i'm jake tapper. we start with breaking news in our world lead and stunning developments in south korea, a vibrant democracy and critical u.s. ally thrown into chaos today. after that nation's embattled president yoon suk yul, declared martial law in a late night address. cheers erupted in seoul just over an hour ago after he caved to pressure from within his own party and lifted the martial law decree martial law in south korea means all political activities and protests are immediately outlawed. it also means the banning of, quote fake news and, quote manipulating public opinion in the surprise speech conservative president yoon accused the liberal opposition party of trying to quote overthrow the free democracy, and he suggested his rivals are aligned with north korean communists. right after yoon's address crowds swelled outside the parliament in seoul, security forces broke windows to enter the parliament as lawmakers rushed to get inside and strike down that decree, one that has not been institu

welcome to the lead i'm jake tapper. lots of fast moving and major developments today in the case against luigi mangione, the man accused of killing unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. the latest the nypd commissioner says the gun found on mangione in pennsylvania on monday matches the shell casings that were discovered at the crime scene last week. and according to law enforcement, mangione fingerprints were found on evidence discovered at the scene of the assassination. the first forensic match directly tying the suspect to the scene in manhattan where thompson was shot one week ago. the suspect's lawyer, however, is denying his client's involvement, saying that he will plead not guilty. police right now are looking closely at the suspect's writings that they discovered in a spiral notebook. sources say some of those notes actually reference his plans to kill, while other notes reference his back pain from a 2023 back injury. police are investigating whether the insurance industry either denied a claim or didn't fully

i'm phil mattingly in today for jake tapper. we start this hour with breaking news out of our world lead. a u.s. official tells cnn early indications suggest a russian anti-aircraft system may have downed the azerbaijan airlines flight on christmas day. now, what you're seeing here shows the plane moving at a high speed, its wheels down as it quickly descends toward the ground, then right there, ultimately hits and burst into flames. at least 38 out of 67 people on board died. 29 others, including two children, survived. there's also new video from inside the plane showing somber moment before the crash. a man is heard praying in the cabin. cnn does not know if he survived. questions are swirling around this terrible crash, including why the plane diverted away from where it was supposed to land in southern russia, crossed the caspian sea and attempted to make an emergency landing in kazakhstan. and what caused these holes? you see right here, found in the plane's fuselage. we'll ask a former ntsb senior investigator and the ceo

i'm jake tapper. this hour the plane returning a stowaway to the united states is just minutes away from landing in new york. cnn's on board the plane as french security agents escort this russian

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the lead with jake tapper starts right now. a shocking moment earlier today as the suspected killer was taken to court. >> the lead starts right now insult the intelligence of the american people. >> the court appearance. no one saw coming. >> the suspected killer yelling unruly as police force him inside. >> and that's not the only new image. as detectives are revealing new evidence they say proves this is the killer. plus, cnn in syria, inside the palace of former president bashar al-assad. his luxury cars and lavish lifestyle. while the people of syria suffered in poverty. and in one single hour, a california wildfire tripled in size, exploding to threaten homes, businesses and even the iconic malibu pier. welcome to the lead. i'm jake tapper. breaking news in our national lead. in a rather dramatic scene this afternoon as the man accused of killing the ceo of unitedhealthcare brian thompson, arrived at court for an extradition hearing, pleading d is clearly out of touch and insult to the intelligence of the american people.

i'm jake tapper, and we do have some breaking news for you in our national lead right now. that manhunt for the murderer who could be anywhere. the new york police department's top brass just told cnn shimon prokupecz moments ago that the suspect in the murder of the ceo of unitedhealthcare has likely left new york city. they cited video of the alleged suspected shooter entering a port authority bus terminal after the wednesday morning shooting and not leaving the terminal. take a listen eventually, we have him on 86th street and columbus avenue walking. >> he loses the bike and then from there we have him in a taxi cab, and the taxi cab takes him up to 178th street and broadway which, as we know, is a port authority bus center. those busses are interstate busses. that's why we believe he left. he may have left new york city. >> police are still banking on someone recognizing the man grinning in this picture. that smile. sources tell cnn was captured during a flirtatious moment with a female employee at the hostel in the upper west side, where the suspect stayed prior to hi

i'm jake tapper. what on earth is flying in the skies above jersey, and why do we not have any answers by now? well, the u.s. intelligence committee community today, in a private briefing told lawmakers that they do not currently suspect foreign involvement. this is still the subject of a federal investigation and, frankly, growing concern among the public. since november 13th, when night falls in new jersey, residents have started spotting dozens of mysterious drones flying overhead. some are described as the size of bicycles, some the size of small cars. sometimes they're in clusters, sometimes they move in a zigzag pattern and evade police helicopters. when approached. the sightings are widespread in the new york metro area of new jersey. even the u.s. coast guard said one of its vessels encountered the drones. these drones were spotted near a u.s. military research facility and over. president elect donald trump's golf course in bedminster, new jersey. that prompted the faa to issue temporary flig

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. >> the lead with jake tapper starts now. >> it is no longer just people in new jersey seeing theseange drones. >> the lead starts right now new mysterious drone sightings. >> first, they were centered in new jersey, but now, beyond a sitting u.s. >> senator even saw them. >> so what in the world is behind them? >> and why won't anybody tell us? >> plus, just in a major change of plans in the investigation into the ceo killing, as prosecutors try to get the suspect in the case moved from pennsylvania to new york state and turning vulnerable people into the spy next door. >> see how a sophisticated recruitment operation went undetected welcome to the lead. >> i'm jake tapper. >> members of congress and local elected officials are growing increasingly irate at the biden administration's lack of answers over these ongoing unexplained drone sightings. republicans and democrats alike are demanding more transparency. some calling it outrageous and concerning. the drone sightings are no longer limited to new jersey. now there are other states, including new york and connecticut, where stat

. >> the lead with jake tapper next on cnn this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to the lead i'm jakeapper. we start with the breaking news. a tragedy unfolding right now in germany, about two hours outside of berlin. police say at least one person has been killed and 60 to 80 are wounded or injured after a driver plowed his car through a crowded christmas market in magdeburg, germany, about 90 miles southwest of berlin. video shows the driver on the ground being arrested by police after the incident. social media. video that has been verified by cnn. but we're not going to show at this moment, shows the driver plowing directly into a crowd of people walking through the christmas market. some people run away from the car in panic. others dive directly into the stalls to try to avoid it, and many are unfortunately hit by the car. the scene is eerily similar to a 2016 terrorist attack on a christmas market in berlin, where an islamist extremist killed 12 people and wounded dozens after driving his truck through the crowd. cnn's fred pleitgen is getting updates in from berlin. fred, give

i'm phil mattingly in for jake tapper. the tributes are pouring in to honor the life and legacy of former president jimmy carter, who died yesterday at the age of 100 in his hometown of plains, georgia. this hour, we'll bring you details of his official state funeral in washington, dc, which will be held on january 9th, with president joe biden delivering a eulogy. we'll also share stories you may not have heard about his lasting foreign policy initiatives, his life in the white house, his family and his humanitarian work. post-presidency. it was that work that has earned him the respect of americans across the ideological spectrum, despite the time, was an unpopular presidency. in fact, president of the united states. well, that's just merely one title that describes him. carter's biographer, jonathan alter, put it this way, quote. he was the first american president since thomas jefferson who could reasonably claim to be a renaissance man, or at least a world class autodidact. he then listed off carter's many skills incl

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i'm jake tapper. we do have breaking news in our national lead, 26 year old luigi mangione, the man police say matches the description of the suspect who killed unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson last wednesday. is now under arrest on gun related charges. earlier this morning, police say mangione was eating at a mcdonald's in altoona pennsylvania, about a five hour drive from new york city when a mcdonald's employee recognized the suspect and called police in mangione's possession. they say police found a ghost gun that may have been 3-d printed. a suppressor, numerous fake ids, a mask matching the suspect, and a handwritten document railing against the health insurance industry suggesting violence is the answer. two quotes in the document read according to our sources quote, these parasites had it coming, end quote i do apologize for any strife and trauma, but it had to be done all this information according to law enforcement officials and sources to cnn, and it comes on the day of a private memori

the lead with jake tapper starts right now. thanks so much for joining us today the floodgates on matt gaetz are about to open. >> the lead starts right now in a surprise reversal and secret vote, the house ethics committee decides to release its report on former congressman matt gaetz, the original trump pick for u.s. attorney general. what did lawmakers learn after investigating allegations of sexual misconduct allegations? gaetz denies as he furiously decries the fairness of the process and threatens to expose every lawmaker who settled a metoo case. plus retribution. a trump ally in congress now recommends that former congresswoman liz cheney be criminally prosecuted, and president elect trump seems to bless the idea. is this just the beginning of prosecuting people who opposed trump? and with just weeks before a ban on tiktok goes into effect, the u.s. supreme court has agreed to hear a legal challenge. a new york times tiktok reporter is here to break it all down this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. i'm jake ta

monday through friday, and of course, the lead with jake tapper. >> thanks so much for joining us today i can't believe any of y'all ever believed he wasn't going to pardon pardon. >> hunter biden. the lead starts right now. first lady biden today defending her husband's decision to pardon his adult son hunter after insisting for months and months and months he would not do so. was that a bald faced lie? we'll have all the new reaction plus president-elect donald trump and his own plans to upend the justice department, kicking the fbi director, christopher wray, to the curb and replacing him with kash patel, a longtime loyal aide and hard hit. the apology today from the nfl linebacker who took out a jaguars quarterback, leaving him with a concussion welcome to the lead i'm jake tapper, and we start today in our politics lead with the stunning reversal from something president biden and the white house have for months. and months and months, said he would emphatically not do pardon his adult son hunter, who was convicted of 12 federal crimes, six of them felonies, including tax evasion a

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the lead with jake tapper starts right now welcome to the lead. >> i'm jake tapper, and we begin with breaking news in our politics lead. we're less than 48 hours from a federal government shutdown here in the united states. >> we are just now learning the lawmakers are emerging from house speaker mike johnson's office, saying that there is an agreement between republicans on a government funding plan that could avert that shutdown. >> a quick recap on how we landed in this shutdown danger zone. it all started yesterday with a social media blitz. we're talking dozens of posts on twitter from donald trump's self-described first buddy, billionaire elon musk, who began lobbying for killing the bipartisan spending bill compromise. before musk did this, a bipartisan bill appeared to be a done deal. now, keep in mind house republicans can only afford to lose three votes to pass a bill along party lines in the house. if everyone is there to vote, with likely more than that number of republicans, more than three refusing to vote for any spending bill. so house speaker mike johnson was forced

. >> that's right we would not get jake tapper in the lead wrong. it starts right now welcome to the lead. >> i'm jake tapper and we are following breaking news on two fronts right now. >> first, in the new york city manhunt, brand new surveillance video appearing to show the man who killed the unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. >> the video was taken about a half hour before yesterday's shooting. also new today, new photos from nypd of an unmasked man whom nypd says is a person of interest. we're going to go live to new york in a moment where this intensifying manhunt is underway. but first, several powerful aftershocks after a major 7.0 earthquake off the coast of california. let's go right to cnn meteorologist chad myers. chad the tsunami warning has thankfully been lifted, but there is still a threat of more aftershocks. tell us more oh no question, jake. >> i mean we've had over 30 aftershocks already from 2.5 up to about 5.1, but 7.0 was this big quake. so we were in for a shock now the jolt felt very heavy by only about 15,000 people. this

jake tapper and his set up there, you know, alluded to a lot of these accomplishments in foreign policy. camp david, but, you know, he took on climate change. he took on the environment. he, uh, he took on he actually, if memory serves me right, he installed solar panels at the white house. that's exactly right. he was an early proponent of solar power. put them on the roof of the white house. and, of course, ronald reagan came along and took them down. and a few years ago, carter built a devoted several thousand acres of his farmland in georgia to a solar farm that now provides power for much of southern georgia. and in particular, plains. it's an extraordinary you know, he was way ahead of his time on all these issues. >> we were looking earlier. i mean, jake was talking about the importance of faith in his life. it's something he he grew up in. it's a tradition. he continued. his father, uh, you know, had had had had taught at the church. he continued to to teach sunday school that that was something he did his entire life. >> absolutely. and, you know, he he his presidency is define

cnn's jake tapper looks at how carter's faith guided his extraordinary life. >> hi. jimmy carter, do solemnly swear. >> jimmy carter faced the american presidency the same way he faced nearly everything else in his life with unflinching faith. >> i have just taken the oath of office on the bible. my mother gave me just a few years ago. >> and as americans look to president carter to lead them, president carter looked to god for guidance. >> with god's help and for the sake of our nation, it is time for us to join hands in america. >> as a devout evangelical, the pride of plains, georgia was active in his hometown church well into his 90s. >> well, thank you for coming this morning, both as a student of faith and as a teacher. my father was a sunday school teacher. he taught me in when i was a child. i still teach sunday school when i can. >> a commitment to god and family were long held hallmarks of the carter home. the scripture was part of his daily childhood life. every night at supper, they would not only say the lord's prayer, but would read the gospel. when car

i'm jake tapper, and we're going to start this hour with breaking news. luigi mangione has now been charged with murder in the death of unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. first degree murder. prosecutors announced an 11 count indictment this afternoon that includes one count of murder in the first degree, as well as two counts of second degree murder, including one as a crime of terrorism. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg called the shooting a, quote, frightening, well-planned, targeted murder that was intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation, unquote. the district attorney's office says mangione faces a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted. the new york police commissioner, also using today's news conference to strongly criticize those who have praised mangione actions or threatened other executives let me say this plainly there is no heroism in what mangione did. >> this was a senseless act of violence. it was a cold and calculated crime that stole a life and put new yorkers at risk. we don't c

. >> the lead with jake tapper. next on cnn we do have some breaking news. >> the judge has just made a decision. this is back to the penny subway chokehold trial, i should mention. but the judge has just made a decision on the prosecution's motion to dismiss the first charge when it comes to daniel penny, the jury has been deadlocked twice now. >> we were just speaking with cnn's gloria pazmino. she has new news outside the courthouse. gloria, what's the update yeah, we heard that this motion was going to be approved just in the last minute since we went to break judge wiley, now granting the motion to dismiss the first count of manslaughter in the second degree. >> what this means, in simplest terms, is that daniel penny, who was looking at 15 years in prison if convicted is now looking at a maximum of four on the second charge that criminally negligent charge, that's what he is facing now, the 15 year possibility is out the window after this jury has said twice now throughout today that they cannot get to an agre

i was taking your book. >> so welcome to the lead. >> i'm jake tapper, and we're going to start with breaking news on two fronts in a moment. the latest details on that horrific school shooting in madison, wisconsin. >> but first, the major announcement we just heard from prosecutors in new york and the murder of unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson moments ago, the manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, announced that the suspect, luigi mangione, will be charged with multiple counts of murder. >> prosecutors say it was mangione who shot and killed brian thompson outside the hilton hotel in manhattan nearly two weeks ago. he led police on a six day manhunt. various surveillance cameras capturing mangione movements. >> police arrested him monday of last week after a tip from a mcdonald's employee in altoona, pa. detectives say mangione had a 3-d printed gun in his possession at the time of an arrest, and since then, he's been behind bars in pennsylvania. but even before today's murder charges, an extradition hearing was set to take place tomorrow in mangione new high profile new yor

cnn's jake tapper traveled to boston to learn how one organization is working to help some of the city's most vulnerable families. >> good morning. good morning hi. >> don't forget your green leaf. you'd never know it by looking at them. >> but the children in this school have, at one point or another, experienced homelessness. >> can you tell me how you feel so far since you've gotten here? show me with your thumbs. >> five days a week at horizons for homeless children in boston. >> more than 200 kids are given free access to education. >> playtime and meals. >> what have we been doing every day in community meeting? we've been doing what we've been greeting. oh, we've been breathing. and what kind of breathing have we been doing? we've been doing what try triangle breathing. >> the program has been a lifesaver for moms like carrie ann, who struggled with postpartum depression and anxiety after the birth of her second daughter. >> i was really bad. i was all over the place. >> i couldn't concentrate. >> carrie ann and her daughters moved in with a family member, but when that got too cr

. >> the lead with jake tapper today at four on cnn president elect trump has announced his pick to become u.s. >> ambassador to panama. this as he spends more time in his christmas day post, focusing on his desire for the u.s. to take back control of the panama canal. in the same post, trump suggests the people of canada and greenland would be better off if their countries became part of the united states, something that the citizens of those countries, we should note, are not asking for. cnn's alayna treene is live in west palm beach, florida, with more details. elena. one of the claims trump is making without presenting evidence is that chinese soldiers are controlling the panama canal. i wonder, based on your conversations with trump administration officials, is he serious about this? is this a negotiating tactic? >> i think that is the big question. and from my conversations so far, it's been unclear. >> i think what is clear is that donald trump is really trying to assert his dominance right now as really, you know, a leading figure in the global stage and and trying to show these di

. >> welcome to the lead i'm jake tapper. this hour, a new disturbing case of sexual misconduct, this time involving prominent real estate brokers who are brothers. prosecutors say they worked together with other men to quote repeatedly and violently sexually assault and rape dozens of victims, unquote. plus, the incredible discovery in a secret syrian prison, an inmate found alive in a cell thought to have been empty. we're going to show you the exclusive video first here on the lead and leading this hour. one week after the murder of unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. new york police are revealing new details about the evidence that they have uncovered and how they say it traces back to the suspect now under arrest, 26 year old year old luigi mangione. let's bring in cnn's brynn gingras, who is live for us from new york. and, brian, the nypd says the gun found on the suspect when he was arrested matches evidence found at the crime scene in manhattan. >> yeah, right. jake. >> so this is another piece of crucial evidence th

cnn's jake tapper looks at how that faith guided carter all his life. >> hi. carter, do solemnly swear. jimmy carter faced the american presidency the same way he faced nearly everything else in his life with unflinching faith. i have just taken the oath of office on the bible. my mother gave me just a few years ago. and as americans look to president carter to lead them, president carter looked to god for guidance. with god's help and for the sake of our nation, it is time for us to join hands. in america. as a devout evangelical, the pride of plains, georgia was active in his hometown church well into his 90s. well, thank you for coming this morning, both as a student of faith and as a teacher. >> my father was a sunday school teacher. he taught me in when i was a child. i still teach sunday school when i can. >> a commitment to god and family were long held hallmarks of the carter home. >> scripture was part of his daily childhood life. every night at supper, they would not only say the lord's prayer, but would read the gospel. >> when carter left home for

. >> i'm jake tapper and you have been listening to the breaking news in this news conference from police and community officials in madison, wisconsin. new details just coming in about today's deadly shooting at abundant life christian school, a private, parochial christian school with about 400 students k through 12. police just confirmed the two victims killed were a teacher and a teenage student. six other victims were injured, including two students who currently are believed to have life threatening injuries. police got the call about the shooting just before 11 a.m. local time in madison, wisconsin. we learned moments ago that someone at the school called 911 to report the active shooter. police say the shooter, who was also dead, was a juvenile, was a student at the school. madison's police chief, sean barnes, noted earlier today this tragic event coming just one week before the holidays. >> to be honest with you, i'm feeling a little dismayed now. i'm so close to christmas. every child, every person in that building is a victim and will be a victim forever. and these types of tra

i'm jake tapper. this hour the plane returning a stowaway to the united states is just minutes away from landing in new york. cnn's on board the plane as french security agents escort this russian woman who somehow snuck past multiple airport checkpoints last week. plus, a fast moving winter storm bearing down on parts of the midwest. and tonight, moving toward the east coast with intense bursts of snow and strong winds that can create whiteout conditions. the cnn weather team is tracking the forecast. we'll bring that to you. and we are shattered. the heartbreaking statement from the family of the united health care ceo, who was shot and killed outside of new york city hotel this morning. police say it was a, quote, brazen, targeted attack and the suspect remains on the run. but leading this hour with his nomination in jeopardy, trump's pick for secretary of defense is back on capitol hill today, meeting with the republicans, who will decide whether or not he gets confirmed. pete hegseth telling repo

you can follow me on facebook, instagram threads x and the tiktok on jake tapper at jake tapper. follow the show on x at the lead cnn. if you ever miss an episode of the lead, you can listen to the show all two hours. once you get your podcasts. the news continues now on cnn with wolf blitzer right next door in a place i like to call the situation room. see you tomorrow happening now. >> breaking news. suspected killer luigi mangione is fighting extradition to new york. today's hearing in pennsylvania. getting off to a dramatic start as mangione had a major outburst while arriving at court, yelling out to reporters and struggling with police. all of this as we learn new details about megan's background. what people who know him are telling cnn about his privileged upbringing in a baltimore suburb, and what might have motivated him to allegedly commit such a brazen crime. also tonight, terrifying wildfires spreading across southern california right now. thousands of residents are under evacuation orders as fast moving blazes threaten malibu. welcome to our viewers here in the unit

. >> i'm jake tapper. this hour. justice delayed, but not denied. a pennsylvania man has his conviction vacated and walks free after spending 26 years in prison for a crime he has always maintained he did not commit. now i'm going one on one with tyree wallace about his newfound freedom and how he's working to help other formerly wrongfully incarcerated people and others reenter society. plus, former house speaker nancy pelosi is in the hospital after falling during an overseas trip. what we're learning about her condition just days after longtime senate republican leader mitch mcconnell was also injured in a fall. but we're going to start this hour with the drone mystery now expanding to at least three states and federal officials facing increasing pressure to give the public some kind of explanation for what is really going on today. connecticut and new york, join new jersey in reporting drones flying over neighborhoods, restricted military sites and near airports. and now new jersey's governor is asking president biden to ask for more resources t

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i'm phil mattingly in for jake tapper. we start this hour with new details in the deadly christmas day plane crash in kazakhstan. a suspicion rises about russia's possible involvement. a u.s. official tells cnn russia's air defenses potentially misidentified the jet as a ukrainian drone. this, as azerbaijan airlines says, an early investigation shows the jet crashed after experiencing a, quote, physical and technical, external interference. the kazakh state media reports it will take two weeks for investigators to uncover any potential clues from two black boxes recovered from the wreckage. the intensifying investigation that comes as the mourning continues for the 38 people killed in this disaster. miraculously, 29 people survived, including the praying passenger who recorded what he thought were his final words. the man told reuters the plane started acting, quote, unnaturally after hearing a loud bang. this is how he described the moment when the plane hit the ground. >> we i was conscious when i felt the impact i was t

. >> and welcome to the lead i'm jake tapper. we start this hour with breaking news, a new deal possibly among some republicans, and a ticking clock on capitol hill where the united states could be just minutes away from a vote to avoid a government shutdown. lawmakers are facing a very real deadline. the federal government is set to shut down at the end of the day tomorrow. and here's the thing we have no idea which way this vote is going to go. democrats are not feeling this new deal, which they say was made up by republicans on their own. and there's even some doubt over whether this new deal, supported by donald trump, has the necessary support among house republicans. here's what the proposal reportedly includes. it's a clean extension, three months for federal government funding. this includes a two year suspension of the debt limit. it also includes a farm bill extension and a $110 billion disaster relief package. now, just moments ago, as i noted, the president elect trump supported this writing on truth social quote, suc

. >> the lead with jake tapper today at four on cnn. >> with just 28 days now to go until donald trump's second inauguration, the president elect is sharing some of his ideas for his new administration. in a speech on sunday at a conservative conference in phoenix. trump, doubling down on plans posted on his social media. he wants to take back the panama canal. he's also pushing back on democrats claims about billionaire elon musk and his increasing political clout with republicans, despite some in the party welcoming musk into the fold. >> it's interesting. we have a president, we have a vice president, we have a speaker. it feels like as if elon musk is our prime minister. and i spoke with elon a couple of times this week. i think many of us unelected, well, unelected. but i mean, he has a voice and i think a lot of large part of that voice is a reflection of the voice of the people. >> cnn's steve contorno joining us now live from florida. so it's interesting to see all of these moments, especially that reference there to elon musk being sort of the prime minister as we look at all of

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the lead with jake tapper starts right now.hanks so much for joining us today the floodgates on matt gaetz are about to open. >> the lead starts right now in a surprise reversal and secret vote, the house ethics committee decides to release its report on former congressman matt gaetz, the original trump pick for u.s. attorney general. what did lawmakers learn after investigating allegations of sexual misconduct allegations? gaetz denies as he furiously decries the fairness of the process and threatens to expose every lawmaker who settled a metoo case. plus retribution. a trump ally in congress now recommends that former

. >> i'm jake tapper. we're going to start this hour with breaking news. cnn has just obtained new video that appears to show the gunman who killed the unitedhealthcare ceo yesterday, new york police confirmed they have seen this video as part of this investigation showing someone riding a bike around 7 a.m. yesterday. this video is from after the shooting outside the manhattan hotel. it marks the latest in the day that we saw the suspect. today, we've also learned about even more new evidence in the case, including a smudged fingerprint recovered from a water bottle left at the shooting scene. this hour, we've got a number of experts and analysts with unique insights into this investigation including a former nypd detective to explain what is happening behind the scenes right now. i'm also going to be joined by the new york city councilman, who represents the manhattan borough and the former chief security officer of boeing who joined an emergency call with dozens of other security officials in the wake of this attack. all of that in moments, we're going

and i'll read for you a quote that from a source in the trump transition speaking to jake, tapper said this if she isn't, if she joni isn't comfortable with pete and he doesn't answer her questions about women in the military and about sexual assault, if she doesn't leave the meeting supporting him, there are 5 or 6 republican senators who will oppose his nomination pete hegseth tweeted. he's not backing down though. matt, how do you think this goes well i think he's going down because i think this is not a question of politics as blood sport. >> this is a question of whether this guy can perform the incredibly important duties of secretary of defense. remember the secretary of defense is in the chain of command, which is to say if we are going to attack someone, the president gives the order to the secretary of defense that could come at any time, day or night, as it often does. and that and he or she sends that down the chain and if that person cannot be trusted to be you know, within their their right mind, this guy is a drunk. it's very clear. it's been reported many places that he

. >> the lead with jake tapper today at four on cnn there are new clues in the search for the gunman accused of killing unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. >> a source telling cnn that investigators managed to lift a fingerprint from a water bottle found near the crime scene, but the print is smudged, which could make it harder to identify the suspect. in the meantime, officials now say that they have a person of interest. these new images that you're looking at were taken at a hostel before the shooting. employees there saying that a guest wearing a jacket and mask, identical to the gunman's had been staying at the hostel with two other people. let's get straight to cnn chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst john miller. so, john, what do you make of these images and how much will they play into how quickly law enforcement can find the suspect well, i think it may be a giant difference alex, because what you see here is not just a man with a mask and a hood, but you get a picture of his face and it is not really the kind of thing that if you passed him on the street yesterd

up next, state of the union with jake tapper and dana bash. jake has an exclusive interview with republican utah senator mitt romney as he prepares to retire from congress. thanks again for sharing your sunday morning with us. we'll see you next time. >> i've been worn by celebrities, athletes and world leaders, but i've always felt most comfortable up here with the folks that made me who i am. i'm right at home out here on the land, and i'm in my lane on the shoulder of the interstate. because this is where i come from. i've been showing up here for nearly 200 years, and i can't wait to see what's next. >> hats off to the future. >> nothing runs like a deer. >> are they really going to spend all day streaming college football on directv? >> can you blame them? >> they've got the biggest rivalries in bowl games. >> speaking of frank, run a slant to the bowl of chips. bobby buttonhook to the salsa. >> what are you going to do, coach prime? >> don't question your coach, man. >> what if my type two diabetes takes over? >> what if all i do isn't e

. >> the lead with jake tapper weekdays at four on cnn by the way, the house republican conference is committed to never being in this situation again. >> i'm done with short term crs. we are we're resolved. >> and that was speaker mike johnson 13 months ago, shortly after he won the speaker's race following the unprecedented ouster of his predecessor, kevin mccarthy. but confronted with the realities of governing an unruly conference and democrats leading the senate and the white house, johnson has broken that promise repeatedly, as he did again on friday to keep the government open with yet another short term extension. but his future as speaker very much hangs in the balance. in just 12 days, he'll need the support from nearly every single republican in the house to win the speakership, and a number of gop hardliners tell me they're uncertain whether they'll back him. my panel is back with me. so, olivia, you're talking to these republicans all the time. and here just to remind viewers about the math, it is very difficult to become speaker of the house given the narrowness of the g