shocked by the january six committee hearings, are producing, the next coup is underway. the groundwork is being laid. the january 6th committee hearings have shattered the illusion that the attack on the after was a spontaneous spur of the moment outburst at a trump rally. what happened on january 6th was the culmination of weeks of planning, of an intensive, multipronged effort involving fake electors, state legislators, and a pressure campaign on the american vice presidents to overturn the will of the american voters. the attack on the building which is one part of the plot. we kind of zoomed out and now we see the full picture. but after the anti-democratic efforts of trump world around in the 2020 election, republicans are, right now, working on how to read the system to stop democrats from winning, even if they get more votes, and we if they want to stop them from ever assuming or ever using power. and that is an attack, not just on democrats, but on the voters. on t
they thought releasing it helped their case? also, urgent warning, the u.s. urging americans to leave ukraine immediately. the warnings of a possible russian attack as ukraine prepared to mark its day of independence. plus, explosive whistleblower claims in a cnn exclusive. the man who was head of twitter security says your data on the site is not safe and security problems at twitter are so grave, they re even a risk to national security. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with politics lead and damning new details in the battle over the classified documents trump and his team took to mar-a-lago. we re learning officials from the national archives directly told donald trump s legal team in may that they were so concerned about what the trump team had taken with them and how those documents were being stored at mar-a-lago that top u.s. intelligence agencies had been called in to do a damage assessment, as in damage to national security. now, to be clear, t
pelosi s visit to taiwan. man, did that anger china and seeing the self-governing independent democratic island nation as its own territory. and the response beijing launched military drills in the taiwan strait and they will have more drills coming up. but the defiance of american officials against china demonstrating yet again this country s commitment to democracy and the government in they taipei. alexandria hoff. alex: although china announced more drills, china show of force hasn t let up since exercise of force. china launched 25 fighter jets per day for two weeks following nancy pelosi s visit. part of this delegation, democrat senator ed marky joined by house democrat john geramendi and represent don beyer by virginia and delegate from american samoa, they reported landed 7:00 p.m. local time today. taiwan s minister foreign affairs accompanied photos, quote, we thank the light-minded u.s. lawmakers for support. lawmakers have visited taiwan in recent history without
or smugglers see laws unenforced, they ll abuse the laws. we ve seen increase brazenness by cartels that feel empowered because we don t have a federal government pushing back against those cartels and their illegal activity. of course, the worst thing of all is the catastrophic death that we have witnessed. now, we saw this horrendous death occur in a track in san antonio earlier this week. and it is heart breaking. the numbers have increased. it s now reported that 53 people in that truck lost their lives. it is the deadliest migrant smuggling incident on u.s. soil, and it s on president biden s watch. the thing about it is that it s not the only way in which people who are trying to migrate here lose their lives. in the harsh high temperature of texas in the summertime and the texas heat, it will prove even more deadly. every year there s many reports about migrants that lose their lives in the heat. i was visiting with the sheriff moments ago. he was telling me reports ab
try to combat scorching heat and soaring temperatures. californian emergency services say a wildfire near yosemite national park is zero per cent under control. now on bbc news, click. spencer: we ve got a tasty programme for you this week. when is chocolate not chocolate? when it s made of. lara: kinky salts! don t knock it till you ve tried it! right. lj s feeling out of this world as she explores the new ways to tidy up high speed space trash. we re going to be bathed in lights and sounds, and apart from that, i have no idea what to expect. and spencer takes a trip to an inner world. yeah, i m looking at the inside of my own brain. 0h, did you find it? how dare you! 0k, what s this one? erm. oh, that s nice. that s 70% dark, isn t it? good. you know your stuff. mm hm. and this one? oh, that s very bitter. i d go 90%. yeah? yeah, you re doing well. now for the big one. there you go. oh, gosh! 0h! oh, that s 100% chocolate, isn t it? oh, that is awful. you did volunteer to b