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revealing new details about the justice departments criminal investigation into the capitol riots. >> i am aware of other white house officials who have been reached out to by doj and are planning to cooperate. >> oh, really? >> yes. >> how worried should donald trump be? >> first, a cnn exclusive. the biden administrations new offer to russia. they will, the u.s. will, give putin back a convicted russian and let wnba star britney briner and former marine paul whelan come home. thats t...

forward. >> what do republicans have to say? >> the republicans offered a bit of a muted response. many not defending donald trumps actions, not yet criticizing what the justice department is doing, taking a wait and see approach. one of those republicans, lindsey graham of south carolina, who told me earlier today that he does not think that trump should be prosecuted. >> thats just ridiculous for me to comment over what some grand jury may be looking at. i dont see anything to prosec...

happens when there are too many passengers, not enough staff, not enough planes, and not enough air traffic controllers? add in some picket lines and you have the recipe for a holiday weekend travel nightmare. im jake tapper. we start with our politics lead. new insight into what the january 6th select committee believes is possible witness tampering by members of trumps orbit. sources telling cnn that cassidy hutchinson told the panel that she was contacted by someone attempting to in...

>> im having a meeting with a group of governors when i get home on friday. and ill have announcements to make then. >> reporter: the president was pressed on the politics at home, after wrapping up meetings with world leaders on ukraine. >> russia, russia, russia. >> reporter: western leaders rallying around ukraine, as russias invasion drags on, but declining to predict when the war will end, only saying their support wont. >> we are going to support ukraine as long as it takes. >> r...

lawrence, and oberfeld as well as interracial marriage. jessica schneider is with us. the court made interesting calls this morning in other cases, including ones they chose not to take up. what have we learned so far? >> a flurry of activity as we end the term, guys. the supreme court just a while ago issuing orders. these are decisions on which cases they will and wont take next term. notably, the court has decided not to take a case that would have revisited the standard for libel. ...

afghanistans 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." im jake tapper, and we start today with our politics lead and an avalanche of major developments when it comes to trumps attempt to overthrow democrac...

could alter the investigations trajectory, and as theyre describing more about that, theyre digging in and saying we want to protect witnesses. we want to protect grand jury sec secrecy, and they also say the fact that this investigation implicated highly classified materials further underscores the need to protect the integrity of the investigation. thats an acknowledgment by the justice department this investigation implicated highly classified materials. thats their words in the pap...

good to be with you. im chris jansing in for katy tur. as we come on the air, the federal reserve has just spoken. i am told they are raising interest rates three-quarters of a point as the fed hopes to cool off the economy, slow down growth and in turn control inflation. that change cant come fast enough. inflation is at yet another record high, 9.1%, but this key question remains. will it help americans who are clearly hurting? the average cost of groceries has skyrocketed. a dozen e...

phone calls and meetings demonstrating how the former president personally and continually tried to convince them to support his fraudulent claims about a stolen election. >> part of todays hearing focused on someone whose home was actually rated by federal investigators yesterday. former justice department official named jeffrey clark. we are going to have more on that right in just a moment. the committees interest about clark has to do with the former presidents effort to install cl...

lets start with the twice-impeached pathologically duplicitous former president on the truth social platform that his passports were seized by the fbi. theres one caveat to that, nbc has not independently claimed if it is true and it could be a significant detail in whats become a stream of revelations. "the washington post" out with new details on the early stages of the probe when officials at the national archives suggested that trump had documents in his possession even after they ...