleared out of all of the protesters are letter photographer kind of stepping here through the crowd and kind of get a shot of what is left there were dozens of protesters here's inside this circle that has been cordoned off by state troopers, ut police, as well as austin police. and over the last two hours, jake we have seen several dozen people taken into custody. we don't have an exact number on the am

. >> keep it simple with clear upfront pricing with >> usps grounded vantage >> the lead with jake tapper today at four and cnn we have breaking news out of manhattan now, three jurors have just been seated in the trial of former president donald trump. the >> selection following some dramatic moment in court as defense attorneys use social media posts to challenge prospective juror jurors. but again, now, three jurors have been seated. we'll have more on that in just a moment for us >> the world is watching and waiting for israel's response to that massive attack over the weekend from iran. today, the state department said the us hasn't received any details about israel's plans. but a source tells cnn the us believes their response will be limited in scope iran is president, is warning that even the smallest is really action would be met with a severe and painful response. let's discuss with retired army lieutenant general mark swartz. he's the former us security coordinator for israel and the palestinian authority general great to have your perspective. thanks for being with us. israel'

i'm jake tapper, the entering the building. he just entered at moments ago that's where jury selection is set to art in less than an hour. what's called bloodier donald trump wi officiallbecome thfirst rmer president in the history of these united states it's to face a criminal laura coates and elie honig there at the magic while they're going to walk us through whatheury selection process wi look like now, let'walk through forit the dience's sake how we actually got here. remind the audience about this hush money trial. and where we are now yellow so our story begins way back in 20 presidential cycles ago when in the weeks ading up to the presidential election, stormy daniels, the adult film actress, allege that ten years before that, in 2006, she had had a sexual affair with donald trump donald trump's team then entered into what's sometimes called a hush money agreement with stormy daniels, where they paid her and she remained silent. now it's important don't understand how that agreement work. >> first of >> all, michael co

the lead with jake tapper starts right now cnn breaking news yann, welcome to the lean. i'm ticked tapper. we're following breaking news out of new york where donald trump's hush money cover-up trial it's currently underway right now. attorney keith davidson is on the stand. he is the lawyer who represented both 1998 playboy playmate of the year, karen mcdougal, who alleged an affair with down from and horn actress and director stormy daniels, who alleged to a brief dalliance with trump. trump denies both. this afternoon, davidson and as testified about his negotiations with national enquirer editor-in-chief, dylan howard to sell the women's stories to that august to publication and how interest in buying stormy daniels accounts spiked after the access hollywood tape was released in early october 2016, before today's testimony gotten underway, judge juan merchan ruled that donald trump had violated the gag order against attacking members of the jury and witnesses with nine distinct posts on his truth social page, as well as his website. he find the judge fined the former

eastern in the situation room jake tapper picks up our special coverage, right now cnn breaking news hello, and welcome to the lead. >> i'm jake tapper, donald trump's criminal hush money cover up trial is underway in manhattan right now, trump's defense team is now cross-examining the prosecution's first witness, former tabloid executive if david pecker, this is pecker's third day on the stand and today for the very first time, he described the deal that he helped broker with adult film star and director stormy daniels, a deal that is at the center of this case, the fusion has used packer to set the scene for the jury, introducing them to keep players in the case. how they all fit together in the story right now, the defense tactic in its early questioning is part of a strategy two, strategy to argue the david pecker is work helping trump during the 2016 election was nothing new who? nothing unusual. also notably today, judge juan merchan so far still has declined to issue a ruling from tuesday's hearing on whether trump has violated his gag order, despite the prosecution arguing th

and i am very proud of what he said today on cnn with jake tapper. he laid out his plan to get these foreign aid bills to the floor. he referred to himself as a reagan republican. he said he was gonna do what's right and let the chips fall where they may. and most importantly, he's going to let the house of representatives vote, which is what it is opposed to do and so i'm looking forward to this weekend because i think it looks to me like he's taking a bold posture and he's saying, i'm doing what i'm doing. this is my plan. and you guys do what you do. we'll see, we'll see what happens. i love the confidence of what he did today in the see what happens. department congressman aqaba, if this speaker lost his job, if another speaker lost his job or it was threatened threatened to lose his job, would democrat step in to save him or were democrats say, let's let the republicans stay in chaos because that helps us. >> john, i would certainly consider voting for a motion to table to save speaker johnson looked speaker johnson and i came into congress toge