afghanistan s capital city to show you what life is now like under taliban rule, and asking afghan leaders about a known terrorist who lived in their midst. plus, what may be a silent spread of polio. the virus detected in new york city waste water. why health officials fear hundreds of cases may be out there. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start today with our politics lead and an avalanche of major developments when it comes to trump s attempt to overthrow democracy. giuliani has been informed he s a target of whether trump and his allies tried to break the law and overturn the election in georgia. he s scheduled to appear before the grand jury on wednesday. this news comes hours after a federal judge ruled lindsey graham of south carolina must testify before the very same georgia grand jury. graham s legal team had been arguing that graham did not act inappropriately when he phoned georgia election officials after the 2020 election. georgia secretary of
right now, gaza s largest hospital become as warzone as israel launches a, quote, precise and targeted operation against hamas targets with patients still inside. plus the world is watching as president biden and chinese president xi jinping are set to meet just hours from now.averte several lawmakers still spoiling for a fight, literally. got elbowed in the back and kind of caught me off guard because it was a clean shot to the kidneys. want to do it now? stand your butt up then. you stand your butt up. stop it. good morning to our viewers around the world. more on those shenanigans later. i m kasie hunt. israeli troops are ascertaiascersearching al-shifa room by room. israel claims that it sits on an underground hamas command center and hostages were being kept at the facility. but israeli radio reports that they have not yet found any hostages inside the hospital and the search continues. an israeli defense force spokesman says the military is doing whatever it
entire people of afghanistan. do you want to see girls going to school again? the policy of the government of afghanistan is very clear. and that is education for all citizens of afghanistan. the taliban says it wants to see peaceful and positive relations with all countries, including the u.s. but those prospects were dramatically diminished when the head of al qaeda zawahiri was killed by a u.s. drone strike in a villa in downtown kabul just over two weeks ago. we have made it very clear that the government of afghanistan was unaware of the arrival or presence of m mr. zawahiri in kabul. so far, we have been unable to establish as a fact, as a matter of fanct, that he was indeed present in kabul. isn t that almost more frightening, though? the idea that you re claiming potentially the leader of al
hey, our athletes safety and well-being needs to be a priority. these are important and they have long-lasting effects. when i landed on my head it was a moment to show the world and help explain what dire consequences can happen when things like this can occur. there s a completely different situation, but also, it draws a parallel to nobody was there for health and safety and now simone can have that voice, and she s taking ownership in that power. and that s very important for our athletes moving forward in this generation. and that s a great thing for simone to be a leader to have a voice and say hey, something is not right. rather than go out there and have a catastrophic fall or injury. nobody wants to see that. we want to see her at her best. healthy. we re all behind her. i think that video resonated with a lot of people. how far we ve come and how little attention and care we got during that time. there s no question about it. and the fanct that you were 14.
coming wednesday. this happened behind closed doors. let s play a bit of tape of eric swalwell reacting to what he heard yesterday. arrows continue to point in the direction of a shakedown scheme led by the president of the united states, operated by agents lying rudy giuliani, gordon sondland and mick mulvaney. it was described as another data point. it s a sizable data point. it s massive. this is the evidence, this is the moment that directly connects trump to actually quarterbacking this effort to bribe ukraine into interfering on our elections, digging up political dirt on him. i think also the fanct that sondland reiterated the point that that war with russia, that s no big deal, the lives lost, what will impact our policy for ukraine, that doesn t matter. what matters is what benefits him personally. the fact you have the career