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hot texas sun. and now word of children among the victims. plus, shocking new video of a powerful blast in the war that russia started, as the u.s. and allies rush to prevent any chance of a similar fate in two other countries. welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead and the paulout from the damning, stunning january 6th hearing yesterday. it is becoming more and more clear just how distressed trump and his allies seem to be in the wake of the t...

really telling, jake, because it shows that trump is still in command of this party. republicans were afraid to speak up against him. and meanwhile, gop leaders have been absolutely silent, even though they had quite a lot to say in the immediate aftermath of january 6th, and that includes kevin mccarthy, the house gop leader who was cited yesterday in the testimony as being one of the people who was deeply concerned by the idea of trump coming to the capitol on january 6th. >> yeah. a...

abrams. president biden meets with international leaders at a time of worldwide uncertainty and fear, what can they realistically accomplish? secretary of state antony blinken joins me exclusively to discuss in a moment. plus, keep calm, carry on. boris johnson with his job. >> i want to say this to the people of the united states. >> as the worlds economy slows and russias war rages, whats next for a key ally? british prime minister boris johnson joins me in a u.s. exclusive ahead...

state antony blinken as well as british prime minister boris johnson who just survived a no-confidence vote back at home and trying to ensure that no one in the g7 goes wobbly on ukraine. but lets begin with chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins, entirely new challenges than when they met last year. >> yeah, jake, its a completely different set of subjects theyre facing and obviously you just heard the president speak about china. thats something something that the white hous...

wondering what will the front pages say in another 49 years? will we be in the same conversation? one difference between 1973 and today is real time data. searches for abortion were especially high this week in areas like madison, wisconsin, kansas city, missouri, and salt lake city, utah. areas where the procedure is now banned. this weekend google searches for the question, can i get an abortion are over indexing in those states where it is now illegal. missouri, wisconsin, kentucky,...

buddies and allies to overturn the 2020 election. as we reported on this program at this hour yesterday, mark short, hes of course the former chief of staff to former vice president mike pence, testified before a d.c. grand jury last week. now according to new multiple reports, we also know that a second senior pence aide also testified. that would be greg jacob, pences legal counsel. both men, of course, had a front row seat to the extraordinary pressure campaign on mike pence by trum...

capable. ronald reagan was vigorous for his age. he could ride a horse like no ones business. slick wily didnt just play the sax. he liked to throw on a sweat suit and jog all around town. it was a secret service nightmare. but, hey, at least he wasnt fooling around with the intern. who can forget when george w. bush threw the first pitch at yankee stadium or dodged both shoes thrown at him by the iraqi. the man was an athlete. obama played full court basketball while he was at the whi...

committee and other law enforcement agencies want access to the text messages his lawyers accidentally sent to the plaintiffs. plus, changes to airline cancellation rules may be about to take off. why passengers could actually get refunds for all of those canceled and delayed flights. ♪ ♪ welcome to "the lead." we start with the world lead. a russian court found wnba star brittney griner guilty today of drug smuggling, quote, with criminal intent. the judge ordering griner to s...

>> we were figuring it was probably somebody she knew, an ex-boyfriend, current boyfriend. >> but miles away, a string of alarming encounters. >> he had a knife. he put it to any neck. >> i heard a voice say, "dont turn around or ill shoot." >> this is somebody that wanted to be evil. >> could there be a connection to reagans murder, the answer would leave an entire city infuriated. >> how the heck does this happen. how does this happen. >> they could have connected the dots way sooner...

dollars. all of this coming as the biden administration has pushed the kremlin to accept an offer they put on the table in june to get griner home. offering to swap griner and another american, paul whelan, for viktor bout, an arms smuggler serving a 25-year sentence in the united states. so far, russia has not agreed. >> they should have accepted it weeks ago when we first made it. it was an earnest attempt to see if we could get outcomes here. we are still going to keep making the at...