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His base like seeing someone fight back. the media cant beat up on a republican or anymore. but the president hadnt tweeted out about republican or anymore. not having tapes of then fbi director james comey and that he responds by leaking something to columbia university, which prompted a special counsel to be named, if that doesnt happen, the special counsel probably doesnt exist. thats the negatives of trumps tweeting. the positive is that he is 22.7 million followers and sometimes stories wil...

Kentucky, a member of the house oversight committee investigating the trump campaigns ties with russia, congressman, nice to see you, sir. >> thank you for having me. >> we want to talk to you because its my understanding that you said you were skeptical about this memo about the conversation between the president and former fbi director. how so? >> well, im curious why, when the deputy fbi secretary testified before congress, he failed to mention this action and im curious as to why, if it happ...

Welcome back to "the lead." im jake tapper. lets stick to the world leader. russia is standing in solidarity with syria and iran demanding that the united states take no further action against the assad regime because it is will have, quote, grave consequences for global security. lets get right to cnns matthew chance in moscow for us. matthew, at the meeting today, the russians, syrian and iranian foreign ministers demanded an independent international investigation of the chemical weapons atta...

Where north korea and the mounting nuclear threat there will be the top topic of conversation. we understand they will be discussing all the options that washington is looking at when it comes to dealing with north korea, and, of course, jake, the military option, the one that pose the most concern here in south korea where the people here are depending on the u.s. for security and also fearing retaliation from north korea. >> alexandra field for us in seoul, south korea. thanks so much. over ...

>> so you understand? >> i understand. >> what is it like as a director to step into these shoes of "star wars"? i mean, its got to be somewhat daunting? >> to me theyre masterpieces. to try to make a film that fits on your shelf like the others is a high bar. but a strange thing happens because i grew up like a lot of kids my age who watched "star wars" every day playing with toys, so you get on the set and then you just feel like a kid. and you feel like youve gone back home. and it is really ...

If you want to spread christmas cheer, go to gofundme.com and search for fund-raiser for jakeem tyler. what an incredible man. hes doing the right thing. >> thats a good work ethic. >> jakeem tyler, j-a-k-e-e-m. in indiana. >> what a great guy. its one of the most highly-anticipated movies of the year. >> the empire has one chance. what chance do we have? >> we have hope. rebellion is built on hope. >> and the latest installment in the "star wars" saga "rogue one" hits theaters today. >> well be...

We will also cancel all harmful obama regulations that hurt minnesota farmers, workers and small businesses. youve been hurt. ill tell you, honestly, because i was looking at the stats, i have, like, a lot of time on airplanes. i look at stats. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the "lead." im jake tapper. we have huge breaking news this sunday afternoon here in washington, d.c. two days before the election, fbi director james comey has yet again weighed in on the hillary clin...

Course, if they certainly cant undo that. but they are certainly happy to see this letter coming out and the clinton campaign headquarters in brooklyn, just learning this as we are and they are going to get the word out here. you can expect democratic surrogates and hillary clinton herself, i would expect would address this here in cleveland. this is coming right before tuesday and several states where early voting is not going on. pennsylvania being one and michigan being one. unclear if it can...

Listening to our chat since tapper broke it and read the comey letter here. your thoughts, sir? >> it is just mind boggling that the fbi director after inserting himself into the campaign with 11 days to go finds a way to reinsert himself into the campaign with just a couple of days to go. i want us to take a step back and look where we are in the race, which is in no small part to the fbi -- the director comeys initial letter to the hill, both campaigns, both data operations will tell you that ...

Bringing his wife but our president is not bringing his. first lady michelle obama will be a no show. how is that going to go over? just influpgsal people gathering in secret for a meeting that makes heads spin. whats going on behind those closed doors? and in the world lead, from russia, but without the love. vladimir putin single again. dont all jump at once, ladies. welcome back to the lead. im jake tapper. chrysler has decided to recall hundreds of thousands of jeeps, but theyre recall...