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Good afternoon, everyone, im jake tapper, welcome to the lead. The most powerful people in the United States government in a single room right now. The dilemma before them, how to respond to the chaos seizing iraq . The top four members of congress could emerge from the white house any moment now after a private meeting with the president on iraq. The president weighing his options for days now on what action to take, if any, against isis, the Islamic State in iraq and syria, but we know exactly...

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The u.s. facing a court given the complications that would arise for this president in particular who is a constitutional law professor and a democrat, for him to have to battle, i think, a huge part of the progressive wing of the democratic party over your potential extradition or a criminal prosecution would be a very complicated situation for him indeed. >> i think youre probably correct, while that said this president only has a couple of years left so a matter could actually proceed into th...

Calling on the department of justice to, quote, officially close all criminal investigations of wiki leaks and its editor in chief julian assange. michael rattner are still with me. michael, let me ask you from a legal perspective how likely is it that the u.s. would consider closing criminal investigations? >> you know, they certainly should. this is remarkable. its the biggest, probably most serious investigation of a publisher, journalists thats ever been taken in this country. despite the fa...

Instances in which american soldiers killed civilians. u.s. authorities failure to investigate hundreds of reports ever abuse, torture, rape and murder by iraqi police and soldiers. a reliance on private contractors on a scale not well recognized at the time and hugely relevant to recent reports about possible u.s. cooperation with iran in the current iraq crisis. the war logs revealed the extent to which iran intervened aggressively in support of shiite combatants offering weapon, training and ...

In fact, more than twice. is that really a legacy that he wantses on his record? is it really a legacy that the u.s. democratic party wants to hold? >> julian assange and michael rattner, gentlemen, thank you both for your time and thoughts. after the break, breaking news involving wisconsin governor scott walker. new documents linked to none other than karl rove indicate that governor walker may have been part of a criminal scheme. details on that are coming up next. when it comes to good nut...

that many have ignored. >> house republicans elect a new majority leader. kevin mccarthy. >> i congratulated him last night and he said not so soon. >> mccarthy join john boehner can they control tea party figures in the caucus. >> the kamikaze caucus. >> steve school ease appears likely. >> a lot turned toward scolese and protects john boehner. >> he is sort of a tea partier. hes shown a desire and ability to work with the leadership. >> not mckarthy? >> its thats the million dollar q...

Questioning in sweden on allegations, allegations he sexually assaulted two women in stockholm. there are no actual charges against him there, but his lawyers think the minute he steps into sweden he could be extradited to the united states. now his lawyers say they have new information that could allow him to walk out of that embassy without handcuffs. wikileaks founder julian assange joins me from ecuadors embassy in london along with michael rattner in new york. thanks so much for being here....

The international negotiations of 50 countries. what can you tell us about those documents? >> i can tell you that they pertain to 50 countries. were releasing it tomorrow. in total, more than 67% of global trade is encaptured by those negotiations. i cant reveal will any more details, but the united states, of course, and all of the countries in europe are included. >> mr. rattner, you write in "usa today" that the uk can now only extradite assange if hes being charged witha a crime, n just for...

Taking basically around the world here? third, where do you think hes going to end up? >> it seems ecuador is working with wikileaks. they are harboring julian assange in the embassy in london. so it seems to me if theyre working with wikileaks, they may want to get some sort of travel document to snowden, if he is stuck in the moscow airport right now, they probably can find someone at the embassy, somebody to do that. you know, wikileaks does have some financial backers. im not sure we know wh...