we re building that wall. the justice department has just announced a special counsel to lead a new investigation into russian influence in the election and whether there was coordination with members of the trump campaign. president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. president trump becoming the fourth american president to face the prospect of impeachment. it feels as if, culturally, we re in a cold civil war. [theme music] [donald] when mexico sends its people, they re not sending their best. they re bringing drugs, they re bringing crime, they re rapists, and some, i assume, are good people. when trump announced his candidacy for the presidency, he was not seen as a serious candidate. he, himself, confided to some of his advisors. essentially, what s the downside? this is a great marketing exercise. i will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and i will have mexico pay for that wall. i was prepared to just watch it for a couple of mi
menendez. this week a first for america. seeing a president of the united states arraigned on federal criminal charges. today a bronchial prediction from trump s former attorney general saying his former boss is quote toast. we are going to unpack that in just a second. trump s arraignment will go down tuesday in miami he will face a judge on 37 counts of mishandling classified documents. today, trump announced he would illiberal about his arraignment in miami from his golf club in new jersey tuesday evening. the indictment the united states versus donald de trump, and walt nada, his alleged coconspirator lays out a damning case. 31 counts for violating the espionage act, which pars willful retention of national defense information, well laws of a witch hunt spew from trump and the elected republicans who have anointed themselves as backup singers, one member of trump s cabinet, we ll, thinking otherwise. if even half of it is true, then he is toast. i mean it s a very de
crimes he was arrested for? the lead starts right now. a mere few hours after he was arrested and arraigned, donald trump told donors this i hadn t had a chance to go through all the boxes. it is a long tedious job. takes a long time. which i was prepared to do, but i have a very busy life. can prosecutors use this admission against him? plus, an up close look at front lines of ukraine s counteroffensive. we had to evacuate to the shelter now because apparently the guys fear there could be aviation bombs coming in fairly soon. you can see the situation here is still very kinetic, a lot of shelling is still going on. the items ukrainian troops say are key to defeating the russians. and if inflation is supposedly easing, why does it seem every trip to the grocery store is getting more expensive? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our law and justice lead. despite donald trump launching a growing number of baseless attacks on special counsel jack s
world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york. today on the program, the justice department throws 37 charges at former president donald trump. saying he mishandled classified documents. the indictment say the papers laid out everything from america s military weaknesses to foreign nation s nuclear capacities. what does it mean for u.s. security? should he have been indicted? i m an innocent man. i did nothing wrong. then, artificial intelligence may be the most important development of our time. but is it the most dangerous as well? we know it will replace jobs and blur the lines of reality but it could be a larger existential threat? i ll talk to geoffrey hinton, known as the godfather of ai, who said, yes. the worry is can we keep them working for us when their much more intelligent than us. also, how do you end extreme poverty globally? it is a very tall order. but ajay banja wants to do just that. he s the brand-new head of the world bank. he s tas
to a toilet. senate republicans obsessed over hillary clinton s emails are now okay with this. then congressman eric swalwell will join me live with his reaction to this historic indictment and so too will sarah matthews the ex trump aide who testified against her or her former boss for the january six committee. good evening i m mehdi hassan, anyone who knows me knows i am not a fan of the george w. bush administration or the so-called republican party establishment that preceded donald trump s hostile takeover of the gop. and yet, in 2016, a group of bush administration alumni and republican foreign policy establishment heavy hitters came together and issued this open letter. publicly stating that they would not vote for their party s nominee, then with aj trump in the upcoming election. these officials warn that the trump presidency would, quote, put it risk our country s national security and well-being. they wrote that then-candidate trump, quote, would be the most re