and in late 2023, jake tapper said joe biden was mentally sharp.the book, tapper says it was, quote, shockingly narcissistic, self delusional and reckless. he is talking about biden's decision to run in 2024. what it could easily describe tapper's decision to write in 2025. common sense is hearing that critics are saying by the end of the book, it will be very apparent that his mind was not right. and that joe biden was also not doing well. let's bring in a former trump campaign deputy communications director caroline sunshine and political strategist joey. thank you both for coming on. caroline, you first, i want to play some sound, years jake tapper announcing his new book. he said the following. >> i've been covering the concerns of a president biden's age and health for years, i literally ask him about it in october of 2022 and we challenged democrats and white house officials about it. >> yes, he put his feet to the fire. molly hemingway said the following on next, quoting, the leap leap audacity for you to do this after running 24/7 interfere

adam from fox weather, first you rig sink or swim against me now you compare me to jake tapper, thanks for nothing jesse get paid whether you are right or wrong. >> sean: welcome to hannity. tonight a big promotion for the man that you see in this iconic photo shielding donald trump at that fateful rally in pennsylvania. shawn curran is the director of the u.s. secret service, he will join us for his very first cable interview tonight. first a brand-new blow for the media mob. and fake jake our old friend tapper over at cnn fake news is now publishing a new book about joe biden's deep cognitive decline and a cover that ensued. i do hope the fake jake remember to write a chapter on himself. take a look. [simultaneous talking] >> try and figure out an answer. >> you are trained to tell me that what i was suggesting was stuttering. >> i think you were mocking his daughter. >> sean: she wasn't mocking his daughter, we were playing it before the 2020 election, we have that full exchange coming up. this book is coming out well after biden's departure from the white house so it's kind of mean

tapper: what did he want you to do?alone, and i had learned that it was operating in violation of the environmental laws. i had knowledge of that. uh, ultimately, i decided i had a duty, that i had to shut it down, and then he made some accusations that really unleashed the furies. dick mell called a press conference and basically accused rod blagojevich of selling board and commission seats within state government. reporter: mell has had a falling out with his son-in-law, the governor. this is a family at war. ♪ so your father-in-law, dick mell, accused chris kelly of selling political favors for campaign contributions of $25,000 to $50,000 at a time. tell me about where were you when you heard that he was leveling this accusation. i remember vividly. it was early january of 2005, and this was the consequence of me shutting down his landfill. the very next day, he called a press conference, and he was clever enough to accuse chris kelly, not directly me, but that's me. i don't think he envisioned that it would turn int

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i'm jake tapper. and we start in our politics lead today with president trump sharing the stage with first buddy elon musk during the first cabinet meeting. this meeting comes as musk, the head of the department of government efficiency, is pushing more mass layoffs across almost every federal government agency and facing some controversy for sending an email asking all federal workers to list five things they accomplished in the previous week. the president, cracking a joke with the cabinet about musk dominating the meeting and then asking if anybody was unhappy with musk's work. >> and let the cabinet speak just for a second. >> yeah, exactly. >> we're either. >> here. unhappy to. >> say it. you know. >> if you are, will throw them out. >> here. >> is anybody unhappy? >> musk later explaining a bit about that controversial email, clarifying he did not intend it to be seen as a performance review. >> i think that email. >> perhaps was. misinterpreted as a performance review, but actually it was a. >>

i'm jake tapper.this hour, a massive update to a story we've been covering here on the lead for years. richard glossip, a man sitting on oklahoma's death row for a crime he's always insisted he did not commit. he's now getting a new trial. his lawyer is going to join us, live in moments to share glossips reaction to this big news. plus, brand new details from the vatican about pope francis's health after the 88 year old pontiff got a cat scan today. he remains in critical condition. we're going to start this hour with breaking news. president trump moments ago speaking about a potential deal between the united states and ukraine to the tune of billions of dollars, just as we learned that ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy reportedly plans a trip to d.c. in the coming days. let's get straight to cnn's kaitlan collins at the white house. and, caitlin, just last week, zelenskyy and trump were publicly trading jabs.

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we'll discuss this new front in the culture war with our jake tapper. also tonight, a lot of attention paid to elon musk's adorable son, who he's been seen with a lot lately, less well known musk concern about low birth rates in some places, which he considers a risk to the future of the human race. details on that ahead. >> have i got news for you is back for another season. roy wood jr., amber ruffin and michael ian black are finding the funny in the week's biggest stories. >> to give you all four years of something to talk about. >> if we alive. >> have i got news for you saturday at nine on cnn. >> patients who have sensitive teeth but also want whiter teeth. they have to make a choice one versus the other. sensodyne clinical white provides two shades whiter teeth, as well as providing 24 over seven sensitivity protection. patients are going to love to see sensodyne on the shelf. >> got one more antwan. >> with usps ground advantage. just like you're with us every step of the way cool right on time. stay in the know from your dock to their door. >>

. >> united states of scandal with jake tapper returns sunday, march 9th on cnn. >> this is. cnn breaking. >> news. >> welcome to this hour of the lead. i'm dana bash in for jake tapper, and we start once again with the breaking news reverberating around the world. it was a hostile meeting between president donald trump, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. it devolved into a shouting match in the oval office. and tonight there are so many questions about what comes next. is this relationship irreparably broken? what does it mean for a potential ceasefire deal between ukraine and russia? we are going to cover all of these angles. i'll be joined by our reporters in ukraine and russia in just moments. but first, we want you to watch the part of today's meeting when things went off the rails. >> do you disagree that you've. >> had problems bringing people into your military? and do you think that it's respectful to come to the oval office of the united states of america and attack the administration is trying to trying to prevent the destruction of your country? >> a lot of

jake tapper. the lead starts right now if the president wants to remake government, he'll have to get through the courts first. >> the lead starts right now. from layoffs to budget cuts over and over, judges are shutting down president trump's plan to overhaul the federal government. but did his administration just hint at how it will push back? a line from vice president jd vance may reveal what's next. plus, large protests in tel aviv after an announcement from hamas, the terror group threatening to postpone the next hostage release. the conditions, they say, must be met as a far right israeli official responds with threats of his own and a special guest on the lead. super bowl mvp jalen hurts, fresh off the eagles blowout victory over the kansas city chiefs. welcome to the lead i'm phil mattingly in for jake tapper. we begin this hour with a wave of headlines in our politics. lead president donald trump today pressing ahead with his agenda to shrink and reshape the federal government as a judge

i'm jake tapper. president donald trump said earlier today that negotiations to end russia's war on ukraine are set to begin on friday in munich. that is the major news today. out of a nearly 90 minute phone call between trump and russian president vladimir putin. trump posted details about his call with putin, who, by the way, started this unprovoked war nearly three years ago. trump also posting he was then going to call ukrainian president zelenskyy, essentially to fill zelenskyy in on these proposed peace talks that will determine the future of ukraine. trump fired off another post, saying that his subsequent call with zelenskyy went, quote, very well. zelenskyy, for his part, said this quote no one wants peace more than ukraine. together with the u.s., we are charting our next steps to stop russian aggression and ensure a lasting, reliable peace. as president trump said, let's get it done, unquote. but of course, what might ukraine have to give up in exchange for peace? a potential preview defens

we'll discuss this new front in the culture war with our jake tapper. also tonight, a lot of attention paid to elon musk's adorable son, who he's been seen with a lot lately. less well known musk concern about low birth rates in some places, which he considers a risk to the future of the human race. details on that ahead. >> the boeing 747 has crashed in the lockerbie area., trying. >> to find out the why of it became everything. >> nothing is what it seems in the lockerbie. >> story. >> lockerbie. >> the bombing of pan am flight 103 sunday at nine on cnn. >> how many. subscriptions do you have? probably just netflix and spotify. right. it's saying you have 13 subscriptions, which is costing you around $270 a month. what? you can cancel the ones you don't want right through the app, and it can even help you try and get a refund here are my five morning alarms a metaphor for everything else i'm putting on, like my laundry or my 768 unread texts. >> i'm just. >> your. >> dermatologist. >> 769 try hydroboost. >> neutrogena weightless hydration that goes de

the right is not going to buy it because it like jake tapper.ecause they are off that he wrote this book. but the idea that he's got the balls to pretend that we are going to uncover this. i do admire. it's just so out there. godspeed. may be he will sell a couple books and then we'll find them at costco. >> the ched forward should have been written by lara trump. >> megan: that would have been balls yes if i haven't seen the book but he should have a chapter in the book for he apologizes to lara trump. the whole book will be apologies if he actually does it correctly. that will be a very long book and a lot of apologies need to be issued. these people are absolutely shameless but they know judgment day is coming. they have seen so many colleagues getting the ax. they see the direction they can be heading in and trying their best to stay relevant. now they are turning on a dime. things we said before we never said them. now we are going to reveal ourselves. i can already imagine the sequel to this book. it's time to be believing in trump and mag

i'm jake tapper. this hour, a cnn exclusive you're going to see right here on the lead, an up close look at an iranian drone brought onto american soil in an attempt to convince maga co

i'm phil mattingly in today for jake tapper. you've been listening to president trump at the white house holding a news conference alongside uk prime minister keir starmer. it comes in the wake of a lengthy day of meetings between the two leaders and their teams, where several top issues were raised. several top issues were very clearly negotiated in a rather tough manner, as president trump alluded to several times throughout the press conference. but first and foremost among them, without any question at all, was president trump's push to secure a cease fire and potential peace deal with the war in ukraine, the president saying he will meet with ukrainian president vladimir zelenskyy tomorrow at 11 a.m. to negotiate or to sign and finalize a minerals agreement that they had been working towards. the discussions today, though, very clearly talking about what the two closest of allies can do to push forward on president trump's ability over the course of the last several weeks to really turn what had been a long standing stalema

i'm jake tapper. this hour, a cnn exclusive you're going to see right here on the lead, an up close look at an iranian drone brought onto american soil in an attempt to convince maga conservatives the need to get tough on iran. we're going to have a live report ahead. plus mixed messages in the white house. president trump moving forward with celebrating black history month. at the same time, he continues his war against diversity programs. can he really play both sides of the same coin? and leading this hour, intelligence officials appear to be walking a thin line as president trump maintains his inaccurate claim that ukraine started the war with russia. we're going to start this hour with cnn's kaitlan collins at the white house. and, caitlin, you asked the brand-new national security adviser, former republican congressman mike waltz, if he agreed with president trump's view of russia and the ukraine war. >> yeah, jake. and the reason. >> we asked. >> this primarily. >> in part, is because obviously

lead i'm jake tapper. >> this hour it was the search that captivated the world's attention. a tragic, tragic one. the titan sub, believed to be missing for days before it was found in pieces on the bottom of the ocean floor. now, the coast guard is releasing the suspected audio recording of the sub's implosion. as the coast guard tries to figure out exactly what went so terribly wrong. plus, could president trump's cuts to humanitarian aid programs around the world actually end up hurting america's farmers? the kansas farmers union is warning yes, possibly. and the group's executive director is here to explain why. and leading this hour, president trump moments ago, making news on a wide range of issues in the oval office, detailing his phone calls with russian president vladimir putin and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy defending elon musk's efforts to shrink the federal government and saying he wants to close the department of education immediately. let's bring in kaitlan collins at the white house for us. caitlin, let's start with the major international news. the

and a major programing note for this show, starting on monday, march 3rd, the lead with jake tapper will air in a new time slot 5 to 7 p.m. eastern every weekday right here on cnn. the news continues right now with wolf blitzer in the situation room. >> happening now. breaking news. >> u.s. ukrainian. >> relations are. >> in. >> shambles after tensions between president trump and zelenskyy. >> exploded in the oval office. >> with trump and vice president. >> jd vance. >> rebuking zelenskyy and then booting him from the white house. >> officials in. >> vladimir putin's kremlin are now cheering. >> and gloating. >> we're covering the. >> global fallout. >> and what this all means for russia's war against ukraine. our correspondents and guests, including the house democratic leader hakeem jeffries, they are all standing by. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> first to the breaking. >> news, a truly stunning showdown in the oval office. as president trump berates ukrainian pres

join us. >> at uqora. >> com. >> the lead with jake tapper next on cnn. >> all right. we're watching the dow. and as you can see that is a big red wall that is no bueno. down 745 points. and this is being driven by a dip in consumer confidence. consumers souring on how they feel about the economy. that metric dropping several points over the last month amid fears that these tariff threats are going to further push inflation up. people have been spending a lot of money. they are feeling it in their pocketbooks and they're worried they're going to continue to do that. let's bring in cnn's vanessa yurkevich to talk a little bit more of this. talk about what's going on here, because it looks pretty bad. >> yeah. >> so this. >> is. >> investors reacting. >> to. >> that university of michigan. >> consumer sentiment. >> survey that we got at 10 a.m. this morning. you see. the dow just. really taking a turn. >> down right. >> now 760 points. >> and this is because what happens in this survey. >> is it revealed. >> that. >> consumer sentiment was falling. >> people were feeling

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. >> laura, jake tapper announced his new book detailing amazing,p amazingly he discovered biden's to middle of his mental decline. the book is called s"original sin" which could describe tapper because this wad him in 2020.n of this could be a major sin of the whol oe nation.t watch.wewith >> what we see on stage with biden is clearly a cognitive. decline. that is what i'm referring to. it makes me uncomfortable -- >> it is so amazing to meni that -- >> try to figure out an answer -el-in >>g cognitive decline and absolutely no diagnosing ofas cognitive decline. >> i guess she has no standing, but he does.k i doubt that exchange will end up in the book with lara trump. >> k laura: they all knew and if they weren't paying attention, jake is a pretty smart buy. everybody knew.is >> i i know, but he denied it.tn this is broadcast whiplash. he o might as well write a book sabout the conservative media becaustue he has no credibilityy the stuff.ld you can't come up with the book after everybody is denying what we could see for years. just when you though lt itau cod not get worse, guess wh

i'm jake tapper. we start with our world lead, a four hour meeting in saudi arabia about ukraine's future without ukraine or its european allies. at the table, secretary of state marco rubio says he and his russian counterparts will work to end the conflict in ukraine in a way that's, quote, acceptable for all involved, unquote. but ukrainian president zelenskyy says there's no deal without ukraine's involvement, and he will not give in to russia's ultimatums. among the agreements between russia and u.s. officials, the u.s. and russia will appoint teams to help negotiate towards an end to the war, reestablish embassies in washington, d.c., and moscow. there are two ways to look at this. president trump is pushing a deal where, inevitably, ukraine would have to make a concession, bringing not a perfect but necessary end to the staggering loss of life in ukraine. another way to look at it russia is getting exactly what it wants. status appear with the u.s. room for economic growth and without european a

. >> the jake tapper. >> shout out to ray gun. we always. >> have room for two. >> now trump's ambitious, audacious attempt to remake the u.s. >> government just got something of a reality check. the lead starts right now. a judge have blocked president trump's big plan to shrink the size of federal government. the deadline for federal employees to leave with seven months salary or risk getting fired, was supposed to be 11:59 p.m. eastern this evening, but now it is not. so. what now? what about the 50,000 or so who already took trump up on that offer? is this entire plan even legal? we're asking it all. plus, a new bird flu strain in the united states, this time detected in herds of dairy cows in nevada. what do you need to know ahead? and. oscars drama. the first transgender best actress nominee in the history of the academy awards is now accused of bigotry for her own past tweets. welcome to the lead. i'm jake tapper. a judge just brought federal employees more time to answer a critical question. if they are going to take the t

they lost a lot of credibility because of it and, jake tapper is surely one of them. >> jesse: well,very much, karoline. good to see you and keep up the great work at these briefings. >> thanks, jesse. >> jesse: monica lewinsky and bill clinton. a special report with abbey. [ ♪♪ ] hey we're going big tonight let's go safety whoa! should i call mom? no, no don't tell your mother anything jordan's sore nose let out a fiery sneeze, so dad grabbed puffs plus lotion to soothe her with ease. puffs plus lotion is gentle on sensitive skin and locks in moisture to provide soothing relief. a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. america's #1 lotion tissue. patients who have sensitive teeth but also want whiter teeth they have to make a choice one versus the other. sensodyne clinical white provides two shades whiter teeth as well as providing 24/7 sensitivity protection. patients are going to love to see sensodyne on the shelf. >> jesse: time for waters cooler. let's bring in abby hornsack. >> i'm doing great, jesse. how are you doing? >> jesse: very good. first, monica lewinsky keeps spilling th

charles: jake tapper is going to say how the media cover biden.e decline. rebecca:saying it's coming out in may of this year, it is a powerful book, look at the co-authors, jake tapper, this book focuses, making the decision. charles: those things couldn't go on if the media was shouting and honest light on it. rebecca:the pot writing the kennel black and i'm going to have to watch what jake tapper says because clearly, clearly there was it was so obvious if you are a foreign administration, his cognitive decline and cognitive dissonance if you 're the one reporting it. charles: a fun story. dogs are riding customized buses and people are obsessed. look at this. >> happy wednesday, boys and girls. they would we like our snacks today? >> what's up, everybody? happy day today. we are showing you. charles: we have three your gaze, they jump out the window, the second thing is when i get on the bus. >> they serve a better life than me. these dogs are getting, this is first class and i look at it and i am jealous, i would love a snack on my way to work

tapper today at four on cnn. >> america's largest distributor of humanitarian aid around the world is in serious limbo right now as president trump and elon musk work to radically remake the federal government. just moments ago, president trump said he has the power to scrap the u.s. agency for international development, also known as usaid. it's washington, d.c. offices were locked today. employees told overnight to stay home. they were locked out in one of trump's early executive orders. the agency's funding was frozen. dozens of workers were put on leave. elon musk, the world's richest man charged with slashing costs in the federal government, says president trump agrees with him that usaid needs to shut down. this afternoon, the president said musk has the power to fire government employees as long as he approves. first. >> he's got access only to letting people go that he thinks are no good. if we agree with him. and it's only if we agree with them. he's a very talented guy. from the standpoint of management and costs, and we put him in charge of seeing what he can do with certai

. >> with jake tapper. march 9th on cnn. >> nearly three years after russia invaded ukraine, aiming to take down kyiv in days, president trump's national security adviser mike waltz won't say who trump blames for starting the war. russian president vladimir putin or ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. here's waltz at a white house briefing earlier today. >> well, look, his his goal here is to bring this war to an end. period. uh, and there has been ongoing fighting on both sides. it is world war i style trench warfare. his frustration with president zelenskyy is that you've heard is multifold. one, there needs to be a deep appreciation for what the american people, what the american taxpayer, what president trump did in his first term and what we've done since. so some of the rhetoric coming out of kyiv, frankly, and insults to president trump were unacceptable. >> let's discuss with cnn senior military analyst retired admiral james stavridis. he served as nato's supreme allied commander. sir, thank yo

. >> a new season of united states of scandal with jake tapper. march 9th on cnn. >> you're in the cnn newsroom. i'm jessica dean in new york. e-mails are landing in many government workers inboxes right now from elon musk emails telling them to reply and spell out what they did last week at work or be fired. it's coming just after president donald trump had a clear message to any federal workers working remotely this afternoon. get back to the office or you're fired. that came during his speech in maryland at an annual conservative conference earlier today. cnn's betsy klein is at the white house. she joins us with more on this. so let's start first, betsy, with this new ultimatum. >> that's right. president trump really taking a victory lap at cpac earlier today, playing his greatest hits as he addressed supporters in longtime capitol hill allies and other leaders of the conservative movement from across the country. but really railing against some of his political adversaries. he said he had, quote, a resounding mandate for dramatic change in w

i'm jake tapper. whiplash and confusion among leaders in munich. topping our world lead as president trump and his cabinet espouse what critics say are something closer to the kremlin's talking points on russia's three year onslaught against ukraine. european leaders today were hoping for reassurance that president trump understood how they view the russian threat. and after the president said this week, ukraine, quote, may be russian someday, unquote, said that he trusted russian leader vladimir putin when it comes to ukraine and even blamed russia's invasion of ukraine on former president biden. discussing whether ukraine could someday join nato. that just happened yesterday with european allies concerned that those comments resemble putin's views of the conflict. european leaders had hoped that they were maybe missing something. and then today they heard a speech by vice president j.d. vance at the munich security conference, in which the vice president rebuked u.s. allies in europe and signaled support for europe's far right parties. take a lis

i'm jake tapper. this hour president trump follows through on a signature campaign promise. just moments ago, he signed an executive order to expand access to ivf treatments, making them more affordable. i'm going to talk to the senator from alabama who influenced his decision momentarily. plus, chaos in the new york city mayor's office. eric adams headed for a face off with the state's governor over whether adams will be removed from power. the fallout ahead. and breaking this hour a big victory in court for doge. the trump administration's department of government efficiency. a federal judge now declining to issue a temporary restraining order from doge being able to access federal data systems and multiple executive branch agencies in another federal courtroom. a different judge declined to block doge from firing employees at those agencies. this, as the doge mass firing spree, continues to cause confusion and chaos among programs that are essential to public health and national security. we are learning that doge attended meetings at the pentagon on friday. doge individu

. >> the lead with jake tapper starts right now. >> the word. >> of the day. >> dictator. >> the lead starts right now. president trump slapping ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy with the title of dictator, but applying. >> no. >> such label on vladimir putin, who has ruled russia with an iron fist for more than 20 years. trump also is pushing a kremlin lie that ukraine started the war. the remarks have even some republicans calling him out. plus fired, only to be rehired. what's really going on with critical government workers? who is overseeing this chaotic termination process? is it time for congress to step in and provide some oversight and fresh on the job? hhs secretary robert f. kennedy jr.'s pledge already to examine childhood vaccines. what parents need to be on the look out for before any changes come to a community near you. welcome to the lead. i'm jake tapper, and we begin today with president trump seeming to upend the domestic and global world order. let's start with the global world order. this morning, president trump sending shockwaves throughout europe when he

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. >> a new season of united states of scandal with jake tapper, march 9th on cnn. >> you're in the cnn newsroom. i'm jessica dean in new york. and tonight, a new threat for federal workers from elon musk. and they first learned about it in a tweet most musk posted on x. federal employees are getting an email asking them to justify their work. musk said, quote, failure to respond will be taken as a resignation. cnn obtained copies of emails sent to multiple federal workers and it reads, quote, please reply to this email with approximately five bullets of what you accomplished last week and cc your manager. it goes on to say the deadline is this monday. one minute before midnight. it's not signed by anyone and it comes from the alias. you see it there? just h.r. this as new cnn polling showing 51% of americans think the mass firings of federal employees have gone too far. and more than half of americans think trump is overusing his executive powers. so with all these firings and executive actions, is voter enthusiasm for president trump changing? cnn's senior data reporter, harry enten i

i'm jake tapper. we're going to start with breaking news in our politics lead. in just a few hours, a full blown trade war could begin just after midnight tonight, president trump's 25% tariffs on most goods from canada and 10% tariffs on chinese imports is scheduled to take effect. the peterson institute for international economics estimates that trump's tariffs will cost the median american household about $600 extra per year, while chinese and canadian leaders are scrambling to try to stop trump's looming threat from becoming reality. now, trump and outgoing canadian prime minister justin trudeau just wrapped up a phone call. we will bring you that readout as soon as we get it. this as canada is announcing its own retaliatory tariffs on u.s. made products with a focus on high dollar exports from republican states such as orange juice from marco rubio's florida and bourbon from mitch mcconnell's kentucky. but what exactly does trump want from the countries that he is set to punish? listen to what mr. trump had to say after agreeing to pause the tariffs on mexi

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i'm jake tapper. at any moment we are expecting to see president trump for the third time today. this time in a bilateral meeting with indian prime minister narendra modi. but trump has already made multiple headlines today. let's start with tariffs. in his first appearance earlier today, the president kicked off the process to introduce sweeping reciprocal tariffs matching higher rates that other nations currently charge to import american goods. this could potentially boost america's revenue. it could also potentially ignite a global trade war and theoretically add to inflation. when pressed by cnn's kaitlan collins, trump himself acknowledged the possibility that in the short term, prices could go up. >> right at the top of the pack. >> mr. president, because of these tariffs, who do you think voters should hold responsible? >> oh, i think what's going to go up is jobs are going to go up and prices could go up somewhat short term, but prices will also go down. >> the second time this afternoon we saw mr. trump moments ago he was swearing in the ever controversial robert f. ken

i'm jake tapper this hour. evacuations have been ordered in parts of southern california, in areas that had already been impacted by the devastating wildfires last month. and now the fears are flooding, mudslides and rockslides as storms are moving into the area. plus is the fragile ceasefire deal in gaza now back on track as we're waiting to hear more about hostages hopefully being released this weekend, we will hear from the mothers of three recently released hostages. what did their daughters endure in captivity? how are they adjusting to being back home? and leading this hour? any moment we expect to hear from president trump and indian prime minister modi at the white house. the two men are expected to face cameras after president trump made a number of headlines earlier today on russia and ukraine, on new tariffs on elon musk, and much more. let's bring in kaitlan collins, who is at the white house for us. caitlin set the stage for this modi trump meeting. >> yeah, jake, they're meeting right now. we just

i'm jake tapper. today, new reaction from world leaders, lawmakers and even palestinians after trump's shocking comments last night. last night saying the u.s., quote, will take over, unquote. gaza trump unveiled his, quote, long term ownership, unquote, and redevelopment plan for the 141 square mile territory, much of which has been reduced to rubble after 15 months of war between israel and hamas. follow following hamas attack on october 7th, 2023. so how does president trump plan to get approximately 2 million palestinians to leave gaza? the white house this afternoon, reiterating that trump did not commit to putting u.s. boots on the ground while also not ruling it out. it's not clear what the details of this plan are, or if details exist at all. mr. trump, after all, said the gaza strip could become the riviera of the middle east. >> i envision a world, people living there, the world's people. i think you'll make that into an international, unbelievable place. >> the world's people, he said. toda

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