primary landslide in wyoming, but now the big question, will she challenge donald trump for the republican presidential nomination in 2024. and parents, you are feeling the pain on this one, how much more school supplies cost this year. cnn is adding up the shopping list. welcome to the lead. we start with the politics lead. rudy giuliani just wrapped up his testimony after spending roughly six hours under oath in front of a grand jury. giuliani s lawyer warned that his client might not be responsive to the questions that he was asked saying, quote, if they want to play hard ball, we know how to play hard ball. unquote. we do know other witnesses who have appeared have been asked about giuliani s meetings with georgia lawmakers. and atlanta prosecutors have warned giuliani he is a target of their criminal investigation into donald trump s attempts to overturn the 2020 election in that state. also today, former vice president mike pence made a stop in the first of a nation
something went wrong in the intervening period which led to the search that happened at the former president s home in palm beach last week. evan, big picture this for us. why are these interviews with trump s former top two lawyers at the white house, why are they significant? first of all, these were two of several representatives of the former president named as people to be in touch with the national archives should anything like this happen. so they would be in the position to be the first to get contacted. the other part of this, jake, that i think is important for people to know is these two men would know the answer to the big question that i think a lot of us are asking, which is is it true that the former president had some kind of standing order to declassify documents? was it true that by simply sending documents from the west wing to the residence, did that deem them declassified? those are questions that these two men, as top counsels to the former president
welcome to the beat. this is it. it s happening this week. what is happening this week? well, we are days away from the first presidential debate of this 2024 campaign. the earliest ever, that s a big deal. we are also days away from the supreme court rulings that could resolve a lot of big issues in the united states including whether or not there will be a federal trial for donald trump this year later, or ever. i can tell you that had a couple more days. debate day on friday his decision day we have a lot coming up tonight. we are living through one of those big weeks. i would ve liked a little more time off in the summer. yes, i keep an eye on the news. do we have to do everything? part of the answer is in our coverage the biden campaign things starting it earlier will help them. waking people up to the choice which they think is stark and mobilize people for the debate. this is a campaign that can turn as much as it turns on the so-called undecided voters. debates ma