Lot of drama there today. The lead starts right now. World leaders taking the stage, pushing their priorities for some of the biggest issues of our time. Casting Russias Vladimir Putin as global villain number one, while fighting against waning support for ukraine. And here in d. C. , a House Republican calling his party the, quote, clown show. While infighting and name calling do nothing to solve the more immediate problem of federal government set to shut down in just 12 days. Plus, new allegations against celebrity Russell Brand as a new accuser comes forward. Police now looking into the multiple allegations of rape and Sexual Assault against the disgraced comedian. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. The world lead dominates the week with so much focus on Foreign Policy and this comes against major accusations by one democracy, canada, accusing another democracy, india, of directing an assassination. On canadian sovereign territory. Well dive into that democracy versus direction action in a bit. But also ahead, ron desantis coming out swinging against donald trump. On one of the most contentious election issues for Republican Voters. Well discuss that with one of the biggest names in Conservative Talk Radio who is calling House Republicans for hypocrites for their personal behavior and the a lister in the room and the bunker in ukraine when bombs started falling. Well see how he documented it. But first, a daunting United Nations agenda as the world faces the highest number of conflicts at once since the 1940s. Putins now 18month long bloody invasion of ukraine. This noon in north carolina, zelenskyy said the russian invasion is the no only about ukraine. Tay law townshipy is at the u. N. For us as member nations are tending to Gin Up Support under the shadow of war. My fellow leaders, we gather once more at an Inflection Point in u. S. History. Reporter joe biden urging the United Nations to stand with ukraine as war with russia drags on and he battles for more aid money with his congress. When i ask you this, if we abandon the core principals of the United States to appease an aggressor, could any member state in this body, feel confident that they are protected . If we allow ukraine to be carved up, if the independence of any nation secure . I respectfully suggest the answer is no. Zpl reporter the message meant to gal an advise many war weary countries 600 days after russias invasion that ukraine could be any of them. Poland, ukraines neighbor to the west, knows that all too well. On 1st september, 1939, nazi germany invited invaded my homeland, poland. The Second World War broke out. On 17, september, 1939, we received a blow from another direction. The soviet union also made an onslaught on poland. This is precisely why we understand the tragedy of ukraine better than any other country in the world. Reporter poland has been a staunch supporter of ukraine. Providing military aid, transportation, and refuge for thousands. Upon russian aggression in ukraine, it was once again illustrated that solidarity is not only the great history, but that solidarity lives in us. Ukraines president making his first inperson visit to the forum. Called on all countries to join the fight. We must act united to defeat the aggressor and focus all our capabilities and energy on addressing these challenges. Reporter and that the founding principles of the United Nations must be upheld. We have an organization that must be restrained. War crimes must be punished. Deported people must come back home and occupy their own land. We must be united to make it. And well do it. Slava ukraine. Reporter amid highprofile absences including that of russian president vladimir putin, growing questions about the relevance and the efficacy of the forum like a United Nations for international cooperation. They said that the u. N. Is much needed and that there is no better system available to deliver aid to those in need. Were going to talk to polands president in a second. But President Biden and president zelenskyy will meet later this week. And tell us how that meeting is different from previous meetings the two have had. Well unlike previous meetings, this meeting is coming at a time where there really needs to be a sales pitch. President biden is going to be meeting with zelenskyy at the white house an thursday. The white house has submitted to congress a request for 24 billion in funding that would help ukraine defend if se itself through the end of the year. Zelenskyy is going to be on capitol hill as well. But unlike previous visits hes not expected to meet with the entirety of the republican conference in the house of the representatives. He is expected to meet with congressional leaders and jake sullivan, who is the National Security adviser said that in some of his own conversations with congressional leaders that he has gotten so optimism that there would be bipartisan support for some package for ukraine without saying specifically that there could be support for the full 24 billion. Jake. The reporting right now is that there is not support for more aid for ukraine, for Financial Aid for ukraine among a majority of the House Republicans. Who obviously have their slight majority in the house. Now that doesnt mean that there wont be aid to ukraine. They could pass a bill that doesnt have it and goes to the senate and they readd it and then ultimately it gets added in conference committee. But it is important for zelenskyy to make his case to House Republicans. How difficult is that going to be . Reporter it is going to be incredibly difficult, for the reasons that you just mentioned. Although there is some optimism and some hope on behalf of the administration that there would be some vehicles, some format for aid going forward. Even if it is not in the original proposal that republicans come up with. That they feel that they could garner support for in the house. Zelenskyy has a tall order on capitol hill. No doubt. And he seems to know that that is the case. We will see how he manages to galvanize that support if he is able to. But it is also worth noting, jake, that there is a very important meeting happening here at the United Nations in new york between zelenskyy and the leaders of the United Nations and the turkish leader about the future of the black sea grain deal. Russia has been Bombing Grain Infrastructure and not allowing the passage of Grain Exports which is one of the biggest is issues for Food Security around the world. Theyre hoping to find a breakthrough but there the administration said russia is not going to allow any pathway for that grain and there is no pathway for the white house back into that deal for now. Kayla, thank you so much. Ukraines president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is sitting down with wolf blitzer and you could see that interview on cnn right after the lead. In the situation room. That is at 6 00 eastern. Right here on cnn. Come up, my oneonone interview with the president of the poland andre duda. He was just warning world, remember world are ii in terms of their not paying attention to ukraine. And also ahead, words such as stupidity and lunatics and clown car pointed around as they have the shutdown of the government in 12 days. And Lauren Boebert, and the animated and lit behavior as the kids say. That got her kicked out of a musical, beatetle juice. And new testimony directly contradicting an irs whistleblower that came forward with claims of the president s son hunter biden. 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Those aforementioned Conservative Friends an lunatics are a group of hardline republicans who are blocking a continuing resolution, that is a Spending Bill brokered by congressman Byron Donalds which would have enough support to make it through the senate. Right now, my full effort is to assemble a coalition to defeat the donald coalition. And were heading that in direction. And the outcome on this republican on republican violence is impacting you if there ends up being a government shutdown. Not to mention the larger issues of Deficit Spending and the refusal of congress to work in a bipartisan, Bicammeral Fashion to steer the nation toward a sustainable budget path. But what am i talking about . And this impacts House Speaker mccarthy because the same hardline republicans are holding Speaker Mccarthys job hostage in many ways by threatening to hold a vote to fire him from his speakership. Lets discuss all of this and more with eric ericson, conservative radio host. I noknow you Want Congress to reserve spending, do you think shutting down congress right now . Are you with Byron Donnells or matt gaetz . I like Government Shutdowns but the Byron Donalds flan cuts current spending down by 8 , outside of the Defense Department and department of veterans affairs. That is pretty good deal. You have hardline chip roy from texas supporting the plan. The House Freedom caucus chairman scott perry supported plan. Those two guys are two of the most conservative members of the house. So you have a couple though, who know there is a four Seat Majority so they could nickel and dime it. I dont know that anything they pass will actually get passed the senate. But they have to come up with something to start the process with the senate. And this sounds like a good start. So what do you think is motivating the matt gaetz of the world . Matt gaetz likes to be matt gaetz. He also was the guy who nearly forced another vote on the speaker back in january when everything was happening. He wants to look like he would getting . Out of this because he wanted to run for governor of florida in 2026 against byron donald so he wants to hurt the deal because byron might run against him. But it has more to do with political performance than actual practical policy. There is also this big question, do you think Speaker Mccarthy is going to survive until November Of 2024 . You know. Im not a huge fan, but hes been able to pull a lot of rabbits out of hats nobody expected him to. Hes going to get a deal one way or the other. The problem for guys like matt gaetz is, if you cant pick up the republicans, they start cutting a deal with the democrats and suddenly youre real world spending cuts of government go away. Lets talk about republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of colorado. She was recently kicked out of a performance of Beetlejuice The Musical For Vaping and engaging in some rrated groping with his date. You recently wrote, quote, we dont get to criticize the lefts moral deviances when our side props up its own moral deviants. You have to moral authority to challenge the left Sexual Stand Arpds which you defend the right unquote. And youre getting some pushback from your conservative listener . S. There are two camps in the republican party. You cant explain about the country being in decline when you send people to washington to participate in the czech line a in the decline. And so much of the rights argument against the right is cultural and it is based on moral. You hear a lot of conservatives say what the left is doing, the transgender an the like is evil. That is a moral claim. You cant then send people would are publicly flaunting their morality in public and have the public treat you serious i will. If republicans want people to fight, well Lauren Boebert barely won her reelection in fln off year in colorado. In 2024 shell have President Bidens ground game if colorado unagainst her in addition to the guy who almost beet her last time. So if you really are concerned about we need to fight the left, you have a very vulnerable congresswoman who might need to work on her private life instead of publicly revealing it on tv. You have also called out various republican Public Officials for alleged infidelities or not so alleged. Do you think it is possible that donald trump just changed republican standards when it comes to that issue. Yeah, i think it made the republicans comfortable behaving like trump. The problem here, though, jake an and ive written this for five years, every republican who decides to act like donald trump winds up losing ultimately. People do impressioned of donald trump and theyre not trump. Voters like donald trump. They dont like the other people. They could tolerate one guy. But tolerating every republican at some point, you have enough Republican Voters who say, im tired of picking the lesser of two evils. It is still evil. I think im going to sit it out as democrats are seeing nonwhite voters saying im getting nothing from biden, youll have a lot of christian Republican Voters who say im tired of holding my nose. I think im going to stay home and that hurts the turnout. Thank you so much. Good to see you. Thank you. Coming up next, the new witnesses coming forward in Hunter Bidens tax fraud investigation. Theyre directly contradicting whistleblowers who have come forward. Well talk to one of those whistleblowers . And next week i will be speaking with former Trump White House aid Cassidy Hutchinson who was Chief Of Staff for mark meadows, you remember her testimony before the january 6 committee and you could see that next tuesday right here on the lead at 4 00 eastern. The cheap seats . 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Edu in our Law And Justice lead, new testimony from fbi and irs officials officials contradict Hunter Bidens taxes but this could just as easily be our political lead because the whistleblowers claims play into the republican narrative that the Hunter Biden Investigation was slow walked by a politicized and weaponized just department. Were joined by cara scannal and sara murray to sort this out. Cara, tell us about the whistleblower and his claims and who is disputing them. So the irs whistleblower, gary shaply was testified before the committee saying at this october 2022 meeting, with Law Enforcement officials, the u. S. Attorney overseeing the Hunter Biden Investigation david weiss had said that he didnt have ultimate Decisionmaking Authority on whether to bring the case. And that he had asked for and was denied special counsel status. So now three top Law Enforcement officials who were in the meeting, including shapelys supervisor and the head of the fbi Office InvestigatingHunter Biden Cast doubts on that. They say they have no recollection of that happening. The fbi Special Agent said it is in his recollection, if he had said that, that he would have remembered it. So pretty strong denials there. Now shapelys attorneys saying that shapely, unlike the others has handwritten notes and he memorized those in a email to his supervisor so their standing by their version of the story. And cara, while fbi and irs are contesting some of the Whistleblower Irs agent gary shapelys claims, they are confirming things that he said, right . Yeah. Theyre confirming certain parts of his recollection from that meeting. Specifically that the u. S. Attorney david wise said that he tried to team up with u. S. Attorneys in both washington, d. C. And los angeles on potential tax charges, and that neither one of those u. S. Attorneys wan to go along and join this investigation. So that does confirm what shapely as testified. Now one of the officials said he didnt take that to mean that weiss couldnt move forward, but they have to figure out another way to do that. And Merrick Garland is due to testify on capitol hill tomorrow before the republicanled House Judicial Committee at a hearing on what republicans allege is the politicization of the Justice Department under garlands leader slip and under joe biden. Were expecting some fireworks . This is an opportunity for republicans on this committee to get their pound of flesh. Jim jordan has had a lot of complaints about how the Justice Department conducts itself and how the fbi has conducted a number of investigations and at top of mind is how the Hunter Biden Investigation is been conducted and i think were going to see fireworks because there is a lot of frustration on the side of House Republicans who are going to want answers to some specific investigations including this Hunter Biden Investigation. Theyre just not going to get the kinds of responses that they want to get out of attorney general Merrick Garland when there are on going Vi Investigations and prosecutions so i suspect hell get an ear tfl tomorrow. And the new Impeachment Inquiry that they didnt vote for. Mccarthy pushed to them. Aimed at President Biden. Tell us about that. That is right. It sounds like the three committees are still working on a document to outline what exactly the scope of this heim inquiry is going to be. But house over sight is already moving ahead with a hearing theyve scheduled for next week and House Oversight chairman james comber is tell annie they do plan to move ahead for hunter biden and james biden personal bank records. Weve seen the move around those two individuals, go to banks and other associates tries to get this information. This is the first time that theyre going directly to members of joe bidens family and seeking this kind of banking information, jake. And cara, all of this is playing against the back drop of Hunter Bidens legal Team Pursuing a more aggressive strategy both legally and in the Public Relations front . Yeah. Jake, that is right. Theyre definitely putting forward a more aggressive strategy including in some of their dealings with the hill. I know and as we saw yesterday, biden filed a lawsuit against irs saying that his Privacy Rights were violated when the whistleblowers disclosed that he was under investigation. And then went beyond that in some interviews and talked about some of the specific details of his tax returns. So they filed that lawsuit, it is one of what we may see to be more aggressive action that theyre taking, jake. Kara scannell and sara murray, thank you. Another whistleblower mentioned in a new lawsuit from hunter biden is going to join me. What does he say about the disputed claims. Well talk about that next. Wane to cut the damage. We tried dove instead. So, still need that trim . Ohoh my gosh i amam actually shocked i dont need a haircut. Dodont trim daily damage. Stop it with dove. Hi, weve both got a big birthday coming up. So we have a lot of questions about medicare plans. Weve got a lot of answers how can i help . Well for starters, do you include Hearing Benefits . How about a plan with dental, vision and Hearing Benefits . I sure like the sound of that then how does a zero dollar monthly plan Premium Sound . Ooooooooh if youre new to medicare, call 188865aetna. 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And this week hunter biden and his attorneys filed a lawsuit against the irs claiming that the irs improperly released Hunter Bidens confidential Tax Information and the lawsuit mentioned you by name, in a july 20th, 2023 interview, mr. Ziegler alleged for the first time publicly that he recommended felony and Misdemeanor Charges for mr. Biden for tax year 2017. Lets roll that part of the interview. Do you know of criminal charges against hunter biden that were not filed that definitively there is evidence, prove that they should be filed that he should be facing justice for . So, again, meeting with the attorney, assigned attorneys, and that includes Department Of JusticeTax Attorneys, all agreed for felony and misdemeanor tax charges related to 2017, 2018 and 2019, i didnt see that in that Charging Document that was filed in delaware. So i want to give you an opportunity to respond to something that Hunter Bidens lawsuit says. They say that under oath you had previously stated that you only recom recommended Misdemeanor Charges not as you told me on me show, related to 2017, 2018 and 2019. So, help us clear that up . So, jake, i really appreciate you for having me on the show. So this lawsuit that was filed yesterday, this is a effort to silence me and gary. This is an effort to silence future whistleblowers from coming forward. This is an effort to silence irs people from coulding forward to congress. And it is just disappointing, it is disappointing and disheartening. And what i would point everyone to is we followed the law. We followed the whistleblower law. Kog wrote into law 6103 provisions which protected taxpayer information. That law was written by congress and they added a caveat for whistleblowers, 6303 f5 and we presented to the house ways and Means Committee and they voted that out of the committee and then now that is it is public information, you could find that information on the website, so that was publicly available information. We came on and i came on your show and i discussed information that was within my transcript. And that and i stick by what i said in my transcript to the house ways and Means Committee. So is that that you recommended Misdemeanor Charges for tax year 2017 . Or 2017, 2018 and 2019. Im trying to clear it up. Im not trying to get you. No, i appreciate that. In my testimony, in addition to my testimony if front of the House Oversight committee, there was a meeting that way held in august of 2022. When the doj Tax Attorneys recommended tax charges for tax years 2017, 2018 and 2019. Im sorry, they recommended at approval for the charges. So it went to the next Tep Of The Review Process and that is what i testified in front of the committee. The lawsuit also said, quote, these agents putative Whistleblower Status does not shield them from the wrongful conduct if making unauthorized Public Disclosures that are not permitted by the Whistleblower Process and theyre supposed to uncover government miss conduct not the alleged wrongdoing by an alleged person. What is your response to that. So us being whistleblowers, this is bigger than the Hunter Biden Investigation. At the end of the day, we came forward under Whistleblower Status that the Department Of Justice was treating taxpayers differently, that they were providing preferential treatment to a taxpayer and this is mal so the actual statute said if there is misconduct related to Tax Information, we have an avenue where were allowed to come in front of the committee and testify. Weve actually received guidance recently from our commissioner that backs up that information. And then i know another thing that is out there is that people are like, well why didnt they blow the whist you will up in their agency. I wrote a letter to my commissioner of the irs and they told me, broke the law and i should refrain from sending anything outside of the chain of command. If that isnt a blow to any whistleblower to muzzle them from saying information that you believe is misconduct, that then whistleblowers are an important fundamental part of our society. Yeah, i here what youre saying. Your argument to the second point by the Hunter Biden Lawyers is you were not whistle blowing on a private citizen or hunter biden, in your View Misconduct by the Hyper Ups At Doj and the irs that were not treating somebody the way anybody else would be treated, am i hearing you correctly in. Absolutely. That should concern all of yu viewers. If we have a Department Of Justice that is treating one taxpayer differently than another taxpayer, that there is problem there and there needs to be mechanisms within the Department Of Justice that prevent that from happening. I mean, it is just from from an apolitical standpoint, we cant have that happening in our government. Thank you so much for joining us. We appreciate it. I really appreciate you having me. Coming up next, The Hollywood actor who happened to be in ukraine when russian bombs first started dropping last year. See his incredible footage. That is next. Old internet, was not letting me run the show. So, we switched to Verizon Business internet. They have business grade internrnet, nationwide. vo make the switch. Its your b business. Its your verizon. Your Shipping Manager left to find themself. leaving you lost. You need to hire. I need indeed. Indeed you do. Indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. Visit indeed. 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In our popular culure lead, were following the now sadly familiar story of a popular celebritys career in the process of crashing and burning because of horrifying Sexual Assault allegations. This latest incidents involved 48yearold comedian Russell Brand. Americans might remember him for his 2009 hit movie for getting shara mara shall. He was a standup comedian and tv host and now offering an antiestablishments on his Youtube Channel. Over the time the times of london and sunday Times Newspaper and the british broadcaster channel 4 broadcast the results of a joint investigation in which four women alleged brand sexually assaulted them in separate instances between the years 2006 and 2013. Were joined now by cnn reporter anna stewart. Anna, tell us more about the accusations . So this is a multiyear investigation by the Media Outlets an the allegations made by the four women in the investigation include rape, Sexual Assault, and emotional abuse. And as you said, this was very much at the height of hi fame. Not just in the u. K. Where he was already a famous presenter and also in hollywood where he was a rising star at the time. Now well play you some sound from one of the woman who share their experiences. Shes called alice, it is not her real name. She said she was in a emotionally abusive relationship with Russell Brand, that he sexually assaulted her and all of this, jake, when she was just 16 years old. Take a listen. Russell engaged in the behaviors of a groomer. Looking back, i didnt even know what that was then or what that looked like. She goes on to say that Russell Brand helped her lie to her parents so she could sneak out and so on and essentially said that he groomed her. She wants the u. K. Law to change so that consent is higher than 16 years old. Cnn cannot independently confirm the allegations. Before the documentary released on saturday night, Russell Brand released a statement denying all of the allegations and well play that for you now. As ive written about, expensively in my books, i was very, very promiscuous. During this time, the relationships that i had were absolutely always consensual. The allegations are serious and they are criminal. The women who made the allegations in the joint investigation havent reported those crimes at this stage to the met police. At this stage, this isnt being investigated by the police force here. Anna, this is now just this is now more than just journalism. Journalists. Londons metropolitan police are investigating yet another allegation, a fifth woman . The four women in the joint investigation hadnt yet reported the crimes to police in london. However when we spoke to the met Police Yesterday and asked whether any reports had been made, they didnt name Russell Brand but they told us another separate allegation had been made over the Weekend Dating back to 2003. So a few years before the dates that the investigation deals with. 2003, a Sexual Assault in Central London when means there are at least five women now who are making these allegations against Russell Brand but only one at this stage to the police. But the met police have said that they have theyve spoken to channel 4 and to the sunday times. They want the sources to know how they could report these many years after the date. And anna, youtube is doing something right now. Taking action against brand and his Youtube Channel . Yeah. The fallout continues really. So youtube has said that he has violated their creative responsibility policy. Which essentially takes note of behavior both on and off the platform. So theyre going to stop Russell Brand from being able to make any money from his youtube platform. The bbc are removing some online content involving Russell Brand from their platforms. They say it fell below public expectations, channel 4 has removed content to the fallout continues. Anna stewart, thank you so much into turning back to our world lead, timing is everything and when sean penn found himself in a bunker with ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on the very first day of russias fullscale invasion of ukraine, penn seized the opportunity. More than 18 months after this Russian Missile started falling on kyiv, there is a new intimate look at the early days of the war and how a rising politician with an unusual back story became the stoic face of countering putins aggression. And joining you now, actor and director sean penn. His new documentary superpower is now streaming. And so you set to make out a documentary about Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his unorthodox rise to power and then the war broke out and you happened to be there in the bunker, the president ial palace, february 24th, 2022, when he transformed in real time from this former tv personality comedian, could he do this job even, to the churchill of our era, many people think. Lets play a little clip for o w viewers. [ inaudible ]. What does he want . He wants to what does he want . He wants us to be dead. He hate us. We dont know why. He doesnt even look like the same guy today, a year and a half later, you know, he became this transfused you were there for the transformation, what was that like . Well, as you said, we were not intending to make a film that was going to have this narrative because this narrative had not at least publicly begun. Of course there had been the border conflicts since 2014. But ukraine was in essence a country in peace for all of those years and still was as we got there in the week that preceded the invasion for what was going to end up being our first meeting with him. Wed started this before covid, and the Travel Restrictions were such that we were we had to put it off. By the time we were able to get back and meet with him face to face, it was february, and of course the drums had gotten a lot louder by then, and i had said to him during covid when we met on zoom that i didnt want him to commit to participating in our film about him until hed met me face to face without cameras. So we were shooting everywhere, but not with him. And so that first meeting ended up on the 23rd, the day before the invasion, and i met this very warm, very bright, very, you know, theres a in most professions, i think theres a wink of Kindred Spirit that happens, him having been an actor, and me an actor. It came out where he said i felt that he was going to be willing to do more than just participate but be unguarded and we went back to the hotel knowing that we were going to start shooting the next day, and tried to lay down for a little sleep, and the rockets started coming in, and then i was very surprised that the president s office called and said he was going to follow through on meeting with us, and it was on that first day of the invasion. Incredible. Yeah. President biden and zelenskyy have a complicated relationship. Theres a new book where biden is reported as losing his temper with zelenskyy. Tell us if what zelenskyy had to say to you about the relationship. For one thing, the ukrainians and president zelenskyy does not want american troops. He says it in the film. Enough have died in enough wars. They want to fight this war, but we have to help them and supply them. I could understand the frustration. I have a lot of respect for President Biden, but i think that anybody in the decisive position right now is really failing the aspiration of america, and i really hope that he takes far more decisive action, and by that, no more sm smoke and mirrors about how long it takes to train. All of those things were myths, the maintenance, the fueling, the ammunition. Its all myths, and the reality of it is by now they could have had the f16s long in the air and it would have saved a lot of lives already lost and that will be lost. So all the things that we are going to eventually do, we should do now. This president should do it. I think its certainly a principle win, and i think its a political win. So i went to ukraine in april of last year, and i went to a town that had been there was no military center there. There was no strategic area there. It was just a town full of people, and the russians had just destroyed it. Just knocked down apartment buildings, just slaughtered people also. Youve spent so much time in disaster zones. You visited a womans destroyed apartment right after it was shelled by Russian Missiles. She joked with you, she said im not going to offer any tea, im going to be a rude host. It seems to be the spirit and resolve of the ukrainian people. I keep describing it as such a moment of time when history sort of plays its role in the future, and what were dreaming thats going to be. And its why we should all as individuals and as a government, as a country, really tie our wagons to the ukrainians because its the hope of us rebuilding that aspiration that is our experiment that is our that is the country we love in theory. Sean penn, thank you so much. Congratulations on the film. Its superpower on paramount plus. Really appreciate it. Thanks, jake. A murder in canada causing an international uproar. Was the Worlds Largest democracy behind the killing . Thats next. 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