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>> exactly. >> all right. thank you all very much. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. right now on "ana cabrera reports," five big tech ceos about to facing a grilling. theyre set to focus on capitol hill in moments. are they prepared to make real change as cases of exploitation online skyrocket. house republicans move closer to something that hasnt been done in more than a century, impeaching a sitting cabinet member. do they have any real chance of ousting dhs secretary...

ukraine. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. welcome to "the lead," im jake tapper. we start with breaking news, the united states military has taken down another high-altitude object flying over the united states this afternoon. the white house announced the object was shot down at 1:45 p.m. eastern time at the direction of president biden. u.s. officials say it was flying off alaskas northern coast at an altitude of 40,000 feet and was approximately the size of a small ca...

count act. the first official legislative response to donald trumps attempt to overturn the legal and legitimate win. >> reporter: this is the law that governs how that happens on the day of congressional certification when donald trump tried to pressure mike pence to disregard state certified electoral results. something that constitutional experts would be illegal but theres am big ewety in the law and senators are saying theyre close to change how the law actually governs that proce...

major victory. >> we expect one of our first vote on later on this afternoon will get it started. and then it is really in the hands of the republicans. they can offer as many events as they want, and they can talk pretty much over the next 20 hours or they want to. so if they can keep the clock moving, at the end of the day, if we keep our 15 votes together we can be able to pass this bill. >> also, breaking at this hour, president biden has tested negative for covid today. the presid...

Connecticut’s two U.S. senators are split on one that has garnered wide bipartisan support and interest: how to protect children online.

From my perspective, he has been very consistent sips the beginning was just completely out of bounds and as a former staffer myself. i just cant imagine that this was the kind of thing that they viewed as being a professional response to the situation. the senator himself, i think, has been telegraphing this for a long time and to suggest that he is the only senator who has these views about this measure is, i think, also inaccurate. i think there are a lot of other senators who would have been...

Republicans think theyre trying to convert -- >> no, theyre not trying to convert anyone. >> theyre trying to hoelgd their base. theyre just telling people those people are mean. they dont like donald trump and theyre trying to take away 63 million votes. in their gut they realize that the louisiana case is actually true. i thought that was a brilliant analogy. that if the state of louisiana had a flood and the governor went to the president and said give us aid, and he said no not unless you de...

>> while 6 million is eye popping, i believe it is only 5% of his full list. so im not exactly sure that the whole bernie movement is in the same place this time. second, is that hes going wire to wire with other people, while their numbers, whether it is harris or klobuchar, their numbers are lower but they all have plenty of money. they are going wire to wire. he is not forcing anyone out of the race with money. and he had a ton of mountain in 2016 and he lost. >> and he had a built-in infrast...

Statement is not true. they arent staying saying whaf it isnt true but they are asking senator grassley to have a full briefing with them about the new supplemental fbi investigation before going public with any information or before a boat certainly within the senate. >> shannon: thank you very much. the tension on capitol hill is palpable as it senators await the fbi report. the senate majority leader prepares to set a confirmation boat on judge kavanaugh in motion. mike emanuel is tracking it...

Junior has said. >> the staff members of the committee, they can interview donald trump, jr. tomorrow the members of the republican and democratic member oz of the committee, they can actually read the transcript. >>, you know, the senate intelligence committee seemed to be the last place that has not yet splintered along party lines. senate judiciary commit a, a historically less partisan place, has been splintering as well between senator feinstein and senator grassly. the idea that it senator...