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thank you so much for letting us into your homes for another week of shows. so grateful. >> have a great weekend. always so good to see you. >> have a great show. and welcome to "the beat." im katie phang in for ari melber. trumps legal woes moved to florida in a most recent attempt to get this classified documents case dismissed. holding a multihour hearing. trumps lawyers arguing jack smiths appointment of special counsel is uns constitutional claims a special counsel must be appoi...

US News: El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele received a rock-star welcome at a conservative gathering outside Washington as he urged people to "unapologetically fight" against what he called "dark forces." Use El Salvador as a warning against gangs and corruption.

Words for presidential candidates. he says theyre sending the wrong message on the campaign trail as we look ahead this morning on "sunday morning futures." lightning bolt hits washington. the man second in line for the presidency, after the vice president, and one of the most powerful figures on capitol hill calling it quits. late last week. house speaker john boehner sending shock waves through congress and announcing he will step down from his leadership post and house seat at the end of oc...

Senator by the revolutionary party in mexico and some people in mexico are saying theres no coincidence between the capture of the drug lord "la tuda" and stepping down. they say it is attempt from the government to draw attention to another area now that he is having crisis. >> thank you for being with us. keeping a close eye on a major conservative gathering, the national harbor area of maryland with last years cpac straw poll rand paul set to take the stage any moment ahead of his -- after ...

>> gloria borger thanks so much. that will do it for me. thank you so much for staying with me. we have "the lead" with jake tapper starting right now. so u.s. officials say they know who the notorious isis butcher jihadi john is. so now what? im jake tapper. this is "the lead." the world lead. every time he appeared on camera you steeled yourself for another ghastly scene. until today we only suspected he hailed from london but now the world knows his name. does that help or hurt the global m...

We learned how to count when we were in college, i suppose, at the same time. thanks very much. >> thank you, wolf. have a good day. >> you, too. thank you very much, senator bob corker of tennessee. when we come back, fireworks at a major conservative gathering right here in washington. republican senator ted cruz rallies the crowd over his push to defund obama care in the face of a government shutdown. plus, a rising star in the gop compares the presidents health care law to slavery. says th...

A better time zone for you than the current one. thanks so much again. thats it for "the lead." im jake tapper. make sure to follow me on twitter. also check out "the lead" show page. i turn you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." happening now, day 11 of the partial government shutdown and senate republicans get their turn to sit down face to face with president obama over at the white house. just ahead, ill speak with one of them live. senator bob corker of tennessee is here in "...

Wolf blitzer is off today. im jessica yellin. you are in "the situation room." the biggest names expected to run in 2016 are in the spotlight tonight. all for a very different reason. hillary clinton tells us where she is headed and what she is doi doing. shes ending her break to return to the domestic issue that first defined her career, early childhood education. jeb bush sticks his foot in it on immigration. marco rubio tilts to the right, potentially at the cost of his center. and right no...

>> can social issues eclipse fiscal issues? >> this is not even about contraception for me. >> this is not a womens rights issue. this is a religious liberty issue. >> they may alienate catholic voters. >> this is my plea, just own it. >> whether the dust settles here, its this president who is standing with women. >> the republican candidates are battling. >> whats wrong with mitt romney? >> mitt romney lost his mojo. >> my father never graduated from college. prenticed as a plaster carpenter. ...

two major stories happening right now. one in iowa where republican presidential candidates are taking part in the states critical straw poll. and then in south carolina, texas governor rick perry is about to throw his hat into the ring. well have live coverage of that big announcement. first we begin with breaking news this hour out of pakistan. an intense search is under way for an american kidnapped from his home in lahore. the victim is identified as warren weinstein, a developme...