Im back tomorrow. The lead with jake tapper starts after a short break. Donald trump heading to the scene of the january 6th crimes. The lead starts right now. Sources tell cnn that the former president wants to go to capitol hill, where he wants to add his two cents on the debate over who should be the next speaker of the house. Do republican lawmakers want him there . Ill talk to a republican who has been in touch with him this week. Plus, one of the deadliest strikes in ukraine since the beginning of russias invasion. A horrific scene of putins war. More than 50 civilians killed after a Missile Strike Hit a grocery store. But first, for years, donald trump said build the wall. Now its President Biden picking up on the new construction. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Im going to start today with our world lead. A number of developments happening right now, including the Immigration Crisis and the chaos at the u. S. Southern border. In moments, were going hear from top Biden Cabinet officials who are down in mexico for meetings about the surge in might grants entering the United States, along with the flow of fentanyl and Gun Trafficking. This comes hours after the Biden White House announced it is waiving dozens of federal laws in order to build more Border Barriers. Its a move President Biden tried to defend this afternoon after a number of critics pointed out that he promised not to build one additional foot of wall while he was running for president. Also today, a Federal Court heard arguments over the state of texass decision to install buoys on the Rio Grande River after the Biden Administration sued the Lone Star State trying to get them to remove them. Texas official claims that the buoys are meant to deter migrants from crossing the river, which can be deadly. All of this as governors and mayors across the u. S. Are sounding the alarm about the increase in migrant arrivals in the u. S. , depleting the state and cities already scarce resources. Republicans and democrats begging the white house and the federal government for more help. Cnns m. J. Lee starts off our Coverage Today with a closer look at the new barriers coming closer to the Southern Border, and why President Biden says he was forced to make this move. Reporter the contentious political issue of the border wall build the wall, build the wall dont worry, were going build the back. Reporter back in the spotlight. The Biden Administration announcing that it is waiving 26 federal laws in order to green light the construction of a border wall in south texas. The wall will be built using previously appropriated funds specifically earmarked for this purpose under the trump administration. But the building of the wall clashing with this explicit promise that biden made as a president ial candidate. There will not be another foot of wall constructed on my administration. Reporter his then opponent donald trump made construction of a border wall a major rallying cry in his reelection campaign. And we are now building that beautiful wall. [ cheering ] and this powerful voter wall is going up at record speed. Reporter the administrations decision coming amid a surge of migrants a the u. S. Southern border. The u. S. Administration facing intense pressure, including from some democratic lawmakers to get the situation under control. I am from a border state, and, you know, its been a crisis on the border on and off for decades. We spent a lot of money on it. But we could always use more resource, money for border patrol. Reporter President Biden himself defending the move on thursday. Saying he was powerless to stop the use of the funds. The Border Wall Money was appropriated for the border wall. I tried to get them to reappropriate, to redirect the money. They didnt. They wouldnt. In the meantime, there is nothing under the law other than they have to use the money for what it is appropriated for. I cant stop that. Reporter but biden also bluntly rejects the efficacy of a border wall. Do you believe a Border Wall Works . No. Reporter and jake, just one issue with that last answer we just heard from President Biden that he doesnt believe that a border wall is effective is that that appears to put him directly at odds with his own dhs secretary, Secretary Mayorkas wrote that there is an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers to prevent unlawful entries into the United States. I think all of this is just one more reminder of what an intractable problem the border situation has been for this white house as they have really tried to show that they are trying to take a humane approach when it comes to dealing with migrants, but at the same time, they are just trying to get a better handle on the situation at the border. Jake . So mayorkas thinks that the barriers work, but President Biden does not. Interesting. Mj lee, thank you so much. Lets bring in Alex Marquardt and priscilla alvarez. What is the tone and message that these highranking biden officials are trying to deliver . It doesnt seem like theyre on the same page necessarily. There is a lot of agreement, but there is also a lot of tension and some disagreements. Theyre certainly trying to convey the message that the various topics theyre discussing are of the utmost importance and thats the fact they sent some of the senior most members of the cabinet, and these are issues that need to be addressed immediately. Theyre sending the message also that this is a unique relationship, mexico on our Southern Border, our immediate neighbor, our biggest trading partner. But you have these extraordinary issues, very important issues in the surge in migration, in the fentanyl crisis, in Gun Trafficking that have to be addressed immediately. There is a sense on the american side that mexico could do more when it comes to what the Biden Administration does say is a historic migrant crisis. They do think we also heard from the mexican president earlier today about the new Border Wall Section thats going up. He criticized it, calling It Regression and irresponsible. So there is some disagreement there. And then on the fentanyl crisis, you have u. S. Officials raising the alarm about all the fentanyl thats coming across the Southern Border that they say is made in mexico that kills tens of thousand of americans every year, the biggest killer of American Adults between 18 and 49. The mexican president saying in fact its not made in mexico, that its not the cartels and the gangs, in fact it comes from china. So you have major disagreements there. But these are all issues that they all agree must be addressed. Were not necessarily expecting any kind of major resolution or initiative, but we are going to be listening closely now to this Press Conference to see if they did make any progress, is if there is anything theyre going to be pushing forward. Most of the fentanyl comes through ports of entry, not smuggled by the undocumented immigrants that are crossing the border illegally. A lot of the precursors come from mexico. Priscilla, you have information about deportation flights being restarted . This policy really captures the entire problem for the Biden Administration. We now know from Senior Administration officials that they are going to restart the direct deportation of venezuelans to venezuela. Why does this matter . There are 7. 7 million venezuelans who have fled the country. Many of them have moved north. It is a unique challenge for this administration. In fact, they are dealing with a historic wave, and that has been the issue for the administration. They didnt werent really able to deport them to venezuela. Because we had such a bad relationship. We had frosty relations. So they had to release them in the u. S. As they went through their immigration proceedings. Now we are learning they are actually going to deport them back to venezuela. Were not clear yet why venezuela is accepting them now. It has been years since we have done this. So the why now is still questioned in terms of why venezuela agreed to this. But this is really a moment that sheds light on the issue this administration faces, which is unprecedented Mass Migration of populations that previous administrations didnt necessarily have to grapple with, and hopes that they can start to lower those Border Crossings after, of course, Leaning On Mexico repeatedly to try to stem that flow. All right, priscilla alvarez, Alex Marquardt, thanks to both of you. Joining us Henry Cuellar of texas, he represents the district where the Border Barriers are a being built. Congressman, thanks for joins. You call the Border Barriers a 14th century sluice to a 21st century problem. Why do you think its bad idea . If you look at it, look where they put a fence down here, about a quarter mile away from the river banks. As you know, the middle of the river is actually the International Border itself. So if you have a fence thats a quarter of a mile or a mile away, all you have to do is let people touch the river banks, walk a quarter mile, walk half a mile, and theyre asking for asylum. In fact, maps we sent to you, you will see that most of the people coming across, there is already a fence because the fence is not in the middle of the river. So i want to see more personnel, more technology. But i will ask you to look at 2015 and 2019. Obama and trump. Why did the numbers go down in those years . Thats because we leaned into mexico. We got mexico to do more, and they stopped them before they came over here. And plus, President Obama was doing deportations. This administration is doing some deportations, but that will show them. Theyre afraid to show people going back like President Obama and secretary jeh johnson did. You have to show repercussions, and you got to show video of people going back, and not just streaming across over here. Why do you think theyre afraid to show the repercussions . Why do you think theyre afraid to show people being deported and going back South Of The Border . Ill tell you, i had a conversation with somebody there. And this is what they said. We dont want to get our Immigration Advocates angry at us. Thats it. Thats what somebody told me there. So, again, the Immigration Advocates, with all due respect, thats one stakeholder. What about the Men And Women In Green . What about more importantly the border communities . We here at the border communities, and im in laredo, people tell me we got to do something about the borders. And my district is 80 hispanic, and theyre saying control that border. And now that new york, now that chicago, now that washington, d. C. Are seeing what we have felt for so many years, now this voice about we got to control the border is being magnified because the mayors of new york and the governor of illinois, they have a bigger megaphone than some of us down here at the border. Have you spoken with anyone in the Biden Administration about your opposition to this move to construct more Border Barriers in your Congressional District . Well, yes, i have. And there is two questions to ask here. One is the president is right. He had to do and spend the money. Its the 1974 Empowerment Control Act Fight Between Congress and president nixon at that time. I understand that. They have to do this before september 30th. I understand that. But the question they have not answered to me is why waive the Immigration Laws . There is nothing in the law that i know of that forces them to waive it. And i didnt know about it, and you will see that every president or every secretary that has done that has been all under republican administrations except the current one that just did it yesterday. I dont understand the waiver itself. I understand the empowerment control act, but i just dont understand why they waived the environmental laws. You know me. Im strong on border security, but i want to make sure that we do it right. Have repercussions at the border, have more personnel at the border have, knowledge. I tell you, the mexican cartels have more drones than we do, and they fly them to watch what we do. They watch, they pass a small package over here. We have to give Homeland Security the tools and the equipment and the personnel to fight this problem. House republicans passed their version of a border bill hr2 earlier this year. Every democrat voted against it. Are theres a specks of their bill that you agree with that could possibly turn into Bipartisan Legislation if the senate takes up some sort of border bill, and it could all be hashed out in Conference Committee . Are there parts of it that you could vote for . Yes. And before i answer that question, i also remind my republican friends that the last two Appropriation Bills that we passed, except for two republicans who are still serving, there were nine, but seven are gone. Two republicans are serving in the u. S. House voted in favor to add 2. 4 billion to homeland. Thats a 15 increase. They all voted against supporting 2. 4. So they only see their version. Now, to answer your question about hr2, i looked at it. Some of the things that ive asked for, stone guard, money for local government, local police, getting rid of carrizo cane, river roads, technology, there is a lot of things that we agree on. There is just a few things that they need to sit down, and ill be happy to sit down with them. Because i dont come and visit the border for a few days or a few showers, i should say. I live here. And i talk to the men and women in grown. There are things that we can agree on. I remind them for the last two Appropriation Bills, they voted down except two republicans who are there right now, they voted down 2. 4 billion for cbp monies. What grade would you give President Biden for his handling of the border crisis . There is improvement. And i did talk to the president. I dont want to grade school grade. I dont need needs improvement. A, b, c, d, f . Again, im not going to give you an a, b, c. All i can say is he can do better, and im ready to work with him to make it better. What we have to do is what at what weve done in the past and what works. Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar of texas, good to see you, sir. Thanks for joining us today. Thank you, jake. There are devastating images of ukraine today. A Missile Killing Dozens of innocent civilians, including a small child. Cnn is on the screen. And that vicious strike comes as lawmakers here in Washington Are Fighting Over Whether to keep sending money and armaments to help ukraine. In just a moment ill have a republican congressman here, and well talk to him about all this. Stay with us. Back with our world lead. While the u. S. Government is hobbled currently by its House Republican dysfunction, and future aid for ukraine is up in the air, today president Vladimir Putin announced that russia successfully tested a nuclearpowered Cruise Missile. Putin also falsely claimed that russia didnt start the war, a war that obviously began with his invasion of a sovereign nation. Most horrifically today, Russian Forces fired a Cruise Missile strapped with a one thousand pound warhead at a small eastern Ukrainian Village hitting a cafe and a shop. The missile killed more than 50 civilians, including a child, according to local officials. Cnns Fred Pleitgen takes us to the scene of the carnage. A warning. Some of the scenes were about to show you are disturbing. Reporter utter destruction and chaos after the massive explosion. As night fell, bodies still strewn across the area as Search And Rescue crews scoured the debris. This man weeping in front of a body bad, too shaken to talk to us. We learned his name is sergei, and the deceased was his wife. As you can see, this building was completely annihilated when it was hit by the missile. The ukrainians are saying this was an Iskander Missile launched by the russians. That is a very heavy missile that is normally used to destroy large Troop Formations or even armored vehicles. As you can see, this completely devastated this building right here. The ukrainians say more than 50 people were killed. Its very difficult for them to identify some of the bodies because they are in such bad shape. They also say what was going on here was an event around a funeral. And they say that the people who were attending that event were all local folks. There was chaos, the Chief Investigator tells us. There was a fire which was extinguished by firefighters. Of Course Evacuation Measures were taken to get people out of the rubble. Obviously all of this is still very fresh, and a lot of the search and crews are still at work. The First Responders are still busy doing the forensics on the scene and putting bodies into body bags. There is a lot of them laying around here and a lot being taken way by some of the crews here. One of the other things we can see over there, obviously this was some sort of recreational area. There still seems or the some sort of playground that was heavily damaged when the missile hit. Ukraines president visiting spain pinning the blame on russia. Reporter tragically, because of this inhuman terrorist attack, 50 humans were killed during a funeral. Russia does this every day in kharkiv, and only air defense can help. But that help will be too late for sergeis wife and the others killed. The only thing he can do for her now is help the crews lift her body to be taken away. So, jake, really some devastating scenes that we saw play out here. As the rescue crews were still working. Were still here at the scene at this building. It really was completely obliterated. Its the rubble that normally you would see after some sort of massive earthquake. This house completely destroyed. The rescue crews actually, jake, in the meantime have stopped working here. They say that theyve realized there is absolutely no one that theyre going to be able to save. They also say that some of the bodies that you just saw there in our report, those are now being brought to a morgue and then certainly theyre going try to do some identification. But they say because the bodies are in such bad shape, that alone is going to be extremely difficult. This was indeed a very Missile Strike, jake. Cnns Fred Pleitgen in Eastern Ukraine among the carnage. Thanks so much. Im going to talk to a Congressman Questioning how much we should send to ukraine. Does todays Missile Strike change the calculations . And ill ask him about the race for House Speaker and also ahead innocent americans caught up in s. W. A. T. Team action. The lead digs into why some are not being compensated when their homes and businesses are destroyed. In our politics lead, guess who may finally take the longawaited trip to the u. S. Capitol a that the u. S. Secret service refused to allow him on january 6th, 2021. Thats right, former President Trump. He wants to meet with House Republicans as they try to figure out who should replace Kevin Mccarthy as House Speaker. Thats according to a source familiar with the discussions. With me to talk about this, max miller of ohio who once worked as an aide to former President Trump before being elected to the house last november. Congressman, this, for joins. Cleland. Com reports you spoke to trump three times on tuesday as mccarthy was being kicked out of his speakership by your fellow republicans. Republican Congressman Mike Lawler told my colleague jim sciutto he does not think trump should come to capitol hill and interfere in any way in the speaker process. Do you know how trump plans to weigh in, or whom he might try to support . All of those are really great questions. And look, my colleague mr. Lawler from new york is a great friend of mine. I can understand his hesitation. But president donald j. Trump is still the leader of the Republican Party. In terms of his influence in who he would like to see as speaker, he has yet to make that clear. I know very much where i would like to see the conference go, in what direction. But under president Donald Trumps policies, he has been a great president , but i believe to get to 218 votes within this conference, its going take a lot of us to come together and to be comfortable with the uncomfortable dealing with a lot of these issues. And i believe that we can get there. But i dont know if that would be the most helpful thing. I certainly welcome the president s presence, if you would like to come up to capitol hill, id love to see him. Im a big fan of his. Other than that, i believe we should Work Together as a conference to sort this out to elect a speaker to 218 votes. So who do you like . Scalise or jordan or some third option . I want to be abundantly clear for a couple of things. I am all for jim jordan. He has been a tremendous individual in our organization. He has done a phenomenal job as the chairman of the judiciary committee. And i believe that hes brought real answers to the American People holding the Biden Administration, the democrats accountable. And i also believe that he can unite our Conference Underneath to get to 218. And as a way forward in this as well, jake, you know, im going lose a lot of friends with this. I would like to see all Republican Leadership change in the House Of Representatives, from top to bottom. Jim jordan, right now he is not in leadership. Thats why im supporting him. I would like to see him be speaker, but i would also like to see a new minority leader. Would like to see a new minority whip, and i would like to see a change of guard here in the House Of Representatives in our conference. So you want just a complete Changing Of The Guard for all Republican Leadership right now. Is that trumps position as well . Or are you only speaking for yourself . , no jake, im speaking for myself. Being a freshman, being in congress over the last ten months, i believe that i have been one of the biggest team players within the body, within the republican conference, doing everything that i could for Speaker Mccarthy. And i want to make something very clear. He did achieve great conservative wins throughout his leadership in the House Of Representatives. And that is something that i am never going to back down from. 96 of our conference stood behind that man while 4 in the gang of eight, who in my opinion are cowards upended government and did something incredibly disturbing. But that is my position. And i believe that we need a new face of republican leigh leadership that is going to take our conference into the same direction under the America First agenda and to continue to achieve the incremental wins we already were achieving under Speaker Mccarthy. Let me ask you. Kevin mccarthy credited trump with his getting elected speaker in january. Why didnt trump do anything to help him keep his speakership tuesday . Surely mr. Trump holds sway with the eight republicans who voted to boot him . Remember in the very beginning when we went through the speaker fight. Yep. In the very beginning of this congress, and it took 15 rounds. You saw matt rosendale, a congressman out of montana reject the president s phone call. You remember that and the American People do as well. President trump did absolutely nothing to oust Speaker Mccarthy. He released a truth social post, jake, that said republicans need to stop infighting in congress. Right. But he didnt help him either. He didnt oust him, but he didnt help him. Correct. He didnt do either. But my point is this. When i talk to him, and i can tell you what my conversation was with him, jake, if i good down to the house floor, mr. President , and i say i just got off the phone with president donald john trump, and im still voting for Speaker Mccarthy, and thats where the real maga confidents are, thats everything that Everyone Needs to know about my conversation with the president and the next president of the United States and president donald j. Trump. You did not want to see mccarthy ousted. You called Matt Gaetz One of the most hypocritical individuals youve ever had the displeasure of working and meeting with. Some of your colleagues are preparing a motion to expel gates from the conference. Are you going to support that . Im seriously inclined to. I have yet to make up my mind. We have an individual like George Santos that still sits within our conference that should have been removed from our body several months ago. I would have to take a harder look at that. Jake, i want to make something abundantly clear, to everyone who is watching and you as well. The maga banner, lets talk about make America Great again and president donald j. Trump. The reason why i love President Trump is because he had a vision, he had great policy that took care of this country, and that he was a disrupter. The biggest difference between someone like me and liking President Trump is im in here for all the right reasons to benefit the American People. What mr. Gaetz is doing, and why he alliance himself with President Trump and uses the maga cloak as a banner to hide himself in as a shell, thats the closest hell ever be to power. And he knows that. Thats why he is doing the upsetting things that he is doing. Lets look ahead here. The Kevin Mccarthy chapter the closed. We need to look ahead to new leadership within the republican conference and find a way forward to bring this country together. Were here to build this country back up. Not break it down by reckless individuals. Let me ask you one quick question because were running out of time. While the house is speakerless, Action On Ukraine Funding is in limbo. The white house wants an additional 24 billion. You are one of four House Republicans who made a surprise visit to ukraine a few months ago. You met with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. After the trip, you said you were for supporting ukraine with representry, but not necessarily funding. Where do you stand now as they continue the burn through ammunition and other countries are slow to resupply. And do you think its important that the next speaker support ukraine one way or another . I think those are lat of tough questions. Im happy to answer them directly. Look, when it comes to the war in ukraine and continues to continuing the war efforts and supporting them, ive asked President Biden in this administration to provide us a framework and a strategy of how theyre going to win their war in ukraine. Jake, when i was over there and when i met with president zelenskyy, President Biden had met with him the day before. And when i sat in that room, i asked president zelenskyy what did he want . He said i want f16s, right. I said what do you want the f16s for . He said for Cruise Missiles and drones. You dont need f16th, you need air to service that are going to help be kinetic on the battlefield. The reason im bringing this story up is because President Biden isnt helping the ukrainian people in my opinion. He hasnt sat down with them to give them a framework of how they can win the war in their own country without us spilling american blood on their soil. This is something that every american should deserve. And i want everyone should agree with me. We need a strategy from President Biden. Do you want them do you want them to get attack ems . I would be open to it if the president was. But he needs to have our military generals if he is serious to figure out a framework and strategy of how to win the war. I dont think anyone american can sit here and agree that we should be writing blank checks to ukraine and billions of dollars while our Southern Border is a mess, our economy is in free fall, our supply chain issues are broken and we have a Labor Shortage within this country. We have serious issues we have to deal with here first. But President Biden isnt taking this seriously. I implore the media, you, how he is going the win the war in ukraine and i think youll find more conservatives to be more receptive on the war in ukraine. Thank you so much for your time today. We appreciate it. Thank you. With us is Jared Moskowitz on the Foreign Affairs and oversight committees. Congressman, you just saw me talking to republican congressman max miller about the hesitations he has over ukraine funding and as you know, republican jim jordan, who Congressman Miller supports for speaker has previously said he is against more ukrainian aid. He elaborated a little bit more on that today. Take a listen. Ive been clear that there are two fundamental questions that need to be answered. Whats the goal . Is the goal some negotiated peace . Is the goal to get them out of Eastern Ukraine, get the russians out of crimea which they took during the obama administration, theyve had now for nine years. What is the goal . Second question, if you tell us what the goal is, how is the money being spent . Those seem like fair questions. Can you answer either of those questions in terms of what the Biden Administration policy is . Thanks, jake. Appreciate it. I think those are fair questions. There is nothing wrong with asking for an accounting of how the money has been spent. As far as what the goal is here, the goal is very simple. And the president has clearly articulated this. The goal is that ukraine doesnt become property of russia. That is the goal. The goal is that preventing russia from going to ukraine then poland. That is the goal. And listen, chairman jordan knows that. But hes got a problem within his caucus because hes got a growing number. Not one or 10 or 20, he has 100 members that dont want to vote for ukraine funding. Lets be clear. Were going to have a vote on ukraine funding, because there are enough democrats and enough republicans to do whats called a discharge petition. If you get 218 on the discharge petition, well be voting on that issue. Very quickly, you served with matt gaetz for years both in congress and the Florida State legislature have. You been in touch with him lately . Yeah, i talked to matt on the floor. And whats your take on all this, and whats your take on whether or not he is afraid of being kicked out of the republican conference, as you just heard Congressman Miller talking about . Well, look, max is a friend. I heard his perspective. Thats an internal republican matter. Thats the republican conference. They got to make this decision, whether or not they want to remove a member who removed their speaker. Im not going to weigh into their internal discussions, because quite frankly, i dont know whats happening in their caucus because im not invited to their meetings. But this was predictable, jake. Yep. When they made this deal with matt gaetz, and every single solitary republican voted for rule change, every single solitary democrat voted against the rule change. That was to give one member the ability to make this motion. Every democrat voted against that. Every republican voted for it. They gave matt the weapon. They build it, gave it to him for him to eventually use this. It was wellknown before then. Matt held up the speakers vote for 15 rounds. They thought he was never going to use this. This is inevitable. It is something talked about, whispered about, when is matt going to do this . Is he going to be able to find the votes. Look, no one should be celebrating. This is a terrible moment in the history of the u. S. House of representatives, and our institutions are in peril. But its not because of democrats. Its because of republicans gave their maga wing, the donald trump wing of the House Of Representatives this tool. It will be interesting what democrats do in terms of whether or not you exact concessions from republicans who want to get rid of that motion to vacate. Democratic representative Jared Moskowitz of florida, good to see you. Thank you so much. One influential democrat says there needs to be a backlash on the runs on who Helped Push Mccarthy Out of office as speaker. Were going to hear more from her, next. Continuing with our politics lead, former senator, secretary of state, and democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton is weighing in about the historic dysfunction on capitol hill. Among republicans. She sat down with Cnns Christiane Amanpour who joins us now. Clinton is calling for backlash against the eight house rebels who got rid of Speaker Mccarthy . She is basically saying and admitting that american democracy is in deep trouble, and this kind of small group of extremesists as she calls them and many others call them is holding the rest of the party and in fact congress hostage. And i asked her specifically about Speaker Mccarthy and what happened and whether in fact democrats should have helped keep quote, unquote the devil they know instead of the devil they dont know. This is what she said. So should the democrats have saved him so to speak . Should they have voted to keep him in . You know, that was a very tough call for the dramatic caucus, but the problem was for them, as i understand it, he was totally untrustworthy by any measure. He immediately after they did help him keep the government open, as you know, began to blame them for all kinds of extraneous matters. And at some point, a leader who has lost all credibility in dealing with the opposition where you want to have an open line of communication, you want to be able to trust his word is going to, you know, ask for their help and not get it. Its said that the main contenders for his position are jim jordan, who you knew very well from benghazi hearings. I dont know him well. I watched him and stared at him for 11 hours while he made stuff up about me. I dont know him, but ive seen him in action. What will it mean if he gets the speakership . He someone of the principle ringleaders of the circus that has been created in the Republican Party for the last several years. I have no inside knowledge about what the republicans will do, who they will end up voting for, but when do they put the Country First . They do not represent a majority of even the Republican Party, when you look at the extremists in the house. They certainly dont represent a majority of the country. And, you know, somebody has to stand up and say enough. We could have disagreements. Im all for that. I was in the senate for eight years. I work with a lot of republicans, and you know, oppose them when i didnt agree. But at some point, there needs to be a backlash against the control that this small group of extremists have. And i dont know who will lead that, but lets hope whoever becomes the new speaker will. And honestly, she went on in blistering form. She talked about the leader of these extremists who clearly is donald trump. And as youve been reporting, he may be considering a trip to capitol hill amidst the new speaker selection. And she says this has to be defeated. They have to be defeated at an election, and this cult is bad for the country and, again, has to be defeated. She also talked very strongly about ukraine. And of course that Breaking News with the massacre at the coffee shop. Horrifying. Horrendous. And supported President Biden making a strong speech, apparently planned for some time soon. Where can people see the rest of the interview . Were going to have a little more coming out this weekend, also tomorrow on cnn this morning. And then the long interview will be on my program on monday. Okay. Great stuff. Christiane amanpour, thank you so much. Appreciate it. Coming up next, who pays if a s. W. A. T. Team Law Enforcement inflicts Severe Damage on your property and you werent even involved in any crime, even remotely . You might find the answer frustrating. Stay tuned. In our national lead, what is the responsibility of the government when police in the course of doing their jobs accidentally destroy the property of Innocent Bystanders . Well, it may surprise you the lengths to which the governments of counties and municipalities tell those innocent civilians tough break, youre on your own. When i saw the shot, the first feeling i had, i said to myself why didnt this guy shoot me . Reporter it took a lifetime for carlos pena to realize his American Dream and build his business, a print shop. It took mere hours for an l. A. S. W. A. T. Team to destroy it. Through no fault of penas. Last august a fugitive violently forced his way into the shop and threw pena out the door. Out of thousands of businesses in north hollywood, you know, this guy picked mine. Reporter the fugitive barricaded himself inside. During an hourslong standoff a s. W. A. T. Team fired more than 30 rounds of tear gas, pena says. It felt like a war in there. I thought they were gunshots. Reporter the fugitive got away, leaving behind a disaster caused by the cops, with serious damage to all penas equipment and the building. It even wreaked of tear gas. The second i went inside the shop i was going to pass out. Reporter penas inventory ruined. His equipment unusable. All the work of my life had gone down the drain. For one guy. Reporter penas insurance policy, like most peoples, did not cover acts of the government, leaving pena on the hook for the more than 60,000 in damage and the Tens Of Thousands in lost business. The Los Angeles City government would not reimburse pena for the destruction police caused. So he sued. I dont need that they were doing something wrong, but in the process they are making me pay for what they do. Reporter The Takings Clause in the Fifth Amendment to the u. S. Constitution says that private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation. Now, some Federal Courts have ruled that Government Actions taken under, quote, Police Powers are not subject to The Takings Clause, but there have been multiple lawsuits such as penas. I cant really explain the devastation that a person feels, and i guess its because of the injustice. Reporter vicky baker also sued over a police raid. A texas s. W. A. T. Team heavily damaged her mckinney home during a Fugitive Barricade Situation in 2020. Everything was thrown out. I mean, linens, dishes. You name it. Everything went. There were so many wonderful things that i had. Family history. First edition books. It just it all got thrown away. And of course they put no money value on any of that. Reporter baker says her dog bandit, a chihuahua, was blinded and lost his hearing because of the raid. She says bandit had so much pain and trauma he eventually had to be put down. Bandit was probably the worst piece that we had to lose. Reporter a federal judge awarded baker about 60,000 to cover the damage. But the city of mckinney, texas is appealing. The city says they initially offered baker 55,000 and she declined. I will tell you this, that if we dont win this is going to go all the way to the supreme court. I this cannot continue to happen to individuals. Cnn reached out to the los angeles mayors office. We have not heard back. We were inspired to do this story by a piece we read in reason magazine. Stunning details out of wisconsin. Officials say a man showed up with a handgun and demanded to see the governor. Then another shocker even after that mans arrest. Youre probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. But what if we told you its possible that comcast Business Mobile can save you up to 75 a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers . Its true. Plus, when you buy your first line of mobile, you get a second line free. 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